So the Olympic opening ceremony lip-synch fiasco finally made headlines today. Am I surprised? Heck no. What I'm slightly puzzled by was the small detail that really gave it all away (to me, at least): breathing. The girl singing was breathing when there was no break in the recording, and there were clear audible breaths when the singer was not ( Read more... )

Bill issues cleared. My mysterious disappearing minutes were lumped under "free airtime" instead of "included airtime". Don't look at me, I'm just as confused.

Oh well, time to pay the massive bill. Thankfully I actually did get some spare changes here and there this month.

Lesson learnt: read fineprints!

I get a massive phone bill a few days ago, and after a bit of investigation, there seemed to be 150 free local airtime minutes that vanished into thin air, and turned into billable minutes. So I do what a logical person would do: hunt down the customer service phone number and inquire ( Read more... )

I'm going White Water Rafting on Sunday!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOO ( Read more... )

So I came in 23rd for Nationals. Top 25, never mind that there were only 25 registered in the category. I still didn't get last, and that's a happy thought. Considering that's with zero blade and footwork warmup, I'm ok with it. It just sucked that I didn't get to fence more, but hey, there's always next year ( Read more... )

and so it begins. Am I excited? Sort of kind of starting to XD. Everyone keeps telling me to stop being a negative bugger and get pumped for it, or just to relax and do my best. I've found that my "meh" mindframe is when I do my best, most likely because I stop over-thinking and over-analysing every little move that I do and don't do. Ah well, ( Read more... )

I received an email earlier in May from the Queen's Fencing coach. Apparently I qualified to compete in the Nationals. Like an idiot, I nodded and closed it, and went through my day like nothing else happened ( Read more... )

Anime North was this weekend....shit hitting the fan aside, it was pretty good ( Read more... )

Is the best thing to do. It'll take a lot of adjusting, but I think in the end, it was the right decision.

List of "lingo" that I absolutely cannot stand ( Read more... )