The beat

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What is it exactly that makes a piece of music so addicting? Is it the catchiness of the melody, or the meaning behind the lyrics?

So about a week ago, during one of my random ventures surfing youtube, I chanced upon the popular youtube user, nigahiga, favoriting a video from the WongFu ISA Concert contest. After watching that one video, I randomly picked another video from the same contest. The song was called "Parade" by worldismarble and I don't remember how many times I clicked the replay button! It was one of those light, fun, but classy songs that just made you want to snap your fingers to the beat and bob your head...and I couldn't stop listening to it!!!!

Become addicted as well! ...you know you want to.

The other song that caught my eyes (or rather, ears) was called "Beautiful People" by Sam Ock. For me, this song wasn't as addicting (didn't repeat as much), but the lyrics were touching and left quite an impression. It will make your day feel a lot better :) or at least leave you smiling afterward.

Check it out!

Hehe. I admit "Beautiful People" was really interesting, but I still hope "Parade" wins the contest!! XD If you do too (or not lol), vote here~

Soooo...which one did YOU like more? :)

The downfall

So I decided to ride my bicycle yesterday for the first time in several years (when I say several...I mean 4-5 years) on my way to and back from work. It's not a far distance, but the heat and overbearing sun convinced me ultimately. I would've started riding sooner but one of the caps on my tires was broken :\ I finally stopped my laziness last week and looked up a bicycle shop to go to. Apparently they give you tire caps for FREE o.o I only asked for 2, but they handed me like 6! Haha...I love free stuff...even if they're just tire caps.



So after bicycling yesterday, I found out two things: I'm still out of shape even though I've been running the treadmill 2-3 times a week, and I now fail miserably at the sport of cycling (like I do at most sports...). I try to avoid uphill cycling...cuz that's pretty much impossible for me at the moment ><" and I'll probably look like a retard attempting it...just imagine someone straining to pedal on their bicycle as they barely move at all uphill...I'll probably just fall over. My steering needs the most work though. I can't seem to go straight...always swinging left and right, and I can feel the wobbliness (word?) of my movements.

I did get the hang of steering as I went faster, but I became a bit too overconfident unfortunately. My friend called me while I was bicycling and I didn't think steering with one hand while my other was holding the phone would be too difficult. WRONG! I ended up falling off my bike (and in public no less) and scraping my knee. The way I fell was embarrassing too. Initially I found my balance and managed to catch my bike sideways before it hit the ground, but then, by doing that, I lost my balance again and was flapping my arms like an idiot as I fell sideways..........我觉得好委屈 T_T. By this time I was pretty much annoyed at how this whole bicycling experience turned out. I was seriously hoping nothing else would happen...but THEN, as I was going down one of those gradual slopes that connected the road to the sidewalk, I accidentally went over a small stream of water and got mud splattered onto my legs and shorts. Why the heck is there even water on the road on a hot, sunny, and DRY day?!

Well, this concludes my horrible experience yesterday. I hope these aren't signs or something telling me to stop bicycling around. For now, I'll just consider these moments as signs that I need to practice more. So, RAWR for motivation!