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Dad mentioned Liverpool playing this Sunday. I cannot believe how long it's been since I watched a whole football game (excl. Singapore) on TV. But I have to admit, the holidays/off season period I've sort of lost the interest in football ever so slightly. I don't hate the sport any less of course but it's like, that passion has semi burnt out. So, hopefully come Sunday I'll revert back after watching LFC's first game back. It's gonna be so weird without Xabi around now :(

Haven't done anything productive since uni started and that's gonna reflect on how much ass kicking I need. I'm gonna start working on them assignments on Saturday. Promise. I can already hear a group of people laughing behind me and in my head.

I'll be trying out for an internship in Dubai at the end of the year. Thanks to Kazi who's working at a British magazine company specialising in Advertising. He extended me and Kinna an offer to go with him. He also is staying at a place there with the rent being 70% off! So we're looking into living expenses while in Dubai. Mum and Dad gave me the green light too. If it all works out, I'll be working there from Dec - Jan/Feb. ZOMG Dubai.

Shall have dinner with the amigos then go for an evening jog and then come home and pass out. ciao. Hope everyone's enjoying their TGIFs.

KL Design week started yesterday. Was planning to go today but now I'm not too sure. Depending on who's going I guess then I'll make a decision later today. I haven't been down to KL since ... Thaipusam. Which is alright I guess because I average visits to KL to about 5 times a year haha.

Tried to coax mum into going to IKEA yesterday but failpotato-ed. I haven't been to a decent mall in weeks and I feel the effects of it. Not a shopaholic but I just need to be out. At least to a store I love ala IKEA. She said she was tired and whatnot and I tried to get Anne to go but alas, she was already out so that was a major bummer. Shall try in an hour to get mum to go again and see what comes out of that *rubs hands evily* I heart IKEA.

Workwise: Sketched out all my fonts last night thanks to my (very unused) Illustration Markers from last semester and my trusty Artline 0.2 pen. Next, to scan them in and trace them out on my second worst fear of all - Illustrator. First place goes to InDesign. Really need a mac for all the FontLab benefits. And the fact they get Helvetica as a default font. Poo poo.

Watched Ep.3 of Diplomatic Immunity. I gotta say, I think Craig has a thing for partial nudity in this series because it's twice in three episodes, he's stripped down to almost nothing *shivers*. I think Leilani's growing on me too. I love her name. Leilani. I might name my next pet that because I don't ever expect to have kids to name >=D

Aunt and Cousin are flying down from Melbourne next Thursday so from then on, I shall be tied up in PJ and bound to the steering wheel of my car. I sense a lot of petrol flowing and money deminishing D: It's all good I guess. I only get to see them once a year. Wish I could go back to Melbourne and chill for the rest of the month. I just ended my break and now I need another haha. crap.

I guess I'll be getting Season One courtesy of a family friend via Ebay. I'd buy the whole thing myself but they don't even sell this series in Malaysia. Epik failpotato. I've been wanting to watch Kevin Sorbo on TV for ages (and it doesn't mean any of that Andromeda junk)

Also, watched Yes Man on DVD last night. Finally got my arse up to watch something new. It wasn't as good as I thought it'd be but I guess it's an alright movie. It's not as cheesy as you might think (or hope) it is which I guess depends on it's audiences. Coincidentally enough, The Mask was on TV after that so we watched that too. Anyway, I finally noticed Bradley Cooper on Yes Man properly for the first time.



uh. hello. If i could land a guy with eyes as blue as his, wow.

To more serious stuff: I was talking to a friend a few days ago on MSN. Let's call them X. I invited X to come to uni with me for a day since X had a day off. X said "No thanks. I feel kind of uneasy just sitting in your uni for over 10 minutes." That lead me to ask X what they meant. Apparently X feels that my uni caters just for the upper class yuppies who flash they cash at everyone's faces. This isn't new I guess since half the country assumes the same thing about us. But I guess it's different when your closest friends think the same way. X has seen many of my uni mates and I can guarantee on my favourite Liverpool poster that none of them behave in any way "flashy" as X mentions.

X went on to compare the feeling of sitting in my uni to "sitting in a hotel room with a bunch of CEO's and VIP's". I wanted to laugh so badly at this comment because 80% of that is untrue. One doesn't need to be the son of a sheik to attend my uni. Most of the students that are there are on scholarship even. I'll admit, there are a few people who do walk around in nothing but designer apparel and the latest iPhone or whatever. But not everyone does that. And tell me what university/college doesn't have a few people who fall into that category? It's not just LimKokWing which boasts a higher class society of students. And that being said, not EVERYONE in it is from that social status. I can hardly afford to drive to uni every week let alone walk around with "bling" around my neck. My problem is that people are just too quick to assume that people from this Uni are "Rich, stupid kids who buy their way into uni."

Dude, there are people who buy their way into any uni let alone this one. Do you think everyone get's into Ivy League Universities because they are SMART? Open your eyes and listen with your ears and you'll find out that there are some students from an elite generation of families who do the same thing. And yet, you do not hear anything like "Oh THAT uni. Yeah kids buy their way in there." Because? They're "IVY LEAGUE" remember?Everyone who gets in there is automatically prodigal son of a genius. I don't mean to accuse anyone from those uni's if you're wondering that. I just want to highlight the worlds assumption of private universities and how they accept people when they do not fall under the "elite" group of universities. Or maybe it's because we're an Art influenced university and therefore Art students are a whole lot stupider than Med/Science/Engineering/Basically a 'REAL' job students. That view on Art Vs Science has been presence since the beginning of time. Especially in this country. Why else do they place the students with "higher" grades automatically into science streamed syllabuses when they don't want to be there?

Anyway, back to my situation with X. I more or less told X whatever I mentioned above and let it be. I cannot constantly be arguing the case that my uni only accepts "rich kids" because I can probably write a small book about it. I'm fed up trying to tell people that we're not all from that upper class society and we walk around like kings in uni because, sorry but that's the real world for you. When one finds something intimidating, complain about it. It only makes the situation easier :D I rest my case. If you wanna assume we're all rich, yeah ok we're all rich :D Whatever I say can't change your mind anyway. Sorry if you met a bad apple from my uni which led you to believe so but hey, who's to say you won't meet another tomorrow from your own university? Then what will you say?

stolen from a friend on myspace. YES myspizzle. It still exists.

Bold the statements that are true to you. Italise the statements that you WISH are true. Leave the Fibs alone. Then, choose 5 people to do the same.

I miss somebody right now.
I don't watch TV these days.
I own lots of magazines.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I have been in a threesome.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (kidding)
I'm totally smart.
I've broken someone's bones.
I'm paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I love sushi.
I talk really,really fast.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D
I like the way I look
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar i have
I have a lot of friends. (lmao aww)
I am currently single
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
I enjoy window shopping.
I would rather shop then eat.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I have no idea what i want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before. (lol cause it'd be interesting)
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I have tried alcohol before.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I would die for my best friends.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and i like it.
I have dated a close friends's ex.
I am happy at this moment!!
I'm obsessed with guys
I study for tests most of the time.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever i can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in a musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules.
I went college out of state.
I like sausage.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colours.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I don't know why the hell i just did this stupid thing.
I usually like covers better than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that i work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsesical, the better.
I'm an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex.
I love being happy.
I am an adrenaline junkie

i tag whoever

Now that's done. Naomi just told me Craig Horner's (i lauff at the URL title) Australian. That handed me the biggest laugh all day. Now I can't look at Richard the same way anymore.

It's already February. Nothing smacks me harder in the face with pre-university return than the words "FEBRUARY". Loads of people have gone back to school/uni since but I still feel like I should be on holiday and that's just comical but true D: Why is I so lazee? lol.

Watched Underworld 3 two days ago with Kavi and Looi. I'm going to be very blunt and say the biggest reason for me to watch it was because of Craig Parker (Sabas) and Bill Nighy. Craig was brilliant as ever (even if he only played a ridiculously small role) and provided the lulz at some point of the movie. Plus he was all rawr in leather which I think was the selling point for most people lol. And don't think I've ever seen a British actor as versatile as Bill. Imagine him as a granddad? The amount of pwnage that'd be! I wouldn't mind if Bill or Sir Ian McKellen were my granddads I promised myself I wouldn't watch the other 2 Underworld movies because they could ruin it for me. Surely enough, they did. I watched Underworld at Anne's house yesterday and was put out when I saw technology/science/cars/guns. Also when I found out what happened to Lucian, I felt so cheated because I put so much hope into him in the 3rd movie. Bleh, and now I might need to go look up the 2nd one just so I'll know what happens. This is why I hate prequels ... they force people to find out what happened in the end. Plus I have something against Kate Beckinsale. I don't know what she did to me but I just do not like her. LOL. I think it was Van Helsing. >=(

Aside from all that, been watching Rush Hour 3 almost daily now because of the repeats on HBO. It would seem that I have synchronised myself to somehow always be in the middle of a rerun every time I watch HBO. I've had too much of it @___@ Oh, and I've seen Igor ;D John Cusack is love. Even if it's only his voice.

While most of society gear up for February's most famous occasion (starts with the letter V and ends with a E), I shall sit back and puke my guts out (as usual) watching couples do ... couple-y stuff. Mum and Dad might be doing something on V-day though I'm not too sure. I shall be standing by laughing at them though ... especially if Dad decides to break out the Carpenters and yelling "I know I need to be in love." as he did not too long ago while driving 2 hours to Port Dickson. Making fun of my parents mushy-ness amuses me more than watching Brangelina fight out cover wars with Obama/Michelle (how come there's no name for them yet?) Michama/Obachelle? They're hyping up their lives ridiculously, I don't think their names should be spared. Sasha and Malia dolls now? :D

Liverpool/Chelsea tonight. Booyeah. I have some hope left in the reds. Don't fail me now.

Got Valentine plans? I shan't laugh. I'm just interested.

by pressao

It might have been one of the most humid days I've been through this year. It was fine earlier this morning and when we came home from Ikea. Speaking of which, I am getting rather sick of Ikea/Ikano. We've been there no less than 2 times in the last week and more frequently before that. I feel like I know almost every corner of it without even being there. Next mission is to start memorising product serial numbers. *rolls eyes*

Watched Little Women on Youtube yesterday. It shames me to think we don't own it on DVD. It's gotta be one of my fave movies of all time. And I don't say that lightly. I really loved it. I loved Winona, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, baby!Kirsten & them all. I think I'll watch it again soon. Naomi finally convinced me to watch Merlin and in return, she told me she'd take a look at Legend of the Seeker. Why not right? I'm always game for a new TV show to follow as long as it doesn't involve teenies in OC flashing boobies and bling. Cause I've had enough of those. They do not appeal to me and never will.

The new semester approaches as Chinese New Year fades slowly into the past (frikkin hell it's almost the end of January!) and into February. I was looking forward to the day that I would go back to LKW to restart my everyday routine of complaining, bitching, driving long distances, putting up with lectural shiz, and keeping up with syllabuses and assignments-- Suddenly not so much. I suppose it was because I was arguing with the parentals everyday and needed a place to go to when I just needed out. But lately it's been better between us and there's not so much arguing (although the Nag factor is still in abundance) and more ... silence, to say the least. I simply avoid talking when one's opinion isn't needed and usually sit out outings. I think they've noticed and have become slightly nicer to me. Although Dad still keeps up his '1 lecture a day' ratio.

Anyway, I got to thinking lately. "What happens after University?" That is a thought many a student has contemplated with little success of ending that thought in a happy mood. I joined a group of designers/students who share their problems with work/clients/freelancing. To put it lightly, I ended up leaving after a day worried and frightened. I began to wonder if Graphic Arts was really the right thing to do. People have gone for months without a job and seeing today's rate of retrenches and layoffs going on around the world, that's not gonna ease my mind one bit. Clients are stupid. That's an established fact. What happens if I can't handle the stress of dealing with a client who wants "the background of the banner to change because my brother's auntie's cousin's dog told me it was a bad colour" or explain why a 100px by 100px image cannot be blown up to 16R in size. People get fired for mouthing off/not saying anything at all. People who have been through 3 - 4 interview callbacks and STILL fail to secure the job. How the hell am I supposed to beat all that?

I would love to think of the prospect of working in an awesome firm (which hopefully deals with sports ... liverpool fc ... official photog. HEAD OUT OF THE CLOUDS PLEASE) or better yet, owning my own firm. Owning a loft in downtown Melbourne/Auckland/Whateverla. Owning the 'pwnest' Canon DSLR you can think of. Traveling around the world in search of inspiration/photographic material/life itself. Alas, reality hits and I am living in a rented room in some ulu town washing dishes in some kopitiam hoping for a big break while that degree sits in a box, waiting to be of use. It's so scary to think about all this. It's ridiculous and I don't know why I do it. But who hasn't? When you look into your future and see nothing, it's probably better than seeing the worst of things which play in your head like a sick silent movie with you as the lead actor.

Just grit my teeth. Sit back and watch how the year unfolds as time carries on. I can only hope for best. For me and all my friends who feel themselves in the same predicament at the moment.

Is it odd, I'm in love with Slumdog's OST? I would drive around blasting it if I didn't get the WTF stares. LULZ. Maybe I should.

SO I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD NEW YEAR :D

I didn't notice how much difference there was in celebrating New Years till I read an article on today's paper called The Peranakan Taon Baru. It basically highlights the differences between the traditional ways of celebrating by the Chinese and the Peranakan / Straitsborn Chinese. I always knew that we had differences in culture and lifestyle even so in celebrations. I just never knew the finer details. :)

"Unlike their Chinese ancestors, the Peranakan do not simply place oranges and pineapples on the altar but tie and decorate the fruits with serrated-patterned red paper before offering it to the gods."

I did this for the first time yesterday. Cutting red paper and wrapping it around the oranges in the kitchen. It was more annoying than fun but it was a change. I didn't know that was a Peranakan thing too.

"The Malays have cucu (grandchild), cicit (great-grandchild) and oneng-oneng (great-great-grandchild) but we go two steps further, and the next in line are called dodol and wajik. We make the kueh and hope that the human production will continue forever."

I has NO clue what wajik is. LOL.

"Then comes the paying of respect to the elders, also called sohjah. The girls would squat without their knees touching the floor while the boys would kneel and clasp their hands."

I haven't had to do this before. Sounds painful haha. Usually we would bow our heads and say all these things like "long life, good health etc ... and may the force be with you." - a new addition I've been using for some years now >=D

"Instead of wishing Selamat Taon Baru, the elders would utter something like “Pande-pande surat” (I assume this means to write more) or “Cepat-cepat kahwin” (get married quickly) or “Cepat-cepat beranak” (have children soon) while the younger ones would reply by saying, “Panjang-panjang umur”. (live a long life. See told ya)

“Our language is dying out because families are preferring to speak in English to their children. They think conversing in our dialect is embarrassing. Unlike the Chinese and Indian diaspora all over the world, the Peranakan community can only be found in Malaysia and Indonesia, so if we don’t hang on to our tradition, it will be lost forever."

*shuffles feet uncomfortably*. I suppose this is right. Dad still knows some old peranakan language but he hasn't taken the time to teach us. And it's not cause I find it embarrassing. It's simply because I have no one to speak it with. Haha.

It's always good fun finding out stuff about your heritage no? Pleases me so much that I learned so much today. Got home and played 2 hours of Age of Mythology. Lulz. I love not having to travel so far when it comes to "balik kampung"/going back to thy hometown. Found time watch the 10th (and very boring IMO) episode of Legend of the Seeker. Very productive day I should think :D I also heard that it's Australia Day? Sounds pretty awesome. Happy Australia Day to all my brothers and sisters from another mother from Down Undahhh! *waves flag*. Wish we had a Malaysia Day. Sounds pretty cool no?

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Episode 9. My favourite so far. Because of that dude right there. Darken Rahl. Craig Parker. Craig Rahl. Darken Parker. I don't give a white sheet. Man it feels good to have a TV show to rave about again, while everyone rants on about Gossip Girl and how hot Chuck Bass or whatever his name is, I got myself Legend of the Seeker. Not as glam but it's just right for me :D Odd as it is, I haven't seen a single episode on a TV. They're all downloaded.

& i managed to watch the entire part 2 of the LOTR : FOTR appendices this morning. Freakgeek or what?

Another great photographer: Stephen Foote. I met him on (shh) DeviantArt. :D His gallery is just fantastic.

Skipped episode 6 of Legend of the Seeker by mistake and now I can't watch 7 which I spent ALL day downloading yesterday before I finish getting 6 today. NOT HAPPY.

Watched a movie called Sublime today. It was so confusing because I didn't watch from the beginning. (poster here. nsfw-ish)

"Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not a place where people come to get better... it is a place where people come to die." - imbd.

It was a very ... screwy movie. I felt so empty after watching it. Haha. It's a 'dark psychological piece'. It didn't feel like a horror movie. Just moved very slowly and it toyed with the viewers minds. Although in the ending I was like "WTF" but it was a smart ending I guess. It left me unhappy but satisfied. It also mentions loads of current issues the common person goes through: poor health care in USA, racism, infidelity and whatnot. It got some really good reviews and some really bad ones. Considered to be a failed experiment by Warner Bros for a horror movie. *shrugs*. But yes, if you expect hack and gore (as the cover may suggest), it's not at all like that. It's slow and mind screwing lol.

I has finally watched the first 3 episodes of Legend of the Seeker. It took me forever to download it but I finally got through. Downloading episode 4 now. I'll probably watch it tonight. So far so good. I don't mind it. Reminds me of Hercules and whatnot haha. The only thing I kinda notice is that the director only seems to have one trick up his sleeve when it comes to fight scenes. Slow down matrix style ... warrior in midair with his sword about to fall ... then fast speed wham ... then back to normal speed film ... and lather, rinse and repeat. Every stroke of the sword is accompanied by a swoooshhh sloww dowwwn ... yaaaaaa ... wham! ... we're back to real time again! It's a pretty pwn camera trick/attribute but overused, it gets old very fast. The whole Richard/Kahlan thing, now I get why everyone's so in love with them lol. I feel so bad I'm more excited to see Rahl (Craig) more than the good guys @__@ I probably should go read the books actually haha.

Sent Mum to go get my LOTR Two Towers Ext. Vers. DVD for me. I doubt she'll do it. She said she was so nervous to buy a DVD so expensive and not really know what it looked like (after I showed her my Return of the King DVD box) *headdesk*. Oh well, I might have to make a trip down to Pyramid to get my DVD later today then. RM169. *sighs* I thought 6 years down the road, the DVD's would be a little cheaper now. Apparently not. I told Mum I'd put in RM100 and she could contribute the RM69 extra.


Disturbing. Silly me. And now that I have gone and gotten it with Looi (who got herself a cool Zen Stone Plus, my collection is complete *eyes it happily*. I've waited a good 3 - 4 years for this DVD :D Will be off to Grans in a bit to help clean up for New Year. Joy. She better treat me to lunch haha. I'll being the sister and doggie along too I suppose. They could use some running around.


Looi's Zen Stone Plus

Seriously, HOW cute is that? :D (ain't as cute as my Xabier though kthx)

Watched The Odyssey by Andrei Konchalovsky today on Hallmark. It was pretty good since I hardly watch any movie aired on Hallmark LOL. It wasn't as "fake" or "cheap" as I had thought it to be when I first saw it. Actual gory scenes and blood everywhere : totally ok with me lol. I saw a few familiar faces like Vanessa Williams as Calypso, Christopher Lee as Tiresias, Eric Roberts as Eurymachus (why is he always playing the bad guy?). And also people I thought who looked familiar but weren't. I thought Odysseus was Jean Reno but it turned out to be Armand Assante (hey at least he's French) and I thought Penelope was Alyssa Milano but it was Greta Scacchi. They did it pretty well too for a rather small budget movie if you ask me. They got the music right, the clothes and the customs of ancient Greeks pretty spot on. I was and still am a Greek mythology geek D; even sounds funny when you say it.

And then I watched a very very sad episode of Oprah (still on the Hallmark channel). It was about the whole idea of intolerance of other people because they're different like racism, homophobia, and all that stuff. Then there was a story about a woman who was a Jew who lived in Poland in the time of the Holocaust. We all know it's hell if you're in that position. Her whole family was moved to a ghetto for the Jewish and then her father was killed by gas chamber in a concentration camp in Krakow. She was handpicked by the famous Amon Goeth (if you've seen Schindler's List) to become a slave in his house. He would slap her and call her names and do unimaginable things to her. And then, there was another woman who did not know who her father was (in a sense of what he was doing to all those people) and when she was invited by Steven Spielberg himself to watch the movie, she knew straight away that the character that Ralph Fiennes played onscreen was her father Amon. She hated Spielberg and everything he stood for and refused to listen to his explanation and reasons. Finally she accepted that Amon Goeth was indeed her father.

The two women met up and went back to Krakow together. The scene of them crying in front of the memorial to the innocent nameless Jews completely tore me apart. They also went back to the house where Amon lived. Thank god no one was around; I was crying like a baby. The Jewish lady (I feel so shite I can't remember her name) started to yell at Monika because Monika told her that she had been told lies about her father and that he killed the Jews because he had no choice. "You need to forget all of that because it is just rubbish! He killed us because we were Jews! Simple as that!" and all Monika could do was cry and and nod. Of course she forgave her and it was not her fault that Monika's father was a monster. She just wanted her to know how she felt and how much hatred was in her father to simply kill people without a thought. He himself was responsible for thousands of lives everyday. You cannot pinpoint a single race of people and say "they're all bad". Amon Goeth was an unspeakable monster but Oscar Schindler was also a saviour for those who had no voices and gave them hope that some good still existed in times where nothing but pain, death and despair was all that hung in the air.

I watch too many movies @____@

Watched the Man Utd / Chelsea game last night. I didn't stay awake through it all. Woke up to find John Dykes saying that the had beaten Chelsea 3 - 0. I don't even know if that's a good thing or a bad thing now. We better trash Everton if we're gonna stand a chance now. I still cannot believe we drew with Stoke City. It's just. Pfft. And seeing as we'll be playing Chelsea after that, who knows. I don't know if Xabi can save us again.



Had the chance to watch Titanic on StarMovies last night. It's been easily a whole decade since I've watched this movie. Needless to say, I understand it a whole lot better now than when I was 8. Although I still didn't weep throughout the whole thing. And that's saying something because I cry at almost EVERY movie I see. There's just something about it that makes me go "so what?". Nah, I didn't really connect to the movie. It was sad of course but I had more fun recognising faces than spilling out tears. For example, I noticed the captain of the ship is Bernard Hill. Can't imagine him going "Forth Eorlingaaaas!" on Titanic lol. And Ioan Grufford was the officer that saved Rose's life in the end. And Mr. Andrews being the dude from Alias (although I knew this one for quite some time already). Cal looked a whole lot familiar to me but I haven't had the chance to look up IMDb to see where I might have seen him in yet. But I gotta tell you, the score in the movie alone was almost good enough to make me tear up. It's got so much feeling in it and I have half the heart to go download it now. I think I have a thing for Celtic sounding music. And then cue Celine Dion's song which rang throughout the 90's. Kids as young as 8 were screaming out "NEAR, FAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE!" in schools and boys grimacing from all the mushy pictures of Jack and Rose kissing on the front of the ship. Ah, good memories.



But still. Imagine what it might have been like to actually be there. It's a really horrific story isn't it? I think thinking about that would actually make me tear up.

PS. How disturbing it this? :



Anyway, enough about that. I wanna show you guys a picture I took yesterday of a spider I saw on my curtains next to me. Yeap, you heard me. I grabbed my digital A700 as fast as I could and just snapped away macro style.



Isn't it the most creepiest thing? The shape and hair have no effect on me but just the "WTF EYES" thing. Like what the hell is that? And this spider is no longer than my pinky nail. So you can just imagnie how far in I had to go haha. *squirms*

Such a sad sight. Seeing Xabi like that. Hopefully he'll be up and running again as soon as possible. On the other hand, yay Torres for coming back with a bang. And also for Stevie for being unselfish for Torres' goal. Yep. Thank God Rafa understands now that FA isn't just a game for subs. It's the oldest knock out game in the world after all.

Watched all three of the Lord of the Rings movies today. Odd as it seems, it didn't even feel long. I started at 12PM and finished a little after 6. This being because I watched half of The Fellowship OTR last night. Extended Versions for the win. (Craig Parker for the win too.)

Put up Mum's curtains while watching so my day wasn't all unproductive. I might need to take a stab at drilling another 4 holes into the wall because it looks like the brackets are a little unstable :/ ... and that must be the most boring thing I've blogged about.

I feel like I should take more photos these days. And I don't mean like "come lets go walking around KL and I snap away" photos. Actual studio/models/sets/lights ... the whole combo kind of photos. I feel like I have done nothing benefitial to my course this whole holiday minus the whole editing of photos and your usual header/icon batches on LJ. But that's it. No reading, no sketching, painting ... anything art related. And it feels shitty.

I fear what lies ahead now. What will come this year (uni wise). I don't know what kind of assignments (duh) I'll get and what kind of lecturers will be assigned to us, who my classmates are, and how will the next semester will play out financially. I honestly cannot go through another one spending huge amounts of money on markers. Photographs are alright but probably not markers. I don't think Illustration again will do me any favours. Whinning on my part but it's the truth. I admit my weakness is indeed Life Drawing and Illustration. I was good at it years ago but now there is genuinely no more interest or even skill anymore.

Another odd (or maybe not so) thing I've been feeling lately is how much I miss living out. I am obviously very happy to be home again of course but I miss the idea of not having a curfew, not having to listen to instructions and nagging from parents, doing things on my own time and all that other stuff associated with freedom. I also miss meeting friends easily while living out. A simple text and a "I'll see you in 5 mins at your place." and it's all set. Now planning a simple dinner costs more money and energy to orchestrate. I don't mind it, but it gets tiring after a while. Plus living out meant that most places were bus and foot acessible for me. That saved me a lotta dough. Haha. I miss walking around Cyberia/Desaria (oh yes I said Desaria. Pre mental state that it's in now) by myself some breezy evenings. I think I miss that the most. I miss getting up in the middle of something and just saying to myself: I'm gonna take a walk. And just leave. I don't need to tell anyone what I want to do because I didn't need permission for stuff. I know some people can do that at home but not me. Every step outside the door requires me to ask a parental unit for approval. I miss meeting people from uni while on those walks too. Or even just meeting new people. I used to sit down by the poolside in Desa alone in the evenings with my MP3 player plugged in and just people watching and before you know it, someone sits next to you and just strikes up a conversation. In fact that is more or less how I met my ex housemates. I also miss just walking down to the pool in the evenings with friends to just enjoy a nice swim. Then after that we'd take a bus to the nearby shops (Street Mall haha) for dinner. Then just taking another bus around Cyberjaya for fun. A lot of things to miss isn't it?

Spoke to Messi last night. Not Lionel haha. And decided we should have a meet-up one day. I think that'd be a fun event. Especially if he brings Zarf along.

I learned today that a high amount of sulfur in one's body would lead to green blood. Thaaank you CSI. LOL.