This week, yes. Classes have finally started. Constantly feeling tired but nonetheless I am pretty much happy about things. The timetables have been really hectic this week with times being wrong and turning up an hour early, not knowing which room the class is held in, etc etc... The list goes on. But hopefully everything will be sorted out by next week, in which case half of the timetable has. But in any case, lots of drawings to do with very few hours in a day. Buh.
So anyway, I'll get into the raid for today, in which I'll be reviewing a Danish music CD, woot! Feels so good to be listening to Danish music again. *has terrible internet speed at home*
Raid 25: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010 Review
Looked at the Danish charts yesterday and saw that this one was number one! Oh yes. Though the CD only consists of 10 songs along with their karaoke versions, the compilation as a whole was easy to listen to and can be listened to along with any mood (I usually listen to it when I bike to school). And it helped that the majority of the songs were in English since my Danish still needs lots pf practice! ^^;; With artists such as Bryan Rice and groups such as Sukkerchok and MariaMatilde Band, there's a good range. I particularly liked Sukkerchok's song 'Kæmper for kærlighed'; it has an addictive beat and a chorus that wants you to get up and dance. Sukkerchok have always been quite talented and I first heard them on Danish radio P5000 and this is when I get kinda disappointed that European music never make it outside of Europe for others to enjoy. If you want a CD that has both relaxing music and fun Danish pop, this is definitely worth a listen.
An extremely brief review, sorry... Next time I'll be doing a review for a New Zealand band! Midnight Youth's album 'The Brave Don't Run' did pretty well in the Vodafone NZ Music Awards last year and I finally got my hands on the album! So for this one I'll write a proper review.
So until then, ciao ciao~
24 February 2010
19 February 2010
Lovin' the half pipe!
Raid 24: Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010
One raid for today, the entire topic being about the the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It's on everybody's lips and it would be stupid not to mention it, unless you're not the type that watches these things. In that case I wouldn't read this, but if you're fully into it like myself, keep on reading for my pointless opinion. xD
I'd never thought to watch the winter olympics since I only focused on the summer one, but I would say the winter one is SO much better. :-) There may be more events in the summer one but winter has that vibe to it; I feel cold just watching it, though it's the good kind of cold that you feel when you're on the top of a snowy mountain and the breeze touches your face. *ahem* The point is, I think there's more adrenalin in the winter games, but of course it's only my opinion and everyone is free to agree or disagree.
Aside from that, the competition is so fierce (lol) in the winter games! I especially love the half pipe and watch it from the early morning until New Zealand TV decides to switch to something else while my Mum likes figure skating. The New Zealand team didn't get to the finals but they were all wonderful to watch and felt very proud. Kendall Brown was good, and she came 9th in the semi-finals which was really good.^^ The weird thing about our athletes is that they manage to make it to the semi-finals but they just miss the finals by a small fraction. It's a cure I tell you!! Still, it's amazing to watch and whether out team gets anywhere or not it's great to see everyone do their best and kick ass!
Speaking of kicking ass, Shaun White definitely kicked ass in the half-pipe. He already had the gold medal in the bag but he showed off his epicness and got the crowd going wild! It was stunning to watch and it feels awesome even to witness it. Congratulations! If you missed it, click here to watch it on Youtube.^_^
Ok, my raiding is done for the week. Next week I'll probably do another rant about the olympics but I'll add another raid after it. Which reminds me, classes start next week...! My electives are on too! I was lucky enough to get into concept art and illustration, yay! Very excited.
Anyway, I'll leave it here. Later, guys!
One raid for today, the entire topic being about the the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It's on everybody's lips and it would be stupid not to mention it, unless you're not the type that watches these things. In that case I wouldn't read this, but if you're fully into it like myself, keep on reading for my pointless opinion. xD
I'd never thought to watch the winter olympics since I only focused on the summer one, but I would say the winter one is SO much better. :-) There may be more events in the summer one but winter has that vibe to it; I feel cold just watching it, though it's the good kind of cold that you feel when you're on the top of a snowy mountain and the breeze touches your face. *ahem* The point is, I think there's more adrenalin in the winter games, but of course it's only my opinion and everyone is free to agree or disagree.
Aside from that, the competition is so fierce (lol) in the winter games! I especially love the half pipe and watch it from the early morning until New Zealand TV decides to switch to something else while my Mum likes figure skating. The New Zealand team didn't get to the finals but they were all wonderful to watch and felt very proud. Kendall Brown was good, and she came 9th in the semi-finals which was really good.^^ The weird thing about our athletes is that they manage to make it to the semi-finals but they just miss the finals by a small fraction. It's a cure I tell you!! Still, it's amazing to watch and whether out team gets anywhere or not it's great to see everyone do their best and kick ass!
Speaking of kicking ass, Shaun White definitely kicked ass in the half-pipe. He already had the gold medal in the bag but he showed off his epicness and got the crowd going wild! It was stunning to watch and it feels awesome even to witness it. Congratulations! If you missed it, click here to watch it on Youtube.^_^
Ok, my raiding is done for the week. Next week I'll probably do another rant about the olympics but I'll add another raid after it. Which reminds me, classes start next week...! My electives are on too! I was lucky enough to get into concept art and illustration, yay! Very excited.
Anyway, I'll leave it here. Later, guys!
10 February 2010
First post of 2010... Finally.
This blog originally started as a school project that had to be updated because if it wasn't I'd pretty much fail the course. xD But since I've gotten this far I might as well keep going, although VRO has had an unannounced hiatus for a while... I apologise to the people that actually bother to come here. ^^;
So pretending that never happened, I shall continue with my life as a ridiculously broke student and continue raiding for more information! ^_^ So today I have two raids, both about my home country New Zealand.
Raid 22: Yellow chocolate is here!!
New Zealanders have always been good at inventing things and such, examples being the electric fence, trampolines with a safety barrier and splitting the atom (although that's not an invention but hey). So we have come up with another idea, unnecessary yes, but an invention nontheless. I watched the news to hear about all this yellow chocolate business and they were going along the streets of Auckland and getting people to try it. Most said it either tasted of bananas and pineapples and some said it tasted similar to pineapple lumps which is a Kiwi classic consisting of a small, hard square block of pineapple confectionary that is covered in chocolate. Since it's sold in supermarkets that I go nowhere near I haven't tried it yet but definitely will. Next week maybe...?
Raid 23: Cows, cows, everywhere!
New Zealand is famously known for having a sheep population that's bigger than the amount of people living here but I just heard on the radio about half an hour ago that we have officially been beaten by cows as well. Cows. Could see it coming though. There's only 4 million living here but seriously! We have a similar population to Denmark (approx. 5 million) and they don't have a problem!! *unneccessarily brings Denmark into it*
But we do have a really big dairy industry. We have several universities dedicated to agriculture. So naturally foreigners have the image of farmers in short shorts, a checkered shirt and gumboots riding on a tractor while sheepdogs are running around in every direction. Footrot Flats (a famous NZ comic which has finished now) is a very good example. But personally, I'd rather live in a place with a large amount of animals and green than in a city with gray buildings, gray ground and gray water.
School is starting in two weeks so am definitely looking forward to it since as well as our normal classes, we have electives! ^_^ We get to choose two, and I chose Illustration and Concept Art. I really wish web design was an elective... A person last year asked if typography would be an elective and my entire class laughed. We hate typography like it's the plague.
I shall leave it here for today and I'll have more raids next week! Ciao everyone~
So pretending that never happened, I shall continue with my life as a ridiculously broke student and continue raiding for more information! ^_^ So today I have two raids, both about my home country New Zealand.
Raid 22: Yellow chocolate is here!!
New Zealanders have always been good at inventing things and such, examples being the electric fence, trampolines with a safety barrier and splitting the atom (although that's not an invention but hey). So we have come up with another idea, unnecessary yes, but an invention nontheless. I watched the news to hear about all this yellow chocolate business and they were going along the streets of Auckland and getting people to try it. Most said it either tasted of bananas and pineapples and some said it tasted similar to pineapple lumps which is a Kiwi classic consisting of a small, hard square block of pineapple confectionary that is covered in chocolate. Since it's sold in supermarkets that I go nowhere near I haven't tried it yet but definitely will. Next week maybe...?
Raid 23: Cows, cows, everywhere!
New Zealand is famously known for having a sheep population that's bigger than the amount of people living here but I just heard on the radio about half an hour ago that we have officially been beaten by cows as well. Cows. Could see it coming though. There's only 4 million living here but seriously! We have a similar population to Denmark (approx. 5 million) and they don't have a problem!! *unneccessarily brings Denmark into it*
But we do have a really big dairy industry. We have several universities dedicated to agriculture. So naturally foreigners have the image of farmers in short shorts, a checkered shirt and gumboots riding on a tractor while sheepdogs are running around in every direction. Footrot Flats (a famous NZ comic which has finished now) is a very good example. But personally, I'd rather live in a place with a large amount of animals and green than in a city with gray buildings, gray ground and gray water.
School is starting in two weeks so am definitely looking forward to it since as well as our normal classes, we have electives! ^_^ We get to choose two, and I chose Illustration and Concept Art. I really wish web design was an elective... A person last year asked if typography would be an elective and my entire class laughed. We hate typography like it's the plague.
I shall leave it here for today and I'll have more raids next week! Ciao everyone~
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