29 October, 2005
Tomorrow's Meow's birthday! Happy Birthday dear girl. Hope you will enjoy your 17th year on Earth. Have laughter and faith always for they will bring you far. =)
Went out with Meow and Weiqi today to celebrate. Sang our lungs out at Suntec's KBox, which had horrible food. Ugh. But we did enjoy singing the songs, and I even sang more than usual (Shi Kang Jun!). And as usual, Weiqi was pro at everything. Haha. That girl can sing real well. XP Hope to hear more of your songs.
Went to Tower Records after that to browse a bit, and I found Relient K's albums! I've liked Be My Escape the moment I heard it playing that day we were choosing a song for fac dance, and so I bought it, even if it cost me $25. >.< Am listening to it right now, and I can tell you I didn't make a wrong decision: it rocks. Literally. =D
Had fac outing yesterday. There's nothing much to say about it, really, or at least, nothing much I want to say. But it's been a learning experience. And it's also made me think. A little too much, perhaps. Then again I might hesitate to call it "thinking". It's more like "wallowing" or "brooding". But that's not the point. It's just brought to light several things I don't like about myself (try "hate", but I'm pointedly not using that word), which I've been trying really hard to shut out so that I can keep a shred of my non-existent self-esteem.
I admit it, I have a huge problem with confidence and self-esteem. If those two qualities were real, material things, mine would look like a dewdrop on a leaf -- precarious and on the verge of falling off. There's probably a world of things I can do to change that, but I don't know how or where to begin. So I sit here, stagnated, trying to claw my way to some kind of light, instead of staring at the darkness that seems to emanate from myself. I wonder what it takes to feel better, but every time I try to think of something positive to say, ten other negative things come to the forefront. I seem to be waiting for someone or something to bring me out of this funk, but if there's anything I've learned, is that in the end, no one will help you. You can only help yourself.
But I can't. I can't I can't I can't.
Went out with Meow and Weiqi today to celebrate. Sang our lungs out at Suntec's KBox, which had horrible food. Ugh. But we did enjoy singing the songs, and I even sang more than usual (Shi Kang Jun!). And as usual, Weiqi was pro at everything. Haha. That girl can sing real well. XP Hope to hear more of your songs.
Went to Tower Records after that to browse a bit, and I found Relient K's albums! I've liked Be My Escape the moment I heard it playing that day we were choosing a song for fac dance, and so I bought it, even if it cost me $25. >.< Am listening to it right now, and I can tell you I didn't make a wrong decision: it rocks. Literally. =D
Had fac outing yesterday. There's nothing much to say about it, really, or at least, nothing much I want to say. But it's been a learning experience. And it's also made me think. A little too much, perhaps. Then again I might hesitate to call it "thinking". It's more like "wallowing" or "brooding". But that's not the point. It's just brought to light several things I don't like about myself (try "hate", but I'm pointedly not using that word), which I've been trying really hard to shut out so that I can keep a shred of my non-existent self-esteem.
I admit it, I have a huge problem with confidence and self-esteem. If those two qualities were real, material things, mine would look like a dewdrop on a leaf -- precarious and on the verge of falling off. There's probably a world of things I can do to change that, but I don't know how or where to begin. So I sit here, stagnated, trying to claw my way to some kind of light, instead of staring at the darkness that seems to emanate from myself. I wonder what it takes to feel better, but every time I try to think of something positive to say, ten other negative things come to the forefront. I seem to be waiting for someone or something to bring me out of this funk, but if there's anything I've learned, is that in the end, no one will help you. You can only help yourself.
But I can't. I can't I can't I can't.
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25 October, 2005
Things alternate between looking extremely good and downright bad. Anyway, had a really funny, enjoyable and entertaining chat with Weiqi and Meow on Maple today. Haha. Pity everyone has to go. It's almost twelve. I should go to sleep too, seeing that I didn't do anything the entire day.
In fact, was released from school quite early. Then when I reached the 199 bus stop, it was pouring like no one's business. I practically sloshed my way home. The water was about 3-4 cm high.
Then I played Maple, went for commserve but realised there WASN'T commserve, came home and played more Maple. Blkjslafjwef. Yay. Maple tehrox. I'm trying to level Altessa. But oho, she had to die. So I'm set back about 10%. Blah. Archers are so hard to train.
I have nothing to say. Nothing good, nothing bad. I've been listening to David Tao's 寂寞的季节 (Season of Loneliness) though. It's a VERY NICE song. Wee. Oh yeah!! I'm going for his concert on 26 November. PHWEE. Haha. Tehrox. My mum and I have $110 tickets. Damn it's expensive. But it's one night only. Oh well.
You know it's been two years since I registered this domain. Well, almost. It's passed like a flash.
In fact, was released from school quite early. Then when I reached the 199 bus stop, it was pouring like no one's business. I practically sloshed my way home. The water was about 3-4 cm high.
Then I played Maple, went for commserve but realised there WASN'T commserve, came home and played more Maple. Blkjslafjwef. Yay. Maple tehrox. I'm trying to level Altessa. But oho, she had to die. So I'm set back about 10%. Blah. Archers are so hard to train.
I have nothing to say. Nothing good, nothing bad. I've been listening to David Tao's 寂寞的季节 (Season of Loneliness) though. It's a VERY NICE song. Wee. Oh yeah!! I'm going for his concert on 26 November. PHWEE. Haha. Tehrox. My mum and I have $110 tickets. Damn it's expensive. But it's one night only. Oh well.
You know it's been two years since I registered this domain. Well, almost. It's passed like a flash.
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18 October, 2005
Those memories, those little nuggets of gold that shine with ethereal light. They're mine and you can't take them away from me. And I'm hoarding them pathetically, because they're all I have left. And all these smiles and all this laughter, they're only ever true in my memories and no where else, because they seem to have become my reality.
I remember. The day when the sky was blue and swirled with clouds. When the grass was green and lush. When there was laughter in the air and smiles on our faces and the feeling of freedom in our hearts. When the dragonfly hovered above me, close enough to touch. It was the perfect day. And the sweetest pain in my life.
I remember. The day when the sky was blue and swirled with clouds. When the grass was green and lush. When there was laughter in the air and smiles on our faces and the feeling of freedom in our hearts. When the dragonfly hovered above me, close enough to touch. It was the perfect day. And the sweetest pain in my life.
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Truthfully, the world is full of lies.
Had a splitting headache today. Sucked to the core. It's becuase I didn't have enough sleep and I know it. Geebus.
Brought the laptop to school today! How fun. It was damn heavy though, and my shoulder just about wanted to break. Had first OP rehearsal today. Was speaking too fast, as usual. I personally felt that our presentation wasn't bad though, considering that we've never rehearsed it before. Haha. Self-praise = no praise, I know, but I don't mind. ^.^ Laptops are fun. I dunno if I'm going to bring it again tomorrow, because I've now learnt that during this period, all the computers in school are used up, so if I even want to work on our group's WR at all, it'll have to be on a laptop. I'll check our timetable tomorrow to see if there are any breaks, and also how much I finish today. Then I'll decide.
I hate people. I hate people because they pick me up and make me feel good, then throw me down and break me apart. And I'm so fucking sick and tired of picking up the pieces of my own heart that I don't think I can put it back together anymore.
I hate my eyes. I hate my eyes because they see too many things I don't want to see, and pretending to be blind doesn't cut it. You don't know how many times I've tried to look away, but it's always the things that you don't want to see that draws you in. Like a black hole, sucking away my soul.
I hate my ears. I hate my ears because they hear too many happy voices that are not mine, with laughter I cannot take part in and music I can't carry a tune to.
I want to be blind, to be deaf, to be oblivious. I don't want to be around people anymore -- they take too much out of me. I want to be by myself, just like how it was in the beginning.
Screw all you happy people.
Had a splitting headache today. Sucked to the core. It's becuase I didn't have enough sleep and I know it. Geebus.
Brought the laptop to school today! How fun. It was damn heavy though, and my shoulder just about wanted to break. Had first OP rehearsal today. Was speaking too fast, as usual. I personally felt that our presentation wasn't bad though, considering that we've never rehearsed it before. Haha. Self-praise = no praise, I know, but I don't mind. ^.^ Laptops are fun. I dunno if I'm going to bring it again tomorrow, because I've now learnt that during this period, all the computers in school are used up, so if I even want to work on our group's WR at all, it'll have to be on a laptop. I'll check our timetable tomorrow to see if there are any breaks, and also how much I finish today. Then I'll decide.
I hate people. I hate people because they pick me up and make me feel good, then throw me down and break me apart. And I'm so fucking sick and tired of picking up the pieces of my own heart that I don't think I can put it back together anymore.
I hate my eyes. I hate my eyes because they see too many things I don't want to see, and pretending to be blind doesn't cut it. You don't know how many times I've tried to look away, but it's always the things that you don't want to see that draws you in. Like a black hole, sucking away my soul.
I hate my ears. I hate my ears because they hear too many happy voices that are not mine, with laughter I cannot take part in and music I can't carry a tune to.
I want to be blind, to be deaf, to be oblivious. I don't want to be around people anymore -- they take too much out of me. I want to be by myself, just like how it was in the beginning.
Screw all you happy people.
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17 October, 2005
I'm so tired. Ugh. But I feel that I have no right to be tired at all. Anyway, I got into TAG. Dunno how I feel about it. I'm sort of happy, 'cos there's no need for an interview, but then again, sort of sad because that means that the company I applied for wasn't very popular anyway, so they just accepted everyone who submitted an application. Haha. Besides, I heard from Shu Ping that SCS sucks. Oops. Not the company. I meant the programme they have for TAG. Apparently her senior went before, and all she ended up doing was paste stamps and buy lunch or summat. Anyway it's from the 15 to 21 November. Good. One week. That means I won't miss too much choir.
Speaking of missing choir, I'll be missing this Wednesday's choir because of Interact! Interact members have been kindly volunteered to be tour guides for Open House on Friday. Not that I mind terribly, but... I'm missing the choir practice where we go over to NJ!! ARGH. I don't want to. Actually I CAN skip it. But I don't want to go through all the trouble for going to see a teacher I don't know. >.< Call me lazy. Or whatever. I just feel that things will be simpler this way.
Tomorrow is such a fucking SHITTY day. Screw it. I'm so tired. I want to give up. But haven't I been giving up all along? I've already given up so much, I don't have much left to give.
Speaking of missing choir, I'll be missing this Wednesday's choir because of Interact! Interact members have been kindly volunteered to be tour guides for Open House on Friday. Not that I mind terribly, but... I'm missing the choir practice where we go over to NJ!! ARGH. I don't want to. Actually I CAN skip it. But I don't want to go through all the trouble for going to see a teacher I don't know. >.< Call me lazy. Or whatever. I just feel that things will be simpler this way.
Tomorrow is such a fucking SHITTY day. Screw it. I'm so tired. I want to give up. But haven't I been giving up all along? I've already given up so much, I don't have much left to give.
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16 October, 2005
Screwy Wordpress. I should upgrade. It keeps on deleting my closing tags, which screws up the formatting of my entire blog. ARGH. >.< In the beginning, I wanted to install Movabletype, but my stupid server didn't like CGI scripts. *grits teeth* Now I'm not going to install it anymore or anything because I'll most probably screw the server up and end up losing my posts. But we'll see. You know, these things are always open for debate. *wink*
Anyway, finished downloading the new version of MapleStory! Like finally. Used my dad's office connection to do it. Haha. It still took 6 hours or thereabouts anyway. Anyway, the new version of MSEA is very similar to JMS. Haha. Now I know what all the foreign buttons in the JMS quest screen are. Oooh, Alamea's level 29 already. Haha. Catching up really fast with Altessa, whose level 31. But mages level really fast around the twenties, and I hear it gets harder and harder the higher you go. Ah well. Would like to train Altessa instead, but I have no idea where she should. Archers are terribly hard to train because they can't do mobs or close range attacks and their MP takes an ETERNITY to increase. Oh yeah! I bought a Green Matty for Alamea at 35k. Quite cheap. XD Haha. Now I just need to get her high level clothes... hmm.
Oh, also downloaded both disc 1 and disc 2 of the Kingdom Hearts OST. Some of it is quite cute, like the Under The Sea and the Winnie The Pooh theme song. Hehe.
It's been raining the whole day! Happyhappy. Am feeling a bit sick though, because I had McDonalad's for both breakfast and lunch. Don't ask.
Ugh. School tomorrow. Hate hate hate hate hate. Do you know how much I hate school? Well, now you do. And don't try to convince me that school is good. You're talking to a lazy lump of cells that do not like thinking but loves slacking.
Anyway, finished downloading the new version of MapleStory! Like finally. Used my dad's office connection to do it. Haha. It still took 6 hours or thereabouts anyway. Anyway, the new version of MSEA is very similar to JMS. Haha. Now I know what all the foreign buttons in the JMS quest screen are. Oooh, Alamea's level 29 already. Haha. Catching up really fast with Altessa, whose level 31. But mages level really fast around the twenties, and I hear it gets harder and harder the higher you go. Ah well. Would like to train Altessa instead, but I have no idea where she should. Archers are terribly hard to train because they can't do mobs or close range attacks and their MP takes an ETERNITY to increase. Oh yeah! I bought a Green Matty for Alamea at 35k. Quite cheap. XD Haha. Now I just need to get her high level clothes... hmm.
Oh, also downloaded both disc 1 and disc 2 of the Kingdom Hearts OST. Some of it is quite cute, like the Under The Sea and the Winnie The Pooh theme song. Hehe.
It's been raining the whole day! Happyhappy. Am feeling a bit sick though, because I had McDonalad's for both breakfast and lunch. Don't ask.
Ugh. School tomorrow. Hate hate hate hate hate. Do you know how much I hate school? Well, now you do. And don't try to convince me that school is good. You're talking to a lazy lump of cells that do not like thinking but loves slacking.
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14 October, 2005
Ooh. Spent the whole morning and early afternoon in school working on my Written Report. My brain was just about dead when I stopped. It isn't done. Which makes me angry at myself, because it SHOULD be. It SHOULD be done. But it isn't. Damn it. Everyone else has finished theirs, so why can't I. Blah.
Anyway, I was taking advantage of the superfast connection in school and downloaded Disc One of the FFXI soundtrack and the bits of the Chrono Cross Disc Three that I didn't finish downloading. MWEE. It was so fast. *sigh* I wish I had a fast connection. Now I'm blimping along at less than 56kbps. Dial-ups SUCK. >.< And I'm SOOO angry at MapleSEA right now. The patches are screwy and the links are broken. And now it's complaining that I have the wrong version when I didn't even upgrade or downgrade or touch it in anyway. *cries* Ah well. Hope the admins fix it up real quick.
Watching a Korean drama now. Haven't done so in a loooong time since what, Sec 2 or Sec 3? And I mean really sit down and watch a whole series, not glimpse several episodes from the TV now and then. I don't think many people have watched it, because it's not terribly popular or anything, but it has Ahn Jae Wook and Chae Rim in it, both of whom I quite like. It's called "Oh! Pil Seung Pong Soon Yeong" which doesn't seem to make any sense but is actually the names of the characters played by the two of them. Looking at my romanisation of the Korean script, it DOES look a bit odd. But whatever.
Mmm, while I'm talking about random events, I'll add one more. I'm reading The Chronicles of Narnia right now. It's a true children's book, not like His Dark Materials. Reading the first book now, The Magician's Nephew, and am going to finish it soon. It's rather interesting, and has a good plot, but I can't help but feel that it's so... kiddy. Okay. It's a kid's book. But still, you know. Anyone who's read His Dark Materials will never look at a kid's book the same way again. XD
edit: Got bored, so went on JMS. As usual, click for a larger version.
OHMYGOD! You really must look at this screenshot because it's of the JMS CASH SHOP! Ahhhh, look at the pets and the pretty clothes I'm wearing! You even get to move your character around and climb up a ladder, plus look at your character against different backgrounds! AHHHHH. I WANT TO HAVE ITEMS LIKE THAT.
The only problem now, of course, is that MapleSEA won't freaking work. DAMNIT.
Anyway, I was taking advantage of the superfast connection in school and downloaded Disc One of the FFXI soundtrack and the bits of the Chrono Cross Disc Three that I didn't finish downloading. MWEE. It was so fast. *sigh* I wish I had a fast connection. Now I'm blimping along at less than 56kbps. Dial-ups SUCK. >.< And I'm SOOO angry at MapleSEA right now. The patches are screwy and the links are broken. And now it's complaining that I have the wrong version when I didn't even upgrade or downgrade or touch it in anyway. *cries* Ah well. Hope the admins fix it up real quick.
Watching a Korean drama now. Haven't done so in a loooong time since what, Sec 2 or Sec 3? And I mean really sit down and watch a whole series, not glimpse several episodes from the TV now and then. I don't think many people have watched it, because it's not terribly popular or anything, but it has Ahn Jae Wook and Chae Rim in it, both of whom I quite like. It's called "Oh! Pil Seung Pong Soon Yeong" which doesn't seem to make any sense but is actually the names of the characters played by the two of them. Looking at my romanisation of the Korean script, it DOES look a bit odd. But whatever.
Mmm, while I'm talking about random events, I'll add one more. I'm reading The Chronicles of Narnia right now. It's a true children's book, not like His Dark Materials. Reading the first book now, The Magician's Nephew, and am going to finish it soon. It's rather interesting, and has a good plot, but I can't help but feel that it's so... kiddy. Okay. It's a kid's book. But still, you know. Anyone who's read His Dark Materials will never look at a kid's book the same way again. XD
edit: Got bored, so went on JMS. As usual, click for a larger version.
OHMYGOD! You really must look at this screenshot because it's of the JMS CASH SHOP! Ahhhh, look at the pets and the pretty clothes I'm wearing! You even get to move your character around and climb up a ladder, plus look at your character against different backgrounds! AHHHHH. I WANT TO HAVE ITEMS LIKE THAT.
The only problem now, of course, is that MapleSEA won't freaking work. DAMNIT.
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12 October, 2005
My mother wishes for a happier child.
Am I not happy? I should be. But what is happiness anyway? This question is just so trite, so overused, so cliched. Yet I don't know the answer. I think my mind's screwed over. I think the way I view the world, it's through dark glasses tinted just so that I can make out vague spectres of moving objects, but not see what they really are. And when I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a shadow. I want to wrench out that paper-thin, two-dimensional heart of mine, an object that exists only in the planar world, so shallow, it can't pump enough blood through to allow me an appearance human enough.
I wonder why no one has seen through me yet. The fake I am. Because the way I see it, this is not living, and I am not alive.
And so I hunger for the life I do not have, when all I have to do is take those glasses off. But do you know how difficult that will be? I'm so used to this world of darkness, that the light will simply blind me, cause me to evaporate into a million specks of dust that get blown away in the wind like petals in the rain.
But nobody said it was easy. But goddammit, no one ever said it would be this hard. I think I've tried. And that's the problem. It's my thought, my perception. All of which are worthless.
((heh, if anyone notices the Coldplay reference, brownie points to you))
Am I not happy? I should be. But what is happiness anyway? This question is just so trite, so overused, so cliched. Yet I don't know the answer. I think my mind's screwed over. I think the way I view the world, it's through dark glasses tinted just so that I can make out vague spectres of moving objects, but not see what they really are. And when I look at myself in the mirror, all I see is a shadow. I want to wrench out that paper-thin, two-dimensional heart of mine, an object that exists only in the planar world, so shallow, it can't pump enough blood through to allow me an appearance human enough.
I wonder why no one has seen through me yet. The fake I am. Because the way I see it, this is not living, and I am not alive.
And so I hunger for the life I do not have, when all I have to do is take those glasses off. But do you know how difficult that will be? I'm so used to this world of darkness, that the light will simply blind me, cause me to evaporate into a million specks of dust that get blown away in the wind like petals in the rain.
But nobody said it was easy. But goddammit, no one ever said it would be this hard. I think I've tried. And that's the problem. It's my thought, my perception. All of which are worthless.
((heh, if anyone notices the Coldplay reference, brownie points to you))
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09 October, 2005
Downloaded Japan MapleStory (JMS) today. I actually downloaded the Chinese version too, but apparently my installation file was corrupt, which sucks. Because at least I understand Chinese, LOL.
Anyway, here are some screenshots from my foray into the undecipherable world of JMS. There'll be more as I level up and stuff, but this is what I've got currently. Haha. Am level 4. Going to be a wizard. XD
Click on the images for a bigger picture.
The beginner quests in JMS are different. Take this Jr. Sentinel for instance. You're supposed to kill one and bring the remains to that Roger NPC guy. Except that in JMS, his name is not Roger, it's *symbolsymbol*.
Ooo! A real, live, Japanese person!
Snails are evil. *pokepoke* And I tell you, the lag on JMS is astounding. T_T
Their quest screens are so elaborate! My guess is that the first tab is a list of all the quests available to you. The second one for quests that you are currently doing, and the third for quests that you have completed. But of course I can read a little, especially when they use Chinese characters. Haha. And when you collect enough items to complete a quest, there'll be an alert, similar to those popups you get when someone requests a trade with you, except that it's bright red. I should take a screenshot of it some time.
Anyway, here are some screenshots from my foray into the undecipherable world of JMS. There'll be more as I level up and stuff, but this is what I've got currently. Haha. Am level 4. Going to be a wizard. XD
Click on the images for a bigger picture.
The beginner quests in JMS are different. Take this Jr. Sentinel for instance. You're supposed to kill one and bring the remains to that Roger NPC guy. Except that in JMS, his name is not Roger, it's *symbolsymbol*.
Ooo! A real, live, Japanese person!
Snails are evil. *pokepoke* And I tell you, the lag on JMS is astounding. T_T
Their quest screens are so elaborate! My guess is that the first tab is a list of all the quests available to you. The second one for quests that you are currently doing, and the third for quests that you have completed. But of course I can read a little, especially when they use Chinese characters. Haha. And when you collect enough items to complete a quest, there'll be an alert, similar to those popups you get when someone requests a trade with you, except that it's bright red. I should take a screenshot of it some time.
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07 October, 2005
Today was the last day of Promos! YES. Finally. It isn't a good thing, exactly, because I know I'll fail everything, but it's a kind of relief. I can finally breathe a bit, before plunging back into this pool of thick, murky water.
Was nauseous throughout half of the F Maths paper, courtesy of my headache which I went to sleep with and woke up with. It also decided to persist through the whole day. Which eventually made me puke up my Limeade in the Orchard MRT station. >< Not good. I was trying to resist, to push the gurgling in my stomach away, but it came up, and up, and I couldn't get to the toilet in time. You can imagine the rest. O.o; I'm lucky I didn't get any on myself, though the floor wasn't so. And I stood at the basin in the toilet for so long trying to wash away my own revolting mess, to scrub away with thin soap at the smell and the stench and the dirt and the horrible, strained feeling in my tongue. I don't often get headaches so bad that make me hurl. In fact, this wasn't the worst headache I've got, in terms of pain. But I already felt like puking once just before F Maths paper ended. Luck was by my side though, and I didn't, because it would have been all over my (failing, useless) paper and the floor and everything which would make things messy. >< ANYWAY! Went out with Meow, Weiqi, and their siblings. Haha. Weiqi and her bro were so so late. Haha. XP But I'm not blaming them, just stating a fact, so Weiqi if you're reading this, please don't get angry, LOL. Went to Fish & Co. at Wheelock for a late lunch. There were very few people, only a few groups of SA and AC people there. Lunch was quite expensive, about $15+ after GST and service tax and all that. >< And originally I had about $40+ with me, but after the meal I found I had quite little money left, LOL. When you do the maths it doesn't sound that bad, but the notes in my wallet suddenly felt very, very few. Haha.
After lunch we went to Cathay to buy tickets for Corpse Bride. It was about 3.30pm then when the movie started at 4.45pm, so we walked to 7-Eleven. Weiqi bought her saline solution for her contacts at Guardian while I gleefully went to buy a Maple Cashcard. XD Now I have 3, all of different designs. I'm going to get the last one, a thief, soon. Haha. People say I'm wasting money on this, but I beg to differ. I'm spending money on something I enjoy, something I'm passionate about, so what's wrong with that? It's no different from spending money to watch a concert, buy a book or DVD.
After that Weiqi and her bro left, 'cos they didn't want to watch the movie. I tell you Corpse Bride is WORTH WATCHING. Tim Burton is a genius. I've always loved his films and poetry. Have you read Oyster Boy and other stories? It was so adorably good.
Corpse Bride was enthralling. I liked the humour, the colour, the puns, the sinister, ethereal quality, and basically, Tim Burton's style. And I couldn't help noticing the similarities between the main character, Victor, and Edward Scissorhands, another Tim Burton film which I'm a fan of. Johnny Depp was the voice of Victor, and also acted as Edward in the latter film. Both characters have a pale, gaunt look and remind you of a lost puppy. Both characters are paired up with "opposites": in Corpse Bride, a living Victor gets accidentally married to a dead Emily, while in Scissorhands, Edward, a robot, falls in love with a real girl. Hmm, I can't think of anymore similarities. Er, they both have black hair, wear black, and are really innocent? Haha.
The soundtrack of Corpse Bride is fantastic, and I'm going to get it once it comes out/I can get my paws on them. The music is hauntingly beautiful, especially the piano duet that Victor and Emily played. And the movie was done in a musical style, and I mean the noun, musical, not the adjective. The songs, the rhymes, the beat and rhythm were fantastic. I have nothing but praise for this great movie. I also felt that the ending was good -- not too happy, but not too sad either. It was an ending that gave you satisfaction. Watch it if you can, especially if you love good humour, a good plot, and a savagely different twist to animation.
On the way home, there was a cadaverous-looking girl sitting across me, and she looked a little mad, because she was smiling to herself, as if amused by something (actually it was an SMS, because every time she looked at her phone, she'd start again). At first I thought it was her braces, that made her lips protrude and curve upward in some kind of smile, but as I observed her I realised that it wasn't. I personally find emaciated-looking girls disgusting. They look unhealthy, underfed, and like they belong in some third-world country where kids don't get enough to eat. I don't understand why people even want to look so ... THIN. I think a healthy build is fine, and some flesh would cover up the sharp corners that makes one look so severe and drawn or worse... frail. I can't stand fraility. Call me discriminatory, but I hate it when people act like the drowning puppy who needs to be constantly saved. It revolts me.
Ah well, rambled on too long about various unrelated topics. Shall leave you guys to digest this. XD
Was nauseous throughout half of the F Maths paper, courtesy of my headache which I went to sleep with and woke up with. It also decided to persist through the whole day. Which eventually made me puke up my Limeade in the Orchard MRT station. >< Not good. I was trying to resist, to push the gurgling in my stomach away, but it came up, and up, and I couldn't get to the toilet in time. You can imagine the rest. O.o; I'm lucky I didn't get any on myself, though the floor wasn't so. And I stood at the basin in the toilet for so long trying to wash away my own revolting mess, to scrub away with thin soap at the smell and the stench and the dirt and the horrible, strained feeling in my tongue. I don't often get headaches so bad that make me hurl. In fact, this wasn't the worst headache I've got, in terms of pain. But I already felt like puking once just before F Maths paper ended. Luck was by my side though, and I didn't, because it would have been all over my (failing, useless) paper and the floor and everything which would make things messy. >< ANYWAY! Went out with Meow, Weiqi, and their siblings. Haha. Weiqi and her bro were so so late. Haha. XP But I'm not blaming them, just stating a fact, so Weiqi if you're reading this, please don't get angry, LOL. Went to Fish & Co. at Wheelock for a late lunch. There were very few people, only a few groups of SA and AC people there. Lunch was quite expensive, about $15+ after GST and service tax and all that. >< And originally I had about $40+ with me, but after the meal I found I had quite little money left, LOL. When you do the maths it doesn't sound that bad, but the notes in my wallet suddenly felt very, very few. Haha.
After lunch we went to Cathay to buy tickets for Corpse Bride. It was about 3.30pm then when the movie started at 4.45pm, so we walked to 7-Eleven. Weiqi bought her saline solution for her contacts at Guardian while I gleefully went to buy a Maple Cashcard. XD Now I have 3, all of different designs. I'm going to get the last one, a thief, soon. Haha. People say I'm wasting money on this, but I beg to differ. I'm spending money on something I enjoy, something I'm passionate about, so what's wrong with that? It's no different from spending money to watch a concert, buy a book or DVD.
After that Weiqi and her bro left, 'cos they didn't want to watch the movie. I tell you Corpse Bride is WORTH WATCHING. Tim Burton is a genius. I've always loved his films and poetry. Have you read Oyster Boy and other stories? It was so adorably good.
Corpse Bride was enthralling. I liked the humour, the colour, the puns, the sinister, ethereal quality, and basically, Tim Burton's style. And I couldn't help noticing the similarities between the main character, Victor, and Edward Scissorhands, another Tim Burton film which I'm a fan of. Johnny Depp was the voice of Victor, and also acted as Edward in the latter film. Both characters have a pale, gaunt look and remind you of a lost puppy. Both characters are paired up with "opposites": in Corpse Bride, a living Victor gets accidentally married to a dead Emily, while in Scissorhands, Edward, a robot, falls in love with a real girl. Hmm, I can't think of anymore similarities. Er, they both have black hair, wear black, and are really innocent? Haha.
The soundtrack of Corpse Bride is fantastic, and I'm going to get it once it comes out/I can get my paws on them. The music is hauntingly beautiful, especially the piano duet that Victor and Emily played. And the movie was done in a musical style, and I mean the noun, musical, not the adjective. The songs, the rhymes, the beat and rhythm were fantastic. I have nothing but praise for this great movie. I also felt that the ending was good -- not too happy, but not too sad either. It was an ending that gave you satisfaction. Watch it if you can, especially if you love good humour, a good plot, and a savagely different twist to animation.
On the way home, there was a cadaverous-looking girl sitting across me, and she looked a little mad, because she was smiling to herself, as if amused by something (actually it was an SMS, because every time she looked at her phone, she'd start again). At first I thought it was her braces, that made her lips protrude and curve upward in some kind of smile, but as I observed her I realised that it wasn't. I personally find emaciated-looking girls disgusting. They look unhealthy, underfed, and like they belong in some third-world country where kids don't get enough to eat. I don't understand why people even want to look so ... THIN. I think a healthy build is fine, and some flesh would cover up the sharp corners that makes one look so severe and drawn or worse... frail. I can't stand fraility. Call me discriminatory, but I hate it when people act like the drowning puppy who needs to be constantly saved. It revolts me.
Ah well, rambled on too long about various unrelated topics. Shall leave you guys to digest this. XD
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