the news
Thursday, November 30, 2006
-1:10 PM
Sigh. Okay. So I haven't updated for like, a million years. And I don't have an excuse. I admit it, I'm being lazy.
Right. So in five days I'm going shopping in Phuket for a few days. :P So fast... Time has zipped by, probably because all the days have blended into one long holiday. My family's planning on putting the Christmas tree up soon.
Yesterday was Nan Hua High's Cultural Potpourri night. I think it was okay, and choir pulled off a reasonable performance. I also met Yanting, Bettie, Yea Wen and Wan Zheng. And Vivian, who gave me a very cute keychain from China. Aw...
I also started watching Ella and Farenheit's new show. YES! The hilarious, dramatic, far-fetched drama serial: Full Blossom/Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu/Hana Kimi/Whatever-else-the-show-is-called. Very funny, but typical Taiwanese drama style. No substance. Sigh... But still very nice :)
And recently I joined this project but it's been on for very long so I feel like an outsider but I know they're really nice people but it's like so awkward and I feel so sad for myself because I'll just think too much and try not to think to much and end up stressing myself too much and lose sleep and it doesn't help that I'm listening to this really fast song now.
Whew.
And I heard Hilary Duff broke up with Joel Madden. WHY?! Oh well. It
is her life.
So... I think that's about it. I haven't scheduled anymore CIP hours in the library, so I'm really going to be bored this month.
How meaningless.
We should set up a club or something, Yanting and I.
Til next time :)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
-7:07 PM
I'm going crazy. CRAZY. And it's not just because everybody is in China and I'm having a major writer's block.
For one thing, I have regular choir practices and then I rush of to CIP. Volunteer work at the library. Typical Charis... But it's tiring me OUT. Facing books and codes and alphabets and numbers and not being able to read anything is driving me NUTS.
AND THEN, today I received a letter. OMG. I was so excited, like, is it THE essay competition?! But no. It's Canon DV Fest inviting me and a friend to attend the prize ceremony of the competition which we didn't win anything. Well. Not that I'm complaining.
Then there's all this TENSION. I'm anticipating so much: 25th Nov, my Phuket holiday, BLEACH MOVIE, Kurosagi special, youth camp GAHHHHHHH.
I need to read a book. A library book.
Til next time.
Friday, November 17, 2006
-12:14 PM
Well. I'm back and everybody has left for China. What a sad, sad existence.
Not really. I got my new guitar on Wednesday :) And we celebrated Bettie's birthday with a bang at Seoul Garden. It was fantastic fun, and I got some material for a new essay.
Speaking of essays, writing had been a stagnent for me lately. I don't know how I'm going to face my mentor.
Bleach Movie coming out soon. YAY. But there's this random girl Ichigo is supposed to save, so I'm not seeing any big-time IchiRuki.
Spiral 15 is coming out soon in Chuangyi and I hope Kinokuniya stocks it FAST.
Um. That's about it.
Til next time.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
-1:42 PM
Ahem. I have an announcement to make.
I have been informed(right after I checked the Canon DV Fest website -_-) that our film, Dear Sir, was not shortlisted.
A million apologies.
I have dragged and begged and blasted people to join my attempt at film-making, and I am truly sorry we didn't make it. However, please check out at the Canon DV Fest website(Google it) the entries that
were selected and compare the quality of our work. I truly am sorry.
And slightly abashed.
However, I hope over the sadness of us not even being shortlisted, we will remember the fun time we had filming. And editing(*cough*). And dreaming about winning -_-
I'll be leaving on Thursday, and be back next Tuesday. I don't suppose anyone will miss me. Oh well.
Til next time!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
-4:11 PM
25 November 2006: Get Ready.
If you clicked the link(if you didn't, refresh the page and click it NOW), you'll see that I'm getting all charged up for God to get YOU to know Him. Beware.
I can't help it. Today at church, the pastor read out my testimony about winning the two essay competitions, and he got me to stand in the congregation and everyone was like, clapping. It lasted for five seconds, but it felt right. Like how one feels when you did something good and everyone knows. But I don't think winning the competitions was the point, it was that I gave all the glory to God.
And yesterday at The Edge, which is the youth service for my church, Pastor Jeremy was talking about compassion and love for people, and that we need to be separated for God. So I went up for the altar call, and there was this guy who testified about his very close relationship with his five friends and they were all really close. Two of them were already saved, and two others recently also became believers, but the guy was saying, "How would you feel if you knew where the closest people to you were going, and you just let them?" or something to that extent.
Either way, it got me bad. I was already crying by the Holy Spirit at that point, but after that I just cried and cried and cried and cried and don't know how I didn't just dehydrate on the spot. I thought of all my friends, my cousins, EVERYONE and I was so scared. I can't let it go like that.
So I'm going to go crazy about 25 November, and you better be ready.
On other news, it seems that the one of the essay competition's first prize was actually $40, and not $300 like I mistakenly told you. It gave me a rude shock, but it was my own fault to think that both prizes would automatically be the same. Anyway, I've decided that it's meaningless buying stuff for myself, so I'm probably going to use it all on Christmas. Now, I'm wondering about the other essay competition... Another miracle, perhaps ;)
I'll be leaving Singapore on the 9th for a Malaysian holiday, -_- I'm travelling a lot this holiday. After the Malaysia trip I'll be heading for Phuket with my cousins and after that for Malaysia again for Youth Camp.
Bettie got a job, and I'm considering getting one too, or doing CIP with Sheena at SPCA. I should go check out if I could do CIP at the library, like sorting books etc. That would suit me -_-
Til next time!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
-10:50 AM
Yes. I have arrived to blog.
My brother just left for a 2 nights camp. So I have the whole house to myself for three days.
Hm.
I am seriously running out of things to do. Even with the guitar and attempting to writing essays and the first chapter of a new book, I am bored. I am actually intending to go walk round the neighbourhood later, just to cure my idleness.
But now, because my entire head is spinning with Yamaki (Yamapi and Maki) due to Kurosagi and Nobuta, I shall spare a paragraph comparing their performances in the two dramas.
In Nobuta, the characters portrayed were more defined, less realistic, in a sense, and the actors were able to bring their characters across very effectively. The chemistry between the two was regrettably dull, likely because of the lack of chemistry between the characters. But the fantastic story made for the lack of romantic relations in the show.
Kurosagi, on the other hand, specifically portrayed the two as a couple, so the chemistry was very evident. The actors, though, had a wider scope of emotions to deal with now, as their characters were much more mature and realistic, even though the story itself was slightly far-fetched. Nevertheless, Yamapi and Maki handled their roles well, although once and awhile it came across as forced. As a Yamaki fan, I do wish there were more moments between the two. -_-
However, in conclusion, these two dramas are my favourite Japanese dramas out there, although I haven't had much experience with Jap. dramas. Despite much criticism I found for Yamapi and Maki's acting in both shows, especially Kurosagi, I cannot see any other actors in their roles besides them.
Thus ends my review. Take note that these are my PERSONAL OPINIONS. And I have no relations to Yamapi or Maki or Kurosagi or Nobuta, etc. I don't own anything, either.
That's it for today then. :) God be with you.
Til next time~
