Have been meeting up with many people these few days. And i feel so tired. Not of them but of the whole rush at times. I dunno but i actually long to stay at home and slack. I'm getting exhausted of orchard road. Its been like home for the past weeks or so. And i realised i haven't really explored takashimaya yet. especially the 2nd and 4th floors. so funny. I just realised what i really wanted to buy all the while and i will make a purchase before med school starts. I shall have to pay a visit to art friend for this purchase. I think i'm at a certain peace now thanks to qianyi. You have done a lot so do not be modest. Its been such a long long road to walk lately. Burberry stuff has gotten cheaper for winter! Yay! Its very difficult to say somethings sometime cos i really have an inspiration, as avaris puts it, to write but i fear the consequences of putting it on my blog. I think i blog too much for my own good, throwing my own private stuff out onto the web for the whole world to see. Anyway, I shall comment on a few movies and shows that have caught my attention. Crystal, if you're reading this, goodbye, will keep in contact via MSN and emails. Thanks for the chocs, you're fabulous.

First up, King Arthur. DO NOT WATCH IT. IT SUCKS TO HIGH HEAVEN. I was dragged to the cinema by my friend to catch this show and at the end of the show he was the one complaining bitterly about it. Before the show, i had already tried to emphasise its pathetic quality but stubborness ruled the day and by that time i was just really laughing my head off. I just wasted $7.50 on something that would make you not want to step into a cinema ever again. There was no story, no plot and logical leaps all over the place. It seems as though a one night stand progressed into marriage with the pregnancy omitted. Fighting scenes were hilariously stupid and it seems that the studio was quite broke as there was hardly any blood spilled, even though a lot of people died. Dementor swords anybody? Guess what, Lancelot is from Sarmatia and is a pagan and Guinevere was not swept away by lancelot but by arthur and lancelot died via some stupid pig tail beard man who only looks like a very fierce version of the cK ads featuring Freddie Ljungberg. Its just so bad that anybody who contemplates watching it voluntarily should be hung. Le Morte d'Arthur is totally different from the movie save the names of the characters. And guess what, Merlin is a make-up mad magician who does nothing but launch fireballs into the sky. No magic tricks at all unlike FMA. Boring.

FMA: Thanks to avaris i borrowed the collection he has and watched it all the way to the 24th episode in 2 days. absolutely fantastic story with good character interplay and plot although sometimes things do get a bit weird. What i find most endearing about the show is Ed and Al. I mean maybe it doesn't mean much to most of you out there but well i do long for a sibling. It gets a little lonely at times, even though im quite used to it after 19 years. There is only so much friends can substitute for a real older or younger sib. But to me, its really enough at times, to have somebody that cares even though there is really no need or compulsion to. Thanks so much. Still not quite used to the idea of writing something like this out, so embarassing. Its quite touching to see how they care for each other with the older always the headstrong, i can do everything brashness. Self sacrificing and responsible to the point of being irresponsible at the expense of others, Ed is the FMA. I have always reserved a certain pity for Al, as he has always been the younger, the more favoured but less talented, the weaker, softer personage compared to his older bro. This is furthermore compounded by the loss of his physical being and he is merely a hulking chunk of armour and is mentally vulnerable as he always feels his own loss. Mustang and Hawkeye are quite funny at times, cos mustang is always acting so cool and composed whereas Hawkeye is quite tense and in a way, rigid. Then the other characters like Scarface, Winry, Hughes and his baby girl, Armstrong, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Envy... all very memorable especially Gluttony

Spiderman 2. Im not sure if i will be repeating what i say but well, i guess i felt the angst in the show and its a very nicely done show with a lot of troubled emotions. Doesn't this strike a chord. Anyway, as for spiderman, There is a certain thing i felt about it that made me quite mentally exhaused in a previous post. Remember the part about Peter parker ditching his outfit and deciding that he will not be spiderman anymore. Well, that's the part that affected me the most cos not that im some superhero or something, but i was actually giving quite a bit of thought to the person i am now compared to the person i was before and i must say that the past SEEMS happier. Cos the bad things fade from your memory. Now i have thought it through , i realise sometimes there is no going back once you embark on this step. Everything will have to go to completion and there is absolutely no way that i can turn around and get into reverse gear. I still can look back and see what was better then and bring it back to the present but for now, i shall await the future with optimism and hope. Sometimes i do think too much. Spiderman 2 made me see somethings in a new light and i hope there are more movies like it, cos good movies like this that make you think and ponder are rare nowadays. Maybe in this case, i should just be myself, and no one else... as from this song which i so love, much more than any other cos the words and the moods are perfect... I don't want clever, conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone, that I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.

A vanquished spirit was around the other day. I mean, i shall just say this but i don't really like pessimism and excessive cynicism. A bit will do fine but if you let it ruin your life and make you bitter forever its not going to be of much use. I can't really encourage you cos 1) we have too much bad blood btw us, 2)i dunno how 2 help, 3)I wasn't really that close to you since the first time we knew each other. A blow is a blow, be it to the heart, the mind or the limbs. I suffered such a blow too but in different circumstances and i cannot say how much i understand and empathise with you due to the different contexts in which it happened but look on the bright side. I never knew you as a person who would come across as lacking in confidence and optimism. I dunno if you will ever read this but if you do, pls, get on with life. Time waits for no one and i have learnt a very important lesson and that is never to let the blows dealt to you by fate get you down as there is not enough time to actually sit aside and dwell about it. A little grousing is fine to make yourself feel better but just take it that it is not a failed opportunity but it is not meant to be. It seems that both of us have changed as from this conversation, i realised that we are so different now compared to last time. I hope its for the better for the both of us.


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