Vienna Philharmonic Concert!!!! =]

So yesterday was Swan Lake, today was the Vienna Philharmonic at Zellerbach Hall (the most impressive university concert hall I've ever seen may i add)

before

after! woahla!

just mins away from Ihouse. no need to drive a fancy distance to fancy concert ^^

If you don't know the Vienna Phil, you can just say they are the best in the world at what they do, and i just happened to win free tix into one of the best composed classical pieces on the planet: Mahler: Symphony No. 6. (so i was told by the Swiss guy that sat two seats from my left who did some research into the group)

I LOVED IT! FRENCH HORNS KICK BUTT!
especially in this piece which they had solos all over the place <3



below is a clip from the news on the net_

DECISION!!

(themeparks) orlando, florida vs canada

for 2nd half of spring break >.>

first half headed to - Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Death Valley

woot

the week that has been....

geezz.. i cant remember much at all...

i did end up handing in one assignment (which they all call papers here) ..although i wouldn't say its completed , as i still left one entire major paragraph/point out of it. was tired and running over word limit. (they don't call them word limits, they call it paper limits)
so you can squish as much as you can on 5 pages.

lets see,. im a million pages behind in reading..which i will of course start tomorrow ...

i met my host family =] lol. i signed up for the host family program. they were surprisingly younger than i though. newly weds. and very friendly too =] we had dinner at their apartment and played this board game.


which involved quite a bit of strategy. i think you will like it victor...for the first 10mins until you get bored =P

and i also went to visit San Jose (which is not pronounced the way it looks =P) Center for the Performing Arts to watch SWAN LAKE!

waiting outside for the 1hour ish... bus ride
lovely weather today

some fancy hotel we drove past.. grr bus has blurry windows

the orchestra is hidden under the stage~!

i sat on the balcony

sneaky picture, because you weren't suppose to take photos XD

so got pictures when they were bowing hehe ^^

the end of the show.

ZARGH WHAT THE LAME

Apple releases its new Macbook Pro two months earlier than i had anticipated

GAH..
i could have totally waited 2 more weeks, for a discount Y________Y


today is not my day

just purchased swan lake tickets for $51.50
and 2mins later program office calls up to say someone is selling their $25 one

asd kgskghad 'd gha'dfo gha'd

they probably had better seats too *sob*

nuts nuts nuts nuts....

tickets to orlando are too expensive XD

*sob sob sob*

paper due 12.30pm thursday
its tuesday 11.37pm

currently 0 words out of how ever many is suppose to fit on funny-sized-us paper

and the topic is..

well im suppose to invent my own topic Y_Y

NBA All Stars weekend + venice beach

huge ass line right round the building to get into

NBA Jam session

a roaring crowd to welcome us in

many displays like this with NBA star's hands and feet
epic lunch one day

medical weed issuing

ventura county where we went factory outlet shopping

ohlala..in LA!

flying into Long Beach Airport

dang waking up at 4am to catch the shuttle bus to the airport =.=

Long Beach had seriously a whole collins and bourke streets's
worth of Korean shops, only with korean and
no English! 0_0

so.. im sitting on the set of the show F.R.I.E.N.D.S!
bwhaha a jealous much?

the "land" after the hollywood originally,

fell off in a mudslide =P

many stars and feet, this tradition was started by
accident when a star got out of their ride and stepped
into wet cerment

we ate at this yummy diner, i had a sore throat so
didn't try the chilli dog =P

ohlala what is this, ugly person spotted at LA ink!
its a famous tv show about a tattoo palour if ya didnt know =P

"i never got tattoos, especially young ladies with the doves on
their arms, which turn into turkey's when they are older" - bus driver

along a certain road there are many decorated guitars~!
i think its sunset blvd for their music festival, but i could have
remembered the road wrong =P

inside is really cool! they have years listed down the sides
with pictures of that year that won. its down al the pillars and
goes down til 2078! hmm where will they put the new movies
that win. i dunnoz..

Greystone Manor

where they filmed XMEN~!!!! www.greystonemansion.org
but ya know. not as cool as xmen lol =P
celebrities used to hang out here and party because it was one of the
biggest mansions on the hills for a long time,
built in 1920s!! incredible architecture!!!

in a famous hotel preparing for a fashion shoot

it was NBA all star weekend, so i wasn't sure if they massively four heads
taller than me ladies and men in the building were models or basketball players

Kentucky GRILLED chicken too =P

on the side_

bwhahaha, i finally got skype. its pretty clear =]
i still dont mind gmail though.

religion

religion is an interesting topic - an equally insightful one and divider at the same time.
It can be seen as tradition and rituals with at times, no meaning, just the same mind numbing activities again and again. Or some explain it more so as a lifestyle, one chooses to live. Being a lifestyle it isn't necessarily the routine of cleaning certain sacred objects or partaking in certain festivities.

what is really catching my attention of late is different people's perspective of a deep meaningful relationship between male and female or just friends if you put it at that. Listening to other people, scholars and also God's word ie. what the bible has to say to shed insight on the matter.

Despite many critiques of the Bible which i will not go into, but I'll just pick up on the notion that it is unwise to investigate in such a meaningful relationship if two people differ on world views. Unwise being, you won't receive what you seek in this area, it will just result in disappointment and frustration.

2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

These world views do not have to be as serious as to how the world began, or why we live or where or if there is such thing as purpose in reality; it could go from things like political stance (left vs right) work ethic (eastern vs western) or even eating habits (vegan vs cannibalism).
It just brings out a huge incompatible-ness to the scene.
If a house is laid on two different foundations by two different men, it is rather difficult for the house to stand unified.

The above verse will obviously have its meanings and values to a Christian but its not saying that you aren't to love or befriend people of different beliefs but rather when it goes down a path of 'what is your purpose in life' then it shall be an issue. Deep deep connections between friends will probably have similar life values at its core. so you can say love, but what is this "love", are their definitions even the same..something to think about...

i was brought to think about this topic, partly to my surrounds and partly because my host family couple was one of Buddist background the other Jewish, with a kid that is into pets. It would have been interesting to meet them to see how their lifestyles unfolded, a Buddist, Jew and Christian in the same room. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to met them, as sortly after I emailed them, the program office emailed back saying that they were going through a divorce and this notice was received on Valentines day.

Currently emailing my new host family, a graduate student and a christian campus minister..

things shall be interesting....

on the side_
don't ya just dislike how consumerism instructs and manipulates
on its suggestive powers of what one should do one a particular day.
.sigh.
i feel sorry for all the boys standing outside the flower shop


everyone at Ihouse is getting sick Y_Y

still need to plan spring break!

JUNGLE PARTAYYY!!! + video from the week

yay =]

its starting,,

wheee partayy

some australians!! guy in green = smashing dancer!

this group performs every monday in the plaza area, amazing! every sound is coming from them!! no back up music whatsoever, from the beats, to the drum noises, to the oh-ahs, ITS ALL THEM!!!

on the side_

i got a new laptop =]