last week, i spent one of my late afternoon watching one of my most favourite movie and story,

Lord of The Ring: Return of The King.

the very first time i fell in love with LOTR was because of legolas (orlando bloom), who is so darn handsome with his long, silky blonde hair and his mesmerizing eyes when he shoots the arroows in battle. but then slowly, i loved the trilogy even more so because of the action, the brotherhood, the courage, the loyalty, the bravery and the fact that good always triumphs over evil, even though all hope may seem lost at first.

many people, or rather many immature youths, like to poke fun of LOTR, saying that its a gay show and all. gay, because the characters who are mostly of the male gender, hug and speak emotional words to each other. well, maybe its because its rather uncomfortable and unusual for us, singaporeans, to actually see bond between man so strong. i mean, how often do we witness guys hug and hold each other? probably only after scoring a goal in a soccer match.

so i'm totally put off when people say LOTR is gay. because it is not. their words are expressions of brotherly love for each other, words of life because they are fighting a battle of death. they hold onto each other because its an act of pushing each other on in such terrible times. being gay is a whole lot more of other things.

"War is the province of man" one warrior in the movie said to lady eowyn, who wants to go into battle to fight alongside her uncle(King of Roahn). but in the end, she was the one who destroyed a monster which is said to be one which "no man can kill". being a female, i was rather proud of that scene and greatly esteemed as well. haha. there is nothing in this world that women cant do.

however, one thing i found rather unfortunate about the story is the fact that the fellowship and all other warriors cheered on and deemed frodo as the hero, throughout the journey and ultimately in the end. i choose to strongly disagree because the ring would have fallen prey into frodo's hand if not for his faithful friend, sam, who pushed and encouraged him along the whole journey to their destination to destroy the ring, mount doom. sam was not tempted by greed for the ring, and neither did he expect anything in return from frodo. he, in fact, saved frodo's life many times, and yet, frodo made the wrong decision not to trust him. the sidekick, as usual, is often forgotten, even though he might be the one who's the true man of honour. its really the same in our real life. when we do well and achieve something, we tend to forget those around us, who had helped us to attain that level. people will cheer for you, but they will never cheer for those who brought you where you are today. irritating reality.

LOTR though, is still a novel and movie, that never fails to blow me off my seat :)

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went to school today to support my juniors for their very 1st soccer match against our "sister school", qss. i was really happy seeing the qss girls again, like valerie for one, because it was really a long time since i've seen them and joke around with them. they didnt seem to grow though, so small and adorable, but lethal on the field. hahaha.

jasmine kept teasing me about coach's assistant, hafiz a.k.a handsome (!!!), because of what coach told us during the chalet. he was the ref for the match anyway. so then i began to like take more notice of him, and to my horror, he reminds me of noi! the shirt he wore, the eyes and his pattern. i see him, i think noi. funny how some people you know reminds you of OTHER people you know.

anyway, the match was pretty fast paced, with definitely lots of crowding and banging into each other. well, i'm sure we were like that in the past. and i'm more sure that my juniors will improve tremendously by next year, considering the many trainings they have compared to us. and also, coach said their match sense is good!

was standing throughout the whole match, and i felt this strong urge to throw myself onto the field to play, even though the weather was like 100000 degree C. i just miss the adrenaline rush on the battlefield. and yiting and chai were just like little coaches, giving instructions off field! haha. i'm sure almost all of us are miss playing soccer alot. so i hope coach would settle the date of our testimonial match asap!

during lunch, we realised that coach said alot of things to either 1) confuse us 2) boost each team's esteem or 3) he's confused himself. hahaha. going to miss coach alot!

and so the hols are drawing to an end! been relaxing myself to the max, and i only studied abit here and there. my vice has become the tv! :( well, even though i spent the hols rejuvenating myself instead of doing what's more right, i can see myself very clearly mugging hard right after school all the way to midnight every day. make it double my O levels days, where i became a nerd before the prelims. haha. starting to panic alittle right now, so these shall be my motivation to study all the way until As are over! somehow, i feel really excited to adpt a constant diliigent attitude towards study. its like a challenge of some sort. hahaha.

ALTHOUGH I'M DREADING

MONDAY! I DONT WANT TO GO

FOR TUTORIALS!

lectures, self-study and alittle soccer would be the perfect timetable everyday proceeding to the examinations!

and cheers turtle! you've finally update your blog :D

off to study for history paper! :D

ohhk, i'm finally not too lazy to blog again :) first, it really irks me when i thought i've turned on my hp alarm, only realising the next day that what i thought i had done was merely an imagination. yes, and it caused me to oversleep. and when you oversleep, AND knowing you're meeting people at said time, things get all hectic as you began to compete against time. by the time i leave home, i'm always so frazzled. when the lift doesnt reach my storey fast enough, i curse. when the bus i'm waiting for does not appear fast enough, i swear. when the bus stop is full of people alighting and boarding and the bus is in a perfect standstill, i curse and swear.

i hate to rush.

it makes me bitter.

so anyway, let me indulge again in the wonderful memory of "tai-tai" therapy with jingwen on tuesday afternoon. haha. i suggested to do manicure, and jingwen was super on for it. so on tues, she brought me to holland v., where i experienced my first ever manicure. the place is called "Lush Nails" and the ambience was really cosy. like you've entered a modern kind of victorian era. they even served you green tea! we wanted to the the express manicure, which cost $13, but finally settled for the classic one, which is $22. the classic was much better because 1) they file your nails to a specific shape 2) they cut your cuticles 3) they clean and dig out the dirt from your nails and 4) they massaged your fingers and hand. well, i chose a dark maroon colour, which my friends felt it looked like black, but hell no, its maroon. jingwen chose a shiny red colour and we let the manicurist do the job. it was really relaxing, and as my nails were "under construction", i turned my attention to this indian lady who is getting her manicure done.

she's a socialite, no doubt about that. she talked so much to her manicurist, i'm sure she told her lifestory. the thing is, she actually gave her credit card to her manicurist, told her the pin number, and got the manicurist to settle the bill while she went outside for a smoke. she didnt even bother to like lower a voice alittle, because jingwen and i can hear the pin number too. like please, i've never seen anybody doing that before! i think she thinks the best of everybody.

well, back to me. as i've said, it was really relaxing but the freaking rainy weather that day, turned on my nose tap. i kept trying to prevent my mucus from dripping out from my nose, so i sniffed very loudly. super unglam. the manicurist looked at me with much curiousity, and i pretended nothing happened. i mean, which is more unglam? sniffing loudly, or seeing gooey mucus flowing out of your nostril? of course the latter! finally, after 2 hours (!), jingwen and i were done, and busy admiring our polished nails.

the manicurist actually asked me to try the pedicure, but no thank you! my toenails are hideous after these two years of soccer. chipped and all. but she said, thats why the more you should do it! well, when the day comes when i no longer play soccer, then i will be willing to spend so much on my feet. if not, its like money down the drain!

after 2 hours of sitting, we took a leisure stroll around holland v., enjoying its environment, before settling down at essential brews for our pasta dinner! thats when i received a phonecall from theresa, who sounded so excited. apparently, HER russell saw jingwen and i at holland v, and told her. was so happy to hear theresa's voice then because didnt see her for like almost 2 weeks since the school hols. WE PROMISED TO GO DO MANICURE YEAHH! AND THE ZOO TOO!

the food at essential brews was great, the prawns are so juicy! camwhored alittle, before the batteries died on jingwen. haha. after dinner, which cost $20 each, we went for our stroll, 2nd round, and this time, we spotted russell. first thought, where's theresa? hahaha. after that, we took the bus back to westmall, and i went home, while jingwen went to meet her friend. it was close to 9 already!

although we only did manicure, eat and walked around like aimless nomads, we really had a great time pampering ourselves. stress free, relaxed, and for once, not considering much on our budget. so, i felt really rejunvenated all the back to westmall, until i changed and took the mrt.

most of the time, it really pains me to take the mrt. like the annoyingly annoying kind of pain. first, i though we're supposed to give way to alighting passengers. but the majority of singaporeans i see, bombard the train cabins the first thing its door open. so people squeezed and stepped and bumped onto each other. ohhk, i know when compared to the tube in london or the subway in US, taking a train in singapore is like no big deal. at least, we havent achieved the ability to let the crowd pushed us to wherever it goes. YET. but heyy! smrt had already drawn out the lines nicely for us to stand behind and they are reminders of giving way to alighting passengers, but somehow, many singaporeans are either illiterate, or they JUST DONT BOTHER.

i guess we just dont bother, because we're living in such a fast paced society. we're all rushing to get home, so we can turn in early. we're all rushing to catch our favourite tv show. we're all rushing to work so we would not be late. we're all rushing to grab that empty seat so we can relax our feet. a pregnant lady or elderly boards the train, feigned sleep/ignorance. many a times, we're too caught up rushing here and there, too caught up focusing on our own comfort, we failed to sit back and ponder over deeper things or do a little act of kindness. well, sometimes these happen not only because we rushed, but also because we're too self centred. ponder over deeper things? like excuse me? how does it benefit me? i've got better things to do, thank you! do a little act of kindness? sure, when people are looking or when i'm feeling happier.

too many people do big things because they know they can get something in return. but too many people failed to do the little things because little things cant benefit them. but its usually these little things that builds

1) Faithfulness

2) Self-Control

3) Patience

4) Goodness

5) Gentleness

6) Joy

7) Kindness

8) Peace

9) Love

which one do you lack? :)

got free movie vouchers so watched kung fu panda with mom and sis on friday, panda with the voice of jack black. the big guys' in the house, yo! it would probably be very soon before big guys rule the movies and the red carpet haha. AND ALSO, before they become the preferred boyfriends/husbands. good bye muscle man!

kung fu panda was a very hilarious movie, and its really a story of the underdog. it made the whole cinema laughed, including my mom who usually falls asleep in movies. and i think its really cool that the west is embracing east culture. kung fu and all. i was really taken with one of the character, the crane. so i went home to search what does the crane symbolises in chinese mythology. wisdom, i found out. no wonder i connect with it so well! hahaha. well, the movie was also rather inspiring in the sense, because it portrays self-worth and self-belief, which almost everybody lacks when they're tasked to do something. i mean, even a panda can fly and learn kung fu, why cant i get straight As for my As?

impossible is nothing, baby ;D

AND I CANT WAIT

FOR SOCCERETTES

CHALET!

met up with some of the girls at brenda's house, and we planned the stuff to bring. the more we plan, the more excited i get. PLUS there's euros lar. mac will be our ton-out place, where we'll ton the whole night out, screaming GOAL! at the top of our lungs. and can you believe we're bringing our homework/notes to study?! chai say when half time, we quickly revise. i wonder if its possible! haha.

and today. i'm so proud of lixuan and tzer! i've all along wanted to get my ear pierced again, and today, they made me more inspired to get it into action. must save money first because i dont really trust THE shop. will get it pierced at be dazzle. i simply love tongue pirecings too, but i'm too scared to go through the healing process. and the pain. the pain of getting beaten up into a pulp by my parents. a tattoo is a must though :) must constanly remind myself, PAIN IS ONLY IN THE MIND. sometimes, i wished i'm masochistic. because i guess, people who embraced pain are usually fearless. yes? haha. just a thought lar. most of the time, i think masochism is sick :/

sometimes, the line for and against body modification is so blurred.

alright, i guess i better end here, lest my post becomes a novel. there's so much thoughts i want to share still, so i guess i'll post them next time! :)

CHALET 2 MORE

DAYS!

HAVENT BBEN BLOGGING BECAUSE 1) TOO LAZY TO BLOG AND 2) NOTHING REALLY EVENTFUL HAPPENED TO ME WHICH I AM EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT.

BUT TODAY'S DIFFERENT! I HAD "TAI-TAI" THERAPY WITH JINGWEN AND IT WAS A BOMB (A BOMB ON MY WALLET HAHA)! TML WILL BE A GREAT DAY TOO, BECAUSE WILL MEET THE TEAM FOR LUNCH! AFTER LIKE 10 000 000 YEARS, WE'RE FINALLY MEETING FOR A MEAL AGAIN!

SO BECAUSE I'M WORN OUT TONIGHT, I SHALL BLOG THE DETAILS TML AND I GUESS IT WILL BE YET ANOTHER LONG POST. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS THIS WAY.

THIS ENTRY IS VERY REDUNDANT, BUT ITS THE ONLY WAY TO STIMULATE (?) ME TO UPDATE MY POSTS.

I LOVE CAPITALISING MY WORDS.

GOOD NIGHT :D