.harry potter and the half blood prince.

i met up with 5some today to celebrate the july babies birthdays again. as i have mentioned before, many of my friends have their birthdays in july. SHAN IS BACK!!!! haha... she still looks the same. well, all of us look the same. however, there is something that has not changed is zhihui and weifang are forever late for all meetings. haha... they were examining my hair today. hai... lousy hairdresser and ugly haircut. irritating! i hope my hair will grow long soon so that i can layer and style my hair. hopefully, i will look better than now. =) we went to eat jap food. i seriously think that jap food is not my cup of tea. the food is too salty. yucks! the soup and main course i had. it does not suit my taste buds. anyway, we are meeting up soon to watch fireworks. woohoo!!!!! wait for my reminder masseages guys!

those who have NOT read the book, please do not read beyond this point . =)

i have just finished reading the book. it took me almost a week to do so. i could not find a full free day last week to sit down to complete my readings. i only had time for less than five chapters each day before i headed for bed. how tiring school can be. i think that the book is better than the fifth book, in terms of thickness and content. i could not remember much from fifth book except that Sirus died and umbridge.

the sixth book serves as an introduction to the final showdown between who-you-must-not-name and harry. it pieces all the information from the previous five books nicely together. an example is how lord voldemort was able to exist in various forms. it goes deeper into the background of the characters, especially lord voldemort (tom riddle when he was young). many of my friends pity him when they find out his background but i do not. he had become who he was because of his own doings. he could not resist the temptation of greed and power. he wanted to be immortal so he went on a killing spin. on the other hand, my impression of malfoy became better. he hesisted when he had the perfect chance to kill the defenceless dumbledore in his office. he seemed to be threated by voldemort to do so. it just shows he still had a humane side.

i was truly sad when dumbledore died. although snape had made the unbreakable vow that he would protect malfoy during his mission and his private conservations with malfoy suggest he was on the dark side, i was hoping that he would kill the death eaters and save dumbledore when he dashed into the office. in the end, he shocked me. i believed in dumbledore and thought snape was a spy planted by dumbledore to watch over the happening in the dark side. up till now, i still cannot believe that snape betrayed the trust dumbledore had in him. i have this feeling that dumbledore knew what was installed for him when he instructed harry to obey all his instructions before their quest for the third horcruxes. he had foreseen that his death is inevitable. he may have instructed snape to end his life instead of having malfoy to do so to prevent malfoy from suffering in the misery of comitting a murder. hence, i feel that snape is still part of the order of the phoenix.

romance was brewing between ron and hermione. they were such a cute couple. deep down in their hearts, they knew that they felt something for each other but nobody wanted to make the first move. it's entertaining to see how angry hermione was when ron got hooked on lavender brown. not forgetting the short romance between harry and ginny. =)

will hogwarts be closed next term because of the unforunate night? i hope not or else there will not be a common place for harry, ron and herminoe to start on the next journey in the final book. will harry finally meet voldemort and defeat him? i hope he will survive the orderal and save the wizard community. i believe he has the ability to do so because he has an advantage over voldemort. harry can love. =)

"dumbledore's man through and through"

.the island.

before i talked about the exciting and nerves breaking movie, i should apologize for any confusion caused by the previous entry. btw, i have made a mistake and i only realized that during phys double tutorial today.


when the art student asked the science student what was the relative molecular mass of nitrogen gas, the science student replied "28". actually the science student was right! 14 is the atomic mass of nitrogen gas so the relative molecular mass is 28. argH!! how stupid can the science student be?


ok. back to the main topic. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED THE MOVIE, GET YOUR BUTTS OFF THE CHAIR AND GO TO THE NEAREST CINEMA NOW!!!! it's a brilliant movie. it glued my eyes to the screen. the fact paced actions make me keep wanting more and more. i seemed to be in the run with the actors as well. omg... how i wish i really could. my handsome guy, Ewan McGregor (lincoln 6 echo) is the male actor. i love his eyes. so beautiful right mh? i love the way he speaks with the accent. he just rocks! haha... a plus point for the movie. =) however, some scenes were quite gross - operating on the clones to get the 'spare parts' for the cilents and growing the clones in some gel-like liquid in a transparent bag.


it was a happy ending but me and mh were thinking how would you feel if you see a duplicate of yourself walking in the streets? dont you feel weird? someone who has exactly the same behaviour, character and even fingerprints as you. that's worse than having a twin right?


what's the next movie in my list? CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. haha... one of my idols is acting in the movie. =)

"put yourself into others' shoes"

.difference.

have you ever wondered what's the main difference btw a Art and Science student?

imagine 2 friends were standing HERE at a air-conditioned room. they felt freezing cold. after sometime, they decided to leave the room and got to THERE which was nearer to the entrance cum exit of the automatic door.

science student: why is it that i felt warmer when i was THERE than HERE?

art student: because more people were breathing at THERE to contribute to the higher temperature.

science student: HUH? i thought it is beacuse the automatic door allows the exchange of air so the warm air outside the room can flow in and the cool air inside the room can flow out.

there was a awkward silence.

they continued their journey and the science student decided to challenge the art student again.

science student: what do people breathe out?

art student: hmm...











NITROGEN GAS!

science student immediately dropped flat onto the ground and started laughing. art student was puzzled at the science student's reaction.

art student: did i make a mistake?

science student: well, actually, YES! people breathe out carbon dioxide gas, not nitrogen gas.

the art student had a slight enlightment.

on the bus, the art student felt discriminated by the science student.

art student: what's the relative molecular mass of nitrogen gas?

science student: 28. cos the atomic mass of a nitrogen element is 14.

art student: i don't believe you. i think it's 14.

science student: whatever. i have the periodic table with me.

to the science student's disgust, the art student was right.

art student: haha... where has all your chemistry knowledge been to? i have not been studing chemistry for the past 2 year.

and the art student gave an evil grin.

THE END

.jealous.

i have always been jealous of those who know the true meaning of their chinese name. let me give u a brief history about my chinese name. i do not have the chinese software so just bear with me. my chinese name is suyun. my grandpa whom i had never met gave me this name. i hate it when people address me by my chinese name. it does not suit me at all. it gives me a very poetic, quiet, sweetlooking girl feeling but i do not match any of the above mentioned qualities. omg!!! i asked my parents the orgins of my chinese name but they just shrugged their shoulders. they did not recieve chinese education back at their times. hai.. who can i turn to to seek the truth behind my chinese name?


i was asking my classmates this question the other day. we came to this conclusion. "su" suggests a simple life and "yun" suggests benefits mankind. =) i was shocked at the meaning of "yun". i did not know that my grandpa had such high hopes on me.


i am very interested to know more about my roots. maybe it is because of my undying love for history. isn't it good to know where you come from? it can help to create a sense of identity and make one feels good as one belongs to a community. i was browsing the books at TIMES bookshop at PS with goi last fri. we came across this book that has the names of 100 chinese emperors. i saw my surname. so HAPPY!!!! i did not know my ancestors were so successful that they ruled the chinese empire for 7 eras. omg! i may not be related to any of them by blood but i am very proud of my surname. when i was much younger, some of my classmates teased me about my surname as it sounds like the word "pig" in chinese.


i need to know more about myself. =)

"discovery is a pleasant journey"

.remember the titans.

i celebrated jf's birthday last night with kns. as usual, most of us were late. i was complaining to her on our way to orchard that i was v hungry. i was planning to have a big feast. true enough, we ate alot last night. we had our dinner at crystal jade and took neoprints (our usual activity after dinner). the night was still young and we could not think of anywhere else to go. my darling eve suggested Kbox so we went to check up the price. however, pee and peiwen did not join us because one had to be home early and the later had no $$. =( to our surprise, it cost $21 per person that night. omg! that's way too off our budget. we decided to look for a substitute for Kbox - party world. when we went in, the atmosphere was not right. we could sense a strong smell of alcholic drink and smokings. yucks! it appeared to be a nightclub to us. we immediately grabbed our bags and ran out of the place.


so we were left with nowhere to go. we roamed around the streets of orchard road and finally settled down at billy bombers to have our milkshake. woohooo!!! lemon milkshake rocks unlike green grasshopper! haha... the quantity was LARGE! we took many photos and realised that the photos turned out to be better when we used the self timer function than asking the waiter to take a picture for us. no offence.


when i reached home, i was too lazy to move. it may be due to the heavy and big stomach i had after eating soooo much food. haha.. i was TV surfting. then, i came upon channel 5 and the movie that it was showing seemed familiar. ahhh!!! it is 'remember the titans'. omg! it's such a great movie. though i know the stroyline, i glued my eyes to the TV screen. it's about racial discrimination between the whites and the blacks in USA, how this football team, titans, taught the people to love one another regardless of the colour. btw, it is a true story. =)


the ending had touched my heart when all the players, both blacks and whites came together again after their college to pray when one of the players died. it shows that the spirit of titans live on after they had left the college. what's inspiried me most is the player who died was paralysed because of an accident but he did not give up on his life. he continued to push his limits in competing in the olympics races for the handicapped. =) at least he had led a meaningful life.

"before we turn conflict into hatred, remember the titans"

.happy.

i went to watch initial D with liting last tues. when i told my classmates this exciting after-school activity, they all stared at me in disgust as if i was from outer space. yaya, i am probably the last few singaporeans catching the movie for the first time after it is released in the market. most of my friends rushed their way to the cinemas immediately after their exams. however, there's no wrong to watch it now right? haha...


the storyline is okay. what's most important is both my eye candies are starring in the movie - jay chou and shawn yue. haha... the races are sooo exciting. i could feel myself sitting at the edge of the chair during each race. my heart skipped a beat when the cars came into the 5 consecutive corners. being the usual biased karen, i want jay to win the race.


do not focus on winning the others. the biggest enemy is yourself.
i find this very meaningful. we know deep in our hearts that our society is very realistic. you either have the capability or have the papers to prove your worth, it's very hard to find your footing in society. that's harsh but face the fact! it's inevitable for us to have the strong sense of competitiveness in us. if you are going to lie back, sit around and do nothing, i am sorry to say that you have been eliminated from the game. however, i hate to become someone's enemy in any way, or rather i hate to compete with people for anything though i believe that i should fight for what i deserved. what's meant to be mine, will be mine someday. i completely detest those cannot face the reality and accept their defeat in grace after the competition. worst still, they had to lie to people around them just to hide the truth. are grades everything to them? grades does not determine very accurately one's ability. to me, it just measures the IQ of the competitor. focusing on winning the other competitors will make one miserable. the people around you will start to find it hard to hang out with you because all you care about is results. you have neglected interpersonal relationships completely. you might have achieved great results in the competition but how about emotional and spiritual victories? ultimately, i need to first convince myself that i will make it through the competition before i can prepare myself for the challenge. if i fail to persuade myself, i have lost the battle. as quoted from my school's canoeists, "heart and soul, go the distance". defeating ourselves is considered as a true victory.


teachers are telling us the time is tight and there is not much time for us to waste. i could sense their strong desire to coach us well so that we can score in exams. however, do i have as equally strong desire as them yet? time waits for no man. everything had been decided. though i have failed to aim for the moon, i am pleased with my improvement. push on and i will make it one day. =)


karen is a happy girl today because the supposedly physics make-up tutorial was cancelled and i had a haircut today. can't wait for mon to come to carry out our evil plan. haha... i will be having a busy weekend because my dearest, bestest friend's birthday is on the 17july. it calls for a celebration right?

give more, expect less

.series of unfortunate events.

london blasts. how could the bombers do such barbaric act to the innocent lives? are their deaths justified? their main motive could be to get back at the political leaders. if so, leave those defenceless people alone. they have done nothing against them! even if the bombers are unhappy with the british leaders, is violence the only channel to express their displeasure? why cannot they look for more peaceful methods? it is such a misfortunate because it happened the day after they won the 2012 olympic bid. one moment they were celebrating their victory and at the next moment, they are grieving over their losses.


something bad happened to one of my closed friends recently. she kept us in the dark because she does not want us to be worried. i understand her kind intentions but i would rather her to tell us what happened so that we can be there for her during this difficult period of time. stay strong and remember that you always have us okay?


the joy of ending CT is over. judgement day has came. i did not perform well, at least to my expectations. disappointed. careless mistakes here and there. it's pointless to think of all the "if only i could" because time waits for no man. i should look forward and be more prepared for the major exams. it's not the grades that matter. it is how much i have learnt from each paper that is important. push on further and i will make it there soon.

"dare to dream"

.change.

the layout freaky karen strikes again. i have been looking for nice templates for 2 nights and i have finally found the one that i like. horray! how's it?


i went swimming with pee as planned. =) the sun was great but the pool was crowded. =( i hate crowded pools because it restricts the amount of space i will have in the pool. i need to look out for people so that i do not cut into their lanes or kick them accidently while swimming. arGh! my main motives to go for a swim are to get a tan and exercise. woohoo! i am not sure if i become darker though my mum said that i did. aiya... she always complains that i get darker and darker each swimming trip. -_- her views are BIASED.


i was thinking what i should do on sunday. my third aunt came to my house on sat's night. i can sense she is very worried for her youngest son. he is taking his O level this year. he wants to attend a JC but he is not putting in enough effort to make it come true. the worse thing is my third aunt is worried that he may not be able to make it to poly. she asked me to help her to tutor her son when i am free. i thought, why not? since i was free today, i might as well go and help my little cousin. =) it pains my heart to know that parents always go all out to help their child but the child is unaware of it. i just want to do my bit to ease her burden.


so, i woke up at 12pm today though i planned to wake up at 10am. (it always fails) i had a quick bath and lunch and took the bus 30 to Bedok. hai... that's so far away. an hour of bus journey. luckily, i brought my sweets and headset to keep me accompany.


when i reached her house, my little cousin was diligently doing his math weekend homework. i had nothing to do so my third aunt taught me baking. omg! karen can actually bakes without burning the kitchen down. mahahaha... she taught me how to make a traditional malay snacks and huat keuh. the traditional malay snack is more time consuming and i hate it when the dough starts to stick to my hands. so i had ALOT of flour on my hand when kneading the drough. the haut kueh is very fragrant. all thanks to the 250g of brown sugar. i could even smell the sweet-smelling smell a mile away. i am having it for breakfast tomorrow. haha...


i stayed for quite sometime and came home around 9pm and i have not taken my dinner yet. i watched the NKF cancer charity show while having my dinner. the sicknessis not far away. it is sad when the patient does not have any encouragement or support while fighting the battle against the cancer. the family left them alone. they lost their jobs. they seem to be abandoned by theie family or even society. my mum could not help it but to cry while watching the videos that show the lives of the patients. i was thinking how can their family do such a thing to them? the worst thing is they have the financial ability to pay for the medical treatment. why must they leave their loved ones when they need them the most? does the phrase "stand by me" total crap? argH!


i am going on a shopping trip tomorrow. hurray! i miss shopping....

"spare a thought for them"

.programmes.

yeah!!!! it was over yesterday! i was lazy to blog about it last night.

i got my well-deserved break today. i woke up at 2pm and slept at 1am last night, if my math does not fail me, i have slept for 13 hours! =) i did NOTHING today. i was just lazing around, watching VCDs, eating, watching TV, surfing the net. ya... that's about it.

i guess i have put on some weight during the holidays. little amount of time was spent to exercise during the holidays. i was stressed up cos of all the mugging during the holidays so i had to indulge in comforting eating. i have the habit to do so when i am stress. it means i had eaten alot of chocolates, candies and snacks during the hols. haha...

i am going swimming tomorrow. yeah!!! i love pee.... woohoo! after that, i am going to help my sis in the cleaning of her new house. so exciting. i have never been there before.

shopping trip on monday. =D i miss shopping... i am going to buy the whole of orchard home. haha.. highly impossible. many had watched initial D. arGh!!! i so want to watch it too but liting ends her last paper on wednesday. it's okay. good things are worth waiting for.

hope the sun is bright and shiny tomorrow morning. =)

"believe in it and it will happen"