so as quickly as it came, the long weekend has ended. although yes i am rather proud of myself for having completed 2 books, met up with a no. of ppl, although i am red from the sentosa sun today. and no i wasnt awol or anything, it's just that they have been kind enough to encourage bonding within the platoon outside camp during trg hours. we should have more of this. haha.

skinwalkers however totally sucked. the plot sucked. the shooting sucks. even the violence which it got a rating for wasnt very impressive. and yes i fell asleep. basically it's about werewolves, which werent quite scary, just ugly haha. and it's all about the protection of this 13 year old guy who can remove the curse of the werewolves. cept some werewolves dont think being werewolves a curse. and so it's just a lot of chasing, catching up and one by one the good & bad guys die. boring.

i'm satisfied however with the 2 books i have completed this week - thousand splendid suns and haha ok a little late the deathly hallows. cos fine i am a cheapskate and i borrowed it so i had to wait. just a question. how does the book qualify as a kids' book if an average 10 year old kid doesnt understand many of the words that rowling uses. you cannot deny however that she writes rather descriptively, and i cant actually comment on any twists given the numerous spoilers i have been exposed to. but yes i thought that the book was satisfactory, though confusing at times which results in one having to re-read certain parts again. yet again, maybe it's cos i aint too smart and my memory is failing so i cant quite remember the intricate details of the previous books and thus do not quite appreciate rowling's ability to tie up the loose ends from previous books in this - something that many have lauded. the book picked up pace in the second half, which worked for me and given how this book is meant to tie up the loose ends, i would like to see how they are going to make it into a movie and what they are going to cut out.

thousand splendid suns is one of my all-time favourite. maybe it's cos i have been reading too many trashy books lately so i tend to get impressed easily. but it's truly a gripping story that tells the tales of 2 ladies suffering in silence in a country wrought with war, violence, discrimination. but above all it is a touching tale of love, and how love can triumph over all sufferings. haha i sound like dumbledore. and i dont think i am doing justice to the book and its author. so yea you should just read it.

on a random note, why is dumbledore named dumbledore. i mean did she like try to show some irony, how he is so wise and yet stuck with a dumb to his name?

ok whatever, another week of army. then army half marathon on sunday. roar.

junyi! posted at 6:01 pm.

ok yes this blog is rather dead, i have lost all moolah to want to blog, i dont know why. maybe it's cos my life is boring and unexciting. maybe it's cos i have been way too tired lately. maybe it's because i have been to happening and so dont have time to stay at home to blog. that of course is a blatant lie haha.

ok as usual life is still pretty mundane, although i have now established myself as a comedian in my camp, not that i wanted to but we din really have a choice. and i am soldier of the month for august i think. or july i dunno. which i found really quite funny because like it's me. and i am no soldier. but cool i shall congratulate myself, maybe i should sign on since it is an affirmation of my soldiering capabilities haha.

yes ndp is over, i shall wish my sister a belated birthday here. and ndp was really quite cool cos i got to people watch and see my future bosses/colleagues walk past me and dao me despite me saying hi and all to them. and like realise that i actually noe many kids of impt people that i never knew were, well kids of impt people. ndp was quite an experience i guess, it was my first being so near vvips haha. as for the parade, i din get to watch it, so i was being high to the music that i could hear. although i did get to watch the full fireworks thanks to my nice commanders (who wanted to watch it themselves anw) and i managed to film the complete fireworks show and hence m proud of myself. they are very high-inducing haha. and coming up would be a series of saikang for the nation. so erm YEA.

ytd sleepover was pretty interesting and pretty coool, although SOMEBODY refuses to share anything hmph. we were like camwhoring wanderers of the night, but yes it is always good to catch up with everyone. so many girls are like starting school and going overseas, so it sucks that there is so little time that is given to us to catch up with them before they fly away and make angmoh friends and before long forget all about us haha.

sigh another week of tiring activities i suppose. i have never felt so tired last week before roar.

junyi! posted at 7:11 pm.