Ooh wee, one more week of classes and lectures and tutorials before another week of non-attending classes befalls me. I love holidays. Especially those where I don't do much or sometimes nothing at all.
My weekend was pretty bland with non-exciting stuff happening. The family actually went out shopping two straight days in a row. Saturday at 1Utama and today at KLCC. It's a record for nothing like this has ever happened before. If we go out it's usually just me and my mom and that's probably only once a month or less than that. Wow. And all this after just one week at HELP. I'm shopping again. I hate this habit of mine.
Report on weekend purchases. I somehow persuaded my mom to get me that British India bag in the end. It's sitting prettily on my bed right now because it's my new love in my life. At least till next week. One of the main reasons I probably got it in the end was because my dad was shopping with us yesterday. I sound like a rich brat now but whenever my dad goes shopping with us or me we usually can get what we want on our never ending shopping lists. Like every other man or father, he goes into one shop and buys almost his entire wardrobe for the next six months or so. Seeing as how generous he was being at that time, I immediately took my golden opportunity to sneakily ask him if I could procure that elusive bag. My mom was pretty reluctant at first but I told her that instead of getting me some expensive jewelry which I'll probably not want to wear till I'm 30, I'll readily accept the bag as my early birthday present. It was my moment of triumph. I could almost hear the bells tolling away signalling my victory. No more bags for the rest of the year for me. But I don't mind. Not at all.
Today's shopping endeavour was quite the same as the day before. My dad and brothers bought out almost the entire Lee's and Levi's stores from Isetan while for one brief moment I felt totally incompetent as a shopping person as I ought to be. Well, I did get a brand new top from Top Shop today (30% off) but compared with my younger brothers and dad, it seems rather paltry. My shopping mood seems to be wearing off. Or maybe it's just the size and weight of my purse that's dropped considerably.
Jim Carrey has just become my favourite actor of the moment. He was the guest on the Oprah show tonight and coincidentally HBO was showing "Bruce Almighty" at the same time. Very weird. Anyway, I started reminiscing again about all those Jim Carrey movies that I watched years ago. The following are just some of the notables.
1. Liar Liar - The first time I watched it was God knows how long ago. I just remember being so entertained and laughing myself silly and having my stomach in stitches and aching all through the night. Very classic Jim Carrey movie.
2. The Cable Guy - I love this one too. Very creepy and black comedy type but I still enjoyed it. Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, and Owen Wilson were all great in this too. Another classic Carrey film.
3. Me, Myself and Irene - This was the first movie I remember watching Jim Carrey stare in. Hilarious as usual but sweet at the same time. Love this for its witty script.
4. The Mask - Some people may see this as a stupid show but I really thought it was quite original in a sense not unlike to that Roger Rabbit movie. It's got that funny yet perverse cartoonish vibe going on and yet it feels strangely related to real life.
5. Batman Forever - I know he's not the real star here but who really remembers the rest. Carrey as the Riddler was great. His green suit was mesmerizing. Though very tacky as all supers' and villains' outfits are.
6. The Truman Show - Definitely an original in itself. I loved the ending. This is probably the best "reality" based show I've ever watched.
7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Not his best film ever but I applaud his portrayal as the Grinch and his ability to actually don that furry outfit. Looks very painful.
I think I seemed to have listed down most of my fave Jim Carrey movies unintentionally. I need to include "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and, though I haven't seen it yet but I will, I'm sure "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" will be just as good as well. The former was not Carrey's most hilarious work but nevertheless still great. He can definitely play dramatic and funny roles as demonstrated in this film. The latter one is based on that books series which I will not tell here as most will already know by now. I'm just really curious to know what's it all about since I have nary a chance to read that series which I heard has 13 books in all. Yikes. Imagine all the money I'll have to spend to get those hard cover books.
Tomorrow is yet another gruelling day of lectures and my first tutorial to attend at 8.30 am. I need to sleep soon. Gosh, I'm being generous with the links today, aren't I. I think I'll go read my books now.
