Currently: Listening to Showtek’s new Podcast. If ANYONE listens to Hardstyle (I highly doubt it) download and subscribe to Showtek’s Podcast… it’s awesome!
I’m sorry that I haven’t posted in almost a month! This past month has been a very hard month. October Midterms took over my life for a week, then I had to move back to my mom’s house. Then immediately after that I had to start studying for the 2nd batch of Midterms… finally here I am. Midterm free, and looking at the pile of homework and readings I have to do to catch up. I am sorry that I will have to keep this short, my life is seriously taken over by school and other things I need to do.
Here’s a video from the latest “all-night dance event” I was just at.
I hope all of you aren’t having a majorly stressful time, like I am! It’s definitely not fun!
Currently: Finishing up studying the Electron Repulsion Theory and taking to some friends on MSN / Facebook Chat (They really need to make Facebook Chat better)
I was reading my Facebook News Feed today, and my cousin recently posted a video of him doing a Cover to “Highway Star” by Deep Purple (For all you Rock Band Fans, this is one of the last songs of the first game) I thought the cover was awesome, and asked him if he would let me post it here, for all you guy’s to see. So check it out! (I especially like 4:48 onwards)
Here’s what his post says, since you guy’s can’t see it:
Hey Guys!
My guitar is a G&L S-500 Deluxe (American, not Korean), I’m using a Fender SuperChamp XD, running through a BOSS DS-1 Distortion Pedal. I recorded this through my M-Audio FastTrack Pro Audio interface, using a Shure SM-57 Dynamic Cardioid Microphone. The audio was recorded into Audacity Audio Recording Software, and the video was captured by a Logitech Quickcam, and edited through Windows Movie Maker. There was Audio/Video lag between the original audio of the video and the video, so I synced the external recording with the video. This is why the sound quality changes once the video starts.
Currently: Sipping on some Coca-Cola listening to some House Music
So, I’ve been getting back some of my midterms, and I must say… I did pretty good. I thought I would share what I do before a test, so that you guy’s can imitate if you think it’s a good method. Note that these methods go in the order that I think they work best, 1 being the best, and 5 being the 5th best. Also, I assume that with these ways, you do not receive a practice Exam of any kind.
5.) Read the textbook over again… and remember it. If a Biology Exam covers Chapters 14, 54, 55, and 56. Reread them again. This may be very time consuming, but most textbooks nowadays BOLD the important terms and usually have a good chapter summary at the end to keep it concise. These are helpful, but their only helpful if you can use them in problems. Don’t just glance over it, think about it in your head as you read through it, and understand it rather than memorize it.
4.) Make some Cue Cards Although this doesn’t work for every course, it’s very useful in courses where memorization is key. For example, memorizing the Derivatives of a logarithm, or memorizing the definition of all the terms related to Mitosis. I personally have two sets of Cue Cards, I have Cue Cards for Math and memorizing formulaes and such, and I also have a set for Biology. I don’t take too many courses where memorization is necessary, (Mine are mostly about numbers) so if you do take courses like that, I recommend using Cue Cards.
3.) Study Groups!… even if you’re a genius on your own. Study Groups are excellent for pounding information in your head, also, it makes Studying a little bit less tedious and more fun. Your friends can help you answer questions you may have questions with, and if you are a genius, teaching someone how to do a problem will only further improve your genius-ness.
2.) Make your own Note Sheet even if you already have Notes. Making your own notes is something I do for almost every class. (with the exception of English) I find making my own notes, and writing it in my own words, helps me understand what I wrote down. There’s also something about writing with your hand, it makes an imprint on your brain of what your just wrote. This may take awhile, but it will make a big difference. Another advantage to this, is on the day of the exam, you can review your notes as opposed to reading a massive textbook or looking at notes that may or may not make sense to you.
1.) DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!! Doing homework is the best possible way to study for ANYTHING. I find that if I keep up with Math / Physics / Chem / Bio Homework, when it comes time to study for an Exam, I think to myself “I know this, why am I even studying?”. Doing homework may seem like a hassle to do everyday, but in the long run, when it comes time to studying. It will save you loads of time.
For ALL OF THE ABOVE make sure you NEVER GET STRESSED OR ANGRY. Stress and Mood Swings are a big reason for people doing bad in exams. I try to never get stressed for an Exam, and stay easy going. I go into exams with confidence, thinking in my head, “I’m going rock this exam!” and I come out usually doing so.
Hopefully these help, for future exams! Post comments of any methods of studying you guys may use.
Currently: Forcing myself to stop playing Uncharted 2 and write a quick blog post before I go and read for 3 hours straight.
So, if you read earlier, I went to Deadmau5’s (pronounced “Deadmouse”) concert at Thunderbird Arena, a week and a half ago. Just thought I would give you all a brief description of how amazing this man is. He comes from Toronto, and is now rated one of the world’s top ten DJs. He doesn’t use the traditional Turntable and Mixer set up, instead he uses a really unique system. I’m not sure how it works exactly, but it’s a lot different that what most DJs use, and it gives him so much more freedom. No two performances are alike, their all different because of it. The best thing about him, is that he comes out in every performance with a Mau5 (Mouse) head.
There he is, standing with all his awesomeness. The night he was here, playing at Thunderbirds Arena, had a 3 hour set. 8:00pm to 11:00pm was the Timeslot where I was literally in heaven. The lighting rig had a giant “Mouse” head as the rig above him, with spot lights coming from the side. It wasn’t the best lighting rig, and I wasn’t necessarily impressed. If you want to see some videos of that night, there’s one in an earlier post (2 down from this one) and here’s another one:
Alright, time to go read! Search Deadmau5!! (7:00min in the video two posts down is the highlight of the night)
Currently: Taking a break from reading “The Tempest” by Shakespeare (no idea what’s going on, but that’s what Sparknotes is for) to write this post.
Before I start, this post may contain “geekyness” and “nerdity”, reader discretion is advised. So, every year, October to March of the next year is when all the good video games come out. Me, being a video game fanatic… as lame as it sounds, am excited for upcoming releases. I’ll have to ration my video game playing time, school is still priority, but everyone needs a break. There are three games I absolutely can’t wait for. I’m dieing in anticipation that these games will take over my life.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Release: November 10th, 2009
Sequel to the first Call of Duty, this game is all about war. I enjoy this game because my friends from High School play it and with online play, I get to shoot other players from around the world side by side with my buddies. That’s what you call bonding right there. This game has got big buzz, many people, like myself, are waiting anxiously for this game to come out so they can dedicate their lives to it. Me, I’ll be smart enough to limit myself to only a couple of hours a day, and the random off day when I have no work, I’ll put in a good 6 hours. I’m more into this game for the Online Play, and if it’s anything like the first one, this one will be good. The single player missions have also been boosted in graphic detail, according to the CEO of Infinity Ward (makers of the game) and are looking good. This game is going to be as close to real world war as I am going to get.
Final Fantasy XIII Release Date: 2nd Quarter, 2010
I’ve been a Final Fantasy Fan all my life, I’ve played Final Fantasy since I was 10 years old, and my first game was Final Fantasy 7. This game looks amazing, and I seriously can’t wait to get my hands on it. I don’t know much about it, all I know is that the Trailers look awesome. And if this Final Fantasy is anything like the past, It will definitely take over my life… guaranteed. Nothing I can do about, just have to accept the fact that when this game comes out, I am going to be MIA for about a month.
Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Release Date: 2nd Quarter, 2010
If you are a male, and you grew up with a computer, you have to know the original starcraft. Its a legend. This game, looks like it will surpass the original starcrafts “legendary” status. From the demos they’ve shown, this game looks absolutely amazing. With 3 sets of this game coming out, one for each race in the game, I’m sure this series will keep be busy for at least a year after the first one comes out.
END TALK OF VIDEO GAMES HERE… CONFIRMED.
With all these advances in video games and entertainment (3D Movies and such) I wonder what is going to be next… I’m thinking invisible iPods and floating toilets. That’s next on the world’s list of technological advances.
Currently: Taking a break from cleaning up my place so that my landlord won’t think I’m a complete slob.
Midterms are DONE!! I have finished the first of two midterms for my 5 courses. For what I expected from University, these tests weren’t that bad. I thought University would require me to stay up til 5am (Which I only did for one Exam) and pull my hair out (Which I didn’t do for ANY exam). My first taste what actually counts for more than just a measly 1%, were these midterms. I’m going to break it down Midterm by Midterm.
Chem 121 Difficulty: Easy Comments: Overall, this Exam wasn’t too hard. I have my mark for this exam already, but we’ll save that for another post. I had this exam first, and I was stressing out over it. When I received my paper and saw how simple it was, It literally was a sigh of relief. My suggestions to all you Chem students out there, if you wanna do good, just stay on track and keep up with the exercises. I never really had to go back and find out old information, as long as you keep on track and stay organized with your studying, you’ll do fine.
Engl 110 Difficulty: Moderate Comments: I am a terrible essay writer, I can’t write a good essay to save my life. Especially when it is on something as broad as literature. I just can’t compose an Essay about a piece of literature and make it flow nicely, it just ends up a jumbled mess of words. I guess this is just one of those subjects I’m really bad at.
Phys 101 Difficulty: Moderate Comments: This exam wasn’t TOO TOO bad, it was pretty hard, questions made me think for a bit, but in the end I got it all done without too much difficulty. I had about 7 minutes left over by the time I was done, and I could tell people were upset with the amount of time allotted. Overall, this exam was good for me, but I’m not sure how many of the other people in Phys 101 felt.
Bio 121 Difficulty: Easy Comments: This exam was an open book exam, and it was more on Theory rather than Definite Answers. It wasn’t too bad, lots of time to write the exam, and the open textbook really helped. But with this exam, because its on Theory, its all on how the Prof marks it. I may have thought I did good, but the prof may be looking for specific answers which I didn’t put down.
Math 100 Difficulty: The bane of my existence Comments: I find my Math skills to be pretty good, although when it comes to Prof Nagata’s class… they take a turn for the worst. His Exams aren’t too bad compared to his Marked Homework assignments, but the only thing about his Exam is… if you don’t know how to do it, you don’t have enough time. It was too the point where I had to look at the question, and instantly know in my mind how to do it. If I were to have spent anytime looking at the question and contemplating how to do it, I wouldn’t finish. The 50 minutes allotted is not enough time in my opinion. I managed to finish my last question the SECOND he said “Alright Pencils down.”
All in All, I know what to expect next time now, and next time I’ll be prepared.
Last night had to be one of the best nights of my life. If you read an earlier post I posted about some Raves I’m planning to go on. Well yesterday was the first of three. The headlining DJ was a Canadian by the name of Deadmau5 (Read Deadmouse). Here’s a video of him that I compiled.
By the way, sorry for the lack of posts. Midterms in the Science Faculty are NOT fun at all. Will hopefully be posting more once this upcoming week is over!
Currently: Uploading some most Lost Episodes onto my USB Drive so I can watch some more.
This past half week has been dedicated to Clubs. Clubs everywhere, handing out pieces of paper, majority of which, get thrown in the garbage / recycling bins. I was surprised to see the vast array of different clubs that UBC has to offer. I knew there were a lot of clubs coming into UBC, but some of them are pretty ridiculous. For example, there is a Club that is entirely about sending in secrets about yourself, and they turn them into Post Cards. It was pretty interesting. I’m sure all you UBC Students out there joined some clubs. It will make UBC Life a lot more enjoyable. I myself, joined two clubs… Kababayan (Filipino Student Association) and Pre-Med Society. I’m excited to see what these two clubs have in store for me, and I’ll try my best to be an active member of both of them.
For those of you people who are in later stages of life at UBC, make sure you hit me up with a comment as to which clubs I should join, either this year or next year!
Now, as to what to expect for the upcoming week. Midterms await me at the end of next week. Thursday – Chemistry 121 Midterm Friday - English 110 In-Class Essay
I am REALLY not looking forward to that In-Class Essay of mine. I am a terrible Essay writer, which may seem ironic due to the fact that I am a blogger. When it comes to writing things that I enjoy writing about, I feel like I’m decent. But when it comes to writing about a topic given to me, I fail horribly. Chemistry Midterm shouldn’t be that bad, I feel pretty confident in Chemistry right now. Probably thanks to the fact that I’ve been studying non-stop (which gives reason for the lack of posts) for the past week or so.
But in the midst of all these Midterms, the first of many Concerts/Raves I’ll be attending starts on Friday, October 2nd. Deadmau5 is coming to perform at the UBC Thunderbird Arena. For those of you who don’t know who Deadmau5 is (I’m assuming many of you don’t). He is a Canadian DJ from Toronto, who redefines the way DJs perform live today. Unlike your traditional Turntable and Mixer DJ, he uses a completely different set up. He literally manipulates the song on the fly to create a whole new performance. No two performances ever have the same track played, their always manipulated in some way, shape, or form. Deadmau5 has won Juno Awards for his music and has even gone to be Grammy Nominated. He is amazing to watch perform, and best of all, he wears a Mouse Head while he does it.
Which leads me to my next point, the Beats Per Minute Song of the Week, Coming from the one and only Deadmau5. This week’s song is “The Reward is Cheese – Deadmau5″ and is one of his more famous songs. I decided to post a video of him performing live at a concert in San Francisco, if you like the song (it’ll be in bad quality, so take that into account) you can check the link underneath the video. ENJOY AND HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE!
So this week’s song of the week, is the an Remix of “Let the Bass Kick – DJ Chuckie”. This is the song that I played when the Frosh DJ let me take over for a little bit. I personally like this version better than the one I played at Frosh, therefore I decided to post this one as opposed to the Frosh version. Enjoy!
Currently: Sitting on my couch, listening to Imogen Heap.
Science Frosh 09′ has its high points and its low points. For one, I think majority of the day wasn’t very organized (that’s from my perspective). For one, when they were explaining the activities, they didn’t have a way to amplifiy the leader’s voice so majority of us had no idea what was going on. The Scavenger seemed very disorganized, some of us even getting into trouble for going into Louis Vuitton and asking for a simple shopping bag. (In my opinion, they should’ve asked Louis Vuitton permission first) There was major construction on Broadway, so the buses were full and uncomfortable, which wasn’t a likeable experience. The Camera’s that were used to take the pictures weren’t very good, to the point where my group’s camera lost all its pictures.
But neverless, the high points outweigh the low points of Science Frosh 09′. The speeches from one particular Professor at the beginning of the day (can’t remember his name) was excellent. The Pizza was tasty, as what we’ve come to expect from Dominoes Pizza. The Scavenger was pretty funny, when we actually stopped walking and went to stations and did funny, obnoxious things in front of the adoring public. The Hot Dogs that were made by the SUS Executives were very good (Thanks for that!) and when we finally got to socialize as an entire group (instead of just out groups) I got to meet some interesting people. The Boat Cruise was the HIGH point of the night. The entire cruise was awesome, I was literally dancing from start to finish. The DJ even let me take over and do a couple of mixes! It was definitly good times, and I’m glad I didn’t miss it. If only I didn’t have to get up at 8:00am the morning after to go to school.
On another note, classes are getting intense, lots of homework. I find myself reading at least 20 pages of material a day from various classes. Also, for all you fellow blog squaders that submitted the Bio Information for the Koerner Library, you can find out pictures on the screen in the lobby area!
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