i am... sick. have been for a good chunk of this month, actually.
i've been ignoring it for the most part; cheap, over the counter pharmaceuticals have been my drug of choice *pun* but yesterday i waved the red flag.
a month of sneezing and dry/wet/moist coughs and blocked nostrils (sometimes it's the right one, sometimes it's the left; it varies, see) and itchy
as fuck throat (the kind that makes you feel like you need to scratch it...from the inside.) and looking like death made me give up
on panadol and clarinase and woods cough syrup.

i'm so dramatic, truth is i am feeling a teeny bit better
which is why i'm even here in the first place.

ok enough dramatics, here's a picture post.

from the plastic camera

god, my memory's for shit. i cant remember anything that i wanted to post. ok i remember one. fuck yeah marion cotillard won best actress at the oscars! seriously anyone who hasnt seen La Vie En Rose go see it. you'll see why everyone who has watched it feel so passionately about her winning. it made me bawl for hours. i found my favourite scene on youtube. sigh, what a great movie.

till my memory improves, i bid you adieu!

to lighten the mood (my mood lah), i hereby present
the greatest invention to ever exist

haahaa we were having so much fun but eventually got busted.

hello pretty people. it's the second day of the chinese new year and i have done pretty much nothing for the past 2 days. my stomach is on fire and i acknowledge the fact that i caused it (sambal overload since monday).
it feels like there's a party going on in my belly, i wish i was invited.
ramblerambleramble, grumblegrumblegrumble.
i was looking at my blogger dashboard before i started on this post and found out that this would be my 666th post, isnt that awesome? not the 'oh look at what i've accomplished' kind, more of the 'isnt 666 such a cool number' kind of awesome.

to stay true to the topic of things that nobody really needs to know, while i'm currently typing this, i am also listening to my ipod and eating an orange. i know, what a multi-tasker i am. i've discovered that whenever itunes is open, my system gets super slow and thus i am forced to listen to music from the ipod. double job, i know but hey, whats an mp3 player for anyway right? god, who uses the term mp3 player anymore i wonder. anyway, i get ridiculously happy when i discover that an orange slice that i have eaten contained no seeds. its almost identical to the feeling that i get when i find a seat on the bus or train and see no old or pregnant people around. oh come on, admit it. dont pretend you dont groan inwardly (or outwardly) when you see a 'more needy' person (i find this entirely debatable BTW) board the bus/train. as much as i am willing to (and do!) give up my seat to them, it doesnt exactly make me want to run to the top of a mountain and cheer. i also dont like taking the train, im what you would call a bus person. man, i thought ah sohs trying to get a seat on a bus was scary, but the ah sohs trying to board a train is freaking brutal! they get this crazy look in their eyes (linda blair kind of crazy) and the moment the doors slide open, their small, seemingly weak bodies get a superhuman boost and wah... they go wild. cannot handle man.

ok now that my transportation horror stories are out in the open,
here's a small update on my photo journal;

and i wanted to rant about my thoughts about Atonement there but i figured noone would read it there so here it is. God, was Atonement disappointing or what. ok i'll admit my expectations were high because i had read the book before and also i read so many good reviews about the film. Apart from being visually beautiful (its only saving grace methink, well besides James McAvoy), it was lacking in growth as a film that was predominantly about regret and lost love. in a nutshell, a sad love story. i only have one thing to say; keira knightley. seriously? the girl has one face! ok i shall leave it at that and in the future i shall listen to the little voice in my head that warns me to never watch anything with keira freaking knightley.

moving on. I know i said i would put up a list of things i want to own in 2008 and i finally got around to actually doing it so here it is;

1) Camera Stuff


Sigma 10-20mm lens ($800++)
brought forward from last year's list actually, i was so close to getting one with my first borders paycheck but i got a reality check and decided i should probably use the money for other stuff like..... food.


Contax T3 in blackkk ($600++)
i would probably be content with a T2 actually, but since this is a dream list, why not right?

2) Books


($15-30++ per book)
i know, i know, 'kinsella? seriously?'. nobody (including me) likes to admit they secretly read and love chick lit. embrace it, i say, and sleep easy tonight.

3) DVDs


Planet Earth Complete DVD boxset ($100++)
ohmygod i've been wanting this for the longest time and it would probably be the first item i check off this list (when i get my next pay, whenever that might be lol)


The Office Seasons 1-3 ($40-$80++ per season i think)
i am not kidding when i say i've watched each episode at least 3 times and it never fails to make me literally LOL each time.

4) Handphone


Samsung D900i ($i dunno, expensive i guess)
i realise that this is not exactly a new model but i'm a dinosaur and prefer to press on actual buttons so touch screen anything is out for me. also might blackmail my mom to get me this cos my current handphone is bonkers

5) Shoes


Classic Keds $40+
This or the Vans kind would be fine. Speaking of which, how freaking cool is this?

6) Games i'm ashamed to admit i really want


($49 per game)
lol dont judge! who didnt grow up on disney cartoons and super mario?

okay now i am reminded of the fact that i have no income coming in and thus am semi-depressed. speaking of which (income that is), i think the first thing i did when i got my last paycheck was to get birthday presents for people (aren't i the best?). first on the list was my mom who turned 46 on the 28th of Jan. my dad and i got her this rocking Sisley bag. It was a bargain (really!) and even though it burnt a tiny hole in my pocket, the look on her face when she saw the present ("sisley!?!") was worth it. i've already gotten amalina+balqis and my dad gifts (they turn 22 and 49 respectively on the 28th of february) so im safe since the next significant birthday is in..... july? god i need a job.

i have thousands of photos that i wanted to include in this post but i accidentally turned this into a huge megapost so photos later i guess.

urgh i peeled another orange and this one is so hard and sour. bahhh.