It's Not Like The Movies

Finding someone who genuinely cares for  you is really hard. On top of that, they have to accept all your flaws and still find a way to bring out the best in you. I am blessed I know and I am grateful for that. Even though most of the time the reality is not meeting the expectations, it is good enough. For me at least. I don't expect life to happen just like the movies, because clearly it is not.

Livin' in the Moment

Summer has been kicking my ass! So much works to juggle between three classes and a part time job. But I'm loving every moment of it. I doubt I would say that a month ago, but hey that's life - you just never know what is going to happen next. Couple headlines for the past few days had been very cloudy but I hope things are going to get better from there. To conclude them all, life does matter and I am grateful for that.  For now just let me share what have I been up to for the past few weeks.

Protesting for Trayvon Martin. LIFE DOES MATTER!

4th of July Potluck! Failed group photo with only 5 people out of 15 :)

Ending Naancie's birthday at a karaoke

Drunk with Uliana. Again

Tried my first creme. Yum!

Acme toast with mimosa for brunch. Fucking 30 dollars gone. YOLO

Redo an old assignment for the sake of painting. Love the outcome

Went hiking at Bernal Hill. Love mother nature!

Took my first caltrain (aka bullet train of Cali) ride to San Jose

Jogged an hour to Palace of Fine Art #WORTHIT

made Trey ate cow's stomach at Sunny's hotpot dinner 

chocolate soufflé! Must save up for Paris! 

Time to go to bed! This week is gonna be even more hectic with plans of going around more due to work and whats not. Wednesday can't come sooner! Looking forward to Sixflags/ Pacific Rim 2.0/ Live Porn/ Roadtrip/ Driving Test/ Local License... SEPTEMBER
(P/S: Level of awesomeness is hitting all time high. No drugs involved.)

Symbiosis

Half my life I've been having issues trusting people completely. I'm 100% sure it stems from my childhood and all that mess I experienced in life. I think people in general are just using me as a tool. Truth is - it is the truth.

However, not one person till today has told me it is okay to be a tool. In fact - that makes you valuable. I am really happy today because I have found someone who sees values in me. You told me its okay to feel how I feel because we all are living based on symbiosis relationships. I should still have faith in people despite all these parasites who were drowning my life and that was really stupid of me to actually allow them to bring me down.

I am officially ending my great depression today. Life has been nothing but great and I'm grateful for finding someone who I can share my joy with. :) I'm not saying I won't get upset but I will try my best to stay happy. I know I can do it because now I know someone will have my back if I fall. You found me when I was at the lowest point of my life but I sure as hell will improve to be the best version of me anyone will ever seen.

Only four words to sum up how I feel now - 非常幸福

My 1st Visit To ILM Studio

There's a new movie out now everywhere else besides U.S. - The Adventures of Tintin, by Steven Spielberg. Fortunate enough, my pal Cory was invited to a private screening over at ILM (Industrial Lights and Magic) - the visual effects studio behind almost every major hollywood blockbusters - Ironman, Transformers, Captain America, Avengers, just to name a few, and he asked me to be his plus one. So so so stoked!!

I've been really excited about this ever since I saw the teaser trailer

The entrance to the ILM theatre~ That's the Jedi Fountain. How George Lucas was that huh?

Darth Vader: another Lucas icon

What an eye opening visit! Too bad we can only take pictures around the entrance. Back to the movie - it was a really good movie. Best adjective to describe the movie? It's very Steven Spielberg! LMAO. A lot of lens flare shots, 50s jokes (which I really enjoyed - its all about retro peeps! Haters gonna hate!),  Sharks, Indiana Jones vibe and etc. Just the last one makes a movie hella good already. The CG part just blew my mind away, like completely. I like how every scene was transitioned beautifully from one to another - that really takes a lot of effort to make sure the visual flows. Action sequences were really well constructed too. The good thing about Spielberg is, you are always quenching to find out what is going to happen next - because he is just that good at building up the anticipation. I like how the graphic sticks to the original designs of the comic version of Tintin. That really takes a lot of studies. Jamie Bell did a great job breathing life to Tintin too because I can see Tintin as a real life human instead of just an animated character. I've seen The Polar Express but this one is a way better Motion Capture than that one was. So to sum this trip up - go and watch Tintin already!! Definitely gonna be a contender for Oscar's best animated feature next year. Won't be surprised if it wins.

(P/S: I wouldn't mind working at ILM at all!!)

Wonderful Week

It's been awhile since I do something productive. But again, what is productive? Emo aside, this full week has been a blast. My roommate Chelsea is back from Florida, we hang out and had so much to catch up with each other. So glad that Olivia got accepted to the RA job at the same time!(I'm more excited because she finally left the apartment)

On the other hand, Leo is back too! Got to admit, none of my friend can cook to begin with, so not only he can cook, he cooks like a pro too. He never ceases to surprise me with all his hidden talents. HAHA

So 'much' done this week - hangover, hangover 2, hangover 3, ... hangover 5 we went for a special screening for the movie 'The Debt', (kudos to myself for finding those tix FOR FREE) and we had a Q&A session with the director, John Madden himself right after. It felt so surreal to meet a real Oscar nominated director. The movie was great. Love love love Jessica Chastain. And owh, the guy in Avatar, Sam Worthington is in the movie too. Check it out when it comes out later.

Can't wait for school to start nonetheless. Till then I will just hang it here and hum to the Lazy Song. Don't judge me. That's holiday.

(P/S: Thanks to Facebook, I just realized this is officially my first one year living in the State. Living up my teenage dream!!!!)

Weekend Before Thanksgiving (Part Deux)

We walked home right after the movie. Along the way, we passed by H&M and it was a long queue outside the store - everyone started to queue for the Lanvin @H&M launch! It's insane. (When I told my sister about the launch she asked me to queue too! LOL)

The reason people are queueing: 9.98USD for an evening dress! 

I had never seen crowd queueing for a launch before but I knew it's equally crazy back in Malaysia. (Yes, I'm talking about the recently opened Uniqlo store) I think this is rather the same but it was colder here, like freezing cold. It was about 7°C at that time. I picture this is how it's gonna be for me next week when I'm gonna go camping for the Black Friday Sales. Ugh. I'm so excited!

The wet + coldness in late night San Francisco

Ok. Fun time is almost over. I shall get back to my homework and make-it-work. LOL

My Usual Weekend

So most of you would have ask: what are you doing during the weekend? Well, my answer is always the same: I don't know. Probably sleeping and do some house chores. Yes. That has been my routine since I got here.

I usually starts with tidying my room and have waffle and milo hot chocolate for breakfast.

As for today, right after I went to quench my thirst with my beloved Java Chip, I headed straight to the grocery stores to get some junk food and toiletries. It has always been a challenge an exercise walk for me to go to the streets because of the hills I have to climb.

Fresh flowers for Larry, Aunt's late husband.

Much needed shopping therapy. I felt so released.

So after I unpacked all the groceries, I started to clean up the balcony. I'm not a big fan of gardening but I sure not hope the plantings die right away when my landlady aunt come back from her vacation. So I did a little clean up. I'm pretty sure those spiders are going to come and bite me in my dreams because I swept a hell off the spider webs today.

Spider webs: Gross!

Beautiful roses at the balcony.

I started sweeping soon after cleaning up the balcony mess. A little something about me: I did help cleaning up at my own home, just that not as frequent, you know, cause I have a maid homework, social, helping mum in the shop and etc.

The photos above look so 'kerja amal'. I know. haha

By the time I finished cleaning up, I went to bath right away. The dust was killing me. I chilled for an hour before I started preparing for my dinner. Check out what I had for dinner peeps, it's yum!

Rosemary grilled chicken breast. Yum!

Mum: Just so you know, I'm eating vege.

After dinner, I had dessert as reward for myself for getting dumped cleaning up the house. I was watching 'The Graduate'. It's my homework for Cinematic Storytelling class. Dustin Hoffwan was so handsome back then but he is really an old hag now. Haha. Love the movie.

Almost melt the ice cream on the couch. Lucky me.

So that wraps up my usual weekend in Oakland. Does it look fun to you?

Kebenaran Yang Pahit

That's the subtitle for a movie I watched just now - The Ugly Truth.. hahahaha..

Such a funny movie, its like an one and a half hour of informal sex education with some funny facts tagged along. Not to mention I love watching love comedy. Ha. (It does worth the 10 bucks I paid.)

Today was fun. Outing for the almost 12 hours - breakfastbrunch, rock climbing, pizza, gossip, kumar, starbucks, movie.. Now I can add rock climbing into my lifetime achievement checklist. Pheww.. Haha.. How nice it would be if everyday can be stress free like now right? But let's be practical, its time to get to work again. Haha.. Back to work Minty!!

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