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discovered that when i got lots to talk about, it's much easier to write about it in point form. that way, i remember what i want to write about. heehee!

1. charlie and the chocolate factory
went to watch 'charlie n the chocolate factory' today. it was all right. i thought i'd cringe everytime i see johnny depp looking like a girl, but he was ok really. the story is similar to the book but some differences. it's like, tim burton can't decide whether he wants the movie to be dark n emotional or light n frothy. he putting in flashbacks into willy wonka's past is different from the book but...can do lah. the oompa-loompas were a bit disappointing. amusing yes, they were obviously one person multiplied with computer technology. their singing and 'dancing' had a, sorta bollywood meets saturday night fever thing. weird. the whole movie was kinda bizarre to put it mildly. bit lame at first but it picked up. i think it's so ironic that tim burton decided that willy wonka's father should be a dentist. :o haha! on the whole, the movie is worth catching. not a must-see but it's worth it.

2. nus choir welcome tea
attended the nus choir welcome tea the other day. not that bad. the president gave a short talk, showed us some slideshow photos of the choir, then one of the SLs led a warm-up session. interesting. they sang do-re-mi, then a canon (viva la musica). it was interesting. then went outside for a mini performance. one of the songs they sing is 'bai fang chun tian'. i think i'm fated that every choir i join sings that song. *shrugs* it's not a bad song lah. nelson kwei's the conductor here. it's going to be darn busy when i join. their practices are monday n thursday, 6.30pm to 9.30pm. so late! bit jittery about the auditions. you'd think that someone who solos regularly at church would find auditioning in front of the sc chicken feed, but i seriously got the jitters. firstly, we gotta prepare our own song to sing and i don't know what to sing. if i feel brave, i'll sing 'this is the night'. if not, then i'll sing 'if we hold on together'. or see that day itself how i feel. i still remember the last time i had to sing my own song. i sang 'he' to jennifer tham and screwed up the whole song. anyway, the choir itself seems to be full of arts people. haha! sc people can't appreciate music/arts. sumi says she may not be joining. hope jasmine still is. i don't wanna join by myself. i like choir. i really want to join. but if they don't... ... and btw, i haven't felt this nervous about solo singing since the acapella good friday psalm. sigh.

3. expo book fair n john little sale
went to expo last saturday. saw zaidah n jasmine there. anyway, jonathan went along cos andrew wasn't around. went to the book fair first. woah. so many things there. first i was dragged to the children's section by jonathan who was looking for a book on ventroliquy (can't spell it). saw this book on adult origami. it's seriously adult. they teach you how to origami a sperm, n other sorts of sex stuff. gosh. met up with zai n jas. they had 3 baskets full of stuff. me ended up with only a few books. ('divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood', 'white fang n call of the wild', 'introduction to origami' , 'gangs of new york', '3rd helping of chicken soup for the soul' , 'pooh's little instruction book')

then went to the john little sale. bought a new jacket for school. it's real pretty, gray with a red collar. and i got a new black bag. it looks a bit like a travel bag but the lady claimed that there are students who bought it for school. that was after i walked over the whole hall dragging along 3 other bags that i couldn't make my mind up about. gosh. mummy says she saw nisha doing cashiering. miss her. i saw jenny at the food court but she didn't see me. i guess she won't remember me anymore. i seriously miss working at john little. duan hui says maybe cos i was really happy there that's why i miss it. maybe.

4. festival of praise
didn't go for the fop. my mother didn't allow me out of the house alone at night. something about evil mosquitoes n being on mc. ended up at home watching dvds. sigh. i was looking forward to it since last year. i hear that it was real good this year. sigh. i missed it. never mind. i'll wait for next year.

5. picnic at hanging rock
found the dvd at esplanade the other day. but the movie itself was really really boring. not say boring lah. it was really really really slow. the whole story is about what happened after three girls n a school teacher went missing at hanging rock. i think i'd prefer to read the book version. the movie is so old. it was difficult to hear what the actors were saying cos the aussie accent was too strong at times. bit of a disappointment. i was so looking forward to finding out what happened after the extract dr s let us see. you don't really find out what happened at hanging rock. but it seems a mysterious place. i wouldn't mind going to have a look see at the place. and i'll do my best not to go missing. dr s says that even in real life, that place is like the bermuda triangle, people go missing. she says that hanging rock has this supernatural air about it. like some aboriginal holy ground or something. anyway, the movie, can give a miss lah. it's so boring unless you got the extreme will power to stay awake or know the story before hand.

6. health
well, i'm much better now. thanks for everyone's concern. went for the follow up blood test the other day. that wasn't so hot. first the doc poked around my right arm again. and again, no blood came out. he says maybe that vein's used up liao, clotting inside. so he transferred to the other arm. poor me. losing so much blood liao. just now at church, there was this lyric "oh perfect redemption the purchase of blood", marion expressly pointed out to me. aiya. anyway, did the liver function test, don't know what for. doc says that my liver enzyme count is 3 times normal. but he says that's normal for someone who's just been taking medicine regularly. but i still have to go back for another blood test in 2 weeks to make sure everything's ok. sigh. i'm getting a phobia of needles. and he says my platelet count is too high now. sigh. problems, problems.

btw, nick was 'scolding' me about not telling that i was in hospital. well, when you're sick, you don't really think about things like that. and anyway, i didn't even tell my best girlfriends, they had to find out themselves when they tried to call me. anyway, it's over and done with.