I've been to the cinema. And I have seen.

And my impression of the long-awaited, highly anticipated flick is that it was just. Okay. The acting was subpar. A rather wimpy effort. What with the breathtaking scenery, animation, makeup done by none other then the very same people who did LOTR, I felt the acting was not good enough to carry all these "eye candy" to a higher level. I wanted a rich triple layered chocolate fudge cake but what I got was a... holey chiffon cake with tasteless thick cream smeared all over. The witch was the biggest letdown. She had the look, the dressing all perfect. Her gaze is almost enough to send chills down your spine and make you understand the real meaning of ice cold. But what's this? The scenes with Edmund were dull and without impact when in actual fact these would have been the best parts to make the audience feel the cruelty, the cold and hardness of the witch's character. Could have been improved on. Oh come on! She could've used two hands instead of one to drive that sword into Aslan! I think Aslan's roar was about the only saving grace. Aslan could've been bigger and therefore more majestic looking. Even so, his face was good. Full of kindness, solemness and love just as the Aslan depicted in the book. There were many scences that could have been done better and many other things that should have been there to give a greater impact. All in all, costumes were fantastic but the actors seemed to be having too much fun during the making of the movie instead of making the characters they play come to life.

Mmm. Yum. Nice smooth fresh cream topped with strawberries on a soft blueberry sponge cake. I couldn't peel the damn plastic off so by the time I was done with it, I was all prepared for a Got milk? advert. Hung the mistletoe up above the door to my room. Definitely not trying to suggest anything though.

Wow. I just spoke to a complete a****** over the phone just now. Well, it was actually this girl who wanted to sell me this set of 7 books. She quoted me a price a few days ago which I know I can get the complete set compiled into a single book for less than that. Anyway, it's a set of books which should be more costly than the single book right. And she gave me the impression that it was spanking NEW. Turns out she had to travel ALL THE bloody WAY back to the house which she kept the books in and the books weren't as new as I thought. I mean, what for should I buy those books if they're gonna cost more than a brand new unopened one and if she has to meet up at such a horrendous time, making me travel all around the world just to go to where she was. I politely said I wouldn't want them anymore since I'll have to travel all the way from home and at such an odd time if I could buy the book myself at about the same price (And it would be new btw). After that, she called my handphone and started spewing the words "Irresponsible" repeatedly. Saying she had to lug the heavy books around and that she wants to get rid of them asap cos they're too troublesome to be bringing around the whole day. What kind of a person who wants to sell somebody somethinng calls them irresponsible and acts so rudely in front of them? Bear in mind that she told me the books were new before I said I was interested in them. I told her that and she said OK that was something nobody expected. So? Whats the bloody problem then? I didn't expect they were gonna be used and old so shouldn't you at least be aware that I might say no? I did tell her in the beginning that I am very particular about the condition of my books. Besides, she said she lived near town. So. Maybe she wasn't thinking that she may actually drop her stupid heavy books at her own house on the way since she's at town? Come on. Use your brain man. What a dumbass. Anyway, I'm not the kind of person who'd pay for something I really don't want. In the end, she decided to lower the price somemore cos "she really didn't want to lug the heavy books around" (and that "she had been carrying them around the whole day already" Please.) I said ok. Since I'll have to borrow the silly kinokuniya card from someone before I can buy the book I want. And I apologised for "making her carry around her HEAVY books" and that "I'm really sorry cos I didn't expected something like (as preposterous as) this would happen". I really didn't have to yknow. And she really deserved to have the phone slammed down in her ear for being so angry and impatient at someone. You really can't assume that everyone's gonna want whatever rubbish you're selling and that people are going to bend to whatever demands you have. I mean HELLO? you have to lug the books around? What about me? I have to travel all the way to town later just to meet you at your odd timing. It's dinnertime yknow? And I might as well get myself a fresh unopen book rather than your musty ancient books that you bought how many dinosaur years ago? Sheesh. Anyway, her tone of voice rapidly changed to a cheery one when I relented. She said Nvm. it's ok :). Ok what. You should be apologising. What a spineless freak.

** Can you believe it? The first thing she said when I picked up the phone was to tell me I was irresponsible. Didn't even give me time to explain my case or even state how troubled she would be or even say that it would benefit her greatly if I got the books from her. Man. Who's the rude one lah. By right if you did that to anyone else there would be absolutely no chance anyone would buy whatever you were trying to sell. A very inexperienced, unreasonable, unprofessional and disorganised person with absolutely no manners indeed.

My first week of work has just gone by. I cleared plates, prepared noodles, made a few booboos, washed the van they use for catering with Jem and her siblings. I found a cockroach lying splat on the floor during open hours one day and being my excited self, just had to share the excitement with Jem, to which Jem's older sis Debs expressed utter interest in finding out what was going on. Hehe. I don't know if it was still alive though I thought I saw the feelers twitching. Next moment, Debs had her foot on the insect and that was it. A muffled crushing sound that made me feel a tad uncomfortable. I muttered "What an untimely death." that Jem thought was quite funny. Anyways, how's the food? You ask. Mmmmmm :) I like the seafood soup, char kway teow (everyone goes for that), the noodles too. Now I just wish there were some other people I know who'd like to work there... ...

Been singing out aloud in my room this evening. The trick is to put on the earphones and not remove them so you won't have the slightest idea how loud or passionate it all sounds to the rest of the people around the house. The songs I sang tonight. Some of the lyrics made much more sense than ever before. Stuff like "Could You Bite the hand" and "Heaven's not Enough". Maybe when you sing it to yourself it clicks better in the brain huh. The lines.. (oh. my mom just popped out behind me and bugged me. its 3.31am yknow. great. she totally disrupted my train of thought)

"..Didn't know the pain of leaving yesterday really far behind.."
"..Some people live free , some people just want more, some people have what others want but some go without.. As for me I've got all that I need. Don't got much but I got what I need..."

Today was the day me my bro and mom went to Funan to check out the computers and collect our old pc from the repair shop. It's also the day I realise my entire 50gigs of anime have been completely wiped out. On the day we left our com at the shop, all of us each wrote down the files and folders we didn't want erased. And as I scrolled down the measly list of what was kept (aka what's left in the hard drive) I just knew it wasn't there. Much displeased I asked what had happened and the store keeper fumbled to say a whole lot of things relating to how it wasn't his fault. Do I even care whose bloody fault it is? Where is MY COLLECTION? The size of what was left only amounted to a mere 3gigs. My mom said so what do you want to do now? Leave it here and collect it next week? Ha! Like it even matters right. They wiped out everything already. EVERYTHING! What's there to wait about. Take it home now lah. There's NOTHING we can do about it right. Anyway, to make it seem like he did care, the storekeeper rang the guy who did the damage and asked for the specifics. Turns out MY folder was corrupted or something insane to that extent and he couldn't save it. So instead he decided to wipe out absolutely everything without telling us anything at all. Thanks. Thanks for a great job done. IF YOU COULDN'T BLOODY HAVE DONE IT THEN SAY SO YOU INCOMPETANT FOOL. Ugh. I was more disgusted than angry at that time. I didn't want to say anything anymore. To be annoying my mom started making unnecessary comments and the storekeeper tried offering some unneeded consolation by half-heartedly apologising which my mom actually responded to. I had to prod her out of the shop. I wasn't exactly angry or sad yknow. My mind was okay. But the mind and body are separate. They really are even though they're physically connected. My heart was feeling the pain. Felt down and really weird. What do they care. They're not the ones getting hurt in the end. Tch.

It has been about 3 or 4 years since I danced to the song of Spira. And as I start the game yet again, retracing my footsteps, it feels kinda... weird. Maybe it's cos I've listened to the same tracks over and over again. But I know it was never the same when I tried it out the first time. I think the characters just don't seem as impactful as I saw them. And I thought about it. I think I'd always been looking up to them as role models. Wanting to be just like them. But now, they just seem to be any other person. It's.. something I've never really felt before. Maybe my head's still foggy from the recent 'haze' I've been through (or still going through). Maybe it's Sin's toxin. Haha.