And among other things - Twilight the movie

The water today's freezing.
At the end of 2+hrs, Deirdre and I did 10 x 25m FR kick.
OMG...felt so faint after cheonging and did not warm down.
'Coz it looked like a storm was coming.
Even walking home, I was afraid I'd throw up or keel over by the road side.
But I deserved it la.
=(

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Twilight the movie was slightly disappointing.
They really did follow most parts of the book,
though it felt like I was speed reading and every chapter I skipped some pages.
Many times I caught myself thinking,

Eh? Didn't they do this and this first? -_-

If you wanna watch it and can't wait for it to open in Dec,
you should be able to find it online if you search hard enough.
But obviously quality wise it's gonna be what-you-did-not-pay-for.

So now I'm still pondering if I should watch it in the theaters.
Maybe it will be better? I'm so not satisfied!
*sigh*

If you haven't read the book, I suggest watching the movie first.
The casting people also made sure that Bella had multi-racial love interests...
Ang moh, Chinese, Native and there was supposed to be a black guy as well
but...
if I said anything more, it might turn into a spoiler.

The best part about the movie is the intensity between Bella and Edward.
Especially towards the end...
it's sweeter when you have a taste of fruit thats forbidden.

Ahhh!!!!!!!
Now I definitely want to watch it again
in High Definition with Good Quality sound effects.
*nods vigourously*
Was I unconciously trying to psycho myself into doing so????
pffft!


And...and...and...
I started on a new series...
It's called True Blood,
recommended by someone from the movie forum.
Oh man...
Will I ever stop?

True Blood is for adults.
I stress...
ADULTS only.

Kids under the age of 16,
should NOT watch it.
It will burn your eyes and make you stupid.
Really.


Hmm...
I don't think they'll ever show it in Sg.
By the time they censor all that's meant to be censored...
a typical episode is about 50+mins,
the censored version would be around 20mins.
YES! it's THAT much!
I watched the censored version FIRST
and then gave up because the storyline got cut off all over the place and I couldn't follow.
Yeah, strange people would suddenly pop up into a scene and talk about
stuff that happened before and then you're like...

GOT MEH?!?

The amount of censorship probably is the same as
Sex and the City & The L word.
Highly recommended to Emily!
It's got vamps and a whole lot of what you like best.
=p


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I am anticipating dinner tomorrow
*slurp*
=p~

The Twilight Saga, find me a vampire quick!

Where to start?
If you like Harry Potter...no...that's not it...

Ok, GOT IT!

I want to change my name to Bella and live in some
obscure cloudy rain filled place called Forks.
What a name!

It's been a while since I've been this fired up about a random storybook.
Blood suckers and dead people aren't even in my 'To-Read' genre!

A pair of hands holding an apple is the first thing you see.
And I've seen it before, a looong time ago at Borders but nothing's made me
pick it up and devour it's contents.

It looks dark, scary and screams of Adam & Eve.
And in the back of my mind I'm like, "Eve!! PUT THAT APPLE DOWN!!!!"
'Coz my mind works in this way...

Adam & Eve = forbidden fruit = evil = scary = Don't read!

But the movie piqued my interest.



A few entries back, I mentioned wanting to watch Twilight the movie
with no intention of reading the book...
EVER!

The weirdest thing was...after that entry,
one of my students, Deirdre asked if I wanted to borrow the book.
I forgot how we came to talking about Twilight but mostly,
she was gushing and I was listening.

In that 5mins that she was talking non stop about Edward and Bella,
I was zoning out.
'Coz like...
Who si Edward?? Who si Bella?? And sooo many other names she mentioned.
I don't know all of them!!! And I don't like strangers!!!
She was going to try and explain the story plot(s) and I also found out from her
that Twilight is a SAGA!! There's at least 4 books la...

Luckily she explained to me that each book sorta has it's own conclusion.
Else I would never have borrowed the book.

Digress : It might seem like Deirdre and I were talking the whole of swimming lesson but
it's not the case and we swam alot on that day.

Ok...so a week later she passed me the book,
pleasantly surprised that she remembered.
While I was unpleasantly shocked when I saw the book.
It's freaking thick lo!

So dreading the time when I'd to return the book and Deirdre
asks me how I'd enjoy reading Twilight.
What to say then? *stress*

Look at it! It's approximately 1.7" ah...



The book was with me on a Sunday.
Left it on the kitchen table and every time I walked past it, I felt so horrid.
To read or not to read?


Finally the guilty me picked up the book on Tuesday and read the blurb.

About three things, I was absolutely positive.

First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him -
and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -
that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably
in love with him.

*sigh*

And then I casually flipped the pages.
My pores were oozing with relief.
hahahha!!
The words were unexpectedly big!!!
All that stress for nothing!
AH CHEAH!



If you can read the text, the last paragraph is when they first met.
*swoon*

So on that fateful Tuesday, I started reading Twilight.

My first few words being blocked by a $5 note.
Deirdre...what are you doing?
First time I get paid to read le.
Or is the 5 bucks a bookmark?

More importantly, can i borrow more books from you?!?



In between many other distractions,
I finished reading Twilight at 6am on Wednesday night.
*panda eyes*
The thing is when I finally started reading, I could not stop.
Just couldn't!
It's like my right eye would twitch non-stop and I still kept reading.
Using only my left eye.

Such is the power of the forbidden love between Edward and Bella.
There's not as much gore and blood sucking as previously feared.
It's more of a love story than anything else.
The author, Stephenie Meyer has this sarcastic humor that I identify with and it's like a RA version of Enid Blyton.
*blush*

Apparently there are many moms of young fans who are also huge fans of the book.
It probably gave them their 'di er chun' (second spring).
Also there's a little twist near the end but I don't want to give anything away.
I'm glad I read it.
Thanks Deirdre! =)

So from a complete Noob, I'm trawling the internet for information of the saga.
And I chanced upon a site where I read some spoilers regarding the 2nd book.
*dui*
I'm thinking of buying the entire set
so I can re-read them whenever I want to.



Did I mention it's a saga?
Apparently...apparently...apparently...there's supposed to be a 5th book,
Midnight Sun,
that's in the editing process but got leaked onto the net.
So the author is deciding whether to end with the 4th book,
Breaking Dawn.

I'm not sure at all!
If there's like 7 books I'll have to wait how long?!??!
Stress again...

But anyhow, it's a good light read and I doubt
I'll be able to find a girl who says otherwise.



So what are you waiting for?



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