another week has passed and work has progressed..from focusing on just a single project, more responsibilities are being passed onto me..i am not stressed out, just a little disoriented at times..but i get by..still! my manager,
ginny and i had a slight disagreement on friday..she said sorry to me afterwards but i felt that it was my fault for overreacting..i am like that, just emotional about things. but we are alright now. she is like me, expressive and temperamental..it is nice to work under someone who shows her appreciation of your work upfront..though you'd be sure to know of her frustrations as well!
next week will be a special week for many; valentine's day and then chinese new year..but somehow it feels just like another week coming. valentine's day is just another 9-to-5 (8.30am - 7pm more like it!) working wednesday..and chinese new year? it used to be when i had this reason to bring all my friends under one roof and for my mum to show off her cooking..maybe not this year..i don't know..
"14th of february"
all the times you showed your care
you kept your promise and you were there
by my side in times of need
to comfort me to pull me through to succeed
come 14th of february we'll celebrate our friendship
to remind ourselves of all the precious things we keep
within ourselves locked inside our hearts
our friends, our love ones, people we'll never leave out in the dark
but then again is that beside the point?
that only on valentine's day, our friendship we learn to enjoy
i'll send you a card a bouquet of roses
i'll send you my love with hugs and kisses
but it's not only 14th of february it's not only for a day
cuz friendship and love is more than one valentine's day
AD (9th february '98)
friday:
runningwithscissors@orchardcineleisure
with.
hongliand
huilingfeeling.alittlelost
the show is based on the personal memoirs of augusten burroughs. growing up in the 1970s, young augusten (joseph cross) was living a middle-class existence with an alcoholic father (alec baldwin) and a bipolar mother (annette bening), an unpublished poet with delusions of becoming famous. when his parents divorced, augusten’s mother sends him to live with her wildly unorthodox psychiatrist, dr. finch (brian cox) and his eccentric extended family. running with scissors chronicles augusten’s survival under the most extraordinary of circumstances.the storyline and the humour are really deep and dark..certain themes of the show will also make one feel uneasy (not in a bad way). the acting was good though..you could really empathise with the characters and feel their frustration, confusion and anger. that's not to say that it is a depressing show. but after a hard week of work, it was not something i could really appreciate.
saturday:
misspotter@orchardcineleisure
with.
graciefeeling.enchanted
beatrix potter has delighted generations of children with her books. but she kept her own private life locked carefully away. oscar-winning star renee zellweger is now bringing her secret story to the screen in "miss potter," the first film directed by chris noonan since his charming 1995 movie, babe. it is set in the high summer days of late victorian and edwardian england, during which beatrix develops her natural skills as artist and story-teller. when she finally publishes her debut book, the tale of peter rabbit, she becomes a writing celebrity. it also leads to courtship and her first love with publisher norman warne, played by ewan mcgregor. their relationship and his marriage proposal in july, 1905, was to change beatrix's life for ever.
it was a love which she could not announce - or even talk about. in high-society london, her parents had insisted she keep it from friends and neighbours. they considered her proposed wedding a mismatch. warne, they said, was from 'trade' and demanded that she carefully reconsider their life together. beatrix allowed herself to be persuaded to leave her fiancé and london. it was supposed to be a time for reflection and calm. but, instead, she faced tragedy and loneliness and returned, with a different outlook. she became a woman of strong views and independence. she also built up a farming dynasty in the lake district - a dynasty over which she took charge long after her writing career virtually ended in 1913. it established her as a woman ahead of her time. despite becoming the world's most successful children's writer and a wealthy landowner and prize-winning farmer, she never forgot her first love.now this is more my type of show..feel-good and magical..really really nice..the only thing which made gracie and i a little upset was "why did ewan mcgregor have to die?" haha..but even then, it did not take the shine off this delightful story! :) truly enchanting..
norbit
