Easy A - The movie

Don't usually write movie reviews cos I'm too conscious about my views being really bias. I usually watch a movie because there are good reviews out there, or I just like some of the actors. So I got these free tickets to watch the preview of Easy A. The trailer was really funny and then there was Penn Badgely's hot bod! Anyway, Contagious Network was kind enough to supply the tickets.

I had to watch alone because the timing coincides with the iftar time. Okay now i'm feeling guilty about watching a movie during Ramadhan. Well, since I'm on holiday, and I just felt like going out, I watched it anyway

The storyline was simple - an almost non-existense high school girl made up lies about sleeping around when she is actually a virgin. It started out as a favour to help a gay friend but somehow words spread around and she suddenly became really popular in a bad way. I dunno being called a slut would constitute being cool but I guess everyone has their own mission in life. At first, she embraced the lies but after a while it started to affect her friendship and also her social life. Oh wait, is it just me or Amanda Bynes' face just look kinda like bloated in the movie? It looks soo fake, I actually hated it...haha...The film centers a lot on the Scarlet Letter story. I've heard about her but have never read the book. I am after all born and raised in KL..it's not like we read all these stuff in school.

The funny part was mostly when she was embracing her role as a school slut. The nerds would strike a deal about her giving them sexual favours in return for gifts when it was just all made up. Also, Olive (the name of the lead character, by the way) has such a cool and hilarious parents. My favourite part was when Olive was so angry at her new 'identifier' that she made all these angry sound and her father came into the room and thought that...oh well you gotta see it for yourself to be funny. Haha.. Another interesting part was that she has an adopted brother and he is not Caucasian. It's kinda like making fun of American celebrities who adopt kids from other races just to show how open minded they are. Well I'm sure they are open minded...hihi.

So, I guess you gotta see it for yourself and judge it. Oh yes, did I mention that Penn Badgely aka Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl) is really hot. I mean really!

Ramblings and weddings

Let's write about something fun

I am officially a lazy bum. I need to stop this slacking off and start doing what I'm supposed to do - complete my assignments. Yeay, that's fun!

I've been blog-hopping a lot. The topic of interest nowadays is none other than weddings. I didn't know the existence of soooiiii many wedding blogs by fellow Malaysian. It's fun to read about their views, experience and whatever else they choose for the wedding. I have also shamelessly PM-ing some of my friends whenever I spot them with a very nice dress/photographers/videographers. The only downside is that I'm here, stuck at the land of downunder. Although I love every single second of moment of it (well not really, due to the cold weather), I still wish I could spend at least a week to sort out some matters. You know like the whole prewedding course or trying out the wedding dress for the groom side. So I have to settle for internet research and following my gut feelings.

I just wish that Malaysian utilize this thing called the email function. One thing that I take for granted here is that everyone actually checks their email and reply like promptly. Seriously, it's like no one ever replies their email in Malaysia. Well not everyone, but some. I am always happy for those who can give me feedbacks in like a few hours or at least one or two days after. That shows a lot about your commitment with your work and your respect to your customer. Also, I would appreciate it, if you could update your portfolio, because, well, it shows that you are committed with every aspect of your business. Online marketing is an integral part of a business too.

Sigh, well, the plan is, find what I like, contact them, get necessary quotes and subsequent decision will be made by the fiance himself. Although I wish I could write every single detail about my wedding prep, I don't think I can because I'm not in MY. Most research is just for self-satisfaction and the fiance has to listen to my ramblings and hopefully he will take the hint.

p/s: I enjoy reading this: http://4weddingku.blogspot.com/

A bit of courage

sedih.bila apa yang disampaikan ,disalah ertikan. n it's gonna haunt me for a long time. i get all jittery when i feel like i'm hurting someone. i took it to my heart n it will bother me for a while. why do i get to be so soft-hearted?

I wish i'm not on the red flag. I know Al-Latif listens to me no matter what. Must believe in Him. He, The All-Knowing, knows.

The Way You Lie

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

Well that's alright because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

Powerful lyrics. Did you see how Rihanna sang it in the video? There's something about this song. Love is blind. I hope The Almighty won't ever let me be blinded.

People pleaser

Remember that time when you sacrifice a lot of things cos you wanna satisfy certain people or else you're probably gonna get a long lecture or even you're gonna be blamed for not being 'good' enough. There are also times when you have to sort of pay for those times when u did not put that 'effort' and you end up getting hurt.

I cant stop thinking about those things that I missed out because I shifted my priority to satisfy others. I wonder how it's gonna be like several years down the road. Do I matter anymore?

I am such a people pleaser. Always putting others above my own needs. Sigh...I wonder how long more can I put up with this 'too nice' attitude?

Dream Holiday

Saw my dear friend wrote about her dreams. It sort of inspired me to write about mine. I'm gonna focus on my travel dreams for now

1. New Zealand - InsyaAllah if I get another extra job I put this in my must visit place before I leave Melbourne

2. Great Barrier Reef - must go after I get my diving license in Sipadan. hihi

3. Backpacking around Europe - preferable for a month! Although that would not happen if I work in Malaysia unless I get a superflexible employer.

4. Volunteering/Holidaying in one of the wildlife park in Kenya- Why Kenya? It's because I did an assignment on conservation in Kenya and suddenly felt like a connection to it and just had to go and see it for myself.

5. Maldives - preferably with the other half **wink wink**

6. Bali baby - same description as no. 5

7. Learn to Ski in Switzerland

8. Uluru - once i'm a skilled photographer cos I wanna capture the breathtaking view of the famous sandstone rock formation. A road trip around the Central Australia would be awesome too

10.Shopping in New York

11. Antartica - there's sth about being surrounded by ice and seeing the penguins, the seals and the polar bears that simply intrigue me

12. I wanna work in Melbourne so that I can afford going to all these places due to the currency exchange factors. Enuff said

So there you go. If I can achieve 6 of these 12 dreams, I am more than happy.