Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'm going to be honest. Science fiction was never really for me. So reading this book was generally my first step into reading science fiction. Which eventually led to me reading science fiction and crying over fictional characters but I digress.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was written by Douglas Adams in 1979. It is book one of a six part series. I generally consider the series to be incomplete as the sixth book was written by a different author, Eoin Colfer.

The Hitchhiker's Guide features Arthur, who wakes up one morning to find out his house was preparing to be demolished to make way for a bypass. Arthur refuses to move and lies down in the mud in front of his house, insisting that if they wanted to demolish the house, they would have to drive over him. He is then dragged off by his friend, Ford Prefect, an alien who has been stuck on Earth for 15 years, and told that the Earth was about to be demolished to build a bypass. 

Arthur is skeptical until the alien constructors showed up to demolish the Earth. It seems like everything is about to end until Ford manages to hitch a ride off Earth and brings Arthur along. The rest of the book follows their adventures throughout space with a depressed robot, Marvin, the President of the galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Trillian, a half human.

When I first read this book, I was nothing short of confused. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of those books you would have to read multiple times before you can actually form a sort of idea what the book is actually about. 

This book is also a movie, starring Martin Freeman and Zooey Deschanel.

Did they have to squeeze in the love story though? .

However, I would definitely consider this book to be a must read. The rest of the series are worth a try as well.

One last piece of advice: DON'T PANIC

2014 resolutions

1) Get 1k by the end of the year (for my Tumblr)

2) Read more books (comics included)

3) Win a BOTM/Follow Forever

4) Update this blog more regularly

5) Update YT channel more

6) Get flexible again

7) Pass my Higher Mother Tongue

2013 resolutions??

TWO MORE HOURS TO 2014!

As I spend them on Tumblr, let's take a look back at my 2013 resolutions and see if any of them are completed!

1) Change the way I feel about things that I can't change                        ✘

2) Change the things I don't like                                                                ✘

3) Be happy                                                                                                ✔                                                                                                                                                                               
4) Finish a crafts project                                                                           ✔

5) Sell at least 5 items before the end of the year                                      ✘                           

6) Earn spare cash somehow!                                                                    ✔

7) Go out of the house looking like a teenager, not an hobo                    ✔

8) Have others think I can actually do shit (i.e responsibilities)                ✔

9) Say yes to something I have no idea what the fish it is                         ✔

10) Bake some shit                                                                                     ✔

11) Get an A in Chinese                                                     HAHAHAHA ✘

12) Come home and actually study                                                            ✘

13) Finish that Wattpad story                                                                    ✘

14) Actually do these resolutions                                                               ✘


Well, that was enlightening.

Enjoy the last few hours of 2013 people!

Melaka + Gum

Hey guys!

I just got back from Melaka two days ago and the best thing about Malaysia is that whatever you buy, you get to divide it by 2.5 so everything is so much cheaper.

Sadly, I didn't really get a lot of things because my family wanted to do things other than shopping so the all but one of the things I got were semi-edible (gum). I think the only thing I bought that isn't edible is my brand spanking new Captain America t-shirt.

Ignore my ugly face

I guess this means I have to go watch Captain America: The First Avenger now. In my defence, I've been putting it off because I think it is going to be really sad.

Speaking of movies, I watched two while in Melaka, I watched The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug on Friday. You should have seen me rushing to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before I could go and watch the movie. We even went for a midnight show and got back to the hotel around 2 a.m. Now, I really want to rewatch the movie because it was bloody excellent.

I'm actually going out on Boxing Day with my friends and I wanted to watch The Hobbit again but I was outvoted because everyone wanted to watch Frozen. Hmph.

If you can't tell, I'm not a huge Disney fan.

Anyway, the second movie I watched was 47 Ronin. It's a pretty straightforward movie, based on a true story of 47 ronin, but 100% more embellished since the director threw in a dragon, a witch, demons and other supernatural stuff.

And the funniest thing that happened during The Hobbit is that at one part, gigantic spiders were featured and at one point, one of it jumped out of nowhere and it was quite obvious that it was going to happen but my father freaking jumped out of his seat and I still can't stop laughing.

Now to the more important part of this post.

You know how there is this thing where if kids don't really get to eat sweets when they're young, when they grow up, they will become sugar addicts?

That is me, except instead of sweets, I am a gum addict.

In 1992, a gum ban was imposed and the import of chewing gum was halted. So if I want gum, I'll have to wait anywhere from 6 months to a year until I can go back to Melaka and buy as much gum as I want.

I finished my last stick of gum yesterday and it was in those 5 packet things with 12 sticks inside. I finished 8 sticks on the very same day I bought it.

My dear darling gum which I have already finished

The packet still smells really minty.


[cries over lack of gum]

Just to be clear, I don't want the gum ban to be lifted. Mainly because Singaporeans can be quite childish and I imagine the whole sticking-the-gum-anywhere-I-bloody-want thing will still happen and frankly, I like the idea of not having gum everywhere.

Anyway, it is Christmas Eve today and I hope you are all having a wonderful time!

Daiso haul!

IT'S DECEMBER EVERYBODY!

*grabs party popper and attempts to pull the string*

How's your life today? Good?

So yesterday, I went to Daiso, because I needed a few things. Half of the items I bought were for crafts and the other half is simply for fun.

Now, if you don't know what Daiso is, Daiso is a Japanese store which sells goods, over 40% of which are imported from China. The best thing about them is that everything (in Singapore at least) is only $2! They achieve these low prices by purchasing all their stuff directly from manufactures in very high volume, which is something Walmart does as well.

Yes, I'm reading off Wikipedia.

They also vary their goods constantly, so customers will keep coming back. This also means that when someone recommends a product from Daiso, the same item may not be there anymore when you go yourself. However, the items I bought are likely to still be there when you go, considering that I have never seen these items vanish from their stores.

The store I went to is the one at Tampines 1. It is tucked away in the corner of the 3rd floor and is near Coffee Bean so if you are trying to find the store, just look for Coffee Bean and make your way there. Once you are there, it is impossible not to see Daiso.

Going by the order I found them, the first item I got was...

red felt!

In case you are wondering why I needed red felt, I wanted to make a fez. I'm not making it for any political or religious reasons, I just had the urge to cosplay the eleventh Doctor.

Yes, he is the man in the red hat. In case you were wondering,
the lady on his arm is his sort of dead wife.

My next item was...

colour pencils!

I've been drawing a lot lately and there is a shocking lack of drawing utensils in the house so I had to pop over to Daiso and get a few. No, I shall not show you my art because one, I don't think it is good enough for the web, two, they are mostly fanart.

The next item is...

a blue candle!

The smell is something called Blue Ocean and honestly, when it is not alight, it smells really good but if you ask me, I won't buy this particular one again. When you light a candle, one of the most important things is that it is not supposed to smoke. 

I'm not kidding when I say that every few seconds, a black wisp of smoke would emerge from the candle and I couldn't do my work because I was too busy staring at the flame. And neither is it meant to smell burnt, but this candle is not exactly following the rules, is it? Lastly, when I put it out, black smoke emerged from the candle.

*Glares at blue candle*

Not to mention I stood there at Daiso for a long time, just choosing a candle. I felt like an old woman.

And lastly, this item took forever to find...

a Christmas tree!

It's not decorated, mainly because I don't think it can handle the weight of baubles and stuff, but if I find a light one, maybe I will. I know it looks horrendous, but trust me when I say it is just the lighting, because it is really pretty.

*Gazes in admiration*

And that is all I got from Daiso! I'm not rich, I can't get a lot of stuff. These 4 items bankrupted me as it is. So Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or whatever it is you are celebrating and I'll see you all soon.

Ciao, Sherlock Holmes.

Subject combination

Hi guys!

Two updates in a month but they are so far apart, it might as well be one month.

I got my subject combination around two weeks ago and I am very fortunate that I got my first choice.

It might also because I chose literature but practically no one else did because they hate the subject.

So my subject combination is SS/History,  Literature,  Chemistry and Physics. You all have no idea how glad I was when I realised that I didn't need to take geography. In fact, I am currently having a private party in which I set all my old (and now useless) Geography stuff on fire. It is very calming.

And flammable.

Chemistry is compulsory in my school and then you have to choose whether to take Biology or Physics the next year. I chose to take Physics instead of Biology because this year, there was quite a large amount of focus on Biology and my results just went pfft. So physics it is!

For the secondary 2 2014 batch, I would advise choosing subjects you like and can score well in. Whether you want a class you can enjoy class yourself in or a class you can score easily in is up to you.

For me, I chose my happiness over my marks. My Geography marks are actually better than the rest but I didn't choose it because I knew if I took such a class, I'll end up having a nervous breakdown. I really hate Geography.

The only part I chose marks over happiness was for my Physics and Biology but even then it doesn't really count because I am fine with both but I just don't feel like failing science next year.

According to my tutor, I might find myself failing my maths next year because it needs to have "a strong foundation" which none of my subjects have. If my subjects were buildings, I built them all on the titanic.

Let's just see how everything works out next year.

Ciao!

Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey...stuff

I think my blog has received a grand total of one view since I last checked...

Hello everyone! It is the month of November and that means that the school holidays are coming up, for primary school students that is. Secondary students have already started theirs and have since commenced the ritual of sleeping at 2 am and waking at 10 before going on Tumblr for the rest of the day. Wait, what's that? It's just me? Okay.

So what have I done so far? I watched many movies, mostly on my laptop..

Well, not all of them. I haven't watched Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Breakfast Club or War Horse. I also didn't watch either of the Star Trek movies, my Marvel movies or my Pirates of the Caribbean movies, because I already watched them before and also because I have the discs at home. Except Star Trek. I do not have Star Trek discs at home *cries in a corner*

Speaking of Marvel movies, has anyone watched Thor: The Dark World yet?

Before you ask, YES IT WAS FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. OMG, I loved it. Brilliant sequel to Thor and The Avengers. It's like reading the perfect fanfic, you know, there's angst and fluff and plot and smut.

Just kidding, there's no smut. But seriously though, go watch it. Then you can come back and cry over it with me.

Quick reminder: there are two post credit scenes. Yes, two. So remember to stay for both. I left early and I missed the last one urgh. Idiot Hui Ying.

What else? Hmm... there isn't that much left to say. The highlight of my holidays was watching Thor The Dark World. I am going to watch another movie soon, hopefully. I am broke after watching that. Not to mention I plan on hanging out with my friends as well.

I have 16 days left until I know my class allocation next year O_o

Also, I have discovered I have no talent when it comes to DJing. None, none at all. Haiz... here's an example of a good one. 

Pretty sure that's about it. I'll post again on the 22nd when I get my class allocation. Wish me luck!