Many people are familiar with J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings or Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, but they are not familiar with Norse mythology to which both of these works are heavily indebted.
Tolkien was very well acquainted with the northern mythos, as can be seen by the use of it in his books. The name of one of his main characters, Gandalf, is found in The Poetic Edda. Gandalf is, in some ways, reminiscent of Odin, the leader of the Norse pantheon. Even the name Middle-earth, the setting for Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, comes from Norse mythology.
Wagner also referred to Norse tales. When he composed The Ring of the Nibelung, he combined the Norse The Saga of the Volsungs with the German epic The Nibelungenlied. Wagner relied less heavily on the The Nibelungenlied than some believe, and instead turned to the more pagan Volsung saga with its tale of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer and the valkyrie Brynhild.
11:57 AM
School's a torture, its almost an igony that repeats itself 5 times a week for 15 weeks!
Well, at least my classmates are jokers(thankfully). Take the organiser dude hubert for example. He is the dude who has loads of secret skills, the only one who knows how to make proper alcoholic drinks(at least in my opinion, I think so), the potential shoe salesman. And it sure does make a big diff having a friend who works in pasta mania in the middle of orchard. Dig $6 each for 3 pastas, and 3 large pizzas for a group of 7.
8:37 PM
What a relieve it was, stepping out of the terrifying classroom......it was almost as if a grimmish monster was holding someone hostage. I had 2 tests today, of which i've been blessed with results i never expected, seriously.
First of all, it was maths test(I haven't touched my maths book in 3 days). I only knew how to do 2/4 questions. Hoping to pass, that was all i asked. I even checked these 2 questions, solely to settle my paranoia down whiles semi ignoring the other 2 questions. It was all i asked, to pass. Somehow, i got 3 questions right with the last one getting an egg(The teacher marked the quiz on the spot). Oh man, how shocking that was, it was almost as if i was fed a mental estasy pill.
Next up, was the grand MI test(mental institutional entry test). This has got to be the module i fear THE MOST IN MY WHOLE LIFE @&^%*#@&. Pplus, its the only module that has special abilities...now whoever heard of something inanimate having an ability? Well, this module does...... and its called super-ego-pricker-without-using-physical-pressure-items-such-as-needles. After spending a total of 1 hour studying it, i'm so very surprised to even pass it, whats more getting 70%.
I think i'm high today.
For once, my batch of BME dudes have shown signs of unity. We celebrated Firdaus' & Bihan's birthday together. For non-BMEyear2thisyear people who are wondering wtf NiCk is talking about, previously, there was extreme awkwardness between the G and H classes. At least its significantly gone. YaY! Personally, this feeling of warmth is so hard to obtain, its just a good feeling. I might just enjoy poly life(APART FROM BOOKS YOU STUPID BUGGERS AND WHICH IDIOT CAME UP WITH NO WEARING SLIPPERS TO SCHOOL???).
I would like to apologize to anyone whom i've somehow offended in anyway. SORRY!
6:40 PM
I'm really dry now, all my inner content has been sucked clean by a mighty vaccum cleaner: School. Cramming 3 years of work into 2.5 years sure isn't something anyone can go around showing off. Will Ngee ann succeed? Or will they scrumble while gettting out and pretend to have 3 years to graduates mysteriously vanishing into thin air after a massive result-slip disaster? Tune in to find out!
In preparation for tommorow's upcoming stage appearance, NiCK whipped up a show so horrendous, its gotta earn a grammy award for best horror movie with just 5 mins of premuim show time. Sacificial NiCK had to forgo 2 hours after being vaccum-cleaned. Thankfully, little time was used up waiting for the moving rectangle object that horns at people blocking its way and bangs down these few people that still refuse to budge.
Good night.
12:38 AM
NiCK is in need of some help. please please please pleaseplease please please please please pelase!!!!!!
All you need to do is do this lil survey. Only those who chat on msn or stuff like tt can help me Lol.
2 simple questions
1. Why do you chat on an instant messanger or IM ?
2. How often do you chat?
3. Do you have a tendency to put "away" even though you obviously are sitting on a chair in front of a computer screen?
Yay, you can e-mail me your answers......thetomatothatwentroar@gmail.com or just leave a tag-answer :D
Thanks!
4:50 PM
My stomach is making music, with symphony in tempo with the growling of popcorn being digested. The latest batman show is a must see, definitely enjoyable.
Proper storyline(the first one in history compared to all the previous marvel superhero movies), lovely actors(except the one acting as batman, i just don't like him) and super sweet popcorn.
Today's social psychology presentation was fabulous, apart from corpses lying all over the place becoming corpses flying all over the place. I honestly think we did a good job, considering we're suppose to talk for 20 mins. And we were only given 1 week preparation time. Yay, good job team! Shin's group talked about the hussein thingy, started a mini-debate......hAhA.
Here you go, a nice little picture.
9:40 PM
I'm poor i'm a broke! Mercy mercy! $100 for ticket money 6 months late stretched my spending limit so much, too much! The result of horribly stupid mistake of not signing something.
Regardless, saving-mode NiCK is now active. I'm gonna do my best to save for the future. So people who so graciously sacrifice their time to read my blog, i hope that you will try not to tempt me into wasting unnessassary money!! =D
Sunday bible studies are like workouts. We laugh and laugh so much, after a 45 min session, we're all exhausted......after cramping our stomach muscles minute after minute in a repetitive motion. Not too bad at all, at least we all agree that there are some evils to get rid off: S*i*i* . LoLx, bet you guys haven't a clue what NiCk is spamming here, but its ok, its only meant for those who know to know.
10:19 PM
Darth NiCK
$23.50 = 3.50(cut) + 20(dye+highlight) for professional work is definitely a worth it.
Its not very clear because of my perpectual habit of looking downwards to take pictures. And the pictures with seemingly no eye pupils are non-edited. I told you I'm Darth NiCK. May the force be with you...er...i mean me(Dark side people are non-altruistic people).
9:06 PM
Obviously, i haven't managed to grab time to update. Well, so it has been more than a week, whats up?
Optimistically, i am gonna be able to show my skill in MI. Pessimistically, there are 15 of us, and i happen to be the odd one out cause of slow reaction. Realistic version: NiCK dun wanna be solo. Engineering students are said to be the most boring students in the school.
Got owned in Risk today. Analysis shows that you shouldn't go for Asia with just australia. Fought a battle that was rather well calculated. Lost when one super power attacked me. I am truely a stupid person. Plus, i'm the only one who can lose dice games every turn for 3/4 of my turns.
Today was a bad day. Hardly anything went well. And i returned the book to kate plus sims2.
10:40 PM
