2009- NO!!!

I've had this in my mind since last month.

It's December!!! The end of the year is almost here! I can still remember the beginning of school, the fears, the excitement of being in a new environment after 3 years of being in the same class. I can still remember the lousy sports day we had, but the memorable ending we always have, the feeling of sadness pulling at your chest as you watch everyone taking group photos, as you watch the S3s cheering as they run around the track with their house flags, as you watch houses dance their cheerdancing for the very last time. I can still remember the frustrations I had with the class choir, the dilemmas and troubles and sadness I had to face, the thick-skinned face I had to put on.

I can still remember so many things, even who I sat with on the very first day of school. Worst, I can still remember the resolutions I made on New Year's Day, the resolutions I followed for about a month, then didn't anymore.

So here I am, thinking of how inevitable the passing of time is, how it seems to get faster and faster the older we get, how it seems to fly by the more we waste it.

BUT. We still have about two weeks left until the year ends, until we welcome 2010, until we have to get used to writing 10 with our dates, and not 09, until we have to get used to writing the name of our new class. We still have about two weeks to get used to our 2009 resolutions, and not put it off to be 2010's.

So with this post, I'm URGING all of you to start recalling what resolutions you set during new year's, and actually put it into action. I've been doing so for quite some time, and I really hope I'll succeed.

I fear the future, I fear growing old, it's a blank, empty hole waiting to be jumped into head first. I don't know what it holds, I don't know what will happen, I just hope that year by year, I will grow wiser. *cross fingers, closes eyes, and breathes deeply* I really hope so.

Therefore, I hope that with this little time, I will be able to have my 2009 resolutions a part of my life.

Day by day, step by step. =D

Justifications/Excuses

I know this post is way overdue! That's bad because the feeling I had when I wanted to post this is now just a memory. But I'll try! =D

So, according to my reliable (questionable!!) memory, when I came home after taking Paper 2 of the Maths Methods exam, it was all just sighs when I thought about it. It was tough. It was much harder than the first paper, though probably only because of my limited maths skills. I was nervous doing the paper, and it was not smooth and easy so a headache was working its way up. My nerves messed with my collected-ness, so I skipped some questions and had to rush when they announced that it was 10 minutes left on the clock. That was bad. Anyway, all in all, I went home with my head hanging down.

I got my results the day after that exam I think. I got 83% for the first paper, and 66% for the second paper. I know, big difference, and a cringe when looking at the 66%. But I sort of felt relieved. I the first one was good, in my opinion. If I could do the Matrices, which is pretty easy (I learnt it for the Paper 2, but it didn't come out), I would have gotten those 5 marks and 88% is really not bad! As for the 66%, it was.. bearable I guess. So here, I come to the main point of this point (I know you guys are thinking, 'What?! Then what was all this blabber if it's not the main point?').

I think I didn't do too bad! The teacher said it was above average. I, myself, think that it is quite good actually. BECAUSE, I only had about less than two months to learn that whole text book, without going to regular classes, without doing all those exercises I would have done if I had time. Less than two months to understand, remember, and be able to master (haha! Not really, in my case) all of what others had a year to do. I had really less than a month to learn how to use the graphics calculator. That wasn't really hard to learn, but it was still quite bad because I didn't really know if I was right (Hah! What are the chances?). I think for the questions where we had to use the calculator to find the answer, I didn't get right. I just wasn't sure of what I was doing. So, I guess time really was a factor for this MM 1 and 2 exam. Time to prepare for it. BUT, I can't say I utilized the time I had fully, I still had time to watch dramas and things like that.

SO, am I justifying my lousy (not so much so to me) marks, or just finding excuses for myself?

Ninety Eight Point Three!

Hey! I'm back from Bike Camp! And once again, I've actually been back for a few days already. I left on Monday and came back on Friday. The Bike Camp was very good, a good experience, very enjoyable. Yes, it wasn't really a great time for me, but still.. good. Why not? It's because of *whispers* the friend factor. Sigh.. But oh well.

Ok. So here's a *cough* short (hopefully) run through about the Bike Camp I experienced. The first thing: The food. The food there was awesome. It was a whole new diet for me and you know, I could live on that diet! We mostly had Pita Pockets for that five days and we had things like canned mixed beans, canned peas, canned lentils, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and ETC. Yes. That was what we had almost everyday. Of course there was normal bread if you wanted. For breakfast we had cereals and toast. Dinner was usually special. Sometimes it was the same Pita Pockets with additional stuff, like barbecued chicken or beef or sausages and stuff like that. On the rest day it was good. Everyone had a choice of either: 1. Fish (grilled or fried), chips or potato cakes (?), a steamed or fried dim sum (?!) OR 2. Pizza of your own topping. So that was good. Sometimes there was dessert like just ice cream, or pancakes (yum!) with ice cream and maple syrup and stuff. Apparently the people here eat their pancakes with squeezed lemon juice and sugar. Have yet to try that. Haha.

So anyway, we started out at Wangaratta. It was in the country side and apparently we weren't in Melbourne. We were north from Melbourne and would have reached Sydney if we didn't get off the train at Wangaratta. Well, technically we got off the train at Seymour because they were doing some track work, and we took the bus from there to Wangaratta. So from there, we cycled to Eldorado (26km) and camped there (Yes! With tents and all that!). That first day was really, really hot. You could feel the water just evaporating from your skin (haha). But yea, it was the only day I had to refill my water bottle. Then the next day we cycled to Beechworth (20km) but, the first part of the ride was on a seriously bumpy, unsealed road and the second part was up a huge hill which was about 6km, the last 3km ALL uphill. Crazy, huh? I didn't get to experience that because me and Sum Sum were cycling together. We didn't cycle for very long and the road was really bumpy and we were going downhill when Sum Sum fell. You know, *whispers* I think (or probably know) that this was probably my fault. I was in front of Sum Sum and going downhill, I didn't put on any brakes because I love the feeling of speeding downhill. I was looking at the road before to watch out of any bumps or rocks, which I always do. So I guess Sum Sum thought it was all good and she followed me going fast down that bumpy road. She fell, and it was quite a bad fall. Thankfully she didn't break anything (though the basket on her borrowed bike (courtesy of Ms Green and husband Mr Lee =D!) got a huge dent in it). Grazes covered her from her right shoulder to her leg (well.. almost) and she had quite a deep cut (in between scratch and gash) on her arm below her elbow. If it wasn't for that, we would have not gone to the hospital. But we did, because the teachers were worried it might need stitches. I went with her to the hospital and thankfully it didn't need any! So yea, that's why I didn't need to go up that huge hill (thank goodness?).

From that day on, me and Sum Sum didn't need to camp out because she had this HUGE bruise on her right thigh. It was awesome slash disgusting! Seriously. It was really swollen too. Her arm where the cut was was also quite swollen. Anyway. So the teachers all insisted she sleep in the cabin and I don't know.. I guess it was sort of unspoken that I would stick with her and so, I got to sleep in the cabin too. You know, *whispers!* I feel so bad because I felt like a total leech. I was just totally reaping the benefits of being her friend. But oh well. We were each other's (only? Nah.. not that bad) company. Which is sad. Sigh.

Anyway. So after that, because of Sum Sum's thigh, the doctor said not to cycle until it felt much better if not the bruise (internal bleeding) would get worse. So, moving on! From Beechworth, we cycled through Yackandandah to Myrtleford (63km!!!). We visited the bakeries at Beechworth and Yackandandah. Overrated, in my opinion, but not bad I guess. This ride was seriously tiring!! There were so many hills!!!! BUT, I DID IT! I survived and I'm so surprised too. Haha. I did it as in I didn't stop once (except for the drink stops) and didn't get off my bike to push it uphill once! I'm so proud in myself because never before have I done riding like that, and while I was puffing up a hill, thoughts about giving up kept floating to the front of my mind, but I didn't succumb to it, and I also did the whole ride at a nice, constant pace (a slow one)! Wow! Seriously surprised I could do it and totally patting myself on my back! =D Although I was really slow, slower than almost everyone (but NOT everyone), regardless of what other people say about my speed, I'm still very amazed that I pulled through. Haha. I arrived at the campsite at about.. 4pm? We started out at about 10am. So do the math yourself.

At Myrtleford, me and Sum Sum slept in a bunkhouse. It was just this empty 'house' with rooms of bunk beds. It was cool. (sigh.. reaping benefits!!!). The next day was the rest day. It was pretty boring because of the *cough* *whispers* friend factor. But it was good. Mainly because I'm the type of girl who doesn't mind just sitting at the back and watching everything go by.. observing. So yea. I was really tired from the ride the day before anyway.

The last day, we rode back to Wangaratta (52km). This ride was absolutely FLAT with only about two hills. I realized I preferred a ride with hills, because when there is an uphill, there usually is a downhill. And downhills are the only time when you can sort of rest your legs for a while, whereas if it's flat throughout, you just keep pedaling and it never stops. I think everyone was pretty nervous about this ride because we had a deadline to meet: we had to catch the bus to Seymour. We usually start riding at about 9.30am or 10am, but this time, we had to leave at about 8am. For the 'slow' group, we had to leave by 7.45am. So yea, I was really nervous I would be too slow or something. The teacher said 'ride with determination, not sight seeing'. At the start of the ride, it was really hard for me because it was so COLD. A few others including myself rode with out jackets on. It was so hard for me to warm up. My fingers were numb, my eyes were hurting because of the cold wind going against them. It was horrible. But after I got warmed up, I really started to 'ride with determination'. It was the first time I kept pushing myself to keep up that 'fast' pace. I'm so proud of myself about that ride too. It was the first time I arrived at a stop earlier than some people I never used to go ahead of before. Seriously. It was really tough though. It was also the first time where my thighs and butt were REALLY sore. We stopped at this place where we all of us were entitled to a free ice cream (paid after by teachers) at this shop (not soft ice cream, Magnum and stuff like that). I had a Magnum Sandwich. IT WAS AWESOME. I loved it. But yea, when we arrived there and I got off my bike, wow my legs felt numb like it couldn't hold my weight anymore. After that, we had about 16km to go and I willed myself to go with that 'fast' pace like before, but I guess my muscles were all used up. I went at a 'faster than my slow' pace, but it wasn't as fast as before. It was fun, pushing myself. =D So of course, everyone arrived in time for lunch, then we waited for the bus. So yea, that was the last day of the Bike Camp. Seriously tiring, but cool to see where your limits actually are, and seeing if you can push it further! =D

I think that was the best part of the bike camp. Never thought I would be able to cycle distances like that and get through hills with nothing but willpower. Oh and the view at the countryside was absolutely beautiful. You know how in Asia, the countrysides are usually filled with paddy fields and stuff like that? Here the countryside was just so hilly and plain. It was so empty and beautiful. Combine that hay-coloured hills with the blue, blue sky, it really was breathtaking. =D I'm going to miss that.

So yes, that is my 'brief' (sorry!!) account of the Bike Camp. Will I go next year? Undecided.

Anyway. I really miss the healthy food we ate at the camp, because since I came back, I've been eating so much. The Smiths Potato Chips, cookies Kat baked, cereal, bread, rice, snacks, snacks, snacks! Gah. Oh well. Self control!!!!! (not happening).

And as for the title of my post, I'm so PROUD of it!!!! It's not mine though, I just HOPE that I'll be able to work hard enough to get something close to that, that I'll be able to seriously put my head down to get something better than that. *cross fingers and slaps self hopefully into shape and takes deep breaths*

Hope.

Random Roars (?)

STEPH!!!! I watched Bring It On: Fight to the Finish already! Hahahaha. But actually, it's not a great movie. I think the ones before were all better. So yup, was kind of disappointed.

Yesterday night I was just thinking about the New Moon movie and I think the part where she got the paper cut was done quite well. I mean, except for the fact that there was probably too much blood for just a paper cut. But the way they wanted to emphasize that a lot of thoughts and words were running by in that second before that drop of blood hit the carpet. Kind of cool in my opinion! Haha. And I was actually shocked when he said 'Marry me' and the screen went blank. I was thinking 'Wait.. is that the end? Where's the fight with Victoria?'. I guess it was in the third book, huh? Haha. So confused. Been jumbling events between the whole series. Sigh.

Went out today with Kat to run a few errands. Went to check out the Charity Christmas Sale in Box Hill Town Hall which turned out to be just selling cards so we left. And then we went to Westfield. Most of the shops had sales because of Christmas. Kat chose two jeans for me in Myer and bought it. It was really cheap! Apparently today was 'My Secret Sale' in Myer. So the price of the jeans had already been shaved off and because of the 'Secret Sale', it was half price too! Wow! I really like the jeans! =D Thanks KAT!!! We went to Coles and managed to buy some cheap Christmas decorations for our small fake Christmas tree! They didn't have much variety so we only bought two boxes of the decorations and also Christmas Lights for the tree! =D This is the first time we're spending Christmas somewhere other than home (I think) and it's the first time we're using a fake tree. At home we always bring in the 'Christmas' tree from our garden into the house to be used as a Christmas tree. Oh well! It was a good day. When we were leaving the parking, Kat drove down the spiral slope thing (it wasn't really spiral, just sort of curved and it was a short one) and guess what? She went down the wrong one. When she turned into the slope I said 'I think we're supposed to use that one. See the sign there that says Keep Left?'. She said 'Oh well. It doesn't matter. What could happen?' And then I said 'Well.. Someone could come up using this lane. (!!!!!)' And there by that time we were almost at the foot of it and a car was jussst coming up. He was Asian too (haha) and backed up to left us through. Sigh. How ridiculously and embarrassingly funny. Haha. Luckily he wasn't driving too fast. It was all good! =D

Check this book out. I haven't read it but it looks good. And plus, it's the author of The Time Traveler's Wife. That should mean something! =D

Her Fearful Symmetry- Aubrey Niffenegger

When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers -- with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another.

The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building's other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including -- perhaps -- their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.

Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life -- even after death.

New Moon

I watched New Moon just now at Melbourne Central. The cinema seats are more comfortable than the ones back home. When I sat down the word 'soft' came to mind instantly. But they weren't like those super comfortable sofa seats, just more comfortable and softer than the cinema seats back home. Haha.

New Moon. Nice. I think that this director really did a better job than the one before. The one before added a lot of her own stuff (eg. spider monkey, the tree climbing thing etc). For this one, the movie was much more realistic (as in the effect and the wire works and stuff). Seriously. This time the effects of them being super fast were really much better! They did that speeding the whole thing up (for the vamps' speedy movements) and then suddenly going slow motion for effect, which kind of made me think of The Guy Was Gorgeous He Was Cool in the fighting scene where he asks the girl to count to a hundred. I thought that was pretty effective, made it really seem fast because of the contrast it had with the slow motion.

And let me just laugh for a moment about Jacob's wig when he still had long hair. It was a mess! Don't get me wrong though, I think him with long hair is better, and the wig is definitely better than the one in Twilight, but it was falling everywhere with no real parting. Kind of like the wig in Mean Girls when Lindsay Lohan went to the halloween party. Hmm. Then when he got short hair it was so... neat. Haha. But it was all good! =D

Ooohhh.. Dakota Fanning was really good. She's so cool! =D I thought it was kind of rushed after the Volturi thing, but I thought it ended really well. All in all it wasn't that big a disappointment and it was ok! =D The only thing I missed when the age thing Bella and Jacob kept doing at the beginning. Like when one of them did something, they added years to their ages to compete to see who was older. That was funny. But oh well.

Team Jacob! =D

Picture for fun! =D

Classic! (DO NOT READ!)

It's really long! But I really took a long time doing this. So DO NOT READ if you are just going to scoff at me. And yes, I know all the non-korean ones are all animated movies. I LOVE animated movies. Seriously. And I'll continue this post with the other non-animated movies and books and stuff. Sigh. Didn't think I had that many. AND I might have missed out a few too. Hmm... Oh and all the pictures and descriptions are not mine. =D

Anyway. I think I'm going crazy! But the reason I have this absolutely HUGE urge to blog about this is because my sister is watching it now! Ok. So this lame post is about my definition of classic movies AND books and some songs. But I guess it is impossible to really list out all of my definition of classic songs because there're just too many. Anyway. My definition of classic, basically, is just those movies etc. that are very awesome that you (or maybe just myself) can just watch them over and over again.Yay!

Ok. So: Classic Movies!

The Guy Was Gorgeous, He Was Cool (那小子真帥)- Korean （2004）

Soong Seung-Heon, Jeong Da-Bin

Hahaha. This movie brings back a lot of memories because I kept introducing it to different friends and thus, kept watching it again but with different friends. Haha. The latest time I watched it was with Steph and Tur (and so Pei had to watch it again. Sorry Pei!). We started watching it using YouTube in the Stationery Shop and it was so nice that Steph and Tur wanted to go to my house to finish it. But Tur had tuition so only Steph and Pei came. Then the next time all 4 of us were at my house we watched it again. Before, I also watched it with Pitza and Pei.

I really like this movie. The guy is really, REALLY good looking. In my opinion he looks the best here. In all his other movies he looks really old. But yea. This movie is so funny! And it's those typical love stories that really woo you, where the guy is always protecting the girl and fighting for her and always comes back for her. Haha. Typical, classic wooer! =D Oh, and the beginning of the movie is AWESOME!

Han ye-won(Jung Da-bin) is a plain-looking high school girl and one day, she writes a derogatory message about a boy on the web. It turns out that the boy, Ji Eun-seong(Soong Seung-heon), is a popular handsome high school student who is known to be very good at fighting but he projects a mystrerious lonely aura. Initially, two squabble, but somehow they get to know each other, and cope with obstacles together before they finally fall in love.

Madagascar (2005)

Ben Stiller (Alex), Chris Rock (Marty), Sacha Baron Cohen (King Julien) (<- !!!!)

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

WALL-E (2008)

Ben Burtt (WALL-E), Elissa Knight (EVE)

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named Eve. Eve comes to realize that Wall-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans who have been eagerly awaiting word. Meanwhile, Wall-E chases Eve across the galaxy and into an adventure.

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Jack Black (Po)

It's the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality?

Bee Movie (2007)

Jerry Seinfeld (Barry B. Benson), Matthew Broderick (Adam Flayman), Renee Zellweger (Vanessa Bloome)

When the bee Barry B. Benson graduates from college, he finds that he will have only one job for his entire life, and absolutely disappointed, he joins the team responsible for bringing the honey and pollination of the flowers to visit the world outside the hive. Once in Manhattan, he is saved by the florist Vanessa and he breaks the bee law to thank Vanessa. They become friends and Barry discovers that humans exploit bees to sell the honey they produce. Barry decides to sue the human race, with destructive consequences to nature.

Robots (2005)

Ewan McGregor (Rodney Copperbottom), Robin Williams (Fender), Amanda Bynes (Piper)

In a world of robots, the young Rodney decides to move to the metropolis of Robot City, to meet the powerful inventor and his idol Bigweld, trying to get a position in his corporation. However, the new president Ratchet manages the company for profit with new parts only, leaving the old robots fated to become scrap in the mill of Ratchet's mother. Rodney, with the support of his old robots friends, convinces Bigweld to fight for his position back.

Mulan (1998)

Ming-Na Wen (Mulan), Lea Salonga (Mulan singing voice), Eddie Murphy (Mushu)

This retelling of the old Chinese folktale is about the story of a young Chinese maiden who learns that her weakened and lame father is to be called up into the army in order to fight the invading Huns. Knowing that he would never survive the rigours of war in his state, she decides to disguise herself and join in his place. Unknown to her, her ancestors are aware of this and to prevent it, they order a tiny disgraced dragon, Mushu to join her in order to force her to abandon her plan. He agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he learns that she cannot be dissuaded and so decides to help her in the perilous times ahead.

The Incredibles (2004)

Craig Nelson (Mr. Incredible), Holly Hunter (Elastigirl)

Mr. Incredible (aka Bob Parr) and his wife Elastigirl (Helen Parr) are the world's greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they have no choice but to retire of being a superhero and forced to live a "normal life" with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.

Ice Age (the first one) (2002)

Ray Romano (Manfred), John Leguizamo (Sid), Denis Leary (Diego)

Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a stupid sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, and a saber-toothed tiger named Diego, are forced to become unlikely heroes. The three reluctantly come together when they have to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending Ice Age.

The Prince Of Egypt (1998)

Val Kilmer (Moses), Ralph Fiennes (Rameses)

The songs are amazing in this movie! =D

This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! Their final confrontation will forever change their lives and the world.

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

John Goodman (James P. Sullivan), Billy Crystal (Mike Wazowski), Mary Gibbs (Boo)

Monstropolis, a city of monsters with no humans, centers around Monsters, Inc., the city's power company. A furry blue behemoth-like monster named James P. Sullivan (aka Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, Mike Wazowski discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out.

A Bug's Life (1998)

Dave Foley (Flik)

Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. The "offering", as the ants call the ritual, is a part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering's preparation has just been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second chance to collect food until fall. Flik sets off to find bugs that are willing to fight the grasshoppers (nobody expects him to succeed anyway) and, due to a double misinterpretation, returns with a circus crew, giving everybody new hope. When the misunderstanding finally gets cleared out, there is only little time left for a new plan, which has to work, or else...

Cars (2006)

Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen)

Lightning McQueen is a young, hotshot rookie race car in the last race of the season. At the end of the race, he finds out he is tied with Chick Hicks and The King. On the way to the tie-breaker race in Los Angeles, California, some hot punk cars get him lost in a little town called Radiator Springs on the old Route 66 road, which has been long forgotten many years ago. Scared to death, he tears up the town's main road and is sentenced to community service by Doc Hudson. During this time, he meets a funny, but lovable tow truck named Mater and a beautiful Porsche Carrera named Sally. He also meets some other cars, whom which he finds to be quite odd. All he wants to do is get out of this town and back into the big city, but as the week until the race goes on, the town folk help him discover that life isn't just about trophies, fame, and sponsorships and McQueen learns about family and friendship.

Finding Nemo (2003)

Alexander Gould (Nemo), Ellen DeGeneres (Dory), Albert Brooks (Marlin)

FINDING NEMO follows Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), an overprotective clown fish father, as he desperately searches the farthest reaches of the sea for his missing son Nemo. Marlin's journey leads him beyond the Great Barrier Reef into deeper and darker waters, where he meets Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a forgetful yet optimistic blue tang, and a number of not-so-friendly--and often very hungry--aquatic creatures. Meanwhile, little Nemo finds himself in a dentist's fish tank in Syndey, Australia, along with other underwater captives, including Gill (Willem Dafoe), the group's scarred Moorish idol leader. As Nemo works with his new friends on a plan to escape their tank, Marlin and Dory swim closer, but they'll need more than just fins to get into the dentist's office.

My Little Bride- Korean (2004)

Kim Rae-Won, Moon Geun-Yeong

Kim is Sang Min, a handsome college student who aspires to be a legendary playboy. However, his swinging single ways are about to end thanks to the arrival of 16-year-old Bo Eun (Moon Geun Young, A Tale of Two Sisters). Bo Eun's grandfather was best friends with Sang Min's grandfather, whose dying wish was to see Sang Min and Bo Eun married!

Neither of the youngsters have any interest in getting hitched; Sang Min won't be able to attract college girls with a ring on his finger, and Bo Eun is in love with a local high school hunk. But Bo Eun's grandfather is determined to get the two together, even if he has to resort to some wily deception! His tricky ways get the two to the altar, but how will they adjust to a married life neither wants? A romantic comedy full of sweet, fun-loving innocence, My Little Bride promises to charm and entertain anyone with a heart!

My Tutor Friend- Korean (2003)

Kwon Sang-Woo, Kim Ha-Neul

Funny movie. Also a typical love story. Haha. Kwon Sang-Woo is very, very famous. Not as good looking as Soong Seung-Heon in my opinion, but still not bad. Haha.

Kim who is from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool requirements. His father hires a tutor for him who is his own age, Choi, but she comes from a poor background. As Choi is determined to tutor the rebellious and reluctant Kim, an unexpected friendship forms.

First Up!

This post will be about random stuff!! Hopefully 'Classic' or 'Justifications/Excuses' will come soon. Hehe.

Anyway. Yesterday was the first day of my exam. It was ok I guess. Nothing THAT hard, but hopefully I scored my highest! =D Today there's no school because we don't have any double periods today. Our exams are taken on our double periods. So yes, that means we don't arrange a special time table for exams which makes me not get the 'Oh no! Exams are coming!' feeling because it feels so informal just like a test. Oh well. I know I always go back on my decisions (I'm so tired of it) but I sat for the Maths Methods exam, which, I remember now, I mentioned in one of the lousy posts. So yea. I sat for Paper 1 on Friday and Paper 2 the day before yesterday. It was ok-kay-ish. Paper 1 was ok, but I thought paper 2 was quite hard but only because I was nervous and I got a headache thinking. Oh well. So I got the results on Tuesday. 83% for Paper 1 and 66% for Paper 2. Big difference right? But I'll talk more about it in the Excuses post.

Yesterday, after exams (Maths and Language Analysis or ENO) I followed Kat to Box Hill to get stuff for dinner. There, I bought my FIRST sushi in Australia. They call it hand-rolls here. Which is weird to me. Haha. Anyway. I bought a Salmon Avocado Handroll from Sushi Sushi for $2.30. T-T Seriously. It's a long hand-roll, but not as long as those Temaki we get back home. I think it was so nice! Nice, only because it was my first ever sushi in Australia, and because I was so excited. But truthfully, it wasn't that great. It wasn't that fresh but the wasabi was nice and fragrant (?). Haha. Today there was no school and me and Kat went to the city so I could get my school books for next year. We bought a few, the others were either out of stock or Kat would try to get them from her friends. Alot of my books are new editions which is sad. One new text book costs about $70!!!!! Sigh. I hope I'll like my text books. Today, I bought another sushi. Haha. This time it was from.. erm.. I forgot the name. It was $2.20 and I bought the same hand-roll. But it wasn't as nice mainly because the wasabi came from a packet and it just didn't smell that nice. Oh well. I enjoyed it anyway. Kat also bought me a Brumby's cinnamon donut. It was ok. =D

The weather is crazy. You remember how I was talking about the weather and how it was getting really warm? Well, it's back to cold now. Sigh. I think I prefer warm weathers, even though I know it's going to be really hot and stuffy, because I don't want to go cycling in the cold. That's torture to me. It's been raining alot these few days. Last Saturday, it rained the whole day. But it wasn't those heavy torrents that floods like what we get back home, just normal, cold rain. Looking at the weather report, it shows only 20+ degrees for the whole week. Sigh.

I've been watching alot of dramas. Since I don't have much of a social life, or a pathetic one, that's all I look forward to. I'm watching Hana Yori Dango (I know, I'm outdated!) and Vampire Diaries. Haha. (What a sad life).

OOOOoooohhhhh. Good news (nerdy news?): I FINISHED READING THE TAKING! I know. It took me ages. I think the book is only ok. It didn't really give me the suspense I was looking for. But the thing I liked about it was that it was absolutely unpredictable. Only until the very end did you know how it was ending. Maybe Sci-Fi books are all like that, unpredictable. Definitely a refreshment for me as I always seem to be able to guess the ending in the middle of a book. Anyway. The ending was, I think, AWESOME. Really wowed me. =D Well.. I think.. a 4.5 or 5 slash 5 for me. 4.5 because of the no-suspense thing, but 5 for it's unpredictability and ending. I have to say, I would have thought that if the story ended with them reaching the mountains and stuff, it would really have sucked, like Cell by Stephen King. But it ended with that beach scene. Wow that was great. Haha. Ok. Enough ranting.

I bought Montana, 1948 which we will be doing for next year's English. I read the prologue and it seems really, really interesting. The prologue was really fantastically written. I can't wait to read that book. Someday! =P

Oh and thanks to Vanessa, I took the Nerd/Geek/Dork test. Haha. Apparently I am 52% nerd, 43% geek and 30% dork. Hmm. According to the website, a nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. Hmm.. I think that strips me off my self-proclaimed Geek title. Sigh. Oh well. Now we know the truth. Not going to change to Nerd, too much trouble. Haha. But from now on, I'm a proud nerd! (Sigghhh..)

Well.. That's all I guess. Kel went to Chadstone because today had VIP sales or something. She bought a small Christmas tree, requested by Kat, and bought other random stuff and SIX packets of chips!!!!!!!!! Oh well. Cheers to keeping fit. Haha.