Saturday, May 31

i have just finished watching 'the kite runner' and it is such a beautiful story~~
really is a must see, although i haven't read the book yet and cant say how much justice it does to the literature:)
it is quite a sad story which is heartfelt, and prompts us to rethink our previous perceptions of the Afghan community...watching the movie has only reinforced my beliefs that the best gifts of all, in our highly volatile, contemporary environment is peace and basic human rights, which i must admit, i have taken for granted of most of the time.
one of the things i have learnt from the film is that, no matter what language we speak or what culture we were brought up in, or what country we come from or were born in, we are actually united by the simple dreams 'for our children to grow up to be good persons, and that the flowers will bloom in the streets, that music will play and resound in our houses and kites will fly in the skies . . .'
anyways, certainly go and watch the movie yourself to really understand the beauty in such simple wishes...:)
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Tuesday, May 27

well, this morning was the quintissential dismal wintry Melbourne morning (with showers predicted), but i was determined not to miss out on my very last lecture of the semester - and perhaps, of university...


i decided to wear my relatively new Snow-White's-wicked-stepmother's-apple-red pointy-toed shoes today, which i realised was coincidentally the same colour as the annoying, large spot on my upper left cheek!! i have since dubbed it the no-stress-stress-pimple, me being totally devoid of stress, am having stress coping with no stress at all...! anyways, here is the picture of the blasphemous spot . . .

what!! of course, i didnt really take a picture of it and expect you to continue reading..hahah..probably, half of you would have stopped scrolling down already, on the account of my being kinda scaryyy..and idiotic:)
anywaysss . . . i do have some pictures of what i have recently spent my hard-earned savings on as a result of an impromptu Friday afternoon tripp to the Spencer Street DFO...le sigh! at this rate, im not going to have any money to shop in HK...*boohoo*
criminally divine, yet possibly terminally painful, satin grey pumps
i'm not normally a dress person, so this is one of the VERY few dresses i happen to own...which i bought on a sortof whim, since i have no function to wear it to...yet
both of which are from Witchery~
anyways, having so much free time recently, has lead to my almost religious following of news via MX, yes, i am aware, it is not exactly the most reliable nor the most intelligent sources for important current affairs and such, but a small & nondescript piece in the MX today caught my eye. It was an article about how the current uniform worn by girls in Malaysian government schools has been proclaimed to be "too sexy and that it contributed to rape and other immoral acts" by a certain National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia.
what
the
fishhhhhhh....
so, i decided to cross-check and managed to find three related articles in the Star newspaper, which basically confirmed the details from the story in the Mx newspaper.
although, i didnt have to wear the same uniform (a white blouse and a blue cotton knee-length skirt or blue cotton pinafore), i certainly wouldnt define them as appearing provocative or sexy...! but the point is not that...the bigger point they are implying is their belief that the clothes a woman wears is the cause of her being a victim of sexually-committed crimes!?!!
and to which, the Education Minister, the Honourable Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein replied,

“It is unfair to punish women and children for the clothes they wear for the act
of the rapist,”

adding that he could not allow such stereotyping to continue.
He personally felt it was unfair to blame the students or their uniforms for sexual crimes committed against them, and further stated that
“Clothing is not the main consideration for those who commit despicable acts
like these,"
which I thought was a very diplomatic and excellent retort to the incredibly ignorant claim made by the National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia. *applauds the Education minister* thank gosh for ministers like him, who restore my faith and respect for the Malaysian political arena.
^^ anyways, ending my rant now...~
Bonne soiree~~ or goodnitess, in English!










Monday, May 19

ouch....for once, the skin on my face is so dry that it hurts..well, certain parts of it anyway =.=

well, just thought i would have a small break between my French and Economics homework...ahahah..no kidding, i have been working, or should i say studying extra hard these past two weekss..~ yeahh, for once in my four (.5) years of undergraduate life, i have really been a 'full-time student'...the irony! >.<

i just watched Iron Man today...and yes, i admit, i wasnt impressed by the fact that it was coming out in the first place, but do not mistake my indifference as a cause for me to object to watching the movie..simply said, i was just not bothered to watch it....
anyways, after all the rave reviews and finally watching it myself...i found the movie....so-so only, still..hahahah..but yeah, it wasn't my inner cynic this time...i just didnt really like the whole US-Iraq / Middle East/ Afghanistan war theme of the movie.

anyways, im out of unhelpful and inconstructively-critical movie reviews for now...good nitess deareS~

Saturday, May 17

i missss my heavy straight fringeeeee!!~~ okaii,, so please excuse my uber-powerful narcissistic streak..:)

hrmmss...well, other than that, I'm picking up my French again..goshh...thanfully, i remember my bits and pieces, although the main difficulty was in trying to use them in sentences..hahahh..

I finally watched 27 dresses today, and it was a good chick flick, better than I'd like to admit it to be;p it also helped that James Marsden is so ridiculously cutee with his deep dimpless...::<3 melts::

and unbelievably, it is apparently nearing the end of the semester with less than three weeks to go before exams period starts..ahahah..how lost i am with the goings-on of normal uni life...im the silly, almost-blisfully-free student whose pining for the life of the working class...eheheh..thats the funny thing about humans, isnt it? we are never really satisfied with what we have, and always yearn for more..

well, i guess you were right all along.
i really was immature, and my words definitely proved your point. i see it from a different perspective and realised that not long after it all happened, but yeah...it is much more vivid now than ever.
i know now, that it was terribly insensitive of me to say such things, and i have learnt from it, so, all i can say now is . . .











thanxx, for this lesson learnt:)

Monday, May 5

i am not feeling well today, despite the nicer weather..~

my melancholy has brought the lyrics from a song by Rachael Yamagata titled 'I wish you love' to my mind...

"I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss,
but more than this
I wish you love . . . "


the song doesn't represent what i am currently thinking or feeling about someone in particular at the moment, and yeah, i am just going to be so random today.

i miss my family.
missing my mum, my dad, my nice-nice, and my hunnybunny Jez.
will be seeing them soon :)

Thursday, May 1

a distinctively sodden and unbelievably chilly side to Melbourne just makes me wish i belonged to a different species of mammal, which actually goes into hibernation during the cold months of winter! hahahh...well, the truth is, im not exaclty denied the privilege of hibernating under my sheets on this fine first day of May . . . since i have nooo class today, and still u.n.e.m.p.l.o.y.e.d =[
oohhss..crapp..i'm quite embarassed to say that i was sucked into the immensely cliched and not-exactly-classy production of Malaysia's first online reality model search - Malaysian DreamGirls ! ohmygosh..and i cant believe it, Hanis didnt win!! awww....well, i thought she was the most worthy of winning the title amongst the final three, although i thought that Adeline did really well during a few of the challenges, which made me think she was more suited for acting in commercials and acting in general and not so good at modelling per se. as for Cindy, i prefer not to comment, since i cant quite figure her out from just watching the small happenings and goings-on in the house... but if there was one lil' thing i did notice was her innate way of being dishonest about certain obvious facts. take example one, the time when TV host, JP (who is cute, can!) came to the Dreamhouse, and she was ranting on about how JP had such a profound personality, and how he left such an impression, that three girls dreamt of him the nite after he visited them...

oh pleeeeaaasee..how can one begin to even fathom another's 'personality' from meeting them during the few hours they managed to spend together (in a huuge group, i might add)?? ohmygosh...at least be honest la...if he's hot, then he's just hot! if you think he's good looking and, u like him because of his outlook, then at least be honest and say so la...its so much worse to seem like such an obviouss liar than to be judged for having a crush on someone based on the way they look...erghss..*ends rant*

ahahah..sorry, *buey tahan* already because it was too obvious...! ^^
anyways, im sure Hanis will go onto gr8r thingss and succeed, and gosh..i wonder whats happening with Fiqa, my personal favourite of the girls..shes just soooo sweeeeeet i thinkk:)


hrmms..well, since i havent been posting many pictures lately . . . ill just let them do the work for me this time . . .



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yummy hot pot during EarthHour - thanxx Denise!!




the Queen of hot pot ~ Denise Lee




who also is a poutaholic. . .




Jovi + Jamie a.k.a. Cute Couple #1



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Hui San, birthday girl @ Vons, Hardware Lane ~ 01/04





dearee with the impromptu birthday cake~~



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Soon Shin + Ethan + Cheng Yee @ Kobe Jones, Docklands for SS' bday dinner

Mark


the birthday boy ~~ Soon Shin 25/04


tempura.

mixed sushi.

salmon skin sushi.


soft shell crab.



myself + Bryan



the funny shark-fin shaped building from docklands