would debussy dismiss it as drivel?
we were studying (admittedly playing scrabbulous, more like) in school on tuesday when ruishan said, maybe we should switch mp3 players to see what we're each listening to - but then you've probably got a lot of christian music?
and i told her, nah i don't really like christian music nowadays (honestly. but if you gave me a cd with hymns done interestingly and a capella i'd reconsider). most of - five-eighths - of my playlist is classical music, i said, because i wanted something value neutral (the rest is jazz, ella fitzgerald and joe pass. if you want just let me know).
of the five-eighths, there's only holst's jupiter that isn't by debussy or debussy and ravel.
i was preparing for my juris presentation which just happened, and as all philosophy students will agree, it's quite a frustrating thing to dissect theories especially when you're sleepy. which got me to thinking whether debussy would have thought they (the theories) were drivel and there was so much more to life. and i decided that anyone who could write about life the way he did would probably have thought it was drivel.
the names of his songs are all in french and all in one folder so i don't know what i'm listening to but it doesn't matter, really.
that being said, i enjoy jurisprudence very much. my tutor pointed out to me today that i seem to be a bit muddled in my views, so perhaps it's time for me to stop trying to defer to the world and look at things properly from God's point of view.
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if jon and i were to be nominated as a couple for superlatives - yes, that annoying facebook application - we would be voted most likely to get into the weirdest scrapes. which other pair believes in being strangely honest (and i meant honest such that it's strange), or chooses to go on exchange to places where there's no toilet paper, where msn and skype seem to be blocked and budget calls on 1516 from singapore cost 30 cents a minute? (95 cents on singtel budget plan, but thank God for starhub pre-paid cards, 11 cents a minute)
moral of the story, choose china cause at least there's msn. although i do love chappati and i'm sure you like it too. but we'll see when i get to beijing (if i get to beijing) whether it'll be quirkily charming enough to add to our superlatives nomination, if ever there was one.
i was frantically calling starhub and m1 to ask about their idd plans last night, after finding out from 1516 that it's 30 cents a minute to bangalore, off-peak. thanks to abi who provided me with all the numbers.
m1 was useless, i queried about that super funny "this is mumbai ah. in-dee-ah," ad which offered free calls to india and the guy told me i had to sign up for some sunperks plan. he also seemed in a hurry to put down the phone. singtel was way better although the guy sounded very sheepish when he told me it was 95 cents a minute. then there was starhub, lovely starhub, with the very chirpy customer service officer even though it was around eleven p.m. who sounded so pleased to tell me that there was an offer until 31 dec for 11 cents a minute on 018 calls to india from a pre-paid card.
we'll see about the connection after i get the card, haha. for now it's google chat, coupled with erratic power/internet failures which means we get cut off mid-chat. endearing in its own way, something to remember and laugh about when we're older and greyer. i love these things that remind us of a time when technology was less advanced and life, simpler.
we were studying (admittedly playing scrabbulous, more like) in school on tuesday when ruishan said, maybe we should switch mp3 players to see what we're each listening to - but then you've probably got a lot of christian music?
and i told her, nah i don't really like christian music nowadays (honestly. but if you gave me a cd with hymns done interestingly and a capella i'd reconsider). most of - five-eighths - of my playlist is classical music, i said, because i wanted something value neutral (the rest is jazz, ella fitzgerald and joe pass. if you want just let me know).
of the five-eighths, there's only holst's jupiter that isn't by debussy or debussy and ravel.
i was preparing for my juris presentation which just happened, and as all philosophy students will agree, it's quite a frustrating thing to dissect theories especially when you're sleepy. which got me to thinking whether debussy would have thought they (the theories) were drivel and there was so much more to life. and i decided that anyone who could write about life the way he did would probably have thought it was drivel.
the names of his songs are all in french and all in one folder so i don't know what i'm listening to but it doesn't matter, really.
that being said, i enjoy jurisprudence very much. my tutor pointed out to me today that i seem to be a bit muddled in my views, so perhaps it's time for me to stop trying to defer to the world and look at things properly from God's point of view.
***
if jon and i were to be nominated as a couple for superlatives - yes, that annoying facebook application - we would be voted most likely to get into the weirdest scrapes. which other pair believes in being strangely honest (and i meant honest such that it's strange), or chooses to go on exchange to places where there's no toilet paper, where msn and skype seem to be blocked and budget calls on 1516 from singapore cost 30 cents a minute? (95 cents on singtel budget plan, but thank God for starhub pre-paid cards, 11 cents a minute)
moral of the story, choose china cause at least there's msn. although i do love chappati and i'm sure you like it too. but we'll see when i get to beijing (if i get to beijing) whether it'll be quirkily charming enough to add to our superlatives nomination, if ever there was one.
i was frantically calling starhub and m1 to ask about their idd plans last night, after finding out from 1516 that it's 30 cents a minute to bangalore, off-peak. thanks to abi who provided me with all the numbers.
m1 was useless, i queried about that super funny "this is mumbai ah. in-dee-ah," ad which offered free calls to india and the guy told me i had to sign up for some sunperks plan. he also seemed in a hurry to put down the phone. singtel was way better although the guy sounded very sheepish when he told me it was 95 cents a minute. then there was starhub, lovely starhub, with the very chirpy customer service officer even though it was around eleven p.m. who sounded so pleased to tell me that there was an offer until 31 dec for 11 cents a minute on 018 calls to india from a pre-paid card.
we'll see about the connection after i get the card, haha. for now it's google chat, coupled with erratic power/internet failures which means we get cut off mid-chat. endearing in its own way, something to remember and laugh about when we're older and greyer. i love these things that remind us of a time when technology was less advanced and life, simpler.
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