OMG, I just got asked to be a model for a brochure for the band department for next academic year... with saxophone... Hopefully its not one of those thing that everyone can see....
I guess people in Purdue like my face more than the people in Australia...
it will be an interesting experience.
I will update you for that one.
Ku
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Current state of my room
As you can see, it is a serious mess... I think I will have to spend a serious amount of time to clean up my mess today... I guess it is sunday.
sigh.
Aparently it will be really cold today as well. It might even rain... sigh I hate Indiana!
Kumi
Friday, March 27, 2009
Substitute Conductor
Since the spring break has come to the end, I have been quite busy with work and research stuff.
Work, not too much, but each homework is quite time consuming... So i have only done 2 HWs but it has taken me probably total of 12 hours or so and i still havent finished yet... Stupid Catalyst...
But anyway, at the concert band rehearsal today, as our usual conductor couldnt not make it, we had a conductor from the symphonic band (best concert band in Purdue), he is also a band director of the whole music department.
It was actually my first time getting a rehearsal from him. What a difference that he made to our sound! no wonder why he is conducting the symphonic band. He was just fantastic.
He does not stop us playing a piece every 2 bars like our conductor does, yet he still makes sufficient comments to improve the music and our sound quality while we are playing.
his advices were very constructive, it made so much sense to me. he works as a whole ensemble where as our conductor works on the little detail in the rehearsal. I guess both way is good, but in my opinion the little details are for us to learn provately when we get back home (notes and so on) and in rehearsals we should learn how to play as a whole ensemble... so yeah the 2 hours flew by like it was about 5 seconds. i really enjoyed it.
Work, not too much, but each homework is quite time consuming... So i have only done 2 HWs but it has taken me probably total of 12 hours or so and i still havent finished yet... Stupid Catalyst...
But anyway, at the concert band rehearsal today, as our usual conductor couldnt not make it, we had a conductor from the symphonic band (best concert band in Purdue), he is also a band director of the whole music department.
It was actually my first time getting a rehearsal from him. What a difference that he made to our sound! no wonder why he is conducting the symphonic band. He was just fantastic.
He does not stop us playing a piece every 2 bars like our conductor does, yet he still makes sufficient comments to improve the music and our sound quality while we are playing.
his advices were very constructive, it made so much sense to me. he works as a whole ensemble where as our conductor works on the little detail in the rehearsal. I guess both way is good, but in my opinion the little details are for us to learn provately when we get back home (notes and so on) and in rehearsals we should learn how to play as a whole ensemble... so yeah the 2 hours flew by like it was about 5 seconds. i really enjoyed it.
Also, the other news for Boilers is: BASKETBALL!!!!!
the girls and boys teams are on a tournament called NCAA. so its pretty much a championship for all the college basketball teams throughout US.
Both teams made to Sweet 16!!!! I am so excited. I think the boy's play tonight against Connecticut. Its meant to be a tough game against us, but we will make it! To make it to sweet 16, girls beat North Carolina, which is meant to be one of the best universities for Women's basketball. they beat them!!!!!! they have been losing against them for past 4 years and last time they won against UNC, they won the national championship! maybe this year they might..... WOOHOOO!! I will be so excited for them :D :D
but anyways, i shall go eat something I am starving.
BTFU
Kumiko
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Spring Break 2009
Hey All.
I came back from my spring break holidays yesterday or the day before. One of my friends and I went to Las Vegas, Miami and Orlando for total of about 8 days. I had a fantastic time even though I came back with a cold....
I met up with my friend at Vagas. He was quite exhausted. He just had 10 hours of plane trip and 3 hours at the airport waiting for me. His luggage was lost as well. So we had to wait for that to come for extra 1.5 hours when I met him.
At Vegas, we stayed at Circus Circus. I think the same place that Pat stayed at when he was at Vegas. It was located at the northern end of the strip. the room was huge! and it was so cheap. After we settled in, we decided to walk around the strip. It took about 15min to get out of the hotel though, going through the casino and stuff. the hotel itself was quite huge. we walke
d a very far away, walked passed Mirage, Bellagio, Monte Carlo and so on. We didnt feel like eating a buffet so we decided to go into Denny's. hehe his first proper meal in US was Denny's... that was interesting. I liked Denny's in Japan but not the ones in US... They are kinda gross... But anyways. after we had a meal, we kept on going south down to about MGM and New York New York. There were so many people along the strip. quite drunk in fact. We got quite tired so we decided to walk back to the hotel. we walked for about 4 hours... poor my friend he was jet lagged too...
The rest of the stay in Vegas consisted of me feeling sick at Hilton buffet and Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon was awesome. I wish we could stay there for a few more days. we only visited the west rim, which is the closest to the Vegas and more about the Indian tribes and stuff. the views are meant to be better from South/North Rim. But still. It was just so awesome.
Also at Vegas, we went and saw Criss Angel magic show. we got the cheapest ticket and somehow ended up sitting quite close to the front. They were trying to fill up the seats or something. It was quite an experience too.
From the Vegas, we flew to Miami over night. We got to the hotel at 9am and we decided to walk along the beach. the temperature there was really pleasant. 25-30C or so. it was a little bit cold to get into the water but it was just really nice to be able to lie on the beach. I got quite tanned actually. We only had 2 full days (1 night) in Miami, which I was really sad for. I guess we didnt do anything other than shopping and walking along the beach. It was so relaxing. we could slept in and everything. We only stayed at South beach area in Miami, didnt even go to the downtown. there were a lot of restaurants and things to do. As it was a spring break period, there were many uni kids there. It was kinda lame. too much drunkenness. But other than that, we had a very pleasant time. I also wished there that I could stay longer. I am so coming back.
From Miami, we took an overnight bus to Orlando. The bus was frigging cold. I think we had about 1 hour of sleep the most... It was ridiculous.I swear the bus driver just didnt want to fall asleep while driving so he turned up the air-con max... I guess this is called greyhound...
First day, despite our tiredness, we went to the magic kingdom in Disney world. It was a bit of a disappointment actually. it was exactly same as the Tokyo Disneyland... But I enjoyed it anyway. I am still disappointed about Pirates of Caribbean though. They have now Jack Sparrow in there... I liked the old one so much better. At the end of the 1st day, we had a little bit of a surprise. When we came back to the hotel at about 12 midnight to check in (we were gone for the whole day), the hotel told us that they do not have our rooms available.... WTF? it turns out that its their mistake and they were transferring us to their sister hotel which is 5 star hotel or something. A limo took us there and everything. It was a little further away from the Disney and universal but so much closer to airport. They have a quite cheap shuttle bus going back and forth each parks anyways so it didnt matter too much. The hotel was gigantic. hey had 4 pools, 245 acres of gold course or something and a volleyball court.. It took us ages to walk from an elevator to where our room was... It was divided into 5 wings or something... but the bed in the room... ahh so good! It was just so awesome.
Second day, we went to the islands of adventure in Universal Resort. They had massive rides and everything. It was quite awesome. I liked Spider man one. It was quite interesting. and also the dragon one. Its a roller coaster. at some stage you really feel like you will crush to some other carriage that are in the coaster at the same time. Speaking of roller coaster, NY NY had a quite impressive roller coaster as well. I was actually seriously impressed.
Third day, we went to the Hollywood Studio in Disney world. They are based more on seeing stuff over riding stuff. they had many Disney shows. We went and saw Beauty and the beast. It was quite cool. it went for ever though. 45min or so? There were 3 proper rides (if you count Star tours as one of them,,, which was SHIT!). one was called tower of terror! I loved it. one of my favorite rides ever! and the other was called Rock'n Roller coaster or something. It is collaborated with Aerosmith. The concept of it was quite cool. They were playing aerosmith music throughout the ride, which I got quite distracted with. But they have crazy maneuvers too. they accelerated up to 50km/h or something in no time and they twist and turn. It was nice. But nothing is as good compared to Fuji Q highland... but anyways.
Then on fourth day, we left the hotel early to catch flights to different destinations. It was kinda sad to see him leave. but now he got to Japan safe and sound so all is well :)
It was quite an epic spring break for me. For all the places I went, I could have spent at least 1 week. It was quite good. Now I am starting up the uni again. only 5 weeks until the exam weeks. I am seriously stressed. I have to start putting some effort in....
I cannot wait to come back! 50days or so, I believe?
Kumi
xx
I came back from my spring break holidays yesterday or the day before. One of my friends and I went to Las Vegas, Miami and Orlando for total of about 8 days. I had a fantastic time even though I came back with a cold....
I met up with my friend at Vagas. He was quite exhausted. He just had 10 hours of plane trip and 3 hours at the airport waiting for me. His luggage was lost as well. So we had to wait for that to come for extra 1.5 hours when I met him.
At Vegas, we stayed at Circus Circus. I think the same place that Pat stayed at when he was at Vegas. It was located at the northern end of the strip. the room was huge! and it was so cheap. After we settled in, we decided to walk around the strip. It took about 15min to get out of the hotel though, going through the casino and stuff. the hotel itself was quite huge. we walke
d a very far away, walked passed Mirage, Bellagio, Monte Carlo and so on. We didnt feel like eating a buffet so we decided to go into Denny's. hehe his first proper meal in US was Denny's... that was interesting. I liked Denny's in Japan but not the ones in US... They are kinda gross... But anyways. after we had a meal, we kept on going south down to about MGM and New York New York. There were so many people along the strip. quite drunk in fact. We got quite tired so we decided to walk back to the hotel. we walked for about 4 hours... poor my friend he was jet lagged too...
The rest of the stay in Vegas consisted of me feeling sick at Hilton buffet and Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon was awesome. I wish we could stay there for a few more days. we only visited the west rim, which is the closest to the Vegas and more about the Indian tribes and stuff. the views are meant to be better from South/North Rim. But still. It was just so awesome.Also at Vegas, we went and saw Criss Angel magic show. we got the cheapest ticket and somehow ended up sitting quite close to the front. They were trying to fill up the seats or something. It was quite an experience too.
From the Vegas, we flew to Miami over night. We got to the hotel at 9am and we decided to walk along the beach. the temperature there was really pleasant. 25-30C or so. it was a little bit cold to get into the water but it was just really nice to be able to lie on the beach. I got quite tanned actually. We only had 2 full days (1 night) in Miami, which I was really sad for. I guess we didnt do anything other than shopping and walking along the beach. It was so relaxing. we could slept in and everything. We only stayed at South beach area in Miami, didnt even go to the downtown. there were a lot of restaurants and things to do. As it was a spring break period, there were many uni kids there. It was kinda lame. too much drunkenness. But other than that, we had a very pleasant time. I also wished there that I could stay longer. I am so coming back.
From Miami, we took an overnight bus to Orlando. The bus was frigging cold. I think we had about 1 hour of sleep the most... It was ridiculous.I swear the bus driver just didnt want to fall asleep while driving so he turned up the air-con max... I guess this is called greyhound...
First day, despite our tiredness, we went to the magic kingdom in Disney world. It was a bit of a disappointment actually. it was exactly same as the Tokyo Disneyland... But I enjoyed it anyway. I am still disappointed about Pirates of Caribbean though. They have now Jack Sparrow in there... I liked the old one so much better. At the end of the 1st day, we had a little bit of a surprise. When we came back to the hotel at about 12 midnight to check in (we were gone for the whole day), the hotel told us that they do not have our rooms available.... WTF? it turns out that its their mistake and they were transferring us to their sister hotel which is 5 star hotel or something. A limo took us there and everything. It was a little further away from the Disney and universal but so much closer to airport. They have a quite cheap shuttle bus going back and forth each parks anyways so it didnt matter too much. The hotel was gigantic. hey had 4 pools, 245 acres of gold course or something and a volleyball court.. It took us ages to walk from an elevator to where our room was... It was divided into 5 wings or something... but the bed in the room... ahh so good! It was just so awesome.
Second day, we went to the islands of adventure in Universal Resort. They had massive rides and everything. It was quite awesome. I liked Spider man one. It was quite interesting. and also the dragon one. Its a roller coaster. at some stage you really feel like you will crush to some other carriage that are in the coaster at the same time. Speaking of roller coaster, NY NY had a quite impressive roller coaster as well. I was actually seriously impressed.
Third day, we went to the Hollywood Studio in Disney world. They are based more on seeing stuff over riding stuff. they had many Disney shows. We went and saw Beauty and the beast. It was quite cool. it went for ever though. 45min or so? There were 3 proper rides (if you count Star tours as one of them,,, which was SHIT!). one was called tower of terror! I loved it. one of my favorite rides ever! and the other was called Rock'n Roller coaster or something. It is collaborated with Aerosmith. The concept of it was quite cool. They were playing aerosmith music throughout the ride, which I got quite distracted with. But they have crazy maneuvers too. they accelerated up to 50km/h or something in no time and they twist and turn. It was nice. But nothing is as good compared to Fuji Q highland... but anyways.
Then on fourth day, we left the hotel early to catch flights to different destinations. It was kinda sad to see him leave. but now he got to Japan safe and sound so all is well :)
It was quite an epic spring break for me. For all the places I went, I could have spent at least 1 week. It was quite good. Now I am starting up the uni again. only 5 weeks until the exam weeks. I am seriously stressed. I have to start putting some effort in....
I cannot wait to come back! 50days or so, I believe?
Kumi
xx
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Holidays!
Yay! I'm leaving here 2 days early and leaving for Vegas, Miami and Orlando!
hear from me in about 8 days!
its going to be so much fun!
Kumi
xx
hear from me in about 8 days!
its going to be so much fun!
Kumi
xx
Sunday, March 8, 2009
still waiting
Hi.
It is Saturday,and i was told to come to the lab on Saturday!!!
just to do a little experience for a couple of hours...
she is not here yet....
woohoo go protein folding!
g'day
It is Saturday,and i was told to come to the lab on Saturday!!!
just to do a little experience for a couple of hours...
she is not here yet....
woohoo go protein folding!
g'day
Friday, March 6, 2009
Lame
I have been at uni since 10 oclock doing work that i could be doing at home.
I turned up at 10 oclock for the weekly meeting with my research supervisor.
and something happened and my mentor went to talk to the supervisor to cancel the meeting.
she hasnt been back yet... TWO HOURS!!!
good thing that I have stuff for my work due tomorrow....
otherwise i would be bored wasting my time for 2 hours...
but anyway, i cannot believe it is already Thursday.
This week has past quite quickly.
From next thursday, i will be going on a holiday for 10 days!
going to vegas, miami and Orlando for Disney world!
So very excited.
but i am getting nervous about the research and the presentation on the end of the semester....
it is already week 8 and when we come back from the holidays, it will be already 1.5 months to go or something... as much as i want to go back home, I need to take care of study stuff....
hmmm im worried and i am getting very very nervous...
oh oh also, my arms are so sore from racquetball..
and also I might have got poisoned from the dining court food last night,,, I had been feeling sick for about 7 hours after i ate dinner...
Good day
Kumi
I turned up at 10 oclock for the weekly meeting with my research supervisor.
and something happened and my mentor went to talk to the supervisor to cancel the meeting.
she hasnt been back yet... TWO HOURS!!!
good thing that I have stuff for my work due tomorrow....
otherwise i would be bored wasting my time for 2 hours...
but anyway, i cannot believe it is already Thursday.
This week has past quite quickly.
From next thursday, i will be going on a holiday for 10 days!
going to vegas, miami and Orlando for Disney world!
So very excited.
but i am getting nervous about the research and the presentation on the end of the semester....
it is already week 8 and when we come back from the holidays, it will be already 1.5 months to go or something... as much as i want to go back home, I need to take care of study stuff....
hmmm im worried and i am getting very very nervous...
oh oh also, my arms are so sore from racquetball..
and also I might have got poisoned from the dining court food last night,,, I had been feeling sick for about 7 hours after i ate dinner...
Good day
Kumi
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