Plane.

Oh maybe, I'll build my house in your cloud
Here, I'm tumbling for you.
Stumbling through the work that I have done,
Don't mean to harm you.
By leaving your town again,
But I'm over the ground that you've been spinning,
But I'm up in the air, said baby hell yeah
Oh honey, I can see your house from here
If the plane goes down, damn
I'll remember where the love was found
If the plane goes down...

gosh, there's so much meaning in this song. well.. at least in the way that i see it, it does. anyways, explaining to you what i feel is the meaning of this song isn't my intended reason for posting. i was just sorting through my old files (yes, i have a lot of them.. and it's taking me years to go through them all, haha). and i came across videos taken quite a long time ago from a Jason Mraz concert i once went to. i didn't even know i had these, but ah! listening to them after looking at biochem just makes me so happy. especially these 2 songs - they actually remind me that everything's gonna be alright lol. so here it is, complete stress reliever for you all :).

i would totally upload more of the videos. but it's just taking too long :(.
ps. Jason Mraz is just completely amazing live. and hilariiiious haha.
pps. yes i know the filming sucks, but that's not the point!
ppps. that is totally not me screaming or.. laughing annoyingly :D.
pppps. i am definitely missing summer and.. anything but school now, lol.

I JUST WANT EXAMS TO BE OVER NOW :(

Split-Brain?

Whether one sees the world as God's creation
Or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out,
There's no denying
The beauty and majesty of everything.
There are no seven wonders in the eyes of a child,
There are seven million.

i know, i'm posting so many youtube videos these days and no pictures whatsoever :\ but i've been catching up on my psyc100 readings lately, and this chapter on Consciousness has really made me marvel at just how intricate and mysterious the human brain is. this guy, V. Ramachandran, is honestly so cool. like, i've actually begun to love reading my psyc textbook (well, at least this chapter) because of him, haha. he's a neuroscientist known for his studies on individuals with certain neurological syndromes, including the phantom limb and the one this video is on, split-brain.

split-brain describes someone whose corpus callosum is severed. this is a part of the brain that allows our two hemispheres to communicate with each other. in these patients, it's as if the left side of their brain thinks differently than the right side - which gives us some fascinating interpretations of consciousness. for instance, when you display an image (say, a triangle) on the right visual field of a split-brain patient, they'll be able to verbally tell you what they saw. but, if you display the same image to their left visual field, they'll say they see nothing - interestingly though, when their left hand is given a pencil, they're able to draw what they "didn't see" (the triangle).

amazing right? or maybe i'm just in a nerd state right now :) hehe.

Things You Never Knew.

A butterfly must blink its eyes a few times
Before mastering how to fly.
The night sky is sprinkled all over with stars,
But a few will fall to the ground...

so, my friend just showed this to me earlier today. and i'm absolutely in love with this song now! [yes, i had to search up the lyrics.. :) hehe]. ah, i feel so asian now, even though the only chinese songs i listen to are all from leehom, loll. well, at least i'm getting somewhat[?] more integrated into chinese culture before i go visit hong kong? :D.

of course, david choi and alex goot are still my favourite though, :)<3.

on a side note, fall term is almost over (yay)!! already starting to count down the days 'til Christmas. cannot wait for the hectic confusion it will be: back-to-back reunion times then hong kong then china then snowboarding :)! fun times, as long as i don't get jet-lagged or sick :D haha.

Strangers, Again.

Our lives will continue on in different directions
Towards the inevitable end - becoming strangers again.
And everything we shared will just become fragmented memories
From so long ago I'll question if it even really happened.
And all that'll be left... is this.
A box of random stuff.
From a faded period of time
When this stranger... was the most important person in my life.
What a shame.

ps. david choi!

Take a Chance on Me.

Risking our hearts is why we're alive.
The last thing you want to do
Is look back on your life and wonder
i f o n l y . . .

s2.