http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:blackmariner&section=today deviantART RSS for by:blackmariner en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:26:16 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/28324439/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/28324439/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:38:50 PST 她說
她班里又來了一批的新加坡學生
看著手機螢幕上的簡訊
可真讓我回想起在北京過的美好日子
在北京的同學們
你們
賣羊肉串的人還在嗎
走了萬里長城嗎
看到了鳥巢嗎
天氣如何
好玩嗎
行吧
真希望我此刻與你們在哪兒遊山玩水
我好想念那六個禮拜的自由啊

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/28117632/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/28117632/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:57:55 PST






















ok i admit, its coz i cant think of anything else to write too.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27588738/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27588738/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:38:42 PDT
oops geography.

today: english and geog papers
tues: chinese
wed: chemistry (must do well)
thurs: social studies (dont care you. )
fri: physics (must do well)
next monday: forgot. either english or chinese again. one way or another, never mind.
next tuesday: MATH. (if getting run over by a bus will help me do well id gladly do so pls)
next wed: chinese

someone organise a class outing after the biology students finish their bio paper next thursday! who wants to go clubbing? xD

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27381357/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27381357/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:48:12 PDT
It's all about a determined focus now.

Stay strong.

All the best to you.

(:

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27369155/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27369155/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:41:23 PDT Sorry that you had to find out this way.

Don't let my naive feelings distract you from your examinations.
Go for it, do your best. as always.

And ill always wish that you do.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27202167/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/27202167/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:37:53 PDT
im going to DIE.

bleh.

and i found this awesome looking icon while trawling deviantart a few days ago.



expresses aptly how i feel inside.

xD

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26971560/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26971560/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:01:44 PDT
my higher art project is at a close. the themes, and presentation mediums, et cetera, have all been finalised, and out of the 5 2-metre-wide panoramas i intend to do i have 4 taken already: one fully completed, 3 pending to mistreat my 4gbs of ddr3 ram in my macbook pro while been edited and recolored in photoshop cs4. the next time i do such a thing i had better darn well keep my pix under 10000px in width. maybe shall go out this weekend to take one more panorama, and i can begin to consider which of my contacts should i order my photo prints from. maybe on plastic? ill have to order customized lightboxes in that case. and request one of the dark booths to be freed up in the school's exhibition hall.

as part of the project i also have to do 8 panels of storyboarding, supposedly to explain my project process, brainstorming, photoshoots, color experimentation and all. perhaps the school administration had too many exhibition panels left over from all the science fair and stuff? but one way or another i have to do it to ensure a good grade. im depending on art to pull my marks up this year as it always had. please dont betray me now, higher art. D:

holidays in a week and a half! and its really nice to know that after ten weeks of frantic catching up in school work and mental torture (term tests) i can look forward to my week of school holidays being COMPLETELY TAKEN UP by some game design competition...Singapore Games Creation Competition (ah, a creative name). so i have to be there quite literally from 9 to 5, every weekday of my hols. God. why did i work so hard along with my juniors (as a team) to get to the national finals again, can someone remind me?

and i have not yet gotten the starbucks i promised to treat myself to last week. and neither the oh-so-determined goal to increase my sleep time from 3 to at least 5 hours a day. so much for procrastination. stupid workload.

enjoy the weekends while they are.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26909518/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26909518/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:31:49 PDT Mrs Finalla Goh

all my other teachers in NHPS

and my current teachers in HCI

HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY~

enjoy tomorrow, its going to be you last respite before the End of Year exams come down hard on us all~

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26803742/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26803742/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:53:58 PDT
i want to take up proper classical guitar lessons by the end of the year

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26707623/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26707623/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:59:28 PDT
a subject that teaches you essentially how to write essays glorifying the singaporean government. (for the simple reason that no one is allowed by law to do otherwise)

but, heck, an A1 is an A1. that should pull my overall grade back up (after watching my chemistry and physics...and to a lesser extent chinese and math going down the drain)

thank God.







meanwhile.
ive gotten a LOT of math and geography homework over the past two/three days, to be due over the next week. my goodness. argh.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26623919/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26623919/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:40:58 PDT
physics practical on tuesday.

wednesday...ah yes. prize presentation ceremony for splash awards (some poster design competition, i get to skip chinese. i wonder when is the retest?

thursday, chemistry retest. lol the whole class did badly the teacher had no option but to accept our appeal. that should teach him how to teach high school kid college syllabus.

test survival week, the final run.

let's begin.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26566514/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26566514/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:30:22 PDT physics test

tomorrow.

lets roll.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26512013/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26512013/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:23:58 PDT
not forgetting you tiesto. youre good as well.

but i still like van buuren's a state of trance series ohsomuch.

you rock.




PS: geography and math tests on thursday. im screwed D:

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26395520/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26395520/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:40:33 PDT
found this awesome music blog (one of the infinite on the internet) that lists the discographies and mu/rs links for asian pop albums. out of random checked out the kpop list, and got a few albums as well.

ive always found kpop really nice, when i stumble upon it when listening to 96.3fm radio during those lonely nights spent with no one but my beloved math and sciences homework.

i think im hooked on kpop.

._.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26262623/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26262623/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:31:59 PDT
had a fever that hit high 37 deg celsius, headache, sore throat, cough, and a cold over these few days. and i feel tired and lethargic all day long, even at night. considering that h1n1 swine flu epidemic is all over the place now, i dont think i can ignore all that anymore. maybe ill drink more water, and sleep abit more.

shant see a doctor, havent been to one for a few years already anyways, minus the times i was accompanying family or friends. coz according to government guidelines i should be treated as a serious suspected case and be quarantined for 7 whole days at home. if they find out, that is. but tests are coming up, and id sooner get shot than miss a single lesson in school D: my previous results are so bad, to stand any chance of rescuing this school year i MUST do well this term. yet i wonder how much ill learn in school given my half catatonic state. its funny how the mind loves to wander when the body is tired or sick. and being sick is already darn irritating to start with.

oh the life id put myself through to ensure that, gah.







[Marie, so sorry to hear about your fever! ): do take care and rest well these 7 days ok? try not to game or camp online too much now that u have the entire day to spend at home haha xD all the best, im sure u can do your best as always (: ]

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26195288/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/26195288/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:14:14 PDT
my tests are coming up, but there is a massive backlog of new photos i have taken with my (borrowed) olympus prosumer. along this week i shall upload them bit by bit. hopefully they turn out well.

i love scott kelby's book photoshop cs3 for digital photographers <3<3<3 it simply rocks. i love all the hack methods he taught in that book. ftwness.

im going to apply them to my newer photos (i already tried a bit, the results are simply stunning. practically halved the time i take to achieve the same result using my own methods for retouching my photos.

meanwhile.

happy birthday grandma! my new challenge to you is to reach for a ripe old age of 90! considering that you are in your 80s and still traveling places im sure you can do it! x)

went to malaysia for the party/dinner at my uncle's new villa. ended up arriving there one whole afternoon early, so bugged my father for a hundred bucks and went shopping at the nearby mall got a couple of new shorts and a shirt. the leftovers obviously went to starbucks.

i found this huge plain behind the villa. its going to be developed into an extension of the housing estate, but beyond clearing some some grass work hasnt really started yet. and in the middle of the grass is this dilapidated farmhouse and a tree. so went back to get my cam out, and threw the remainder of the afternoon away catching the beautiful moment in the evening light.

back in school, reality struck. my tests are coming. ohnoes.

yr pls dont distract yourself.





[your determination inspires me, and encourages me to push to greater heights...your spirit, gives me the strength to fight on]

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25971261/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25971261/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:19:28 PDT
]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25850433/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25850433/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:32:05 PDT
thanks so much to all of you on facebook! haha. though all your best wishes and blessings HAD in fact flooded my inbox, its real fun seeing how do you different people permute a simple message ("happy birthday") into something which tells me quite a bit on your personality ("HAHAHA HELLOOOOO!! HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYY!!!!!!!" versus "hi...happy birthday! (:")



and thanks so much for the surprise party at McDonalds! and chocolates. and cake. and random jokes and photos.

its always nice to have everyone around laughing and happy isnt it?

(:

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25705556/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25705556/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:30 PDT 你在我右边觉得体贴
灰色阴天像挡在前面
该走到哪里才有世界

忽然我们的心跳陪你上通霄一起在奔跑
现在我要你知道

这是我们的信号 OH HI EA EA OH HA
飞行部落的那边 梦不再遥远
穿越天空的隧道 OH HI EA EA OH HA
曾流过的眼泪 变成彩虹画面
我会看见 我会看见

云在天边 我看的很远
梦醒的地点要自己选
蓝色琴键 终于他出现
想走到哪里都是世界

忽然我们的心跳就像绽不开谁在心里叫
现在我要你听到

这是我们的信号 OH HI EA EA OH HA
飞行部落的那边 梦不再遥远
穿越天空的隧道 OH HI EA EA OH HA
曾流过的眼泪 变成彩虹画面
我会看见

这是我们的信号 OH HI EA EA OH HA
飞行部落的那边 梦不再遥远
穿越天空的隧道 OH HI EA EA OH HA
曾流过的眼泪 变成彩虹画面
我会看见 我会我会看见

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25567355/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25567355/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:05:14 PDT
math holiday hw. linear laws
relearning topics i missed in beijing. logarithms, trigo graphs
math variations online assignment
math variations e-learning course
math variations project
chinese revision, syllabus for past half year
revise chemistry syllabus for past quarter, acid-base theories, chemical bonding, atomic and molecular bonding, convalent and ionice bonding, van der waal
math statistics poster: research on students' opinion of student council in a school, survey and graphic report
tidying up chemistry file and filling in uncompleted worksheets
SGCC 2009, singapore games creation competition quarterfinals: 1 main menu design in photoshop, 3, background designs in flash, review of actionscript codes
downloading secondhand serenade, plain white ts, organise my itunes library

meanwhile

yes i learnt how to cook fried steak, and brocolli at last!! for the past week i actually learnt more cooking by trying out myself with my father around than i have in the past year reading tips online. hopefully by in another year or two ill be good at it enough to cook for the entire family...so that my mother does not have so much work to do. she is nearing 50 years old and wearing out. sigh.

meanwhile

due to the shocking spread of swine flu in singapore my school has extended the holidays for one week! i have so much time to get back to 1am sleep times.

especially now that i can slack much more.

my holidays have just begun, when chronologically they have been around for a month.




PS: i enjoyed your company today. <3.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25247659/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/25247659/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:35:25 PDT 安静的转着
真实的感觉
梦境般遥远
甜甜的海水
复杂的眼泪
看你傻笑着
握住我的手
梦希望没有尽头
我们走到这就好
因为我不想太快走完这幸福
很可惜没有祝福
但爱你并不孤独
不会再让你哭
我陪你走到最后
能不能不要回头
你紧紧地抱住我
说你不需要承诺
你说我若一个人会比较自由
我不懂你说什么
反正不会松手
我陪你走到最后
能不能别想太多
会不会手牵着手
晚一点才到尽头
你说不该再相见只为了瞬间
谢谢你让我听见
因为我在等待永远
白色的风车
安静的转着
真实的感觉
梦境般遥远
甜甜的海水
复杂的眼泪
看你傻笑着
握住我的手
很可惜没有祝福
当爱你并不孤独
不会再让你哭
我陪你走到最后
能不能不要回头
你紧紧地抱住我
说你不需要承诺
你说我若一个人会比较自由
我不懂你说什么
反正不会松手
我陪你走到最后
能不能别想太多
会不会手牵着手
晚一点再到尽头
你说不该再相见只为了瞬间
谢谢你让我听见
因为我在等待永远
谢谢你让我听见
因为我在等待永远

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24971775/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24971775/ Wed, 27 May 2009 00:23:49 PDT
im so glad she made a dailymotion account.

once again i get to listen to her mixes while doing my work ^^

keep up your excellent work mimi taylor!

[link]




gah need to start on my art sketches...been lagging for over a week.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24928330/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24928330/ Sun, 24 May 2009 17:02:29 PDT
]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24745874/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24745874/ Wed, 13 May 2009 21:34:08 PDT
might or might not post this week...or whats left of the week. i have to prepare for club open house...where my propropro imbar senior displayed his art with cool confidence two years ago for the design component of our infocomm club, this year this time its me, my turn to embarrass myself. and i have no idea, out of the hundreds of pieces of my own, which to select. oh how troublesome.

hmm.

ill sleep more.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24681623/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24681623/ Sun, 10 May 2009 07:33:05 PDT
my home and family, my school and friends, and all that i have grown up around.

may this gratitude for all that God has blessed me with stay strong in my heart.



meanwhile.

A MATH TEST OFF ALL THINGS ON WEDNESDAY??!! COME ON I JUST CAME BACK FROM MISSING SIX WEEKS OF LESSONS ZMG. IM SCREWED!!!!

protocol: initiate mode_TANK [MUGGING LEVEL 9: ACTIVATED]. studies ftw.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24623389/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24623389/ Wed, 06 May 2009 17:57:03 PDT
i will miss beijing. its is such a lovely place with such interesting people living such different lives from us visitors, and even among themselves. in these 6 weeks i have probably learnt more about beijing than all that i have read up on at home over years. rather than coming as tourists we were here attached to a local school, and that makes all the difference by letting us live life as locals. i wonder how wrong my impression of beijing would have been should i have been following around some tour group.

hmm.

what i love about this place?

its a new experience in general, but i shall name a few.
first of all, the SHOPPING. guys shop too, alright, and i am even more so justified in this aspect, me after all being a teen.
the photo opportunities. what i will never have seen in Singapore i have before my eyes time and time again. in beijing.
the food. its dirt cheap.
the subway. transport made easy in exponential powers. will get you anywhere without fail after you more or less know how to use it.

yet nothing is perfect. have i found any dislikes here?

the toilets. some do not seem to understand the concept of 'cubicles'. beyond a small board of plastic between each bowl. and they are, hmm, not too clean.
the humidity. its so low your skin can crack, and you are always feeling dehydrated.
the lack of internet access in the school dormitories. enough explained? the worst hate of all be this one.
missing home. i miss home, and even more so my friends and family. 6 weeks is a long time to be away, it is.
and having to control my spending by so much. thankfully i am already used to it, monetary self control is a good habit to practice. yet...

aha. something to mull over briefly: oh that pair of levi jeans, and oh that armani shirt. and oh the converse sneakers the soccer boots the chains with a sword, heart-shaped, wing, shield, ring, skull pendant. i have so much that i long to have and do not have. but isnt this the same with everyone? where is your dream car? the house with a swimming pool you saw in the newspapers? what about the pretty girl or handsome guy who you met on the bus? some things are things we have to, and can do without, just that we either do not see, or having seen do not admit it. but while we lag and lament our fate life moves on, leaving behind those who refuse to move on.

haha, perhaps not as serious as that, but to put it in a selfish point of view which some may understand better, you may miss something better for something not as good but you have already taken a blind fancy to.

______________________________________________________________

now as i prepare to head home all i can think of are the people i am going to see, and i long to see. my parents, my friends and especially a few closest ones... and my teachers, and other people i know, friends, seniors and leaders i know from church. for all your best wishes, blessings, prayer and advice i thank you all. truly.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24454858/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24454858/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:28:04 PDT Say it’s true
Everything that matters breaks in two
Say it’s true
I’ll never ask for anyone but you

All you want is to figure it out
And God knows I do to
What can I do
Say It’s true
I’ll never ask for anyone but you


Another Heart Calls -- The All-American Rejects

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24397623/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24397623/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:39:40 PDT
but hell i can start working on my recent (1 week plus) photos at last, yeah!

lol. i still screwed up math and chem.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24319310/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24319310/ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:24:10 PDT
one shot, and my cam died.

ill go back this weekened, come hell or high water.




meanwhile: backlog in tests and homework! ill have to cut down on facebooking/msn chat/photoshop/devart! but heck a couple of hours a night should be enough to deal with all my online stuff...ah well, ill just go along with whatever my time allows~



ARGH my money is running out. one too many shopping trip (and i KNEW IT i told my parents that what they gave was about half of what my classmates were getting and what my seniors told me was the average required amount.) hopefully i can request for a bit more when they visit me here on holiday. hmm.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24243249/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24243249/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:14:29 PDT
Hours left: five. Before that i have lessons to endure. But the Temple of Heaven beckons, and my camera shall give me encouragement and strength.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24242908/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24242908/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:57:55 PDT
it did not take me too long to identify the root cause. i have had insufficient sleep over the past few days.

such a situation calls for immediate reparation plans. i shall no longer wake up at 5am but an hour and a half later. and no less than 6 hours of sleep a day, which reasons itself to be around a 12.30 knockoff time. now that i come to look at it carefully, i find myself subjected to an almost pitiful sleep schedule, far from what i am used to. but where change is necessary, may change occur.

*****

im counting the hours now to go to the 天坛 (or Temple of Heaven) in beijing, where then emperors of yore would thank God for the harvest each year. since the time i read that the 'God' mentioned is most probably the actual christian God, thus implying that ancient Chinese were Christians before turning into sin, I have longed to see for myself that interesting relic of a nation's religious and ceremonial history.

Hours left: five. Before that i have lessons to endure. But the Temple of Heaven beckons, and my camera shall give me encouragement and strength.

*****

oh dear i hear the school bell. means i have to shut my laptop now. ah well.

*****

written April 15, 2009, 7.59 AM

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24215097/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24215097/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:48:24 PDT
im bored.

and lonely, as usual.

i wantz to play left4dead!! i miss the computer game so much.

and _____ even more. shh.





here without you -- 3 doors down ...and crush -- david archuleta still retain their meaning to me.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24189112/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24189112/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:05:37 PDT
BUT I WON. BOOYEAH. TO HELL WITH FEVER YOU DINT TOUCH ME A BIT. and i survived a field trip to the beijing zoo under all that (though i was too tired to take photos, ahwell.)

at least that is what i think. to sustain my determination i pumped down a week's worth of nescafe in two days. and, if i, of all people, consider myself to be overspending on coffee, the situation can be aptly described as threateningly serious.

ill never be able to kick my caffeine habit again. but then again it has been this way since i was 12 years old

and oh my foot dosent hurt that much now...though it still looks as bad as it was before blehh.

thanks for the concern!



there wont be much landscape/sky pictures for the next week at least...i intend to devote this time to actually doing SOMETHING that will go into my higher art project. does anyone have any suggestions/advice for a photography series themed 'dawn versus dusk'? maybe life rousing on the streets of beijing...

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24152413/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24152413/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:23:59 PDT absence makes the heart grow fonder.



mehh.

stepped on something sharp in my dorm just now. my left foot hurts like hell to walk on =.= and ive already planned where to shop this weekend with my friends gahh.

and ive run out of instant coffee granules. zmg its supposed to be enough to last a couple of months and ive finished it in a week?

fabulous. simply fabulous.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24139353/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24139353/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:09:56 PDT
missing ppl.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24138526/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24138526/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:25:28 PDT

and the editing is done! now be the dying minutes of lunch break at sch...hmm i shall start posting the great wall photos after night lessons in a while lol procrastination ftw.

out of random ive suddenly felt a pang of sadness, for missing all my friends back in singapore...and i still have to wait another 4 long weeks before i can get to see/chill out with them again.

chinying, weize, luyang, all you seniors who have guided me, taught me so much, admonished me where i have gone wrong, i miss you all~

houyin, my fun senior who also played the part of my trainer last year

zitian and jiakun, the resident high profile bgr couple

Marie, rayyan, shaoyun, derek, fun weird lame random batchmates.

my great juniors nicholas (aka jack), covie, clarence, and the new member additions to hwachong electronic communications and computer club.



you never know how many great peoples are there in your life until there are not around. bleh.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24122762/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24122762/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:07:53 PDT .>

i guess ill have to kill more. ah well.

will begin level/contrast editing soon!

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24087826/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/24087826/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:23:51 PDT
ah well

but i made use of the time. killed a few hundred dollars shopping for clothes and shoes all over the place, visited some key features of beijing (olympic stadium, forbidden palace?) and took really nice photos yay. ^^

hang on while i upload them!

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i have found cause to hate the chicom government for two things: the blocking of youtube, and blogspot. i cant access either now. gah.

china is still a beautiful place though, even if it is run by an assembly of paranoid communists.

no offence (yeah right). >

more photos coming~

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after all im flying off on tuesday morning.

for six weeks.

sigh.

sure as hell ill be missing everyone. this is not a holiday, its in the middle of the school term and ill be missing out on six weeks' worth of chaos and confusion...just kidding. six weeks' worth of fun stuff that could happen awww. especially in infocomm club. something new practically happenes every friday, and yes of course there are other, more personal reasons that i have for loving fridays, when i get to see...

marie's sunset photo was very well received haha. thanks to all of you! perhaps the next time ill add on more of our collabs...and you can continue to support her love for photography~

today is my last chance to pack. (school tomorrow for the whole day). maybe i should stop camping on the computer?

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i am back.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21975251/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21975251/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:26:45 PST
i waited too long to crack vista. argh now its locked and i cant do anything abt it. must not procrastinate nxt time

ive been looking a long time for an excuse to get a laptop. maybe this is it.

got a few new wallpapers done, but im doing web design now...as soon as i get my new laptop will be uploading some new stuff. till then, ill be leaving devart alone.

not to say im quitting, just gonna be stagnant. will log on every now and then to check for comments and leave replies, but yeah, you get the idea.

cyas 4 now

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21724024/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21724024/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:13:56 PST
well it means ill be busy once again, but i have opportunities to continue to play around with photoshop while making some abstract pics that can be uploaded onto there when the website comes up. perhaps.

to all my watchers: thanks for the support thus far!

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21556765/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21556765/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:11:05 PST
ppl complain that the weather is hot here. in hk i had students going around asking me 'i heard that singapore is much hotter than here. is that true?'

sure, sure. the local heat could even slim a fat person down. jkjk, but i am just fine living a few kilometres away from the equator. it is called the psychological comcept of 'home'.

and my com crashed. so when i was away my father got vista ultimate. i came back feeling a bit lost because he forgot to create a computer account for me and set a password on his. nvm though i did it after he came home from work.

vista DOES look nice. though the so-called user friendliness of vista in my opinion is like, just a switch in focus from the keyboard to the mouse. i dont exactly like that, but what the hell.

as a parting note: i did take some really nice photos while in hk. just combined into paranomas, so hang on. im uploading them now.

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21449294/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/21449294/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:36:46 PST
this is yr writing in hong kong.

like i said, im on an exchange programme at this moment, 7d7n to be exact. so far i have managed to survive a couple of days despite the drastic change in temperature. 5 more to go. hope i dont come down with a fever or sth .

well i have nth much to say. just that this trip has made me appreciate the comfort of home to a greater extent than before. call it a psychological thing, i suppose.

so thats all i have for now. erm yeah. (...)

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now ive got a website on standby, a publication layout, some 3d chicken project (the mainreason ive been lagging in devart) and a poster series PLUS some award to receive some exchange program to hong kong some CCA camp to attend arrgh.

sec2 life isnt easy.

at least i improved one full grade for my end of year exams. top in class for lit?! damn i used to be bottom. i have not yet enough chances to experience that sweetness of being top academically and now its nauseating me.

the grades mean that i could get into whatever special program my school offers me though. one thing to go yay about.

for the hk trip, ive been going wth at the packing list. for 8days i have to pack a damn, like 20 sets of clothes? that teacher in charge is nuts. im gonna cut down wherever possible. i HATE packing, especially for long trips or outdoor camps. thats why i did not go for the end of year camp just last week (going into the records my reason being a back injury )

theres one main thing why end of years are good: i get to use the com more (yesssss) and actually game with my parents permission (though that wasnt much of a matter to start with if u know what i mean ).

on the whole the end of year periods dont mean NO WORK, they simply mean DIFFERENT FORM OF STRESS.

and yes ill catch up on devart soon too, post more often (i have every reason to do so the exams are over dammit) not to dissapoint my watchers

that is: after i kill off some of my so-called workload

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20852272/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20852272/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:50 PDT
i am insanely euphoric

i dun know how to describe it

im so happy i dun know what else to write

yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.



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]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20413200/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20413200/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:27:59 PDT
oh well.
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]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20124845/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/20124845/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:52:09 PDT
well abt the olympic bg thing, i ended up participating in a competition to design a logo for the Youth Olympics Singapore 2010. i dont know if i am allowed to post it, so never mind.

im picking up CSS for web design. need to learn fast after the end of year exams lol im trying my hand at making one without any help from random free templates soon.

and yeah i got down to 38 secs in solving a rubiks cube. i know it still sucks, i have not yet learnt how to do OLL and PLL (orientate and permute last layers respectively)

and yeah about the exams. ill be on reduced activity for some time now, coz mugging season begins. 'oh dearies' are an understatement, trust me. exams SUCK. we all know that...X(

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19962744/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19962744/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:27:40 PDT
hmm just for the hell of it perhaps ill do an olympic themed desktop bg next week...?

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19762379/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19762379/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:30:30 PDT after all i cant blame anyone but my pen which broke up halfway and required me to waste a couple minutes searching for a spare.

conclusion: i need to learn to effectively use a pencilbox. it is almost empty as of now all my pens are scattered somewhere in my bag

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and rocks cant die.

can they?

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once again, thanks to all who have supported me in these few months!

]]> ~blackmariner http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19456894/ http://blackmariner.deviantart.com/journal/19456894/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:33:11 PDT
*fingers pause*

hmm. oh yes, wrapping up my 3d project. and as of now, just finished my flash presentation on solar power. im am atill on another one, about zero gravity. wa kua diao. (means i am tired. really tired.)

yeah. just an update for myself and others so i can remind myself what i still have to do before i can get back to anything else.

wish me luck on my future problem solving competition tomorrow. i hope i can find my way to the venue to start with

*yawn*..uh, thats all. yeah.

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