By the time you read this, I probably would be in the car, with my parents up front giving me some useful (as perceived by them) last-minute advice, me barely paying attention, zoning out and thinking of all the good stuff I'm leaving behind, as well as the stuff I'll be going through for the next couple of weeks during my Tekong Chalet confinement, and the stuff I said yesterday.
Recruit Riyan, signing off, sir.
Happy birthday, Serene.
Riyan spooked at 7:30 AM
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Big day tomorrow. I'm not exactly anxious, but I can't help but look forward to enlisting and becoming an operative of THE COMPANY. Ok, that was a lie - I'm just trying to think positive. It's working. Kinda.
This post is a list of all the things I wanna say to certain people before I go tomorrow, because I don't know when I'll get the chance to talk to them again, so here goes:
1) To my family: STOP WORRYING LAH!
2) To my friends who will be joining THE COMPANY from tomorrow onwards (Jarrydeee and Sailesh included): Eh if you all free at night just SMS me ah. We go meet at cookhouse lim kopi ok?
3) Jessie: I frickin' seriously hope to see you again, ya bundle of niceness! Thanks for making my time at the school un-boring, and I really appreciate how pleasant you've been to me; most of the other teachers there wouldn't have bothered talking to a grunt relief teacher like me. So thanks! =)
4) Maisarah: Ok, now that I know you're single then I think I can safely say this - YA LAH YA LAH I USED TO HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU...and maybe I still do.
5) Serene: Someone once told me, "We make our own luck, and our own lives." Wait, I think that was from a movie, my bad. Anyway, we're 20, growing older, single (and in your case highly intelligent) and didn't go far with what we had, not because we were indecisive, but because of external factors. More than anything, I'd love to give it another shot, and this is probably the part where you say something along the lines of "No, we can't because of said external factor," and this is the part where I bring your attention to abovementioned quote about making our own luck and lives. Said external factor doesn't know me, so for said external factor to write me off just like that is just unfair. Besides, we're old enough so it wouldn't hurt to speak out once in a while; I'd do the same for you in one-tenth of a heartbeat. So let's give it another try. I'm game if you are.
Okok, I'm done.
Riyan spooked at 10:21 AM
Saturday, September 13, 2008
I collected my new specs for THE COMPANY this afternoon: thick black frame with huge lenses. I put 'em on, took a look at myself in the mirror, and has a flashback episode.........
1998
"Har your specks like that one ah? Eeeyur, look so nerdy one leh!!"
"Hahaha geeky man!!!"
"Wah cool leh!!!" (and the guy bursts out laughing)
2008
...........and was reminded of my primary school days when the kids were smart, but mean, and probably hadn't heard of passing judgment diplomatically. Assholes. Yeah I looked like a square back then, but WTF I WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND THE NUMBNUTS IN MY CLASS WEREN'T EXACTLY MR/MISS/MRS/MDM UNIVERSE MATERIAL EITHER. We were young, but age should never be an excuse for being a MoFo; hell, I've taught younger kids who are better behaved than the zoo I called my class back when I was young.
I hope I don't meet anyone I know from primary school at THE COMPANY. If the guy has a good memory, worse luck; he'll probably give me grief for a fashion faux pas made when I was too young to even know what the word meant.
Then again, these new geek-specs look pretty good on me, now that I'm older.
It's hip to be square, yo.
Riyan spooked at 10:07 PM
Friday, September 12, 2008
They grow up so fast.
Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) is a thirty-nine-year-old who has never left home and lives with his divorced mother, Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen). Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) is a forty-year-old who also has never left home and lives with his widower father, Dr. Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins). Both of them are unemployed and have been living off the goodness of their parents their whole lives. Nancy meets Robert; they fall in love, marry, and move into Robert's home. The two sons are forced to live together in the same room as step brothers. Brennan and Dale initially hate each other, but find out that they are not too different. They are like 12-year-olds trapped in adult bodies who haven't grown up and live in their own little worlds. They become best friends, and then their parents decide to kick them out, because they are getting a divorce. They set up job interviews, but to no avail. Their lives are about to change, and they must grow up.
A Judd Apatow Production. Will Ferrell. M18. You guys should know me well enough by now.
'Nuff said. Rating: 4/5 stars
P.S. This is my last review before I go join THE COMPANY (refers to yesterday's post). Back in two weeks with a new one (I hope)!
Riyan spooked at 6:58 PM
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Four more days until I depart for a top-secret, well-concealed, high-level, for-my-eyes-only military facility with hundreds of other recruits to begin our covert ops training for the organisation known only as...THE COMPANY.
An organisation whose name strikes fear and despair into the hearts of Singaporean males who have come of age and are required to serve it, to carry out its orders unfailingly and unquestioningly.
An organisation which is responsible for transforming scrawny, skinny lads (like yours truly) into lean, mean, fighting machines by using a technique so controversial, it's caused...ummmmm...a lot of controversy. Yeah.
An organisation from which there is NO ESCAPE.
Hooo-weeee, that sure beat just saying," I'm enlisting in four days time."
All righty then, time to get packin'.
Riyan spooked at 9:43 PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
After 700 years of doing what he was built for, he'll finally discover what he was meant for.
In a distant, but not so unrealistic future, where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, Eve, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with Eve. WALL-E rescues Eve from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive" Eve takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim Eve, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue Eve.
Pixar makes great animated films. From their first feature film, Toy Story (1995), all the way to WALL-E, I've watched all of their works, and I've never left the cinema unsatisfied. These guys are good at what they do, and their films, while animated (and are commonly mistaken as glorified cartoons for kiddies by cynics the world over), are for everyone, not just the young 'uns, but adults too. Which grown-up won't confess to feeling a sense of nostalgia as WALL-E tries to impress Eve after they just met with his cute little antics? Moments like those remind us of the glory days when we were courting our first love, and how we tried everything humanly possible to get their attention. And what about the underlying message of the pain and suffering we're inflicting upon the earth with our pollution? If we're not careful, the future depicted in WALL-E will be more than just a fantasy - it'll be a possibility.
One of the other neat things about WALL-E is the lack of dialogue between the two robots. Though they don't talk much, they're pretty expressive with their body language. WALL-E's adorable eyes will make many of you go "Awwww...." whenever he moves them around to make a variety of facial expressions. And what's notto like about Eve? She's a sleek probe with blue eyes...and a laser blaster that she doesn't hesitate to use. Terminator, anyone?
WALL-E is definitely a must-watch for everyone. Heck, we could all learn a few tips on how to get the ladies to notice us, courtesy of that durn cyuuuuute robot. The little guy probably has a better love-life than we do! Rating: 5/5 stars
(And thanks to the Powers-That-Be for not making this a movie about talking animals. I've enough of that crap; Ratatouille was FTW, period.)
Riyan spooked at 6:15 PM
Monday, September 08, 2008
WOLVERINE VS...BART SIMPSON??!!!
Riyan spooked at 8:52 AM
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
And I'd give up forever to touch you 'Cause I know that you feel me somehow You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life 'Cause sooner or later it's over I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything feels like the movies And you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am
Riyan spooked at 9:31 AM
Saturday, September 06, 2008
RAHHHHH WHY COULDN'T I HAVE MET HER EARLIER???!!!!!
