Genting, this time around

Just got back from my class trip to genting. dont have any group pictures with me as i didnt have my camera with me (its spoi-le-ded remember? May is sad. May is very very sad. no camwhore this time around) this trip to genting reminded me so much of the Form 3 trip to genting, hahaha!! like so many flashbacks! Meh, cassie, I MISS YOU LAH.

I dont even have the genting trip photos anymore cause my comp broke down the other time. so i had to take this one from friendster. omigod. FRIENDSTER. HAHAHAHAHAHA. =__="

EuroExpress totally reminded me of the time we (cas and I) screamed our lungs out to attract the attention of the HOT younger boy who was sitting with HIS MOM on the ride in front of us. TOTALLY WORKED too HAHAHAHA! and we're not PEDOPHILES, he was just cute, can! XD And then famous amos HOTTIE!! HAHAHAHA remember how we made our decision to join the guys in the movies? its like, IF WE CAN FIND THE STALL, WE GO. IF WE DONT FIND IT, WE DONT GO. HAHAHAHA and we so badly wanted to go too. but we were so LOST and couldnt find the stall and so we walked around SO LONG trying to find it. omigod HAHAHAHAH good times good times xp and we went to mcD's in the mid of the night and cas totally ate two burgers...SHOCK and AWE! and how i put sugar in the fries instead of salt by mistake and we couldnt eat any of the fries after that cause it tasted super awful. XD and then we talked so much too! and the walls were so thin we got paranoid and wondered if the people from the next room could hear everything we just said.

and so many other things, which i shall not mention here. anyway. =.="

x)

This trip to genting was okay. Marks the first time i ever got semi-drunk (that's what im calling it). Was super energy drained the next day, i guess that's also due to the fact that i only had two hours of sleep on both fri night and sat night, but i shall just blame it on the alcohol. looool. Alcohol effect on me is pretty much the same as with bren (she says so!) XD we both start swearing like crazy when ppl swear at us (shant elaborate on that unless asked)

anyway.

caught Transformers 2, at long last!! Thought it was hilarious... they played so much on Megan Fox's sex appeal in this show though. eeerrr, much? well, guess they know what sells. *shrugs* cant believe eeling doesnt like the movie! BLASPHEMY!! (yes, now everyone can go stalk her and go BLASPHEMY!, as well)

oh, this time around, we got to go on the merry-go-round and relive my childhood. Never going to do that ever again. the guy was right, i am too old for the ride. xp HAHAHAHAHHA didnt go for spaceshot this time either. i think im becoming more chicken! NUUUOOOOHHH!!! ah well.

Meh, getting slight headache jor. Ee Ee coming back tomorrow. =D Mom going off tonight. Hmm.. i need sleep. loving the cleanser suatwei gave me btw. love you lah! (i shall use lah more often now in posts cause im thinking i will stop once i go over.. you know where. so better use it more noooow and be more malaysian while i can xp)

OI BRYAN. MANA YOU?

end.

LOVE James Marsden

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
OMIGOD BRENDA
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
I LOVE JAMES MARSDEN
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
just watched 27 dresses again
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
HES SO CHARMING
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
I LOOOOVE HIM
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
SNIFF
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
I LOVE HIM
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
hahahaha
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and his smile is so gorgeous
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and hes AWESOME
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
AND I LOVE HIm
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
XD
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and and
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
i liked the ending where
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
they go up to each other
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and then he goes
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
'get over here'
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and then she just stands there
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and then he gives her this LOOOK
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and ITS SO
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
GAH
=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
I LOVE JAMES MARSDEN CAAAAN

*hyperventilates*
wanted to find that scene on youtube but cant find it. =( well anyway, will settle for my second favourite scene.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

JAMES MARSDEN JAMES MARSDEN JAMES MARSDEN

everytime i watch this i go crazy over him.
GAH SO CHARMING!!! *dies* *dies* *dies*

a piece of home

Im glad that even though other things may have changed,
some things stay the same.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA


I love my sister!

To all the Daddies in the world

Happy Fathers Day

Note : Pictures are of uncle kevin and sierra. :) Stolen from facebook! mwahah! my camera stopped working, so no pictures from me for awhile :(

Lagoon Fun, baby!

Went to Lagoon on Monday, overdue-d post, clearly.

what? with all that TIME, yet an overdue-d post? O_o

I know. im in shock too.

Note: shock face ---> O_o

first, PRETTY PICTURE!! before the stupid story. :) LOOK LOOK LOOKIT. PRETTY MAY PRETTY MAY PRETTY ... *ahem* I STILL DONT HAVE ENOUGH SLEEP. :( shall go back to sleep right after this. or perhaps teevee.

(eventho there's nothing on. teevee will add on the headache and convince the stubborn me to go back to sleep. I so know how my brian works, its just fun to torture myself like this. no, im kidding. or am I? DUMDUMDUUUMMM. fudge, need sleep.)

Now, this is where the short but stupid story starts.
See this ride? see the joyous May posing in the picture? with the WHEE hands? (yes, i officially call that WHEE hands.) well, i was actually shitting inside, but im such a pro camwhorer you dont see that. you dont see the constipated face, all you see is the WHEE hands and you think im having the time of my life but im really actually, in secret, shitting inside.

You know why?
course you dont. HAH.

See, when you go into the ride, theres this bar that comes down. The bar that you have to hold on to, lah. the bar has like a divider, so me, being UTTERLY brilliant as i am but ridiculously stupid as well, obviously. Was like OOOH! stuck my legs between the divider cause it seemed right. like you know those baby swings? i mean, you put your legs into two seperate holes, YOU DONT PUT IT ALL IN ONE HOLE. it doesnt make sense! riiiight?

clearly, i forgot it was a two person ride. =________=" Ahem. So there i was in that awkward position yet feeling normal. the guy came by to check on the bar (cause he locked it) and didnt say ANYTHING. probably laughing on the inside at how stupid i am, really. I EVEN SMILED AT HIM AND SAID THANK YOU. :( he's evil i say.

i turn to the back and see eeling sitting to ONE side. and im like EH?!?! so i turn to ADVICE her. =____=" 'Eeliiiiing! why are you sitting on one side?' and then i told her about the bar between my legs and shes like

'i don't think you're supposed to sit like that'
(or something along that line I DONT REMEMBER)

and i look in front. oh fudge. yeah hor. ITS A TWO PERSON RIDE. *slaps forehead* so i desperately try to transfer one leg to the other side to rejoin the other leg and live together in harmony but the lock bar was so bloody tight (which is good BUT STILL) and i couldnt do the transaction (hahah transaction like bank transaction HAHAHA okay imma shuttup now) and so it was stuck like that. and im like...

'er... never mind lah.'

=_____="

so the ride started spinning really really fast (okay not that fast but fast enough) and then well my body started leaning to one side, cause the ride was like that. and it was so awkward cause my stupid other leg was stuck on the other side so it was like AWKWARD. =____=" so i had to TRY to keep myself upright and go against the law of well EVERYTHING.

it was weird. :(

I hope people standing at the sides waiting for their turn couldnt see my awkwardness and laughed at me. I dont think they did...anyway. Meh. MEH. stupidity strikes. :(

oh, oh. then shereena and i wanted to relive our childhood memories, so we climbed into the merry go round which hadnt started yet.
After it started, we threw up our WHEE hands and ran to it. RAN. literally. there were a few kids there, maybe three or four? but the guy in charge of the ride came and stopped us. and said

'you all too old for this ride.'

wth. SINCE WHEN!!?!? and i went

'OMIGOD. DISCRIMINATION!!!!'

:( he wouldn't let us on. no matter what. that was mean. i mean, totally saw this old man on the ride later on, he was with his kid. BUT STILL. he was OLD TOO (older somemore). :(

My fav photo for the day.
=D

LOOKIT me! hero! sitting alone can (for the first time ever! in the history of like EVER EVER!!)? EeLing and i alternated sitting alone. :) which wasn't so bad after all. *throws up WHEE hands*

ending this post with a picture i call the,
DONT YOU SEE THE AWKWARDLY HUNCHED BODY?!? AND THE BONEY SHOULDERS AND THE- ITS AN UGLY PHOTO!!! and i TOTALLY FELT PRETTY TOO, ITS A LIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!

to which my sister replied, no, she only see a very pretty LiMay.

hah. i swear its the blinding smile. BLIIIINDING! sun reflecting off my teeth and into your EEEYYYEEESS!! DUMDUUMDUUUMMMM!!!

okay, sleep time.

.
oooh, lets end with THIS instead. Last sunday, went for prom. There was a point where we all journeyed to the loo, in a pack. like wolves you know? WOLVES ARE... well not so cool but THINK OF WOLVERINE. hugh jackman is so hot! *hyperventilates. throws up whee hands!* anyway, so shuling was walking in front... and she almost walked into the gents.

Not so bad right? i mean, it happens to everyone.

Whats funny was her REACTION. okay, so i was sorta shouting... (partially cause i was overexcited that night. come on. dont blame me)

'SHU LING SHU LING THATS THE BOYS TOILET! SHU LIIIING! STOP STOP!!!!'

and...

she started screaming.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAA

funny thing was, she was still walking into the gents as she was SCREAMING. XD and we had to shout STOOPPPP somemore before she changed tracks. that was hilarious! ShuLing is so adorable, can? *dies* RESPAWN. *WHEE hands*

x)

OKAY BYE LOVES.
SLEEP AWAITS.

...or teevee. we'll see.

Editted (to add this extra bit) :

just read on MLIA
Average shirts - for average people who wear clothing.
We recommend the "blank white t-shirt" for maximum averageness.

This made me laugh SO HARD.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

"When King Lear dies in Act V, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He's written "He dies." That's all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is "He dies." It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with "He dies." And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies." but because of the life we saw prior to the words."

"I've lived all five of my acts, Mahoney, and I am not asking you to be happy that I must go. I'm only asking that you turn the page, continue reading... and let the next story begin. And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.""

"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it."
Another one of my favouritest movies. =) Teaches us to believe in ourselves, great things happen when we do!

Laughter the best medicine

From mylifeisaverage and fuckmylife

These made me laugh out loud.

A big thank you to karen who intro-ed them to me :)

Today, I came up to some automatic doors, and there was no one around. While they opened, I spread my arms, so I felt like I was telekinetic. A woman saw me, so I made a fake yawn and pretended to be stretching. MLIA
Today I went for a run for the first time In months. I am out of shape and had to walk most of the way. I ran when I passed people on the road so they thought I was in shape. MLIA
Today I microwaved something for 33 seconds rather than 30 because it was easier to push the same button. MLIA
Today, while I was at my girlfriend's parents' house for dinner, and I thought no one was looking, I picked my nose and put it underneath my chair. Turns out she has a little brother who found it appropriate to point at me and scream, "Booger monster, Booger monster!" FML

Today, while on my daily jog, I passed a very attractive girl. While passing her, she yelled "hey cutie". Trying to look cool, I tried turning around without stopping. I then fell off the curb and severely sprained my ankle. She caught up to help but was laughing the entire time. FML
Today, I realized that Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday make WTF. I laughed. MLIA
Today, a fly landed on the screen of my laptop. I moved my cursor right over it and clicked several times. It didn't fly away. MLIA.
Today, I sprained my wrist playing Guitar Hero. The ER doctor called all of his coworkers in to hear my story. They all laughed. FML
Today, my daughter asked me if we can make sticker art. Of course I said it was ok so she went to get some stickers. I wondered where she was going when she walked into the bathroom, but I didn't ask. I left the room and when I came back, her paper was blank and my pads were stuck to the wall. FML
Today, my toddler peed in his potty for the first time. He was so excited to show me that he flung the pot in the air dousing my face with his piss. Then he laughed. FML

make me smiiiile

Again, click on the titles at the end of excerpts to read full story.

These ones i've read before a long time ago, and favourite-d.

She stumbled towards him.

But he caught her.

He always did.

- Just to see her smile

This one was pretty sad.

To Whom It May Concern:

When we learn Trig, the terrorists win.

I think it’s perfect because nobody likes terrorists. I’m trying to think of a good next line (but really, tough act to follow) when I’m distracted by the neck in front of me. There are three freckles on it, and they form a triangle that probably has some sort of name.

Who the fuck sits around naming triangles?

- My Mathematical Mind

This one is gay.
But i found it really adorable!!

“Bam-bam…” He started, his voice more timid and coy this time. I looked at him expectantly. His words came out in a breathless whisper, “Can I… K-kiss you?”

And my little heart raced, both sides thumping alongside each other, as though competing to be the fastest.

Neck to neck.

“You won’t dare to.” I muttered shakily, my eyes no longer concentrating on my chocolate chip cookie I just dished out.

“Uh-oh.” He breathed, “Now you’re gonna get it.”

- Move Me

By our very own jyhling!! XD
this one made me cry, AGAIN.

=_______="

honestly, i wonder if it's just because im pms-ing.
im crying at EVERYTHING.

she writes really great stories btw!

<3

you know you gotta love

Click titles at the end of excerpt to get redirected to the stories :)

I sat on the same bench where I had left my things the other time, reading once again. Suddenly, he appears behind me, his breath tickling my ear as he asked, “What are you reading?”

I explained and he nodded, showing he was listening. At first I had stiffened at his closeness, but slowly I relaxed. I turned my head a little towards him and said, really without thinking, “I’m glad you’re here.


This story made me tear.
Loved it loads.

Balling my fists, I glowered. “You know what? You are such a soufflé!”

He stared at me incredulously. “What did you just call me?”

“A soufflé. All light and lovely to look at but with absolutely no substance.” My mind barely registered the fact that I’d just described him as ‘light and lovely’ before he shouted back.

“Yeah? Well you’re such a fruitcake.” Ignoring my expression of surprise he continued. “All sickeningly sweet until you get underneath and realise you’re a little bit nutty.” He looked torn between frustration and laughter.

I stood there, shell-shocked for a moment before grinning slightly and admitting grudgingly, “That was pretty good.”

- The Love Doctor

This one made me smile.
Adorable character, adorable lines.

Sweet, so very sweet. :)

"So..." James rocked back on his heels, sliding his hands into the front pockets of his jeans. "Why were you hiding from me?"

"I wasn't hiding from you!" I was quick to say. At his grinning face and crinkled brown eyes, I knew that he knew that I was lying. I gritted my teeth and said, "I dropped my phone. I was picking it up."

"Oh really?" He raised his eyebrows. "You were picking it up for a whole ten minutes?"

- Lyrics to Happiness

This one was funny! :)

When five fell

New short by wongfuproductions coming up soon!

Love love LOOOVING the trailer for it!!

Do watch! and enjoy! :)

Prom

A night to remember?

Hardly.

No dancing, few performances (though i did really enjoy the teachers dance. that was AWESOME! Miss Tan can shake! XD), okay okay food (oooh did so love the soup!). I thought the no dancing part was weird. Isn't it sort of SET IN STONE that at all PROMS there must be dancing?

at least one slow dance, RIGHT?!

its like we just went for the food and to take pictures. no cool emcee's even. =( thought it was quite a waste of time, going, that is. Nothing much for me, perhaps also because i dont know that many people. Hence, not much photo taking... not much fun... not much of anything.

Plus, the heels hurt.

so walking around wasnt great either. oh yeah, and the ballroom was so dim i couldnt get good pictures... with flash everyone just looked horrible!! But, do feel free to go look at the unglam pictures on facebook. (will upload right after this)
<3

A little bit of everything

Random
SHERYL SHERYL SHERYL SHERYL SHERYL!

HAHAHAHA, during the house warming (eh, a few weeks ago), she asked me to teman her upstairs and i said no (CAUSE IT WAS SUPER POINTLESS CAN), but she totally made a FACE and talked to me in that whole BABY AAAAWW VOICE ('come laaa, pleaaasee laaaaa') and i COULDNT SAY NO TO THAT!! (well i did, the first few times. and told her 'YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ME!!!!' totally resisted!! but THE FORCE IN HER WAS STRONG!! she totally beat me! i tried, i really really tried!! totally made caroline *my OTHER couz* go up with her... and THEN made shaun go up with her...)

so i followed her up... completely pointless btw, she totally just wanted to get this boy's attention =.= (OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD SHES DAMN YOUNG CAN!! WHAT IS SHE DOING TRYING TO GET SOME BOYS ATTENTION!?!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH THE HORROR. *tears* they're growing up so fast) by tip toeing behind the boys (my other cousin's friends, it was his birthday that day) and stole this toy car which was on the floor and placed it at the edge of the staircase so it was like HALF gonna fall =.= and then she totally went

'OKAY GO GO GO!'

and ran downstairs. =___=" the boys didnt even look.

....

and she was so super secretive and all like HIGH DETECTIVE, hiding behind the friggin pillars and stuff, and i was just standing there all BIG AND VISIBLE, whispering to her

'NO sheryl, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING.'

=_______="

and then she made me go up with her SEVERAL MORE TIMES. one of the boys EVENTUALLY noticed and placed the car back where it was (randomly on the floor somewhere), and she sneaked up and placed it at the edge of the stairs again.

omigod SO FUN.

=_____________="

it was funny how she kept laughing to herself though. XD damn adorable. But anyway, after that when she asked me to go up with her. i totally led her on and said

'OKAY!'

so she ran up the staircase and i remained down there, and she didnt realise until she got all the way up and looked down and went all

'yeerr! comee laaaa'...pleady voice.

...

and i stuck out my tongue at her and went away.

=D
=D
=D
=D
=D

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA and then she came downstairs and laid down on my lap and toyed with my hair and pleaded somemore.

=________="

I hate kids.
You can NOT say no, cause they're just so FRIGGIN ADORABLE.

GAH.

THEY'RE MY WEAKNESS!!

OMIGOD.

you know my plan for world domination? i can already foresee my downfall. All my arch enemies bringing kids making them plead for me to give up!! ='(

WEAK.

Oh and during the exams while i was cooped up in my room 'STUDYING',
I killed my table. =(

And THATS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEART
but it bloody looks like a TRIANGLE.

=(

super fail.

Loving the dog though.
Aren't you?

Exams officially ended today. =) At long last. I honestly cant believe A2 is over, COLLEGE is over. ITS OVER. and if you havent been following my plurk/twitter (BLASPHEMY!), then

I FRIGGIN SCREWED UP MY:-

Chem ppr
and
Bio ppr

but im hoping ITS JUST A FEELING and i really actually didnt mess up. =___=" in any case, AS PLEASE SAVE ME PLEASE SAVE ME PLEASE SAVE ME.

And no no, dont need no words of consolation,
im completely fine. (now)

lol, really just not thinking about it. XD

Went out today to watch 17 again and Angels and Demons. ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG, in 17 again, Zac Efron's eyes totally POP! like POP! like POP POP POP POP POP! amaaaazing eyes. seriously. Beautiful. and he was SO LEAAAAN and MUSCLEY and and and...

i know i said i liked tummies and all, but

he was pretty perfect!!

Tanned and EYES EYES EYES EYES *dies* RESPAWN!!! when did HE get so good looking? and =( Matthew Perry looked SO OLD. =( My chandler bing. NUUUUOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!! Gonna have to watch a few episodes of 'friends' tomorrow to feel better again, must get rid of the image of the OLD matthew and get the YOUNGER than THIS matthew image back.

=(

seriously.

Angels and demons was surprisingly pretty good too! AND THEY MADE EWAN MCGREGOR THE BAD GUY. =( HOW COULD THEY?!?! MR OBI-WAN KENOBI!!!

well, anyway.
<3 the company today

Prom this sunday. Not quite looking forward to it. Maybe because im feeling dead-ish now. tired tired TIRED ARRRRHHH!!! Sunway Lagoon on Monday. Not too looking forward to the wet park...

Shereena says she wants to push me down...

something.

Possibly a slide.
OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD.

oooh, almost forgot a quote!
'you better keep in contact with me, okay?! or i'll hire a private investigator to hunt you down. But i wont let him shoot you! i'll make sure i have the satisfaction of doing that myself!!!'


Shereena scares me. I think we'll be friends for life. HAHAHAHHAHAHAA (she said that A LOOONG LOOOONG time ago btw XD made me laugh) and a short lame convo i had with eeling (before chem ppr i think?), as per usual. we're so lame when we're together, i swear its HER FAULT.

cause y'know. IM SO COOL!
SO VERY VERY COOOOOL!

=D
=D
=D
=D
=D

oh shuttup.

'i'll see you on the other side!'
'what other side?'
'oh y'know... heaven?'
'....'
But when she went into the exam hall (i was seated already) and when she passed by my seat, she totally went

'see you on the other side!'

HAHAHHAHAHA
I LOVE EELING.
HAHAHHAHAHAHA

These people humor me.

OKAY, done for tonight.

Night loves!

A place called here

Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes. Sometimes, people discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying attention.

We all get lost once in awhile, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is that our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander farther and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger, or the sadness prevent us from returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering; sometimes it's easier. Sometimes we find our own way out.

But regardless, always, we are found.
- (pg 341)

Author: Cecelia Ahern

Plan B

'What if i do super super badly and even my AS cant save it and i can't get into the UK uni's? =('

*hugs*

'It's okay, if you can't go to UK, there's always Australia. Melbourne university :)'


=)
Best mommy in the world.

Poopee-Peepoo moment

=> Poopee loves *jyhling* more than anything
but i think it also shows that no matter what shit you're going through

=> Poopee loves *jyhling* more than anything
no one is ever really alone.

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
yeaaaaah

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
and you'll always manage to pull through

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
THATS THE BEAUTY OF IT

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
XD

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
throw shit in my face!! I CAN WIPE IT OFF!!!

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
XD

=>Peepoo loves || Mäy || 媚 more than words can say
*semangat*

=> Poopee loves *jyhling* more than anything
...

=> Poopee loves *jyhling* more than anything
but then again i really wouldn't ask ppl to throw shit in my face


JYHLING DAMN POTONG STEAM, CAN?!?!

loooooooool.

ps. OKAY SO NOW ITS just QUOTATIONS month. not just MOVIES and BOOKS, CONVOS TOO. OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD. i know, right?

The pleasure of my company

Which leads me to the subject of charisma. Wouldn't we all like to know the extent of our own magnetism? I can't say my charm was at full throttle when I strolled by Elizbeth, but had she been at the other end of the street, so that I was walking eastward with the sun behind me, squintless and relaxed and perhaps in dusky silhouette, my own charisma would have swirled out of me like smoke from a hookah. And Elizabeth, the enthralling Elizabeth, would already be snarled and corralled. But my charisma has yet to fully bloom. It's as though something is keeping me back from it. Perhaps fear: What would happen to me and to those around me if my power became uncontained? If I were suddenly just too sensational to be managed? Maybe my obsessions are there to keep me from being too powerfully alluring, to keep my would-be lovers and adventures in check. After all, I can't be too seductive if I have to spend a half hour on the big night calculating and adjusting the aggregate bulb wattage in a woman's apartment while she sits on the edge of the bed checking her watch.
- (pg 17)

Author: steve martin

Yes, THIS Steve Martin.
Just as all his shows, quirky as hell.
Delightful read. :)
Second time now.

Ps. Im considering making June the month of BOOK and MOVIE quotations. =D but nah, exams will be over soon, book reading would probably stop then. (dont ask me how that works) Let's see how it goes!

Love and other disasters

And this time,
CHANGE!!!!

Quotes from a movie.

THIS IS SO EXCITING, RIGHT?!?!?

I KNOW.

"I'm not so sure. Love isn't always a lightning bolt, you know? Maybe sometimes it's just a choice."

"Well, that's easy for you to say! You're flying to Argentina to meet the love of your life!"

"That's just it. I don't know that Paolo's the love of my life, but I've decided to give him the chance to be. Maybe true love is a decision. You know, a decision to take a chance with somebody. To give to somebody. Without worrying whether they'll give anything back. Or if they're gonna hurt you, or if they really are the one. Maybe love isn't something that happens to you. Maybe it's something you have to choose."

"Relationships are best measured by farting."

"Excuse me?"

"The stages of a relationship can be defined by farting. Stage one is the conspiracy of silence. This is a fantasy period where both parties pretend that they have no bodily waste. This illusion is very quickly shattered by that first shy, "Ooh, did you fart," followed by the sheepish admission of truth. This heralds a period of deeper intimacy. A period I like to call the "Fart Honeymoon", where both parties find each others gas just the cutest thing in the world. But, of course, no honeymoon can last forever. And so we reach the critical fork in the fart. Either the fart loses its power to amuse and embarrass thereby signifying true love, or else it begins to annoy and disgust, thereby symbolizing all that is blocked and rancid in the formerly beloved. Do you see what I'm getting at?"
XD

Made me laugh.
Not an AWESOME-must watch movie,

but hey, it has moments.

man and boy II

Sorry to all the people who get bored by all the passages from books...

well, not really.

But I wasn't ready to grow old and cold, hating women and the world because of what had happened to me. I didn't want to be fat, bald and forty, boring my teenage son to tears about all the sacrifices I had made for him. I wanted some more life. one more chance to get it right. that's what i wanted. That didn't seem like much to ask. Just one more chance.

Then the next day, Gina's dad came round to our place with his daughter Sally, the sulky teenage girl on the sofa, one of the many kids that Glenn had begat and abandoned as he moved to sexier pastures, and it crossed my mind that what has truly messed up the lousy modern world is all the people who always want one more chance.
- (pg186-187)
For the first time in my life I could sort of understand why men of my age go out with younger women.

I never really got it before. Women in their thirties, their bodies are still springy and you can talk to them. They are still young, but they have seen something of life - probably quite a few of the same views that you have seen.

Why would any man trade that kind of equal partnership for someone with a pierced navel whose idea of a hot date is some awful nightclub and half a tab of something pretending to be Ecstasy?

If you can go out with someone who has read the same books as you, who has watched the same television programmes as you, who has loved the same music as you, then why would you want someone whose idea of a soul singer is the guy in Jamiroquai?

But now i got it. Now i could understand the attraction.

Men of my age like younger women because the younger woman has fewer reasons to be bitter.

The younger woman is less likely to have had her heart bashed around by broken homes, divorce lawyers and the sight of children who are missing a parent. The younger woman doesn't have all those disappointments that women and men, too, don't forget the men - in their thirties drag around with them like so much excess luggage.

It was cruel but true. The younger woman is far less likely to have had her life fucked up by some man.

Men in their thirties and forties don't go out with a younger woman for her bouncy body and her pierced tongue. That's just propaganda.

They go out with her so that they can be the one who fucks up her life.
- (pg210-211)
And one really good line (:
'I'm a man, Harry. And the reason I'm here is to plant my seed in as many places as I possibly can. That's why we're here. That's what men do.'

'Bollocks,' I said.

'That's what boys do'
- (pg208)

Tony Parsons (author)
Third time rereading the book now :)
Still love it.

man and boy

'Love is what's left when being in love has gone, okay? It's when you care about someone and you hope they're happy, but you're not under any illusions about them. Maybe that kind of love is not exciting and passionate and all those things that fade with time. All those things that you're so keen on. But in the end it's the only kind of love that really matters.'

-Tony Parsons (pg124)