yup, i vlogged again. I will probably alternate blog and vlog entries, like Regina suggested!
woots. alright, am going to work (yes it’s 630am now) so will not say much else. COMMENT YO!
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HOLA! =)
Long time no blog! I know some of you missed me, heh. Anyhoo, we’ll see what kinda reaction this entry gets because I’m not gonna waste time BLOGGING if Vlogging is way more popular (and I personally prefer vlogging to blogging lol).. Yea.. I actually have another video ready for uploadage but I thought I’d appease those who prefer Blogs before I post yet another vlog entry..
On a side note, some of you can actually Subscribe to me on Youtube if you have Youtube accounts.. I sometimes discreetly post videos up there that I don’t really publicize heh. You can also see videos I’ve favorited and feel free to enjoy my meticulously-put-together playlists!
Heh. Alright, back to the topic of this blog! So really long ago, I wanted to share what it’s like to be a WRUB DJ! A few of you know this, I was a student DJ back in the day (ahem) when I was at UB (University at Buffalo, State University of New York).. It was honestly one of the best things I’d ever done..
LOL. that's my friend Si during HIS dj session. I might have stolen this picture from his Facebook heh
So the other day I was just going through my old recordings of my show - the GQ Show.. And I felt very nostalgic.. So I thought I’d share what the process is like for each show =)
BEFORE EACH SHOW
Since the GQ Show is a Gossip-oriented show, I read up on all the gossip that happened in the days before the show and pick out interesting things that I want to talk about.. My pet issue during that time was the Brangelina-JAnistin drama so I more or less always found a way to squeeze that topic in.. =)
I also have to prepare a playlist on my Ipod of all the songs I wanted to play.. I’d do it in sets of 3 -1:
- First song would be the “background music” track for a segment of talking – otherwise known as a Mic Break.
- Song to play
- Song to play
After 2 songs, I’d have to play a “cart”, which is better known as commercials, from the computer in the booth.. Then I play a piece from “rotation” – a set of music we have to choose from to play each hour.. So I’d line up a song after that.. And then repeat =) It eventually ends up in the first song being background music, then 3 songs, then background music, then 3 songs etc…
So generally I’d have about 5 sections of 3-1 per 1.5hr show.. Yep. Once I’ve prepared the playlist, I write down all the songs on a notepad so that it’s easier for me to announce the songs during each mic break..
That's me at the soundboard! =)
DURING THE SHOW
1) Plug in Ipod and headphones
2) Using computer, play show intro cart (opening song for the show)
3) Play Ipod (background music), make sure sound volume is just right (see soundboard below! =)) and speak!
soundboard =) this was the old one though. A new one was installed in December. I used it for 2 weeks only =(
4) After talking and introducing upcoming songs, play songs.
5) Prepare cart to play and rotation pieces. Pick rotation pieces from CD wall..
just ONE side of the wall..
6) Play cart followed by rotation piece.
7) Play remaining song.
8 ) Go to mic break with background music playing (adjust volume, etc)
9) Talk Gossip. If necessary, hold/host contest and give away prizes. Promo upcoming events =)
10) Repeat! =))
AFTER THE SHOW
Update show log every show. =)
Yup, that’s more or less it. We also have fun events like WRUB Game Nights and WRUB Day and TOP40 day =) Those events are super fun and plus the people were awesome, which made everything even more fun. Gah I miss DJ-ing!! Heh.
Ohwells. I hope you guys have been enlightened and entertained by this entry hehe. Know me better now? =) Love y’all, tc and ciao!! =))
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gah, I know i haven’t blogged in awhile but I’ve been exhausted from working 8-6 every weekday.. And my weekends are for me to either catch up on sleep or catch up with friends so… yea..
To make up for it (I hope) here’s a nice vlog entry! =) Appeased? heh
love y’all. stay tuned for more blog and let me know if I shd keep blogging/vlogging!
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happy birthday to my darling nicole.. first movie with my darling ann.. and general embarassment of myself..
watch it!
Yea.. count the number of times I said yea in this video and the one before this (both part 1 and 2 combined) and comment! haha
That’s all for now. Have a blog entry of sorts coming up =) Ciao all~
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like i’ve warned y’all.. this is gonna be a semi-emo post!
i’ve kinda wanted to post this for some time coz i realized something pretty funky. uh yea. but never really had the time to (between all the vlogging and panicking for work) so I kinda have an hour of free time right now and decided to use this time to blog!
on my way here (i’m at my aunt’s salon), I stupidly cried again coz my parents were quarreling (again) thanks to some stupid logistics issue that i don’t even want to talk about right now.. ugh. and so I was feeling kinda down when I got here but i cheered up immediately at the sight of the ubercute YANGSTER in his mom’s office playing on the computer =)
seriously all it takes is a big hug and an “I love you” from that boy and I feel tonnes better.
but anyhoo, that bit about crying was exactly what i wanted to blog about. I’ve been crazily emotional lately and I don’t know why! Seriously, I’ve been crying at the slightest trigger. I think something’s really wrong with my hormones.
I’ve cried more this December 2009 (and whatever days of January 2010 so far) than I’ve cried in the whole of 2009 put together. I would have said it’s the most I’ve cried in 3 years but I have to take into account the large amounts of crying I did in 2008 – what with leaving Singapore for the States and then leaving the States for Singapore.. LOL.
And this is the thing: I’m not such a weak person. At least, I don’t believe I am. I’m not the kind of person who cries at everything (movies and tv shows aside because ok I’ll admit I cry super easily at those). And I’m seriously despising myself right now for crying so much. It’s like I’m on emotional tenterhooks and it’s annoying.
When the first (what i call) “stupid crying for no reason” incident occured, I put it down to hormonal imbalance because I was pre-menstrual. It was mid-December and I was flying off to Penang but well, some of my stuff (basically facial foam and vaseline) were confiscated, leading to my mom sort-of telling me off and lots of unnecessary humiliation. So for no reason the tears started flowing and then the sobs followed. (EMBARASSING. At one point I was shaking my head at myself wondering what on earth I was crying about. )
From then on it was as if the tap was not closed tightly enough and the pipes were leaking or something. I’d cry at almost anything. It’s very retarded, really.
Another time when I cried without being able to control it was on the way to the hospital and in the hospital when they were taking my blood. I cried all the way from the time they mentioned “blood test” till I was taking my x-ray (about a whole half hour to 45mins.. ><) WHY AM I SUCH A WEAKLING omg.
Of course, there were more incidents but those were a bit more reasonable (as in I understand why I was crying lol).. Yea..
I’ve since come to a conclusion about all this retarded crying. It’s because I’ve stopped doing something I used to do on a daily basis. I’ve stopped watching comedies on a daily basis. Lol. My life everyday used to consist of at least 2 hours of watching Friends / South Park / Family Guy / the Simpsons / Ellen / etc online.. For some reason I stopped doing that and I think it’s causing some kind of deficit in my body.
Since I don’t want to be a blubbering mess all the time, I’m gonna go back to devoting 2hrs a day to watching comedies and cartoons. And of course, I’ve found vlogging to be pretty awesome in engaging my attention so yea.
What other methods do you suggest? =)
PS: The yangster is singing Fireflies by Owl City non-stop right now. Off-key and the lyrics are totally wrong. But he warms my heart and he’s cuddly =) I love how stealing some family time (extended family with my cuzzies, I mean) always makes me feel better no matter what.
Till the next time, toodles~
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HUZZAH
my vlog got banned in France! LOL. So I can’t embed it in here.. Here’s the link. Go see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCVJtBCwyyM
Lol it’s not like revolutionary or anything.. I just used a part of a song as background music and some people laid a content claim to it so yea… BANNED IN FRANCE. I am oddly proud of that, like it’s some kinda achievement. Now I know how Peter Chao must feel.
And part 2 (yes it’s THAT long again) wasn’t banned so I can embed it here haha
Ok the singing bit was crap coz my pronunciation of the French is pretty shit.. And my face is shit flabby too so you should just avert your eyes at that part. It’ll do you good.
On a side note, my face appears three times in this quarter’s issue of The Carpenter (my church newsletter) so I’m gonna get even more famous than I already am at church. Totallyyy.. Haha j/k la.
I promised a blog entry and you’re gonna get it.. Soon.. I’m just finding the time for it. Heh. Prolly later coz I’ll be bored shitless for about an hour and a half so I’ll blog then. Oh and can someone tell me a good way of backing up all my blog entries? I don’t wanna go save all the documents or go to each entry and savepageas so yea.. Some good program to do it? =)
That’s all for now, toodles guys!
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LONG LONG VLOG POST!! 15+mins long!! go seeeee
ok so it was so long that youtube rejected it (why can’t the reject it BEFORE the upload is complete.. ><) so here’s part 1 and 2!
and… Part 2:
oh and yea I have even more vlog posts up on my youtube channel so go see it ok. haha
or nevermind i will post them here you losers..!
This one was before i got hospitalized lol. I’m wearing a blanket coz i’m not really wearing much under it. haha
And this one was just some additional info from the HOSPITALIZATION YO vlog.. haha
ENJOY and I have a nice long (BLOG) post coming up =) (albeit a bit emo.. haha)
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yea people I vlogged again! here it is..
yea apparently you guys like me vlogging.. yea.. I’m in the process of making a video with the outtakes from the various attempts at making this particular vlog post (with one where i show you my feet) so stay tuned for that.. In the meantime, I have pictures..
how my feet looked when i went to the doctor's in the morning
pig trotter!
no offense to all pigs out there..
yea the bane of my existence when i was in there.. =(
hospital food. sucked.
the bedside table/drawer/cupboard thing
there was no comfortable way of resting my hand coz the needle would poke at weird angles =(
look what peishan brought me! =)
that's love in a box, that is.. (of course it wasn't half eaten when she brought it. i greedily ate it before remembering to take a pic)
got the damn thing out at last!!
Yea it wasn’t much fun. Alright, comments appreciated as usual. I’m right now busy editing a video to put up for you guys. Haha. I’m so dedicated. Alrighty take care all, and don’t let any bugs bite ya! <3
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lazy to blog properly.. And have been influenced by Natalie Tran (who is awesome)..
Watch:
Apologies for looking so hideous! haha. Hope you guys liked it. Comments appreciated lovies! =)
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hello there!
Merry Christmas to you from your Snark Secret Santa =) I must say, it was really difficult to come up with an idea for something for you (via the online option) because I don’t know you that well personally and you don’t have a blog that I know of, so I can’t read it to see what you like/dislike!
My query through Emma returned the information that you like the color blue and penguins.. You also said you love to read. So what I tried to do was look for pictures of blue penguins to create some kinda graphic for you (fansign ftw?). I chanced upon one when I was traveling recently and took a quick snapshot of it..
outside a store in Penang, Malaysia
However, my graphic skillz are teh shitz imho so I wasn’t very keen on that idea.. I wanted to write something for you (since that’s something i’m kinda good at) but I wasn’t too sure what I should write since I didn’t really know what genre of writing you’d prefer. I could ask Emma to ask ya, but that would kinda give the game away so..
I looked through your posts on Snark and decided to write a poem/rap/song/whatever using quotes from your Snarkposts. I call it the NicoleSnarkPostQuoteSong. (or, even more awesomely, “I’m Guilty of buying Apples that are Already Sliced”)
” I’m guilty of buying apples that are already sliced
I didn’t understand what the dissolve meant
I’d really like to know if the Wii Fit
actually helps you get in shape
I would like to see those kids kicking and screaming
over a flame of fire, completely defenseless!
I had no idea painted shells were bad for them!
It’s been 2009 for 9 minutes and doesn’t feel different =(
My grandma gave me the most awesomest gift ever, a Wii.
I named him Waldo Wii
Poor alien, it looks so sad
My mom’s amazing sugar cookies”
Yea.. I’m not sure if it makes much sense but hey, hopefully it brings back memories of all your fun posts on Snark =) Try rapping it, seriously. It sounds pretty cool. I’d put up a sound file of me rapping it but I’m embarassed lol.
Now I understand you have a website called luminosity.nu but it doesn’t seem to be working/active so if you ever need space/hosting, let me know and I can definitely offer it.
Also, just for you, this entire entry was typed in various shades of blue, seeing as you love it =) On top of that, I’ve found a series of images of blue penguins and other random pretty blue pictures and here’s a slew of them for your enjoyment!
a blue penguin!
another one! though it's a stuffed toy
ooh cute!!
a random, pretty, blue wallpaper! =) it's 1024X768
I have to clarify/disclaim, though that the above images were all the result of a simple google search.. None of the images (except the very first one from outside the store in Penang) belong to me. I would have made a nice blend/wallpaper/fAnsIgN for ya but I seriously doubt my graphic skillz right now.
Anyhows, I hope you’ve liked this small little gift. Technically it’s supposed to be a little tribute to you, oh awesome user of Snark by the name of Nicole. Yea, pretty much. MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS. May this festive season bring you and your loved ones peace, hope, love and joy. Have a blessed Christmas =)
Love,
chervalier
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