Albert Camus
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the school of Absurdism
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth”
“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.”
“I rebel; therefore we exist.”
Just started reading The Plague .. simple and majestic writing style, and he’s like, dude i’m not even trying and you’re like, but you have a Nobel Prize in lit! then he’s like what.. this old thing?
is what I imagine..him to be like from his writing style. Though writing about The..Plague…
COLOR ful chairs
3 commentsevery night i tell myself that i will go to sleep early and wake up early because people who work hard do that. but here i am, 2 am, and blogging.
i brought “my” new camera out and took some pics….! everything has been photoshopped and resized etc, but i do that with everything, you can’t really judge my pictures based on quality (because i think most cameras these days take fairly good pics) or color or a lot of technical things that i dont really know about. i mostly use my Lumix LX3, but i think this camera might grow on me simply because it’s SO light weight and easy to hide (e.g. going to concerts…)
I will review it though, for utility purposes, how easy to use is it? i actually bought it for my mom, well my dad paid for it, but i picked it out .. :D
i always joke about having a quarter-life crisis but it’s slowly becoming a reality. today i had one of those “what the fuck am i doing” moment annnndddd it didn’t go well. I was heading out from my appointment with my Korean Tutor and I started to feel ill…
not very ill, but this stuffy feeling in your chest…
when I feel like this, I always head to the place i always feel safe at, and lucky me, the library is right next door…(yes I always plan my panic attacks at strategic locales)
Today, the panic came faster than usual, and i couldn’t really sit at one place, or concentrate on a book… plus i have a sensitive stomach when it comes to coffee, and yes, i just had coffee.. things weren’t looking good then i remembered…
what helps me to calm down is concentrate on a simple activity, any simple activity will do..
the children’s portion of the library is in the basement, i know..what you’re thinking. WHAT? put our future in the basement? now this ain’t no ordinary basement, it’s not even a basement because it has sky to ceiling glass windows.. and an amazing ceiling decorated with dragons.. it’s amazing..
and then i found this room, this circular room (see my cool panoramic photo that didn’t really line up well) amazing, peaceful room with NATURAL LIGHT!!! . it was quiet, except for the girl play Arthur computer games in the next room, but she wasn’t really being loud. (How good is Arthur? one of my favorite kids shows) and I sat there, reading I spy books… then i got owned and decided to read something else.
Peace is everywhere if you could find it, well not everywhere, but it’s there.
Stay cool kids… (my hair cut looks really good in real life, this pic came out weird…damn not at all photogenic :( )
P.S. shout out to my 2 new subscribers, thank you ^^
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so, as i’ve mentioned, i’ve been studying korean.
i’ve been trying to learn grammar with my tutor, but the books she’s brought are all in korean with extremely complicated words and vocabulary.
so to keep things simple, i thought “how do korean children learn korean”
ah…
blocky picture books!
i have a pile stacked on my desk, i feel as intimidated by them as i was intimidated by my genetics textbook.
but, no matter what, learning a language is still a lot more fun and easy than attempting to master molecular genetics, in which i should tell you that i failed, and didn’t even attempt to retake. i took evolutionary genetics instead, which, again, surprised me, and took my fail to a whole new level. Although i did end up passing the course, it was a labored process full of pain and tears, and making my TAs and professors lose hope in the new generation.
now to change the mood completely
Roberto Bolano, an extremely celebrated author from South America, i HAVE attempted to read both 2666 and The savage detective. Both I gave up after 20 pages. But this, THIS! is short, and sweet, and most likely depressing as hell (check out the title) but i will finish, I WILL FINISH!
i always find reading translated novels intriguing because different languages have different grammar patterns, when you attempt to translate a really complicated sentence in another language, you some how always end up producing a new way of writing almost, and this is always really beautiful to me.
Or in some cases, the sentences that are translated become more blunt and simple, it keeps the stories focused and clear, and it’s refreshing to have simplicity, instead of trying to out do each other with paragraph length sentences, although i dont know any real authors that do that.
now i’m gonna stop trying to sound like a pseudo intellectual and watch some korean variety shows, peace out.
SO SO BUSY?
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this is what i’ve been doing, learning korean, drinking some italian orange flavored sparkling soda? (fancier fanta?) and going to start reading this book soon, it’s suppose to be really good.
i’m learning korean through a conversation-exchange partner. I went into it without knowing any Korean, well besides the stuff i know from dramas hahahaaaaaa, i try not to reveal that i’m a d-addict and a SUJU-addict. i think it’s kind of off-putting.
she’s soooo nice, she even prepares materials for me to work on, i have a lot of homework this weekend!
i always feel bad because i didn’t really prepare anything for her. but, she says i’m good at talking so that’s enough. And she really just wants to learn conversational english.
talking? my one and only talent
but this talent goes down the drain when i’m pissed off, it’s game over, and i’ve lost all cool
:D
:D
RANDOM + VUVUZELA
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things that i’ve been doing lately since my job decides they don’t need me anymore
- staying up until very ridiculous hours to live-stream korean pop shows that features Super Junior
- playing tetris with random strangers via wifi on my DS, getting my ass kicked continuously while at other times beating them without getting a sweat
- reading books, currently reading Linchpin, i looked up the word on wikipedia, i still don’t see how it’s a metaphor for the book
- Linchpin is a self help book for jump starting your career, it feels like a “don’t kill yourself just cause your job sucks” kind of self help book.
- Going out a lot because my room is too hot, though it’s significantly cooler today
- i got another hypersim (see above for pics) for my JPN softbank phone, this isn’t even a really good phone but i feel the need to conquer technology, softbank 2 emma 0.1 (i got the phone to work for a day)
-looking into buying a new phone, the running contenders are: iphone 4, nexus ONE, the nexus one is leading by a long shot
- i got a free vuvuzela from the lottery commissions, because the jackpot is really big and they want to get the message out there
- i’m going to use it during sunday’s game
- it’s pretty obvious which country i’m cheering for right?
- i’m on tumblr the rest of the time, without sleep of course ;)
things i’ve been wondering
- why is kpop so addictive
- how kyuhyun grab my heart with a simple smile?
- do you see that tree in the penthouse in the first pic? that penthouse alone is probably worth 10s of millions, so, did you get the tree up there when it was kindling or did you helicopter pad it? either way, NICE BRO!
This is how Kyuhyun does it, mystery solved…!
i’m going to clarify here that i’m not a fan-girl type of person, NORMALLY, but I can’t fight this, I can’t. Its powers are beyond me, there’s nothing I can do here. I am completely powerless to his smile.
this is my expression when i’m looking at him 
the WHOLE TIMEEE
yeah, obviously i’ve been busy, as you can see…
OH BTW!!!
PROP is finally opennn!! excited? oui oui?
COOL BOOK BRO
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Found this book at the library, there are a wide array of drawing styles all by the same person. Reading it almost felt like looking at this person’s journal, who am i kidding, i mean looking. i can’t really read chinese, i CAN if i tried really hard but i usually give up.
The handwriting looks so similar to my cousins that i had to double take to make sure that my cousin didnt quit her government job and started drawing. It isn’t, since she’s not from Hong Kong.
Either way, solid find.