Entries for June, 2006
June 3, 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Posted by eirene83 at 03:32 AM on June 3, 2006 in .
Why is it this, this week, during the shool holidays, there is less people at GSC compared to last week, not during school holidays? I will just not get that. I was actually planning on watching Daisy today... but it was at 7.20pm and it was a 1 hour 40 minutes movie... which, taking into account Malaysian timing, meant I might only get home after 9.30pm... Which is not good, since the current Korean drama I'm watching starts at that time... So, I watched X-Men instead.
Okay, so I have admit here... I'm not a comic book fan and my knowledge of X-Men is sketchy at best... but still, there were parts that made me go, "Ehh, wha..?? Did that really happen that way?" Which means... loyal comic book fans, don't go in expecting the story to stay true to the comics... Which I'm sure, a hundred other people have already told you or you already found out for yourself. I also have to admit here... I still haven't watched the first part of X-Men either...
Anyhow... for a movie, it wasn't too bad. Which is not to say it was good though. I mean... it just was. I kept expecting more from Jean Gray's transition into Phoenix and there's this build-up and you get all excited... and then, that's it. Which is really anti-climatic. I kept waiting for something more to happen, which of course, it doesn't.
Anti-climatic would also be what I would say about the movie overall. The build-up to the climax was good... and you start looking forward to the battle... but honestly? The best part of the movie, you probably already saw in the trailer. Still, you got to see a lot of Wolverine... Which was super cool. And you got to see reallly little of Cyclops... Which in my opinion, was alllllll goood... (Yeah, I don't like him... hehehe)
Still, I'm pretty sure all grouses about how the movie didn't stay loyal to the comic book has already been aired, so I won't bother repeating. But as a movie, 'twas a good way to spend 100 minutes plus... And of course, what with the little extra they threw, I'm also wondering if this is really the final installment for X-Men... :p
And for those who haven't heard or anything....
Remember to stay in the the cinema theatre till all the credits are over!!!
Our Love Will Always Last
Posted by eirene83 at 04:02 AM on June 3, 2006 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.
After watching "Save Your Last Dance For me" (The Korean drama, not the movie)... I really was determined to get the soundtrack. The music was really good. So... I looked around, but the only place that seemed to have it was YesAsia.com , for £11 including postage, but that was to UK... RM77 seemed quite a lot to pay, but I didn't mind paying if I really couldn't find it anywhere else. So... I waited, forgot it about... then somehow, one day I got linked to Ebay.com.sg. I can't remember what I was looking for... Probably another Korean drama... and lo and behold. Someone was selling the soundtrack... and postage all in, it was only £5!! Same price as an original CD! So, now... don't say I never buy original :p
Our Love Will Always Last - Edward Chun
Track 2 from Save Your Last Dance for Me OST
As we walk this land
Side by side, hand in hand
I know that some clouds may pass
But if we hold on tight
And love with all our might
Then the thorns in our life will never last
And the roads may sometimes be unpaved
You may think that our love cannot be saved
Though the world out there
May be cold to all we share
I have you, to take me through the night
And if we hold on tight
And stay true to all that’s right
Then baby, our love will always last…
See the sunrise in the sky
Kiss the sunset as we lie
At night, I’ll never leave your side
But I know someday
I’ll be gone, and you’ll be gray
Oh, darling, wish that I could heal your pain…
Though the world out there
May be cold to all we share
I have you, to take me through the night
And if we hold on tight
And stay true to all that’s right
Then baby, our love will always last…
And if we hold on tight, stay true to all that's right
Then babby, our love will always last
Revival of 80's fashion?
Posted by eirene83 at 04:03 AM on June 3, 2006.
Hmm... things really do get recycled in this world... and I'm not just talking about waste material like plastic, glass and paper... While out shopping with my mom today (Yes. Again.), she gestured to a top and said it looked nice... and to another which she said looked like something I wore as a kid. Which was precisely what I had told her a few days ago that how fashion nowadays resembled things I wore as a kid.
The top she said looked nice? It was those over-sized t-shirts type that look good with leggings... that if you watch any Chow Yun Fatt movies from the '80s, you'll notice the female characters wearing... Usually to the gym: Leggings and a long flowing t-shirt type top, belted at the waist.
The one she said look like something I wore as a kid... Really did look like something I had. Some polka-dotted top apparel thingy...
There's one outfit that particularly sticks out in mind that I had when I was 8: White polka-dotted red one-piece culottes outfit with a white bolero.... Sounds familiar? Probably coz half the girls on the streets nowadays are wearing a bolero of some kind... Along with those long strings of beads and shell necklaces. Seriously, can anyone say that it doesn't remind them of '80s fashion??
A weeked is a weekend is just another day of class...
Posted by eirene83 at 04:24 AM on June 3, 2006.
Unless that weekend happens to be a public holiday. Like, oh say, the Agung's birthday...
Oh wait... I was wrong... a weekend is just a weekend, is just a public holiday, is just another day of class...
Yep... Just another day of class.
I was all fine and ready for class today... until my parents asked me last night if I had class... As it was the Agung's birthday... Then, it was like a punctured balloon. All mood for going to class and not minding it, leaked away like the way thoughts usually leak out of my brain. I mean, if no one had told me about it, (And I wouldn't have known, since I rarely look at the calendar nowadays... I've got my handphone with me, so who needs a calender?) I would still have been in the mood for class... But once I found out... All the 'lazy nerve' (have to translate into Cantonese... lan khng) got its claws out and sink it deep into my brain...
Sigh... Still, can't do anything about it. Class is class, and class I had... so to class I went, albeit reluctantly... I just don't get why hearing that it's a public holiday saps away all willingness to go for class... So a weekend is a weekend is just another day of class...
June 6, 2006
My oh my...
Posted by eirene83 at 05:45 AM on June 6, 2006 in Fun stuff.
Did you know...
Staying up till 5am online or reading or yakking on the phone with your girlfriends despite having to wake up at 8 for your 9am class... you can still do it? It'll be hard but you'll manage to drag yourself out from under your duvet on a shiveringly cold Sunday morning and get to class?
Did you know...
Staying up till 5am studying... renders you unable to perform the same feat? You'll lift your head groggily from the pillow and won't even have the strength/energy to curse, "Oh shit... it's 8.34am"... Actually, you won't even have any energy to think...
Okay, so maybe it was a one off test... but still!!!
All I managed was to lift my head to tell my dad I was going for class... And the next thing I knew, it was 3pm and I never made it to the bathroom... :p
June 8, 2006
Random quotes
Posted by eirene83 at 04:46 AM on June 8, 2006 in .
There is a fine line between love and hate...
The opposite of love isn't hate; it's indifference
[You're]... abrasive and annoying and come on way too strong, like... vindaloo curry. When you're crazy about curry, that's fine but no matter how much you love curry, you have too much of it, it takes the roof of your mouth off. And then you never want to see curry for a really really long time but you wake up one day and you think... god I really miss curry.
~House, season 2
Just because I don't like how something ended, doesn't mean that I wish it didn't happen.
When you see something from something from afar,
you develop a fantasy.
But when you see it up close,
9 times out of 10,
you wish you hadn't.
Love makes you do crazy things,
insane things.
Things in a million years
you'd never see yourself do.
But there you are doing them...
can't help it.
On Tuesday...
Posted by eirene83 at 05:18 AM on June 8, 2006.
This is my post of the day...
End.
[Edit: A little thinking I did at night... The sequence for today's date is only possible once every century:
06/06/2006 --> 06/06/06 ---> 666
Which, if you're incredibly superstitious (according to Western culture, anyway), this would be a really really bad day to go out.
But according to Chinese though, 666 is a rather auspicious sounding number, which is also why 66 couples got married today in one of those mass wedding things...
Good? Or bad?
I guess in the end, that's up to you to decide and what you want to believe in. This is just another example of how Chinese love #13 but to the Western culture, you rarely see that number anywhere. (Go to Vegas and you'll see that hotel elevators go from 12th floor to 12A floor... Probably happens at other places too, but Vegas was the only place I was paying attention to it...)]
And on Wednesday...
Posted by eirene83 at 05:20 AM on June 8, 2006.
I have nothing to blog about... Probably the one interesting thing that happened today was when I was getting my dinner. The cafe is next to a tuition centre, the kid (yeah, it's sad... anyone in their teens is a kid to me now..) ran past me and when I reached the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw...
His father hitting it over the head. Rather viciously.
Not that I wasn't curious.. but there was already a crowd of spectators comprised of the people at the mamak and the mamak staff and probably the kid's tuition mates, since class was just let out.
Anyhow... some parent ran after the dad and grabbed his arm to stop him from hitting his son...
I wonder what the kid did? Skipped class? Sassed his dad? Didn't get a good enough grade? What did the kid do that would provoke a parent into hitting him in public and the last I saw, screaming at him very loudly, something about how he's the dad and has the right to teach the son as he likes. Now, doesn't that sound familiar... I think all parents use that line when 'teaching' their kids something...
I wonder what pissed the dad off so badly that he would 'discipline' his son in public...
June 10, 2006
Ye gawds...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:23 AM on June 10, 2006.
What a dull week it has been...
Sleep [minimally, but still at least 8 hours a day...]
Eat [minimally, but I try to never skip dinner]
Study [as much as I can cram into my head without feeling sleepy or getting a headache]
Ye gawds... I want a break!!!!!!
Le sigh... I don't even have anything interesting to blog about... Auggh... where does the day go??????
Independence...
Posted by eirene83 at 11:20 PM on June 10, 2006 in Thoughts as a favorite post.
Something I've been thinking... being independent is a lot like learning to ride a bicycle...
I mean, when you first get a bike, you're really all thrilled but also slightly scared. You don't know what to do; what if you don't get it; what if you fall...
When you're first starting out on your own, you have no idea what to do; you're terrified you might screw things up then crash and burn; what if you just never get it?
So your parents put on those little training wheels for you... And it's fine. You're happy and you're pedalling and you're not falling... But then, one day... you decide you want to be just like those kor kor, che che going around without the training wheels. You want to take them off and ride a 'big girl' bike...
So you went off on your own overseas to further your studies... You had your few friends to turn to for support, sort of like training wheels... You learn to do your own laundry, cook your meals, settle your accounts... But then, one day, you decide you should stop depending on your parents so much. You feel like you're mature enough and adult enough to be truly independent without needing to have 'training wheels'.
So your parents took off the training wheels... and you set off again to ride a bike, only this time, without the help of those training wheels. And you think, it can't be all that much harder since you've already got the basic concept of things. So you go off, a little wobbly and unsure, and your parents have their hands close to you, so they can grab you in case you fall off the bike... Or to pick you back up and set you off again.
So now, you go off for real. You get a job, find a place of your own and move out... It's slightly different from when you were a student overseas. Then, your parents helped with your tuition fees and your living expenses but now you're paying your own way. And you're wobbly on your feet; it's a little harder than you imagined... You rack up debts during the first few months with all sort of expenses like electricity/water/phone bills... taking care of your meals... But your parents are always just a phone call away, and sometimes they offer to help tide you over for the meantime or just to encourage you...
Then you finally master the art of it... and you ride off into the sunrise, looking for all sorts of adventures while your parents watch your back, feeling proud that you've finally learnt how to ride a bike... And you know you can always come riding back to your parents once in a while, with all your tales and stories to which they listen while preparing some snack for you.
Then you're finally all settled down and everything is as smooth-sailing as it can get... And your parents get the feeling that the baby chick has finally flown the nest... And you know you can always come back and visit your parents, having them welcome your with open arms... while you unload a week's worth of laundry and complain that you're hungry :p
Unless you have the type of parents who, upon you announcing that 'I'm home!', look up and comment, "Oh, I didn't even know you were gone... Why don't you go find something to do and don't bother mommy/daddy...", then I would say... you were probably an independent, latch-key kid for a long time now...
June 11, 2006
Oh yeah, I'm so good..
Posted by eirene83 at 12:31 AM on June 11, 2006.
I'm so good that I can wake up feeling perfectly fine and normal... and upon walking into class and seeing my friend sneeze, I get my own sneezing attack and promptly develop a flu on the spot.
So I'm currently nursing a throat that feels sandpapery, a nose that's blocked and I can't do anything about, and a head that feels stuffed full of wool... A change from normal in that, I'm usually just light-headed and ditzy...
Yea... dammit, I'm sick just by seeing my friend sneeze and rubbing her nose.
Go me.
June 13, 2006
T_T
Posted by eirene83 at 04:20 AM on June 13, 2006.
Only thing I recall about today was that it rained really really heavily sometime in the middle of the night, say between 2am to 4am...
Oh and I had breakfast/lunch/dinner at about 6ish...
Between oh... 2am to 5pm....
I was asleep....
Well... I also remember my dad saying something about it raining and I could not go for class at about 8.30am... Which was good, since I was in no condition to go for class anyway...
Head full of wool had progressed to... Head full of hammers pounding?
Actually... come to think of it... Probably my getting caught in the rain on Monday on the way to class was partly what contributed to me falling sick. The other part would be me sleeping at 6am daily after getting caught in the rain.
Yay... Go me... *bleks*
Posted by eirene83 at 04:20 AM on June 13, 2006.
I was in direct line of the air-con today... and okay, it sucked because it made my head throb worse... but after a while, I didn't feel feverish anymore and the throbbing stop. So, cold enough air for long enough a duration makes headaches go away... Even though you'll probably feel like shite at first.
Oh.... and by the end of class, all 20 of my nails were purplish-blue. I have pretty bad circulation anyway, so my hands and legs are usually cooler than the rest of my body... But put me in a cold enough place for a long time, my nails actually start to turn blue...
By the end of class, my skin had turned splotchy especially the back of my hands and I had blue-tinged nails half-way through class and I couldn't feel my fingers. When I tried to warm up my fingers by wrapping them around my neck, they started tingling...
I think I just got frostnip in Malaysia!!
O_O
June 14, 2006
If...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:25 AM on June 14, 2006.
If Civil Procedure was a car and the issues I had to spot in an exam questions were tyre punctures...
I've just learnt what a tyre was...
Hehe, talk about really bad metaphors.
I won!!
Posted by eirene83 at 03:43 PM on June 14, 2006 in Fun stuff.
13 volumes of Fruits Basket at RM24.60/volume!!!
Sniping rules!! From under the other bidder's nose, after he/she finally managed to be the highest bidder at $63.50 at 07:21:51, I won!! I won it for just $1 higher at $64.50, 46 seconds before the auction ended!
Kakakakakaka!!!!
Fruits Basket usually goes for about RM35 to RM40 per volume. I've managed to get the lot at close to 70% of the normal price! Okay, so it's not 50% of the retail price, what I usually aim for when I bid... but hey, it's good enough!
Gary said there's something totally unhealthy about the way I gloat over winning this set... but it's just the thrill of sniping on Ebay and managing to win it! Bet the other person wasn't expecting this! Xp
I want...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 PM on June 14, 2006.
I wanna go out!!!
I wanna get a black long skirt... I've been looking to get one since beginning of this year, but I wasn't comfortable with wearing black during CNY so I ended up getting a pinkish skirt instead. But I really really want a black skirt! I saw a pretty nice one today but it was RM50, which I thought a bit pricey. There was one I saw beginning of this year; black with white lace flower trimmings for RM25... but didn't get it... T_T
I wanna buy a pair of shoes... I mean, I've got shoes; some new ones, some old... but I want another pair... Wedge heels, maybe... T_T
I wanna look at accessories!! I know I got necklaces at the MJ Sale... but I'm looking for a lace-choker type necklace... Or maybe some funky rings! I don't really have a lot of rings...
Oh ooh... and maybe some new anklets! My anklet is looking rather worn and battered! Some different colours maybe... Or a slave bracelet; those bracelet linked with a ring... I really love those, too... Had one before, before the chain broke... couldn't mend it so had to throw it away...
T_T I wannntttt!!!!
*cry*
*cry*
*cry*
*cry*
*cry*
AUGH! Dammit!!
Let's Hear It For The Boy
Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 PM on June 14, 2006 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.
*dance dance dance*
I'm bored...
This was a song I listened to on my handphone during class...
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
My baby, he don't talk sweet
He ain't got much to say
But he loves me, loves me, loves me
I know that he loves me anyway
And maybe he don't dress fine
But I don't really mind
'Cause every time he pulls me near
I just wanna cheer
Let's hear it for the boy
Let's give the boy a hand
Let's hear it for my baby
You know you gotta understand
Maybe he's no Romeo
But he's my loving one-man show
Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh
Let's hear it for the boy
My baby may not be rich
He's watching every dime
But he loves me, loves me, loves me
We always have a real good time
And maybe he sings off-key
But that's all right by me, yeah
'Cause what he does, he does so well
Makes me wanna yell
Let's hear it for the boy
Aaaah, let's give the boy a hand
Let's hear it for my baby
You know you gotta understand
Oh-oh-oh, maybe he's no Romeo
But he's my loving one-man show
Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh
Let's hear it for the boy
'Cause every time he pulls me near
I just wanna cheer
Let's hear it for the boy
Aaaah, let's give the boy a hand
Let's hear it for my baby
You know you gotta understand
Maybe he's no Romeo
But he's my loving one-man show
Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh
Let's hear it for the boy....
How old is this song, anyway? But it's cute :p... Catchy... I like it!
Ugh...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 PM on June 14, 2006.
I don't get it.
My mom says I feel normal.
The thermometer registers my temp at 36.6o C
So why the hell do I keep feeling like I'm burning up????
This sucks.
Maybe it's just my 'computer' overheating from all the studying...
*Shrugs*
Posted by eirene83 at 03:45 PM on June 14, 2006.
He's home...
Civil Procedure
Posted by eirene83 at 03:46 PM on June 14, 2006.
It's finally started... The waiting was really getting to me.
At least now, those pre-exam jitters are over and I can move on to the, "Fuck, I am so screwed!" nerves.
General Paper
Posted by eirene83 at 03:47 PM on June 14, 2006.
2 down...
The feeling is like, I'm just on this side of the hill... and the end seems so far away...
It's kinda like jumping up and down on a see-saw, trying to make it drop the other side, to no avail
Criminal Procedure Code
Posted by eirene83 at 03:47 PM on June 14, 2006.
Sigh... The feeling is like being in a 10km walkathon and realising that despite how far you've already covered... there's still 4 more km to go... And that you've got about enough energy left to crawl maybe 2km...
Anyhow, thank God it's the weekend... Aileen and I are slowly drowning and suffocating in words. It's a horrible way to die.
Professional Paper
Posted by eirene83 at 03:48 PM on June 14, 2006.
The irony of life is that a person who normally goes to bed at 6am has... for the past week, had to wake up at that time...
Just one more to go... Not much longer now.
Criminal Evidence
Posted by eirene83 at 03:48 PM on June 14, 2006.
A student's worst nightmare... A blackout the night before the exam... Just my luck...
Well...
All that stress...
Well, I think I have an idea what Engineering students used to feel like before during those back-to-back exams... I can emphatise...
But still... it's done.
June 20, 2006
Not the best person...
Posted by eirene83 at 04:47 AM on June 20, 2006 in Fun stuff.
Some guy came round to do surveys today... something about water supply?
Survey Guy [SG]: So, do you always have water cuts in the area?
Me: Uhh... I don't think so. Sometimes but not that often...
SG: So there is, but just not often...?
Me: Uh... yeah, guess so...
SG: I heard other residents say that the water supply gets quite weak around 5pm to 8pm? Would you agree?
Me: Uh... I don't know... I'm not usually home at that time.
SG: So oh when you cook and all, you don't think it's weak?
Me: Uh... I don't cook.
SG: Um... okay... What about times when the water supply is really low?
Me: Uhh... I don't know...
SG: Um, so how much is your water bill monthly?
Me: Uhh... I don't know...
SG: ...
Me: Maybe you should ask my neighbours...
SG: Ok.
/sweatdrop...
Okay, the conversation was a bit longer than that... But the majority of my answers?
I don't know...
But he liked my spectacles frames though ^_^... Thought it was colourful! ^_^V I like it too!!
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And in other news, I nearly got ran down by a car while walking to class today! Guy apparently does NOT know how to use his rearview mirror when reversing...
A hop, a skip and a quick dash to the curb and I was saved...
^_^
Dreams...
Posted by eirene83 at 04:48 AM on June 20, 2006.
Man, I've been having a lot of funny dreams lately... Funny weird, not funny funny...
It's all pretty interesting, action-heavy, pretty good plot type of dreams. It's also the type that makes you go, "Er... what the heck is going on?" too...
But the fact still remains, I've been having weird dreams. I mean, it's interesting and all, and I really don't wanna wake up just to find out what happens next in the dream... it's just that... I've never had so many dreams in so many days in a row where I know I'm dreaming. All the dreams, I know there's no way it could be happening in real life. It's all situations that couldn't be happening.
For one, there was one dream where I did something, then immediately wished I had done something else... and the dream rewinded...
Hrmm... anyway, it's nice... beats reading a book too... but still, all the dreams are making me that it was real... or that I had time to do the things in the dream... or that the situation was real... or something along those lines.
Hmmm.... maybe it's a form of escapism from all my studying....
June 22, 2006
If we could have what we wished...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:43 AM on June 22, 2006.
I've been indulging in some HP fanfic the past few days and sigh... It makes me wish that I could have been in a boarding school. Okay, not the first time I wished that... Back when I used to read Enid Blyton, 'Mallory Towers' and 'The Naughtiest Girl in School' made me wished that I could go to boarding school too...
I guess it's something about living together with your friends on campus that really appeals to me... The compulsory school activities, the midnight chats, (the oh so cool looking uniforms :p)... I just really like it. My first year in Sheffield, living at Earnshaw Hall was as close as it could get to it and I really liked it... I did the whole going to a friend's room and having midnight chats bit... the whole 3am, "I'm awake and so are you, wanna go for a walk?" bit... so yeah, reading the HP fic just made me wished I could have had more years of that... :p
And while I'm at wishing for things, wishing that I could have grown up in Japan or that Malaysia was like Japan would be pretty cool too. At least there, girls confessing to guys is not that uncommon an occurence and probably would have saved me a lot of trauma when I did that in Standard 4... But on that point, Gary told me I've probably been reading too many shoujo manga, so... Hmm, I dunno.
But at least Japan has the Shibuya area so if you wanted to dress up as some goth/Lolita/weird cloak and darkness thing if you so desired, there would have been company for you and not attract so many weird looks as you would in this country, where even having a bad sunburn attracts looks and whispers.
And since I'm wishing for the impossible, wishing that the exams were over or that we didn't need to have exams would be good too.
Sigh.
Back to studying...
Random stuff...
Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 AM on June 22, 2006.
Hrm, Tracy come down tonight to pass me a parcel I had delivered to her London flat... <makes face> I feel really bad that everytime she's back, she has to come by to pass me something or other. I actually meant to call and go over to collect it, but she contacted me first... Feel really bad.
Anyway, it was the Fruits Basket #1 that I bought before deciding to buy the whole set... So, I will have 2 copies of #1. Might give it to Aileen as a birthday present... I rarely actually buy paper copies of manga. I don't have a lot of shelf space left so I actually prefer having scanlations of it to keep. I mean, 1 CD compared to 14 volumes? No match, CD wins hands down... Unless it's something really so good that I would want to get the paper version of it... Like Sandman, for instance... And now Fruits Basket. There's just something about the story that I really like.
Hrm... Wanted to tell Tracy welcome back and all but she just dropped off the parcel and went off... Ah well... Not surprising... I mean, we've never made much conversation between us... though I would really like to. I mean, an actual conversation instead of the usual small talk... But, doubt that'll happen anytime soon.
Still, glad to see her back... Which means she passed her exams and all... Not that I wasn't expecting her to... I mean, she's good at her academics stuff so it's kinda expected. But I wonder if all that expection puts a lot of pressure on her. It's like, sure, she's smart and all and there's rarely any question about whether she'll pass or not... but I wonder if she feels pressured. People always have some kind of expectation of us, and it can be rather of a burden. How often do you find someone who doesn't expect anything of you and just accepts things as they are?
I mean, what I'm trying to say is... usually people find out something about you... and then some sort of impression forms out of that. Like, say one of my classmates. He's a major grammar Nazi and apparently, some people find that a little annoying and condescending when he corrects them. For me, I've noticed that... but for me, it's like... it's who he is... nothing good or bad. Just him. So, it's like for Tracy, I wonder if she goes through things like, Oh she's smart... Exams should be no trouble for her? So just wondering if she feels any pressure and hates it or what...
Hmmm... I'm not too good at conveying my thoughts tonight. All my sentences are rather disjointed and not flowing very well... Hmmmm... ah well...
On a random note, I wonder if I've been losing fat/mass/size (whatever it's called when your weight remains constant but your clothes feel a tad baggy) or if I've always could feel the bones in my wrist...
On a not so random note... I want a crystal bracelet!! Something like what Kyo wears... something that wraps around my wrist and not dangle loosely and fall down my arm...
Anyway,
Welcome home, Tracy! ^_^
Brickfields' Night Market
Posted by eirene83 at 04:59 AM on June 22, 2006.
On my way to class tonight, I got a little surprise when I hit the college's back roads...
There were stalls all along the road and around the Maha Vihara temple...
What the...?
For a second, I thought there was some sort of festival... coz the last time there were that many stalls there, it was Wesak Day... then I remembered. Today was Thursday. I had never had class on Thursday before... So it definitely wasn't a festival (coz I dun know of any...) which meant it was the weekly night market (a.k.a pasar malam... Hehe, literally..)
Hmmm, from what I got to see of it (on my way to parking my way and after class...) there's a lot of stalls selling fresh fruits/veges compared to Taman Desa... Of course, there's a whole lot more stalls I didn't get to see since it turned in to the Maha Vihara temple road, which wasn't on my way home... but it looks pretty interesting.
I know, I know... all night markets should nearly be the same right? Well, close... but the slight differences are what make it interesting. Like, I saw a load of bags for sale at RM10... Which compared to Taman Desa's rates of RM30... is cheap. And some pretty nice looking skirts. I may head back there after my exams or something to have a look... but knowing me, probably not. I'm weird in the way that, going back to a place I go to nearly daily for classes, for the express purpose of seeing a night market... feels weird. It's like, I've always associated that area with class that going there for any other reason... makes me twitch.
Hmm... still, was interesting what I could see of it while driving and trying to not knock over people. ^_^
June 25, 2006
My Top Favourite Pairing...
Posted by eirene83 at 01:51 AM on June 25, 2006 in HP as a favorite post.
Don't look if you are
- Gay phobic
- Feel you will be permanently scarred by it and need to scrub your brain with cauldron scourer after viewing it...
- In no way ever wish to remember HP characters in this manner. :p
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Toon Soon Old, Too Late Smart...
Posted by eirene83 at 01:53 AM on June 25, 2006 in Library.
I read a review for a book in The Star yesterday... it made the book seemed rather interesting... "30 True Things You Need To Know Now"
It's a lot like the self-help books you can find out there... You know, the type that tries to neatly classify and label life (which frankly, is just not possible...) So, what made the book appeal to me was because it didn't fall into those typical cliches that people always use.
Among the few that was included in the review:
Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.
We are what we do; three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
Happiness is the greatest risk.
Frankly, I think I might just get the book after my exams. Some of the things I read, I thought of before... others, I agree with. One thing I've learnt a long long time ago... When you love somebody too much, it gives them a power over you... I'm not being cynical or anything; it's jus something my friends and I have observed... So, when you don't care... that is, I think, when you have the most power over things...
My ex-boyfriend told me in a recent phone conversation that I worried too much, too often... Okay, you might think this has nothing to do with the book... but... I think too much and sometimes it gets in the way of doing something... And well... when you think of something too much, you end up not doing it. And then, I wonder... would I have be happier doing it even if it hurts me in the end?
Anyway, this book is going onto my must-buy list.
June 29, 2006
Solo and Switch
Posted by eirene83 at 02:22 AM on June 29, 2006.
I'm feeling really annoyed with myself at the moment... I finally decided to get around to buying a few things from some UK online shops... and realised that I couldn't. All these online shops only accept Switch/Delta cards and not Solo, the card I currently have in possession.
Explanation for those not in UK:
Solo is a debit card... For use with ATMs...
Switch/Delta is more like... MEPS cash. Something like debit/credit card combined.
When I was in UK, I had accounts with 2 different banks. One gave me a Solo, the other gave me a Switch-Delta. When I left UK, I decided to keep one account open, on the off-chance I might go back there for holidays or something... and so I closed the other bank account. The one who gave me a Switch-Delta.
The thing is, I always preferred the Switch-Delta since I knew that online transactions required it... But when I closed my account, I didn't consider the fact I might still need/want to do any buying from UK (Amazon.co.uk accepts Solo and my Ebay account is supported by my Paypal, which takes Solo...)
So yeah... I'm currently very annoyed with myself because I had the bl***y required card that would give me free access to online transactions.... and gave it up!! So now, I can't buy the things I want unless I swipe my dad's credit card!
*Grrrrrrr*
Posted by eirene83 at 02:23 AM on June 29, 2006.
Hmm... While out for dinner with my family, I noticed that the 'fake' KFC outlet in my area has closed business... Finally.
My parents and I were always saying that it wouldn't last long. Not many people ate there, that we saw anyway... and the one time we actually tried it, it wasn't that great. Edible, I'll grant you... but still not that great.
Oh... it finally closed... Oh well... Just something of note that I find interesting.
Though on my way back to Ipoh sometime in May (?), I noticed 3 outlets... so maybe it's more popular elsewhere, just not where I live. After all, I have fond memories of my childhood holidays in Ipoh and going to the... oh... drat, I forgot the name of the place... It's something like Merry Brown's, one of those KFC imitation places... I'm sure Kelvin will remember the name... Anyway, as I was saying... I have fond memories of eating there and enjoying it... So yeah, maybe KLG will have better luck elsewhere.
Marcia
Posted by eirene83 at 02:23 AM on June 29, 2006.
I met up with Mars today... No, not the Roman god of war... My pet sister, Marcia... (Hmmmm, random: I never quite liked the term 'pet sister/brother'... somehow, makes it seem... unimportant. I'm really close to Mars and Mae (my other pet sister) and I do refer to them as my sisters... except I get misunderstood and people think I have 2 younger sisters. And if I call them my 'adopted' sisters... I get misunderstood too... Only the term pet sisters do people seem to understand... Oh well...)
Anyway, back on track... It was a somewhat last minute arranged thingy. She messaged me the night before... and well, I had a couple of things to do when I got up (and typically, I got up late) so we only met up about 4.
It was good seeing her. Haven't seen her since... last August? Jeez, almost a year despite us agreeing that we should meet up more often. It's kinda like how you tell your friends, "Keep in touch" on the last school day, but somehow never do.
Just hung out at Coffee Bean and laughed and talked over a whole bunch of stuff... I totally agree with her when she said that considering our history, it was amazing that we were still friends and have this whole 'sister-sister' relationship... (Private information, not revealing here)... Anyhow, it was good to relax and not worry and have a laugh with someone... And hopefully (cross fingers), we'll actually keep our plan to go clubbing after my exams... :p
Posted by eirene83 at 02:23 AM on June 29, 2006.
I'm really bored... After yesterday's coffee session with Mars, the urge to go out has been renewed... slightly :p
Nothing much, just maybe go look at clothes and stuff... Buy some books (which would be a bad, bad idea since I'll probably start reading it immediately and not put it down till it's finished... It's bad enough I'm hooked on HP fics as it is now...) Look at shoes... But still... no fun in going shopping when I don't have the money to buy... or the time to look, anyway... Had to spend quite a bit of money the past 2 months... Well, after my exams hopefully <fingers crossed>
Oh and there's another new movie out with dancing as the theme. The last dancing-themed movie I remember watching was, 'Shall We Dance' and this Andy Lau one on TV which was really really bad... As a whole, I like dancing-themed movies... Have, ever since watching 'Strictly Ballroom' anyway... I know most of the plots are recycled and there's really nothing new about it... But I watch it for the dancing anyway, so no biggie...
So... is anyone going to invite me to Take The Lead? :p
Not that I don't already, anyway... :p
HP: Book 7?
Posted by eirene83 at 02:32 AM on June 29, 2006 in HP.
Hmmm.... Interview with J.K. Rowling that I read apparently implies that Harry Potter may not live past the 7th book... Well, in a way, I suppose I could imagine that sort of ending... Battle to/with Voldermort and they both die or something... I'm sure there is plenty of rumours and speculation about what sort of plot will the last book be.
But still... I don't really care anymore... Book 1 and 2 was interesting... Generated a lot of interest in Harry Potter. Prisoner of Azkaban was dark... Goblet of Fire was thicker than the previous 3, huge excitement over the release and I thought it was pretty good. First death to occur: Cedric Diggory (blanked out for the benefit of those who might not have read Goblet of Fire yet).
Order of the Phoenix took a freaking long time to come out... Longer than predicted and as such, was even more anticipated... but turned out to be slightly dull... Quite disappointing, but to be expected. The more hyped up something is, the greater the expectation, the harder the fall. And of course, she had to kill of Sirius Black, dammit...
And of course... The Half-Blood Prince... Nothing quite like what the rumours and speculation predicted... Harry is reaaallly annoying and irritating... Weight of the book could kill you... And Albus Dumbledore gets knocked off.... Shocker, that... though by the time you come to it in the book, you'd probably be numb already from reading so much...
So frankly... even if Harry dies in book 7, doesn't matter... unless the series gets interesting again. Because, personally... I think that it stopped being the page-turner it used to be... So I'm just reading it to finish the series... And besides... I've got my fantasy world of Draco Malfoy to entertain me... :p
Belief
Posted by eirene83 at 02:53 AM on June 29, 2006 in Thoughts as a favorite post.
I was doing some thinking today... Okay, fine, I confess... I wasn't doing some thinking; my mind was actually just kind of wandering with ideas coming into my head and every time my eyes landed on a book in my room, different ideas just kinda... grouped together, and something occurred to me.
Belief is a power all onto its own.
Believing in something gives it strength.
I was just thinking about the movie, 'Skeleton Key'... And it was mentioned in the movie, if you don't believe in voodoo, it has no power over you. Only once you start believing in it, does it actually work.
And then from there, I remembered something along the same lines in 'Witches Abroad' by Terry Pratchett. (Some knowledge of Pratchett's books is required to understand since I'm not going to explain.) Basically, in that book, Granny Weatherwax encountered Mrs. Gogol, voodoo practitioner... Mrs. Gogol threatened to set a voodoo doll of Granny on fire. Granny: doesn't believe in voodoo; loves headology... stuck her arm into a torch (and I mean those torch that use fire, ala medieval times... not battery operated torch) and belief against... unbelief(?)... The voodoo doll caught fire, burned Mrs. Gogol... and Granny was fine.
The other book, 'Hogfather' also by Prachett... Children were starting to not believe in the Hogfather (Discworld's Santa Claus) and so the Hogfather is dying... Death had to take over the role and get them to believe again... Towards the end of the book, Death instructed the Unseen University's computer, Hex... to believe... which it did... by 'believing' in the Hogfather in a portion of its (rather large) memory...
And of course, Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'.... Stop believing in the gods and even they will die...
To believe in yourself is to have self-confidence.
Belief in others is to trust them.
To believe in something unseen is to have faith.
Belief works in so many different ways, on so many different levels... To believe in something that you cannot deny is to be certain of it...
I just feel that belief in things is a really strong power all on its own... [I feel, mind you, feel... not think... before anyone feels like flaming me for this... not that I even know if that many people read this blog... ] To think it would imply that I have put thought into it; consideration, deliberation... weighing the pros and cons of it... Feel... is going on instinct... what feels right... And I just feel... if you believe in something, you give it power.
Things I Forgot
Posted by eirene83 at 08:43 PM on June 29, 2006.
I make a lot of mental notes to myself but of course, I end up forgetting about it until something I see/read/hear triggers it... So, what I remembered today:
I want to get a pair of speakers for Mirabelle (my laptop). I've always complained the sound from her speakers are pretty teeny... But... I don't have any space on my table to put them... and anyway, I love using my headphones anyway... so doesn't really matter...
And speaking of which, I need to get new foam protectors for my headphones. After one and a half years of use, the foam is pretty beaten up... either that or the moths got to it. Either way, need new foam covers.
I also need to get a portable HDD and internal DVD/CD-RW for my brother.... and a USB thumb drive for my dad.
Hmmm... yeah, I think that's about all the things I need/want to get... Unless there's more post-it notes somewhere in my brain buried under the Law notes... Well, I'm sure I'll unearth it eventually...
