Essays, schmessays / Halloween

Apologies for the lack of updates guys, but I'm proud to say that I have been (mostly) busy spending most of the last 2 weeks working on one of my final essays.

Yup, it's that time of the year again - class officially ended for the year last Friday and that means everyone gets one week of Swot Vac to cram their brains out for final exams and/or hurriedly research and write their final essays. Ugh.

As usual, I am currently lamenting at the fact that 2011 that has just flown by within a blink of an eye. I have and I think I will always parrot my anguish at how fast time flies towards the end of every year. But I really do feel as though it was just not too long ago when I started Semester 2, and here I am right now desperately trying to finish the three major final essays I have due next Monday. And after handing in my final assignment of the year on the 11th, I will be officially done with my second year of uni, WHAT. 

More from my postcard collection...

Caught in the middle.

Jan and I were walking through Woolworth's last week when "Dolly" on the magazine rack caught my eye, because this month's issue came with a free 48 colour-eyeshadow palette:

So, as we are fully Asian and we totally embrace our cheapskate ways (HAHA), of course we each got one. I have always liked Dolly and shimmery eyeshadow, plus Emma Stone is pretty cool!

More Harry Potter!

This one's a quick post because I totally forgot to include these photos in my previous post about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2! 

Bought the special "Harry Potter" editions of various magazines in the few days leading up to the movie! 

HI :D

I know, I know, that was probably my longest absence ever. But I've missed my blog, and this time around, I feel like I'll be staying on for a little bit longer before I make my next disappearing act.

Well, nothing too exciting has actually happened in my life since I've disappeared off the radar, if you guys were wondering. Have mostly just been going to uni and work, watching shows and movies, listening to music - same old, same old. :P

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

I swear, I have never looked more forward to seeing a movie so much in my life before.

Part-time jobs: Meld and Gloria Jean's!

Apart from school and social events, the reason why I haven't had much time to blog is because I work two part-time jobs! :)

So I can't remember if I talked about it on this blog before, but I actually worked as a waitress for a bit back in 2010, from about August to November. While I got along with my colleagues fine, I absolutely disliked the job - mainly because of the bosses. They were mean-spirited, grouchy and paid me quite terribly. I won't name the restaurant for fear of being sued for defamation, but I will say that it was located in Chinatown. :/ As soon as final exams/assignment time rolled around, I gladly used the excuse of being "too busy" and said goodbye to that job.

Quick note of thanks!

I apologize for the infinite time, to the readers of this blog, who have seen me break my promises, again and again, to keep this blog regularly updated, as I haven't been doing that.

I've come to realize that 2011 has been an incredibly busy year for me - and still is - so much so that not only have I not been able to update this blog, I haven't had much time even to keep in touch with the family and friends, whom I value so much.Which sucks, but honestly, there's really not much I can do about it, as much as I want to. :(

Source Code

Source Code turned out to be ingenious, I thought!

I thought the plot was rather original: a supposed army pilot named Colter Stevens (played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who did a wonderful job!) wakes up to find himself suddenly thrust into a situation where he is someone else - an unknown Sean Fentress - on a train headed to an unknown destination, sitting opposite an unknown woman who apparently seems to know him. All of a sudden, the train explodes and Colter awakes once again to find himself in a weird pod-like place, with a strange woman peering at him by ways of a virtual screen.

The Hangover Part 2

"The Wolfpack is Back", and this time they're in Bangkok!

As I expected, the movie turned out to be just as funny as the first. It fazes me how much of a sense of humour the writers for the films must have in order to come up with such a script. :P

X-Men: First Class

I've promised myself that I will see every movie on my Top 10 list for 2011 when its released in the theatres, so I've decided that I will do a movie review each time I cross one film off the list. Hope you fellow cinephiles will enjoy them as much as I will writing them!

I'm proud to say I've actually gone out and seen three out of 10 - The Hangover Part 2, X-Men: First Class and Source Code (numbers 3, 4 and 5 respectively on my list) - over the past 6 days. And seeing as I saw X-Men out of the three first, I guess I'll start with it.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

Initially heard nothing but great things about the film when it first came out so I thought that it was the best one to go out and see first...