10 Days After

Let's do some catch up.
Recap.
Last post, Inception, Saturday 17th.
Went to watch Inception again on Sunday 18th.
This is what you do when you have a lot of dates. Just kidding.
Played my first in a lifetime bowling.
Didn't feel that bad. I don't do sports.
And I won. They always say, first time luck.
Then, meet up with Ooi Noo Yin & David that night.
She's going to be very busy after this, no time to hang out.
David is still....jobless & content as he is.
Was late for bed.

Then, another normal routine week, with some excitement I feel for convocation.
And happy because had another week of half day training.
Survived one week without internet access.
Stupid Streamyx did not inform us about resetting the main cable.
And how many times we called, they said it's technical issue until Saturday, we got the right story.
The bus is getting punctual recently.
I hope it will stay this way.

Last Saturday, watched Shanghai.
Movies of historical events are to me irresistable.
War, Japanese Occupation, the sacrifice, the spirit of resistance party, the old time culture.
Recommended if you are to share taste as mine.
And I'm kind of annoyed that this Google Chrome is showing error of the word "Movies"
Red underline, there! Again!

What did I do on Sunday?
Oh! I went to church again.
The grand church which practises the speaking of tongues.
Then, some Negro guys from same church with BO were trying to make romantic approach.
Had to call LPT to look like I was busy on phone to stop them from attempting to get my phone number again.
Realised I miss serving in church. My eyes were watery that day.
I'm still struggling, to find the right path. I never doubted whether I'm capable of being involved in such noble cause. I know He'll use me to lighten this world.

And that night, daddy told me Pastor Lau, the one who founded my hometown church is now in Puchong.
Dad gave him my number and they contacted me today.
Going to have dinner with them tomorrow.
Excited about it.
They're going to send me back & see how far it is from the church.
Will then arrange to fetch me to church.
Fingers twisted, things will work out.

Took leave today to settle convo bills & stuffs.
Went to watch Despicable Me in Tropicana.
The minions and the 3 girls are so cute.
I asked him a stupid question. Are the minions planktons or potatoes?
Hahaha~I was responded with a glare, in a nice way.
I still think it's funny.
The movie was erm partly funny. Not too bad.
Before movie started, I got a call from Cosmotots.
I'm shortlisted. Yay.
Going for first interview this Saturday.
The receptionist was rude when she was on the phone.
Sanguinely things will sail the way round, with a good strong wind.
Not saying my life now sucks.
But reaching office when the sun just starts rising doesn't feel pleasant at all.
I feel like an answering machine now.

Picking up some extra reading now.
Aiming to finish all my books.
Know it's going to take ages.
Decided that it's nicer to read the book after you watch the movie.
The actor chosen for the character of Sherlock Holmes is perfect, yea I know it doesn't match with the outlook he's supposed to have as in the book, but come on, eye candies kay.
This is overwhelming, making the book much more delightful to read ey.
I'm reading The Best Of Sherlock Holmes now.
So, you can guess.
Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law.
Takes me longer time to finish even a page, as I have to stop to imagine every scene.
I am grateful I have solid imagination.
But I'll be fair, Sir Conan Doyle is a good writer.

Half way through watching 500 Days of Summer.
Just paused when a girl said "I always want to write, I majored in English, you know. But what can you do with that?"
Ehem, yea.
Went to chat with couz, came back to finish this post.
Time for bed again.
And I don't like Zooey Deschanel.
I don't know why they always take her.
She always has the same facial expression, same tone, same hair, for goodness' sake.
Feels like a dead, confused old soul.
Always with the character "I'm so messed up. I don't know what I want in life, or out of life."
I guess that is the attraction?

Okay. Enough for today.
It's pay day tomorrow!
Nighty.

P.S: I'm going to pick up my old hobby again. Stay tuned.

Inception

Decided if I've watched a movie & I want to blog about it, I'll just put the movie title as the blog title.

And noticed that the last 3 posts including this one are all about movies.

Here I am, feeling sleepy & waiting for my hair to dry as I don't believe in hairdryers.

Unless I really need it, but since it's Friday, so....arrrggghhhh, whatever...

Went to watch the movie with colleagues & Looyin joined us as well, but it wasn't me who invited her. Spare you the details.

Writer, Producer & Director: Christopher Nolan

Okay.

A simple comment.

You can never resist Leonardo.

No matter how fat he's got, how old & wrinkled he's become.

He never fails you.

This movie is a Must Watch.

2 & a half hours.

And I did not feel time was flying at all.

It's plain good.

Satisfaction.

And no wonder Adriadne looks so familiar, she's Katherine Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. Her name is Ellen Page.

If Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a British, I'll love him more. A lot more.

I don't want to be a spoiler here.

So, chill.

Seriously, watch it.

I'm going to watch it again.

No matter I want to or not.

But I want to.

And paying just 8 bucks to watch this is an insult to the movie.

Not making a statement that I'm too rich to pay extra.

So, don't try to be sarcastic & brainless to shoot me about this.

You know how it should be interpreted.

Watch Inception.

Rotten tomatoes rated it 8.1/10.

Underrated.

How nice if I get to control my dreams as well.

Messing around with my subconscious mind sounds fun too.

The Last Station

Another classic movie.

Story about the writer of War And Peace, Count Leo Tolstoy.

A Russian man who was highly respected around 1910 being a celebrated writer & philosopher.

Michael Hoffman is the director.

The rating is 6.8/10 in rotten tomatoes.

Leo Tolstoy, by Christopher Plummer, was seen as a saint during that time.

A movement was named after him, whose basic tenets are brotherly love & world peace through pacifism, & a denouncement of material wealth & physical love.

His wife, Countess Sofya, by Helen Mirren, was all against him & his disciples.

She strongly believed they were trying to plot him to give up the family property.

She insisted on a will that will bring wealth & profit to the family as Chertkov was arranging & persuading Tolstoy into authorising the negation of his work's copyrights & put his writings in public domain.

Valentin Bulgakov, hired by Chertkov, was supposed to help carry out & write down the details of the process, stuck in between as he did not know which to follow anymore-his orders or his heart.

They believed Tolstoy was supposed to be devoted to the good of mankind & that only.

Pacifism.

The funniest scene in the movie was when Tolstoy's chief follower, Vladimir Chertkov could not accept when Leo killed a mosquito.

They believe in every living being's right.

Freedom of desire & will.

Crazy guys are all celibates & vegetarians.

Finally Tolstoy could not take his wife, Countess Sofya's ridiculous & extreme attitude.

Left to seek for peace in his final days.

The countess attempted to kill herself when she found out.

Tolstoy died in a room near a train station Astapovo, in southern Russia.

Married for 48 years & still in love with each other.

The Russian senate awarded Countess Sofya the copyrights of Tolstoy's work when he died.

Valentin Bulgakov, acted by James McAvoy, the guy in Wanted, roled as Tolstoy's private secretary, experienced love for the 1st time in his life.

Did not know how love & lust felt like.

Fell in the love with Masha, a brave & rebellious woman in the movement.

Became a famous & outspoken speaker, spreading Tolstoy's beliefs.

Watching this type of movie is always decent.

Everyone was so strong-minded, persistent & brave enough to love & die.

As if they hold on to a single belief for their whole lives & always seem to think it's worth everything they could have lost in the world.

How do you know when it's enough & you know you can't stop fighting?

When you close your eyes & know everything you're fighting for is about to worth nothing.

What is left to make you feel you're being seen?

When everyone thinks you're so perfect & invulnerable.

And you wish, there's something more you could do, without knowing the world might be ending.

When social equity & peace for mankind were the only concerns.

When you think the last station is never reachable.

Until you think your life has been worth living.

The Eclipse

Yea, I went to watch The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

I never liked Twilight.

But someone insisted, for god knows why.

It was a midnight show. So, missed some part of it as I fell asleep, so did he.

Bah, I don't like Twilight for a very particular strong reason.

And this 3rd one just proves me right again.

Even though I don't object the idea of loving two or even three persons at the same time.

But so intense & passionate.

Hate that she's so confused. & both Edward & Jacob are fine with her being so.

As if they can share a wife.

Still watched all 3 of them so far as they were kind of listed as "Must See".

At least this is still better than the second one. Actually, I can't really tell.

This was a bad experience.

I'm never going to watch any movie in 1U TGV anymore.

The toilet sucks, the service sucks.

The seating sucks.

And the audience.

Those Chinese chics at the back kept commenting on the scenes.

The Indian lady beside who came with the husband & son has a weak heart.

Just a shake on Bella's car & Edward came in caused her to scream & say "Oh my god" a few times. Old drama queen.

And the 3 Chinese in front kept chitchatting & laughing when nothing was funny at all.

For goodness' sake, even though I did not really enjoy it, it was still a fucking love story.

They looked like they paid to come laugh at the movie.

And half way through the movie, someone at the back left was snoring perfectly loud.

And also those brainless parents who brought their children to come watch Twilight midnight show & ended up lecturing them because they would not sit still.

Some started crying.

Some Chinese lady was scolding her kid as if we could not hear her.

Low lives.

Should learn all over again to spell the word "respect".

Basically Bella was telling both Edward & Jacob she loves them.

But she told Edward, "I love you more."

Wow, sounds just right & enough.

Confused, for the confused to love.

Sorry, if you think I know nothing, because I did not read the books.

I don't know the right way to judge & criticise this love story.

Well, I guess the love that one would be willing to die for the one he loves is the noblest no matter how messy & twisted the chain is.

I noticed people commenting on the corny lines. Wonder why, but I did miss all that.

I was not paying close attention to the lines at all, except those which made me laugh.

It was funny when Edward & Jacob competed against each other for Bella.

Just how they fight, not the idea of it.

Agreeing with Fiona, the wolves are really cute & can make good pets. Haha~

The point is I don't feel the love, nor the vampirism.

You have fun being confused. Take all the time you need.

Whoever you think I mean.

F.I.F.A.

Finally It's Friday Again.

Wonder how long I'll appreciate Friday until I finally get numb of it.

I kept getting all those weird dreams these few days.

All the crazy ideas in my mind.

What a remarkable Friday.

Met with LRT break down for the 1st time.

Waited for more than 1 hour with Thasha.

Called Wan to go out for dinner, knew it was going to be an endless wait.

Saw Chan Yann there, caught up a little bit.

Saw Karen, on the way to meet her parents who came all the way from Germany to visit her.

Added someone I met in LRT on facebook, because we are state neighbours. Ha~

Saw someone I think was from high school who asked me what's going on.

Wonder if she remembers me.

I have vivid memory, because she might be one of the anti-lynda group members.

It's Saturday now, because I was too sleepy & tired to write last night.

Raining very heavily.

Feels calm & weird at the moment.

Was in my room for the whole day.

Got my package from Dad, convocation form.

Finally I'm graduating.

Can't wait for that day to come.

Just excited to meet my parents & Corner Lot gang.

Just want dad & mum to feel proud & happy.

That finally their girl has got out from university into the big realistic society.

Kay, time to shower & out for movie.

I've got a date! *wink*

With Regrets

I just went through what I thought is the worst week of my life.

But after these 2 days, using the word "ill-fated" would be exaggerating.

When I reach Asia Jaya everyday, the sun just starts to rise.

That feeling, not good at all.

My pc jammed everyday last week, except the day I took mc & didn't go to work.

Missed the earlier bus twice, as the bus is NEVER EVER punctual.

I miss 628.

In order to ensure I can definitely get on the earlier bus, so that I will not be late for work.

I have to be waiting down there at 6.25am

& I know one minute can make a huge difference.

I was so eager to blog about how hapless my last week was.

But now, I've forgotten what happened.

This is a good thing.

I think, this is how we grow up.

By getting used to all of this.

This week, I'm almost numb, & demotivated.

I was never motivated, at least not more than 2 hours.

I don't care how much they pay me, I just don't care.

I regret that I didn't take a nice long break before starting to step in working life.

Even though I kind of hate my job, I didn't regret taking it.

At least I learned something. Whatever.

I have to say.

The airline's customer service sucks to the max & back to the bottom.

A customer called to ask if we've received her letter concerning her refund.

She said she wrote in last month.

Guess what I had to tell her?

Me: I don't know anything about it. You have to wait for them to reply.

Her: But how long do I need to wait? & how do I know if they've received my letter?

Me: Because this is under another department. So, I really don't know anything.

I guess you just have to wait. Or if you're worried, you can write them another letter.

Or fill up our customer online feedback form.

It's like telling them to write in as many letters as possible to ensure they have got it through.

We are not allowed to give any phone number or whatever direct contact method.

They have to call, then we'll put a note, so that people at our end will get back to them within don't know how many working days, which most of them never did.

How splendid it must be.

That she did not get angry! Ha~

Well, I guess Australians are always with the huge range & big waves of emotions.

Not Singaporeans.

Kay, too tired for today. Nights.