. partly cos of the negative reviews i've heard from my friends. well, i've gotten quite a number of generally positive reviews from my friends as well, so you can say it's gotten mixed reviews.
- Sunday, October 26, 2008
):
i am sad.
Anuar Zain's concert tickets are selling fast. and the seats left aren't very worth it. ohwell, if i can't get tickets to his concert,
Rihanna's will do i guess. =/
and my sis is sad cos
Chelsea is losing.
it's one sad night. ):
(okay, they're kinda trivial and frivolous issues, but regardless!)
-
OMG ):
from
E! Online,
Jennifer Hudson's Mom Found Shot to Death
Neighbor: Hudson's Family Had "Domestic Issues," Other Victim Was Actress' Brother
Suspect in Custody in Hudson Family Slayings; FBI Helps Search for Nephew
from
Access Hollywood,
UPDATED: Jennifer Hudson’s Mother, Brother Found Dead; Amber Alert Issued For Nephew; Suspect In Custody
Report: Suspect Taken Into Custody In Hudson Murders Case, Child Still Missing
): my heart goes out to
Jennifer Hudson. and to think this happened just as her career in entertainment is finally about to take flight, with the release of her debut album and yet another motion picture soon.
my heartfelt condolences to her and her grieving family and friends.
- Wednesday, October 22, 2008
classmates,
pardon the red-eye! xD
batchmates,
batchraya!
housed,
tday post-mortem!
and yep, i've gotten back my promos results. not at all near stellar as expected, but i'm satisfied. at least, there's improvement made. well, but of course, could've been better. ohwell.
have a great week y'all!
- Thursday, October 16, 2008
good times
the past few days have been
good days, somehow. (: so yay.
anyway, if you haven't already known,
A New Era for the Raffles Schools
Come 1 Jan 2009, Raffles Institution (RI) and Raffles Junior College (RJC) will merge to become a single institution. The name of the merged institution will be "Raffles Institution", with a distinction to be made between Raffles Institution (Junior College) and Raffles Institution (Secondary). Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) will retain its distinct identity as a premier girls´ school, while continuing to work closely with the merged institution to enhance quality education for all students in the Raffles schools.
well, i just really don't fancy the '
Secondary' in RI (S). apart from that, i'm pretty alright with the names. with regard to the merger, i guess we'll just have to wait and see how things unfold. i really can't think of a situation with even greater co-operation than the current one. o.O
and of course, hottest news in Hollywood -
Madonna, Guy Ritchie Divorcing,
Madonna’s Rep: Divorce From Guy Ritchie Confirmed -.-"
well, it's just another one of those Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt celebrity marriages that didn't quite last. for me, i only pity the child(ren?) in the midst of it all.
anyway, yay for
Britney Spears -
Brit's Back: "Womanizer" Tops Charts, Record Books,
Britney Spears Takes ‘Womanizer’ To The Top Of The Charts (: (: (:
from E! Online,
... The lead single from Spears' birthday-targeting album, opened at No. 96 based on airplay alone last week. This week, digital sales and expanded radio rotation helped "Womanizer" rewrite the record books with a historic jump to the top of the charts.
The song's 95-spot jump to No. 1 is the biggest in Billboard history and marks the third time the record's been broken in the past seven weeks. T.I.'s "Live Your Life" made a 79-spot jump to the top last week and his "Whatever You Like" made a 70-spot jump in late August. Before that, Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" held the record for 15 months after leaping 63 spots to No. 1 in May 2007.
"Womanizer" also set a record by selling 286,000 digital copies. That not only tops the singer's 179,000-copy debut for 2007's "Gimme More," it's also the biggest digital debut for any female artist since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking digital sales five years ago. Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" previously held the record. ...
from Access Hollywood,
... This week, “Womanizer” has made an unprecedented leap from No. 96 to claim the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart. This is the first time a song has ever made a leap of this magnitude on the singles chart.
In addition, “Womanizer” also became the No. 1 song on iTunes charts in Canada, France, Spain and Sweden. ....
haha. alright, happy times everyone! (:
- Sunday, October 12, 2008
you've gotta watch this!
Britney Spears
Womanizer
come on, now
that's the
Britney we all love and have been anxiously waiting to come back! xD
for one, her dance moves are much slicker (even compared to whatever minimal dancing she did in
Piece of Me). and of course, the concept of the video is just freaaaking awesome (thanks to the genius of Joseph Khan, who had previously directed
Stronger in 2000 and
Toxic in 2004). xD it's such a fun video. needless to say, i loves it! (: (: (:
well
Britney's back alright. and hopefully, for good. (:
oh, and
here's the link to the Director's Cut (uncensored version where we see her naked body not covered with steam) if you're interested.
- Friday, October 10, 2008
life is a choice
yesternight (thursday, 9 oct) was a happy night! haha. well, we celebrated
the bitch's
seventeenth (albeit overly belated) with a dinner at Breeks! Ngee Ann City. along with a coffee date at Starbucks after that. and as usual, outings with the other four are never short of just simply
awesome. OH. and we're definitely never going back to breeks! again. partly cos they don't really have good seats for a party of five. =/
anyway, peektures! (:
us with the bitch's present
yao guang!
birthday bitch!
dean!okay, the rest of the photos are with yiyang (since we've established that we dislike the rather lousy colour quality of my Nikon Coolpix S8). so we shall await their arrival in my inbox soon and i'll put them up then.
moving on,
today (friday, 10 oct) was the
J2s Farewell Assembly. i.e. the time to for House Directorates to give out farewell gifts to the J2s for their undying passion and support to the respective houses. and of course, it was no exception for members of the green house
Buckle Buckley. (: and YEAAAH, our gift totally rocks btw - the J2s clearly love it (or so i think!). xD
ain't it gorgeous! xD
well, so thank you for everything and happy graduation (?) J2s, and all the best for your A-levels alright. best wishes! (:
anyway, the week began on a totally awesome (okay, i obviously need to widen my vocabulary) note, cos on
monday (6 oct), i caught
The House Bunny with
angie at Eng Wah Toa Payoh right after the end of our pe&rp survey. haha, we actually rushed out of the com lab as soon as we were done with the survey at around 10.30am cos the movie was at 11am. confusion set in as we went around around for the cinema once we reached Toa Payoh interchange, and around five minutes past the magical time of 11am, we were even convinced that perhaps the cinema wasn't at that corner of Toa Payoh in the first place, and hence a little disappointed that we'll be missing the movie. :( but NAH, we eventually made it into the theatre hall about ten minutes past 11 with directions for a few teenagers. so yay to us and them! (: OH, and we totally had the theatre all to ourself, except for a lady, an old man and a couple. afterall, who watches a movie at 11am right! xD
oh, and as you would already have heard,
The House Bunny was great fun btw. (: haha
-
alright, and now, some
(overdue) raya photos:
a nephew (left) and his uncle (right)
awww...
that same cute little one! (:
MAMA SHOP! i haven't seen one in ages. xD
oh, and on
saturday (4 oct),
danial hakim opened his house for us! (:
whoever who bothered to come
and in other news,
the
world premiere of Britney Spears' Womanizer music video is in less than 24 hours!!! (: (: (: oh, in addition, above is a sneak peek on an upcoming 90-min
MTV documentary,
For The Record, all about
the Pop Princess and her fall from grace, and subsequent return to pop music spotlight, where she rightfully belongs of course. xD it features the music
Womanizer (duh!) and contains some awesomely exciting photos from the set as well.
YAY, life's gooood! (:
OH, and how can i forget -
that Paris Hilton Presidential Campaign video! xD
and in case you missed the first one:
well, enjoy! (: and pardon me for the lack of organisation in this entry. i just typed out whatever that came to my head. xD
- Sunday, October 05, 2008
og outing!
2 october
ngee ann city
BB9!
T^3 i.e. T'antantan!
(the three are the birthday girls, just so you know)
jump shot attempt #2
jump shot attempt #2
sharon acting surprised!
fadhilah acting surprised!
litying acting surprised!
GROUP SHOT! (:
as i've written before, LOVE Y'ALL loads, BB09 T'antantan! (:
btw, hari raya photos will be up soooon. am still busy with the visiting yo! xD
- Thursday, October 02, 2008
family portrait
formal!
informal!yay, i think this year's family shots are the most gorgeous ever! don't you think so? (: and for the first time, we took informal shots as well. xD how exciting right! and oh, i love this year's grey/silverish theme. just really lovely. (:
alright, will blog more about raya soon. for now, i gotta turn in so that i'll actually wake up for the CCAL conference tmr. y'know, i totally overslept this morning and missed the OP talk. xD and mind you, i actually slept by 12.30am. well, i guess it was cos i kinda didn't sleep at all the previous night. was attempting to edit my blogskin. OHYA. isn't my blogskin just so pretty now? =D
OH. and
BB09 T'antantan,
LOVE Y'ALL loads! (:
nights.
- Wednesday, October 01, 2008
because today isn't only Hari Raya
dearest birthday girl
Li Tying (HAPPY SWEET SEVENTEENTH DEAR!) rightfully reminded me of the another significance of today, apart from it being Hari Raya of course.
well, today being October 1st, is also
Children's Day! hurray. xD so,
Happy Children's Day y'all!
it's funny how i always used to looked forward to this day with great anticipation when i was young. okay, that was partly cos i'd be excited to see what the teachers would give us children (and i'm sure everyone else was as well!). xD but i guess as you grow older, it just loses its relevance, and hence, you don't really pay attention to it anymore. then coupled with the whole anticipation for Hari Raya as well this year, poof! i totally forgot about Children's Day.
anyhow, afterall, everyone has an inner kid somewhere (or so they say). so don't give me the i'm-all-grown-up reasoning alright. perhaps it's time you search for your "inner kid". haha
speaking of younger days (okay, i make it sound as though i'm
so old -.-"), during the Aidilfitri
khutbah (sermon) just now, the
imam used a Malay word that i haven't heard in the longest time! haha. he was narrating how Prophet
Ibrahim (Abraham) had sacrificed being with his wife and child to carry out God's work, and had left them at a "barren valley". in Malay, that's translated to "
lembah yang kering kontang". yes,
KERING KONTANG! xD like, have you heard of that
kata ganda since primary school! well, i sure haven't. wow. okay, cheap thrill, i know.
haha, alright. just wanted to share with you these two interesting thoughts. =P
have an awesome day! (:
-
salam aidilfitri! (:
MUFTI OF SINGAPORE’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON DATE OF HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI
Astronomical calculations showed that the new moon was not at the horizon this evening (Monday, 29 September 2008) as it sets 5 minutes earlier than the sun. Thus, tomorrow, (Tuesday, 30 September 2008) marks the 30th day of the Islamic month of Ramadan and the first day of Syawal (Hari Raya Aidil Fitri) falls on Wednesday, 1 October 2008.
yay, so
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri y'all! (:
Mohon Maaf Zahir dan Batin if i've ever offended you in any way, unintentional or otherwise (hopefully not! =/). afterall, i am but human and as they always say,
to err is human. so as much as i may seem to be perfect (or so i think), i'm not. (haha, yes, i'm not delusional y'know) and i know that i've done some things which aren't very nice. so, i sincerely seek your forgiveness yeah.
alright, have a great Raya everyone.
(just came back from Geylang Serai, btw. truly late-night shopping. xD)