Crisis Over..

Ha! I thought this week of mine is gonna be filled with troubles and problems and so will be tight.

No 1. The crisis on Tuesday has been solved. I've talked to the person.. and at least hinted to the person about it haha.

No 2. No more Drama commitments! I did sewing on Tuesday and Wednesday till 9.30 pm and 6.30 pm respectively. Helped to go and buy some of the stuff too.

No 3. I thought I'll be miss a part of Topshop fashion show today, since it commenced at 5 and I finished school at 4.30 pm. Fortunately, it started late (at 5.45 to be precisely) haha. It's my first time attending fashion show. I thought the materials for the clothes are rather plain. Not much pattern :( After the show, we went to the party at Topshop Wisma. I didn't know what to get to spend my S$10. In the end, I bought this nice butterfly ring for $16 ($6 minus the voucher). Thankfully I didn't really spend much in Topshop, because later when I went to Forever 21, there are some tops which I really like :) I'm still deciding which one to get... One is blue colour with flower pattern, the other is this dress which really reminds me of one of Topshop clothes O__O Haha.

Going to sleep now. Sigh, why must someone rent out Lost In Translation when I want it? :(

At last I've paid for GYLC tuition fees! Yayyy. Waiting for acceptance and application letter for visa application haha.

Cheers :)

P.S. I think my iPod's battery has spoiled.

Explained.

Oh my gawd. I've just received a sms that almost make me want to throw my phone against the wall. I guess I'm reaching my limit.

=( I'm feeling sad.

=(

Close we used to be,
But you drifted away from me.
Could not be as close as before,
The awkward silence when it's just two of us now.

I want to say that
I don't know you now,
But part of me still wants to hold on
and revive this friendship
Make it everlasting I'll try...

You may call me selfish,
For wanting you for myself,
But I never wanted you for myself,
Now you keep ignoring me.

Don't you know it bother me
To see you ignoring me
What's with the everlasting promise
We made a year ago.

Please tell me you're not aware of the pain
you're causing me
Cause if you do I'll be so hurt
Too hard to forgive you
I've learnt from someone in the past,
I promise I wouldn't let you feel lonely,
even if you keep ignoring me.

Brokebag

My brown bag broke today :(

What's with the list of broken things this year?

7 Days to April.

Let's have a proper blog entry. So.. my terms are over! :D Which means I can afford to shake legs for a while haha, well at least study-wise. Drama costume is starting on Monday. Though the girl in charge said she'll allow us to bring the clothes home to sew on other days besides Tuesdays or Wednesday, it remains to be seen if she sticks with her words (cause well, for drama sometimes things doesn't go as what you heard of them). Anyway, I think my upcoming week will be supremely packed. I need to start shooting proper abstract shots! Shall start tomorrow (cross my fingers that the weather will be good). I'm going to start catching up on my Maths too haha.

Anyway, on Thursday after my final paper, me and a group of friends went town and watched Music and Lyrics. Hahaha, the show is surprisingly very amusing! Never expected it to be that funny. The movie's theme song is sooo brainwashing ("But 'PoP!' goes my heart..."). Even though the ending is predictable, I thoroughly enjoy the show. Well, it's good to watch such feel good movies from time to time :) The chemistry between Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymoore is great, and the movie is filled with witty lines and jokes haha. Drew Barrymoore is so pretty in the show. Wouldn't mind watching it again on DVD. 7.5 out of 10 stars.

Oh ya, I found out that Children of Men DVD had been released!! Yayyy!

Huh, there's something wrong with my Windows Media Player. It would no longer play torrent for no clear reason. So now I'm using DivX to watch torrent. If there's no torrent, I'll feel quite sad cause then I can't do Heroes or Ugly Betty or Desperate Housewives marathon :(

Oh ya, I broke my 2nd sandal in a month today. Oh my gawd. You know after I broke a Charles and Keith sandal, my Mom said, "Haha, URS sandal is more durable I guess." And today it broke haha. Though I've worn the URS sandals for 1 years now, while I bought Charles and Keith sandal on November. I so need to find a new pair of flat sandals :( My search in Charles and Keith and URS just now yielded no result, instead there's a pair of shoes in Charles and Keith which I'm thinking of getting. Meanwhile, I have to find a new pair of flat sandals! So, today was the first ever time I walk around Orchard Road with slippers haha. Thanks Steph, without that pair of slippers I'd have been walking Orchard Road barefoot.

Later.

Supposedly

I'm supposed to be watching "Lost in Translation" now. I've been wanting to watch it again for quite some time....

Sadly, the DVD can't work. Ha. Ha. Haaaaa. Whyyyy?

So much for kidnapping it from my brother's DVD collection haha.

I want to start filling up my sketchbook...

That's The Way It Is...

Hullo. Oh no, the terms are coming! :( It's coming fast! (It's starting tomorrow). Preparation for Terms has been quite okay surprisingly haha. Hopefully I can maximise my time for Econs and the remaining Geog preparation. I haven't really prepared for Econs...

The NUS quiz was okay haha. My school sent 3 teams, and 2 teams, including mine, didn't pass through the preliminary round (only 4 groups out of 70-ish group can make it to the final). Thankfully, one of my school teams got through haha.. and they went on to win the quiz!

Yesterday I had a very strange encounter. Okay, it's more of freaky. I was waiting for my bus in Grange Road, when this man approaches the bus stop, and sat near me. He asked, "May I know what time is it?", and I told him the time.

Then he started introducing himself, and then he started asking me question. Like my age, school... and even my relationship status O_O I was really starting to freak out by then. But I don't want to offend him by moving to another seat, since there's only two of us in the bus stop. He was saying that usually when he talked to random people, people would ignore him blah blah.. and somewhat inside me thought maybe he shouldn't ask personal questions to them. He asked me, "What bus are you taking?", and I mentioned 2 buses. Then he replied, "Oh same bus". Only later then I realised that he could only take one of the buses, because he's going to Alexandra Road. Sadly, the bus he could take came first, and I reluctantly boarded the bus. Thankfully my mind was still kind of working, and I decided to sit near the driver cubicle, for fear anything wrong would happen. And he decided to beside me. Argh. I was really sitting on the edge of my seat, cause I don't know for what apparent reason he decided to put his hand over my chair for a while, and then I think he realised my discomfort. Then he started asking me, "Are you okay?". At first I said yeah. He was quite close when he spoke to me, which really bothered me. Finally I asked him, "Are you stalking me?" He said, "No. Am I making you uncomfortable?" And I said yes. Then I asked him, "If you're not stalking me, then where do you work?" And he said, "Alexandra. I can give you my work place's telephone number..." But I refused. Finally, 1 stop before his bus stop he was like saying "hope we are now friends, and that you won't remember me." I think he meant won't forget me. By then I just wanted him to go off the bus. And he did in Alexandra Road. Oh my gawd..................... my heart was beating awkwardly throughout the whole ordeal. I think I am so not going to take that bus number for quite a long time. Thankfully I don't usually take that bus to go home or school. And, he offered to shake hand with me like several times, and so by the end of whole ordeal, I was really disgusted with my right hand and can't wait to go and wash it.

Hmm, somewhat I thought why did the encounter happen to me? Does it have some message? Somewhat thinking back, I have very very little of sympathy for the man. Is he a lonely man or something? Still he really freaks me out. It's strange how you somewhat can find sympathy amongst paranoia.

Another interesting things that I learnt from the quiz.. learn to give more to others, and never under appreciate other people's hard work. I learnt the latter from the teachers :( who did the opposite stuff. The other 2 groups doesn't seem to exist under their eyes... which is sad. There's one girl I know who actually really really want to make it through the finals. I guess both of us are kind of doomed from the start due to the circumstances.

On the last note, 300 was fantastic. It is one of the movies which I won't mind watching again! Even though it may be historically inaccurate, it is shot in such a beautiful and original manner. Well, majority of the film is shot in front of blue or green screen, with effects added after the shooting. I love the brownish tone of the movie overall...... now I know that actually red can really stand out in brown. Hmm, though the movie is about 2 hours long, I was never bored for one second. This movie is very action-packed. Oh by the way, I didn't drool over the guys' abs. I think they're too... squarish O_O Some of you may disagree. Haha anyway, I guess this is one movie where both girls and boys will enjoy. Lastly, Rodrigo Santoro (from Love Actually) looks feminine and comical hahaha. If you're watching this movie because of him, haha be prepared to be disappointed and embarrassed =D 7.5 stars out of 10.

Cheers.

Movie Reviews

Time to catch up with movie reviews!

1. Sin City
2. Dreamgirls
3. The Lives of Others

Sin City (6.5 out of 10 stars)
Prior to watching this movie, I read a number of good reviews about it. I heard it was really loyal to the original comic book as well. So, as you would have guessed, I thought I would have liked the movie a lot. Well, the opposite is more true after I've watched the movie. Some parts of the movie is really boring, and kind of silly in some sense haha. I dozed off in the middle of "A Dame To Kill For", the part which has Clive Owen in it. You see, even Clive Owen can sustain my interest in some parts of the movie! Haha (though his red sneakers caught my fancy). Haha, anyway at least I learn some things about cinematography. The way they shot it kinda gives me some inspiration for photography. However, those photography ideas I'll only be able to carry out if I've managed to scrap enough money to buy professional lighting haha. In conclusion, this movie is not everyone's cup of tea. I guess the Sin City comic lovers would love it. That somewhat reminds me of something I read about 300.......


Dreamgirls (6.8 out of 10 stars)
First of all, do I think that this movie is overhyped? Well kind of, though not to the extent of Pan's Labyrinth in my honest opinion. Anyway, I still enjoy this movie! I thought the casting was perfect! You see after watching the movie, I thought Jennifer Hudson is a much much better singer than Beyonce Knowles. But.. come to think of it, Beyonce has more star power than Jennifer (well, at least at the moment). The costumes are nice too! I must salute the Dreamgirls for learning so much dance steps and songs O_O There are some parts of the show where I just wonder how on earth do they remember so many dance steps haha. However, there are some parts which I found quite boring, though at least I managed to get by it haha. Of course I thought of Jake Gyllenhaal when the song he sang in Saturday Night Live was sung (properly) by Jennifer Hudson (I've attached the Jake video below). At the end of the show, you'll realise that there are neither bad guys or good guys in the show actually haha.

The Lives of Others (7.5 out of 10 stars)

I never expected this movie to be really really good. I guess it really deserves the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Anyway, this is a German movie about a guy from the East Germany secret police who are tapping a couple consisting of a theatre actress and a playwriter. As the story progresses, he becomes more and more obsessed with their lives. Hence, the title of this movie. I love how the intricacy of the movie and how the different moods are conveyed in the movie. The story was kinda delicate, and though I found the ending was kinda draggy at first, the last scene of the movie kinda ties up the whole movie. Beware though you may have some questions left in you after the show. But the questions aren't that important, and are better left as mysteries in my opinion. Go and see this show if you like art films! (or even if you don't like art films, give it a shot! haha)


I'm going to watch 300 tomorrow... yippee!

A Question To Ponder..

One of my friends asked me this yesterday, "So, do you think you'll have any long term friends that you know from JC?"

That's one tough question to answer surprisingly.

Have you ever been in a situation where you go out with one person frequently, or you talk a lot with the person, but still you feel awkward with calling the person your close friend? I think this is a really weird situation....


Not that I'm complaining of any friendships at the moment :)

Olive and Olive

Some exciting things just happened. First of all, I got selected for NUS Chancellor's Shield quiz on Current Affairs and General Knowledge after attending the trial session. Yay! It'll be held on next Saturday.. which means I have to start reading on some topics. My school has decided to send 3 teams of 3 members each, and so each group member has been assigned some topics to read on. I decided to do politics, international organisation, nobel prize/ book winners, movies/entertainment.. and I can't remember the last topic haha. I will check later.

The 2nd thing is much more exciting thing. I've just secured a freelance photography job for a marketing company. It handled Noise 2005, and so I guess that's why it contacted me haha. I've already sent the quotation and stuff. I'll have to send 40 to 50 photos by the end of this month. Well, I've set the fee. I'm waiting for their response on whether they agree with it. Fingers crossed! I think this is a really exciting challenge.

So I guess you can see that my schedule is kind of packed now. My group had done the Econs presentation today. Honestly it went quite awful, because we didn't really use the graphs and figures to explain our argument. Furthermore... there's another factor which I shall not speak on. Ehm, but I'm thankful it's finally over! :)

I'm going to take a nap now.. then I want to do Maths! I so need to start revising for Terms X_X Oh GP paper today was okay haha. Though I don't know whether I'll pass. Fingers crossed.

Cheers.