The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

So I went to watch The Dark Knight Rises with my family on Sunday. There is only one word to describe this: AWESOME. 

The cast was stellar - I personally liked all of them, especially after watching a few in Inception :D

The first part of the movie would be a bit draggy I guess because not much action happens. It is this time that audiences get confused as well because there are just some unexplained characters, which would be explained later in the movie. 

Personally, I found this Batman series one of the best. It highlighted just what it meant to be human, which is the crucial part because then the audience gets to realise that 'Hey, Batman is a human too. He is not just a superhero, but a human as well'. There is a lot of underlying messages about humanity, fear, forgiveness and love. It did not just focus on Batman and his stunts, but his feelings and actions and consequences. The whole Batman series of this was one of its kind. 

It created a lot of situations where people were forced to make 'ethical' decisions based on unethical means. The film does a lot to test the truth about humanity. Also, what I liked about the movie was that it allowed itself to delve deep into the dark parts, which most superhero movies are afraid to do so. They did not bother to glamorize Batman, which allowed us to see the 'real him'. That's crucial.

Even though I am a big fan of the Avengers as well, I have to say that Dark Knight was better than the Avengers. 

It brought Dark Knight to its climax. At a certain point (not gonna spoil for those who have not watched), you finally get a sense of the attachment you feel with Batman. A sense of loss overwhelmed me at that point of time as I realised that this was the final instalment of the Dark Knight, and that this might be the end. (It's already a massive clue as to what might happen)

Dark Knight definitely has formed a bond with its viewers because we are taken on the emotional roller coaster ride of Bruce Wayne. We feel and understand him, and eventually, we ALL wish to see him gain happiness. 

Ultimately, I am very satisfied with the ending :) I could not have asked for more :D

Score: 5/5

And yes, Christian Bale, you have gained yourself a fan :)

Yes, I know. He looks infinitely hot. HAHAHA :))

Looking forward to any other movie he makes in the future!

Books

I shall dedicate this post to a list of books that I have recently read!

Books I have read (and still remember that I've read):

1. One Day by David Nichols (one of the few books that I do not regret buying)
2. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (quite a nice book to own)
3. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (sequel to Delirium)
4. This is a Love Story by Jessica Thompson
5. The Perks of being a Wallflower (thought I might add this in because it is going to be a movie, and it actually a pretty good coming-of-age book)
6. Thirteen Reasons Why (LOVE THIS BOOK)
7. The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier (Pretty touching and sad. It might get irritating when some people's story ends and the story moves on to another)
8. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (I already own three of her books LOL. This one is quite touching as well)
9. Toby Alone (Courtesy of Siyun who lent me the book)
10. The Sealed Letter by Emma Donogue
11. Room by the same author above
12. Something Borrowed
13. Before I Go to Sleep (I had too high expectations that it did not quite meet)
14. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Wonderful book)
15. The Last Letter from Your Lover (Superbly touching book, YOU SHOULD READ IT)
16. and many more...

Books I have read halfway (and kind of gave up reading):

1. Rupture by Simon Lelic (This is actually a pretty good book. It's just that it gets irritatingly slow after a while. It does give some insight into human behaviour and nature though)
2. Anna Frank's Diary (worst mistake I made - buying this. Everyone says it's good and provides knowledge into the lives of Jews during WW2, but you cannot help but admit, it's very boring)
3. A Million Little Pieces (interesting in the beginning, but gets boring later on because the author goes into a repetition of vomit, eat, vomit, eat - it's a true story though)

Books I am currently reading;

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (proving to be difficult to read)

Books I am planning to read:

1. Jane Eyre (the original version btw)
2. The Red Queen by Philippa Greggory
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Greggory
4. Art Geek and Prom Queen
5. Night Circus (I wanted to buy this and no. 4 at popular since there is a sale, but am trying to control by book-buying fetish!)
6. A dangerous method by John Kerr (I have a feeling this is going to be boring though)
7. Howl's Moving Castle (yep, the book!)
8. I might re-read Thirteen Reasons Why HEH.

There! So far, these are the few books that I can actually remember. If anyone who knows me is interested in reading any book, and I own it, feel free to borrow them from me :)

Anyway, just fell in love with this Chinese song (unexpected right?!) called 爱你 by Kimberley. 

The song is very addictive and surprisingly nice for a Chinese song :)))

就这样 爱你 爱你 爱你 随时都要一起
我喜欢 爱你 外套 味道 还有你的怀里
把我们衣服钮扣互扣 那就不用分离
美好爱情 我就爱这样贴近 因为你

~

Completed!

YES! I am finally done with my PW product!
My group finished it up today :) Although there were still some irritating moments when I really felt like yelling at a particular person, the fact that the product is completed fills me with happiness and satisfaction that I don't really care anymore!! :D
I am really proud of our product! Okay, I shouldn't really be gushing about my own work, but it seriously looks very professional hee :)
We spent a long time on it, but I think that it is definitely worth it!!! AHHH~ WE SHOULD MASS PRODUCE OUR PRODUCT AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE WORLD! Haha, I shall reveal more about our product next time.

Recently, I am really interested in the show "Big" :D It is a korean drama that mainly centres around the body switch between a 30-year-old and 18-year-old boy. The fiance of the 30-year-old guy is put in a spot because the boy whom her fiancee switches soul with is her student! So, evidently, a love triangle is going to form. I want the teacher to end up with the student, though it is 'morally' wrong of course.
BUT THIS IS A DRAMA - ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN :)

I am also currently (literally sitting in front of the TV) watching Secret Garden that's showing on channel u. I find the CEO so funny! He's so funny in the way her thinks because he himself seems clueless about how he feels hahahaha.

Looking forward to the Dark Knight Rises :DD
It will definitely be one of the highlights of this year! <3

For the first time of this year, I am actually feeling accomplished! I think it is because most of the projects are almost done, and the year is almost ending :) Things always seem better when the end is near.

I will probably be joining NEmation with Grace, Jingwen and Yuping this year too. Although I personally found it to be quite 'lame', I thought I might as well do something this year :)

Gonna go to sleep now!

$10

"To err is human, to forgive is divine."

Whoever said that can go shut up. MY TEN DOLLARSSSSS!

So, this is what happened.
I was watching Spider-man with Krystal and Grace on Friday. I then helped them pay first since I had a big note. The cashier then gave me change for $31 although the tickets cost $21.

I WAS SHORTCHANGED OF $10.

I am so upset nowwww!!! I mean, the cashier should have done his job better!!!
I am MORE UPSET AT MYSELF. Why didn't I check the change properly!! Argh. I'm so dumb. I tried to get the money back today but the person there said that the records only went back to one day. I could not check if the cashier then did really give me the wrong change. Meaning, they weren't gonna give my $10. -.-

FINE, CATHAY, YOU SHALL GET IT FROM ME.
When I go and watch Batman with my family, I am going to use my NEBO card to get some DISCOUNTS, AND YOU SHALL BE REPAYING ME BACK FOR THAT TEN DOLLARS. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Although this was the first time it happened, I had a similar experience before.
I think this system of paying money WITHOUT RECEIPTS IS DUMB, AND IT SHOULD BE CHANGED. Yes, humans make mistakes.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, I AM A PRACTICAL PERSON WHO CANNOT STAND LOSING TEN DOLLARS.
Cathay, and ALL CINEMAS, should give us a receipt for every purchase of tickets that we make. Face it, I believe that the Singapore cinemas are making big bucks. Let's just compare to Malaysia. Their tickets are cheaper than ours, and their quality of movies cannot be that far off. What's the matter in printing a few more receipts to ensure better service and clarity for your customers? I don't believe that it will cost much of a loss.

And, WHO DELETES THEIR RECORD EVERYDAY?!!! Do you really have THAT many records that you cannot store at least 5 days worth of records? I mean, between now and when I bought the ticket, it was only a span of 3 days! I expected more from one of my favourite cinemas. What do you have a record for? TO CHECK. What's the use of keeping it for a few hours, only to delete it? Refunds or short change problems are supposed to be solved on the spot, but accidents so happen. Despite this, I expect such accidents to be covered.

Furthermore, I am pretty sure that I am not the only case in point with regards to this matter.

Anyway, I've decided to forgo Abraham Lincoln the movie because of my irritation now.
URGGGGGGHHHHHHHH.

A cycle

I just realised that I have been feeling very frustrated and irritated these days. Just today, I bet I had uttered "irritated" at least five times. FIVE TIMES. Being negative is bad for your health, or so common sense says.

So, I shall try to get out of this troubled mood, and perhaps, be slightly happier, or more positive. Note 'try'. It is never easy to pick yourself up and decide to be optimistic there and then. Wallowing in self-pity always seems to be the easier choice, because all you do is complain, weep and worry. Nothing constructive is actually done.

Breaking out of the shell is the hardest.

Anyway, I've also realised that my mood is always something like a cycle.

A cycle of sadness and happiness, all walloped into something like a tornado. 

I spin inside, sometimes getting into the region of frustration, or the region of bliss.

As always, what comes after happiness is sadness.

But what comes after sadness is happiness.

This is why I notice that my posts tend to be happy happy happy sad sad sad sad happy happy sad sad and it goes on. ANYBODY ELSE NOTICED THAT???

Basically, life is just a cycle of sadness and happiness. When you've reached the peak of a particular emotion, what comes after will always seem to be the opposite of what you were feeling just before. 

Anyway, enough with this philosophical stuff.

I just finished (almost) my history project. While working on it, it dawned on me that history projects are always my favourites because they tend to be quite fun! For the one that we are doing now, we are supposed to come up with a propaganda poster, which is pretty cool. 

I am almost done with ACE ATT 2 Report. I am gonna finish it up tomorrow. If they ever ask us to do a survey to feedback on the ACE curriculum this year, I am gonna tell them not to make our juniors go through the same torture!! (Yes, I'm nice I know) ACE just seems like never-ending, limitless torture. 

My UK Journal is not done yet. It is still work in progress, of which the progress has currently stalled due to technical difficulties in trying to get the machine aka me, to ignite and start working. 11 days is just crazy. Imagine the huge chunks of work I would have to come up with to describe the 11 days. 11 huge chunks of words O.o And two creative product! I've done one already, at least, heh.

Those are mainly the homework that I am concerned about as of now....

Oh, I had LA PW meeting today, which went surprisingly well considering all the drama we had previously HEEHEE. Truly happy with today's outcome I guess! 

I am really looking forward to Centrestage this year as well. There are so many year fours taking part, which is gonna be really interesting. Jing Ying is participating as well. After her performance of We Are Young, I am totally looking forward to her centrestage performance.

We had a PCCG lecture in the school hall today. It ended on a pretty serious note, of which I would like to express this: 

I SERIOUSLY HATE LETTING PEOPLE COPY MY HOMEWORK.

The problematic part of all this is, you don't know how to reject people when they ask you for your hmwk.

The reasoning behind this is partly because well, I am kinda selfish. Secondly, I find it frustrating that my HARD WORK is easily copied off by someone else who has made no effort to do anything. (I finally get the meaning behind copyright uh.) I think it's fair that everyone puts in his or her effort and gets the marks they truly deserve. If not, it would be unfair for those who really put in hard work.

So for those who are reading this, you better think twice before asking me to lend you my homework xD

Ending on a happier note, Song Joong Ki is DAMN CUTE.

Heehee~~~ He was like the smartest and handsomest character in Sungkyunkwan Scandal! And I didn't know he was in Running Man :DD HAHAHA. 

The best thing is that he looks best in a candid photograph :DD

People

Sometimes, people are the most confusing things ever.

We are unpredictable.

We have no set rules or instructions on how we are supposed to operate.
I guess we have something called the 'politically correct' way but, who really follows it with all their heart?
Feelings get in the way.
Selfishness start taking over.
Our own interests seem to matter more.
Confess it, who hasn't had any of those thoughts?

I do too.

I know everyone's actions have their own reasons behind them, but it is so hard to try and understand them because their actions affect me in an entirely different way.
We come from different sides, different perspectives, different wants.
I am trying hard, but MY selfishness gets in the way and I start getting angry.
At myself and others.

I guess sometimes, people just disappoint me.

All that I want is for you to say yes when you really mean it.
And to do it when you already said yes.
Do not go back on your words.
We had a plan, a promise, albeit a small one, which may seem insignificant but it makes a whole lot of difference.
A difference about how I look at you and myself, our relationship, our friendship.

I hate disappointment.
After so many things that I've been through, more disappointments are just something that I cannot handle any longer.
I need people to mean what they say, and to do what they say.
Stop giving excuses before we both know that they ain't true. They are just attempts aimed at pacifying me, and they ain't working because I'm smart enough to know when something is not true.

I guess I just need people to be a little more reliable.

Either that, or I need to lower my expectations of people.