Welcome to 2008

So 2008 is finally here. 2007, which is the year of pig, was rather okay. Ups and downs as usual. Kind of balanced. Though there are much good and bad things to remember for 2007. Lessons that I learnt, and also the various experience which shape me as a person as I continue to grow. I managed to observe human behaviour more, and how some characteristics in me are somewhat related to my parents. 2007 taught me to really treasure the friends that I have. 2007 also taught me to be thankful of the parents that I had, regardless how annoying they can be and different they can think.

2007 taught me to never let go of my dreams, regardless of how impossible sometimes they can be.

Even though 2007 kinda ended in a bad shape, at least overall it was okay. The year of pig didn't treat me as badly as I thought it would. A snake and a pig don't go well supposedly. Well this year it will be the year of mouse. May it be a good year (for you and your family). Even if it's a bad year, at least there will always be things that I can learn around from the experience.

Next post: 2007 listings.

Just Now...

.. I choked when I saw Wentworth Miller in Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" on MTV. Ahaha when I saw the video long long time ago, when I still didn't recognise him, I think he looks ugly and Mariah Carey shouldn't go for him! Haha. I still hold that opinion now.

Here's the proof :P

Things I Learnt in the Past 2 Weeks

1. Hmm finding a truth doesn't equate to the fact that you should tell the person affected by the truth immediately. Because sometimes there's just no point to doing this, and the truth may destroy the relationship between that person and another person which at the moment is good. Ugh I hate my father for this. I hope this won't affect me directly.

2. I get easily irritated when somebody interrupts me when I speak or shifts their attention to something / someone else lol.

3. Everyone has their idiot days. That's why in life you have to forgive people when they are having their idiot days, because I'm sure you would like to be as much forgiven when you are experiencing your idiot days.

4. There is no point pushing someone to do something when the person doesn't like it. Again, this is related to my father. On the other end, if someone likes what he/she is doing, nobody has to push him/her to do the thing.

5. From time to time, I may disagree to Empire Magazine's opinion. Bourne Ultimatum number 1 movie of 2007? Come onnnn.

6. My brain is getting weirdly active with all the disturbing dreams O_O This is somewhat changing my perspective towards the 3 letters, in a morally better way by the way.

7. The movie "4 days, 3 weeks and 2 days". Jamie Lynn's pregnancy. Both are related to pre-marital sex. So what's your take on pre-marital sex? I'm somewhat more and more against it (at least I try to).

On a lighter note...

8. Christian Bale is such a shy person in real life lol... which sort of makes him more endearing :D

9. Mango and Topshop sale already!! Arghhh I want to SHOPPPPPPP. :( :( :(

Falling Slowly...

Arghhh a tune from a little movie (as Steven Spielberg calls it) "Once" has been stuck in my head for the past few days :( :( well it's a nice tune. At least it's not as annoying as Feist's "1,2,3,4" when it's stuck in your head haha. I wonder, since Broken Social Scene will be heading to Singapore next March, if Feist will be part of the tour teehee.

Anyways, I'm so excited that Maroon 5 is coming to Singapore!! Yayyy!! So if anyone interested, please tell me asap! Thinking of getting the $185. The more the number of people going to the concert, the better! :D Never mind that all the tickets are for sitting. Why no standing? Standing more fun....

So for the past 2 weeks, my life's cycle is internet, playstation, E! entertainment, movies and more movies.. except for the last weekend where I took intensive basic photography course in Darwis Triadi School of Photography. I thought the basic photography course was quite useless... since I've known 3/4 of the things beforehand. But I found the last section, which is on basic understanding of lighting, very useful. I want to join the intermediate course!! :D So exciting!

Speaking of movies, I've watched quite a few recently. Let me try to name the movies I've seen recently.. Hot Fuzz, Once (duh!), American Beauty, Fight Club, Waitress and Superbad (not forgetting Rescue Dawn as previously mentioned). Firstly, let me say I find Superbad superbad.... I hate it! I don't find it funny. Hmm for your information, I didn't find Knocked Up that funny either. So does that mean I won't ever really like Judd Apatow's comedy? Maybe. I'm still willing to see 40-year-old Virgin though. If that's really bad, then I will never going to see Apatow's other comedies hehe. Some of the jokes are gross, and I don't find the policemen storyline interesting at all.

Hot Fuzz and Waitress are funny. Fight Club and American Beauty are thought-provoking. Once, which is sort of a modern day musical, is simple yet enjoyable. So overall, no really bad movies so far other than Superbad haha.

I watched American Beauty with its scriptbook on my hand. Well, at first, I was hoping to study the movie with its script, so that I can see how a director imagines how he will shoot the movie as he reads the script. And I want to see how actors improvised too. Turns out that the script version in the script book is likely to be already adjusted to the movie.. and so it's not in its original state :( My first reaction was what the heckkk. Talking about original scripts, the Simpsons DVD somehow includes scripts of several of its episodes in their original state. I somehow enjoy reading them.. because of some of the comments and adjustments made to the original script I was able to see how a script is developed into a feature length.

I first glimpsed American Beauty on Channel 5. Guess what? After watching the American Beauty DVD, I was really disturbed over how much Channel 5 has edited the show. There is at least one important scenes edited out in Channel 5 (there is one which may be edited out due to nudity). Oh my gosh... I'm so never going to see m18 and r21 movies in Channel 5 ever. I still feel disappointed over how Channel 5 butchered Old School lol. Maybe I'll complain if Channel 5 does the heavy censoring thing again. I mean, since they have to censor lots of things, they might as well show PG movies. There should be a lot of good PG movies around.

I'm planning to catch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind today.. I remember the last time I saw it, I felt really contented haha (maybe it's the Michel Gondry effect).

I love the new Dark Knight (aka Batman) trailer! Ahhhh. And I'm hoping to change the skin of this blog... if I have the time.

Until next time.

Interlude

I'm currently in Indonesia right now... and have been excited about Jakarta International Film Festival '08 (or JIFFest for short). Quite a number of artistic films will be shown... including several potential Oscars 2008 contenders. The movies that I want to see are:

1. 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days (a Romanian film)
2. Atonement
3. Persepolis
4. No Country For Old Men
5. La Vie En Rose

JIFFest will even show 881 of Singapore hahaha. The tickets to the festival are considerably cheap compared to normal cinema tickets. The tickets are Rp 20,000 each (approx. S$4), compared to Rp 40,000 or 50,000 of normal cinema tickets. No. 2 and 4 will open in Singapore. If I don't catch Atonement in Singapore, I'll still be able to see it in Hong Kong. Hong Kong will show Persepolis, not sure for Singapore. No Country For Old Men will only open in Singapore in March, which is a long way to go! So I'm hoping to catch it now. La Vie En Rose is already out on DVD, so if I don't see it now, I'll still be able to see it on DVD.

You may be wondering why I have not talked about 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Well, it's because I've seen it hahaha. It won top prize in 2007 Cannes Festival and the reviews for it have been positive all over the place. I have a feeling the movie will never make it to Singapore. So I went to see it with high expectations.. with my brother and his girlfriend haha. Guess what I react to the film? I was extremely disappointed.. :( :( I think the aftermath of the movie screening is comparable to the aftermath of seeing Happy Feet, where I complained non-stop for like an hour or so hahaha. Firstly, the sypnosis in the JIFFest guide kind of give me a wrong idea of the story. Throughout the movie, I was like wanting the storyline to move on... because the film was really going sooo slowly, and I wanted the movie to move on to the next scene (which I thought may be more exciting.. like a climax). Instead... the movie ended abruptly. And my first reaction along with my brother was "What the heckkkk....?". In my opinion, the movie doesn't even have a climax hahaha. One of the s***tiest movie I have seen to be honest. I guess my appreciation for indie movies does not go to such a high level O_O Maybe I'll have to see this movie again when I'm older.. in order for me to appreciate it. Sorry but I have to give this movie 4.0/10. A waste of 120 mins.


The other movie that I had watched in these few days is "Rescue Dawn"... starring Christian Bale hahahaha. Christian Bale wasn't hot and attractive in this movie sadly. Anyway, this movie is brilliant, especially its cinematography. Most of the movie's scenes are filled with greeneries, which makes it more remarkable over the fact that the cinematography of this movie wasn't boring at all. It's beautiful! Well, I really like this movie, because it manages to portray a grim scenario with some sense of humour. I love how the story really promotes hope. As always, cough, Christian Bale's acting was brilliant. I kind of cringed when he bit a snake... hahahaha. I'll give this movie 7.5/10.


That's all for now. I'll update again soon.

Expected

I forgot to write I watched "Half Nelson" again 3 days ago. Yes it revived my obsession with Ryan Gosling again. He's hot in that show okayyy. Anyway, I love this show now more than when I watched it for the first time. I saw more things, like the characters' mannerisms and how some parts of the story run parallel to each other. This movie is definitely going into my study book like sooooon :) :) (which means watching the movie again). For this movie, 8.0/10.

Life Isn't That Simple

Helloz. So I'm currently in Singapore, and will be heading back to Indo on Friday. I have been doing some stuff here for the past week. I have been helping out with my friend and her friend for some filming, and the last day for filming will be on Thursday. 2 days.. and I've already learnt a lot from the process (and in some ways about myself too). Can't wait to learn more things :)

I saw a movie yesterday and today. Yesterday I saw "Talk to Her", which is by the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, and today I saw "Elephant", by the director who did Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant. Hmm, I must say I like the latter more, though the latter took some time for its story to unfold. "Talk to Her" is mainly about these 2 guys who each had a woman that he love that is in coma. I will not really call those women whom the guys love their partners, because well the women are not really their partners as the story unfolded. There are some beautiful, delicate scene. I kind of like the scene where one of the guys was changing one of the 2 women's clothes. The way he treated her body was really delicate. At times the story was quite a drag, but at least the ending ties every thing up and makes perfect sense. So I'll give it 7.0/10.

I watched the first half-hour of Elephant in Hong Kong... before stop watching it for some reason. So today I went to watch the whole thing, and the movie makes better sense. You must be really patient when you watched this film. I seriously think some people will find this show stupid. The story takes a lot of patience to see it unfold, and as the story progresses towards climax, you understand more what is going on. I like how some of the scenes are repeated, and the transitions from one character to another. In the end, you'll realise that this movie only revolves around a few key scenes, before we reaches the climax of the story. I really like this narrative style of the story. Well, let me just say the ending was tragic. Some beautiful shots here and there too. And oh yes, thanks to this movie, "Moonlight Sonata" is currently stuck in my head. 7.5/10 for this movie.

I'm going to catch an Indonesian show "Opera Jawa" tonight in the national museum. It won Singapore International Film Festival award earlier this year. Hopefully I'll like it :)

I forgot to write...

... that I have won a consolation prize for the Simpsons Sound-A-Like contest!! :D

The prizes are:
1. The Simpsons complete Season 1-3 DVD Collectors set,
2. a Ipod sleeve,
3. a adult T-shirt,
4. a home movie kit, and
5. a towel.

As Homer will say, "Woohoo!".

I immitated Marge's voice (which is supposed to be high pitched and coarse).. and have to read a line that goes something like "watch the Simpson movie at Shaw cinemas".

I hope I don't become as stupid as Homer after watching Season 1-3.... Hahaha.

The Buildings Are Changing Into Coconut Trees

Soo my trip in Hong Kong is coming to an end. I'll be going back to Xin Jia Po tomorrow, then about a week later or so I'll be heading to Indonesia.

For the past 4 days I've had guests lol. My primary school friends, her sister and their parents (my mom knows her mom). Well, it was fun to have them at home haha (though my Mom can't help complaining sometimes). We went to the Peak, some beaches, Mongkok etc in Hong Kong. We also briefly went to Macao, Zhu Hai and Shenzhen (with more complaints from my Mom). Overall it was okay, though I didn't shop much cause winter season is soo not the time to shop! :( This time around, in terms of fashion, I only got bangles from H & M. HAHAHAHA. There's simply nothing else that I want to buy! LOL. Hmm the Roberto Cavalli collection for H & M is totally sold out everywhere, except for some faux fur coat which costs HK$2000 (=S$400 O_O) and some leotard print jeans lol, which I am so not interested on hahahaha. I shall use the money for some other time :)

Ahhhh I hate it. My mom has been complaining a lot lately. My father and I had noticed the increasing pattern of this. I don't know how to explain it. Hmm, let me just say sometimes, because of her complaints, it made my Mom seem to be ungrateful and pessimistic :( Example: Argument 1: She always says my father is an impatient man. Truth 1: Since they've been married for about 28 years, I kind of salute my father for being able to stand my Mom's nonsense. Argument 2: She makes it seem that I don't love her. Truth 2: Halllllloooooo, like what the heckkkk. Have I not loved her, I would not have been able to manage my anger and hold my words... and would have just said the AWFUL truth to her. I guess the point is... nobody is perfect on this earth. For every person with negative traits, there are always the positive sides. Well sometimes it's hard to see the positive sides, obviously. SIGH. Shall stop ranting. I shall borrow some books on anger management soon for myself..

This brings me to an interesting question that my GP teacher asked my class once:

Do you think, provided with a gun, that you're the type of the person who would kill someone?

Do not get the wrong idea. I will never do harm to my Mom... because that will be an awful mistake and sin.

HA HA... HA HA

So.. yesterday I finally saw Eastern Promises and Lust, Caution. Back to back! Hahaha... thankfully it wasn't a draining, mentally exhaustive experience.

So let me start with Eastern Promises, which is one of the best reviewed movies this year. I kind of had a high expectation over it... and am so glad that it succeeds in fulfilling its expectation! The pace of the movie is just right, and there are a lot of enjoyable, tense moments to enjoy in the film. I love how the movie kind of hooked me. Though the ending could have been better (longer duration for the movie), the movie still ties up okay. Something that I really really love in this movie is Viggo Mortensen's character and his acting. Superb superb. I somewhat hate and love the character haha. But there are just some scenes where I wanna hug him or something lol. Hmm, be warned that there are some scenes which are really really violent and disturbing. I have a feeling in Singapore they cut the bathroom scene, and this will really really disappoint someone lol. If there are opportunities to see the movie uncut, please do see it. This movie is going to my favourite list! 8.5/10

Psst.. Viggo has a good bod for someone in his 40s haha.

Next is Lust, Caution. It's going to close soon in Hong Kong.. and yet so many people still watching it! Anyway, the movie is good. But it could have been better. Great acting by both lead actors. I wonder sometimes how actors manage to convey so much things through their faces, without speaking much. Of course speaking of this movie, I'll have to talk the much-hyped scenes of 3 letter word. Yes I do agree that it's an integral part to the movie. Because it speaks a lot of things about the relationship between the two characters. There are passion, love between the two and also a sense of confusion and pain for the female lead. I somewhat was disappointed by the ending, but how else could they end it? At least the ending somewhat manages to portray Tony Leung's character in the movie (he can be such a sadist, menacing, cold man in the show). I'll give this show 7.0/10.

It Still Hurts..

Grrrr.... today I went to Central.. on my way to Stanley Market (which is rather disappointing), and I still feel saaaddddd about missing Batman shooting last week :( :( I guess it's hard to understand the feelings (my mom can't understand it)... and it'll take some time to overcome it. Ahhhh.. so close yet so far :( :( I almost brought my Batman Begins DVD along to Hong Kong. I guess now I'm sort of thankful I didn't bring it.. because if I did, I think I will be wallowing in my sorrow even more lol.

Anyway, I didn't do much things today. I went to the new mall next to my house, Elements. It's dammmnnnn biggg O_O Got Zara, H & M, HMV, the designer boutiques and some good restaurants (according to my Mom). It has a cinema too haha. I bought lots of things from HMV last night. HK$600s O_O I was shocked to see the total amount too.. but then 6 DVDs I bought were all worth buying (since they're more of rare DVDs, not commercial kind of film haha). I'm so happy that I've finally got Science of Sleep and Works of Director Michel Gondry DVDs :D :D (the latter costs HK$200ish hahaha).

I watched Science of Sleep yesterday... and yes I was totally mesmerised by Gael Garcia Bernal (and his hotness). There are just some scenes in which I wanna hug him, lol! Okay besides the Gael factor, there are other things that make this film enjoyable. There are several very creative scenes (all by the crazy mind of Michel Gondry) and funny scenes too (especially the Stephane TV shows hahaha). I love how actually the love between Gael and the main female character is very sweet, and rather innocent haha. Gael's character is more of a boy trapped in a man's body haha. I think I'll watch this movie again (when I feel like doing so). I'll give it 7.5/10.

I'm hoping to watch Lust Caution and Eastern Promises tomorrow! Hahaha just now Lust Caution only left front seats, so I didn't want to watch it lol.

I want to watch the new Cloverfield trailer!!! But the public com i'm using now doesn't have any speakers lol.

Okie, till the next entry. Take care people :)

Yo! What's Up?

Helloooooo. I'm back! :D Yes, A level is officially over :) :) I'm sooo happy! It ended with Chem H1 MCQ today haha. A bit anti-climax after human geography paper yesterday, but oh well, it's still over *smiles like mad*

So, I'll be off to Hong Kong. That's the first thing in my to-do list in the upcoming 6 months holiday :) There is a list of things that I want to do, such as:

1. Learn how to drive a car!
2. Take an etiquette lesson.
3. Take a make-up lesson!
4. Take a photography lesson.
5. Take a film directing course.
6. SAT! SAT! :(
7. Learn how to cook
8. Watch lots of movies (and study some of them)
9. Read books (to add to my imagination coffin)
8. Meet Christian Bale

Well number 8 is obviously impossible. I still can't get over the fact that I could have met him last week :( :( 4 hours away from Singapore. Halloooooo. I want to see in person whether he looks as good... in the video of the HK press conference he looks damn fine and yummy! (ehem) Oh well, I've tried to comfort myself by thinking that he'll most likely to come back to Hong Kong in the future Batman installment haha. I think this is most likely, and I do hope it will be :)

Can't wait to buy some DVDs... err I'm gonna get Science of Sleep!! I want to ogle at Gael Garcial Bernal! (yummm) It's quite a sad thing that he's as tall as me haha *cough*

I saw "Lars and His Real Girl" today. It's not a typical love story. Yet it is really really sweet and thoughtful. There are moments in the movie where I was laughing how absurd some scenes can be, but at the end of it, there are just some scenes which I couldn't help going "aww" or wanting to cry. Some scenes are sooo touching to the extent that you forget how absurd the scene may be haha. I'll give it 7.5/10 :)

I'll write again soon once I have something to write. Oh I dreamt of Ryan Gosling last week haha.. and I hugged him in the dream :D :D heh. He was sooo damn hot in the dream lol.

Anyway, until the next post. To all the people who still have their A level, jia you! You're going to end soon! Don't give up!

Cheers and tons of love, Olivia

P.S. I'm so excited of getting Alice in Wonderland tomorrow!!! :D Loving Q magazine's free CD too :)

9 More Days.. Shrieks *in horror*

This is it... 9 more days.. 2 years worth of hard work and efforts. I'm scared, yet at the same time excited for life after JC (especially the 6 months holiday). Hmm I really do hope that whatever happens to my A level results my future will be okay. Somewhat sometimes I do feel that A level is like the key to my future and if I flunk it I don't know what I will do. Well at least I found some comfort reading some education articles for GP (what the heck?), surprisingly.

I keep telling myself to stop talking about the back of A level exam. I have to tackle it from the front, not the back haha. Sigh, these two years I've been telling myself if I can complete my JC education, I can do anything in life! And yes, I'm still sticking to those words of mine :)

I found last week in my wallet a note which I wrote ages ago (I think secondary 1 or 2). I somewhat totally forgot about it, and it got dug into the deep mantle of my wallet. Well it's mainly about perseverance and appreciation of life. If I remember correctly, I think I wrote that when I was really annoyed with a friend of mine in Secondary school, and wrote it just in case I feel sad about it or some other things in life. Haha what an interesting reminder it brought to me. Somehow it makes me smile.

To people who are in the midst of mugging for As, jia you okay! Last lap already.. we must give our best shots :)

Cheers and best regards, Olivia.

Days of Our Lives

Whoa.. 5 days more to graduation O_O JC life is sooo fast and short. So stressful too. Yet I keep telling myself, if I can handle the stress from JC life, I can do anything in life man! I think that statement will be true :D (or at least I hope haha)

Yes, last year during the J2s baccalaurate, I was like wondering the real significance of it. I guess at that time I haven't really been able to treasure the friendships I've had from ACJC. It's only this year during GYLC that I realised something important about friendships. Friendships take efforts to build and time to appreciate! I'm glad I'll see the graduation ceremony in a different light haha.

I have so many things I want to achieve in life. But sometimes I do have the fear that there'll be a point in time of my life where I'll run out of things to go after... and that my suicidal tendency will appear lol. This year I also realised that there is secretly a violent side of me.. hmm I'm thankful nothing have come out of it so far.. but I'm hoping to learn more of self-control as life progresses...

I need to nap. I have been sleeping for about 5.5 hours lately.. and been taking naps! haha.

Hmm the song below "Playground Love" by Air really defines lust in my opinion. It's from the Virgin Suicides OST, and now they keep playing it in Chivas Regal ads lol. Sometimes listening to it makes me shudder...


I'm a high school lover, and you're my favorite flavor
Love is all, all my soul
You're my playground love

Yet my hands are shaking
I feel my body reeling
Time's no matter, I'm on fire
On the playground love

You're the piece of gold
That flashes on my soul
Extra time, on the ground
You're my playground love

Anytime, anywhere,
You're my playground love.

Say Something!

I shall write something here to show that this blog is ALIVE haha.

Anyway, yep prelims are totally over (2 weeks ago lol). I'll be getting the papers back this Friday.. what the heck that's fast. So today I found the first hint of the prelim result.. well at least for Maths haha. At least I passed lol. Anyway, wish me luck for the result people (I'm so screwed for Physical Geog.. sigh gotta live with it for 2 more months.. I must start "pretending" to love Geog).

So, I went to Hong Kong and Bangkok during the Sept Holiday. Made a nice discovery in Hong Kong of a new place to shop!! As usual, majority of the stuff are for small sized people, but at least I still found some stuff haha (self-denial here). Hmm people, if you go Hong Kong, visit Argyle Centre! It's in Mongkok. It somewhat reminds me of this wholesale clothing place in Hong Kong, except for the fact in Argyle Centre you can buy stuff per piece, and the price is relatively cheap :) Hmm I also visited H & M in Hong Kong. Didn't get anything haha there's this dress that I like, but it's S$60... and I don't think it's worth that price lol.

So I spent 4 days in Hong Kong (it's sooo not enough, with Macau trip especially). Sadly, luck kinda deserted me this time around in Macau. I lost HK$400 gambling hahahahaha (by slot machine lol), and my dad seemed to lose his touch with Roullette lol. The Venetian, which is the newest Macao casino, is damn huge. Hmm scratch that. It's damn HUGE, GIGANTIC. You have little chance of finding your friends or family members if you get separated in the Casino, cause there's little division of sections in Casino, and you have to walk a lot of distance across the casino. And I really mean a lot. The first time I saw it I thought the phrase "Coast to Coast" haha Westlife ahhh.

Then I went to Bangkok. I bought quite a lot of T-shirts lol (thanks to my brother). There are some funny ones, like a picture of Mona Lisa with markings on her face of where to carry out plastic surgery (botox, lifting, breast augmentation haha). Again, people who wear small size clothes will find tons of clothes in the places (I sometimes do envy those people hahaha.. though I still love my body :P). Oh yeah speaking of body (sorry being random here), I read a book today that says, while women thinks that good body is one criteria guys look in girls, it's actually not really a top criteria. The top criteria, according to the book, is personality. Remember that, girls! :P

I've been writing a lot of things in a book, which is filled with my thoughts, especially in creativity areas. Strangely, I've been noticing more things about human behaviours for the past weeks lol. And usually, after observing them, I'd just have these random questions (some quite thought provoking) which will appear in my mind. I realised over the holiday, yep sometimes my family can be really screwed up lol. But there's an important point I realised. It's that I'm dependent on each of my family member, regardless of how irritating they can be and also their flaws. When I had a problem with one member, I'll turn to another one etc. Conclusion: Family makes life interesting + Having only one child when I grow up is a no no no no (yes, I found another reason to support this over the holiday haha)

On the Comex Fair 2007, I bought a new camera! Hooray! It's my first ever SLR camera.. which is sort of more on the professional side (lens can be changed and detached). I had fun getting to know it over the holiday haha (thankfully I brought it). I managed to familiarise myself with it with the help of the manual book lol. But the problem now is.. there's supposed this Canon software to help download the pictures to the com... but I can't find it everywhere (in the CDs or in the camera)... and the manual says it's in the CD lol. So for the moment, I have to use Photoshop to get around this problem lol. I so want to solve this problem. And yes, my PC monitor is deteriorating. FAST. Hahaha. It started deteriorating since I came from GYLC lol. Soo.... I think I'll be getting new PCs soon. But I don't know how soon lol. I'll most probably get DELL haha. I kinda regret not buying it during Comex. Oh I also bought DVD recorder in Comex haha. Yes my VCR broke down.. so I needed replacement lol. So far I'm loving my new DVD recorder :D :D I have a lot of broken things this year :( Ipod has released its next generation of Ipod yippee. I'll get that one too haha since my ipod mini battery spoilt already haha (it's struggling). But I'll wait for a while.. in case there are any bugs in the new ipod for a while. So yeah.. I do feel guilty for spending lots of money this year.. especially for gadgets haha.

Anyway, yes A Level is about 50 days away. Yes people, it's coming!!

I'll write again soon :)

p.s. iron man trailer has been released.. at least it got lots more footage compared to Batman's which is... quite appalling to be honest haha. Somebody must be smiling about Iron Man.

Hmm what do you get when you integrate Batman? Answer: Bruce Wayne hahahahahaha. Original state whattt.

New York

What the heck... I dreamt of going to New York last night O_O well by the end of the dream I haven't made it to New York, but was going to lol. There are some stuff in the dream which I think will never happen in real life. First of all, I asked my mom in the dream how on earth did she get a US visa. And she said that the embassy official just approved it. Hmm.. in real life, visa application will be soo much more complicated for my family than in the dream O_O long story!

You know seriously until now I still can't believe that I actually went to US (and New York!!) last month. Sometimes I just had the feeling that it was all a dream, then I realised it can't be a dream simply because of the friends I've made during the last trip (real life friends, not imaginary friends lol). There's one part in the dream which is quite amusing. Because in the dream the month before I had just gone to New York, and then I was going to New York again. So I was trying to find my New York travel guide. And found out I have THREE such guides in my house lol. In realy life I only have one (the one I got from New York hotel).

I've promised myself that eventually I'll visit New York again (and again until don't know how many times haha). There's still that feeling of unfinished business there (photo-wise, shopping-wise, sight-seeing-wise, all thanks to time shortage.. and that irritating guy). I wouldn't even mind residing there.. but I sure know that at one point I still want to go back to Jakarta and reside there eventually. It's just that feeling of.. regardless of how pathetic your hometown can be (well at least compared to Singapore), you still love your own hometown lol (regardless of the pollution and the traffic jam). I feel that during the last New York trip, I failed to capture the essence of New York in my photos (terribly!). Most of the pics are like tourist pictures haha. I guess I can be pretty adventurous, and so I tend to like capturing more of un-conventional pictures haha.

Yes I shall stop rambling about New York. Because I'll never stop rambling about it if I don't stop myself. It sure is a special city to me :)

I..

hate exams (don't everyone?)

and.. regret taking Geog :( Tons of memorising. The ultimate example of a school subject with lots of memorising :( And, in my opinion, in the end, only human geog will be useful. Most probably not physical geog. Maybe MOE could chop the two up...

Anyway, my friend told me the strangest dream I've ever heard about me. Yes, she dreamt of me. Well 2 weeks ago, I dreamt of her. And we were eating sandwich in some sandwich shop haha. I don't know why I dreamt of her, I only see her in Econs class lol. Apparently, her dream.. is soo less innocent than what I have of her. She dreamt that I was getting married (HAHA) and apparently it was some arranged marriage (LOL) and she didn't see my husband (fortunately.. or unfortunately haha). The funniest part is the next part. She said in the dream she asked me... "I asked you how was it doing it for the first time?" and I supposedly answer "erhm, it's painful". HAHAHA. No she's not one of the people who usually share that kind of convo my other friends and I have sometimes during our recesses. I didn't know she can have such a WILD imagination too (of course another conclusion can made from the dream lol! :D)

Speaking of a dream, I dreamt of meeting Adam Levine of Maroon 5 on Saturday lol. It was.. quite hilarious. He was the concierge of a hotel I was staying over at, then when I was checking out, he happened to be checking out and recognised me, saying "you again!" haha. Then we walked around. Somehow in the middle of the dream he needed to go somewhere to check out something and though we promised to meet again later in the day, obviously we never did lol. Sigh if only I had known the technique of lucid dream earlier lol. (Lucid dream is the kind of dream where you know you're dreaming, and you can sort of take control of yourself in the dream). Please don't get the wrong idea! :P

Apparently the next day I googled him. And the first headline in Google news is

"Levine says: 'let's talk about sex'"

What the heckkkk?!! haha he was like saying people should be more open talking about sex.. and should have more sex O_O errrr.

The next article it talks about Levine and his currently girlfriend. And it says: "We had sex the first night we met." Errrrrrrrrrr that's way too much information.

Thankfully I didn't dream of him again that same night O_O I think it'll be quite weird and nightmarish.

Ya.. Yason Bourne

I have just immersed myself the whole of today studying Transnational Companies for Human Geog O_O compared to the rest of the globalisation chapter, it's such a bore... well at least until the last part which is about Sony Electronics haha which is quite interesting :)

So, only 9 more days to Prelims. Like WhAt ThE HecK? Haha. I hope to cover as much as possible this week, especially with the National Day holidays. Wish me luck for the exams please! :D

In a sad news, my apartment has officially gone en bloc :( :( :( :( It got a headline in Friday's Straits Times, saying "Jackie Chan apartment went on sale" haha. I didn't know Jackie Chan own a unit in my apartment O_O So next time can I say, "you know what, Jackie Chan was my neighbour"? Haha. Obviously I won't say that :P

Watch this parody of Bourne Ultimatum trailer. It's very very hilarious :D

Undead

Hello. My life has not been that interesting. That's why I've not really blogged lol.

My days are now packed with revision plans :( Well at least I try to revise. But sometimes the plan went awry and I got distracted lol.


I watched The Fabulous Life of Amelie Poulain again last week. I still found it beautiful. This time around, I got more of their jokes. Maybe it's because I'm older now (some of the jokes are adult jokes). I watched it about 3-4 years ago I think. I realised a few days ago that prior to watching Lost of Translation this year, the last time I watched it was Sec 2 (with Leona) which is like 3 years ago lol. Oh the joy of re-discovering of the beauty of those movies which you loved, but just couldn't remember why you love it in first place. Next movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind!


I've got so many plans for after prelims.. which is bad :(
1. Buy DSLR camera (COMEX fair is coming!!)
2. Watch Lost and Ugly Betty
3. Watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Watch Amelie and Lost in Translation again (maybe)

Oh ya, my brother is selling t-shirts online. The website is http://vig81.multiply.com for girls shirt, and http://vintage81.multiply.com for guys shirts. As you can see, the t-shirts are the vintage kind. Very affordable. About S$18 to S$25. Go and check it out! :) If you want anything just email me okay? Actually I got some shirts with me now.. the ones in my bro websites will take some time to come if you order them. I hope that I can open a LIME flea market stall in September. We'll see how it goes :) (it costs only $20 to set up!)

Cheers.

08/07/07

Oops. 2 weeks and 2 days since GYLC, 2 weeks since my last (very short) blog entry, and Live Earth had just ended haha.

So let met tell you first about GYLC briefly. I learnt a lot of interesting about other cultures *cough cough* and surprisingly about myself as well. Well, it's the first time of me traveling overseas without my parents or family members. It's a very eye-opening experience haha. Since I'm the adventurous type, I wasn't scared at all (unlike that guy who is someone says is supposedly "my favourite person" ewww). Anyway, thankfully I didn't feel homesick (though I missed Chinese food really badly.. the Chinese food there is quite horrible). My friend in GYLC from my country group, South Africa (who also shared room with me in Washington) and I frequently go to pizza and pasta shops for meals (she suggests it! haha), so that explains why I was really sick of pizza and pastas at the end of GYLC. I really learn the fact that sometimes, you can't just compromise with some people! Because, if you keep compromising with some types of person, you'll totally lose out haha. Hmm I'm not the kind who can just leave person for another friend. I'm not that mean okay! Haha. Because I don't want that same thing to happen to me. Hmm let me talk about the good sides of GYLC. GYLC taught me more to be more outspoken and more of a confident speaker. We had to do a lot of talkings there, so I guess that makes you more comfortable speaking to a group of people (about 24 people in one country group). During the trip, I was thinking I must speak up more, if not I wouldn't make full use of the conference. I had to continuously challenge myself. So, on the trip to United Nations, when a person from my country group got the honour of asking a question to the speaker in United Nations, I volunteered myself, and I got selected! Haha. Yup. So at first I wasn't really sure what to ask, and so I just generated some possible questions for the actual day. I came up with a list of questions, and in the end I asked, "What kind of programmes do UN have to engage the greater involvement of youth in Developing Countries?". Interestingly, in addition to answering that question, the speaker also somewhat answered the other questions which I had on the list :)


Hmm, GYLC made me realise how hard it is to really make good friends within such a short period of time! (12 days to be exact). First of all, you have to find someone whom you share several similar interests (so that at least you can talk about it). Secondly, I appreciate the fact that it's soo much easier to relate things and talk things with people of similar culture. Sometimes I just don't know what more to ask from people of other countries. This is especially bad for people who are quiet, and doesn't really talk unless you talk to them haha. I guess I treasure my friends more now :)


Of course, as those people whom I've talked to know, the most shocking thing happened on the last day of GYLC during the dinner cruise. It's totally culture shock man! O_O


Here's my country group picture, South Africa. It's the only picture in which every member was in it. My faculty advisor Philip was in that picture too.

Do you see any cute guy? Haha. In my opinion there are at least two :) (some of my friends says one person looks like Prince William haha. Spot him!)

Well after GYLC, because my flight was only available the next morning (United Airlines service totally sucks), so me and 2 other people extended our stay. Well, I'm sick of repeating myself over the accidents. So I'll just say "my favourite person" ruined the day.

So what have I been up to recently? Well, people from US came back for holiday! Hahaha. It's really fun catching up with you all.. and seeing you all being amazed by the massive transformation of Singapore haha. I also caught some movies. Transformers and Death Proof. I'll review it on the next entry teehee. Other than that... I soo need to really study! I haven't really mugged :(

Well Live Earth had just ended. Before yesterday I somewhat thought maybe it'll have the impact of Live 8 concerts. But after watching it for a few hours yesterday and doing more research on it, hmm I think that it may not have the similar kind of impact. Lack of proper goals? Agreed. Too little famous artists lined up? Agreed. Private jets for artists contributing to pollution? Agreed. But then again, as one artist argued, the price paid for the concert may bring greater benefits and exceeds its cost. Which may be right. Well, I'll just wait for the outcomes first.

Tomorrow's Monday. Sigh school again :(