Apologies for the non-blogging yesterday. It was due to excessive being-out-of-the-house from 9 am till 11 pm. Well, I did return home for an hour just for a quick freshen up session but I was out of the house again in due time. So, when I got home all I wanted to do was fall to my bed in my soft pjs and drift off to slumberland.
To recap my day yesterday, it was basically lectures the whole morning till later afternoon. I must say that I am getting rather used to this whole shuttle bus business minus the hot and stuffy air and sometimes crowds of students for lack of space. In due time, I hope to ride those other red buses which look like that they would have proper air-conditioning, even if the ride is a short one.
After that, I shot straight back home to take a quick shower and change out of my sticky clothes to meet up with my high school mates. It was Lik Yang's farewell party/gathering as he was leaving for Adelaide, Australia soon. Before the dinner, we watched "National Treasure" on screen. It was not a bad film actually. I thought it was going to be all cheesy and corny stuff but it was pure entertainment that even the most dim witted of people could understand. I'm just surprised that Nicolas Cage is doing an action-adventure film. I thought he was more of those serious actors along the lines of Sean Penn and Denzel Washington and Tim Robbins. Looks like I was mistaken.
So, then, the after movie dinner was fun as well at TGIF. A grand total of ten of us were there to wish the guy a safe trip over the sea into the distant beyond. Well, not so beyond, but still rather far away from Malaysia. I really liked the TGIF's mustard dipping, which didn't really didn't taste like mustard but more like it had a hint of mayo in it. I should try concocting the special sauce myself one day. Anyways, dinner was delightful. It ended on a rather emotional and touching note with each and every one of us having to give a toast to Lik Yang by saying a farewell message. And, yes, I shall never forget of those embarrassing drawings of me during the early high school years. So, yeah, it was quite a memorable night to recall by when one is feeling slightly nostalgic.
Sigh. How one wishes for those yesteryears of frolic and fun without (almost) a care in the world.
Ah, third day of lectures and I had only one today. Accounting with Mr. Gooi. I realised that I've been doing Accounting for five years, 2005 being my fifth one, already. I was introduced to the wonderful world of Accounting in Form Three, but that year was a shameful one where I had nary a smite of interest in balancing accounts and all that stuff which I later learned in greater detail in later years. I know of some who abhor this subject to the bone and wish that it was altogether banned from this world. The lecture today was basically a recap of everything I've learned since my brain was exposed to this meticulous and calculative world of numbers and theories. The time was pretty much spent on idle chit-chat with the people sitting beside me. I have to say that talking with (let's call this person L because I don't want to invade on or insult other people's privacy or feelings) L was quite intellectually stimulating, who coincidentally was sitting right beside me. I never knew L to be a fun and interesting person to chat with. Making fun of adults and small insignificant things is always amusing and sweets for the mind.
Now this is where today's ranting really begins.
I've decided on something already. Reality shows are the bane of all things that make television so great. Well, it was never so great before but now the standard of prime time watching has really gone down the drain and into the sewer. They infest in the deepest, darkest and most rank places in the world to come popping out of the idiot box to feed on our minds to turn them into putty. Or something like rotten mashed potatoes. Though there are some exceptions to this stereotype like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Amazing Race, and America's Next Top Model, they usually suck the living essence from you like a sponge so that your ability to think straight is wittled down to nothing. The atrocious ones are just too difficult for me to begin to express my loathing for them. I blame Survivor for this epidemic.
My posts always seem to drag on forever. I can't help that I prefer bragging and ranting my opinions in writing than I do vocally. It's just so much easier to lie about something on paper or in this case keyboard than it is to do it to someone in the face. Not that I've ever lied about anything big before. Of course not.
I seem to have indulged in a slew of cartoons these few days despite being all ranty and spiteful of having to go to college and stuff. The following are just the few shows I've been watching shamelessly for the past few days/weeks.
1. Codename: Kids Next Door - I just really like this show. I started watching this just last week and I got hooked on the kids' weirded out perception of the world around them. I sometimes feel like them. Number 3 is funny and I like her extra longish sleeves.
2. Teen Titans - Think OC/Gilmore Girls/One Tree Hill meet Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman type of show. What I found most appealing about this show is its use of anime-esque traits such as the ever so famous big sweat drop and veins popping out of one's head. The changes in their facial expressions just make for some funny moments especially when they go all anime-eyed, as in big eyed.
3. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Well, this is quite an old show actually but I've just learned to appreciate its almost gothic and macabre look and jokes. The trio work so well together it'd be hard to imagine them being separable. Mandy's snide remarks and sarcasm make for some cool food for thought.
4. Foster's Home For Imaginery Friends - This show I just adore. If not for its colourful backdrop and excitingly crazy characters the whole concept would've just fell flat on its face. The theme song is cute and fun all the same but not too annoying that you'd want to smash the TV with a sledge hammer every time it comes on.
Sometimes I really wish I could turn back the clock and go back to when I was ten and just relish all these cartoons in its techni colour glory. Back then we only had Transformers (though I do get nostalgic thinking of the show too sometimes), Thunder Cats, Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny to keep us happy and occupied. I'll just have to settle to being ridiculed and laughed at for the moment for as long as my child-like ten-year-old brain soaks up these brightly coloured and witty cartoons.
Bye.
