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I went for a little stroll down Melville Drive next to the Meadows today. Essays? What essays? It was just the right lighting too – sun and clouds. I don’t like it if it’s too sunny. I hate squinting in the sunlight and I don’t carry my sunglasses around all the time either. Also, pictures taken on really bright days tend to come out looking over-exposed. (What to do, my camera’s not so great as to be able to compensate for the sunlight.) There are at least two incredibly adorable plump wild rabbits in King’s Buildings. Or rather, they live in the golf course next door and like to come over to KB at nights to sample the grass. They’re so cute! I saw one last night, and then just now I saw two. Maybe if I go downstairs and wander around again at the same time tomorrow night I’ll see three? lol. (I’m feeling really tired and would love to just close my eyes and go to sleep right now, but it’s only 6.30PM* and I’d just ruin my sleep cycle further if I did that. So I’m going to ramble. On and on. Expect sudden topic changes.) For this week’s Theory class screening, we watched Dekalog (or “Decalogue”). The premise was interesting; it’s actually a series of ten Polish films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments. Don’t go getting any illusions though – I didn’t see anything particularly spiritual about the two that we saw. (Then again, that could be due to the fact that I was floating in and out of consciousness throughout, no thanks to my being unwell on Sunday and having to stay up all night to finish the second draft of my thesis proposal and then having to attend a workgroup discussion in the morning.)
I saw yellow and purple flower buds near the Meadows in the bus on my way to see The Nutcracker on Saturday and all I could think was: Spring! Temperatures are slightly higher nowadays, the sun is brighter and days are longer. Yep, winter’s over. I’d have gone out today to take photos of the flowers but I wasn’t feeling well so had to stay in. Dang. Maybe sometime this week… It’s annoying when my brain just can’t seem to shut down and go to sleep. Anyway, Mum sent me this link: How to Write a Dissertation, or “Bedtime Reading for People Who Do Not Have Time to Sleep.” It’s talking about a PhD dissertation but yea, applicable to Master’s as well I guess. I like the opening anyway. XD
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Normally the middle of the week isn’t much fun, but this week both Wednesday and Thursday evenings were really enjoyable! As long as I didn’t think too much about essays and thesis and all that. I must admit that I find ballets a little harder to appreciate than straightforward musicals. If you don’t know the story beforehand, I daresay you’d be completely lost trying to follow the narrative. If that happens, best to just forget anything about the story and concentrate on the dancing. hahah! Right, scratch Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake off the list; last is The Nutcracker tomorrow. Stumbled across this by accident, and I think this is the first time I’ve ever immediately thought, “I want that!!!” when it comes to phones. Just one of those I-don’t-need-this-at-all-but-it-would-be-cool-to-have-it feelings. The Disneymobile!
It’s a Japanese phone, and I think it’s a collaboration between Disney and Softbank. (Too lazy to go back to the page and squint at all the kanji/kana to attempt to make out the meanings right now.) I’d been harping about this film since last year so it’s high time I give my opinion on it, after finally seeing it in the first week of February. (I’m hesitant to say that I’m “reviewing” it since I don’t think many of my “reviews” come off as proper reviews at all. They’re more like spoiler-filled analyses with comments. Or just a bunch of comments. heh. Maybe I should change the category name and that link in the sidebar…)
My expectations for Princess and the Frog were moderate, but my excitement levels weren’t. I was eager to see a new Disney film done the old-fashioned way – in 2D, plus musical numbers! – and with a fun albeit probably not stellar story, but at the same time I wasn’t expecting genius. And it pretty much matched my expectations. How did I go for so long without Malaysian curry? :3 Bought a new pot and pan for myself today because one of my flatmates scorched yet another of our cooking pots (two were already badly scorched last sem – and very likely by the same person) so I figured it’s just easier if I have my own. Mum agreed, so I dropped by Tesco before class and got me some new stuff~ Thus armed with brand new pot, I tried making curry! Not that I had to do much. Open packet of curry paste mix (that came all the way from Penang I still have some of the curry paste left. (Well, the instructions on the back of the packet were meant for 1.5kg of chicken – and I had what, 300g? Obviously I’m not gonna use up the entire thing at one go.) Hmm. I think that’ll be tomorrow’s lunch or dinner. muahahaha. I’m skipping Kensington Palace because my poor camera just isn’t canggih enough to handle the dim lighting inside it without flash so the majority of my pictures came out rather too dark and I don’t feel like going to all the effort of editing them at the moment. (Yes, I could have used my camera flash but I like I avoid using the flash if I can.) So anyway, on this day, my youngest sister’s birthday, we went to St Paul’s Cathedral and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. |
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), put the paste in the pot with chicken, fry, add water, simmer, add milk, stir and boil and that’s ittttt. And it was just… so familiar. In terms of smell, anyway. hahah! Oh, I randomly decided to add some chopped onion bits. Dunno why – just felt like it. I don’t think the onions really made much difference…
