Viva Forever

Well exams are finally over and I’ve been enjoying these few days just sleeping in late, watching movies, reading comics and chilling out. I finally watched My Best Friend’s Wedding (what.. I’m ten years behind?) and man I’ve never hated a character so much in my life! Julia Roberts’ character is more unethical in my eyes than any villain, ever. Sure, she “redeemed” herself in the end, but God, so much of the movie is about her being such a self-centred, competitive BITCH it absolutely boils my blood! But teehee, I did find Cameron Diaz’s character quite adorable and Rupert Everett’s gay charm to have saved the movie.

I also watched Shrek the Third today and awww I don’t think it’s as bad as so many people say. Sure, it’s not as funny as the other two but it still made me laugh frequently. I liked the lines “HE’S GOT A PIANO!” and “I’ve always wanted to play the flute.” xD And what I also watched today was The Rocky Horror Picture Show (look, only 32 years late, cut me some slack). It was… definitely what I wasn’t expected. It was campy and confusing but I think I think it was important for a film of that time to push the boundaries of conservatism and sexuality.

Last but not least I bought yarn today. Burgundy and yellow yarn. What am I making?

Yes, a Gryffindor scarf! The colours are not EXACTLY right, but they’re as close as I could find at my local craft store. Hopefully I’d get it finished by the movie coming out! Either way, it’ll be warm too with it being 100% wool. :)

Semester is basically over for me, no more classes but final assessments are looming. Argh stress. Anyway, I’ve been productive today! Here’s another quickish crochet project I finished:

It’s a cactus pincushion! I made it for my mother when she expressed she wanted a pin cushion as she’s starting a big embroidery project. The first picture is when it’s still not sewn together yet, but I took a picture to show how the unfortunate positioning of the pins that keep the top and bottom together meant that I was in a prime position to get pricked if I was to graze by it as I hold. This happened often. ¬_¬

Anyway, I’m sick of this layout already! I might recycle another layout that I had up before and liked and maybe close a site. See how productive I get when I’m supposed to be doing assessments?

Oh yeah, nearly forgot! The other day I had lunch with Eileen. It was pretty cool, we had pancakes and I basically bombarded her with questions about the US education system. GOD, EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY! I was flabbergasted to hear that college APPLICATIONS costs money! What the? :O

Usually I don’t do much for my mum for Mother’s Day, but this year, I decided to make her a little something. It’s a little crocheted “egg” that’s supposed to represent myself, the little egg that she had nurtured into this 21 year old chick.

… *is lame* :P Anyway, pictures here (are we allowed to direct link to flickr? O_o):

Interesting family-history tidbit: My great grandfather (on my mother’s side) was lynched to death by a bloodthirsty mob of peasants during the rise of the Communist movement in China. They were incredibly against the idea of anyone being a “landlord” and would violently seek out those who owned land. It was unfortunate that my great-grandfather was caught in it all as all the land he owned was a shabby little shop that sold timber to people.

I started using my Flickr account yesterday, photos of crafty things goes there. ADD MEH! :P I received my Pokemon Diamond in the mail today! As well as my incredibly adorable Japanese craft book which I hope to somehow decipher soonish (pictures in flickr :P). I’d like to get started on my craft site as soon as I have my scarf finished.

Beh. I’m in an odd mood right now. Not sad… but more whimsical and exhausted? I communicated with two people whom I haven’t communicated to in ages today, one that lives a mere few suburbs away and another that lives on another continent. Difficult to put into words what feelings that evokes… maybe a bit of sadness, maybe a bit of “wow time sure passes”.

Isn’t it odd how some people, at face value, seems to have taken pains to avoid you, to quite expressly pretend your existence means nothing to them (anymore) and yet one finds evidence of them actually keeping a close tab on you surreptitiously? Sometimes I wonder if it means there are things left unsaid, positive things, yet maybe because of pride or insecurity they had chosen not to speak out. Or maybe, to think more cynically, they’re only merely interested in your affairs to remind themselves why they have ruled you out in the first place.

Well… on impulse I preordered Pokemon Diamond for Nintendo DS as well as bought another Japanese crochet book from Yes Asia. If all goes to plan they should all arrive by May 10th, just in time for my birthday! :P

Man… shopping for myself always makes me feel so guilty. Maybe because I don’t have a full time job yet? I was planning to save up for a work shirt+pants and now I’ve gone and thrown it all at Nintendo and Japanese people. I used to think that I was thrifty with money but apparently the “exception” extend passed hoarding books and now involves games too. GAMES ARE SO EXPENSIVE!! I don’t understand how some people love shopping… sure, being able to have new things is great but what about the pain of parting with money!? My Asian parents taught me too well… I must endure angst and guilt every time I splurge money on myself.

But still… YAY POKEMON! :3