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| I didn't know what I wanted, and that's what scared me the most.
Am pretty bored at work now, got a Channel U press conference to go to later but other than that I don't have anything lined up for today. :/ I'm previewing Dear John tomorrow morning and yet another Cantonese comedy called All's Well End's Well Too 2010 on Thursday night though, and I can't wait for the former. :) Just saw the trailer and it looks amazing, I'm a sucker for these tragic romance stories. Genevieve said I might get to speak to Channing Tatum too, wow. Not that I really like him, mind you, I think it'd be kinda cool is all. x)
Anyway, anyone wanna accompany me on Thursday? I had plans to go drinking with the MediaCorp interns until I received news that I'd have to watch the movie, pfft. :/ Let me warn you first however, it'll probably be quite bad. I'd actually rather go alone than put someone else through that torture, haha. Nevertheless, if you're interested, drop me a line. :) In the meantime, reviews on 72 Tenants of Prosperity and Little Big Soldier should be out this Wednesday if I'm not wrong. :)
Oh, May left toffees from London for me on my table. :D I'm so gonna grow fat, in addition to that I have two boxes of Royce chocolates from my father which I've been munching on in the office every day. x) Self-control, Kat, self-control.
In other totally unrelated news, Jon and I's Valentine's dinner is off. :/ We decided it was too pricey, that the menu didn't look that good, and, most of all, that it'd be weird to have his parents (who booked the dinner for themselves as well) in the same room as us, even if they're in the opposite corner. :/ I suppose we'll do something else, maybe just rent a movie and relax. I haven't thought of what to get him for his present though, there's this thing we saw that day that he really liked but we both know that it'd be way extravagant to get it. Sigh. If only I hadn't used all my best gift ideas for him up over the past anniversaries and holidays. ._.
Speaking of which, it's two-and-a-half years for us tomorrow. :D Can you believe it, seems like it wasn't that long ago that it was two... :) ♥
Shall end this post here, my stomach's misbehaving. :/ Have a great week everyone! :)
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| Okay, I know I'm kinda slow with this but look here. :/ That's less than a month from now, crap. My brother told me it'd be in middle to late March and I simply took his word for it. Sigh. Still, it's only a week or two's difference, and if I'm not ready for it then I never will be. :/
Anyway, shall update about yesterday with plenty of pictures, Jon and I hadn't camwhored properly for ages. x) Went with him to the Monochrome gig at Hard Rock Café, we ended up being an hour early because the invitation said 5.30pm when the band only came on at 6.30pm. :/ So we wandered around Forum to kill time and did totally gay stuff at Toys 'R' Us, HAHA. It was pretty funny actually, at first we were just exploring the ground and basement-level stores, and then when Jon asked, "You wanna go up?" we both looked at each other and simultaneously went, "Toys 'R' Us!" x) Good to know I'm not the only kid who used to love that place. :D
On the bus to town
The first time my highlights can be seen clearly in a photo, yay
Disgustingly act-cute, I know. Jon wouldn't let me delete it. ._.
Hahaha
We nearly bought a set of four small Mr Men and Little Misses plushies, they were so cute. :D
Loved the baby Pikachu. :D At least that's what I think it was, Jon says it's just another version of Pikachu. ._.
Aww. :)
The guy in the background was standing there doing absolutely nothing, rawr
What is up with my hair?! :/
:D
As for the gig itself, I can't say anything about it until my article/review/blog post/whatever it is I'm doing is out. :) We watched The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus after that, which I thought was really good, if a little confusing. I used to think Lily Cole looked weird too, but now I think she's pretty in a weird way, and can certainly act very well. :) How on earth does a super-skinny model like her have such an ample chest though?! No fair, pfft. ._.
Oh, despite not wanting to find out what Jon's Valentine's present for me is just yet, I still can't help wondering what it is. x) Here's what he's told me so far (I hardly bugged him, he himself is bursting to spill it):
1. It was bought online.
2. It's neither wearable nor girly, because I'll be able to lend it to him if I want.
3. It's really "us".
4. It's "beautiful".
:o I think that actually makes it harder rather than easier to guess, since a conventional Valentine's Day present would be girly and/or wearable. Shall simply have to wait and see I suppose, how exciting. :D :D :D
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New articles here and here. :) I only spoke to Patrizio, the Space Cowboy one was based on a transcript of someone else's interview with him. Yep. :)
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Wasn't planning to post again so soon but today was a really interesting day. :D Stayed in the office for only about an hour before going to Thomson Plaza with the interns for lunch, it was someone's birthday and we ate at Pizza Hut. :) I'm the youngest among them, although they all said they thought I was over twenty when they first met me. ._. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing, pfft.
Anyway, after that, James (one of the interns from another MediaCorp department) and I were due to go check out the filming of a new English TV movie starring Felicia Chin. His job was to take pictures, while I was supposed to take pictures AND speak to Felicia, who actually remembered me from our phoner a few weeks ago. :o She also liked my Steve Madden heels, haha! Girl's got taste. x) The biggest shocker, though, was when I finished up our interview and she suddenly went, "Has anyone ever told you you look like Chanel Iman?" ._. For those of you who don't know who Chanel is, she's a supermodel who's worked for D&G, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, etc.
When I replied, "Isn't she black?!", Felicia said, "Yeah, but it's a compliment, don't worry!" Guess she must've meant I resemble an Asian version of Chanel. ._. What's more, she smiled really brightly at me when I entered a room where she and her co-star were filming later, as if I were an old friend or something. :D She shall henceforth be my favourite MediaCorp actress. x)
And here comes the most ridiculous part of all: I was asked to be an extra! :o I have no idea why actually, I was supposed to be a bridesmaid, which they seemed to have more than enough of, plus I was wearing a black top with black skinny jeans (black is considered inauspicious at traditional Chinese weddings) while the rest of the girls were in nice proper dresses. Weird. But yeah, it turned out to be not much of a biggie, my role was just to laugh and cheer stupidly, and most of me was blocked by Jaymee Ong (whom I managed to interview later too) anyhow. Oh well. :/
Photos and videos will be up on May's blog on Today sometime in the near future, Chris says there's no rush to do a blog post until after Chinese New Year. x) Sweet. Meanwhile, I think I've two articles coming out tomorrow, and the Monochrome gig in the evening to attend. Yay. :D
Off for an early night! :)
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| Article on celebrity choreographer Brian Green here, and movie review of Paintball here. :) They didn't put my name in the main paper either for the latter, don't know why. :/ But yes, the film really is that bad, trust me. ._.
I'm kinda excited for Friday evening because I'll be covering a gig by local band Monochrome. :) It's their album launch party and it sounds like it'll be pretty cool. I'm not into local music at all actually, but I guess there's no better place to start right? :D
I'm also really, REALLY looking forward to Valentine's Day for once. :D In the past it was usually just an excuse to receive presents from friends and make plans with Jon, but this year Jon's booked a posh dinner for us at the Padang Restaurant (complete with roses and live music!!!), and he says he's got me a "very nice, very expensive" gift. :o It's meant to be a surprise though, and I'd prefer it to stay that way, so I haven't been bugging him about what it is. x)
Gonna get ready for work now, have to rush an article before lunchtime. :/ Toodles!
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Leftover picture. :D
Oh and, the Rui En interview from ages ago is here. :)
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Wednesday
Met up with the MG clique for dinner at NYDC after work. :D All of us except Tau were there, which was pretty cool since I haven't seen Dermie or Jamie since we got our Os results back, and Serene since she left for Australia. :) The food was nice, albeit even more horribly overpriced than I remember, so I don't think I'll be going back again. Nevertheless, it was great hanging out with everyone like old times and knowing that none of us has really changed. :D
Played a spontaneous round of I Never when we finished eating and I was the first to die, as usual. :/ It was like that when SA4 played in JC1 too, I was among the first few to die. Pfft. Guess it means I've lived more than most people? Hahaha. x) Thanks for organising the outing Serene, we enjoyed it. :)
Thursday
Epic day in many ways. :D Finally had lunch at work with a proper group that I could talk to because Terence, who usually lunches with all the other interns at MediaCorp, invited me to join them. :) I found out that, as a temp, I'm actually earning more than them and being given more responsbility. :o Like, they don't get sent to press conferences and interviews alone, and their monthly salary is less than two-thirds of mine, despite them being more qualified and a good few years older. Weird, yet you won't catch me complaining. x)
Then I headed off by myself in the evening to interview Boys Like Girls. :D It was supposed to be in the afternoon actually, but BLG's flight was delayed. I'll admit, when we first entered the room where Martin and Bryan were, I was really apprehensive. :/ I didn't know how to tell them I was a fan and be professional at the same time, and neither of them smiled when we came in. Martin's also quite intimidating, he permanently looks bored/fierce/grouchy. ._. They slowly warmed up to us however, Bryan was very attentive throughout and Martin made a couple of awesome comments. x) I don't need to do an article on the interview anymore and Chris' blog review of their concert (I get a small mention!) is already done, so I think it's alright to put up a couple of questions that I asked them, along with their answers:
Me: You guys mentioned that you have girls scream "I love you" at you and stuff. Have any of them ever thrown their underwear at you?
Martin: Oh yeah, all the time. I hang it up on my mike stand.
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Me: I've heard rumours that John doesn't wash his trousers for the entire duration that you guys are on tour. Is that true?
Martin: I haven't washed my pants for two months.
Bryan: John has a habit of getting a pair of shorts and kinda just playing in them every night and never really washing them. And because he’s using all of his limbs when he’s playing the drums, he smells.
Martin: These pants don’t smell.
Everything was said with a deadly serious face on Martin's part, HAHA. Pure win. ._. And yes, I did get a picture with them at the end of it, how could I not???
The first blurry attempt
Better. :D
When our waist-embrace broke one of them, don't know which, actually rubbed my back for a second. :o Like, that quick up-and-down thing you'd do to a friend. Sounds slightly wrong and pathetic that I noticed and am blogging about it, but whatever. ._.
Met Jon and bumped into Daphne and Benjamin after that so the four of us went to the concert together. :) It wasn't bad, albeit slightly disappointing. Don't get me wrong; BLG themselves were amazing. It's just that there was hardly any space to breathe, let alone jump, and the people surrounding us seemed to be totally oblivious to anyone's presence save their own. During the last song, The Great Escape, this long line of screaming girls even shoved their way through the crowd. Literally SHOVED, I wanted to slap a number of them when they elbowed me and stepped on my feet repeatedly. :/ Thank goodness Jon had his arms around me from behind for most of the show so I didn't get bumped around too much. Sheesh.
Walked aimlessly for a bit before heading home to rush the interview transcript for Chris' blog post. Was up till 4am as a result, and had to wake up at 8am today for a preview of 72 Tenants of Prosperity, some Cantonese comedy movie. :/ Of course, I shall be reserving my opinion on it for my review, which fortunately isn't due for another week. Can take my own sweet time to write it, yay. :)
Post-BLG pictures!
♥
Candid shot
I'm actually still finding it hard to believe I met BLG in person. :D I mean, they were the first band whose music I really, really liked, and I always told myself that if there was a band I absolutely had to see when they came to Singapore, it'd be them. Not only did I do that, but yeah, you know. :) I thank God every single day for blessing me with this wonderful job and these kickass opportunities. :D
That's all for now folks, I'm shagged. Happy birthday Daniel! :)
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