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I am so dead!

amos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:33:06 +0000

I’m awake at 230am studying for my Econs test. Have already went through alittle but still need to refresh my theories and stuffs. Also, I need to watch the Liverpool match at 4am later, since I’m a die hard Liverpool fan and you would have to kill me to stop me from watching. That probably means that I would have to sleep at 6am… and wake up at 730am to prepare for school! Lessons start at 9am, and I have lessons from 9 to 4pm. After that, it’s 1 hour of “lunch” before a 1 hour tutorial at 5pm. So my lessons end at 6pm on Thursdays, but that’s not it for tomorrow, or should I say today! I have the dreaded Econs test at 630pm, which ends at 730pm. After that, I’ll probably come home, eat dinner and die on my bed.

Just a thought, Li Lin did said in The Leap Years movie that “it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. I wonder if I can synonymously say the same “it’s better to have studied and failed than never to have studied at all!”. Somehow, it just doesn’t have the same meaning when used in this context…

Time Flies!

amos — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:22:42 +0000

So, people would say that you don’t update your blog if you don’t blog often enough. So here I am writing this post out of nothing, since nothing much happened the past few days! I did go for dinner with the usuals at AMK Hub’s Ichiban Sushi on Thursday. They were supposed to watch The Leap Years, so I decided not to join them for dinner at first. In the end, Yushan (the organizer) managed to convince everyone to watch Meet The Spartans, and so we did! They did ask me how The Leap Years was, and my reply was “it was not too bad for a free movie”, since I won tickets to the sneak preview on Valentine’s day. Anyway, though that reply left room for debate, I can quite safely say that Meet The Spartans was “not worth my time if it was free”. I can only take comfort in the fact that we paid only $6 for the movie, instead of $8/$9.50 or even $10.

Anyway, went to school today after 1 week of “holidays”. Most of my friends were busy with projects and stuff for this so-called holidays, or recess week to be exact, except it didn’t seem much like a recess. Ok, it was not supposed to feel like a recess week for me too, since I had some assignments and projects to do, and also had to study for an Economics test I have this thursday. However, I made it more or less like a recess week by the fact that I procrastinated and did close to nothing for the whole week! So, now I have to rush a few assignments and also study for the test! And they say time flies when you’re having fun! I think time flies when you’re not working/studying! Unless you’re Kermit, then “time’s fun when you’re having flies!”.

The Leap Years

amos — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:05:39 +0000

Was at work on Tuesday and received quite a surprise in my mailbox.

Hi,

Thank you for participating in the Prime Time Morning contest for The Leap Years.

Congratulations!

You have won for yourself a pair of tickets to catch a very special Valentine’s Day screening of The Leap Years at GV Marina.

…

Cool, I merely signed up for the contest because I was lazing in the living room while Channel News Asia was on and I heard them talking about an online contest which seemed rather easy. So, browsed to the webpage, googled for the answers, and the next thing I know, I got the aforementioned e-mail! Reading through the e-mail, I realised that the movie was on Valentine’s Day! One problem… Who should/could I ask to watch a movie with me on Valentine’s Day? Who would be free on that day anyway? So I asked Joanne and she was free!

So, I took a bus to Suntec today, and went to collect my free ticket to The Leap Years. After that, I walked around Marina Square alittle before Joanne finally arrived after work. The movie was not bad! It was around 1 hours and 40 minutes, and was a nice heartwarming romance movie. There was quite a nice cast too, Joan Chen, Ananda Everingham, Li Lin, Qi Yu Wu, Vernetta Lopez, Nadya Hutagulung as mentioned on the movie’s site. The plot was interesting too, and the movie didn’t make me fall asleep even though I’ve been deprived of sleep the past few days. The soundtrack was nice too, and during the movie I felt the singer’s voice was rather familiar, somewhat like Corrinne May. At the end of the movie, my doubts was confirmed as I heard Corrinne May’s The Birthday Song being played, unless of course only this song was by her, and the rest of the songs were not, which I highly doubt. Also, the movie is scheduled for release on the 29th of this month. At first, I thought it was just a regular date to be released, but during the movie, I noticed that the movie was about “The Leap Years”, and the 29th was a special date chosen for the release. And, I guess I’m one of the privileged few to get to watch the movie 15 days before it’s official release.

After the movie, we headed to Chomp Chomp for our late dinner. It was still rather crowded, and we had to wait quite long for our food. I don’t know how it started, but we ended up chatting about those IRC days. Those were the days, when we were still young and noisy, with energy to log on every night to have idle banter, and flooding of the chat channels. It was quite a nice reminiscence of those days, when we didn’t really have a care in the world, and we all had time for each other more or less. Ok, I might exaggerate a little, but nowadays, meeting up is such a chore, as everyone is busy with work/school and what not, and you would not be able to have a gathering with everyone there. I wish those carefree days were back.

Anyway, heres wishing every single one of you a Happy Valentine’s Day!

PS. Should I get a Canon Ixus 860 IS? This deal at bargain city looks rather tempting, and my hong bao money is looking to be spent!