I learned two things today: 1. I'm not not cut out for cashiering. 2. Yes Man is a fabulous movie.

I helped out at my grand-daddy's bookstore today, while the men went out for Friday prayers. I got darned nervous everytime anyone asks me where something is, because I don't freaking know! There doesn't seem to be a discernible system of book organisation in the store, and religious authors' names don't strike a chord with me at all. So for 3 hours, I had to keep apologising to customers and telling them that the shopkeeper wasn't back yet. It was an okay experience, I guess, considering that I gave nobody the wrong change or bill (although I almost charged $1390 for a $13.90 item. The horror!). But all this was useful in crossing off another potential occupation: cashiering.

I left at 4 to head to Orchard on bus 7 (yay for buses!) to buy the tickets first for the Yes Man 7.10 show, before going up to Kinokuniya to browse through Arsenal mag and buy a book to make me happy. I'd thought of buying The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but I realised that I could read it online since it wasn't too long at all. (The link is here!) Then I thought of buying The Kissing Gates, which seemed to be an interesting wartime romance. In the end though, I ended up buying The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance, if only because I managed to coerce my sister into paying for the whole book so (ha!) I'm reading it for free.

Really, Stephenie Meyer managed to incite me and my sister into a vampire romance frenzy. First I buy two volumes of L. J. Smith's Night World Series (which I just absolutely love!), and now this? What next? Buffy The Vampire Slayer (even though the only likeable character was Spike)?!

Pat and I did make it into the theater before the movie started, even despite pausing at Mac's to buy us some meals. I got curly fries!! Yes Man totally rocks! It had good actors, and had deep, meaningful lessons interweaved into the main storyline. But who cares about that? All that matters is that it was funny! Even (or especially) with Jim Carrey's trademark over-the-top humour. I agree with Pat in that it was a good way to start weaning ourselves off watching Twilight again and again. But we're going to watch it (for the last time, I feel obliged to add!) next week. A sort of... farewell gathering, if you will. Hahaha.

Pat and I each took a picture with Edward's huge poster at the cinema afterwards, making a fool of ourselves in the process. But who cares? For just one second, it was just me and Edward alone, isolated in our own sweet lullaby-infused cocoon, a moment which was immortalised in 2-D by way of a camera-phone... hahaha. And then we made bigger fools of ourselves when we took five minutes to snap a timed picture in Orchard MRT station, in order to capture us against a backdrop of electronically-produced image of trees. The picture came out nicely though (: yayness!

I should go to sleep soon. I don't feel like doing that, though. Oh yeah, I'm going cycling again on Sunday! Cycling is the world's most fantastic sport!

fin*

yess!!! my last paper is over!!!
(unless you're counting the h1 maths paper tmr, which i'm not cos i'm not really studying for that, and i'll fail anyway... so what's the point?)
hahah

walked about causeway point with steph
my first promenade since ratatouille
a celebration of sorts for our regained freedom, if you will
hahah

and i've finally made the replacement atm card!
yay
i now feel more financially secure
won't have to worry if i don't have ready cash
never fear; nets card is here!

andd...
i've cut my hair
not so short that i can't tie it
no way, nuh-uh
that would be image-suicide for me cos my hair would just puff up all the time like a hive made from black straw
(see that? that's called a simile. hahah)
hahah
its just shorter than before, is all
wanted to cut it on friday after the facial, but since i was with my mum already...

you know how i've been skimping on sleep the past few days?
a result of last-minute studying for sure
it's been officially 24 hrs and 40 minutes since i last had some shut-eye
yup, that's right; the last time i slept was yesterday afternoon, 2.00 - 4.30
kept myself awake all night with the aid of my good friend, red bull

the optimal number of hours of sleep a day for an adult is about 8 hours
and since sunday night,
i'm supposed to have slept 24 hours total
(sunday night + monday night + tuesday night = 8+8+8 =24)
but... i've only racked up 9.5 hours
out of 24!

so if it were a grade, i'd be getting 38% - a U-grade, i think
ugh
this is really bad
you know how much i treasure sleep, right?
i used to sleep at least 5 hours of sleep a day
those were the days... *reminisces*

harrumph!
that's it!
i'm going to bed now!

hahah
aiites then
gd nite!

fina-colada
(hmm... name for new blog?...)