Wednesday, July 29, 2009

currently (trying to finish) reading - le bon gros géant (roald dahl)
hahaa it's somewhat of a blast back to the past! and like i was younger, i look forward to meeting my bon gros géant yeah!

anyways. was talking abt books cos suntec is having a book sale at $10, so u can imagine my absolute delight. i spent nearly 1 hr after work looking at the books available and struggling to choose what i want to buy. yes 1 hr!


actually i suddenly got reminded of something jeremy once said (and since it's his birthday today, let's include him in the post)- do we read because we really like to read, or do we read because it's something we can do alone? oh hahahaa i do like to read la.

happy birthday btw, jem.


------ Sunday, July 26, 2009

I must say that I, like the legions of Harry Potter fans out there, am rather disappointed at the manner Snape and the Death Eaters just waltzed into (what is supposed to be) the Astronomy Tower without any resistance, then Snape just Avada Kedavra-ed Dumbledore - all the time with Harry fully mobile and able. And the worse part - they just sauntered out of Hogwarts. Sauntered. That totally kinda spoilt the show for me! The whole story of Half Blood Prince has 2 main storylines - 1 being Harry finding out about Voldemort's horcruxes and 2 being the death of Albus Dumbledore. And the Death Eaters just waltzed in, killed him and sauntered out of Hogwarts!! Argh!!!

That aside, the movie is alright I suppose. Can't wait for Deathly Hallows.. Though I've probably read DH at least 10 times and I know the story back to front, I'll still like to watch the movie. HP movies are special, cos afterall, it was the first Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone movie that got me totally entralled and got me to start to read HP. And then I spent most of my teenage years hooked on Harry and his friends haha..

Till the next one then......


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aujord'hui, je suis tombeé sur lui dans le bibliothèque. en realité, je parlait sur mon téléphone portable quand je lui ai vu entrer le bibliothèque. quel coïncidence! parce que j'ai dû aussi rendre un roman. alors après j'ai rendu le roman, je lui ai parlé.

nous avons fait la bise, nous avons échangé les banalités comme toujours.. nous nous sommes assis côté à côté et ça sens très bon! il y avait beaucoup de petits choses qui s'est passé. et aussi, il a mis son bras autour de ma épaule quand il parlait sur moi à quelqu'un. c’était fantastique hein!

je lui ai dit qu'il est populaire, et il m'a dit "bien sur, tu peux chercher sur internet, tu trouvera 'm/anu je t’aime' et 'm/anu je t’adore' et aussi 'm/anu je t’aime et je t’adore'". hahaha.. je ne le crois pas! mais il m’a dit que non, il n’a pas un compte sur Facebook parce que Facebook est “pour les pauvres”. hein!

puis il m'a demandé si je suis heureuse. quand je lui avais repondu que "pas vraiment", il a dit que "ah parce que tu n'a pas le bon professeur”. et après il m’a enseigné à dire --- “je ne veux qu’un M/anu”. ahahahahaa.. je ne l’oublierai pas!


------ Saturday, July 18, 2009

humans have always lived in hope so for the record, so will i. for without hope, we are nothing.

anyways. met the s64 girls for dinner and drinks tonite! it's been sooooo long, but really, nobody's changed much! we still look the same, talk the same way, in the same manner, it's as thou time hasn't really passed by that much. it's good..

and oh yes, can't wait to watch harry potter with the original gang!!

garde, au sein du malheur, l'espérance et la foi..
quoique c'est pas maintenant "malheur".. je vais garder l'espérance..


------ Sunday, July 12, 2009

it was so many things.. pure luck.

- i took a detour to level 1 to check out the reception
- i went to the library instead of idling at the cafe with the rest
- i left the library at the time that i did
- i followed a fren and took the 2nd stairs instead of the 3rd

oh my.. it reminds me of a line out of paulo coelho's "the alchemist":
when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it
well, not exactly the same meaning the line was meant to express, but something like that la..


------ Saturday, July 11, 2009

ah mon dieu, c'était totalement le meilleur week-end depuis longtemps.. j'y ai rêvé pendant longtemps..
nous nous avons encore rencontré au cage d'éscalier.. pour un moment, j'ai pensé qu'il m'a oublié mais il me suis souvenu (hehe).

alors il disait "mon amour! ça va?"
"oui, ça va très bien! et toi?" [bien sur très bien!!]
"oui, ça va, comme toujours"

alors il m'a serré à coté de lui, met sa main autour de ma épaule, et m'a accompagné jusqu'au le porte de ma salle de classe. en chemin, il m'a demandé si je vais prendre le delf b2. je lui ai repondu que je veux le prenne mais pas ce décembre, peut-être l'année prochaine (parce que j'irai peut-être en malaisie ce décembre) . il a dit que c'est bon que je veux essayer, ça me donnera un but ultime.
et puis il a légèrement pincé mes joues et m'a rappelé de plus sourire.. whao c'était fantastique!

et après je ne pouvais pas arrêter de sourire..... :) :) :)


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qu'est-ce que le bonheur? et pourquoi je ne le trouve pas? pourquoi je ne l'ai trouvé jamais?
je me sens anti-sociale.. et je suis déprimé parce que je me sens anti-sociale.. et je me sens anti-sociale parce que je suis déprimé.. et je suis déprimé parce que je me sens anti-sociale.. et je me sens anti-sociale parce que je suis déprimé..

et voilà c'est ma vie..


------ Thursday, July 09, 2009

so i went to watch ice age 3 in 3d just now.. it's hilarious! seriously i laughed so much and so hard that i think i'm getting a sore throat now.. or wait, maybe that's bcos of the kfc i ate.. with whiskey dry at harry's before that.

oh well go catch the show, for me, it's worth the $10 weekend ticket price.


anyways. managed to finally finish reading The essays of Warren Buffett - Lessons for investors and managers. personally, i think it gives a lot of insight into the investment philosophy of warren buffett but i gotta admit it wasn't an easy read for me. in fact i remembered reading till i fell asleep on the bus. but nonetheless, i'd recommend it simply because he's a great guy.

the thing i like most about reading warren buffett's essays are his anecdotes- always very witty.

[talking about market value vs business value and the resulting behaviour on stock price]
Ben Graham told a story 40 years ago that illustrates why investment professionals behave the way they do. An oil prospector, moving to his heavenly reward, was met by St Peter with bad news. "You're qualified for residence," said St Peter, "but as you can see, the compound reserved for oil men is packed. There's no way to squeeze you in." After thinking a moment, the prospector asked if he might say just four words to the present occupants. That seemed harmless to St Peter, so the prospector cupped his hands and yelled, "Oil discovered in hell." Immediately the gate to the compound opened and all of the oil men marched out to head for the nether regions. Impressed, St Peter invited the prospector to move in and make himself comfortable. The prospector paused. "No," he said, "I think I'll go along with the rest of the boys. There might be some truth to the rumour after all."


------ Monday, July 06, 2009

and so kel and i headed to chinatown for a spot of bargain hunting and cheap dinner. after which a rather amusing thing happened- i thought having young punks asking to get to know you on the streets is a thing of the past, something that will happen to you if you are between 16-18 yrs old. but man, at aged 23.5, things like that still happens to us. what the.... !!! shd i take it that we still look very young, or that we look like young punks too? (cant be la- both of us were wearing longish tops with jeans and flats)

anyways. managed to check out pump room on sat too.. not bad, it's a place where happy frens + plentiful booze + good mood = lots of fun.

friday we went to daryl's house for an oldies gathering, it's nice to see everyone as usual thou strangely i felt just a teensy bit odd. but ah well, been feeling off lately.. i need to let out some pent up frustration maybe? i'll hit the gym tmr..

and oh yeah i just started to watch gossip girls after hearing much abt it being entertaining.. so far it's ok i guess.. a bit oc-ish (and we all know how oc turned out- kinda trashy) but still worth the watch when there's nth more interesting to do i guess.....


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