Monday, June 29, 2009
I am still reeling from the fact that 2 legendary icons that I grew up with just passed away.I recalled vaguely given my first taste of Michael Jackson's golden feet choreography from the living room of my then-grandmother's house over at Marine Parade with my siblings, uncles & aunties. Thriller was the 'in' music video & Michael was THE man to be. I was not really a huge ardent fan of his but giving credit when credit is due, he IS a legend. and his lost is felt. greatly I might add. 2 days after his passing, Malaysia's TV8 was showing his Dangerous concert & Bucharest - ignoring my cynical fascination with his plastic surgery obsession & what he does behind closed doors or even the lifestyle he had chosen to thread, he is a force to be reckoned with. A born entertainer.He will be missed.
Farah Fawcett on the other hand, was somewhat an idol that I grew up trying to emulate-other than Wonder Woman that is. That hair, the then-in-fashion, that blonde locks, she was gorgeous back in her hey days. A mark & testimony that she could proudly leave behind.
Now that the holidays are officially over, I hope I can embark on something new. With the lessons yet to begin & my freelance design moving on a really slow pace, I might want to use this lull period to learn new things. Of course it would need a whole lot of discipline given my 'busy' days with FB & the games that comes along with it :p But I am determined. I would see if in 2 weeks time, anything will come out of my 'home-based learning. or if I have anything to show for that matter. 2 weeks come soon please...
Monday, June 15, 2009
Since my last post, its unbelievable how my loyalty could be thwarted just by a good read. I am now officially a TwilightMOM, Yes. There is such a term coined by woman who are gaga by the Stephanie Myers Saga Trilogy. It was not a love at first read for me, nor is it a love at first sight when my eyes first caught the movie which was in my possession since December. I have to constantly convince myself to at least give a fair chance & watch the movie in its entirety before going ahead with my cynism. Hard to believe, I actually resisted watching the movie for the longest time, scared of falling into a baseless fan-trap, which I know myself well, would take some time before I could get out of again. So by suggestions of my fellow Chum-mums who are ardent fans by now, they suggested reading the book first. After the 1st chapter, I was hooked. I read the book, all 400 odd pages of it in 2 days. Then I watched the movie, the ORIGINAL one mind you, the one with extra scenes & additional videos. Then I watched it AGAIN. Now I think Robert Pattinson is a fine young british lad after Hugh Grant, now that Hugh Grant is almost never in the spotlight nowadays...in between time where I wont be able to watch the movie, I busied myself with the trilogy - the last 3. I am left with a few more pages of Breaking Dawn & is reading it word for word (so unlike me) for fear that this thrill could end soon. Always a positive note of course is the mere idea of New moon premiering in the best month of the year, November, of course. ALthough I would have no idea how much screen time can Rob flood the screens considering in most parts of the novel,he's just a figment of Bella's imagination & conscience. I'm just glad that there are good things to look forward too.Having this new interest only spell a lull moment for my K-Drama addiction. The last one I saw was 'The Story of a Man' which I have yet to continue watching after Episode 8 & also Which Star are you From whereby the DVD is resting peacefully on my shelves waiting to be devoured.
I am actually at Coffee Bean in Forum as I am typing this entry while waiting for Amirul to finish his Creative Writing class at Julia Gabriel. His exams results, although very good by normal standards fell behind what we had expected of him. Thus comes the need to take this extra step of seeking external help to get his creative juices running. Apparently writing is one of his weaknesses in school even though I find it rather bizarre since he loves reading so much. I guess its just one of those things that we have to accept - we CANT have & do it all. So for 1 whole week, my mornings would be filled with breakfast coffee & surfing time & hopefully a little time left to drop by the malls for a GSS whiff - which I have yet to sink into considering how busy I was for the past weeks. I was fortunate enough to get a ME time now, as we left before Amira woke up from her slumbers. I suppose after today, that little me will be my constant companion for the rest of the week. Amira is doing very well in school. During the last meet-the-teacher session at her school, her teacher has nothing but praises for her. Yes, I am one proud mama.
The next few weeks I expect to be a tough one for the husband & I hope I could be a strong pillar for him.its hard to believe this June holidays doesnt even feel like a vacation, what with the almost daily visits to the in-laws, squeezing the little time to entertain the kids with outing & of course the great pleasure of reading the Twilight Saga in its entirety. Now I am so tempted, as suggested by a cousin of mine to just start reading the whole saga again, well at least until I find another 'addictive pastime' :0