pleasepleaseplease sign cherie's petition! she petitions to have 'so you think you can dance' in singapore and i think so too because we do not have an active professional dance scene here except for sdt, which does mainly modern. but we could have one of the choreographers from sdt be a judge on the show! woot. but there are so far onlyy 4 measly signatures- how can that make a proper petition?! YOU can add your name to the list.

came back from aids candlelight memorial-- my lightstick is still glowing! went to the website and it said that it is being observed simultaneously in 300 cities all over the world. Not many people turned up though- lots were from rcy. me and sihui sat right in front- and we both fell asleep ><" i am now more aware of aids and the social/political stigma attached, through the political stigma might have existed more in the 1980s, when aids first began and people didn't know how it was transmitted. though i think more publicity is needed for the memorial and for people to come out of their own enthusiam! but now i think too much publicity would result in a high budget, something which they cannot afford.

siling: you were a very nice evac partner too!
nicoleL: whahaha yes i am!

speaking of accred (which i know was a long time ago) i thought i would get armpit abrasions from being carried so much by hweefang, ruoxi and yunhan>,< only very hardworking footdrill people get armpit abrasions lol. anyway i had more body aches from 2.4 --i got 16.08! which is ok. you think of funny things when you run.
getting along with hbp- wonwon has been snogging lavender and harry's 'insides are like a raging beast' when seeing ginny snog dean. i wouldnt want harry as a boyfriend becasue he thinks of ginny very posessively! 'she is mine' yadayada. and voldemort is posessive too- with his hocruxes and all. i mean i wouldnt want to feel like im being, well owned by someone. harry learns more about voldemort and there is much more characterisation in this book than in other book- jkr 'showing' how voldemort is and his weaknesses and strengths. and showing is always better than telling, but then jkr has to make comprimises in plot, which make it a less engaging read. im reading it slowly and limiting myself to 2 chapters a day so i have time to think over and analyse things.

watched mirrormask- something my dad borrowed. Its a relatively dark fantasy that came out in september of last year. Well ochre, more like. The most part of this film is set in a brownish fantasy world with Helena, a 15 year old girl who works in a circus. This is a British film with american producers (Jim Henson- they did the muppets) which gives a fairy-tale, traditional feel. Helena is tired of working in the circus and wants to have a real life instead. I relate to her very much because although she fights with her mother, she still loves her a lot. One night, she dreams of a fantasy world where the Black and White queens reside. she has to save the white queen by finding the charm that will set her free. It is a dark fantasy with a jazzy soundtrack that is unique to the movie- i want the soundtrack!- as compared to the epic symphonies of more popular fantasies like harry potter or the lord of the rings. It is, quite surprisingly, a low-budget movie with many special effects. I am not used to movies of this scale but the small group of cast and crew gives it a sense of closeness and intimacy. I expected a lot more on the dvd- more cast interviews and the like, but due to the lack of budget and publicity, I dont think there were enough stuff to put in. Stephanie Leonidas plays Helena, and i must say she did a fairly good job of portraying Helena's emotions and i can relate to her on a very grand scale. See the website at http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/mirrormask/title-navigation-3.html

off i go to mug german): I have a very high chance of failing.

haha my posts are irregular and long like a piece of toilet paper and also like.! charisse is lucky. not that i um.[/random]

finished ootp! and now i have a better understanding of what actually happened in the hall of mysteries. (correct me if the name's wrong) and before that, i could not empathise with harry's feeling of isolation at the end of it all- as in i understand his sense of loss for sirius, but not of the great burden because of the prophecy- his knowledge of having to defeat voldemort. and yes i know the prophecy does not have to be fufilled, but voldemort thinks that it does have to be fufilled, and has already fought harry so many times so harry doesnt exactly have a choice. and when having such a large task of killing the being that is responsible for all the terrorism the wizarding world has suffered, there is great personal stress and responsibility. and the parallels jkr has made are quite obvious, as well as her political stand- fudge in ootp?

Began hbp and understood importance of the unbreakable vow between narcissa and snape- laura of mugglecast thinks that snape is working more for himself to survive in the war- haha like mr mizar's reference to LKY during the war when he worked for the japanese. maybe snape does not want to commit himself to either side- i forgot when snape did the unbreakable vow-
pg 41 of the bloomsbury edition states: "'will you carry out the deed that the dark lord has ordered Draco to perform?' There was a moment's silence. Bellatrix watched, her wand upon their clasped hands, her eyes wide. 'I will,' said Snape."
the 'deed' is the killing of dumbledore but we dont know at this point. Bellatrix is still astonished that snape has done this to protect draco as she is suspicious of his involvement with the order and she is 'wide-eyed'. Snape is comtemplating in the 'moment's silence' and continues, afraid to blow his cover in front of narcissa and bellatrix. but isnt it a large promise to make since dumbledore has said that snape has pledged alliegence to him? i read an editorial and the writer thinks that the series is a large red herring and snape, instead of voldemort, is the antagonist. which is weird because since harry is the protagonist, he has to go fight voldemort, who will be the antagonist. and at the end of hbp, we know that harry is going to find the horcruxes (not horcri) which contain bits of voldemort's soul, not snape's.

ah well. will continue reading with my piece-of-ootp bookmark from bookday(: though i didnt manage to find which page it was cut out from. and i got it from BooksActually! which had all kinds of neat stuff on display (poetry grids!) which i didnt have money to buy): and if anyone wants to know, BooksActually is at 125A Telok Ayer Street Singapore 068594

took some tests on tickle and re-activated my account. andand hoongyan is a level12! but hasnt got an ascension. I am a mere level 7 on kol and trying to do the goblin and crypt quests :(



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its been a long time, and it was a relatively small margin! (of defeat) yay!

song review! Red Dress by Sugababes I like the fact that the song is catchy and upbeat- like their other stuff like push the button! and although it was a earworm for sometime and i was annoyed because I couldn't get the lyrics, I appreciate that they actually took time to write their lyrics- symbolic reference of 'red dress' and it's a lot less literal than other stuff. plus the fact that they can actually sing properly, unlike other girl groups. And someone called amelle replaced mutya but i personally think mutya is better. and i got caught on sugababes since 'too lost in you'!

About my progress in Ootp, I think Harry has a lot of angst and takes it out on Hermione and ron. and sometimes I think his temper tanturms are justified because he was under a lot of stress compared to the last 4 books and a lot more is at stake. but i think he should get an anger management book (like I should) because he is, to some extent, like James in the Pensieve- he believes that it is ok to take his anger out on anyone just because feels that he is the only one who can do better at defence against the dark arts- james thinks its ok to tease snape because snape is, well, being oppressed, and he is popular but snape is not. But i agree with hermione that harry is insensitive when dealing with cho and does not understand her feelings, but to be honest, ron does have the emotional capacity of a teaspoon.

I flunked physics. i know the maximum im going to get is 5 anyway. and no its not because the paper was too hard or i didnt study enough, it was that i didnt have time. and i owe crystal a great many things for attempting to wake me up. and the thing is, I slept at 10.30 last night, of all nights, and i slept. that is how stupid i am. and the most annoying thing is that physics was something that i had been spending time on all weekend, and which i finally understood, and it was the only paper i took since p4 that i was sure that i would have a good chance at. pfft. mum is going to be mad at me again, and my gpa is probably going to be a maximum of 2.0, what with german and all. maybe i was overconfident. but its nobody's fault but mine anyway, and i shouldnt get too worked up and should focus on studying for math and chinese. and crystal said yeah right im going to study all weekend with the alluring computer with its kol, fanfiction and everything else. self-discipline is something that I seriously not have, along with a proper sense of hardworking-ness. i can almost picture mrs quah's evil smirk when she sees my paper. I am officially miffed.

on top of everything, i lost something. my freaking carelessness. and i have been looking all over for one whole week and i still cant find it. grr >< I must be the whole person in the entire__ to have lost it. this paragraph is a waste of space since you dont know what i lost. but some people do! ok right rants can go crazy sometimes. and although it might help in finding the lost object if i publicised it here, but i dont want some people to know i have lost it. unless of course, you have guessed already.

raah mum wants me to take three sciences, and two humanities. thats english+ chinese+ amath+ emath+ chem+ physics+ bio+ history or lit+ geog+ german(if i dont quit that is) = 10 subjects. and i was thinking that chem and bio + lit and geog would be a good choice since it says on the paper that only one humanities subject is allowed for people who are taking 3 science subjects. according to my abilities (if i have any) i dont think i can do physics. honestly. and since i havent decided my career choice as of yet, i think i would take lit and geog. grr i am uninitiated in this subject- does everyone take triple science? am i setting my sights too low? because crystal is taking all the science subjects, and all three seems like a very popular choice. speaking of subjects, i have looked at this college handbook that prepares you from the ninth grade (now) and you have to take the sats, and advanced placement courses if you want to get anywhere decent. maybe im thinking waay too far ahead. but college sounds fun doing the classes you like and the things you are good at, living away on your own and meeting all kinds of people.

tatah. and maybe my views on politics later.

amber spyglass review! (and possibly his dark materials)

After reading the entire book, I think you need to be of an appropiate age/maturity to handle the complex issues of human nature that phillip pullman wanted to bring out. The first two books are ok for younger readers aged 7-10[?] when it first started, lyra seemed a lot like a young harry battling oldyfart, and there isn't much depth, and not many complex issues, which kids can handle. but the second book brings in stuff like the relationship between will and his parents and how he grapples with being a parent for his mum. and of course the book needs someone old enough to handle the world of the dead, and um serious themes like sacrifice(the angel at the end). I didnt quite get some of the things that happened in the last book though, mainly because it starts right where the second book ends, and i forgot about what happened in the second book. >< and it had lovely closure and does not make me feel like another book to top it all off. sorry i know im doing this wrong- will go buy the first two books with my christmas present book vouchers so i can read and reread!

about acquiring books, i feel the need to actually own a book and be able to fold and crumple its pages or crease its spine and whatnot. when I wanted to read eldest, elissa told me to go borrow it since i was broke. but you never ever borrow a book like eldest. or harry potter for that matter- i cant go back whenever i want to and analyse it! or go back the second time because you read too fast the first, or reading it again a couple years later to see how your opinions change as you have well. grown up over the years. is that the right phrase to use? whaha or going back to catch all the foreshadowing (jkr does this very well) which im doing with Ootp currently. sometimes you think you will never get tired of a book- sorcerer's stone, for example. i dont like reading it again because im spoiled by the miles of depth the current books provide.

oh and i found this neat vegan mom's blog with a very lucky(or unlucky) kid. She packs vegan lunches for him every day and that means no dairy or egg or meat. I amazed at the stuff she can come up with given her limitations. and the kid likes it! (whos referred to as smoo, by the way o.0) the lunches look verrry yummy and full of veggies, which i like ((: this mom is very strictly vegan, and as i cannot live without ben and jerrys or poached eggs or general singaporean food (charsiew rice etcetc), this diet can only sustain me on weekdays. plus she uses food substitutes- like for tuna and chicken nuggets- and the scary thing, for me, is that i have no idea what they are made of! but her stuff is generally great so her blog is worth a visit! go to http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/ to take a look.

hi((: right so um eragon review first.
I think it was a little long-winded- he spends an entire chapter 'showing' just one trait of eragon's so you don't know if that chapter is really significant to plot development or if he was just waffling. And what makes you take note is the fact that a lot of eldest is based on the book eragon, so i got lost at some of the parts- i forgot what most of the dwarfish and elvish terms meant! and that was because i waited till borders was having a sale till i went to buy the book. --" which was a long time since I read eragon. and after that, i went on to read the amber spyglass, which fleshed out on the theme of (romantic) love very well compared to the infatuation eragon had with arya. and i think this is because christopher paolini was only 21[?] when he wrote the book, he had nothing to base the eragon/arya relationship on, or rather, a lack of maturity, whereas phillip pullman had two grown-up kids when the book was published, and therefore had more experience writing the will/lyra relationship. andand in my opinion, this was the one book that had a bgr but was not trash! (amber spyglass) more about amber spyglass in another post.
back to eldest. so elissa and i were discussing the parallels between eragon and star wars, and we think that he got a lot of *ahem* inspiration from george lucas. like the part: 'eragon, i am your brother' is a lot like 'luke, I am your father' or 'leia, i am your brother'. but i think star wars is worse because it's incest! and at least with arya, it's an entire race altogether. (she's an elf) ohoh and this young, inexperienced person is mentored by an older, more experienced person= eragon and brom, anakin and obi-wan. and the mentor dies! which occurs in both instances. *sigh* and parallels with his dark materials! eragon has saphira whom he can communicate with <=> lyra has pan, who she can communicate with too! i dont see any evident parallels with harry potter though, so thats good. grr. christopher paolini is such a ripoff.
butbut i am still waiting for the movie! and inheritance. and the OotP movie is said to be released july 17, 2007 in the US. jorowling says that her estimate for the seventh book is then too, and that would be the best early birthday present ever! but then i wouldnt have anything too look forward to after the movie, or which one comes earlier. ): and i would like to watch take the lead and aquamarine (for emma roberts and jojo) and the producers! and i would love to watch grease. or any musical. ahh im concert-deprived. except maybe for classified.

hi(: listening to phantom of the opera on radioblogclub makes me inspired! despite the fact that it is still easter and i am off collecting oyster eggs on kol. phantom of the opera music makes my sister scared. it reminds her of the enchanted mirror in the last scene and the phantom! and the scary music and the falling chandelier. poor thing. so she has gone to sleep now and i can go back to listening but it might make me scared too. i am such a wimp. masquerade is my favorite! it was right after the intermission when I saw it on broadway and there were all these great costumes! and the only song that does not make my sister scared. I am using an excessive amount of exclamation marks on this post. andshort sentences. but short sentences are for dramatic effect! and so are exclamation marks. ah well. using the striped oyster egg with its special abilities to deafeat the boss bat. wish me luck!
grr this is what happened: This is the two-headed bat who runs the Bat Hole. Despite constant arguments with himself which usually leave him with four black eyes. He gets the jump on you.
He sinks four sets of fangs into your tender leg. Ouch squared, dude. Ouch! Ouch! Ooh! Ouch!
You lose 13 hit points. sigh. how do i defeat the boss bat? and the goblin king? trying to find mosquito netting for the flies in the dark dank and sinister cave. see? im that obsessed with kol.
I wish we could do the phantom of the opera for book day. is it a book? ok today im going to talk about PotO(phantom of the opera) and put the eldest review in my next post because i feel very inspired! (yes i finally finished eldest) you know i have a feeling that hoongyan is sick of all my rants about poto because i kept on emailing and writing letters to her about it weeks after my trip. but a good musical makes you feel! like a good book, it oozes with emotion. like sound of music! which i loved to watch when i was little on the LCD lol. and my mum loves it too. my mum loves poto as much as i do! i first watched it when i was 5 but then all i remembered was the phantom on the boat with swirling mist and the loud noises and the chandelier, which i got scared of -_-" and i fell asleep during most of the show anyway. so the second time i watched it was on broadway in nyc! which was veryvery exhilarating. i mean people had to queue up in the cold just to buy tickets. and before the show, i saw zhener, which was quite surreal. anyway, we only got tickets on the day itself, so we had to sit high up in the theater. and the stairs were so steep and the seats were so narrow (it was an old theater, i forgot the name) that you felt like falling off into the stage, if you get what i mean. pictures weren't allowed, so i cant show you anything): the show began soon enough and i was hooked! I stupidly fell asleep in the middle before intermission- long day+heavy dinner= sleep. but my dad fell asleep for the entire thing! i dunno how he managed that, what with the organ and chandelier and all. wasted ticket. oh and speaking of wasted seats, some people left during intermission! probably to get transport early but you dont miss the second half just to flag a taxi 0.o and after intermission I saw masquerade! yup and then after the show, of course they got a standing ovation. people in singapore dont know how/dont give standing ovations for ANYTHING. except for perhaps an electrico concert. when I watch stuff, only a few expats stand up. then my mum enthu-ly stands up too! but that's about it.
going to sleep now! more on poto later. andand i must remember to put up your links, adeline and goh hong. and stay tuned for my eldest review!

*whew* its been a long time. well not that long if you consider my past between-post breaks. i really don'tknow what to talk about. really really really. I don't know who reads my blog, i mean besides the people who tag-- the people whom im not supposed to know that you're reading. and that person might just be you! whaha. but i read blogs that I am not supposed to! but if you blog, you have to assume that the entire world can see whatever you're writing, right? so sometimes I have these really long post pages and pages long all in my head, but it goes through my very rigid self-censorship rules, and be comes a paragraph. how pathetic. and it looks even more pathetic because my blog has a small font and column-like layout, which makes everything look small! I am reduced to writing nothing but crap.
OotP will be released on July17th! this is good friday, am going to larissa's later to do english pt--not a lot of progress has been made.>< anyway, got to go

Got this from adeline:

What's your inner power? (Girls only sorry. Beautiful anime pictures, lengthy results)

Uniqueness- Your inner power is Uniqueness! You are very different from everyone around you, and you like it that way. In fact, youd be furious if you were anything else. To the world outside you are a buoyant, fun loving person, and are probably pretty popular. Yet deep down you feel the urge to be accepted as who you are, and desperately want someone who is truly there for you. You are very indecisive and change your mind regularly over just about anything. Youre very opinionated, and bulldoze over anyone who doesnt share your views. At times you can be very depressed, though few people realise it with your animated personality. You are great fun to be around, and enjoy shocking people with your out there views and beliefs. At times however, your urge to be different can work against you, as people dont often enjoy their ideas of right and wrong having any shades of grey. But dont let them get to you; youre an awesome person who many love. You have no doubt heaps of friends, but dont always have that close friend/s that you want and need. You strive to be accepted for who you are, and are protective and loyal to those who earn your trust. Although at times you think there may be no one there, look around. There is someone in the shadows who desperately wants to be your friend, who maybe you just havent noticed. Dont let anyone get you down, youre the one who gives this boring world excitement and culture. Keep it up! Boy/Girl who will sweep you off your feet: Someone different and independent. Someone who isnt your typical male/female, who can accept that not everything has to be black and white, and yes, there are many, many shades of grey. Your stone/jewel: Amethyst Your power: Difference/Change. This is the ability to make a difference in the world, to create new ideas and opinions, and to open up the minds of others to show that there is more than one shade of grey. Your element: Electricity/Lightening A quote that applies to you: "Id much rather to be hated for who I am than loved for who Im not."
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sfa tomorrow>< will go to sleep soon.

before I blog, I come up with things that i am going to blog about and its all nicely organised in my head, but when I actually come to the computer and start typing, it just doesn't come out! hehe im thinking of the constipation joke- have you heard about the constipation joke? it hasn't come out yet! I know it's lame>< ah well. maybe I'll do a chapter story! that'll be fun. oh and i've joined KoL! im lily_enc, a noodle neophyte (whatever that is) level 3.

the beginning
She was sitting on a park bench, with her legs tucked underneath her. A notebook was on her lap, and she was writing beneath the light of a street lamp. It was night, and all was silent, the clouds masking a full moon. She had been writing here every night for a month, and had not noticed another in her presence. She needs company, he thought, and to be welcomed and accepted. She needed a coven. He ran his toungue over his teeth and grinned to himself. It is time. He approached with noiseless steps as he wet his lips and felt his canines, sharp to a point. Leaning over and pushing her hair aside, he bit. A scream pierced the silent night.

I think that there are waay too many short sentences. and it's very short I know. will go read fics for inspiration.

It sayd 3.48 pm on my watch and i have to go for third lang and catch the bus! so this will be a very squeezed and quick post to entertain you people. german test later and i havent studied! i hope they dont test past tense because all im good at is modalverben. ich kann kannst du er kann wir konnen ihr konnst sie konnen and so on. not going to waste my precious blogging time typing out conjugation><><"

i dont know how to start. im not very happy with myself. i havent been since p3 really. not happy with what i am doing and not happy with what i have done for myself--not much, come to think of it. I have a feeling that this is the first angsty post that i have ever posted in my life lol. Crystal says that angst is so fake--i think angst in fanfics are uhm overdone. the whole point of this blog was to post about my day and how great it was because i thought because its on the www, anybody can read it, right? And now my blog isn't publicised very well- i dont intend to do that any sooner as least until i can come up with regular, good quality blogposts. My grammar is wonked. either its looong run-on sentences or short boring ones. that is because i haven't written in a long time. I used to be able to come up with a proper poem in 1/2 an hour but now its 4 lines in an hour. this is pathetic. I feel guilty. guilty for not practising hard enough when i knew I could, guilty for not starting earlier so i could at least have proper sleep last night, guilty or not contributing hard enough. I know i could have done so much better with just some practise, but i don't practise. for some reason, i have become arrogant. my yearmates find it difficult even when they have tried so hard, but i dont try AT ALL. that is how big a wimp I am. Lots of people post like this. they whine and mooch about how bad their day was or how depressed they are-- it gets me depressed because then i feel guilty for not being able to reflect on what i have done and then do something to make it better. I skip the whining part altogether to the stage of acceptance because the more I whine, the sadder i feel. and it doesn't make any difference whether i whine or not because I am just going to get the same results anyway. That's giving up. I know it is wrong to give up and I know that my results aren't anybody's fault but mine and only I am in the position to change them. But I just don't do anything. For the plain reason that i dont feel like.

potterpuffs! i think im obsessed. i might find a nicer blogskin if i dont like this...

oh my goodness the last post was more than a year ago... im coming back! mwahahaha

Music:(Winners of the teen choice awards)
Album - Kelly Clarkson ("Breakaway")
Breakout, Female - Gwen Stefani
Breakout, Male - Jesse McCartney
Collaboration - Gwen Stefani featuring Eve ("Rich Girl")
Female Artist - Kelly Clarkson
Love Song - Mariah Carey ("We Belong Together")
Make-out Song - Ciara featuring Ludacris ("Oh")
Male Artist - Jesse McCartney
Party Starter - Black Eyed Peas ("Don't Phunk With My Heart")
Rap Artist - Eminem
Rap Track - Eminem ("Mockingbird")
R&B Hip-Hop Track - Ciara ("1 - 2 Step")
R&B Artist - Mariah Carey
Rock Group - Simple Plan [yay!]
ingle - Kelly Clarkson ("Since U Been Gone")
Additional Awards
Comedian - Adam Sandler
Crossover Artist - Jesse McCartney
Hottie, Female - Rachel Bilson
Hottie, Male - Chad Michael Murray
From msn tv.

Its so weird... cos perfect10 was playing all the old pop-y type songs, i.e. britney spears,blue,backstreet boys. I listened to them when i was little and spastically sang along. i dunno about you guys, but you must have had something you liked to listen too eons ago. Send your stuff to elocin12@gmail.com. Oh. and i liked the corrs and m2m too...remember 'mirror mirror'? ha. and the spice girls were performing when i was in toronto when i was 5!!! i remember hating them and listening to geri haliwell everywhere--->what about you?

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