I went to Vivo City today (yeah, I know - finally). I don’t see what’s the hulabaloo all about. It seems like any other shopping center to me. Anyway, went to watch some arty farty foreign film called "My summer Love" with Tby. It had been quite a while since I last saw a movie. I last saw Lage Raho Munnabhai (which totally sucked by the way - a complete insult to the 1st Munnabhai) and the last English film I saw was Devil Wears Prada (which was ok but the book was really good).

The movie is about 2 girls who find friendship one summer which blossoms into love. Both come from completely different backgrounds and each has a different story to tell about their problematic lives. o Tby totally didn’t like the movie. I really liked it……..until the end. At the end, I felt cheated - completely - cos one of the girl had actually seduced the other girl simply because she just wanted to have fun. She was just fooling around all the while! How could she? I thought she was really in love with the other girl! By the way they’re not really lesbians. Bi I think. Anyway, it’s a shity show, ruined by the ending. Don’t watch it.

And then when I was coming home a string of strange events happened - all while I was sitting in the MRT.

1. I was thinking about T, my ex whom I bumped into the other day and nicely chatted to. Good to see him after so long.
2. Then I saw L, my ex-ex. Killed my mood. Just rolled my eyes at him and put my mind to something else.
3. After L got off, Al, my current baby called!

Weird or what? Anyway, I miss Al. I miss all the fun - partying, joyriding, talking and hanging out. I wish I could see him sooner.

Yippeee, finally graduated! It was a surreal feeling that I didn’t think I’ll have. It was only when they said, "let’s stand to thank our parents…" when I realised I couldn’t have done it without my parents at all. Very grateful and thankful to them. Although I never get first class I hope they’re proud of me. Thank You.

Had fun taking photos and all. Didn’t realise there are some places in school you can take scenic shots!Here’s where I also have to thank those who came for my convo. I’m VERY grateful to you and really appreciate it. Bab, Cl, Dy and Tby, thanks sooooo much guys for making my day. It really meant a lot. Especially since some of you had to take time off work to come especially for my convo. Thank You.

Topped the day off by having a long dinner and watching "Thank You for Smoking" with Dy and Tby. Hey, the movie is really good you know. It’s about this guy who’s a spokespoerson for the "academy of tobacco studies" so he basically sells bullshit for a living. Damn funny, esp since his best friends form the "mod squad" -made up of the spokeperson for alcohol and the other guy is spokeperson for the guns. Catch it if u can!

Well that was on Tuesday. Yesterday I went for the ACE BlueSky Dinner at Istana. T’was my first time at the Istana. It’s really big and pretty. We had intended to take a photo with the President but kind of lost him somewhere along the way. Bleargh… Anyway the food was pretty good and my fav minister [ Vivian ] graced the stage for a while. After that went to celebrate my graduation with Bab and Cl! Had intended to go MOS but ended up at Clarke Quay with Stella Artois. Oh well, both do the trick!

On Sunday I went to watch Pirates of the Carribean 2 with Dy and Tby. Movie sucked la. So bloody long winded and draggy. It’s super gross with all the Davy Jones people looking horrible and all. The only thing worthwhile about the movie is Johnny Depp! *Swoon*" I wished that the plot about Liz kissing Jack was dragged more instead of watching the lame swordfights. Some parts are like soooo not funny lor. Anyway, thanks to Dy, I managed to catch the movie at GV Gold Class. Wah, the seats are like super cool man. Ideal for couples….rich ones…especially. Or at least the guy should be rich!

***Important Announcement***

I’m graduating officially tomorrow. ALL friends are cordially invited to lotsa photo-taking sessions tomorrow at around 3pm. Attire is formal and venue is at NanyangAudi! Call me for further details.

Went to watch X-Men 3 today with Dy and Tby. Er, it was a bit disappointing. Or maybe my standards are just too high. I felt it was overrated and the movie was too far-stretched. The beginning was too long-winded and the supposedlt rumoured to be "good ending" which would come after the credits was not worth waiting for. Blah, just blah. JEan looked like a grandma- no reason why two hunky guys would be so in love with an old hag. And romance between rouge and iceman could have been developed a bit. I love her hair!!!

I just want to watch "just my luck". it has lindsay lohan whom i think has too many freckles and is too plump but hey, it has hunky luke from O.C. No idea what his name is but he’s hot!~ I think that’s more of my kind of show - laid back and relaxing.

The world cup appears to be abysmal. the only entertaining thing so far was prob the first match. ich liebe deutschland!!! Think I’m just going to suffer if I continue to hook up to low quality video streams on the internet so next week gonna go over to Dy’s house to catch the world cup matches.

The busy and hectic weeks have been taking a toll on me. I’m sick. It’s been quite bad as my health is deteriorating by the day. Again my fault for taking on so much stuff outside of school.

Can I just complain about the bloody ERP gantries popping up everywhere? The COE prices are going down but you have to pay more for maintaining a car. Bloody hell. And those stupid road detours are getting confusing. Make one U-turn, pay ERP AGAIN!

My praise today is reserved for Google Spreadsheets. Try it at spreadsheets.google.com Yes, I am somewhat a geek and you may know me to be a fiercely loyal yahoo fan but this little nifty thing is really good. Try it out, it’s microsoft exel online!

So I decided that I should give some complaints and some praise everyday. I guess I complain too mcuh!

So I watched the Da Vinci Code last night with Dy and Tby. One word - boring. I had bought the book in India for a cool 60 rupees but never got round to finishing it. It was waaaaaay too yawn-inducing. I don’t really fancy detailed plots. I like engaging thrillers by John Grisham and Steve Martini but Dan Brown’s stuff is too much for me. The movie was just blah. Especially the beginning - could it be any more long winded? It didn’t help that there was no eye-candy whatsoever. The only thing cool about the movie was that every now and then, Dy, Tby and I would look at each other and say hey, we’ve been there!

Well anyway, I wanted to watch it for the sake of watching it and now I have. So now let’s get on with our lives. It seems to have generated a lot of interest. From campus crusaders claiming that the book is utter fiction and sects such as the Opus Dei coming under fire. I watched the BBC Hardtalk episode on the Opus Dei President in London and it was quite laughable (think Shane’s jab at Aras’ yoga).

Oh well, I tried out the food at Secret Recipe and for the first time, I saw a restaurant that charged for water. Bleargh. Anyway, the sales are starting soon and I’m looking forward to watching X-men next week. YET another movie I’m watching for the sake of watching. What happened to all the lame funny movies and romantic comedies that I love to watch? I hate overrated blockbusters and lame animated movies that seem to be the theme lately. Bah humbug.

Yeap yeap yeap. I guess I got up on the right side of bed today after all. (Technically it isn’t possible to get up on the wrong side cos my bed is up against the wall but yeah, it’s just a phrase.)

Last night was good. I had a good night out with Bab and the friends she had brought along. Amazing how sometimes you can just click so well with strangers. As usual, went to our fav. place at Boat Quay (Bab knows the guy there so she gets by). I needed the night out badly after all the frustration pented up in me for the past few days. I know it isn’t good to let alcohol get the better of you (especially to avoid the beer belly) so I’m going to try and contain the outings from now on. And I keep procrastinating to go to the Amore fitness thing. I have to validate my package soon and start burning all these flab.

My zits are slowly clearing up so I hope they’ll be gone by the end of this week. What a bother.

The only bummer was that Arsenal LOST to Barcelona. To be fair, they weren’t really on the same level cos Arsenal was clearly undermanned but yeah, we lost. As usual, I was hooked up onto low quality free streaming video on the internet because I’m too cheapskate to go for the pay-for-view. I think I’m resigned to my fate of watching low quality world cup matches too cos my dad is not budging on letting me take up the pay-per-view package. As it is I was suffering from a hangover so I just slept off after some time. And boy did they keep it late. Bloody hell.

Anyway, on to the better stuff. I met dearie Aisha today!!!! And we forgot to take pics. Stupid la, esp. when I had painstakingly managed to squeeze my digicam into my minute bag. Damn damn damn. We watched MI3. It was good. Tom cruise, as usual, was swoon-worthy. I can’t wait to see u again babe, loads more to catch up on.

When I returned, I had a pleasant surprise. I’d made good gains on WS. Yippee, I think I finally figured out the stocks to buy and the strategy to use - anti-greed! lol. A pity it’s just a game la. Stupid.

Anyway, I hope my good days continue.

[Update] This pic totally cracked me up. I was searching for "Tom Cruise" and I got this pic:

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Time for updates!!!

1. Exams are over and done! Although I screwed up the one paper I studied so hard for and completely blanked out at the sight of the paper, I hope and pray that the Gods will shine on me and let me graduate.

 

2. Probably jobless. The firm is being rather unresponsive on waiting for me. Think the job market isn’t too bad because I’ve had a few calls but nobody wants to wait 4 months for me so I think I’m going to stop applying everywhere until maybe July.

 

3. Asia backpacking plans on hold. The school’s just informed me that the programme’s really intensive so can’t really take leave. Bummer!

 

4. I didn’t get to vote after all. There was a walkover in my constituency and erm, you really couldn’t tell that elections were going on. But watching the coverage on the rallies was pretty new, seems like people aren’t really that apathetic regarding politics anymore. Interesting huh?

 

5. Got a freelance writing job! Yippeee. I love writing and freelance writing is something that’s perfect for me. Although I think I got ripped off for the rates again, think it’s better to build up portfolio at this stage yar?

 

6. After exam celebration date with Ida yesterday for lunch. Babe, look forward to our MI3 movie date next week!

 

7. Celebrated Tby’s Birthday last night with Dy and Tby at Hard Rock Cafe. Think it was pretty cool cos Tby was really surprised. Hard Rock Cafe service is good. I really hope our travel plans work out. Dy got 20 free tix so looking forward to watching DaVinci Code and going clubbing next week with them.

 

8. Splurging away all the money I haven’t spent over the past one month because I’ve been cooped up within the four walls of my room. I have G2000 discount card - who wants to buy from G2000? Got all my officewear ahead of time again. Need to stock up on more shirts and boring black suits.

 

9. I won a $300 Biotherm hamper through some contest in the papers. Haven’t seen it though. Gonna collect it next week. Hope it’s good though, run out of all my skincare supplies.

 

10. Went for those darn medical check-ups today. Got poked twice cos my blood couldn’t bloody get drawn. Arrgh, my hands look unsightly now with all the poking.

 

11. Splurged even more today. I love Jurong Point now. It’s really darn cool. As usual I got something from Esprit. But get this, Charles & Keith had a great promotion so I got their discount card too! I think it’s pretty worth it cos I buy most of my shoes from them. AND they ahve the new amore fitness centre. Signed up for the 3-month package. Think it’ll work out fine for me cos it’s near, I spent a tidy sum so I’ll feel guilty if I don’t go and they have the free shuttle bus to JP. Since JP’s got a new Subway outlet, to which I’m totally addicted to since its opening, the only thing that will complete it is a Mango outlet and maybe a Zara outlet too. Then my god, I’ll just totally skip Orchard and stay in the heartlands!

 

12. Met up with Durgz, Prbz and Gytes today. We caught Poseidon or some movie title like that. Forgot the exact name. A cheap copycat of titanic and offers nothing more than prolonged scenes of the insides of a ship. Very abrupt ending!!! Oh we saw Mark and some other guy from JC days. Both have weird hair now. Mark’s gone all afro and the other dude actually straightened his hair. Oh well, Mark’s still a nice guy. And the girls and I are going to hit the clubs again next week so more stuff to look forward to!



13. I feel happy. And I’m free…..for another erm one week. Ask me out!!! Sam, looking forward to seeing u and jamie tomorrow! Think I’m spending at an astonishing rate but I’ve been saving all my vouchers for too long already. I think I deserve this!

Met with Dy and Tby for dinner and to watch Munich. Wow. Very impressive. It’s definitely one of the best movies I’ve watched in a very long time. The direction was excellent, Steven spielberg, no less. The story was gripping, not predictable, and insightful, although I had tons of unanswered questions at the end of the day. I guess it’s not a movie for answers because nobody can really give us the "right answers". More a movie to make us think. I hope it scores big at the Oscars! So much better than Walk the line & Brokeback Mountain! Eric Bana was super hot as he was in Troy and I so wanna read Vengenace. Does anyone have the book?

Just before I met Dy guess whom I met? Azlin!!! I haven’t seen the babe since erm high school days? Aish, Wahyu, Ratna, we must get together with azlin one day! And the biggest irony is that she’s studying in the same damn school as I am! Small world indeed.

And just before I saw either of them I entertained 2 girls who were conducting surveys on what people thought of their religion. I entertained them, knowing very well their motive was probably more than just to conduct surveys - probably to latch onto people whose religions they thought could be attacked and convert them. I entertained them so that I could knock some sense into them. I told them most importantly one thing I always believed in -

All religions eventually lead to one God.

We just have different names for that God despite our different faiths. So obviously there is no need to fight/argue over which religion is better cos we eventually believe in the same God. Sadly today I didn’t have the energy to tell them more and make them question whatever they were doing with their time. I just had to calm down and realise that these people have been brainwashed, hence their delusion. Waste of my breath only.

Oh on an unrelated note, I’m obsessed with the song by Ian Broudie - Song for No One.

A song for no one’s in my hand
A song they’ll never understand
Til I have gone
And tomorrow brings the sun

Went to watch "Walk the Line" with Ida last night. Ida looked lovely for our date. Had a nice romantic dinner and watched the movie with back seat rows. LOL. Anyway, I personally thought that the movie was overrated. I don’t know about judging for the Oscars but I frankly didn’t find the movie gripping or poignant in any way whatsoever. There wasn’t even any moral. Just a re-telling of Johnny Cash’s life story. And it didn’t help that I had only vaguely heard of Johnny Cash before. And I’m really not much a fan of oldies music.

Oooh and Ida introduced me to this Johari Window thingy. Really quite interesting cos’ it gives insight into what people really think of you and how you come across to others and if really people know you well? Yeap, and I’m VERY disappointed in my friends.

Personally, I think I’m independent, cheerful, silly, trustworthy and self-conscious.

Unfortunately, the only trait people got correct was "independent". And only Rnu, xinlin and Aish dearie correctly said I’m a cheerful lass.

I’m quite surprised that practically everyone said I was "confident". I always thought I was more self-conscious. Funny. Other traits a lot of people chose as well was "witty" and "intelligent". Woot? Eh?

BUT I’m very saddened that NOBODY thought that I was trustworthy! Yikes!!!

**Update**

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that jo is confident
60% of people agree that jo is independent
55% of people think that jo is witty

All Percentages

able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (10%) bold (5%) brave (15%) calm (10%) caring (20%) cheerful (25%) clever (5%) complex (0%) confident (75%) dependable (5%) dignified (0%) energetic (10%) extroverted (15%) friendly (20%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (5%) independent (60%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (35%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (40%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (20%) modest (5%) nervous (0%) observant (5%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (5%) relaxed (0%) religious (5%) responsive (10%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (10%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (15%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (5%) wise (20%) witty (55%)