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History, Discovery, Bio and Nat Geo

I used to watch these channels every weekend, but the past few months I've been watching too much movies and series on my laptop that I kinda forgot about our television. 

Yesterday I watched was the Bio of Benazir Bhutto which I recorded in our set up box (very useful feature). Her story was like that of the Aquino's but more tragic and chaotic because of the history of her country, Pakistan. I guess there are people like that, people who prioritize their country above everything else, even their family.  Today, we watched how the great city of Shanghai is getting a transformation with the construction of Shanghai Expo. We also watched the effects of a major volcano eruption and how deadly an encounter with a great white shark really is. Now I'm watching Commander in Chief: George Bush.

It's becoming an educational weekend for me... :)

My soulmate... for now (sequel)

It took me 2 years and 1 month (to be exact) to finally be with my soulmate... And I'm so glad I waited for this release...

I know I know, my post was almost 3 months delayed but I kinda was busy or, well, just lazy.

What do I like about it...

- I no longer need my iPod touch

- I can now listen to RX Morning Rush

- surfing the net and checking FB is so much easier

- chatting via YM is way easier

- haven't tried facetime yet but it's suppose to be cool

- instagr.am application makes picture taking so much fun

- the screen resolution is so much better than the 3gs

I guess there's a few more that I can still add to the list but I'll just leave it at that for now... I'd like to keep my relationship with my soulmate private. ;)

Lomo-fied

I am loving my new blog layout. :D The picture I used was taken while we were at Starbucks Holland V. I liked the sepia and lomo feel of the page...

I also discovered the beauty of lomo photography (did I get that right?) because of an application I downloaded on my phone. :D

My Office Desk

The first Christmas present I received

Bugis Christmas Tree (♪ no one to buy you, give yourself to me... hehehe)

 pseudo-chandelier from one of the shops at Haji Lane

What came first? The music or the misery?

I decided to watch High Fidelity after a comic strip I read a few days ago (can't find it anymore though) referenced John Cusack on that movie.  Didn't have high expectations as I didn't liked the book that much, got quite bored with it actually. But, I find the movie entertaining, quite opposite of the book, and it might just be on my Top 5 feel good/light movies. :)

"I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open, and that's suicide... by tiny tiny increments."

"If you really wanted to mess me up, you should've gotten to me earlier" 

♪ Who died and made you King... of anything??? ♪

It's a Wednesday and I'm home, sick (just a bit) and this video/song made me smile. :)





♪ Let me hold your crown, babe. ♪

Hand Me Down

I am so in love with this song....

The way Rob sang it is just amazing, add up the guitar and it's perfect, just perfect.

Someday they'll open up your world

Shake it down on a drawing board

Do their best to change you

They still can't erase you...

I guess I'm just another hand me down...

A disaster magnet who doesn't have a boyfriend and will probably end up blind

Me!?


Ok, I guess I'll just write about stuff I did or happened that I didn't want to forget...


Watched Social Network, You Again and Due Date. Liked Social Network the most.


Also attended a lingerie fashion show! Hmmm... Might need to update this blog with pictures. :D


First is our short Bintan, Indonesia trip. It was my 2nd time to go there but this time with different set of friends. We only stayed overnight and I was expecting it to be an uneventful and relaxing trip but the first day turned out otherwise. The ferry ride was a breeze for me because since I was the last addition to the Bintan troopers, I was booked at Emerald class as the Economy one is already fully booked. But when we arrived at Bintan terminal I was suddenly a disaster magnet. As I was getting in the van we rented, I bumped into a protruding screw and got myself bruised. Next, when we were having breakfast at a restaurant, the waiter dropped 2 glasses around me which shattered into hundreds of pieces. I didn't move for a few seconds for fear of getting a cut. After that we went to one of the islands with the Chinese temple and tall statues where I was feasted on by the mosquitos!!! My legs were full of mosquito bites and the weird thing is, I was the one with the most and worst bites. At that point I was praying 'please don't them be Dengue mosquitos'. And to top off that first day, while we're having our lunch (at 3pm), the glass that was given to me have ants on it. That day reminded me of the movie You Again. Good thing our second day was spent mostly at the pool and beach, hence, not much bad stuff. Overall it was fun and I'm hoping we could all do it again. If there's one thing I learned from that trip is that a litre of water is your best friend when drinking absolut, bailey's and bintang beer. ;) Oh and we had nice underwater pictures too, note to self, ask Madie for a copy.


Next is I think I'm slowly adapting the Australian culture of drinking (immediately) after work. Didn't want to go and do it but I had to. Didn't like the idea though, I'm the dinner then drink kind of person.


At our swimming class this afternoon I was asked by our instructor if I now have a boyfriend. I thought I heard him wrong but my friends confirmed that that's what he really said. I mean why would he ask that, it's a sensitive topic for single girl, right??! My response, I'll probably have an imaginary one by tomorrow. And then a few minutes later, while he was teaching us how to throw a rope to someone in the water, I unintentionally threw mine straight to his face. I was sorry about it... ;)


Watched Due Date after swimming and went to buy a set of disposable contact lenses. I had my eye grade checked again 'cause I'm pretty sure it got a bit worse because the usual 4.00 and 4.50 I'm using is no longer as clear as I remember it should be. I was expecting a 0.25 to 0.50 increase but to my disappointment it was much more than that. It is now at 5.75 and 6.50! I mean at the rate I'm going, I'll be blind before I even reach 40. He gave me a lower grade contacts for now to not shock my eyes with the sudden increase. It still upsets me, I want to try LASIK but I read that I should have a stable eye grade for at least a year before I could qualify. Oh well...


Looking forward to watching the Pacquiao fight at our boss' house tomorrow while having Filipino food for breakfast. After that, I'll head to a surprise birthday party with again, Filipino food for lunch. :D 


Sigh... I'm sooo glad I'm not too hard to please, happy food, and in this case, Filipino food will likely make me feel better tomorrow. ;)