Why didn't anyone tell me that this is such a sad story? I cried when I read the ending. I mean, there is just something so bloody tragic about how Peter forgets that Wendy has grown up and comes back every year for her, thinking she'll still be the little girl that will fly away to spring clean with him.
Imagine the shock. The betrayal! The sense of loss!
But then of course, he got over it and started off with some other little girl again. Because he's "gay and innocent and heartless" and all, but still the whole thing about everyone else growing up and leaving Peter behind again and again WITHOUT him knowing it, and him in turn forgetting them quite callously, actually, just made me weepy all over again.
So much for fairytales being light bedside reading material.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Blogthings
To take a page out of Doubleaye's blog (hello!love your pages btw) this is what my birthday means, can you believe it?
I can see some people, yea yea I know who you are who are probably lol-ing and going "yeah, right. puh-leeze" - own up renhorng! but you know what? It's true, actually. It is. Never thought of rose being a powerful colour, i'll admit..but the rest, not something you might see on me everyday if you don't know me well enough, but it's true. A free computer generated thingy has somehow got it quite right.
I can see some people, yea yea I know who you are who are probably lol-ing and going "yeah, right. puh-leeze" - own up renhorng! but you know what? It's true, actually. It is. Never thought of rose being a powerful colour, i'll admit..but the rest, not something you might see on me everyday if you don't know me well enough, but it's true. A free computer generated thingy has somehow got it quite right.
| Your Birthdate: February 6 |
 You tend to be a the rock in relationships - people depend on you. Thoughtful and caring, you often put others needs first. You aren't content to help those you know... you want to give to the world. An idealist, you strive for positive change and dream about how much better things could be. Your strength: Your intuition Your weakness: You put yourself last Your power color: Rose Your power symbol: Cloud Your power month: June |
Thursday, June 07, 2007
You know what is really great?
1. Introducing Joss Stone - the album. Summery.
2. Little Miss Sunshine - the movie. Real.
3. Cicely Mary Barker - the drawings. Pretty.
4. Herbalists - the knowledge. Whimsical.
5. San Francisco in July - the trip. Rejuvenating.
2. Little Miss Sunshine - the movie. Real.
3. Cicely Mary Barker - the drawings. Pretty.
4. Herbalists - the knowledge. Whimsical.
5. San Francisco in July - the trip. Rejuvenating.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
If you google yourself..
you sometimes find that you, or your namesake at least are already famous.
In my case, I am an Asian diner in just about 20 states across the US. I knew this earlier, but just sharing this with you guys now because a. I am too distracted to work (nobody works after OD-ing on an entire season of Grey's Anatomy) and b. it is really fascinating. Check out the site man - i have a logo and all.
In my case, I am an Asian diner in just about 20 states across the US. I knew this earlier, but just sharing this with you guys now because a. I am too distracted to work (nobody works after OD-ing on an entire season of Grey's Anatomy) and b. it is really fascinating. Check out the site man - i have a logo and all.
The Big Bookstore sale
Is on at Atria in Damansara Jaya from now until end of the month (or 10th June I can't quite remember).
It is with some reservation that I divulge this information to you people, because seriously, I think these Big Bookstore people have no idea about the value of the books they are selling.
Almost all paperbacks go for 10-12 ringgit. And these are good books - same titles you would find in MPH / Borders. Travel journals, fiction, classic, bestsellers, conspiracy theories, collectible giftbooks, really-great-children-books, cookbooks etc etc AND etc.
Only word of warning - the fiction and paperbacks especially are mostly just arranged by size? rather than any other particular order. It's pretty random so don't get frustrated if you can't find a particular author / title you're looking for. Rather, I just tend to sift through and pick out whatever may look fascinating.
Can't wax the same lyrical over the Book Fair in KLCC Convention Centre, unfortunately. One big Popular bookstore in a fancy building - with RM2 entrance fee.
It is with some reservation that I divulge this information to you people, because seriously, I think these Big Bookstore people have no idea about the value of the books they are selling.
Almost all paperbacks go for 10-12 ringgit. And these are good books - same titles you would find in MPH / Borders. Travel journals, fiction, classic, bestsellers, conspiracy theories, collectible giftbooks, really-great-children-books, cookbooks etc etc AND etc.
Only word of warning - the fiction and paperbacks especially are mostly just arranged by size? rather than any other particular order. It's pretty random so don't get frustrated if you can't find a particular author / title you're looking for. Rather, I just tend to sift through and pick out whatever may look fascinating.
Can't wax the same lyrical over the Book Fair in KLCC Convention Centre, unfortunately. One big Popular bookstore in a fancy building - with RM2 entrance fee.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Change
You know what change is like sometimes? It's like learning a new song in a language you don't understand.
You watch closely the words that are coming out of peoples' mouths, and you mouth along with them. You don't know what it means, and it doesn't make any sense but you say it. And repeat it to yourself again and again until the words develop shapes and meaning. Until you eventually learn it.
Why do you do it? Because you have to. Because although there is a kind of comfort in understanding the situation you are in, understanding it doesn't make it better. Because there are things that you can't tell yourself. Because it is people whom you believe in, and believe in you who are telling you these things.
You don't become someone different. I was relieved when I figured that out. It's not that easy to become someone different. Who a person is, is so much bigger than what the person can control. But if you force it, try to make change tangible, then all you get is a small, superficial, subset of what you are trying to become. That, and an overly loud voice (your own, actually) trying to convince yourself of your "new" self.
So just be. Know that it doesn't happen overnight. Know that you can be different things in a day. There will be days when you know things are better, and there will be days when you realise they are not fine yet. Like in a break-up, there will be looking in the mirror and seeing the sadness in your own eyes, but there will also be a day where you see sadness, but you'll have strength to let it run through you without looking away.
Point being, change does not neccessarily make things better all at once. Rather, in choosing to act, to make some changes, you've earned the right to have some clarity over what's going on in your life. And I'll tell you this - while it may be painful, the sensation of lucidity which flows through your body right up to your fingertips sure beats the numbness of the easier but pointless fantasising / rehashing of "what could have" or "what really" happened.
You watch closely the words that are coming out of peoples' mouths, and you mouth along with them. You don't know what it means, and it doesn't make any sense but you say it. And repeat it to yourself again and again until the words develop shapes and meaning. Until you eventually learn it.
Why do you do it? Because you have to. Because although there is a kind of comfort in understanding the situation you are in, understanding it doesn't make it better. Because there are things that you can't tell yourself. Because it is people whom you believe in, and believe in you who are telling you these things.
You don't become someone different. I was relieved when I figured that out. It's not that easy to become someone different. Who a person is, is so much bigger than what the person can control. But if you force it, try to make change tangible, then all you get is a small, superficial, subset of what you are trying to become. That, and an overly loud voice (your own, actually) trying to convince yourself of your "new" self.
So just be. Know that it doesn't happen overnight. Know that you can be different things in a day. There will be days when you know things are better, and there will be days when you realise they are not fine yet. Like in a break-up, there will be looking in the mirror and seeing the sadness in your own eyes, but there will also be a day where you see sadness, but you'll have strength to let it run through you without looking away.
Point being, change does not neccessarily make things better all at once. Rather, in choosing to act, to make some changes, you've earned the right to have some clarity over what's going on in your life. And I'll tell you this - while it may be painful, the sensation of lucidity which flows through your body right up to your fingertips sure beats the numbness of the easier but pointless fantasising / rehashing of "what could have" or "what really" happened.
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