Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Some Weird Collective Nouns That You Probably Don't Know


  1.  A congregation of alligators
  2. A cete of badgers
  3. A cloud of bats
  4. A sleuth/sloth of bears
  5. An erst/grist of bees
  6. A dissimulation(fanciful)/parcel/pod/volary of birds
  7. A bench of bishops
  8. A blush of boys
  9. A draught of butlers
  10. A rabble of butterflies
  11. A sounder(12 or more) of wild boars
  12. A caravan of camels
  13. A clowder/cluster/clutter/glaring/pounce of cats
  14. A drunkenship/drunkship of clobbers
  15. A rag/rake of colts
  16. A murder of crows
  17. A dole/dule/piteousness of doves
  18. A convocation of eagles
  19. A business of ferrets
  20. A stand of flamingos
  21. A corps of giraffes
  22. A pantheon of gods
  23. An observance of hermits
  24. A bloat of hippopotamus
  25. A string/band/stable of horses
  26. A pack/cry/hunt/meet/mute/stable of hounds
  27. A mess of iguanas
  28. A smack of jellyfish
  29. A leap of leopards
  30. A mischief of mice
  31. A scourge of mosquitoes
  32. A watch of nightingales
  33. A parliament of owls
  34. A pandemonium of parrots
  35. A gaze of raccoons
  36. An unkindness of ravens
  37. A crash of rhinoceros
  38. An escargatoire of snails
  39. A descent of woodpeckers
  40. A bale of turtles

-xoxo-carmen-

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Ah Gua Show Ah?

Credits to photographer Gene Schiavone and ballerina Paul Ghiselin



Don't be fooled, nope, they are not drag queens. But the all-male ballet company 

Les Ballets du Trockadero

that features male ballerinas, yes that's right, in tights and tutus.



Credits to photographer Gene Schiavone
and ballerina Paul Ghiselin
















It might seem weird, well it is weird but surprisingly they twist the classics into comedy, drawing laughs from the crowd. But as a girl who has dance more than half of my life, I know how hard is it to pull off those stunts. To be able to stand 'en pointe', in those damn hard toe shoes. Imagine the blisters and black nails that ballerinas suffer, that I too have suffer, just to appear on stage as light as feather and soft as water, while inside the hearts hoping the blisters and black nails don't suddenly bring pain to the feet. 

Therefore, I had great respect to these male ballerinas who work hard everyday to just put on a show for people to laugh at. :) To the wonderful dancers of 'Men In Tutus', I wish you all the best in the future and to be able to dance no matter your age. Lastly, I just want to say, 'You are all beautiful!'


XOXO - CARMEN - 

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Happy weekends with good food

Spent quality time with my mum this weekend, had dinner on Friday in a restaurant named 'Rainbow' then on Saturday after school we had High Tea Buffet at Tower Regency 6Cafe. Had fun taking pictures too. :)

Xoxo-Carmen-

Friday, September 6, 2013

Just shut the h*** up!

Had dinner at a restaurant with a live band. It was a terrible experience. The lead girl started with a famous song that is known by the people of different ages, and she was off on the first note, then she tried to twist the notes but ended up making it sounding even more out of tune. Then she continued with happy birthday, with her sounding like a cat in heat. Nexy she continued on with a love song, that totally didn't suit her voice and would sound better if sung by the man playing the guitar as the song was meant for a man not woman. Then I had enough and finished off dinner and paid before she can sing anymore. What a ruined dinner.

-Carmen-

Thursday, September 5, 2013

The internet is for porn...WHATTTT????

Well, not that I purposefully search for porn on the internet. There's this song from 'Avenue Q', the musical that goes: "The internet is for porn, the internet is for porn, why you think the net was born? Porn, porn, porn." 

Well, the musical reasoned that the internet was born to distribute porn, but I highly doubt that. But, it is still true that the internet is used as a tool to store and transfer data. However when one says about the abuse of the internet, one always equate it with porn. How did that happen? For internet abuse can also be said to be the criminal exploitation of the internet, distributing viruses and malware, cyber-bullying, and etc. etc.

For now, I am still dwelling on this question. So do you guys agree that the net was born for porn? 

-Carmen-

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Kick Off...

So, this is it. Our class blog. I hope everyone can contribute their writings as often as possible and try not to be too offensive in your writings. If you really want to write offensive things, at least put on a warning and write it abstractly, I'm sure most of us will understand it. 

And for today, I think I will share a quote by Shel Silverstien. It goes like this, How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. I hope everyone in our class will always love and cherish this bond that is present in our class. Never forget that there is always a reason for the big guy up there to give us a chance to know each other in this short life time of ours.


-Carmen-


P.S. Good night and Sweet dreams :)