Update on random things.

Hello, peeples! Been not posting for the past two weeks 'cuzza the usual reasons, i.e. laziness, TV-ness, and BUSY-ness. Geddit? Like, BUSI-NESS... 'Cuz I have a BUSINESS degr–okay, never mind.

I just got my academic transcripts in the mail, like the totally finalised ones that say you've finished everything and don't owe any money to the uni. Which was simply great. And I officially have a Distinction average. Yay. But it'd be more awesome if it were a HIGH Distinction... That entails bragging rights.

In other GREAT news, the Watchmen dispute has been resolved! Meaning, the movie's gonna come out on March 5th (6th for them, 5th for us!) without any delay, MEANING(!!), I will be there on the first day, having chips and getting all goggle-eyed at the screen!! YES!~! Hopefully, I'll be able to get into the downstairs theatre. It's way cooler to watch movies in the larger theatre than the smaller ones.

So on Monday, I woke up early to watch the Golden Globes live ('cuz I'm crazy about entertainment that way), wondered what the hell were the Jonas Brothers doing at the Golden Globes, saw other insignificant teenagers get screen-time in a non-MTV-related awards ceremony, and noticed that a lot of nominees didn't show up. I read somewhere that 10 nominees sat out on Monday ceremony. Ten!

[By the way, props to Sacha Baron Cohen. I get that divorce is no laughing matter, but Salma Hayek seems to be taking it personally.]

Watched a bit of Moulin Rouge yesterday. Man, I miss that movie.

Saw Mamma Mia! this morning (at church, no less). Haha. Will follow-up with review in a bit, my room's kinda hot now.

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Six hours to 2009...

So I've made it through another year (kudos to moi). Happy time all around! Choccies and champagne for everyone!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

May this coming one be more awesome than the last!

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Update!

[Man, I've a lot of posts that have that title.]

As per above, here's an update of what I've been doing for the past two weeks or so, since I seemed to have gone on an unannounced hiatus:

1) Finally. Came. HOME!! Flew back on the 23rd (or 22nd, what-ev), hung out with people I haven't seen in a year or so, haven't moved from the couch since (except to go to the kitchen). Been watching cartoons and DVDs ever since.

2) Managed to persuade my mom to let me buy Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, since she loves The Da Vinci Code (book, not movie) as well. Now, to get my mom to let me buy Patrick Suskind's Perfume. And also Robert Ludlum's The Gemini Contenders.

3) Found out a few days ago that my weight ballooned (literally!) up to 65kg. Is cutting off food as of tomorrow.

I'll post up some much-delayed photos of the things I bought over the next few days, like my Tommy Hilfiger sunglassies (oh YES!! Hahaha, I'm so sampat) and my iPod Touch (oh YES AGAIN!!).

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Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly

The Tuesday before last, Ying Ying and I headed to see Madama Butterfly over at the State Theatre. It was raining like ass (I seem to have an affinity for that word these days), but it wasn't heavy when I left the office and took the tram down.

Bought the program for $15 (still cheaper than what I paid for Wicked and The Rocky Horror Show), and when we went in, we got this mini flyer that said that the lady playing Butterfly (or Cio-Cio San, the Japanese lady of the title) was replaced by another lady.

Now, I'm all for understudies getting their time in the light, but I didn't pay $90 to see the replacement.

Anyway, before the show started, this guy came out and told us that the actress advertised was down with a throat infection (or something), and that the current lady has played Butterfly a few years back.

[So at least they didn't give us the understudy.]

Our seats were awesome (in the balcony, of course). We could see the surtitles (I dunno what's with the 'sur'; I always thought it was 'sub') clearly, and the stage, and the orchestra (which is always cool in my book).

The show was lovely. The storyline's basically proof that American men are pigs. In a nutshell, it's about this military man, Pinkerton (whose name sounds British, by the way) marrying this very, very young and very beautiful Japanese girl, Butterfly (of the title) so that he can have nice time if he docks at port again (in other words, he married her just for the heck of it). He promises her that he will be back by spring; unfortunately, three years have gone by and there's no sight of him.

Up till then, she's still hopeful that he will come back, because she had his baby (oooo yes, he knocked her up. But he didn't know). As the show goes on, her hopes are dashed, and Pinkerton returns (with his new AMERICAN wife) to adopt Butterfly's child (because it's still kinda his) and take the boy back to America.

So in the end, she gives the boy up, and she commits suicide.

[It is all very emotional.]

See, kids? This is why we Asian girls should not have white boyfriends. They will get us pregnant and adopt our babies and then we'll be forced to commit suicide because we can't kill our nagging relatives ('cuzza that whole 'filial piety' crap).

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WATCHMEN, Take 2!

[I know, I know. Words cannot describe how nerdy I am. But you may refer to me as the Uber-Geek.]

Last week or something, I was randomly looking at the iTunes Store when I found TWO(!!!) exclusives vids from the new Watchmen movie! (Out 5th March 2009)

[It's SPAZZING TIME!!!]

I couldn't watch it on my laptop, 'cuzza my Quicktime whatever is not up-to-date (it still isn't; I didn't have enough memory space to run the update thingy).

Sigh. Two more days before I can see the vids ('cuz I'd be able to transfer most of my files onto my other laptop, then I'll have enough memory to run the update file).

In the meantime, here's a gem to brighten up your day:

[It's too adorable.]

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May I direct your attention to...

This.

The first and the last. 'Nuff said.

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No Puccini :[

But YES to Tchaikovsky!

Instead of going to see Madama Butterfly, Ying Ying and I went to see the Nutcracker (Yes, the ballet, with the dancing and the prancing and the pirouetting...).

[We're gonna go see Butterfly this Tuesday, though.]

Since I didn't know that the show was cheapskate enough to be held out in the open, I didn't dress for the occasion.

It was a night show, and it was one of those crazy-cold nights.

It was organised by the Australian Ballet School (SCHOOL, mind you, not COMPANY. I thought it was the COMPANY that was performing. No wonder the tickets weren't crazy expensive. Like $43 each concession). I mean, they did a wonderful job, but I woulda preferred to spend my money on the pros rather than the students.



[I did awfully well in my exams. Will brag blog about it in a few days 'cuz I need to get snapshots.]

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