IT'S BACK!

~ "To Infinity and Beyond!" ~

Be Kind, Rewind

Breathe, Relax

Breathe, relax
There's no rush
Breathe, relax
Enjoy the moment
Breathe, relax
As brief as it is
Breathe, relax.


Copyright by Blind Romance. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.

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Alrighty! It's been awhile since I've written a proper post. This one's pretty long but let's pause for a moment and rewind to two weeks ago, shall we?

*Pause* *Rewind* *Play*
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Two weeks earlier

Sunday
3 more weeks to exams. Hmmm, gonna have to worry about my assignments first. Let's see, 2 big assignments due by Friday and 3 the following week. I think I can manage.

So here's the plan:
church, lunch, library

simple, effective and produc - "Hey, Julian! Wanna go watch Star Trek!?"

-tive.......

Attempt to Study 1 FAIL!


(Star Trek is awesome. A stellar cast indeed. Sylar ftw, oops I meant Spock ftw!)
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Last week

Monday
And the forecast is sunny all week =)

*Pause*

Who ever said that the weather in Melbourne is depressing must be some kid from Kuching who is an ex-Lodgian currently studying Architecture in Curtin, Perth with bad taste in music, a funny hair-do, a green Tweety T-shirt and a barbie doll named, Jennifer.


I'm not pointing any fingers.

*Play*

2 new assignments due next week. 2 + 3 = 5.

No problemo~

Thursday
The melody has been fine tuned, an apocalyptic image has been envisioned. Hmmm, gonna need to polish up on that some more.

Sunday again
Early start. Drumming on a Sunday morning is something I look forward to, always. To be able to worship and praise God side-by-side with a bunch of friends - love it!

2 more weeks to exams. But before that, assignments.

The plan?
Study party with Mr Lawrence, Boo and Kiss kiss Lau.

Was it productive?



It sure was ;P (cerdits to Ian for putting the video together)

Attempt to study 2 PASSED!

*Pause*

I'm not kidding you. It seriously was productive. Maybe for my standards anyways hahahaXD
The down side, my mouth felt funny after having all those snacks.

*Play*
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4 days ago

1st day of the last week
And the forecast is cold and rainy.

*Pause*

Fine, the weather isn't good all year round but Melbourne still rocks!

*Play*
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2 days ago

3rd day of the last week
4 down, just 1 assignment left.

This is a long one. Since I've got a day off tomorrow, why not do an all-nighter? And so the clock ticks.

between the 3rd day and yesterday
Decided to watch the Man U and Barcelona match. Might as well since I was still up. Assignment, 50% done. Now to talk about soccer.

Barcelona won 2 - 0.

The highlights includes:

Park Ji Sung's front flip


Messi's header


and Puyol vs the entire Man U team


What a sad guy. But he won in the end.
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Yesterday

After 4 hours of sleep, it's back to the assignment. 14.5 hours and 350 songs later, it is finished.

Time commence: 12pm
Time end: 2.30am

Had the opportunity to take a break in between for housechurch.
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Final Day of the Semester

14 hours ago
The sun's up, that's good =)
Had some technical difficulties printing out my assignment but it all worked out in the end.

7 hours ago
Handed it the last of my assignments this sem! Woo-hoo! Gotta love that feeling~

What I saw at Melbourne Central:


24.06.09. definitely something to look forward to after exams.

Well, with assignments out of the way, it's time to study. But before that, a nice refreshing sleep~

Over and out.

*Stop*


~ and so, time move onwards ~

Make Or Break

BIG week ahead! 5 assignments due and a test.

2 and a half down, 2 and a half more to go.

Thanks for illustrator, Greg! You're a real life-saver!

Let's continue inspiring and cheering each other on.
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UPDATE! Wed, May 27, 2009

4 down, 1 to go!

Don't slow down now. Sleep can wait. Probably. XD

at 1:50 AM
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I'm going for broke.


~ Don't let your guard down and move on! ~

The Forecast

The sun's up, the sky's blue and the breeze is cool.

Nothing beats having the sun's warmth on your back and a cool breeze blowing gently against your face.

Bliss.

Came home from uni just to have an argument with mum about honey. How sweet~

The weather's beautiful. Things are normal. Life is good.


~ Thinking out loud ~

Meri Kurisumasu~

Kotaro Oshio's interpretation and arrangement of "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence".



This song was originally a piano piece composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto for a movie of the same title.

It's definitely worth listening to. So go and listen to it now and be awe by its awesomeness!


~ Happy Birthday, Lawrence ~

Blind Romance

What is this feeling inside?
Oh how mysterious its power is
Surrounding me, consuming me

Formless, intangible
Like an unstructured poetry
Read only in a peculiar manner

Crossed-arm, clenched-fist and closed eyes
The heart beats, to a rhythm unknown
As the mind wonder, wonders

What is this feeling inside?
Oh so violent, yet so soothing
Questioning me, baffling me

Formless, intangible
Unlike the letters, written by you
Echoes love love love

Love, patient and kind
Love, selfless and true
Love, eternal and blind

Love is this feeling inside

Love.


Copyright by Blind Romance. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.

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First time penning a poetry and I gotta say, it's pretty fun. Feel free to interpret it how ever you like!

Oh, and some feedback would be awesome. Cheers~

My inspiration?


Cadbury.


~ Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes, shades and spices! ~

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EDIT:

Whoa so cool! If you put the title of this post together with the previous one, you'll get...

"I am Blind Romance".

hahaha A-W-E-SOME!!

I Am

Yesterday's service helped me to realized a few things.

All my life I've been living in the shadow of my brother.
In the shadow of his achievements,
In the shadow of his accomplishments,
In the shadow of his successes.

Was I jealous? envious?

No. I admire my brother and I still do.

Strange, even though I wasn't jealous, I felt bitter.

My brother, whether he knows it or not, has been a major influence in my life. Since young I've been striving to be just like him. Listening to the same music, having the same wardrobe, sharing the same opinions. As I grew older, I began to develop my own identity and opinions. However, I was still living in his shadow.

I was still "Kelvin Tay's brother".

I was just "Kelvin Tay's brother".

And you know what the funny thing is?

I am "Kelvin Tay's brother".

I guess that's why I felt so bitter. It's because my identity has been "overshadowed" by someone else and has been reduced to something I find to be lesser.

Despite all that I have said, I believe that God has created each and everyone of us to be unique and special. He has blessed us with different talents and characteristics. He has given all of us a name of our own.

So for those of you who are jealous,
So for those of you who feel bitter,
So for those of you who are able to related with me,
lemme tell you a little secret.

You are special.

and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. God loves you the way you are and that's all that matters.

heheh, pretty heavy stuff no?

There are still some other things that I've come to realized but I'll have to save that for a later time.

Well then, I guess this is step number two!

Hi, I'm Julian


and I'm Kel's bro.

~ I surrender this bitterness to you God. AMEN! ~

Simple Kind of Lovely

Slack, Soccer, Shopping and Surprise.

Slack, was my week. Study wise that is. It's been quite awhile since I got the chance to just unwind and do things that I enjoy doing and wanted to do for a while now. So the things I did?

Breakdance, jammed, fellowship and steal things (no, I'm just kidding).

It was great being able to catch up with some friends at breakdance and just pop, lock and drop it, yo! Although it was pretty tiring, I had fun. By the way, my instructor's name is D-Flex. How cool is that? I should probably get a B-boy name too.

Hmmm maybe something like J-dog or Jul.i.an. No you say? haha guess not.

On Wednesday night, met up with a couple of friends for dinner and worship at our secret base - ment. Thanks for the invite Chris and hope we get to do it more often! Oh, and the pasta was al dente.

Housechurch was on the following night. Pretty relaxing and chilled after a long day of looking at trees, powerpoles, land and more trees. Yes, looking at trees is a vital part of my course (no kidding). After housechurch we had a mini-jamming session!

I'll add the video of it later. Internet is crappy right now.

Edit:
Wee ~ finally up! Don't mind the horrible scat-singing and video quality :P

I find it amusing how comfortable I am at being a goof. Hmmm that's a thought for another day.

After five days of goofing around, it's today. Played soccer in the morning, had ice-chocolate, owned Winston's high score on Chris' phone (yes Wince, you have a new challenger! plus Ann that makes two), had ramen for lunch, bumped into some zombies, bought party stuffs for church tomorrow, collected newspapers, when bongo hunting (unfortunately the Music Swap Shop was closed by the time we got there) and now, I'm updating my blog.


Yup, it's been an eventful day. And just to make today a little more interesting was a little surprise.

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I have white hair.....*sulks*

Oh yea, and Kel's mother is coming to Melbourne. In 2 hours.

~ First time writing a post like this and I gotta say, it feels pretty feminine ~

Mayday

Exam timetables are out!

Which means exam's in a month time.

Which means no more lazy afternoons.

Which means quality time with Survey, Carto, Maths and Sci Comm.

Which means sleepless nights.

Which means HDssss babeh!



....I wish.

Feeling blue? Here's a video to cheer you up!



~ HDssss? Hey, it could happen. Could. ~

Reminisce

Watch as this music video of a girl washing dishes transform into an acoustic, orchestral and piano masterpiece!

Utada Hikaru - Hikari



Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean



Yoko Shimomura - Hikari (Orchestra version)



Some random youtuber - Hikari (Piano version)



~ If I had to choose, this would probably be my high school life theme song hahaha ~