Ever had one of those really bad days where there is no damn metaphorical light at the end of that damn metaphorical tunnel?
Yep, so here I am being a "rebel" against my self-imposed hiatus trying to exert some control into the shit-I'm-running-out-of-time lifestyle I seem to be leading. Whoopdeedoo. And no one is allowed to waggle because seriously, just give me a reason and I will bite.
Good news is that day is almost over, and it'll be over faster if I go to bed earlier. Incidentally, I had one of the best sleeps EVER last night when I knocked out as soon as I hit the pillow. I honestly cannot remember the last time that happened.
Updates, updates:
Swine flu! Let me tell you something I noticed: you don't get so affected by this pandemic virus thing when you're at home. Maybe it's this subconscious knowledge that meh I'm invincible because my parents will take care of it for me yea they're miracle workers. Just kidding. But I have a point. This swine flu thing is a big thing but really, it doesn't sound that huge on paper. There are antivirals and the known victims are apparently "recovering well". Yet I dare not pick up a newspaper on the bus to read it (I eventually did, with my shoe. Ever read a newspaper with your shoe? Fun. ) And I have become somewhat obsessed with finding out everything there is to know about it. If I were to be really honest, I'd say the procrastinating gene in me (yes, it's genetic I really can't help it) contributes a bit, but honestly I'm a bit paranoid that I'll get it and falling sick in a foreign country doesn't sound appealing at all. Of course, falling sick anywhere doesn't sound appealing either but not my point.
According to the NHS, swine flu is just like normal flu just that it can kill you. Hahaha I had to put that as matter-of-fact as I could I couldn't resist hahaha. OK. So it's not a pandemic yet because it's only stage four and it has to be at stage six but it's not inevitable. The key is to not spread germs. Hahaha there I did it again hahaha oh I'm so amusing aren't I. OK. Wash your hands as often as possible, when people cough/sneeze don't stare them in the face, sneeze/cough into a tissue. Basically just stay clean and germ-free, which honestly is what we should all be advocating with or without the threat of a pandemic flu. But I guess just take extra precautions. Click away for symptoms and prevention!
Apparently swine flu "has already infected Londoners even though they may not yet have developed symptoms". Ohhh joy. And the best place to catch it is on the Tube, particularly during rush hour, which, on certain lines, is all hours. And I will be using the Tube pretty heavily over the course of the next few weeks to get to my exam venues. Perhaps I should invest in a face mask. Hm.
Good news is we can all still eat pork! :D
Geez I'm not much of a "rebel" am I, using my one chance to break my hiatus to go on and on about something as non-self-centered as swine flu. More about me now!
Unfortunately this blog post is not from "the other side" as mentioned in previous post. I'm teetering on the edge of the start of my exams (the fun and games begin this Friday) not as ready as I'd hoped/planned to be. Quite the rollercoaster ride for me actually this emotional battle I have with myself everyday about preparing for exams vs. procrastinating and doing something that will so not help me get to year 2. I'm not gonna disgrace myself any further by stating who usually wins in that match.
But honestly, I've been a bit of a dark mess, all bad thoughts and negativity. It sucks when you sit and try to think of something to cheer you up and nothing comes up, not even old reliables. But blogging seems to help a bit, even if I am going on and on about flu. Scary, life-threatening flu but flu nonetheless. And GG, OTH, HIMYM and Grey's help tons! Oh, I LIVE for Tuesdays and Fridays where I get to watch new episodes. I think they actually help me get by without losing it completely. *teary eyed.
Wow this has been a post of sorts. Haha. I still have loads to blog about but I should probably get back to the subject I absolutely abhor right now. Gah. On some level I absolutely cannot wait for exams to start so that it is over and done with sooner. Having said that, I don't want it to start that soon because I'm not a fan of handing in empty answer sheets.
Wish me luck!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
One Night Only.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Forced Hiatus.
The weeks of unproductive, undisciplined, unfocused "studying" has ultimately culminated to today where I am announcing here that I have to go on a hiatus from the Internet. Less than 2 weeks to finals and I am not ready at all, which is a bloody disappointment on my part. I seem to have forgotten that failing my first year is simply not an option and that procrastination does not and will never give me longer days.
SO, I'm announcing it here so if any of you see me blogging/on fb, you have full power to be a righteous know-it-all and waggle your finger at me. I've been putting off this hiatus because if I do it, and considering how I'm surgically attached to the Internet, everyone will waggle.
Sigh. I really really hate days leading up to exams. Really really really hate.
See you all on the other side, people. *drama
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Just Having Conversations With The Thoughts In My Head.
"Dear Molly, 
"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not quite, the not yet, the not at all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Ebony & Ivory
That song's been stuck in my head since I saw the Psych promo video (see previous post)! It's actually a really nice song, as almost all oldies are. I was watching the original music video, the one with Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, and I just love how the Psych promo parodied it so accurately right down to the perfectly contrasted outfits. Awesome.
On another note, I've been deprived from my GG, OTH and Grey's for more than 2 weeks now which frankly speaking, is suppose to be good for my study health. But I need my weekly dose of hot people with swanky clothes and perfect hair! Sigh. I think I'll have to get used to it though because I think the season finales are all coming up and 2 out of 3 of them may involve deaths of main characters! Gasp!
I never really understood why they like to kill of main characters especially after they've made such an impact on the show. Sure, it seems a little cruel to suddenly make them small and insignificant a la Dr. George O'Malley (can we even still address him as a Dr.?) but at least they're still there, like a little buffer to ease our drama-deprived souls.
New movies coming out this summer! Oooh I am so excited! Summer movies are the best. Plus point: I'll be back in KL where it won't cost me an ear and a leg to watch a movie! :D
Click on poster for trailer:
Dammit the Harry Potter trailer looks so good.. but all Harry Potter trailers look good. Sigh. I think I won't have any expectation at all for this movie so I won't feel so conned when I walk out of the cinema after. Sigh.
OK back to the books. Before I leave,
Rant on Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 20:
Can someone please explain the logic behind the re-coupling of Nate and Blair? Wait, I know - it's because Nate has slept around with everyone already so he's gone one full circle and now he's back right where he started. To be honest, I kind of forgot Nate was ever with Blair.
Well, at least (hopefully) Nate will have a better script. It seems like for the most part of season 2, he relied on his good looks to pull him from episode to episode (not that I'm complaining..) since he didn't have much of a storyline other than the one with his dad. Otherwise, he was either canoodling up with every and any girl or bouncing back and forth between Vanessa and Jenny.. and somehow making it look like he has no fault at all in that matter. Pft. See, it's all because of him and his perfect hair. And that lopsided grin. Swoon!
But I have to say: NOOOOOOOOOO what about Chuck and Blair?? Argh, I shoulda seen this coming. No way were the writers going to let them end up together since their unresolved sexual tension is what keeps
Serena's acting up again, surprise surprise. The writers love to sneak in reminders that Serena was once evil to the core, which I admit to forget since she's sickeningly sweet and nice since the pilot episode. Ugh. But her acting up is kind of odd and out of place, considering well, she is partly to blame for Jenny's party blowing up in everyone's faces. Ugh. I was never a Serena fan. She may be hot, but who isn't on GG?
I don't know if it's Jenny's fashion industry stint or her natural feel but I like her style the most out of all the girls on the show. While she's kiddy and annoying, her style is not too sloppy or too uptight. Not a big fan of the racoon eyes that she was rocking during her rebelling days but other than that, it's pretty awesome.
Chuck.. Chuck? What happened to Chuck? Right, he's on his way to get Blair back. Well, sorta, I think. I don't know. I hope so! But still hot as ever. Oh WAIT, I remember! He got out of bed with Little Miss I'm-Not-So-Innocent-But-I'm-Still-Boring Vanessa. A ha! Hm, I get the feeling the writers are playing swticheroo with everyone so everyone has a chance to be with everyone. Dan and Blair anyone? Haha.
Is it me or does Vanessa have a whole lot of nice Upper East Side-worthy dresses? I mean, for a Brooklyn girl (as we are so often reminded), she sure has no problem getting something to wear to all the Upper East Side parties she attends..
Yea I'm not going to talk much about Dan or Vanessa because they're boring. Although that little scene where Dan was helping Serena to change the "stained" bedsheets was cute.
So that was me, releasing some GG juice to satisfy my need for all things GG till next week when it returns. OK, that came out wrong.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Awesome!
So awesome! I love Shawn & Gus!
Not to mention how good James Roday looks in a suit ;)
Monday, April 13, 2009
What Is This.
My Mozilla Firefox has been doing this thing where my cursor (yes the pointy mouse thing) disappears. It still works, it can still do all its clicky wonders just that it's, well, invisible.
It was very very WTF at first. But after a few times, I realised I maneuver my way around the screen just fine. I use links that highlight when pointed at to guide my way around, and I use my keyboard to it's fullest. It's a bit more time-consuming, but it doesn't totally handicap me.
Which leads me to 2 conclusions:
I'm either really really analytical and observant or;
I should really spend less time on the computer. Seriously.
The person in me that wishes to believe she's improving and moving up in life would love to pick the former, but my gut (and impending exams) tell me it's more likely to be the latter. Dang.
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For the Besto Pesto. Haha.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Not Inclined To Resign To Maturity.
So I was at Trafalgar Square the other day, attempting to be a touristy with Yang Sik. We really tried ok, we went to the National Gallery and all. Spent a full 20 minutes in there. I should probably add that I mean no disrespect to the art lovers because the paintings were beautiful (some were so real they were kinda freaky) and that we went out because Yang Sik had to answer a call and the National Gallery prohibits handphone usage.
But we didn't go back in because our attention was drawn to this street performance:
He picked a girl from the audience and got her to lie there with those crates. She looked a bit ticked off after awhile, and kept getting up. But she was a pretty good sport, considering how long she was lying there waiting for the actual performance to start.
Street performers like to drag out their performances to add to the suspense and pique our curiosity even more so even though the trick isn't all that great, we're still in shock wonder awe. Pft humans are so easy to manipulate.
He then proceeds to get four guys from the audience to sit on the crates
and then lean back on each other's laps. Yes, the girl is still there. Under them.
The crates are then removed and Superman pulls the girl out from under the wreckage and saves the day!
..OK no, Superman's a loser who wears underwear on the outside. But he does pull the girl out (while complaining about how heavy she is)
.. and then throws puts her on the guys!
Now you see, the performance wasn't exactly elegant nor astonishing, but because he dragged it out so long everyone cheered and gave money. In his defense though, he was a good performer, always humble, funny and he seemed really passionate about what he does. He gave a little speech at the end about how street performing was his career and how amazing it is. I mean, he was decked in a Superman costume on the inside while wearing a suit on the outside at first. Geez that must have been way uncomfortable.
But it was just an ordinary trick, pft, anyone can do it. Yea, even us.
Oh, don't believe me? Well, here, I'll prove it:
The Girls..
.. and the Guys. (they took AGES btw. pft.)
Haha, okay I just wanted to show off that we had already done the trick before (these were taken in Melbourne last year). Minus the girl being thrown on us. But we didn't have crates to help us when we started out so it balances off! Haha. I got pretty excited once I realised what he was actually going to do. Some of us have done it twice actually, once in a park at night in Melbourne and once in an about-to-close Curve with the security guard giving us funny looks. Haha. All thanks to Kuan Lin.
Ahhh Melbourne, good times good times (:
Hey Mel, you know this time TWO (2) years ago I first came to visit you in Melbourne? Look at how time flies it's simply preposterous!
Yea don't mind the socks. Notice the shoes. I love those shoes.
After the performance, we sat on the steps at Trafalgar Square soaking up yet another day of rare awesome weather and talking about picking up chicks. I love Trafalgar Square. I think it's my favourite place in London although I've only really been there 3 times (4 if you count the time I thought I was there haha long story. actually it's not that long but oh well.)
Then again, London is my favourite place in London when the weather is brilliant :)
Friday, April 10, 2009
Picnic in Hyde Park.
For some reason the weather was perfect during the few days when Yang Sik was here in London. Loooong and lovely sunny intervals, cool breezes and the sudden conspicuous absence of rain. So, we packed McDs (not the most healthy picnic food choice but oh well) and picnicked in I swear what feels like the largest plane of greenness in the whole of London. Actually, it is one of the largest plane of greenness in the whole of London.
So in conclusion, picnics are awesome fun especially when the weather's so beautiful! Actually everything is great when the weather's so beautiful. There were clumps of people scattered all over Hyde Park, some also picnicking in groups, and some just lying there alone soaking up the amazing weather.
But now the weather has gone back to being cold and rainy :(
Funnily enough though, I miss those loud and heavy thunderstorms like the ones we have back in Malaysia. Especially the ones that start when I'm just about to go to bed, ohhhh sleeping through a heavy rain is soooo good. I can hardly tell when it's raining outside here unless I look out the window. London's rains are wimpy.
Actually that's what I said about snows in London too and the next thing you know we have one of the worst snowstorms in over a decade.
So, bring on the thunderstorms and heavy rains! :D
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tell Everybody I'm On My Way.
signs of spring?I have to stop opening up my 'Create Post' page with gungho intentions to blog and then leaving it there while I go deal with other stuff. Because I seem to be so mentally unstable these days that the will to blog shifts by the minute. I've also become somewhat paranoid and untrusting as if I'm never cautious enough and I'm somehow going to be a victim of sorts. And now I'm paranoid that since I said/typed that out, I will be. I reckon this has a lot to do with being afraid of failure. Make sense? Don't bother. Haha.
It's been a busy two weeks (or at least it feels like) but not very productive. I think it was spent more on worrying about everything that is not falling into place. Well, the good news is (I say this with hesitance) I've settled my storage space needs for the summer, so that's a start. I shall take it step by step from there.
(Pft that's what I keep telling myself but somehow I go on a Google frenzy and find some offer that looks better but actually isn't when it actually might be and.. YEA. Too much information is no good at all. )
And of course the big gaping hole in my supposed-to-be-perfect end of term plans is the curse-worthy accomodation issue which I keep telling myself not to worry about because honestly, I'm in a rut here and there really is nothing I can do.
But you know, when things don't fall into place, it pisses me to no end. Hmpfh.
And to top it all off, I really should not be worrying about all these stuff considering my exams are less than a month away (22 days to be exact) and I should be panicking about the definition of social loafing NOT the fact that I won't have anything to snack on tonight when I get hungry. And trust me, I will get hungry.
Then again, I'm trying to not eat anything after 8pm anymore - a conscious and perhaps futile effort to lose lots of absolutely-not-needed-at-all weight. Although I had dinner at 8.30pm just now. And I have a voucher for Millie's Cookies which is just a 5 minute walk away OK WILLPOWER RIANNE WILLPOWER.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Wicked.
I went to watch Wicked on Friday.
OK, what an understatement.
I WENT TO WATCH WICKED ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!
Without a doubt, one of THE best musicals I have ever seen, and this coming from a girl who can never decide which musical is the best. I was so awestruck the whole time, I had tears in my eyes. Beautiful, magnificent, wicked.
It was ever so hard to get discounted tickets for it (I eventually paid 40pounds for 76pound tickets) but after watching it, I would have gladly paid a 100pounds to watch it.. over and over again. And again!
I'm waiting for the London cast soundtrack to come out before I buy it because the Broadway cast one doesn't sound as good.
Did I mention how awesome it was?
It was awesome.
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5 days with only rare chances to check my blog/update my blog/stalk other people's blogs/facebook/aznv.tv/mysoju/sidereel proved to me that I really can live without my Internet, it's all just a matter of willpower. I know it sounds so annoyingly optimistic but the more real part of this is that my finals are coming up in less than a month and guess who's not as prepared as she'd like to be?
I spent the last 5 days gallavanting around London seeing good places (and one heck of a musical) and eating good food in good company. Will blog about it soon, well, maybe. Since I have tons of pictures.
Highlights of the past 5 days (in no particular order): WICKED, Yang Sik visiting from KL, Noel visiting from Manchester, Vonn staying over, Gold Mine Restaurant, picnic in Hyde Park, the inflatable bed, talking in Trafalgar Square, Vonn's bak kut teh, attempts at CK ads, WICKED (yes, twice for added emphasis), the gossip and the catching up :)
The not-so-fun part was falling sick. Cheer: I fell sick after everyone left; jeer: falling sick sucks big time. Plus, "how much parents worry when the kid is sick abroad = how worried they usually are when the kid's at home x 3" Haha. Joke. I love you guys :D
I'm feeling better now, which is good and bad because this means I don't have a not-so-valid-but-still-pretty-valid excuse to skive off revising anymore. Shucks. Time to hit the books kiddo.
