All right, *squeal, squeal squeal* rejoice my girl friends because I’ve suddenly become interested in celebrities. Or in this case, celebrity. May I introduce – as if he needs one – Mr. Jamie Campbell Bower from Sweeney Todd and New Moon.
Why have I’ve suddenly become interested in him? Well apart from that blasted ‘Johanna‘ song that played in my head for over a month after watching Sweeney Todd, he’s a pretty good actor. A great voice (although reminds me of a high-pitched someone at times) . This is one guy I watch out because he’s an actor first…cute guy second. He did not even say much in New Moon but his facial expressions were great. Did he go to theater school or something? I dunno…
And, yes, he’s cute. But my dear friends, I have a partiality for guys with long hair. So sue me…muahahaha. Kinda funny for me to like a celebrity like him when the only few that I’ve actually liked are Johnny Depp (I just loved him in Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorshand and I’ve been watching out for his movies since) and Dakota Fanning (‘Come out, come out wherever you are…’ gave me hives that line did and Dreamer was one of my faves).
Weird, eh? A girl who does not really obsess over celebs and stuff? I guess my ‘Barney’ and ‘Sesame Street’ obsession when I was little turned into an obsession for educational TV like Discovery and History International.
It’s official. After a few months of idleness I have succumbed to the need to keep busy. Talking to friends aren’t enough. Watching over uni student’s exams is not enough (God, that was one of the most boring jobs ever). Hunting down ebooks pales after a few days.
So…I’ve learnt how to tie knots. Macrame knots. Macrame is an art of tying decorative knots. So I’ve been tying knots until I get stiff in the back (I used thin cords, they’re exasperating to do) to form warious stuff. Finished one simple handphone strap. A simple bracelet and more trial and error knots for fun.
So now…I’m trying to find coloured beads that are small yet is able to fit two of such cords together so I can move on another bracelet project. Haha. Handmade bracelets by me. WHo would’ve thought I had the patience…
One of my favourite Nickelback songs. Played this song to keep me going while puzzling out darned mathematic problems last semester. What I’ve tried to knock into my head is the second line in the first verse of this song, “Each day’s a gift and not a given right”.
I wondered sometimes is anyone actually, really did…
- Donate every dime they had
- Forgive one’s enemies.
- Take the path less travelled by
Well…actually, I’m currently on a path less travelled by. I want to be a teacher, a Great Teacher. While the rest of my senior class spread to more ‘glamorous’ studies, me and my friend to the path less travelled by. To be a teacher. Heck, my current class for wannabe teachers have only 13 members including myself. And this is the Language teachers.
The Science and Maths wannabe teachers? 9 members. Pitiful.
It’s the 14th of October. So by calculations, the movie ‘New Moon’ is just barely a month away from coming to the cinemas. All right, you see those opening words and feel like ‘Oh great, another Twilight fangirl’. Well, sorry to rain on your parade but I’m only watching the movie because two of my favourite actors (actor and actress to be exact) is appearing in the movie. Who are they? They are Jamie Campbell Bower from Sweeney Todd and Dakota Fanning from various films I don’t particularly remember the names.
So, I guess watching these two brilliant young actors could make up for those giggles and squeals I am sure to hear as soon as Edward is back with Bella. True, I’m still obsessed with the idea of perpetual life but I’m more of a fan of people getting wiser as they grow older or don’t grow old as in the case of vampires. Being different yet with human qualities instead of human with vampiric qualities.
My all time favourite vampires are still Alisa Perne aka Sita from Christopher Pike’sThe Last Vampire series and Armand from Anne Rice’sVampire Chronicles. Clever, wise vampires who get into a lot of trouble like a any hormone propelled teenager but still they seem old and knowledgable and they learn from mistakes. Powerful yet not cruel. Human blood drinker but they don’t actually kill, a predator of humans so that humans don’t become too cocky. I guess you can say I’m traditional.
Besides that, I’m still agonising over when in the world are the bookstores in Malaysia are going to sell Angie Sage’s Septimus Heap: Syren. I feel like screaming in frustration every single time. Haha. So, there I said it. It’s annoying to wait.
It has been awhile since I have updated this little blog of mine. All right, it has been a month and now many of my friends and I are in Hari Raya mode. But my brain seems to go berserk from lying idle for over 2 months. I seem to absorb I-don’t-know-when-it’s-going-to-be-useful facts and more biscuit and cake baking skills.
Why?
Well, I’ve been tuning in to Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and History Channel (Astro) on a daily basis. Morning, noon and night. Somehow I get to learn the physics of a car crash, terminal velocity, and friction – among other things – from Mythbusters. The behaviour of snakes, African animals, the logic of Darwin’s theory of natural selection (which is true, although not entirely) and lots of other stuff from Animal Planet. Plus, History is more fun by viewing History Channel. These facts are those that I don’t know when they are going to be useful.
The biscuit and cake baking skills I picked up from some trial and error (I failed to make a soft and springy baked cheese cake) and also – drumroll – from just 6 days of helping a friend of my brother’s bake huge batches of Hari Raya biscuits before Raya. Right…well. I got paid. RM 20 a day. So it’s worth the backache from sitting on the floor for 2-4 hours at a time. I think. Haha.
So, it is almost a week into Syawal and I haven’t visited any of my friends in JB for Raya. Not that I have many. My brother’s back home from Germany. So is my sister from Melbourne. Which means… this year, among other years, is the first time in 6 years that all my siblings have come home for Raya.
Thus, as Hilmi says, let’s appreciate this Syawal because next year, we are not going to be here in Malaysia. *sigh* How true…
