Sunday, October 19, 2008.

yeah, everything's all settled with nlb.

thankfully i wasn't made to pay. but it's my fault too, as jerald rightfully pointed out, that i should have checked. admittedly i knew that the liner notes were missing, but i didnt go to the service counter, so i got quite worried over this yesterday night.

phew.

anyway maff's tmr! (why do i call it maff i wonder). hopefully it should bring me some good marks (seeing as I want some nice marks to decorate my APR, what with a stinking 2.8 for a particular subject). anyway there's moderation, though even after moderation i doubt ill get the 100 i got last year (since i put in MUCH more effort in maffeoy last year (as i desperately needed my 4.0 last year)).

but WHO CARES.

freedom is within sight.

just that stupid 1.5hr/1.5hr paper(s) blocking my way.

but anyway freedom is but short-lived. what with the other crap like RA papers (maff on thurs - no calculator zomg and chem on fri - ahhhhh i forgot everything) and hcl o's (yeah need to buck up) and jlpt (far away but still quite near), it's not the dream holiday every sec 4 wishes.

still, with the 2week extra it should be dreamy enough for me.

but first.

O Fortuna
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.

Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!

O Fortuna, Carmina Burana (Orff)

It's a piece I haven't yet learnt to appreciate (maybe cause i tend to fancy works which are more symphonic in scope), but nevertheless a nice piece. And a famous one at that, too!