strange happenings.

ok, starting with the not-so-strange, a fair no. of the Hons class was invited to Didi's party yesterday. it was supposed to be a "graduation cum catch-up-with-everyone" gathering, but i guess it made sense to celebrate her birthday at the same time since it's only days away. now, i feel sheepish for turning up without a gift. BUUUT, good thing i made muffins =) and they didn't fail!!! hahaha...

Vincent was there, Kinky was there, Veron was there... Ben and Fiona, Hazel, Tim, Alvin and his two Taiwanese friends, Jacob and Emily were too. Didi's best friend (whose name i can't spell) came later, and together with Veron, tore the house down :P mmm, authentic malay fare. food was awesome. funny thing was, i was thirsty while waiting for Ben at J*urong Point so i got myself some bubble tea. then everyone at the party thought i got it from the buffet table at Didi's place and wondered why they didn't see it. Didi, if u're reading this, u know what to serve us next time around! just kidding ;)

ahhh, we had a good time catching up. Bro was cracking a whole lot of racist jokes abt Didi again, seriously, tt guy never passes up a chance to "suan" someone. for the last time, her family wants her to be a career woman, not marry her off to push out a baby a year! anyway, Erin and i got a ride from Alvin to City Hall MRT. Al and Tim were taking Jacob and Emily to the Fryer. oops, i meant Flyer. we had some fun making fun of Tim and his mandarin, and Al of his strange accent he puts on when he meets people from abroad. i really hope our Taiwanese friends were sufficiently amused!

on to today, i should've mentioned this a long time ago, but i like running along the jogging track at the Wood*bridge asylum. it's really tranquil and the air is fresh, for most parts anyway. last Thursday, i ran past the section of the track that faces the back of some of the blocks where mental patients live. they usually smile, wave and say hi to joggers, so i waved back. approaching the corner of the track leading to the exit, i heard a woman beyond the walls singing the National Anthem so i joined her. i wonder if she appreciated my participation...

Thursday's encounters aren't all that unusual. today, at the same section facing the back of the blocks, they did the same, only they wished me "happy new year" so i wished them a merry xmas in return. then at the corner of the blocks, i spied an old guy on his own, looking out of a locked steel gate. he waved and smiled at me, with his willy sticking out of his shorts! ahahahhahahaha. darn cute lah, these people. i'm sure some other prissy girl would've covered her face with her hands, grown wings at her ankles and sped right off. to me, the inmates are just behaving like little kids, so i just tried to ignore his privates, waved and continued on my way. that's a story to tell eh? hahahhahaa! my mom gets more and more astonished and worried each time i tell her stories about what i see and do there :P

how?

how do i make a habit of blogging? i feel it's important to me, yet i can't seem to steel myself to put my thoughts down in words for an audience. i couldn't believe my eyes when i checked out my old blog. those had pretty regular posts and lots of flair. sigh, i've lost it.

Up!

ok, even though this post is an attempt to win a pair of preview screening tix to Disney's "Up", i really have to say that i'm absolutely looking forward to the movie. last night, i caught Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Ferdi, my cousin Stacey and her mom, and we saw the "Up" trailer before the movie started.

the movie promises to be a ball, to say the least; what with a flying house, an oversized and over-amiable bird, and a talking dog! now Carl, the old guy, is a very intriguing anti-thesis of our average movie protagonist. he's old, cranky and... not very appealing to the movie's target audience of little tikes. BUT. he is a character many people can relate to. even though i don't wanna end up like him, having to fulfill my dreams of adventure when my bones are creaking and my jaw's coming loose, i seriously admire his guts in giving his dream a go, however insane it may seem. i mean, if it does come to that, i would abandon all my cares and go for it, just like him!

and Russell... he kinda reminds me of my days as a girl guide. he's the awkward kid trying to fulfill his one-good-deed-a-day requirement when all of a sudden, he finds himself on an unexpected adventure! lucky him, he's been preparing himself all his short, little life for what's about to ensue! but what's most important about Russell is the goofy, cheery disposition he seems to keep about him. though a little scatter-brained, he's good company on an adventure of a lifetime. =)

on a more somber note, when i watch the movie, i'll be thinking of the 10 yr-old Californian girl who got to watch "Up" before she passed away of cancer. kudos to the folks at Disney Pixar for arranging the special screening and memorabilia for her.

Kevin, Russell, Dug and Carl

UP in Singapore Cinemas opening 7th August 2009

frick.FRICK.

brought my 8gd SD card along to Wei Lien’s so that i could leech of his music. but he didn’t have a card reader and is a Mac user so that plan fell through. when i got home, i soaked my clothes without taking out the SD card from my FBTs! it was friggin’ soaked for an hour before i realised ok?! thank goodness it’s still working if not i’ll really go kill myself. ok, maybe not.

7-60-100

7km in 60 mins with a 100 Plus thrown in.

 

got to see the paper butterfly that Wei Lien saved for me from the Viva concert. and you see that black towel under it? that’s CHRIS MART*N’S TOWEL. Wei Lien saw him use it so he made a grab for it after the concert! there used to be Chris’ DNA on it! pity he washed it though, hahahahaha…

thanks much, ol’ pal.

glimpses.

ich habe ins kino gegangen!

"i've been to the movies!" ahahahaha. it's been ages, i swear! since Ferdi left for Stockholm, i hadn't stepped into a cinema for a single movie till yesterday afternoon! after our paper on wednesday, Kit, Wei Lun and i headed to Vivo for lunch. surprisingly, Wei Lun wasn’t all that annoying! hahahahhahaha… hmm, can't recall the name of the restaurant, but it has ajisen and some other Japanese restaurants combined into one. here's us and our chow:

and don’t worry, that was just his appetizer, lol.

kit dear with her ramen!

shucks, i forgot to ask them to take one of me with my omu curry rice…

aaanyhoo. we bought tix for   then hung around and waited for gloria jean’s  3pm chillers deal. we got our fix of caffeine to go and snuck them into the cinema :P and boy oh boy, is Wolverine awesome! <3 him to bits!!!!!

he’s totally the type of guy i dig.  just like Aragorn, he’s ultra masculine, lean, reserved, and of course, totally protective of the woman he loves. guys out there looking for girls should take a leaf or two out of their books. those traits may not be universally embraced, but they definitely have a significant fan base ;)

the movie’s pretty good in my opinion but, of course, you’ll think i’m biased since i like both Wolverine and Hugh Jackman. let me explain. ong sf in the ST said it was better than the previous instalment but is still an average popcorn movie, giving it 3 out of 5 stars. she tells the reader that she misses Jackman’s dry humour in the earlier instalments but i suppose she was just busy swooning over Wolverine’s biceps and pecs  while he dished out his one liners… and if you actually THINK about it, this movie is supposed to be darker than the ones focusing on the X-Men. this is, after all, the story of how Wolverine came to be, not Evan Almighty! every major superhero has a sombre past; would you expect yourself to laugh at how Spidey came about? his uncle died, for goodness’ sake.

as for the script, i think David Benioff did a really good job. ong sf feels he lacks the nimbleness of his predecessors, but i think she needs to re-align her expectations of the film. she’s reviewing this movie as if it were meant to be a campy superhero excursion, but it’s not! Benioff has made full use of his characters to deliver wit and depth, trust me on this.

that said, i think Liev Schreiber was fantastic as Victor (who will go on to become Sabretooth). he could’ve turned in the model answer by making Victor really nasty through and through, yet the slight subtlety to his take on the character gave it a lot more real for the audience.

and just for laughs ;)

well, now that you’ve heard from me, go catch it in the cinemas! inject some moolah into the local economy pronto.