Reality strikes

I just had a very cynical thought. I have recently been *slightly* obsessed with Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls and Veronica Mars in particular. They supposedly share an "epic love" but I'm suddenly thinking maybe he's so smitten with her because they weren't actually together for that long. I should probably be sad that they weren't together for long, instead of being cynical. Plus, he's über cute.

Two Schools of Thought

'A great deal: you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their way: they would never be afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.'

'...Surely it will never, on the contrary, be suffered to degenerate from man to fiend? No; I cannot believe that: I hold another creed; which no one taught me, and which I seldom mention; but in which I delight, and to which I cling: for it extends hope to all: it makes Eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and the crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last: with this creed revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low: I live in calm, looking to the end.'

~ Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

Glee is back!

I know season 2 of Glee has started some time already but the first two episodes were rather disappointing. The first episode was about recruiting new people for glee. Both candidates weren't that interesting. Didn't really like that girl. I read some feedback online prior to the premier of season 2 that people weren't really happy with that girl joining the cast of glee. That perhaps explains what happened to the character.

The 2nd episode - omg. It was basically just a Britney Spears tribute. No storyline at all. Well, to be fair, just barely. I only liked Brittany doing Britney at the beginning of the episode and it just went downhill. Rachel doing "Baby one more time" made me nostalgic but that was about it. Thank goodness for the last song that Rachel did. I know Britney started the whole provocative teenage pop princess thing but is she really that great to warrant a whole episode of practically nothing but her?? Seriously I think a lot of songs nowadays have very...inappropriate lyrics and it's rather unsettling to hear kids sing these songs. Is there nothing else to sing about?

But anyway, episode 3 made me really happy! The story is really sad but it felt that Glee was back, with everything that I liked about it. Great story, great songs, touched on real issues. The grilled cheesus thing was quite funny. I learned how to make grilled cheese sandwich. Want to get me one of those grills thingy.

What I love about Glee is that they mix important issues with comedy and music. Entertaining and educational. Like Sesame Street. Ha.. Hey, Glee is Sesame Street for young adults!

Best Sue Sylvester Line: "If your kids want to praise Jesus in class, I suggest they enroll at Sweet Holy Mother of God Academy on I Love Jesus Street, but not here."

Not just young at heart

I look freakishly young too! I'm beginning to think it's not very natural for me to be looking so young. Maybe I am a vampire after all. Muahaha...

I know I'm supposed to blog about YOG long ago and now it's old news liao. But I'm still too nua now to blog about it. Oops. Last week our team met up for dinner and our manager (not sure why) started talking about how she can tell who were students and who were working already, except for me. The guy opposite me, a poly student who was working same area, said incredulously that he thought I was a student too. His tone sounded like, wah lao eh you look bloody damn young. Ha..

Another girl who is also working, sounded a little indignant when she said actually she can pass off as a student if she ties up her hair too. I do agree that she does look young with her hair tied up but beside me, I'm sorry but I really spoil the market lah.

Anyway I miss the positive energy and enthusiasm that my fellow volunteers had. Especially when compared to the office... -.-" And I'm so pissed off with all the negative comments and rants that I read online regarding the YOG. Wtf. I think those whiners are just spoilt brats who are really the ones disgracing Singapore. Do you have nothing better to do than to complain? Would it kill you to just enjoy this rare opportunity that we have or if not, just keep your hole shut? Yes we need feedback to progress but we don't need whiners. Sure, it wasn't perfect but can people give more constructive criticism instead of just slamming and whining about how it inconveniences you?

Well at least among the complaints there were some positive people who still supported the games. Why are some Singaporeans so mercenary? Bleah. I'm glad I enjoyed myself and if people want to wallow in negativity and be miserable that's their problem.

Youth Olympic Games

Yay I'm so proud of Singapore! *waves Singapore flag*





Today's the closing ceremony and I saw this on facebook:

Youth Olympic Games Hey Yog fans! We gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night...

I think only those involved would get the joke. The yog venues kept playing this song by the black eyed peas. Haha.

Shall blog about the YOG over the weekend. Whee!

Bizarro dream

I had a really bizarre dream last night/this morning. I can't really remember everything now but I remember waking up and thinking about the dreams and that eventually led to thinking about Inception. Yep.. I wonder when I will stop having Inception being the destination of my train of thoughts when I think about my dreams.

I was reading some articles online and I saw this article about JG-L crashing his bicycle into a cab while filming and having a bloody mess on his arm. Have you ever seen anybody so happy to be needing 31 stitches?


Went and checked out his tweets (of course I'm following him. haha.) which had a link to the pictures and a video he took. Looking at his delighted face you would think the blood and wound were just make-up. He has a ridiculously cute smile. =P

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Happy weekend

Tadaa! I went for the YOG opening rehearsal and it was great! The memory is a little foggy now but I recall being very excited for YOG to come. =) We weren't supposed to take photos and videos so as not to spoil the surprise for everybody so I was very obedient and didn't bring my camera, which I very much regret! Damn! There were several people in the audience who did take pictures and videos. Hopefully they wouldn't post them on the internet before 14 August, which is the actual opening. I don't think anybody reads my blog but I still shouldn't divulge anything. Some parts were quite impressive and surprising but I think the fact that we are a small country did show because the stage kinda looked a little empty, like we didn't have enough performers to fill the stage. Hmm.. But! Great things come in small packages. Haha..

And the second thing that made me very happy was Inception! Yay I finally watched it... I realised that Saturday morning is a very good time to watch movies alone. =P The show was at 1030 and I only arrived there at 1030 to buy my tickets and there was a rather long queue. Luckily the show didn't start on time. I checked the seating online the night before and there were plenty of seats left but when I bought the tickets there were only about 4 rows left in the centre. I saw a few people going in right after buying tickets too but I think I was probably one of the last, which is great because nobody sat in front or beside me. Yay. I find it very distracting when people's phones light up beside me in the middle of the movie.

Anyways, Inception is really good! And "Arthur" (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is super shuai. I thought he was very cute when (500) Days of Summer was released but he was really very shuai in Inception. Can't really think of an English that sufficiently conveys the meaning of shuai.. Sharp? Suave? And I didn't realise he resembled Heath Ledger so much. They look alike but still can tell they are not the same. But both are very shuai. =)

Because of my erm, slight obsession, I checked out what JG-L had acted in. He was a child actor, acted in Third Rock from the Sun, which I think I did watch a few episodes of but didn't have any impression of his character. I only remembered the old guy. Youtube blocked some episodes from non-American users so I couldn't watch much of it. But he was a rather cute teenager then too.

And then I watched 10 Things I Hate About You which stars both Heath Ledger and JG-L! I watched that long time ago because I studied Taming of the Shrew in school and the movie is an adaptation of that. It's kinda surreal seeing them acting against each other knowing how much he looks like him now. JG-L was still teenage-looking so they didn't look that much alike. But they were both cute in the movie. And the movie is really quite good too.

Anyways, I really enjoyed Inception and I know many people do too. I was first interested in the movie for the actors in it - Ellen Page, Leo Dicap, Cillian Murphy etc. Kinda weird seeing Cillian Murphy play a good guy for a change. Ha. Was kinda happy Ellen Page played an architecture student. =P And that she got to kiss the guy who looks like Heath Ledger. Haha. (Read that Heath Ledger wanted her in the first movie he was going to direct.) I think she's a good actor and I'm happy for her that she got to be a part of this great movie.

Sadly, the weekend is ending. =( And I actually had several things that I should have done. Oops. Ciao!

Statement by Apple on White iPhone 4

What??

Dueling Carls

Super cute youtube that I saw on dooce.

wt...

What happened to my blog background? And the damn "new" designer template thing just kept causing problems to my explorer. @&^#..

Oh shit. I just remembered my yog volunteer training is next week and I haven't done any of my modules.

Sweet Sixteen =P

Ah, sounds of thunder. I hope it pours soon. Heh. The other afternoon at work thunder kept booming so violently that I could feel the vibrations. I wonder if anything was struck down. Our building is really oooold..

Speaking of old.. We went to Timbre on my birthday and the band was loud and great. Heh. So much better than my previous experience at Timbre. Although my grasshopper tasted like medicine.. Raj always drinks it in The Big Bang Theory so was wondering what it tastes like. I like Sheldon's Shirley Temple better.

Anyways, the band was EIC and I'm quite sure I've seen one of the lead singers on TV before. Can't remember in what programme though. Both lead singers were funny and entertaining. I shall keep the only negative comment about the band to myself. Ha..

Somebody at our table suggested we request for Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend. Heh. It was the first request the lead singer saw after their break and they were like err.. He just did a little of "Hey hey you you" to patronise us. Ha.. It was very funny. And it led to other people making ridiculous requests too. I suggested requesting Taylor Swift and Jonas Brothers. Another table with a birthday girl requested for Lady Gaga and the singers seemed a bit uneasy because they weren't sure if all the requests were just in jest or were serious requests. Haha.. The lead singer was half apologising that the requests weren't in their repertoire and told us not to request any more girls' songs, "no Taylor Swift". Heh. We didn't actually request that. Oh yah in the end they succumbed and sang a boy band song. So funny.. Next time shall request Adam Lambert. He's the gayest male singer now right? Oo, Beatles! I wonder if they can go that high. I forgot which song they sang and he could sing damn fast! He just rattled on rapidly. Very impressed. Kinda sounded a little like Tamil to me at some point though..

When we left we could still hear the band from quite far away. Maybe because the area was quite deserted so they could have the music much louder. Me like me music LOUD. =)

Survivor: Heroes vs Villians

Most exciting tribal council yet! *Clapclapclap!* I'm so So glad JT didn't turn eeky and revolting like Ozzy did the second time around. He did make a conscious decision to not be the nice guy this time but in the end he still chose to do the right thing, in my opinion, because I absolutely can't stand Cirie. Why in the world is she in the Heroes camp?? I can't remember what Candice did in her season and have no idea why I'm a fan of hers on the Survivor website but I clearly remember disliking Cirie.

Picking off the good players, which is the strategy for physically weaker players like Cirie, and having to watch crappy players sucking in challenges is just BAD TV. The challenges are my favourite part of the show. I remember one time two people were competing to start a fire first and they took HOURS. It was so painful to watch that it was funny. Ha.. But seriously, I think it's great that some players have so much regard for the show that they really think the good players should go the distance. Most of them are the good players though so it's in their interests anyway..

So glad Cirie's gone! Yay! I hope this is an omen for good things to come in the weekend!

TOTO

So did anybody win anything? I'm impressed that Singapore Pools even puts where the winning tickets were bought on their website.

Of the 5 group 1 winners, each winning $2,002,423, 2 were quickpick system 7, 1 quickpick system 10 (ahem..), 1 system 8 entry, and a lucky fellow only bought ordinary quickpick! S/he might have bought a lot though.

I haven't checked my numbers but only 1 number looks familiar to me so I don't think I won anything. I only bought $2 anyway. Haha..

Diet tip

I was feeling hungry until I watched this clip on this blog. And then I wanted to puke. I was puking the whole boxing day morning so I'm familiar with that feeling.

Please don't watch this while eating. If you can eat while watching this then you are gross!

Random post

Haven't blogged in a long while. Oops. Anyway I'm thinking of getting an ipod touch and the online apple shop offers free engraving so I have to think of what to engrave on it. Maximum 2 lines and I didn't bother to count how many characters per line. Too few, in my opinion..

Since my current obsession is Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, I will most probably engrave one of his quotes. He is so funny and so cute. Ha..

I'm not crazy
My mother had me tested

Ah gravity,
thou art a heartless bitch

I'm Batman!
SSHHH!...

No one calls me "Moonpie"
but Mee-Maw.

BAZINGA!

Aaand...other quotes that I like:

Sheldon: STOP IT BOTH OF YOU! All this fighting, I might as well be back with my parents!
*Imitating his Mom* Dammit George! I told you if you didn't quit drinking I would leave you!
*Imitating his Dad* Well, I guess that makes you a liar, because I'm drunk as hell and you are still here!
*Imitating his Mom* Stop yelling, you're making Sheldon cry!
*Imitating his Dad* I'll tell you what is making Sheldon cry, that I let you name him SHELDON!

Sheldon: Given the reaction to my costume, this party is a scathing indictment of the American educational system.
Kurt: You're a zebra, right?
Sheldon: (aside, to Leonard) Yet another child left behind ...

Leonard: You are not Isaac Newton.
Sheldon: No, no, that's true. Gravity would have been apparent to me without the apple.

Sheldon to Penny: Apparently I'm in some kind of relationship and you seem to be an expert at ending them.... I see man after man leaving this apartment, never to return.

Sheldon: Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock. It's very simple. Look -- scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors.

Sheldon: Why are you crying?
Penny: Because I'm stupid!
Sheldon: That's no reason to cry. One cries because one is sad. For example, I cry because others are stupid, and that makes me sad.

Sheldon: Hulk sad!

Soft kitty!

Soft kitty, warm kitty,
Little ball of fur.

Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty,
Purr, purr, purr...

Embedding disabled He looks so funny when he's confused. Ha..