Thursday, August 03, 2006
Laugh at this:
Signs that your band probably cannot make it (by Colin Goh for 8Days, Aug 2004)
1) You are the opening act for Willliam Hung
2) At your gigs, you keep hearing strange sounds in the background that sound like "Shaddup!" and "Balik Kampong!"
3) You have to go a acapella because you kena pawn all your instruments.
4) You smash your guitar during the concert, then realise later you don't have money to buy a replacement.
5) At some more at the next gig, you boh pian but to play your smashed guitar.
The Lake House
I was apprehensive about watching this movie because
1) I was afraid that Keanu Reeves would make me sleep with his emotionless expressions. Being a good-looking chap is not enough to get me to watch his movie!
2) It is a romance story! One doesn't have to watch it with digital SURROUND SOUND IN A CINEMA!!
3) It is a romance story. YAWNS.
BUT
Hey, it's part of my OG group outing! So why not? I cannot be such a wet blanket!
When i entered the theatre, couples littered the whole place. Succumbing to pressure, elaine and i started to pretend to be a couple. It was pretty convincing, except that nobody could see us doing that cos it was really dark.
The Lake House (the actual house) is an idyllic and lovely glasshouse, built on the clear waters of the lake, with a wooden pathway that leads to the it - perfect setting for a romance story. Sandra Bullock's character, uh, what's her name...? i forgot. let's just call this character SB is living in the time of 2006, is the tenant of the house while Keanu Reeves' character... i forgot his name too! ok, KR, the male character, is/was living in 2004 (the previous tenant) They wrote letters to one another earnestly through the mailbox outside the house. The mailbox has time-travelling powers. OoOOOooOO. wow.
SB and KR fell in love through letters and they tried to meet, but can't.
I was so confused by the whole time concept that I lost the movie's pace midway. Nearly fell asleep!!!
SPOILER ALERT: they got to see each other at the end of the movie. And I am still not sure how they did it. YAY!! end of Romantic Story.
I wouldn't denounce the movie as trash but the saving grace was the beautiful Lake House and the apt and soothing soundtrack. I love this particular song by Paul McCartney in the movie... but i forgot the name! Somebody PLEASE tell me?
Subjects registration. In one word: Hellish
It was horrible!! There were so many unknown jargon in the system that I was nearly on the verge of pulling my perfectly-highlighted hair out. What selection? What timetable? What INDEX NUMBER?!!! i don't know!!!!
thank my wonderful God for Bernice and Afiah who helped me through it. PHEW. Turns out that the people of NTU have already planned the timetable for us and all we need to do is to select an elective with timings that do not clash with the other subjects.
Good News: I've got NO SCH on Friday! prolly going to teach tuition to earn extra bucks.
Bad News: I am packed on Wed - from 1030am to 430pm. NO BREAKS. URGHH!!!!! kill me.
Feel the laid-back vibe of City Hall/Bras Basah/Bugis
I love this stretch of road. The streets and walkways are more quaint and the crowd is more artsy and unique, unlike Orchard Road, the mediocre shopping strip. The pace at this stretch somehow seems much slower and relaxed. Go try it.
Yesterday, Angie and I walked all the way from Raffles Hotel to Bugis Village after our filling dim sum lunch. It was an excellent way to shake off the calories. We stopped to browse through some books at the National Library. Psst. Secret: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY has a HUMONGOUS collection of comics like Baby Blues and The Far Side. Whoa.
Bugis Village is officially my favourite clothes haunt for its wide range and the BARGAINING RIGHTS I can have.
Hooray! So far so good. ***
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