Tuesday, November 08, 2011

1. Really? Is the contractor asking for another extension on the completion deadline again? Really, really? I don't care about your internal issues, main point here is that you were the one who promised us that you will be done by this date, after already asking for an extension once. DON'T MAKE IT SEEM ALL WEIRD THAT WE'RE ALL PACKED UP AND READY TO MOVE. You guys are at fault for not meeting the deadline.

2. (all packed and with plenty of space in her room) Living out of a suitcase/travelling bag? Fun! It's like I'm at a camp or on a trip, but with my own mattress and pillows and everything :)

3. (Upon stepping into new room) Awesome!! The colours are just so damn pretty!! Woohoo. Definitely good choices. Woohoos!! And the wood laminate flooring is that kind of floor which will sound damn awesome when you walk on them in high heels....... Not that I'm planning to do that mind you.

4. Kitchen colours are nice too! If only they'd finally finish up the cabinet tabletop. Argh.

5. Love the toilet floor and wall tiles. Cous and I picked well!

6. Bounce bounce bounce on the mattress. New bed and new mattress.

7. (After things have been moved in and boxes are piled sky high in the centre of her room. Going to the bed means going through an obstacle course and there is barely even any room to lie the suitcase down flat.) Damn it. Living out of a suitcase? NOT FUN!

8. Right... There's never a good time to fall sick but this is an even worst time then usual. Thanks a lot immune system. Just what I needed while settling in to the new house: a good dose of the flu. ARGH.

9. When I'm sick, I'm cranky. When I'm sick and my room is not a calming place to be in (because of the mess of boxes, double argh) I become a bitch with a trigger-hair temper. It's like, high tolerance level? What's that? My family can attest to that. I still stand by the point that even though I was a lot more irritable than usual, they were kinda asking for it because it was super fricking annoying. And it was just beyond my tolerance level at that point in time. Argh. Scratch that, make it triple argh.

10. Yeap, still sick and cranky. But with ppl coming (mommy, step-father, sis, aunt and the kids, brother and the babies), had to make sure I had more control over the temper. Sigh. Helped a lot that even when everybody had arrived and are making a lot of noise, I was tired and felt poorly and so was able to take a 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon. Woke up feeling better equipped to handle everyone.

11. Best thing? Despite all the busy-ness etc, still had time to watch tennis (serious)and fangirl over fave tennis player (not serious). As in, I watch tennis for the fun of watching tennis but after maybe an hour of watching seriously, the fangirl-ing just happened naturally. I mean, how can I not when Kei was having such a fantastic week in Basel? Sure, like him, I too wished he was playing Novak at his best, but a win is a win is a win! And the finals of a 500 event! Seems appropriate since he was at the semi-finals of a 1000 event. It's like 1 step down tournament level-wise, so he should be able to go at least one step further, ie the finals.

Pity about the match with Roger though, but I guess he should look forward and think about how he can beat him (or at least play a much more even game) the next time they meet. I mean, Kei plays very well against Rafa. Lost yes, but both times, they were hard-fought events. He should at least strive to be able to play that well against Roger and Andy Murray. And Novak too when he's at 100%.

12. Why am I even typing this post at this time of the night? Seriously, I have a pounding headache. Washing machine, please please please be done soon.

Labels: Kei Nishikori, moving house, rant, tennis (unheard of but yes)

- Thoughts about moving
by cityangelz @ 2:08 AM

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Labels: Boston Rob, fangirling, fyp, Glee, Kei Nishikori, late night, phone, Survivor, Survivor Redemption Island, whatsapp, YD

- WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT :) :) :)
by cityangelz @ 1:47 AM

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Labels: cleaning, early morning

- catching the cleaning bug
by cityangelz @ 3:18 AM

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

it's 3.09am and guess what? I'm actually cleaning my room. Like, seriously. Me, clean my room?! sure, now most stuff that was on top of the cupboard is now on the floor while I try to find places to fit it in, but but but, the upper surfaces all look nice and neat.

which really is a rare phenomenon, seriously. and the most surprising thing, i guess, is the amount of things i actually threw away! I've kept some of these stuff for years, like since sec sch or sth coz of the sentimental value and that kind of stuff? Today, I made the decision to only keep the really really nice ones that can function as decor and toughen my heart a little bit so that i can throw everything else away. hard for a pack rat, but doable with enough motivation.

My current goal is to try and keep things this neat (or at least neat enough that i don't feel the urgency to clean my room) till the end of the upcoming semester. Including exams+fyp and everything else, that means I need to keep the room in it's current state for at least (AT LEAST?!?!?!) 4 1/2 more months. I'm wishing that it'll happen but knowing me...

Ok, let's actually make that my new year's resolution. things like exercising more and losing weight etc are a little bit harder to achieve but this, i should really work to make it a possibility. I mean it's just as little effort as making sure I don't throw my things every which where but actually keep things nice and neat or try to find a place where i can hide the mess, LOL.

So Insyaallah, i can do this!

(argh, cleaning the room and making resolutions are nice and all but now my nose just won't stop running. bloody dust and their bunny friends)

Labels: cleaning, early morning, late night

- middle of the night spring cleaning
by cityangelz @ 3:09 AM

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Yes, Kei won!! If he tries hard enough, maybe he can even go all the way and meet Berdych in the finals =) Since you know, after he defeated Cilic, there's been talk that Berdych will most likely win the Chennai Open.

Hahah. I was actually really happy when I saw the draws and found out that Kei is facing Cilic coz the last time they met, Kei won. Then I found out that Cilic is the two-time defending champion of the Chennai Open which made me a little bit nervous. But hey, he still won! Hahaha.

Ok yes, Happy 2011 world! Heh, I know, I know. i haven't blogged in ages (so what's new...) and the first thing I do when I'm actually blogging is fangirl over Kei Nishikori. Admittedly, I found out about him only coz one of the vids of him came up while I was Youtube-ing Prince of Tennis videos but there's this underdog feel to him? So it's quite fun to see his progress. Haha. Which is why I'm following him. And thus, the first two fangirlish paragraphs.

Moving on. Nope, no 2010 in pictures blog this year. I had like almost no life in 2010 except for internship. So I'd rather not expose how pathetically no life I am. Hahahaah.

Internship was really fun though. 6 months for me to be in school without actually being in school, if you get what I mean. It wasn't a huge life changing experience but it was an experience. It's like... when I'm in school I sometimes have doubts about journalism as something I wanna do but in those six months, I (mostly) enjoyed myself. It was a pretty low pressure way to learn more about the job and I know I want to do a job that is something like that. Ok, wait. I'm going to stop talking about this coz it's just gonna remind me of the impending job search. But it was a fun time, really. Evident if you are privy to some of the conversations between Eunice and me.

(Drives the thought of the impending job search out of my mind. for now.)

Le sigh, FYP. Heh. It's like just the thought of it will induce stress in any CS Yr4 student. So when somebody like me actually feels the stress, you know that there really is a lot of stress. It's just there's so many things that seem to be hanging in the air? Like sometimes you don't even know what you're doing. Argh. Double argh.

Well, let's see. That's all for my first 2011 post for now lah. I can start gushing about the new Anita Blake novel (Bullet), but I shan't. It's reaaaaallllyyyyy good though. So good, I had to leave a post on Laurell K. Hamilton's facebook wall. Hahaha. Any follower of the series must go read it, NOW! Argh, and why is the next book only gonna come out in June?! WHY?! Bullet is so cliff-hanger-ish. I don't think any of her other books have ended on such a cliffie (or maybe that's coz the next book had already been written and so I just need to hunt it down in the library instead of waiting for it to come out. But no leh. I really think there hasn't been any book that's as clffie-ish as Bullet) and I AM SO FRICKING ANXIOUS FOR THE NEXT BOOK! *Marks it down in my non-existent calendar* Hitlist is coming out in June 2011. They'd better bring it to Singapore by July at the latest.

Hahahaha. Looks like I couldn't stop myself after all. But really. wth Haven? And Richard, oh Richard. I'm a Richard fan. I guess many pple aren't but somehow or either--and as much as I like Micah--I'm still a Richard fan. So Bullet really did make me happy.

Ok, I'm really done now. Good night :)

Labels: Anita Blake, fangirling, fyp, Kei Nishikori, new year, Prince of Tennis, tennis (unheard of but yes)

- Happy 2011!! and a little bit (a lot actually) of fangirling
by cityangelz @ 1:38 AM

Friday, November 26, 2010

Annoyed, irritated and i'm feeling a little bit like a failure. And i'm hungry. So i'm super cranky now.

I mean, think about it. Empty stomach, kinda low self esteem, and cranky coz I'm walking around, but i'm mostly sleepwalking. Ultimately it's still my fault but the other factors aren't helping. And that just adds to my overall crankiness. I hate failing but I hate disappointing even more.

Argh. Sorry guys. I swear i'll do better next time.

[Edit: 7:09pm] Argh. Just in a little bit of a funk right now. Which sucks coz I'm looking forward to the weekend. argh. i should have just done a better job just now. and now i'm just going around in circles. I'm stopping. it's just going to make me feel worse and worse. The only good thing right now is that i'm surrounded by books. yes, i'm a geek but it helps calm me down.

i just feel so bloody inadequate. I DUNNO WHY THE FEELING IS SO FRICKING STRONG. I hate this.

Labels: rant

- Argh.
by cityangelz @ 6:44 PM

Friday, November 12, 2010

Total LOVE! That's what I felt about episode six of Glee season 2. There's kinda too many things going on plot wise, true but it was a really good episode. It's the kind of Glee I love, the kind that explores the characters and develop them instead of focusing on a theme that feels totally detached from the rest of the Glee-verse.

So, let's look at it in terms of the characters that were affected alright? [edit] and since this turned out to be a MUCH longer post than I had initially envisioned, I even included pictures in!

Puck
He's back from juvie and he's full of stories of how much he rocked the place and he was king. But he did commit a crime and so he's doing community service in return for parole. His community service? "Taking care" of Artie coz trash picking is too ghetto. (Please note that I have a problem with him describing it as ghetto. OMG, snobbish much you ass?)


They did a duet of One Love at the school quad, busking for money coz "cash is king." And it was a very nice performance. :) Puck even helps Artie get a date with Brittany. At the end of the show though, it was revealed that he has been lying all along. He was terrified in juvie, and he never wants to go back again. We see a new friendship being formed: Artie hangs out with Puck to be a good influence on him and Puck hangs out with Artie and helps him feel cool. Happy ending. Yay, more character depth to Puck.

(Let's ignore the whole girls are starved for attention "you just have to be a fraction as nice to them as you were mean to them" thing ok?)

Coach Bieste
As an alternative to a cold shower, some of the Glee clubbers (ie Sam and Tina) discovered that thinking of Coach Bieste can help cool them down. Coach Bieste found out and is (obviously) hurt. She decides to quite her job. This leads to a conversation between Coach and Mr Shue where she reveals that she has never been kissed. Will kissed her, which I thought was kinda weird but it's sweet-ish so meh, whatev.

The boys then asked for her forgiveness by dedicating the 2nd annual Boys vs Girls mash-up number "Stop in the Name of Love/Free Your Mind."

I though that the girls' performance of Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer was a lot better than the guys :) They get my vote. Hahaha.

Kurt
Wow. So many things to talk about Kurt's story arc. First of all, let's get the frivolous out of the way k?

Darren Criss, Darren Criss, Darren Criss, Darren Criss, Darren Criss!! Blaine was fun. We've only seen one side of him but based on what he told Kurt, there's a lot of room for development. And Teenage Dream was a dream to watch/listen to. My god, when they released it on YouTube, I watched it countless times over the three days before the actual episode aired. More Blaine please!! Coz that means more sleek Darren :) :) :) I do miss his messy hair though. [edit] Looks like the wish for more Blaine will come true since the producers seem to be promoting Darren to become a regular cast member. WOOOTS!

Ok, now that Darren gushing is over...

Kurt is reaching the end of his rope. One of the jocks is behaving like a total "neanderthal," out to make life a living hell for Kurt, just because he's gay. And his fellow gleeks are not helping matters. Frustrated, Kurt decided to visit Dalton Academy on a supposed spying mission. In actual fact, he was trying to see life on the other side, a world where being gay does not equate to being bullied. And that's where he meets Blaine.


Like I said above, Blaine is an interesting character. But I (like many others, based on the reviews and posts I've read) wonder about that advice he gave Kurt. And that's especially from the point of view of someone who ran. I mean, he don't know exactly what kind of person this neanderthal bullying Kurt is. What if Kurt gets badly injured because he took Blaine's advice? That guy is two times his size! There is always that risk!

He did come to give Kurt a hand and support later though, so I guess that works. Kinda shows that Blaine is stronger now, as compared to the guy who ran away.

One thing before I continue on. That holding hands and running down the hallway bit... A little bit cheesy no? Sweet, but just a teensy bit cheesy.

And so, with Blaine's advice of confronting the bully and a text message encouraging him, Kurt finally blew up the next time the bully shoved him into the locker. They got into a fierce shouting match, both refusing to back down. When it began getting serious and you could feel something was going to happen, the bully (who shall now be named since it looks like he'll be an important character), Dave Karofsky, leans in and gave Kurt a kiss. Would have kissed him a second time but Kurt had already pushed him away.

Instant reaction: OMG, WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! And I immediately rewatched the scene.

I'm not gay and I have never been bullied so I cannot say I understand how it must feel to be going through all this. And so I cannot really make a judgement about whether the plot twist of the bully being homophobic being cliched or not. BUT OMG, the actors, both Chris Colfer and Max Adler, acted out the scene so freaking well. Super impressed!

You could feel it. Kurt was shocked and bewildered, really totally surprised at the turn of events. Dave was confused, even pained and really had no choice but to run away. It was a very raw, emotional scene, easily the strongest scene of the ep, and (I feel) one of the top few scenes in Glee's 20++ episodes.

And really what a surprise turn of events for Max Adler I'm sure. I mean we've seen Chris do quite a number of emotional scenes before and he always delivers but suddenly this much depth for Dave, the previously one-dimensional bully?

I mean check out the scene again (it's been inverted, so that's why the courage text from Blaine is inverted):



ARGH, seriously such amazing acting from both of them!!! What a way to grab the attention of Glee fans Max! Now, nobody can stop talking about him. Haha. But yes, I'm looking forward to what will happen from here on. And check out this interview with Max Adler on Zap2it. I don't know if I like the idea of Kurtofsky--he has been really cruel to Kurt, and that's not something that is easy to forget--but there's the potential for a lot of development, so I'm looking forward to it.

Don't know how I feel about about Blurt either though. I can see Kurt falling hard for Blaine but Blaine not actually returning the feelings. And honestly, I thought that framed picture of Blaine that Kurt has on his locker is kinda weird (read a little bit creepy). I mean seriously, it's a framed photo! If it's just a casual shot maybe, but it's a framed, posed, in his school uniform kind of shot.

Now, let's move on from all the Gleekiness to my other major--probably even a lot more major--geek out topic: HARRY POTTER!!!! Total love!

So I spent part of last night (as in the Friday morning between 1.30am and 3.15am) watching... the live-stream of the red carpet event of the world premiere of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie, part 1. Basically, that means watching as the stars come to watch themselves on the big screen, being very jealous of the people who were there and were able to get autographs, not envying the people who were there because the weather was apparently freezing, and basically gushing over the various actors and actresses. Oh and listening to the interviews!

Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Emma Watson (Hermione) are super the duper the pretty lah, omg.


For the male side, there's always Rupert Grint (Ron), the Phelps twins (Fred and George) Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Tom Felton (Draco), Dan Radcliffe (Harry) as eye-candy :) Rupert and twins were top for me! haha.

I was a little bit emotional when J.K. Rowling arrived at the event. I mean, she created this world that I find so amazing, and that has been a pretty huge part of almost half my life. I can only dream of creating and/or writing a world that is half that good.

Thanks J.K. Rowling for creating this wonderful, magical world. Thank you.

Glee photo credits go to Fox. If somebody would like to claim credit for the Darren Criss (probably Starkid?) and trio+JKR photo at London premiere please leave a comment on the tagboard. thanks!

Labels: Glee, Harry Potter, loves

- Glee: Never been kissed (and a little bit of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
by cityangelz @ 6:50 PM