2 weeks of school done, my friends are still on holidays. Makes me feel kinda shit, but I've gotten back into the rhythm... sorta? The first two weeks were actually really chill, just revision and basic introductory stuff. I was just settling in. My classes were totally hectic though- everything was compulsory and I had these ridiculous 8am starts that made me want to vomit.
I guess it sounds terrible how I can't be ready for class at 8am, but really 9am is a struggle for me so 8am is just that much worse.
Over the weekend I went down to Sydney, my favorite city. Found my friends and we chilled- and I tried this mango flavored gelato that tasted like crushed mango, so I kinda feel like I might as well have just eaten a mango. Anyway it was delicious but I couldn't finish it since my teeth were starting to hurt (goddamn sensitive teeth), so my friend took care of the rest.
I tried ramen for the first time while in Syd- idk if it's "authentic" or w/e but I gotta say I really liked the flavor of tonkotsu. The soup was way thick and way salty for my taste though- there was no way I coulda finished it. Also the noodles just tasted like 2min noodles I cook, so idk what the craze about ramen is. Well, it did taste good, I don't deny that, I just don't think ramen is like, the bestest thing ever.
Then that evening I went to a concert by my fav guitarist, Sungha Jung.
Sungha is basically this Korean kid who is crazy good at playing guitar. Now you probably think I'm being really vain and following this kid because he's good looking- well I'm gonna be hipster for once and say I started following him BEFORE he was hot. Actually though- he's like, 2 years younger than me and I started watching his videos when I was around 14? I thought it was pretty amazing how he can make the guitar sound like it has its own accompaniment. I thought only the piano could do that (with the whole left hand-right hand thing), because I play the flute and goddamn I'm so bad at the instrument that I now think the instrument itself sounds bad.
So Sungha's like a prodigy and I thought it was incredible how he played so well when the guitar was bigger than he was. Then I just kinda kept following him because he covered all these new and trendy songs--- and basically all the songs he covered are the songs I like, so it's pretty cool putting his youtube vids in a playlist while I'm trying to work.
I know I listened to him play Canon (the link I posted above) on repeat while I tried to write an essay that was due in 10 hours. That's pretty much why I'm attached to him and his music.
Then I saw him in real life! He has the humor of an old man, but that might be because he's not that fluent in English. When I say "old man humor" I mean when he introduced his next song as a "funny song" and he in fact played Super Mario. It was definitely a cool concert though- he played a lot of original stuff which I really appreciated, because I usually just listen to his covers on YouTube. This song called "Sunset in Paris" or something like that sounded really nice, and I'd buy his new album if the Australian dollar wasn't so stupidly low right now. Great for foreign trade, yeah, but fucking terrible when I want to buy stuff online.
So that sums up my weekend- I now have a photo of Sungha and I on my phone and there's basically this smirk on my face every time I unlock it.
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