Saturday, October 17, 2009

signed up for new balance real run. had to go to novena because online registration closed already >< but a good trip though! persuaded jasonpoh to run too. easy trouble-free sign up, spend about 10 minutes wondering about race route and how to get there so early in the morning. then breakfast at long john! took it as lunch since it was rather late.

went shopping. bought GU energy gel. and signed up for GnC member. its super hua suan for me i cant believe i didnt sign up earlier >< 15bucks for 2 years! and each time i buy a GU i get one free which means saving 4 bucks. just today alone me plus jason saved 12bucks total already lol :)

then more shopping! novena square is really sports haven huh. sports shop of every kind! and lots of them had a sale too :) Gola had like 50% off shoes wow. too bad designs not to my liking. and new balance had 30% for runners. i know being in army spoilt the new balance image coz we get their lower end product :p but the higher end new balance running shoes are really wow. pretty good design and pro looking. and really really expensive too ><

fila had really cheap shoes jason wanted but too bad the pair he wanted didnt have his size lmao.

after that straight to bishan was thinking of checking out the library first but then it was CLOSED. yup i totally forgot today's a public holiday. happy deepavali!
nua-ed in school before prac started. RI is infested with mosquitoes btw >< watched confessions of a shopaholic! finished it on the way home after rwinds. its a really good movie :) i cant believe one scene at the end almost made me tear.
oh yeah and RT didnt like that movie. typical. RT never likes such movies. and this is what they commented "This middling romantic comedy underutilizes a talented cast and delivers muddled messages on materialism and conspicuous consumption."

bloody self-righteous ppl. not all movies have messages hellooo. do these critics sincerely lead perfect lives, never indulge in spending (or any other so-called character flaws), donate half their salary to charity (really. so many comments online on how charity should have been included as a theme because the movie lead was too self-centered and shopped only for herself. you would think these critics never bought anything for themselves)

maybe im just being cynical. maybe they're truly angels and really never have a single selfish thought. maybe they actually really think of themselves as saints and perfect role models for the rest of humanity to follow.

maybe they expect every movie to end with a beautiful message about human perfectness and world peace.
-.-

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human characters are flawed, thats what make each individual an individual human being. flaws defines who a person really is to a large extent. i thought becky did extremely well in the end given her circumstance. we strive for change and improvement, and sometimes we succeed sometimes we dont. thats life isn't it. important fact is we tried, and more often than not probably achieved something in between complete success and total failure.
"learning a lesson and turning over a new leaf" is like years outdated seriously why do ppl still expect it in every movie ><

anyway the beautiful scene. (clarinet playing softly in the background btw :p)
becky telling her father she would never allow him to sell his caravan to help pay her debts cause it just completely completely defines him. i was like ya! both dad and vehicle are out of the world totally unorthodox (crazy. check out his last dance scene). whatever becky's flaws she's definitely very observant and spot on usually (especially on fashion :p)

and then her dad went "nothing defines me. except you and your mother."

! the way he said it. so matter of fact. so simply. as though he believed it like nothing else in the world.
sobs

and this was the average family dad. retired, out-dated, old-fashioned, fat, couch potato. if everyone in the world had some of this guy in him, we would be living in happier times :)

oh yeah another scene i loved. when all the mannequins started moving and applauding becky. super amusing :) and it ended with him explaining why he bid so much. "its a desperately important scarf" :)
in fact each time the mannequin moved and talk its really funny. but would have been creepy in real life though :p

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