3 posts tagged “music”

wow. i haven't posted in this thing in ages. ANYWAY.

so quick update on life i guess.

2nd year of college whoohoo~

taking...english comp 3, japanese 4, korean 1 this quarter.

Japanese is great, it's getting harder obviously, but i just study a lot =-='

Korean. This class. is killing me. It's only like the 3rd week but I just...can't pronounce the sounds for the life of me. and I DON'T UNDERSTAND why but korean vocab KILLS me. Japanes vocab took like me like maybe an hr or so to learn the chapter's vocab...but korean. D:

they don't stick for some reason. I had an easier time remembering my chinese than korean, which is ridiculous.

i dunno. it's not like the grammar's hard, i mean common it's korean 1 =-=' but not being able to pronounce anything and tripping over sounds and blanking out makes my confidence level drop like a rock. Not that it wasn't already really low anyway....

I think the amount of studying I do for my languages is ridiculous. I want to be really fluid in japanese, but I don't actually physically talk that much except in class and repeating to myself when I'm studying. Basically the theory kinda falls apart when faced with real-world situations. もっと日本語を話すと、上手になる。。。はずです。But I really don't have any faith in my ability....lol <___<

But. yea. studying for japanese and korean has taken over my life. And yet I don't feel like i'm really learning anything...not by any fault of my teachers...just that i fail TT________TT and things don't stick. *sigh*

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Music wise! :D

I've added ...115 songs(8:35:58 playtime; 861.5 mb) to my itunes in just the past two weeks...I'm trying to get back to listening to more...non asian stuff lol
I realize also I don't have a lot of female singers...which makes me sad because female voices I actually like more in general....
Also, i really like remixes of things. mashups are my fave :)

so a run-down of what's been in my itunes the past few weeks...

Katy Perry (I rather like her whole cd actually...)
Rihanna
Nell
KOKIA
Jem (aaaaaaaaaaaaah <3333333333333 i feel stupid that i haven't discovered her earlier DDD: )
DAISHI DANCE (the mixing of the piano and electronic/dance is <333)
Joon Wha Jae In
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and
alan~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 i'm sad i only got unlazy this week and finally got around to tagging and upping her music to my itunes...her voice is sooo pretty and she has sucha amazing voice *________________________________________* signed to avex trax, but she's tibetian and awesome~~~~ she has chinese songs too :D

So this is the chinese version of 心・戦 ～RED CLIFF～ :D

02 心・戦 ～RED CLIFF～

So, I haven't written a blog entry since moving into UCLA, but there's not much to say about stuff here. It's college? I mean you're either experiencing it or you're gonna. Or whatever. Anyway....

A 'Secret' Music Box

I recently got my credit card.....HEHE. >_>

I bought a lotta stuff ._____. It's in the triple digits, and not barely in the triple digits either...

But one of the best things I bought...was definitely this:

Music_box

It's actually really small, but that's okay <3 It comes with THIS:

Mini_score

Which is just wicked awesome xD

Of course the highlight of those purchases is definitely WITHOUT A DOUBT the jay chou ticket and I do not, and will not EVER regret spending that money XD.....the other stuff....>_> *sigh* But I told myself(and I will follow through) that I wouldn't buy anything ELSE not neccessary to my living and/or  entertainment related until I get a job...because otherwise Rissa's just gonna be spending money left and right...that isn't completely mine anyway .____.

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Majorly Distressing

I recently found out I've been taking the wrong math class.....Math 32A is definitely not the math class I'm supposed to be taking...it's for like engineers and crap....so I was able to get out of that class and into Math 3C, which is for Biology and Life Science Majors...(I didn't know we'd have a totally different math section...but okay XD ) and  thank goodness that I got out of that class....I didn't understand it at all....was definitely gonna get an F in that class -0-

Speaking of this major thing.....I'm so....it's not that I'm torn. I'm more worried by the fact that I'm not torn....

I really want to switch to East Asian studies/Asian Humanities/Linguistics (???) It's one of those things....the whole point is that it's a faaaar cry from oh, say. biology. .___. I don't know what to do...I actually had a chat with one of the  Bank of America  teller while I was transfering money from checks into my accounts...and it's like o_o. Even he said I should switch. HAHA. As I remember him saying "North Campus just has more fun" (He was a bio major and went to ucla apparently XD )

I don't know. The more I take chem, the less interesting it is to me....but I love my chinese class. It's my earliest class, and it's the same length as the rest of my classes...but I never feel sleepy in that class...and I'm always paying attention...and it's just ...I love the feeling I have after I get out of that class....like I'm actually progressing in Chinese.

I don't feel that way when I get out of Chem. I don't get that feeling when I came out of Math (hopefully this new math class I'm gonna start taking will be better tho :] )

So I really don't know what to do....It's just first quarter tho...so I try not to think about it. *sigh*

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Hands on Keys; Hands on Me

Yesterday, because of looking up Vanessa Carlton sheet music, I had this sudden urge to play piano. I haven't played piano since a very long time ago....and so I went to go play. Everyone was at the UCLA vs. Cal game, so there was no one at the music rooms :) And I played for two hours....and .....it was absolutely heavenly. I haven't played in sucha time, I had actually forgotten the overpowering feeling of peace and happiness and love I feel after really playing piano...It isn't a feeling that makes you wanna smile really wide, but more like the experience of feeling the wind flow past you as you stand on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Is that a bit dramatic? haha...And I fell in love with the piano all over again...I think the fact that I was alone, in a snug little room, with the sound reveberating all around...it helped. XD

Speaking of Vanessa Carlton, her new cd Heroes & Thieves is (because I'm not capable of thinking up good vocab words) amazingly beautiful I love every single song on the album, but what really caught my attention was the track Hands on Me and Heroes & Thieves, which you can listen to here(just click the pic) :)

02 Hands On Me

Vanessa Carlton

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I first saw you at the video exchange
I know my heart and it will never change
This temp work would be alright if you'd call me
You'd call me

I lie awake at night
And for you I pray

We crossed the deepest oceans
Cargo across the sea
And if you dont believe me
Just put your hands on me
And all the constellations shine down for us to see
And if you dont believe me
Just put your hands on me, oh no

The subway radiates with heat
We've barely met
And still I cross the street to your door

07 Heroes & Thieves

Vanessa Carlton