June 17
The Lake House was Great.
I really do get more and more sentimental by the day. It's driving me insane. If I were watching the film alone I would have cried like anything.
Not to give anything away:
Finally, a movie that does not promote any belief in Fate.
When you walk out of the movie house you'll be wishing so badly you could have that lake house's mailbox.
The soundtrack is good too, including a beautiful, beautiful Paul McCartney song. (If anyone has it - This Never Happened Before - my Gmail account is hungry, and more so my music collection.)
June 18
Our novel for English is Jane Eyre, soon I'll be speaking like this:
Tonight I headed for the book store to gain possession of a volume of Jane Eyre. Reluctant I was to do so, as I initially had my own - a birthday present from a friend - but had misplaced it. Such is the misfortune in tucking away valuables in numerous cardboard boxes - or rather, not having sufficient space to have everything within reach.
Or not.
I'm having difficulty reading amazingly properly-structured English sentences. It's been a week and I haven't even reached page ten.
June 19
I am scared to death of watching a person having a seizure. Seriously. I'd rather watch Ju-On in the middle of the night rather than someone whose veins are embossed along the hands and arms. Muscles tense, skin going white. Lips turning blue, saliva frothing at the mouth. The uncontrollable shaking. And lastly, that shrill, moaning sound that comes from the person who is victim to nerves that are going haywire.
When I was about nine I was at my friend's house. Her mother has epilepsy and she had an episode that day, I heard she fainted while walking home from work with a couple of colleagues. She was carried into the house. Her eyes were rolled back, eyelids blinking slightly but quickly, and she was tearning. Otherwise, she actually looked dead. Come on, Gloria, wake up, her husband said.
My sister and I were asked to go home.
June 20
Dear Person who came up with the brilliant idea to use "sweet" as a prefix for "sixteen",
With all due respect. I would like to know exactly what you mean by that, what is supposed to happen, and what the hell you were thinking.
Maybe we live in different eras? What's it like in your world?
Sincerely,
Adrienne
June 22
To give you perspective on how I don't fit in:
The Compact Mirror is more important during Trigonometry than a ruler.
Or any surface that is smooth enough for light to bounce off of and therefore project a virtual image.
(See Mrs Goh, I am not a
stupid shit like you so believe I am.)
Anyway. I'm not kidding. The girl beside me asks me for a ruler every three minutes. And way to be a bitch, she asks for it like it's my obligation to serve her.
Similarly, the girl in front of me looks at the window reflection every five minutes to make sure every single strand of hair is in place. This is no exaggeration either, trust me.
And today the girl behind me was being amazingly annoying with the word "never". Wasting time, much? Let the teacher fucking finish her class, god.
The only thing I really remotely look forward to is Balikbayan (balik = come back; bayan = country. This term is usually used on Filipinos who've been overseas for a long time. In this class' case, us who know two nuts about the Filipino language) Class, because I can speak english and the people there are so much better.
I hope the girl beside me in the computer lab isn't smart enough to take note of Radiant's URL, and find this place from there. I have a feeling if anyone in class finds it they'll be the type to interrogate me about it.
Today I saw the Friends episode of the one with Rachel's farewell party. Oh my god, beyond sad.
June 23
My grandfather is really getting on my neves with his whole Singapore Is Lousy campaign.
It's not like his rebuttals towards my retorts are so fantastically supported anyway:
(on conversing with an ASSUMED Singaporean over the phone)
I couldn't understand anything he was saying! It was horrible! I thought to myself, oh god this must be a Singaporean.
But you're not even entirely sure he was a Singaporean!
He must have been! Reader's Digest Asia's headquarters is located in Singapore.
Okay well assuming he was Singaporean, so? Not all Filipinos are linguistically inclined either, everyone has accents that influence their speaking English.
But we can catch on with other accents more.
So? I said not all. For Singaporeans it can be the hint of Malay, Chinese, or Indian. For the Filipinos, well, just turn on the television and you'll hear it. And besides, if you say we catch on with accents better, then why are the Indians beating the Filipinos into call centers by the thousand?
The English on our local channels is perfectly comprehendible.
You're just more accustomed to the accent here. I didn't use to understand Singaporean speakers well but now I do. It's all a matter of getting used to it.
Filipinos can be understood! Look at me! And your father, he can speak well!
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I don't need to tell you who is who, you're not that stupid, yes?
The only reason I didn't go on was because I was about to tear my hair out and cry with frustration. This isn't the first time this was the topic at the dinner table and it's always routine, I give in because he's
my grandfather not to mention
so incredibly stubborn. He's opinionated, I'll give you that. Unfortunately some of his opinions have been, in more ways than one, completely selfish.
It's one thing to be patriotic, but seriously. This is silly.
My father had said, "haha, good!" when I didn't answer, I couldn't tell if he was referring to my grandfather's flimsy rebuttal or me not answering back anymore. And that "haha" was that shaking-head-disappointed-I'll-laugh-to-cover-it kind of "haha."
And while I'm on the roll with my grandfather here. He is driving me crazy because I don't eat seafood. Damn it everyone has food they don't like eating, and mine just happens to be seafood which is according to him one of the best foods in the universe. But so what?
He said, "what if they served tuna at a party and you HAD to eat that? What are you going to do, ask for something else?"
I thought, "well what if they had an ice-cream and junk food party that will destroy your digestive system and will in no way help with your bowel movement, what would you do?"
I said, "I'll eat it. I'm not rude like that."
"See, you'll have a hard time. Try it so you can like it."
"I wouldn't have not liked it if I hadn't tried it."
"You won't survive being shipwrecked."
I thought, "What are the chances I'll be shipwrecked? Why prepare for something that will probably never happen - you said that yourself, stop being so contradicting."
June 24
33. Fight Club
34. Edward Norton
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Fight Club was so so so awesome.
At first I thought they had changed the plot to make Jack and Tyler two separate people, that's what I heard from my dad, but I'm glad they didn't. I was a bit bummed they had censored certain parts, though. Profanities, no surprise there. But my eyebrow raised when they censored the God-Hates-You bit, too. Unnecessary much.
They really did stick to the book, which is fantastic and very, very rare.
June 25
This sucks school has sort of drained my fuel to write
or maybe it's all going into emails
my parents don't see the unjust comparison between my sister and I
she has her stupid cellphone and new friends because duh she's in first year high school and you know what they say you can forget about "friends" you knew before high school because back then you were young and stupid
I said See what I mean now? That you'll do fine and your "friends" in Singapore don't really talk to you for the sole reason that they are in secondary school now
and she nodded
my mother just got angry at me because she couldn't call my dad
for what?
her makeup kit was in the car and my dad just drove off for work
i disconnected so she could call, man
not my fault the line is taking long to resume
why does she even bother with makeup anyway
my dad just drove back to give it to her
1. waste gas
2. waste time
3. two more angry-beings-for-stupid-reasons in the world
if i turn out to be a complete social loser (i believe i've already conquered the first few levels)
I blame it on my youth
ha ha that was a song
okay whatever.
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Updated Sunday, June 25, 2006, 10:22p.m..
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