| Amelie |
[06 Sep 2006|11:50pm] |
|
Amelie is my favourite movie of all time. I love it for reasons I can't properly explain. I love the way the movie begins, I love the cinematography, I love how the french language sounds. I love the bear left in the garden through the seasons, I love the man eating chicken with his fingers, I love the cracking of creme brulee. I love the quirky bits, I love the boho feel of the movie, I love how Audrey Tautou seems to defy normal ideas about beauty and yet still look so good (and natural). I love the way the romance played out (literally), the way she took the blind man across the street, the beautiful Renoir paintings. Most of all, I loved the way they were still young at heart, still saw beauty in things that people tend to forget as they grow up. Know what I mean?
|
|
|
[24 Jun 2006|08:28pm] |
|
I'm addicted to Bohemian Rhapsody.
|
|
|
[17 Apr 2006|01:50pm] |
Every once in awhile, you stumble upon something infinitely precious and good, and you want to share it with the people you love and care about. It could be a wonderful piece of poetry or a recipe for sinfully delicious brownies.
When it comes to religion, however, sharing gets tricky.
|
|
|
[17 Mar 2006|10:32am] |
Goodness everytime I think about apps I get this terrible sense of dread in the pit of my stomach. What to apply for, where to go, what to do, what to do next- people keep asking and asking and I can't say I DON'T KNOW. I need a compass. I don't want to just apply for everything and hope for something, but it seems that's what I'm doing. Do I even want a double degree? Can I afford a double degree? Can I afford the time? And scholarships are another big headache. Should I even try? Is it worth the trouble? So many essays to write and I feel like saying, forget it, I'll pay.
Aarh. Shall take haz's advice. Smile lots. Do sth creative. Plug in and tune out.
|
|
|
[08 Mar 2006|10:42am] |
Baked banana muffins yest after work! And they turned out all soft and moist and yummy. Yay. :) Kinda makes up for the lemon cupcake disaster on Saturday. Am v bored at work since termination season is over. Am no longer called The Terminator. Am waiting for applications to process, I know there's a tall stack of them coming soon. They always come at a go. It's terrible.
It's International Women's Day today! Here's to lip gloss and high heels and obsessions with butterflies; here's to The Little Black Dress and CLEO and sleepovers where no one sleeps; here's to chick lit and pearls and crying at movies. I know, I am about three inches deep.
|
|
|
[28 Feb 2006|08:35pm] |
A Level results out tomorrow!!!
I'm scared.
Everyone keeps telling me to call them or SMS them what I get, but what if I don't do well? What then?
I was talking to my friend and we agreed that if we were to get something like ABCD, our world would crumble. Is it self-centered of us, in a world where people have been cast much worse lots?
|
|
|
[27 Feb 2006|12:25pm] |
This Lenten season, what shall I give up?
Good food? Snacking? But there is always the thought at the back of my mind that, at the same time, I stand to gain because the physical effect will be like that of dieting, which defeats the whole purpose of sacrificing something.
Shopping? But I don't shop much now, because temp work is tiring and doesn't earn one much money anyway.
Reading? Meeting up with friends? But those don't count as vices. Do I give up something that I know is bad for me, or just something for the sake of it?
|
|
|
[07 Feb 2006|02:14pm] |
|
All there is to do now is wait. And pray.
|
|
|
[31 Jan 2006|09:23pm] |
"Keep writing," they all said.
But I haven't done so. Not in months.
|
|
| Gong xi fa cai! |
[29 Jan 2006|11:31am] |
Happy Chinese New Year all!
I love this time of the year. New clothes, hong baos, new year greetings, visiting my extended family... even the crowded malls and the incessant blaring of too-cute cny music becomes nearly tolerable. But best of all is the food- crumbly pineapple tarts, thinly-sliced bak kwa, love letters, spicy shrimp rolls, white cookies that melt in your mouth.. Oh gosh I'm close to drooling on the keyboard.
Anyway, once again, I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. :)
|
|
|
[23 Jan 2006|08:12pm] |
|
It is a queer thing when, during the interview, they actually manage to convince you that you do not want the scholarship after all.
|
|
| To Kill A Mockingbird |
[15 Jan 2006|12:35pm] |
|
At first, I was really annoyed with the way the characters spoke. Like the constant use of the word 'ain't' and stuff like that. I felt the urge to slap the protagonist several times for her childishness, for her impertinence, for her stubborness in believing that only she was right. But the characters grew on me. The protagonist was endeared to me because she had a kind of sincerity found only in children. And then the story got me. The book just struck me in a way few others have. I thought about it as I took the bus, I thought about it as I had my meals, I thought about it as I crawled into bed. The message is clear: Fight for what you believe to be right, even if you know you're fighting a losing battle. Idealistic, but somehow touching. Living in this world is hard sometimes. Torn between a society I want to fit into and a God I want to serve. Trying to live by the commandment To Love is difficult when people around are always warning me against being taken advantage of. What to do? Sometimes all I need is a good book to put everything into perspective once again.
|
|
|
[31 Dec 2005|09:24pm] |
|
I want to write! Why can't I write???
|
|
| So tired. |
[17 Nov 2005|11:30am] |
And so, finally, the exams are nearly over. I'm left with Chemistry Paper One, which is tomorrow, and the Physics and Chemistry Special Papers next Friday, but I'm taking it easy for now. So many things to do after that. Buy a prom dress. Start scholarship applications. Think seriously about what I want to do in university. Will it be law or accountancy? Business or engineering? I want an education. Not just a technical one, not just one that will teach me everything there is to know about the sciences and math and economics and how to make money and nothing about the world we live in. That's why I'm drawn to NUS- because of its cross-faculty programme. That way I can take literature and philosophy and foreign languages, and at the same time take a course that will ensure I don't starve to death in the future.
After next Friday it's six months of holidays. Absolute free time, and there's just so much I want to do. I'm going to work (for the first time in my life), to make sure I don't idle my time away. I've signed up for drumming lessons with my sister, and I'm planning to take yoga lessons with my friends. I'm going to start going to the gym, swim and cycle and jog regularly, get a tan. I'll read plenty of books, and not just chick lit but the classics and history and biographies and whatever I'm interested in. I'll brush up on my baking, and master lemon squares, and learn how to cook. I'll do lots of craft- paper-toling and cross-stitch, little presents for people or to hang around the house. And there'll be lots of shopping because for the first time in my life, I will no longer be in school uniform. I'm going to WRITE. I'm going to pick up where I left off with the piano. I'm going to learn more about my faith. I'm going to attempt to teach myself French.
Ambition, ambition. I can't wait to start.
|
|
| What is it in me that reaches for the sky when it rains? |
[02 Oct 2005|12:17pm] |
I just got home, having braved the two-minutes walk in the rain from the bus stop to my house. This was no light drizzle either; not in Singapore. Aaannndd... it looks like the rain has stopped. If only I'd waited five minutes more. But I'd already waited for half an hour and it didn't seem to be abating anytime soon.
Sometimes I'm so glad to be living in Singapore. On one hand, I hate heat and the humidity; it can get very oppressive. On the other hand, I love the frequent showers. The grey skies and the wind, the smell and sound of the rain as it falls. Everything feels cleaner and purer and sweeter after that. My dad once told me that he didn't get the concept of dry cleaning as he didn't see how anything could be cleaned without water. I agree with him. I don't know what I'd do if we had golden Californian sunshine 24/7.
|
|
|
[18 Sep 2005|12:49pm] |
List seven of your favorite songs of the moment in your journal and force seven other people to repeat this process.
1. Eve, The Apple of My Eye- Bell X1
2. Breathe (2AM)- Anna Nalick
3. Brighter than Sunshine- Aqualung
4. Feeling good- Michael Buble
5. Just a Ride- Jem
6. If You Leave Me Now- Chicago
7. Fix You- Coldplay
I fell in love with song #7 after listening to it on The OC. It's terribly sad and beautiful.
|
|
| Quick update |
[18 Sep 2005|12:30pm] |
Been busy busy busy with schoolwork lately. It's weird; now I'm only taking four core subjects plus one language, but it's a whole lot more time-consuming and taxing than in secondary school when I took ten subjects. Can't be helped; the notes for each subject are at least four inches thick, and they have to be understood through and through.
My birthday just passed, I'm 18 now! :) It doesn't mean much actually, just that I'm legally old enough to get into clubs now. And since I neither drink nor dance (at least, not of the clubbing sort), and dislike crowds, there seems little point in being able to go clubbing. I spent most of my birthday cramming for the Physics and Econs papers the next day, both of which were really terrible, I think. On the other hand, I received many good wishes and gifts from my family, friends and boyfriend, so I can't complain. There will be plenty of time to celebrate once the exams are over. :)
It's only slightly more than two months to freedom.
|
|
|
[22 Jul 2005|10:40pm] |
|
Ask me for "top five" lists of pretty much anything, and I will list you my top five of that thing or things. Copy and give your own top fives if you want.
|
|
|
[16 Jul 2005|06:56am] |
|
Oh goodness. 5 minutes till 7.01, at which time Half-Blood Prince will be distributed all over the world to screaming, obsessive fans, not unlike myself. I'm still at home though. My parents will be giving me a lift to Times, so I suppose it's worth the short wait, rather than having to get up at 5.30 and rushing down dark, empty streets on my own. I CAN'T WAIT!! :):):)
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| [ |
go |
| |
earlier |
] |
|
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
grey_mist's journal