Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Rentals
this always happen. i think bout everything under the sun while travelling and during bedtime and come up with a plethora of things to blog bout and when i'm actually in front of the pc i don't feel like typing them out. but then there's this itch to pour out bout my life like it truly matters and not wanting to let things pass by and be forgotten without penning them down somewhere... guess i should just blog bout the time-specific stuff that happened this entry and not on all those theoretical and philosophical crap.
gp test was, as feared, horrible. bad sign first thing going into the exam hall already: i realised that they don't provide writing paper. how cheapskate. and the people around me all brought just a few sheets of paper and not a whole writing pad. crap. add that to the fact that i was a li'l late in entering the exam hall too... thankfully evelyn three tables away brought her full writing pad.
then lo and behold, the test began. flipped over the qn paper. first qn, i don't have much to write. have an opinion on the second qn (sth bout being competitive or be obselete) but have no reasoning or evidence whatsoever to write an essay. and it continued all the way down... i can't seem to write any of the qns... 5 min gone.... no progress... 10 min gone... i've crossed out 1 qn which i absolutely cannot do but still can't decide between the others all of which i have nothing to write but at least know a li'l bout. 15 min gone... crossed out a 2nd qn, still left with 4 to choose from... 20 min gone... narrowed down to 2 qns, the one bout a good government taking unpopular decisions and animals belong in the wild, not in the zoo. felt like i have more to write bout the animals but of all things pictures of madagascar started swimming in my mind. could remember the scene of the reporter with that newspaper article and alex just woked up from the tranquilizer shot so vividly. animals belong to the wild! lol. so how the hell do you write a convincing, factual essay with an animation film in your mind?! so tried to plan for the government qn, but wrote nothing down after another five minutes. decided to go with madagascar in the end, after 30 minutes of not choosing the qn. thankfully managed to finish essay though ending was rushed and i felt like just beating round one main point throughout the entire essay. but oh well, it's over. on hindsight don't think i did that badly. i hope
rented vcds after that. it's tests time and instead of studying i'm enjoying myself watching movies before the exams. but i felt i just wanted something to destress a li'l. and vcd rental seems like one of the cheapest options. i still got so many movies i wanna catch grr. but the price hike makes it so much tougher. allowed hitchhiker and benji to run out. gonna catch them through downloads, dvds or vcds then... still haven't watched mr and mrs smith and a lot like love. and don't think they'd be around for too long more...
ok, so first got wimbledon. nice li'l sweet, feel-good movie. i was just ready to not think too much bout the tiny details and thoroughly enjoyed it ^^. the feeling of watching someone achieving great things with a girl beside him just never gets old. wanna watch it again lol. but sian, gotta return tml
next was incredibles. the animation was sleek and top class even on vcd. loved it. thinking of getting the dvd with all the special features and better quality. the start was scary though lol. imagine staring at patrick and only patrick for the first fifteen minutes or so in a superhero suit. and after he gets even fatter than he already is. thankfully as the show went on mr incredible somehow looked less and less like him and i got to enjoy the show. lol :P
finally finding neverland. had wanted to catch it in cinemas earlier but as with so many movies i let it slip. and when my dad was asking me what it's bout i realised i don't know except it's sth bout peter pan even though i wanted to catch it. slow start imo. never really dig movies in the olden setting. and didn't really understand until bout 30min or so. but the ending was splendid with parts of the two plays. neverland...
gp test was, as feared, horrible. bad sign first thing going into the exam hall already: i realised that they don't provide writing paper. how cheapskate. and the people around me all brought just a few sheets of paper and not a whole writing pad. crap. add that to the fact that i was a li'l late in entering the exam hall too... thankfully evelyn three tables away brought her full writing pad.
then lo and behold, the test began. flipped over the qn paper. first qn, i don't have much to write. have an opinion on the second qn (sth bout being competitive or be obselete) but have no reasoning or evidence whatsoever to write an essay. and it continued all the way down... i can't seem to write any of the qns... 5 min gone.... no progress... 10 min gone... i've crossed out 1 qn which i absolutely cannot do but still can't decide between the others all of which i have nothing to write but at least know a li'l bout. 15 min gone... crossed out a 2nd qn, still left with 4 to choose from... 20 min gone... narrowed down to 2 qns, the one bout a good government taking unpopular decisions and animals belong in the wild, not in the zoo. felt like i have more to write bout the animals but of all things pictures of madagascar started swimming in my mind. could remember the scene of the reporter with that newspaper article and alex just woked up from the tranquilizer shot so vividly. animals belong to the wild! lol. so how the hell do you write a convincing, factual essay with an animation film in your mind?! so tried to plan for the government qn, but wrote nothing down after another five minutes. decided to go with madagascar in the end, after 30 minutes of not choosing the qn. thankfully managed to finish essay though ending was rushed and i felt like just beating round one main point throughout the entire essay. but oh well, it's over. on hindsight don't think i did that badly. i hope
rented vcds after that. it's tests time and instead of studying i'm enjoying myself watching movies before the exams. but i felt i just wanted something to destress a li'l. and vcd rental seems like one of the cheapest options. i still got so many movies i wanna catch grr. but the price hike makes it so much tougher. allowed hitchhiker and benji to run out. gonna catch them through downloads, dvds or vcds then... still haven't watched mr and mrs smith and a lot like love. and don't think they'd be around for too long more...
ok, so first got wimbledon. nice li'l sweet, feel-good movie. i was just ready to not think too much bout the tiny details and thoroughly enjoyed it ^^. the feeling of watching someone achieving great things with a girl beside him just never gets old. wanna watch it again lol. but sian, gotta return tml
next was incredibles. the animation was sleek and top class even on vcd. loved it. thinking of getting the dvd with all the special features and better quality. the start was scary though lol. imagine staring at patrick and only patrick for the first fifteen minutes or so in a superhero suit. and after he gets even fatter than he already is. thankfully as the show went on mr incredible somehow looked less and less like him and i got to enjoy the show. lol :P
finally finding neverland. had wanted to catch it in cinemas earlier but as with so many movies i let it slip. and when my dad was asking me what it's bout i realised i don't know except it's sth bout peter pan even though i wanted to catch it. slow start imo. never really dig movies in the olden setting. and didn't really understand until bout 30min or so. but the ending was splendid with parts of the two plays. neverland...
