1) Last month, I went to one of my mom's friends house with my mom. While I was there, to my horror I discovered that to occupy the kids' minds so that they can do housework in peace, the aunties let them watch horror movies on TV. 'cause apparently that's the only genre that makes them sit still. I am not a parent so I don't have experience with kids but surely that is not something kids should grow up watching. They were watching Prometheus for Pete's sake. Soon they will become desensitized to violence and horror. Oh lord, good luck to these kids.
2) Ok next, I realized I haven't complained about the haze yet. It's all past tense but I still feel the need to say something about it. This was the worst Singapore has ever been affected by the annual (deliberate) forest fires in Sumatra. Everyone was pissed, worried about their health, the masks were out of stock, I have never been to Guardian so many times in a week, we were breathing in carcinogenic air, people were getting coughs, PSI was hitting 300+ everyday, daily activities were interrupted (such as outings, canceling of consultations, and my dad was even allowed to come home from work at 3pm one day!). That basically sums up the terrible second week of June. Kudos to the 987FM DJs though, for making the situation lighter with their jokes and songs about the haze xD
This is called This is Haze by SgGag
This one's the best. Hazy by Mr Young and Jacqui
But luckily the wind directions over the ocean changed and the haze decreased. It's usually between 10 - 25 now. I never truly appreciated the clear air in Singapore till this incident. So THANK YOU Sumatra, for making me appreciate Singapore more. But no thanks for your contribution to Global Warming. *pissed*
3) We celebrated two more birthdays recently! Jessica's and Mazi's! For Jessica's birthday we went over to Mazi's house and baked cookies for Jess! We also made a batch each for ourselves and MAN...THEY WERE GOOD. Nothing like cookies fresh from the oven! *drools* Just hope that Jessica liked them too! :) It was the first time I tried my hand at baking after Home Economics in secondary school. I remember I made my first batch of chocolate chip cookies with Jermine. :D
For Mazi's birthday we made her a mixed tape! We put all sorts of songs inside! Maal even put Bollywood songs inside!! xD HAHA. I put a song from Mumford & Sons, one from Ellie Goulding, one from Steve Grande, and one from David Gray. I hope Mazi liked our present too!!
4) Mabel and I won the contest to go watch Haha & Skull!! :D Thank you so much to everyone who voted!! Went to get the tickets today! Will be bringing Zhiqi along since she is a big RM fan! I am not a big RM fan but I do like Korean music and Korean reggae is something really special and unique and totally worth watching! Check out Haha & Skull:
The mini concert will be held at Zouk tomorrow, which, in case you guys didn't know, is actually a club! So excited! My first trip to a club!! Albeit, not for clubbing~
I was always under the impression that Zouk must be at Orchard/clark quay along with all the other clubs, but turns out it's at Tiong Bahru! Which is fine by me, the nearer the better! :D
A picture I got of Zouk from Google but I will be uploading my own photos of Zouk tomorrow night, or maybe on Sunday. :)
5) There is actually literature class tomorrow morning...yes on a Saturday. However, I won't complain because we are going to watch the movie that has been adapted from our lit text The Remains of the Day and the play too! :) Really eager to watch ROTD but not so much The Duchess of Malfi as it is rather dark and dreary :/ and depressing.
Wondering if I should go to Ngee Ann civic centre tomorrow after lit, 987FM is having an event there...
Anyways, I went to find Kazuo Ishiguro's other books! Already read A Pale View of Hills. The contrast between ROTD and APVOH is that while at the end of ROTD he neatly tied up the knots and everything, there are many questions left unanswered in APVOH :O I was quite stunned that he never bothered to explain certain events, thus leaving them to my imagination. It can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what type of reader you are :)
Borrowed two more Ishiguro books today: The Unconsoled and When We Were Orphans. Gonna start on The Unconsoled first. Hope it won't disappoint! :)
Anyways, I went to find Kazuo Ishiguro's other books! Already read A Pale View of Hills. The contrast between ROTD and APVOH is that while at the end of ROTD he neatly tied up the knots and everything, there are many questions left unanswered in APVOH :O I was quite stunned that he never bothered to explain certain events, thus leaving them to my imagination. It can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what type of reader you are :)
Borrowed two more Ishiguro books today: The Unconsoled and When We Were Orphans. Gonna start on The Unconsoled first. Hope it won't disappoint! :)
6) Last but not least, I'd like to talk about a movie I recently watched. The main character (girl) was in love with a guy and broke up with him for some reason. Then along came another handsome and charming guy who wanted to be with her...she felt attracted to him too, but couldn't be with him because memories of the old guy would keep resurfacing. :/
I just hate this part of us girls...we somehow always think of the old guys even though it's been literally years. I sometimes still think of my primary school crush you know. -.- Maybe us girls REALLY ARE from Venus. Anyways, there is a song that describes this SO WELL. Broken Arrow by Pixie Lott. The song is self-explanatory. Do take a listen!
" You could be my hero, if only I could let go
But his love is still in me, like a broken arrow"
That's all for now! Toodles! :)
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