it was a rather interesting coy cohesion i would say. some enjoyed themselves - cos they drank and loved drinking. ppl like me dont get to see ppl drunk and then take care of them. which was in itself somewhat interesting to. and added up to the night being a rather emotional one. somewhat shocking too. cos innocent me has never seen anyone truly THAT drunk due to hard liquor. until today i still dont quite get why people want to drink or want to get drunk. oh well, freedom of choice. but whatever the case is, it would be one chalet that i would remember. given how tame the others are in comparison now. haha.

and oh! i picked up a new game called stress, and though i am still not very good at it i am improving. they tell me they played this since PRIMARY SCHOOL. like how come i never knew about all these. haha.

watched juno last week, which i really liked. i mean after a series of somewhat average, 3-stars movies, it was refreshing to see a nice movie that didnt quite play on the cliche of teenage pregnancies. i mean there was this part about one of the soon-to-be adoptive fathers divorcing his wife halfway through the show that was left hanging. but otherwise, it was a great script that didnt quite lean on the basic idea of girl gets knocked up, turns overly mature and an emotional wreck the very next day; and one that didnt emphasize too much on the stigmatization against young girls who get pregnant. i think that would have been a very singaporean film or channel 8 drama. all in all i feel that the script painted a very real picture of an independent girl who got knocked up and while was worried, disturbed and slightly emotional over it, was brave enough to face up to the consequences of it all - like how an independent, strong-willed teenage would i suppose? i also really liked the dialogue - really smart and witty. which all adds up to a well-deserved oscars for best screenplay. this, coupled with fantastic acting from both the main and supporting cast made the movie a good catch.

this rather long break has come at a good time given i am really unfit and suffering from the aftereffects of unfit boy going through rigorous training. haha. and my sister returns to australia tomorrow so =(

junyi! posted at 6:09 pm.

there only seems to be a piece of news that people talk about these days - the sex scandal that has apparently rocked this continent. i dont see what's the big deal really. people are calling him pervertic, sick and all. chances are these people are happily downloading the pictures by the hundreds.

anyway, i digress. just finished reading jodi picoult's 19 minutes and the scary thing about the book is that i can actually empathise with all 3 groups that picoult seeks to represent: the killer - the one who gets poked fun at for being slightly different; the one who puts on layers and layers of mask to fit in; the one who laughs at others, who pokes fun at others because when others laugh at someone else, they stop laughing at you. perhaps at the end of the day, we are primates. and it is in us all to do what we believe will help us survive. what's also scary, is that there is yet again another shooting in us and once again, the shooter killed himself and has to let the media piece together a spectacular story that they want us to believe. or they feel will make them the most money.

ok enough of this attempt at an intellectual entry. cny break was great hurray. big sis came back with 30kg worth of food - i think she's crazy but i am not complaining haha. it's good to have her back i suppose haha. although the house is undoubtedly noisier now. had friends over during the cny break and am shocked to have found out that the new r j principal had plans to remove all the school crests from the college. like EXCUSE ME? thank goodness the staff had enough sense to veto her decision. what was that woman thinking? - it's a school not a culture? of course this is what THEY told me and couldnt be unreliable, but we are all suckers for sensational stories that allow us to cry foul, arent we?

the past week was tiring though. i hate running but i keep doing it. haha. and i am enjoying grey's anatomy more and more (ok this has no link with the week being tiring - just though no details had to be given wrt to a tiring week haha). although i suspect it is making me more drama cos i really like the dialogue. haha.

since it is still within the 15 days of cny. happy cny ladies and gentlemen. and a belated valentine's day.

junyi! posted at 7:39 pm.

ah it has been a long long time. a couple of weeks really which ended up being some kind of movie fiesta during the random couple of hours we are spared in between activities - bookout before dinner or nights out. was somewhat disappointed by the movies, had expected much more but as usual was provided with excellent company. haha.

le grand chef was somewhat interesting (in a korean+palace them way), but had a rather thin/predictable plot. the girls behind me were sobbing at a scene, and somehow i found that funnier. interesting i suppose because this is my first korean movie haha - it has never been my kind of thing but i liked how they did the dishes. haha.

i had expected more from 27 dresses too. i mean ok fine i went into it not knowing exactly what to expect and what the show is about (except that it's about some perpetual bridesmaid thing) but the publicity for the show was pretty good so it ended up as something that i wanted to watch. hence when kf and zh asked me i was like ok great. in the end it proved to be rather predictable, like all other chick flicks. it was a lil funny i guess, i especially liked the quick comebacks. but in the end i guess, what do you expect from a romantic comedy?

i really liked kite runner - as in the book. so i was really looking forward to the release of the movie, esp given how the reviews for the movie were not that bad. it was lauded for giving it a natural touch and for the excellent acting. but somehow despite the natural touch, i wasnt really convinced by the acting, especially from the supporting cast. i suppose the problem with movies based on books is that the makers of the movie tend to cut out parts they consider unimportant. and unfortunately for the kite runner, that didnt quite work for me because many of the parts they decided to cut out were rather important and in fact very interesting to me. in fact i found it weird that they decided to cut out the really really emotive parts in fact. which ended up making the entire movie a lil messy and choppy. but i thought it was a good choice of location - the scenery was good and so were the kite-flying scenes! most upsetting especially was the lack of "for you a thousand times over" JUST TWO! not enough not enough. i mean that's my favourite line from the book! but overall i guess it's ok, i mean it's an alright-ok movie generally. it's just that i have read the book and enjoyed the book more.

cny dinner today was somewhat interesting, at least it was an opportunity to unwind. although the food sucked. and variety was somewhat lacking. but i like the atmosphere cos everyone was like happy and high. haha. even diamond challenge this morning wasnt toooo bad. haha.but yea the drinking game was quite funnily interesting, so was camwhoring and i still hate beer and cannot drink.

o yes and happy birthday mr calvin tay.

cny's coming soon and i really want the long break.

junyi! posted at 11:08 pm.