Caught 'The Island' today... Like the reviews put it, a lot of running in the show. Hahaha... Figured that it is quite easy to be a movie critic. ;)

The show moves a bit too slowly for my liking but the action sequences was good. Those blocbuster kind. Made for cinema cause I think if I watch this at home, I'll probably be switching channels halfway or turning the movie off cause it really requires a good sound system and big screen. Unless of course your house has a surround-sound, movie system.

Plot was kinda thin and predictable at some times... I felt that the lines could have been wittier cause it all semmed very serious.

Hmmm.. how's that for a maiden attempt at critiqing a movie? Oh ya.. forgot to add: I'll give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Thronged Bugis Village after that. Realised that the place isn't as small as I thought - all the nooks and cranny and corners. Small shops sprouting out from nowhere. Actually after a while, all the shops look the same. I mean they all sell clothes and more clothes... and bags. I mean that's about it. Hahaha...

Now, I'm in front of my laptop, refreshing the SSDC website every few minutes. Its the Singapore Safety Dricing Centre site. Yeah.. I'm trying to book (more) driving lessons for next week. All I see is a free slot on Mon evening at 6.55. But I dun feel like taking it. Oh.. will some kind person drop their slots for me???

OOOh... I really lurve the feeling of being behind the wheel of a car!!! Still driving in circles in the circuit but well... I'll go out onto the road some day~!~ I can't wait!!! I'm on a driving high!!!

Hahaha... went for dinner with the ga²s^4y gals today... Hahaha.. pure indulgence! Marche dinner - realised I haven't eaten there for some time... Then Gelare waffle followed by a Raspberry tea @ Starbucks... Hahaha... a lot hor! I think so too!!! but it was fun.

'Mental picture'... say cheese!!!

Thinking back, I think we did sth quite ridiculous and funny.. I can't exactly believe that we actually sat outside Starbucks @ Raffles City and started singing 屋顶, 窗外 and trying to harmonise them. Oh GOsh!!! Like 'pinch me!' I bet the other patrons thought we were a bit off our rockers! Hahaha.. but it was fun!!! Now I'm on a KTV high!!! Yay!!!

Woohoo~!~ I like driving! feels good to be able to control the car though I admit I wsa quite a kan cheong spider today. Hahaha...

Ok.. I shall learn never to put 2 back to back lessons. I realised it is like 3 hours 20 mins of lesson. Bleahz... after a while, cannot concentrate. the the turning gets from bad to worse. I did a lot of turning and shifting of gears from gear 1 to 2. I believe I went round the carpark like at least 50 times? hahaha...

Driving is like a memory game. At least for a manual car. Gotta remember so many things. 'Clutch, then depress accelerator', 'release clutch', 'accelerate', blah blah blah... Yeah.. and it needs a lot of coordination. I wonder how the instructors managed to look so relaxed when driving.

Nice lessons... wed my next one! Can't really wait!

Gillian is watching the rain free falling. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter...

Glad I'm snuggled up in the comforts of my home. Can't imagine what it'll be like if this happened during the camp!

Woke up early today.. maybe because I slept so long the day before. I forsee that I'll be reading a lot today. The National Library has nice new books~!~ Woah! Nothing beats the smell and feel of new books imo. Not to mention I have Half Blood Prince, but I haven't read the 5th book yet. Clever hor...

The rain's coming down in torrents now...

Listening to 屋顶 now... I wanna harmonise the song!!!

I slept for 15 hours!!! Mwahahaha... returned from Run 2 of orientation camp... Glad the camp went well. =)Hahaha... was better than the last run too! Good thing the weather held. The 'committee and helpers' corner was like turned into a gambling den lar...

Discovered I was peeling from the previous week's camp. One of the rare times I actually peel... But this time, didn't get burnt. Instead, I got attacked by mosquitos... I ended up with about 30 to 40 bites... Bleahz...

Chalet was fun! I never realised how much I missed karaoking until that night. A lot of fun and laughter and mahjong and more bridge. Yay!!! I wanna book Aranda for ALL chalets in future! It's spacious and the beds are nice~!~

Feeling sleepy again.. Hmmm.. maybe I slept too much. But having some 'down-time' after the hectic week. Starting my 1st driving lesson on Mon. Can't wait!

Ok.. a quick post before I leave for the chalet... Hahaha... Been trying to book for driving lessons. Bah~!~ I have a one month break between my 3rd and 4th lessons! All the other slots are taken up!!!

Maybe my life will return to normal after this week is over. By normal, I mean going out, nua-ing, meeting up with frens.. blah blah blah. This hols seem to be slipping through my fingers. It's like before I know it, there is 5 weeks before school reopens.. Yeah.. I know I shouldn't be complaining. Given that some people are already starting school next week. But oh wells. *shrugs*

My shoulders still feel a bit burnt.. and some angry, red welts have started appearing on my skin. Dunno which and what kind of stupid insect bit me...

Oh wells, gotta leave house soon and I'm still half done packing. Hahaha... Looking forward to the chalet. I feel as if we haven't met up for a really long time. Being away from civilisation for 3 days makes everything seem so distant, so foreign. Let's have some fun yodelling, crapping and being silly! =)

I'm BACK!!!

After being away from civilisation for like 3 days, tucked away in one small corner of sunny Singapore, I'm finally back! Haven't caught up with the news, haven't touched my laptop in about 3 days!!!

Lemme tell you.. I have never ever appreciated a nice,shower with warm water as much as the one I just had minutes ago. Not to mention in the confortable confines of my toilet. Bathing with cold water in the middle of the night in a makeshift toilet was alright... but it's so nice to feel hot water cascading down your back.

And I have never looked forward that much to sleeping on my soft bed. Sleeping on concrete with a thin layer of cotten was bearable.. except that whenever you turn, you'll hit hard ground. *ouch*

Camp was ok for me... But the weather was super freak. Raining one minute, sunny the next... I survived it all!!! Mwahahaha... and I think I did a lot of walking around Chinese Gardens (more than like 2 shopping trips combined). Totally haven't been there before... Hahahaha...

I'm super burnt. I'm freaking RED now!!! Yeah... the tan lines are pretty obvious now. I dun think I'll peel (cause I have never peeled) which is good I guess. Maybe I should just walk around Chinese Gardens next week with my palms facing the sky so that the underside of my arm will go darker too.. cause it is very uneven now.. Hahaha...

Ok... I'm so super craping. Working on auto-pilot now... Shall sleep.. Night~!~

Bleahz! I abhor public pools on weekends especially in the evenings... Yes.. it is a deliciously nice time to swim. Not much sun, just nice for lunch to settle. Unfortunately, it is also what every swimming coach thinks.

Wah lau eh... I seriously won't mind if the students swim laps leh... But I ABHOR, DETEST, AM EXTREMELY IRRITATED that the kids are made to swim across the pool (ie: swimmign the breadth instead of the length).

Then, you have to contest with all those styrofoam floats... and avoid being hit on the head! And despite me stopping in the middle of the pool to let them pass or looking from left to right furtively before proceeding, I got whacked in the face

It's like trying to jay-swim across a busy traffic junction. Bleahz...

Maybe I should comtemplate going at 12 noon when the scorching sun will hopefully dissuade the crowd from swimming. (and also increase my chance of getting skin cancer) GREAT~!~

Thursday... went for a super detoxifying lunch...


Organic Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh


Organic Vegetarian Bak Kut Teh! It was interesting to see corn, carrots and lady's fingers in the soup. Hahaha... but the carrot and corn was really really sweet! The taste was not too bad I guess.. but it wasn't really herbal... nor hot. Oh ya.. and I even took it with brown rice. Cause it's an organic food place...


The said Bak Kut Teh with Brown Rice... Healthy ar...

After that, proceeded to Somerset... Nah.. I didn't miss Singtel that much.. but went to get my hair coloured... Hahaha... Dun think it shows up very well i nthe photo.. but nvm.. shall jsut post it up... =)


new hair colour

After dunner, took a long long walk from Somerset to Esplanade. Not bad huh? I think we clocked in at 30 mins? or maybe a bit more... Back to the IOC place.. and the 4th floor was still swamped with people.

Caught the National Acappella Championships. Nice blend-y renditions of pop songs, oldies, evergreen.. Woah~!~ Hats off to the people who actually arranged the songs. 'This Love', 'Dancing Queen', 'Heal the World' and loads of Chinese songs. And there's a singer from Verve Enharmonics that really really sounded like the singer of Beegees. He really stole the show... Both groups from NUS: Resonance and Verve Enharmonics were really good. Blended and sang well as a group - it was so soothing that I kinda started to drift off. I really appreciate things that is done through group effort. Hahaha...

Tomorrow should be stay home day if everything goes according to plan. I need to detox from going out...

Woah~!~ 2 days after I stopped work.. Did loads of stuff...

On Wed, was suppoesed to go down to faraway NUS yet again... but thanks to Baoqin, we didn't have to do anymore research, looking for election stats! Thus, I went to get my elusive PDL. like finally... Woohoo~!~ I can't wait to start lessons. After tha, it was Thorpe-hunting @ Raffles City. Too bad I didn't even get to see anyone that remotely resembled him. So the only thing to commerate my visit there was a photo next to the Vanda IOC!


Me @ Raffles City

Maybe I should work in the media. I got very fascinated seeing people do live reporting and stuff. Too bad security was damn tight. How I long for a pass to get to the 4th level where the IOC thingee was held on the 4th floor.

After that, took an hour plus long tour of the new SMU campus... Nice place, nice feel~!~ Looking forward to studying there. Long long long underpass. I wonder how many tons of soil was removed. But it seriously feels like a mall. Yes.. I know it is gonna be one...

Why did London win the Olympic bid? No Paris...

Been wanting to post this up for some time... Hahhaa.. I like this head-shaking creature that operates by Solar power only.. Mwahahaha... It's cute! Oh.. my sis got it from Thailand.. Yes.. it can be found here too.


The shaking head thingee my sis got me from Thailand 

It's my last day of work tomorrow.. After a grand total of 6 weeks and 2 days.. The way I look at it, for the past 6 weeks, I've entered into the lives of my colleagues, managers and other people around who see me at work everyday. Tomorrow when I leave, I will be extracted from their lives. I will go on to lead my own life, pursue my education and they will still be caught up in the hustle and bustle of their lives... The odds of us meeting again is not huge.

Yeah.. and after I end work.. Out of the frying pan, into the fire... Busy busy weeks ahead...

Shall go sleep now... dun wanna be late foe my last day @ work!

Hahaha.. the power of the media.. I see why sometimes, there can be so much misunderstanding and how things, when taken out of context can have totally different meanings.

I took this off 2 different match reports of the semi-final match of Wimbledon between Thomas Johansson and Andy Roddick. Roddick won the match partly due to a lucky shot. So here is Roddick's comment on it:

" The timing could not have been better for me, " Roddick said of the net cord. "I felt guilty about it."

versus

"Commenting on the net cord in the final tie-break, Roddick said: "It was lucky. The timing of it could not have been any better for me. I felt guilty about it for a second then I got over it."

The truncating of a few words... 'for a second then I got over it' makes the 2 statements sound different.. Hahaha...

Ok.. enought tennis mania... Tmr's exciting match up.. Roger Federer vs Andy Roddick in the Finals...

Gillian is feeling cynical and skeptical... must be the air on the 31st floor cooupled with boredom.

I happen to have an issue with people who practices selective reading. and of those who assumes too much? Just making an ASS out of U and ME!!!

I also think that when you promise to do sth, it should be done as best as possible... unfortunaltely, I don't feel as if I am giving my best and that what I am doing is sth good.. Bleahz... I need to focus!

This week went by in a flash... 2 more days of work.

Angelina Jolie is freaking hot!!! Caught Mr & Mrs Smith.. The chemistry between Brad and Angelina was *wow!* SUPERB! They just look so fantastic together.. *drool*

But I felt that the movie was similar to 'Tomb Raider' whereby Angelina is the heroine and everyhitng. Brad was there but not there.. Hahaha.. more of an ornament? And I prefer Brad with longer hair... He looks like he just came out went into NS and was given those 'very nice' haircuts... Coupled with a couple of lame, ridiculous and elaborately choreographed action sequence... I would give the movie maybe a 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5...

Yes... it's hilarious how a couple can look like they are doign some kind of dance, moving in sync while tying to fend for themselves and kill off a few dozen enemies..

- End of movie report -

The rest of the week? went by in a flash... SS orientation is finally in the pipelines. Venue looks good, programmes sound promising.. We'll battle this one out... ;)

'Why do you ask him move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you
When it is down to the wire
Would he gave his life up
To be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man? ' ~ Measure of a Man, Clay Aiken

This lyrics have been popping up in my mind... How do you measure the people around you? By how much they are willing to do for you? How much they are willing to sacrifice for you? or issit something more?

The quote by Morrie about taking things for granted came to my mind again... part and parcel of life? I need to be more appreciative of the beautiful things and people around me instead of letting the bad one ruin my days...