A seriously cool meme by tinyangl

And trivialaffair posted up the link to a Harry Potter Musical which really is worth clicking on coz it's really funny. :D

And my Jap exam is this Saturday...need to study/rather continue studying!

Taken from fudgegulaman

"YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never really clicked, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!"


01. Your Middle Name:
02. Age:
03. Single or Taken:
04. Favorite Movie:
05. Favorite Song or Album:
06. Favorite Band/Artist:
07. Dirty or Clean:
08. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
09. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

P/S How do you do that box thingy for quotes? >_<

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Milo is fantastic. Even though the Milo in Australia is different from the one back home in Malaysia, I've pretty much grown accustomed to it. Coz at least it's still Milo.

Before coming here, I didn't know that Milo originated from Australia, which comes as quite a surprise. Just coz. Or maybe it's because I've grown up with Milo (or drinking it almost every morning as far as I can remember) that I just thought it was a Malaysian thing.

Thus, reading this amused me quite a bit:

Good day everybody! I think I haven't updated in like a month!

Well, I was superbly busy with assignments and deadlines but that's nothing new. So now I'm semi-officially on break already!

'Semi' because I've still got one exam to do - Japanese Written Examination - before I'm off! But this winter holiday ain't gonna be so carefree since I'm doing one winter class.

However, dear boyfie is coming to visit me! So that's a wonder. :)

Anyways, while BFF Chel is gonna indulge herself with Journalism-related films, I have been and will continue to indulge myself in Disney films from the Disney Renaissance era (plus some other great animations from my childhood).

YouTube has been my greatest resource. Thank goodness for the people who upload them and for YouTube not removing them 'due to copyright infringement' or something like that.

So far, I have watched:
Don Bluth is such a genius, seriously. I totally love the Fairy Prince. Kay, so this isn't a Disney production but Don Bluth was part of Disney before he ventured out with his own projects. And c'mon, you have to admit he's a genius. The guy did American Tail, Land Before Time and several other great animations.

And I dunno if it's because it was a Barry Manilow or what but the soundtrack is now out of print and they're selling the CD for like USD170!!! And that's the cheapest. A second-hand one, at its cheapest, is USD44++!

Oh Mrs Mouse Field, how could you ruin the image of love for the children?


I'll be bias and say if you wanna show your kids next time (or for your own pleasure at least) the story of Thumbelina, choose this! Not the Barbie versions!!! =p


Hercules was freaking hilarious. Ironically, the voice for Megara was the actress for Belle in the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast.

Zeus: So, Hades, you finally made it. How are things in the underworld?
Hades: Well, they're just fine. You know, a little dark, a little gloomy. And, as always, hey, full of dead people. What are you gonna do?


Mulan should so be made a Disney princess. XD I don't know why but there were a few parts where I was just tearing. *le sighs*.

Mushu: Did you see those Huns? They popped out of the snow, like daisies!

Okay, admittedly, I think Eddie Murphy and his lines or Mushu in general made the movie a lot funnier. XD

What to reply if someone reports you of having pets illegally at your home.


Someone posted this up on Plurk and I thought of sharing it with ya guys for a lil bit of a laugh. :)

Final week of classes & the sem!

Update laters!

Cheers,
レイラ。

I just bought this eraser today at one of the few kawaii shops around here. Seriously, I feel so at home once I step into there. Not because I'm a huge admirer of those sort of things but because it's almost everywhere back home.

I needed a proper eraser for my Japanese workbook.

Kanji is driving me nutsy.

First of all, those aren't my beer bottles. I found them as it is in one of the bushes near our apartment when I prancing around taking photos for my assignment - unfortunately, this shot can't be used for my assignment.

Today's tag for this post will be "epic conversations" - something I haven't done in a long time. My Intro to Film & TV class today spurred me on to have the insane desire to post this up.

At Yuen's "surprise" birthday dinner. At the end when the cake was brought out, she said she sort of guessed it already. Someone asked how she did she guess it.

Yuen: Because Thomas brought a camera.

*That's just the best evidence I've ever heard. I don't remember any others. Haha*


So today's class was mostly about editing and its techniques. One of the movies Ian popped in was Citizen Kane - a movie I've never heard of till the last class where he showed another scene from there too. It looks like a pretty good movie and apparently it is. So anyway, he shows us the opening scene which if you have the time, press play. I find it super impressive, especially since it's an old movie.


The beauty of this opening scene is how the window is always at the same spot but the surroundings change. And of course, the supposed epic part where he whispers "Rosebud".

The only relevance I have to the word "Rosebud" is that it was one of those cheat codes to get more money in The Sims.

Anyways, point is, after he showed till the part where the nurse covered dude up, he compliments it and stuff and says it's worth watching it another time. So he rewinds it and plays it again.

The funny part is when it was showing the close up of the window, the projector flashed out: Please change the lamp. It was at the bottom of the screen too.

After the scene was over.

Ian: I'll call the nurse to do something about the lamp.

For another movie, the usual production studios logo appears before anything.


I'm in dire desire for coffee. Forgive the lame jokes. Hope everyone is well. This week is a busy one! I'm determined to finish at least one assignment every night.

Did You Know Fact - Mother's Day was actually created by Anna Javis as a day for families to honour the mother (well, duh). It is mostly celebrated on the second Sunday of May for most countries.

So says Wikipedia.

Anyways, dear Mommy, I bet you don't read my blog and I sure as a cactus wouldn't want you to read it (though I have shown you my blog before). Things are going to be okay and I'm gonna work hard and graduate (and not fail in any subs). I feel bad that I'm not with you to help you out with all the troubles back home but you're a stronger person than you think. Bringing me up, working hard in your work and having to take care of me, Popo and now Yee Yee.

I pray that you will have a better life someday. A happier one. And I will try to please you as much.

Sometimes, things happen. No wait, actually, things happen all the time. But as humans, even if it's a little, we still tend to fall after making 123456493 mistakes, 2324246545 misunderstandings and 3943795836 losses in various things in life. But I feel like after every darkness, the sun will sure come out and maybe there'll be a tint of rainbow hiding behind one cloud.


I've been eating a lot. Seriously a lot. And weirdly since coming here, I've both lost weight and gotten taller. Yet lately, alone, I feel so short. XD That of course, has something to do with the people around me taller than usual.


A lot right? I used to eat like maximum TWO pieces of bread but now I can go up to 5 or 6. I'm bread girl!

That doesn't sound like something good.

*imagines self wearing a bread suit*

*shivers*

For the first time in my life, I've tried my hand at baking. Of course, it's what call through the cheating method. Why? Because all I do is buy the baking mix from the supermarket and the rest is just pour and mix and pop! Into the oven it goes.


But still not bad la right? Of course these are just extras I did for the fun of it. Filming a baking scene is such a hassle though. This "budget-saving" university student was trying to be kiamsiap (stingy) and only bought one box when there should a few others for different angle shots.


And because of all the little inexperienced shootings and screen direction I planned and gave, I ended up with very few variety of workable shots for a 3 minute production assignment (there's one where the mic even guest stars). Thus, on one very remarkable night, I have made the biggest academic sacrifice and dedication in my life so far: stayed in uni and did editing till 6 in the morning. Geng right? This shot was taken when I finally got home and got ready to sleep (only to wake up 3 hours later).


But all is not lost for I am so proud to have gone for Music in the Park with Missy Higgins and Jason Mraz. It was superbly awesome! And I've discovered another talented singer. And I don't mean Jason MR.AZ because, please, I know he's awesome. Hahaha, okay, I shall stop with my lame dramatic self.


This photo was taken during IDM tutorial as an exercise where we had to go around campus taking different kinds of shots. Trouble is amidst us and I've become numb from it. Numb with shock, numb with disappointment, numb with anger and numb with betrayal.

A person is never truly who he or she is. Even me, I suppose.

I need to get back to being my optimistic and positive self. I miss the "Positive Smiling Sun" than shone ridiculously in high school. But aren't things always simpler when we're younger than who we are now?

Even though it means most of it will be dedicated to assignments,
Even though it means most people won't be around,
And even though it's getting colder and colder day by day,

I can't wait for Wednesday afternoon.

The time when I would have completed all my preproduction notes - script, storyboard, call sheets, whatever forms and notes. 
And the time when easter/teaching/mid-sem break starts.

But for the moment till 1P.M Adelaide time, the time class starts and it has to be shown to the lecturer, I have to keep going with preparing all of those.