Grain waves

Currently listening to: Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge

I just found out that the Department of Computer Science of the University of Otago is hitting the quarter-of-a-century milestone in September. To think that the department is about as old as I am. Now that's interesting.

Yasmin Ahmad

Currently listening to: Nothing

Sometimes, I wonder if I am actually worthy of the respect or affection bestowed upon me by the most unlikely persons. If I truly deserve the generous gifts that they have given to me from the bottom of their hearts.

It was a very simple word, the word uttered by the other person, but that simple word carried a lot of weight in it. The weight of utmost respect, and pure sincerity.

Was I surprised? Definitely. Was I touched? Yes.

Unfortunately, because I do not believe that I have given as much as I have taken, I also feel guilty.

It's times like this when I realise (again) just how blessed I am, and that I must work harder towards not having to be reminded of this fact anymore. Because I have all the reasons in the world to be thankful for everything, and none to be forgetful about it.

Lucrezia

Currently listening to: We Like To Party by Vengaboys

Having lived for a number of years, I know how obsessed I can get with stories. Stories from a TV series. Stories from a series of books. Stories from a series of manga.

Of course, not every single story interests me, but the ones that do, they literally consume me. Not so much physically, but mentally and emotionally. Until the story comes to an end, I would obsess over every little detail, run the scenes in my head over and over again, and let my feelings flow along with the story, be it up or down, high or low.

And then, even after the story has reached its conclusion, I would still spend a significant amount of time afterwards either celebrating or lamenting the end. Usually, I would be lamenting, because I seem to have a knack in choosing stories which never end the way I would've liked them to.

It is actually quite tiring, all this obsessing and lamenting, which is why I stay away from new stories, as best as I can anyway. That would explain why I haven't been watching the latest TV series, or reading the latest story book, or downloading the latest manga.

Because just one manga is enough to keep my head swirling, and my emotions boiling.

Earthquake, for real

Currently listening to: Saving Buckbeak from Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

My very first. The ground definitely shook, objects definitely moved (a little), and I definitely felt odd.

Awesome.

Mildew

Currently listening to: 年度之歌 by 谢安琪

Last Saturday, while I was hanging out with a few friends at this Japanese bar, I saw a number of tall boys seated at different tables. Having always lamented that I hardly ever see guys who are taller than myself, I was surprised to see so many of them all of a sudden, and all at once too. But no, I did not rejoice, because, if you haven't already noticed, I had mentioned that they were tall boys.

BOYS.

All it took was one glance, and I KNEW that they were only BOYS.



Tall + Boys = NO.



At this rate, I'll either die a spinster, or die a... what's that term they have for women with a liking for younger men? Leopard? Cheetah? Hyena?

Sigh.

Oh wait, I remember now. It's cougar.

Ping & Jing

Currently listening to: Nothing

I have just finished watching Big Fish, and I like it. It was not roll-on-the-floor funny, but there were plenty of scenes in the movie which made me laugh out loud. All thanks to Ewan McGregor. I like him. If you want to hear him speak in Cantonese, this is the movie to watch.

Oh, and I think Helena Bonham Carter looked really pretty in the movie.

"You don't know me, but I'm Edward Bloom and I love you."

"You don't even know me."

"I have the rest of my life to find out."

Miss Potter

Currently listening to: 年度之歌 by 谢安琪

What is worse than finding out that the person you love has died?

It is finding out that you are not only too late to see the person one last time, but also too late to attend the funeral.

Because the family doesn't know that you are the fiancee.

No sleep

Currently listening to: Nothing

6 hours spent eating, drinking, and chatting in the restaurant, and 11 hours spent watching the Lord Of The Rings trilogy back to back.

It has been a rather eventful Saturday.

To sleep, or not to sleep

Currently listening to: 珊瑚海 by 周杰倫

It is a Friday night. I am at home. I am not bothered about it. But my Mum is.

Poor thing.