Moving to

http://meandmygiraffe.blogspot.com

I don't think I'll be updating this blog anymore. It has served me long and well (3 years!) and it brings back many fond memories. I won't be deleting this blog since I like to look though my old posts :) Some of them I laugh at, some of them I get annoyed at but they're the best and only document of the last 3 years I have.

Post O Levels euphoria

The past 6 days have been both absolutely wonderful and terrifyingly scary.

I got the results I always dreamed of (never dared to dream about an A1 for Higher Chinese anyway). Freaked out a lot in the morning because I heard Joy got a call to go back to school from the general office and thought I didn't get 9 A1s. What I didn't realise was that that didn't include normal Chinese. Phew.

Then I had to make a decision about the JC I want to go to. Chose RJ in the end, after leaning towards HC for the better part of the year. I'm starting to think about all the scary stuff like being the last in class, not being able to cope academically, etc. I didn't think of that at all while submitting my choices. But I guess toughing it out for 2 years is worth it if I can get a scholarship to an overseas university. :/

Went out with Yiling to treat her to lunch (she'll treat me back if we both get into RJ, fingers crossed). I bought Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, The Beach Boy's Pet Sounds and Jason Mraz's Live on Earth from HMV on the way to Suntec City. I wanted to go to Oosters but it closed down ): Ended up at Tony Rama's, which was good, except the portions were huge. I bought a cute tulip-shaped skirt at Topshop, making my first ever real purchase from there. I read this mens' guide to clothes at Kinokuniya while Yiling looked at makeup books. I'm pretty glad I'm not a guy, because there are about a hundred rules per article of clothing.

My family celebrated my results at Lei Garden at CHIJMES. Wonderfully apt, in my opinion. The campus is beyond gorgeous and I wished I had studied there ): The dinner was fantastic but insanely expensive. We had this abalone dish with foie gras. Yummmmmy :)

Also, interspersed throughout the 6 days, I watched:

• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
• New York, I Love You
• Invictus
• It's Not Me, I Swear!

Cirque du Freak was okay, I didn't hate it or love it. I read the first two books of the series beforehand. So I went HUH at the stuff (I assume) is from the third book which I haven't read, which made it quite confusing when it came to the vampire/vampaneze conflict. Chris Massoglia's quite nice to look at though. ;)

I loved some stories in New York, I Love You. Some left me WTF-ing and some I just hated. I don't really like how they tried to link all the stories with the girl filming New York. I think I liked Paris, Je T'aime better.

Invictus was yet another movie based off on the let's-inspire-people-to-something-better/feel good mould. I know it's a true story and I thought the message was great, it was just that the pacing sucked (it was too darn slow), the entire movie was predictable and Matt Damon's hair was especially ugly. And I hate rugby.

I loved loved loved loved It's Not Me, I Swear! I loved the pacing, how it was so stunning visually, I loved how insane Leon's antics were, but how I could still relate to him and how the funny parts were incredibly hilarious. I need this movie on DVD. So far, best movie I've watched in 2010, but the year's barely started. ;)

2010 is already shaping up to be better than 2009. Let's hope it stays that way.

First post in ages (and of 2010)

I haven't been doing anything! (proud smile) Other than watching a lot of TV. I've watched a few movies. I just came back home from watching An Education in the cinema and I thought it was brillant, except for the ending. I also watched Prison Break S4, House S5, Heroes S3, Dexter S1 and True Blood S1.

I disliked Prison Break and Dexter (thought Prison Break was such a letdown after the brillance of S1, just declined from there, in my opinion; Dexter I found too slow and didn't like the characters :/ ), liked Heroes and True Blood, loved House and Pushing Daisies. True Blood gets extra props for having Alexander Skargard as a cast member ;)









Can't wait for S2 of True Blood to be released on DVD. More Eric!

I'm looking forward to watching Cirque du Freak, Invictus, Up In The Air, Brothers, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and a few others I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting right now. But for tomorrow, I'll be watching Avatar in 3D for the second time. It's such a visual treat, and I'm not just thinking of the animation. Sam Worthington is gorgeous :)