It's been a long time since my last entry..been busy with "things that cannot be mentioned"..and of course have been spamming lots of companies with my resume but no response at all..except from those friggin' insurance companies trying to recruit MORE agents..oh sorry they are called financial planners now..my bad..i am slowly beginning to suspect those companies have installed anti-resume software once their quota has been hit! but enough of my job-hunting woes..
Went out with yili yesterday to shop and to catch Oliver Twist - which most of you should know, is an adaptation of a charles dickens' novel..
Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a workhouse, where he is farmed out to a local undertaker where he regularly is underfed and mistreated. Hoping to improve his lot in life, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a gang of petty criminals led by the fence Fagin and the young pickpocket the Artful Dodger. His new situation seems like relief, until he meets Mr. Brownlow, who sees Oliver’s true character and potential and seems determined to sway destiny.
The movie on the whole was pretty good..something different from the usual action, comedy, romance or adventure type of show..all the characters from young Oliver Twist to the pickpocket the Artful Dodger to the crook Fagin are very well played out without over-exaggeration..Fagin (played by Ben Kingsley) was especially lovely to watch - you could just feel the anger, confusion and kindness of the man..the story moves at a good pace as well, providing just enough emphasis without dwelling too long on each scene..overall, a nice heart warming show that should be watched..
After the show, we went searching for yili's bf's birthday present which when you hear her describe it, sounds pretty impossible to find - a wallet (must be branded!)with a money clipper, with lots of compartments for cards and a coin pouch! and trust me, it WAS hard to find..we visited around 10 or more shops along orchard road including LV, Prada and Gucci and we couldn't find one that fitted her requirement..to cut a long story short..as luck (or fate) would have it, we found "the wallet" on what we decided would be our very last stop and the design was nice and slick as well! the salesgirl was especially helpful too..taking out all available stock of that design to let us press, feel, poke and slowly choose which one we wanted! pretty amazing..super tiring but really fun! think it won't be long before our next shopping trip with jess' birthday coming up!
"hey hey i saved the world today..everybody's happy now the bad thing's gone away..everybody is happy now the good thing's here to stay..please let it stay.."
Featured song is taken off the 1999 album "Peace" by Eurythmics.
This past week has seen the passing of WWE star, Eddie Guerrero and Cheryl's dad..my condolences go out to both their families and may the good Lord give their family and friends strength to pull through this time of grievance..
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I thought Oliver Twist was pretty good!
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