ah!!! i m an idiot! i left my wallet there, only to forget to take it after that. the problem is just as i was putting it down, i was thinking that i would forgot to take it. things i lost: atm card, library card, attendance card, popular card, photocopying card, locker key, home keys, less than $20 cash etc... i am so hopeless.. when do you ever have a non-theft case where someone loses something yet she knows the exact location of it...
anyway, for half of gp, i was pestered by xin n nic to disclose the couple of my guess till they couldnt stand it, but i still wont say! haha. shall list the other couples xin came up with! cher n russell, cher n weiqi, jus n nic, jus n rard, pam n nic, yuxian n ?. wahhaha, i m boliao.
got to play cards after such a long break. fun! but thanks to lousy pe planning.
last sat was victory night.
(did the most last min shopping ever. got the dress n heels just a couple of hours before i had to reach school.)
the yr2s tried to make it sound really formal. yr1s had to dress up like for prom and enter by main gate. but in the end expect for a few, most of the yr2s wore casually. actually it was just another tradition where the yr2s get to play tricks on yr1s. majority of the yr1s were late. after a long period for photo-taking (n i forgot to bring my digicam on such an impt day...) , we were blindfolded (but most of us still could see abit :p) and the rest of the yr2 batch finally appeared from their hiding places to lead us around, pair us up (daryl, erwin, youzhi), and take photos of us. some got shot by water guns. then gradually, people were led to the bandroom where we had to crawl in a dark under-table maze filled with strips of newspaper (in our formal dresses!) and find the exit, with our ears filled with deafening noises they created by knocking on the tables and percussion instruments.. i knocked my head against the tables quite a few times... no wonder i'm becoming sillier..
then it was fashion show time. we had to walk down the platform when we were called up in pair. the funniest part was that they were using the newspaper strips with the aid of the fan to create the kind of effect. after dinner (which was a treat from the seniors and they even served us according to tradition), the following game was dong fang bu bai. as the name suggests, guys had to be dressed up as girls. our group won! with lydia's help and weixian's girlish acting skills. haha
then, we did limbo rock. benson was the most flexible one, despite being a guy. finally, edo, the new prom king danced with sixun, prom queen.
generally, v-nite was lots of sabotaging, n i bet the seniors had a lot of fun.
went for nycb ex-sec4s bbq gathering at novella's on sunday. only 10 over of us turned up. but it was nice meeting up again, and mr lee and ms chong also came. the bbb never fail to be funny, the way the speak, the accompanying actions, and their jokes. xinyi was telling a green man joke, which her friend spent half an hour telling her. didnt know why i was laughing during the draggy part and the ending was really lame.
mich's got a bf!
elise's going massachusetts to study. bon voyage!
i miss nycb. but things will never be the same again.
met yumin on the bus on my way home on monday. it was so different.
had chem spa on tues. somehow, i always have at least a major overlook... was looking for the mass to write for reliability but couldnt find it so i didnt write. but it was actually given...
yest, i volunteered to be math rep. coz i dont wanna b stuck wif zero pt for leadership. now i am stuck wif 1 pathetic point... sickening pearls system. how the hell do u have everyone getting enough points.
there was track finals. remembered that i used to long for going after my 1st time in sec 1. many people left way before the end. there were short periods of heavy downpour which got most of the people drenched. luckily nj was under shelf. people werent really enthusiastic in cheering until towards the end. it was amazing how our girls' track team shot a few metres ahead of the rest. great job, yanlin! ny's standard dropped alot, and the supporters' stand wasnt filled. unlike those times when we had to squeeze.
managed to catch up abit with huiling. wo xiang nian zai xue xiao shuo hua yu de ri zi.
Physical strength can be trained easily. It's not what you have but how much you are willing to do to make up for it. - Jane Lee (taken from Straits Times 27.07.2004)
why are nj, sg, class, people forcing me to say "nj/./. s**"? i really dont want to, i m supposed to be a pro-__ kind of person. but all the things they are doing.. eg, today we had to sit thru more than an entire lecture without any aircon, so half the class ponned the 2nd lecture... guess this class is the one with most people gone, since the lt was still rather full. cant stand the attitude... oh, i just fell asleep. too tired. last week i fell asleep at like 10 every day, n this week was much much later.. even went orchard till so late on yesterday.. despite the fact that i m so lagging, eg handed up phy assignment late... even later than the cant-be-bothered people.. then i got so pissed off about something else, but i dont think i'll ever explode (which will be hell if i do), cause there's still more than a year to go, and so far, my problems with the class never gets resolved. the worst thing i cant stand is extreme self-contradictory
mdm low loves russell. icks! kept flirting. actually no, its too strong a word, but she obviously likes him. no matter how rude he gets (which makes the rest of us laugh), she still smiles at him. then most of the class just get left out during lessons..
while waiting to go for cip, i caught russell playing cards with a bunch of friends and the cai fan uncle. he plays so much more yet he does more work than me. how can this be. i have the feeling that he learns and understands alot, just that he turns everything into crap and enjoys himself.
during cip, it was also proven that young girls generally pick things up faster than the boys. they played some stepping-stone game that required teamwork and coordination. i am not a patient person and nearly got abit over anxious. being even-tempered is something i seriously lack when i m not stoning.
then we got split up into groups. some of us changed to different kids to look after and nic never fails to mesmerise them. there was this boy, fardly, in our group whom nic didnt even talk to yet when mr tay asked who they wanted to write their 1st letter to, he shouted nicholas. and the others said that his ex-kid was asking for him too. i take my hat off to him.
anyway, i was looking after 2 siblings, shuqi n weijie, who were cute but a little rebellious. like sometimes when i ask her things, she'll playfully not want to tell me. the difficult part came when they were supposed to write in their journal. both of them dont like to write, esp weijie. i think i ended up making them dislike me.. sigh.. i m such an awful big sis. maybe i'm too pampered as the youngest one.
wednesday.. (21/7)
they successfully completed the difficult task of randomly changing the class seating arrangement though it generated much unhappiness and complaint from many (can i complain n change class? obviously not, so we have to take things as the come right?). soon, people had already not keep to their new seats. things just dont work out. that's the problem with the class.
zuowen. we already had the points yet i ate into half of lunchtime without even finishing 2 pages. but yuxian n ppl were so kind as to sacrifice their time to stay n wait. zhang lao shi also allowed me and pam to finish up. can be so nice or so fierce
pw. i dont want to be penalised because i dont talk. and its such a large component. sux.
thursday (22/7)
its rard's birthday. happy birthday! :)
but i dont know why the class didnt do anything for him. thanks to zhang lao shi, we got to sing him a song but it was very soft.
gp. finally got back compre. missed the next grade by 1 mark. sux man. two weakest subjects, econs n gp - same case, and both teachers are firm in not giving any additional marks. but for math, grades were pushed up. its always like that. prelims as well. anyway, when mrs nair explained the passage, i finally realised that it was a very realistic piece just that difficult vocabulary complicated matters.
and tianen was sleeping right in front, sometimes amazingly sitting upright..
oh ya, from my observations, i think there's a girl in class who likes another guy. possibly a few others too. haha
after school, i met karen and adeline to make farewell presents for our seniors before leaving just in time to go out by the side gate. it was quite fun though the difficult part was coming up with designs using my limited sense of creativity. then addy and i had to wait for karen to leave before rushing in a taxi ('cos silly us missed the bus which often happens to me on band nights..) down to orchard to buy super last minute present for karen 'cos i only knew about it a few days ago. we spent quite some time looking around hereen and finally found the last item we wanted to get when we were told that it was the last piece (and it was dirtied). we ended up having to hurry to taka but it was already closing and we nearly couldnt enter. fortunately, the one was soon chosen, but not before my over-anxiety took over and i was quite rude to the staff..
hmm.. 1st time i ever went out on school day till so late despite the compact work schedule, loads of homework underdone and school the next day. zao gao, bian cheng huai hai zi le..
thankfully, a lousy monday is followed by a generally happier tuesday.
yesterday was really quite bad. finding nj less the right choice. eg, our class was totally left alone for pe (screwed timetabling) n we just sat there to rot. had no one to have a run with me.
was down for rangoli as part of racial harmony day activities. actually quite fun except that i got glitter all over. some classes actually made the real thing.
laughed quite alot today, crapping and arguing with pam, except for the times when my feeling that ppl are friendly to me because of school work seemed to be reconfirmed.
in recent days, i have heard of not 1 but 2 people - sean and weijian - who have been hit by chickenpox. is it mere coincidence or brewing chickenpox mania?
during chem prac, tianen displayed his true intelligence, coming up with a source of error that the only other person who thought of it was the teacher. yet he chose to waste his talent by not going for any of the olympiads. wonder why.
there was chem olympiad training after school. felt like not joining as it meant having to reach home after nightfall every tuesday, and in the end, i may not even get to participate although the teacher tried to protray how beneficial it would be if we manage to get a medal in the international olympiad - secure a place in university, pearls point. furthermore, my common test result seemed to be largely due to luck as i had never seen myself as someone that capable in chem and i even dropped from the usual a1 to a2 for 'o's. my best subject was supposed to be math, yet recent results are implying that i am not really capable in it anymore. then i decided to give myself the chance. even if i dont get in, the extra lessons will help in reinforcing my knowledge for promos.
anyway, i found out that veena is actually american! interesting.
ok, i better get started with pw. the file's due tomorrow...
you'll never bear to put yourself in someone else's shoes 'cos it stinks; ...... if you buy the same shoes and put it on. -adapted from jianing's nick. (found it very creative n meaningful but forgot what's the exact one...)
some absurd discoveries on the filthy clarinet section shelves in nj: knives (note the 's'), more than 10 chinese dictionaries, about 10 umbrellas, an iron.
an european conductor came to give a talk so we had to clean up the band rm. there were all sorts of weird stuff like huge cones n a lousy vacuum cleaner. one of the shelves became a display shelf for all the soft toys mascots. the talk was so boring quite a few of us fell asleep. guess it was quite embarrassing for both sides. but we cldnt take it. he kept repeating abt inner ear, and having to know the tone that we want to get and matching it with the tone that we produce.
went to ps with adeline and karen to get farewell presents. n learnt about their crushes on fellow band mates. haha. karen always get so excited abt guys.
got back most of the common test papers except gp compre. i actually did 0.9 mark better for econs than physics though i m supposed to be a science student who cant write essays. but they got rounded off to the same mark and i still cant accept that they rounded down my econs marks. so unfair. physics was disappointing. i should have done better considering that i put in much more effort for it (doing past yr papers n making notes) than chem (only read notes) which i surprisingly did much better. but i must really thank kaiyun for calling and asking questions which got me scared and started on reading the notes. THANKS! (though u dont know my blog)
my supposedly best subject, math, has been deteriorating. hope it doesnt fall below a. didnt expect i would get an a for chinese since zuo wen grades were always so low but i was glad i didnt disgrace myself again.
sat for chi 'ao' oral exam last thu (8/7) (kinda outdated..)
did try adding in expression for the passage reading. but repeated some lines..
discussion topic was ni3 jue2 de2 xin1 jia1 po1 ren2 jiao1 ao4 ma? i got a shock before saying no and giving a rather short answer. managed to speak abit more with 2 more qns though i kinda repeated myself. no one else said no.. n it was only after tt tt i realised i had taken a weak stand..
there was a relief tchr for econs who was so much more efficient n better at tchg than mdm low tt everyone wanted to change to her but it cldnt work out so we r still stuck with her.
the snrs stepped down on the annual general meeting on wed, 14/7. the music com n exco members gave speeches n reports which made it seem so formal. youzhi's our new bm now, the exco's mainly made up of ex-bms/dms, n male/female roles were very stereotype. with the snrs gone, the band's reduced to nearly half the size. i miss the joy and laughter the snrs brought to us. they were really funny ppl who also knew when to be serious.
thu, was the 1st day the band was entirely managed by j1s. it was the 1st time i saw boyang and edo conducting. didnt know they were ex-pps too. boyang looked so unlike his usual always laughing self when he conducts, so serious. but once he starts talking, its his old self again.
fri, 1st cip session at hougang. learn programme thingy with young children aged below 10. while we were waiting for them to arrive, the guys were talking abt silly stuff they did which got me laughing so hard my stomach ached. very long time since i last laughed so hard. it was very mean, lionel n serjing shaking the babies but the way they said it was absolutely hilarious. serjing n nic also showed confidence in their own ability to handle the kids.
then the kids came n we played games with them. some were very timid, on the verge of crying while some were over-enthusiastic. the guy in charge, vernon, was rather adept in coordinating the whole session but the presence of the other social worker made me feel quite intimidated, the uneasiness one gets when someone is looking.
less than half an hour into the programme, a girl fell and started crying. luckily huitian had joined our class in this cip coz she was the one who took the intiative to handle the girl.
n i cant believe tianen actually gamely did the spiderman action
forgot to end off with the quote..
One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. --Chinese Proverb
bye to my dearest self-made legolas template of abt 7mths (which has been usually invisible for the past few mths...), and hi to this new simple template (coz xin asked me to change). havent been touching the template for so long everything was in a mess. reluctantly changed coz i like the legolas pic.
supposed to continue blogging abt what happened
there was widespread blackout on tues nite. didnt know abt it till wed nite. it never affects my area. lucky?
wed. the neck ache got worst i even had difficulty turning my head.. hps rang during the papers, which distracted me from my train of thoughts. irritating. n the hall was so freezing i couldnt write fast.. after sch, i wanted to get phy tys (really last min..) but i was jinxed. popular closed early, n no one could help me buy since mom was on a course so she was already home n it was dad's off day.
then i quarrelled with bro that nite and cried. here's was i scribbled on paper then. dont have that feeling now.
"oh my gosh. my bro tries to escape ns duties by getting mom to tell lies to his officer abt him being under alot of pressure... (when he spends all the time at home slacking: watching tv, singing, listening to loud music. basically causing me to be unable to concentrate on studying since the study room which has no doors is right beside the living room and even in my own room, i can heard every word clearly.)
"i confronted him: it is your duty as a singaporean to do it, u have no right to not do it coz u dont like it. its none of ur business... i can dont do those duties since my status is that i have psychological problems (which was like more than a yr ago). i am a storeman, i dont have to do guard duty... waste of my time "its precisely such an attitude i hate. like in sch, ppl dont want to take part in class/sch activities. they only care about what benefits themselves or directly concerns them. its a disgusting highly individualised world that's evolving. what disgusts more is that i contribute to part of it as well. with that attitude, they'll say, why do i have to donate? why do i have to do cip? its silly. not that i love doing it but its just a responsibility. in this world, many things are not what we want to do or what we enjoy but there is a need for it to be done. in econs, they talk abt public gds like street lighting (its just an eg, i dont mean we should help install lights on the streets..), national defence (which links back to ns), maintaining cleanliness of public areas and other socially benefiting stuff. if everyone thinks that its a waste of their time and money, and no one cares to provide them, what will become of the world?"
k, so that's that. on to thurs.
phy. i was so slow i didnt even finish looking at all the questions. wonder how i did 40 in 1hour last year and cant even finish 20 in 45 mins now. not to say all those i spent so much time on but still didnt fill in any answer.
my correction tape ran out and everything got even messier.
anyway, after that, i went orchard (boy, ppl in jc uniform were all ard) pastamania with pam, jus, yuxian, cher, singying, rard, jieyu n serjing. the 5 of them wanted to watch spiderman but since the 3 of them werent watching, i didnt go either. we went window shopping instead before i spent 3 hours in the library
looking at a book gives one more relevant information than the internet though the latter is more convenient. i am beginning to find that i do enjoy reading. i dont just mean storybooks. facts, figures, quotes (i like reading quotes), alot of things. i thought i didnt like to read. (considering that i have read less than 5 books not because of sch over the 4 years in secondary) it was a false impression caused by the education system where we are made to memorise so much stuff. or perhaps wo zhi shi xin xue lai chao er yi. actually fouhd it more enjoyable than walking ard orchard, hanging ard ppl. i'm getting more n more isolationistic. oh, but i do enjoy listening to pam n cher's friendly arguments. was taking the bus with them yest n it was so funny.
i chanced upon this 'dictionary of symbols' n was surprised by the hundreds of symbols that actually exists.
friday, had to wake up so early and spend 2hours travelling time just for chi oral. so few people ard. oh ya, suddenly remembered, a few days ago, the bus went pass the nj busstop w/o stopping coz i was sleeping n the other guy didnt press the bell. had to walk back. so silly. back to oral. everyone was so relaxed even yuxian wanted to play cards. i was quite nervous and read too fast. lao shi said i had to put in more expression. the conversation was on impact of parents' divorce on children. kinda repeated myself. bah.
was in the sleepy mode in the afternoon and dozed off on the sofa for 2hours before making mom's bdae card. havent touched chem spa at all n had to force myself awake till 1+.
finally finish. dont think i'll ever have time to blog abt the genting trip. there's stupid book review to do now. sigh.
today's mom bdae! n its actually president nathan's n tom cruise's bdae as well!
went joaquim at suntec for buffet lunch with my parents. yumyum *licks lips*
been eating really alot. just the past 3 days, pastamania on thur, fish n co on fri, n today buffet! getting a really ugly bulging tummy.. the more i look at it, the more disgusted i get... such disporportion compared to my limbs.. shall look forward to pe to flatten it. hopefully.
anyway, a piece of happy news! i've got a new school bag and new shoes! yay! :D both r blue. different hue
after the buffet, we shopped around suntec for at least a couple of hours but still couldnt find a pair of shoes that was suitable.. either too tight or not nice.. (finally got it when we came back to sun plaza..)
walked around esplanade too.
had chem spa skill a in the morn. final written exam for now. can be more relaxed for at least today (which is soon ending..) it wasnt as bad at the other papers in the past week. though i thought it was supposed to end at 9 and frantically scribbled on the answer script 5 minutes before that since i still had alot unwritten. fortunately it actually ended 10minutes later. but i still didnt finish writing.
chi listening compre was bad. found it difficult n my mind kept getting intruded by other thoughts.
back to tues (29/6)
chem. i hate lt1. ended up with a terrible neckache for a few days. cant remember what happened. just that i didnt finish the papers like every single other paper... sighz.
econs. didnt know what time it would end. what i guessed it to be was like 15 min earlier. so i was like getting frantic thinking i had spent too much time on the production and cost question when i actually could have given it more time. n ended up spending the last few minutes thinking of what to crap on effect of low birth rate on demand and supply of childcare services when i had already crapped alot of rubbish.
Have Read
'04 year-end holidays (highest number of books read in a long time)
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (gd read)
-Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot (fun read)
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (must read - inspirational)
-Slab Rat by Ted Heller (full of office politics and R21 stuff - not for kids)
-The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (makes u want to finish it)
-A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks (simple but meaningful)
-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (can identify with)
-The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (romantic love story with too much R21 stuff)
-Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (even more R21. ugh)
-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
-Unstrung Heroes by Franz Lidz (autobiography about his four uncles and father)
-The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (very unique POV of an autistic boy)
-The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (love the breadth of the plot, one of my favourites)
-Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux (alternating between two first persons' view - unique, but don't like e plot)
-Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (philosophy tb in a story; gets abit dry though plot saved)
-forgot what i read...-
-Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan (story of an urban planner)
-Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (impressive intelligence with bits of great humour)
-Just between Us by Cathy Kelly (thickest bk i've ever read-600+pg, too long for me but not bad)
ha, started a few bks but didn't enjoy them enough to read more.
'06
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel (novel based on true story; a lot to learn from the book - animals, religions,
survival, appreciation of simplicity; marvelous descriptions of both the tangible and the intangible,
such that I could feel their realness; bits of very enjoyable humour; a must read)
-The Complete Analects of Confucius, Volume 1 - Asiapac Comic Series (some good teachings.
didn't read everything though)
-The Parable of the Pipeline by Burke Hedges (lent to me by Shujun; like she said, its a short version
of Rich Dad Poor Dad - good financial tips)
-The Alchemist by Paul Coelho (simple story with deep meaning)
-Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
(hai, doesn't seem to be working for me - cos im not applying..)
-haven't been updating from Jun'06 to Jul'07-
'07
-Take a Chance by Sarah Webb (very interesting twist towards the end)
'08
-A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (very saddening. made me realise how significant family is in how a child behaves)
-Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden (refreshing book with many pics)
-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Rui Zafon (amazing how people can think of so much plot to pack into one book, wld b a gd tv series)
-The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (the story is interesting but i think the ending cld hv been better written)
-This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes (a bit thought-provoking on relationships but i didnt like e abrupt ending)
-Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (gd knowledge but partly qte repetitive)
-For One More Day by Mitch Albom
-The C Words by Mark Mason (made me keep wanting to read on. light & funny)
'09
-Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (another good read from Deveraux)
-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (gosh such vivid descriptions! very well written book. i liked d theme of friendship and the realness of the story)
'10
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (a must-read!! i love the expressed thoughts of the protagonist, esp those about friendships, and the writing style - it seems like she's telling me her story specifically to me)
How to Save Your Own Life by Michael Gates Gill (an inspiring read, for emotional liberation and greater joy in life)
Reading
on hold
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Waiting for chance to get hold of
The Little White Car by Danuta de Rhodes
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Gotai Fumanzoku or An Unsatisfactory Body (Translated into English as No One's Perfect) by Hirotada Otatake
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Other Recommended Readings by Marc
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin – Few books have had as significant an impact on the way society views the natural world and the genesis of humankind.
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell – Gladwell looks at how a small idea, or product concept, can spread like a virus and spark global sociological changes. Specifically, he analyzes “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.”
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – This is a tale that lingers on the topic of attaining and maintaining a disciplined heart as it relates to one’s emotional and moral life. Dickens states that we must learn to go against “the first mistaken impulse of the undisciplined heart.”
Lolita – This is the kind of book that blows your mind wide open to conflicting feelings of life, love and corruption… and at times makes you deeply question your own perceptions of each. The story is as devious as it is beautiful.
Getting Things Done by David Allen – The quintessential guide to organizing your life and getting things done. Nuff said.
How To Cook Everything by Mark Bittman – 900 pages of simple instructions on how to cook everything you could ever dream of eating. Pretty much the greatest cookbook ever written. Get through a few recipes each week, and you’ll be a master chef by the time you’re 30.
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner – Franz Wisner had it all… a great job and a beautiful fiancée. Life was good. But then his fiancée dumped him days before their wedding, and his boss basically fired him. So he dragged his younger brother to Costa Rica for his already-scheduled honeymoon and they never turned back… around the world they went for two full years. This is a fun, heartfelt adventure story about life, relationships, and self discovery.
Self-note: Tip for my future business =D
give employees reasonably high pay to keep them- otherwise they are unlikely to stay loyal.
treat employees not according to how well they treat me but how conscientious they are at work
(of course, musn't expect them to only do work throughout the entire working hours -
give some breathing space too, we are humans, not machines) Movies watched(listing started on 6jan08)
in cinema from VCD/DVD
1Sep07: "Hairspray" w TK, GH & SH
14Sep07: "Ratatouille" w mom & extended family
28Dec07: "The Pianist" w Jus & Pam (heartbreaking but good lessons; i recommend!)
2Jan08: "I Am Legend" w Sherm (scary! but good acting; thought provoking; i recommend!)
5-6Jan08: "A Good Year" alone (excellent show! i like the acting; funny; good lessons; touches my heart; i recommend!)
11Jan08: "Le Grand Chef" w WLing, JT & Irene (good! funny, very touching, :) nice; watch if like humour+meaning+food)
7Feb08 (CNY 初一): "Ah Long Pte Ltd" w parents (pretty hilarious - but u gotta understand dialects, some teary parts. wells typical of jack neo movies but with diff content)
11Mar08: "The Leap Year" w Sherm (so sweet! :) and apart from couple relationship it touches the theme of mother-daughter and best friends too)
6Jun08: "P.S. I Love You" w Sherm (don't know if its coz we watched it on laptop, coz it didn't impress me as much as it did for him in cinema)
8Jun08: "The Forbidden Kingdom" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (ums..guess i'm really not into kungfu)
8Jun08: "What Happens in Vegas" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (simple,relaxing show)
7Jul08: "我和狗狗的10个约定" w Sherm, his ma & sisters (very simple,touching but actually not my type of show)
10Jul08: "Before Sunrise" w Sherm (hmm maybe watchg on laptop really affects appreciatn of movies..)
30Sep08: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" w Sherm (i didn't like it as much as i thought i wld when i saw the ads)
31Dec08: "Yes Man" w Mom (inspiring and funny)
11Feb08: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" w Mom (not as impressive as i thought it wld be)
1Jul09: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" w Yumei, YY & Matt (the best thing was the soundtrack. heh.)
14Aug09: "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" w Joyce (it was awesome! best action movie i've ever watched)
17Aug09: "Food, Inc." w SYL & RuiQ (learnt some stuff abt the American food industry but it was a bit boring and not worth the $10)
22Sep09: "The Time Traveller's Wife" w WB, VanD, WLing, CHL, Irene, VanQ, Mf, Pg (i liked it. having read the book really helps w udsg)
21Nov09: "Gokusen" w Mf, Eva, Tony, Sarah (funny inspirational movie)
24Dec09: "十月围城" w Tony, WLing, VanQ (action action and a bit funny? tony criticised the plot. my fav scene was the running n jumping through the crowd along the five-foot ways w/o cuts)
30Dec09: "Sherlock Holmes" w Irene, Tony, Sweetee (my favourite genre of books made into a movie - what else can be more cool? acting effects humour excitement suspense all in)
12Jan10: "Avatar 3D" w Mom (didn't appreciate the digital effects which everyone wowed about. content etc was so-so. cathay's 3D glasses were too heavy for me)
8Feb10: "The Truman Show" w Ky n sis n Yuhshin (a must-watch. very thought-provoking, funny. reminder to be spontaneous and create your life the way you want, instead of falling into a typical routine
14Feb10: "New York, I Love You" w Mom (I loved it! a good couple movie with meaningful pointers to keep it going. but i think some stories could be more developed)
16Feb10: rewatched "The Pianist" (still find it good, tho i still feel first viewings are the best)
17Feb10: "Valentine's Day" w CHL n WB (laughed throughout - a feel-good movie; liked the fact that the various stories binded tog so well with the little surprises here and there, vs NY ILU in which each story was separate)
20Feb10: "赤壁二" w Addy, Karen, Sharon, SJ (should have watched the first one first cos i ended up not knowing who's who and what's happening and had to keep asking :/ and couldn't pay attn.. if not i think it should be a pretty good movie..)
4Mar10: "Alice in Wonderland 3D" w Mf (i found the 3D effects of this @ CCK Shaw SO much better than Avatar @ The Cathay =/ and the movie was much more enjoyable too! - cheered a sad me up :)) favourite quote - the Mad Hatter: “You used to be much muchier before. ... You have lost your muchness.”)
18Mar10: "Nodame Cantabile" w Irene, Mf (i thoroughly enjoyed some of the orchestra pieces - SO impressive! the expressions of the actors were really amusing :D)
23Apr10: "Ice Kacang Puppy Love" w Mom (funny, touching and meaningful - about love between friends and family. i cried 3 tissues! cos some touching parts i could really understand the feelings of the characters involved)
Inception
Letters to God (very simple Christian movie)
22Nov10: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" w Ame, Irene (they loved it. pretty good, i guess the main problem i had was that im not familiar with HP :X)
13Dec10: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" w Sj (not bad, could follow the story unlike HP. like the meaningful teachings, too long - in a post)
2Mar11: "The King's Speech" w Ame (hilarious, inspirational, tho it doesn't impress me that much to understand why it's the Oscar winner)
Mar11: "10 Things I Hate About You" very funny. silly sweet high school romance. just right for having breaks in between doing homework
23May11: "Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides" w Wb Yl Ame Pg (pretty good - scenery, freakish parts, fighting scenes, dressing, humour, bits of Christianity like when the Spanish said "only God gives life")
6Jun11: "Xmen First Class" w Wb Ame Pg (i was very keen on watching it and it was really good! intellectual, makes sense, cool action, some humour)
9Jun11: "Legally Blonde 2" w Irene (seems like some dumb blonde movie but kind of meaningful too - speaking up for yourself and what you stand for)
17Jun11: "Something Borrowed" w Sandy Lisa (quite funny, somewhat meaningful wrt friendships. they didn't like the lack of sense for one part tho)
16Jul11: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" w Irene, Sweetee, Kw (not bad. i didn't understand some parts again but the humour and effects were pretty good)
Aug11 "Horrible Bosses" w Ma (she fell asleep! gosh. the movie was very crude i must say but there was the humour)
25Oct11: "The Three Musketeers" w H (i would rate it 3.5 for humour/intellectual language and 4 for action. it's by the same producer or director as Sherlock! but a bit less awesome albeit a good chill out movie)
5Nov11: "Real Steel" w Hl (action packed but not too hardcore for me. i liked that there was the father and son element and how the father eventually softened his heart and especially the part when charlie was having trouble telling max sth and max was so understanding saying "Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." touching and demonstrates true fighting spirit)
12Dec11: "50/50" w L (adopting her words - a heavy topic put across in a lighthearted way, but not taking away d meaning. most of it was rather hollywood-ish trashiness but there were a couple of punch lines "u can't change ur parents, but u can change d way u respond to them.")
25Dec11: "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" w KY (ultimate action packed! super tense almost throughout the movie, and interesting Tom Cruise made it such that not everything happened smoothly - he would jump and misland and get all sorts of injuries..it's really the courage to jump without hesitation even though you are not sure you'll be alive after that. KY loved d movie and said she would watch it again!)
3Jan12: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" w KY (i love mystery (: and the witty sarcastic dialogues. good level of excitement with the action. didn't understand some parts as usual. i like Holmes and Watson they depict such a true pair of buddies ;D)
23Jan12: "You are the Apple of My Eye" w mom (now i understand why guys like this movie so much - the anxiety of chasing after a girl and the acts schoolboys do to get the girl's attention and hopefully affection. the initial fluttering and the subsequent quarrelling)
22Mar12: "The Iron Lady" w KY (really love Thatcher's sharp words. inspiring and thought-provoking, tho i was still left uncertain of what to do with my life, the movie is definitely an encouraging one)
29Mar12: "Barney's Version" w SJ (a funny movie of a screwed up life of a man who had 3 wives, smoked and drank but very heartwarming at the same time, the relationships with the dad and the 3th wife - quotable quotes!)
27Apr12: "The Hunger Games" w Mom
4May12" "Avengers" w MF n PS (funny, action-packed)
7Jul12: "The Amazing Spiderman"
21Jul12: "The Dark Knight Rises" (fantastic depth, loved the twists)
20Aug12: "ParaNorman" w Mom (simple funny animated movie, heartwarming support)
Performances watched (listing started on 25Apr10)
20Jan10: Patrick Marber's Closer by outoftheBLUE, NUS Science w Pam (
13Mar10: The Rain Came Down Like Pearls the Night I Died... The New Musical - Sing & Tell by Mark Chan w Addy & Jy
21Mar10: Quintessence by NUSCO w CHL