day by day~

coraline.

12:50 AM, Saturday, October 24, 2009

i mean how could i have missed this movie right when it came out?I would've/ should've made a mental note to watch (at least in my lappie if i'm nt going to the theatres).

well it all started with my groupmate calling the other groupmate, Caroline by Coraline because she was so confused with the 2 names lols. For a while, i wasn't bothered with the movie because it had a boring name...What the heck..but a quick search about Dakota Fanning (because she'll be starring in New Moon) made me realized she was the lead character of this dark fantasy...oOo plus points cos i'm a sucker for Tim Burton-style films (altho this one isn't but it resembles almost perfectly. If you like nightmare before christmas, you'll like this one.

For one thing, Coraline seems to be a re-telling of a very specific fairy tale: one that has been told in different forms fairly recently. Key examples that come to my mind are Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro. In all three these movies, a young girl on the eve of puberty is moving with her parents into a new house, leaving one set of friends behind, entering a new, unfamiliar, and slightly daunting new world (an unnamed city in Spirited Away, a countryside mansion in Pan’s Labyrinth).

Taken from: http://asubtleknife.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-trouble-with-coraline-or-fear-of-witches/

Here's the link: http://www.tomwans.com/video/316bdcd92d8f8d843da2539d7536f045/Coraline_2009#

yayy.

1:10 AM, Thursday, October 22, 2009

haha finally something that brightened my day!
i guess i'm not so hopeless after all in taking a photo =P (but i rmb-ed they took like a 100+ shots to come up with like what...19?ahhaha.

ATAS photo of Jo-An.

I guess i look better not acting dao, unlike the 2 'guys'.

my fave pic of all? hahahas. cos it seemed sweet or maybe JY's cursing under her breath hahas.

anomie.

12:12 AM,

i feel a sense of anomie..
when i can't keep up with my assignments and required hwk and readings + hectic change in scheduling..
i am increasingly less integrated with my assignments and deadlines.

i feel a sense of alienation...
where i dunno wad i'm doing anymore
for i am separated from my original mode of thinking..i'm learning soci/ other modules but i end up learning how to write a decent essay/ how to tweak my questions/ how to tweak my answers.

i feel a sense of disenchantment...
where my means are its ends...i do my stuff for the sake of doing it..for the sake of fulfilling the grades i want (if i can even come close to)
i dun do it because of the intangibles/ the meaning but in the mundane.

haven been.

10:02 PM, Tuesday, October 20, 2009

haven been reading my usual readings
haven been reading my assignment readings
haven been doing my assignments properly
haven been realizing what i need to do for tml's tutorial (until just this afternoon and 1 min ago)
haven been packing my table

OMG and i'm still moving @ snail's pace.
how much more optimistic have I been? Start getting pessimistic jasmine...it's the only motivation!

birthdays and hairstylists.

10:45 PM, Saturday, October 17, 2009

hi all <3,

thanks for celebrating my birthday this past week! I'm very happy to be able to meet up with you guys and some of us already have like fluid plans to do stuff together again during the holidays! can't wait!

I guess all of us here share one thing in common: love for food! lOlsss...& the art of digressing, the art of cam-whoring lOls.

to those who are not inside...we'll meet up properly again soon! (after all the shitty @#$% projects, assignments & exams are over)!

you can now view your pictures @ facebook lOls.

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went out to town to do filming for my mno project.
My 1st attempt and i frightened off a stranger...i guess i was too loud & enthu..i was like tapping his shoulder and went "hey!" then he jumped HAHAHA. but thanks god dey did it for us in the end..

of course big groups (and younger people) were easier...more than willing. I was quite embarrassed for them also becos they said it pretty loud and wif a huge camera, passers-by actually stopped @ look at us and them hahahas.

We were roaming around esplanade and marina square, hoping to find friendly people..oh my oh my, kept gushing abt this..
We were quite hesitant about approaching the salon (cos there're alot of them and not all are attending to customers) and the hair stylists who were all guys; almost all of them are goOd loOking, if not fashionable lolsss. Shihui and I were damn high: i think we like the same type of people hahas. I always admire hairstylists~

there's so many of them and u dunno which 1 to look at lols.

They were damn shy and only 1 could read English so the rest didn't film..but i love their style hahas and they're quite friendly. there was this hair stylist who was around 1.6m but he was super cute with bangs, slightly rosy cheeks and a black hat...hahaha seriously makes me wanna cut hair there and just stare @ them (but too bad hahas.)One of them who was cutting hair kept staring due the commotion we were making & the big camera..wondering if he paid attention to what he's doing lols.

aww. i wish everyone dress like that lols.

the 100.

10:14 PM, Thursday, October 15, 2009

WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage: water
2. Last phone call: mom?
3. Last text message: from my mno pals meeting up for 'business lunch' tml lols.
4. Last song you listened to: Can I Have This Dance by HSM 3
5. Last time you cried: oOo..i tink i teared when we watched John Q which was last week.

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice: No
7. Been cheated on: nope.
8. Kissed someone & regretted it: nope
9. Lost someone special: not yet and not ever!
10. Been depressed: yups
11. Been drunk and threw up: nopeeee. i stay away from alcohol :D

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLOURS:
12. White
13. Gold
14. Pink

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2009)
15. Made a new friend: yes yes!
16. Fallen out of love: yes
17. Laughed until you cried: no but luffed till stomache just this tuesday
18. Met someone who changed you: yeah
19. Found out who your true friends were: i'm still finding out~
20. Found out someone was talking about you: oh yes.
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: nopes
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: almost all ?
23. How many kids do you want to have: hmmm..tricky question haha..it fluctuates.
24. Do you have any pets: no...i will like one but the hassle of cleaning up their poo arghs.
25. Do you want to change your name: of course not!
26. What did you do for your last birthday: i went to sentosa~
27. What time did you wake up today: 11+am
28. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching Gossip Girl
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: Holidays!
30. Last time you saw your Mother: like right now lols.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: to be more certain of my direction and goals.
32. What are you listening to right now: the fan blowing
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: hmm no hahas.
34. What's getting on your nerves right now: nothing much...more like a million things running thru my head @ 1 time.
35. Most visited webpage : Facebook..it's like an instinct!
36. Whats your real name: Jasmine
37. Nicknames: Jas, meanie, wee wee
38. Relationship Status: Single
39. Zodiac sign: Dragon
40. Male or female?: Female
41. Elementary?: PLMGPS
42. Middle School?: PLMGSS
43. High school/college?: NYJC
44. Hair colour: Dark brown
45. Long or short: lonnngg
46. Height: 168
47. Do you have a crush on someone?: yes hahas.
48: What do you like about yourself?: hmm. i like how i look & feel & react when i constantly wear a smile on my face~
50. Tattoos: nopes. don't think i'll ever get a design i'll stick to the rest of my life
51. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS :
52. First surgery: nopes.
53. First piercing: pri 1
54. First best friend: ting yu
55. First sport you joined: hahaa judo? i mean official righttt
56. First vacation: Genting Highlands
58. First pair of trainers: pri skoo?

RIGHT NOW
59. Eating: No.
60. Drinking: No.
61. I'm about to: do my Food for Thought question and stop procrastinating.
62. Listening to: -
63. Waiting on: all these shit deadlines to end and me with a happy satisfied face.

YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids?: right now, i don't...for the future i'm nt sure~
65. Get Married?: yesss
66. Career?: wow still figuring that out.

WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes: Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses: hugs
69. Shorter or taller: Taller.
70. Older or Younger: older
71. Romantic or spontaneous: romantic
72. Nice stomach or nice arms: errrmms. if the tummy's not too pudgy, then nice arms.
73. Sensitive or loud: sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship: Depends on the situation.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant: both are terrible things!

HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger: No
77. Drank hard liquor: nonono...tsk.
78. Lost glasses/contacts: Yes
79. Sex on first date: nopes.
80. Broken someone's heart: i guess.
82. Been arrested: i'm a law abiding citizen.
83. Turned someone down: Yeah.
84. Cried when someone died: Yes
85. Fallen for a friend?: yeapps

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself: Yes
87. Miracles: Yes, i want them to happen.
88. Love at first sight: i've not encountered that yet; Ok almost but tt's not love!
89. Heaven: Ooo..white nice and fluffy
90. Santa Claus: nopes
91. Kiss on the first date: Yeah, why not
92. Angels: Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: nopes.
95. Did you sing today?: nope.
96. Ever cheated on somebody?: nopes.
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?: secondary school then skip JC (cos i dowan 2 go thru a levels again!!)
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what day would it be: there're quite a few days lolsss..but i like my macau trip? don't mention it mans. can't go this year arghs.
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? kinda; cos i'm not sure of myself lols.
100. Posting this as 100 truths?: yupps

happy birthday!

10:09 PM, Monday, October 12, 2009

being 21st is the same as...being 20. no difference (oh maybe i've grown a few more wrinkles lolsss).

but of course the feel is different compared to last year's bdae.
this year i'm much busier (i haven watched any drama for the past 3 nights!!! that's like zomg already for me) partly cos of projects and meeting different groups of friends.

No pictures as of yet until my entire marathon is done.
It's really great to catch up with my pals but of course it also takes a toll on my time (and my eyebags & my brain).
So i gladly appreciate the time you all take (or going to take) to celebrate my birthday with me!

I try my best to show my gratitude to u guys (but unable to do so if i can't who i'm going out with lolssss. but will try my best k!)

it sucks when i have a pile of weeks old work to be done like really soon.
ARGH those 2 projects will soon drive me mad!

a busyyyyy week.

12:59 AM, Saturday, October 10, 2009

OMG. i haven started my work yet..these past few days have been doing projects and going out. There's so much to do for next week...like read my readings, facilitate tutorial discussion, write my JS and edu paper, watch my webcasts zZzz.

and i won't be free to do any of this for the next 2 days before monday starts. But it's a happy kind of stress hahaha. altho i noe it's sending me to doom if i dun make some time and effort!

don't intend to blog this until after my birthday marathon is over but i tot i'll just be celebrating wif my ex colleagues for dinner & after dinner chill BUT they surprised me with a birthday cake! I was seriously unaware and shocked lolsssss...no wonder my ex-boss was acting really not himself & jenelle was a lil strange...he'll usually disturb me or pull a few jokes but he was distant and 'busy' lolss.

not sure if i should go back during hols to help them hmmm.
as usual he's always asking me about going back to work ACK.

there's more to come~

OH and 3 people i met this week have said the word 'boomz' HAHAA.

day 5.

12:11 AM, Friday, October 09, 2009

i love my shoe. but it's giving me too many blisters @ the back =(
i almost couldn't rmb wad i did ytd LOLs.
everything just seem jumbled into 1 or 2 days or smth~

wad a frenzied day.

11:00 PM, Tuesday, October 06, 2009

today has quite a few firstss.

First time filming for our MNO project..my i tot it was seriously embarrassing to hold the guitar hero mic and play reporter..but apparently, we din get too many stares @ Central Forum lolsss.

First time going around asking people. It was really funny and cute when you see strangers/ friends doing the pledge, especially with that tiny cocktail umbrella lolsss. AND my lecturer David looked the most serious when he was doing it hahaha like he was making some parliament speech.

First time attending a lecture just to watch a movie. wow. We watched John Q. it's a movie i'll never pick to catch because i'm not really drawn to human drama but it's a goOd movie & i teared..while there're some people who really cried till their eyes were bloodshot. It was a great movie; reminds me of Grey's Anatomy esp. when the ethics part comes in.

Before the movie, we (or I) wanted to get some snacks and we came across a table of people making popcorn and the guy was like sorry not for sale cos they're making it for a lecturer and it turns out they're making for David! WoOhoO! the popcorn had been ours to begin with~

First time doing my qualitative interview. Now, there's alot of lessons learnt. Gana is right. pen and paper is the best (altho i'm a comp lover, i suck @ using comp and interviewing pple @ the same time). Recorder is MY ultimate saviour cos i was too distracted to take down proper notes.

He said "if you're able to use 30% of the data, it's good enough". I totally overestimated myself mans lolssss. And yesss i need to rethink/ reframe/ redo my way of questioning.

And i realize each interview i took almost an hour. OMG. time flies crazily in there.

I have so much more to learn.
3 more packed days!

oOO.

11:49 PM, Monday, October 05, 2009

now do I have the heart to blog lols.
my JS class today was totally in the wreck. I'm sorry for seriously LOL-ing...and I was damn amazed Thiam Huat luffed so loud today (i still can't rmb what he said lolsss).

Who knew that today's topic will make everyone seem so weird lols.

Tomorrow is going to be a fun (i hope!) but tiring day!

am so glad that my projects are starting to gain some progress =)

happy mid-autumn!

3:37 PM, Saturday, October 03, 2009

Happy mid-autumn everyone! Not a big fan of shang3 yue4 but i do like mooncakes (and piglets!) and pomelos! always prefer the red-meat types.

My fave mooncake (since young) has always been dark/white lotus with no egg yolk with 'normal' skin~

until i tried Bakerzin's snow skin series.. Ookie i take back my words. <3

This is wad my bro gave me last year; it's the nicest piglet (or ju1 zhai2 in cantonese) i've ever seen lols but don't taste that great. For this year (oops no photos), the piglet he gave had a very nice woven basket (unlike like those red plastic thingy with holes that they usually put piglets lolsss). I'm a fan of such pastry!

Somehow, those with nicer decorations do not taste as great/ original as the cheap ones in red plastic hmmm. perhaps they've compromised the taste?

Anyhow, for those who're still not scared of gorging mooncakes, be sure u don't end up with a mooncake face!

8:40 PM, Thursday, October 01, 2009

eew. body is itching from the lib boOks.
the month of October is the month of battle (sadly when the month of Oct is supposed 2 b my birthay month! arggh this always happens from the day I started primary 1).