Things to Commit to Every Month

March 2010 - forfeited (I will blame my laziness for the last time), planning - okay, learn Do It Well dance bit XD

April 2010 - 30 days of hardcore guitar practice (nightly, 30 mins - 1 hour) - apparently didn't happen. XD

May 2010 - 31 days of PHP (in preparation for August too) - Nope. Def can't learn this dry lol

June 2010 - 30 days of exercise (visible, everyday exercise) DANCE DANCE DANCE XD - This is fun XD

July 2010 - 31 days of real studying. Let's try consistence for once.

August - September 2010 - exams + vacation (sorta) + school opening - reprieve - do random stuff as pleases - PHP practice too

October 2010 - 31 days of classic symphonies (I'll split into music periods: romantic, baroque, etc)

November 2010 - 30 days of celebrating Chenie's birthday =P and maybe... christmas? =P

December 2010 - 31 days of classic movies (20th century stuff - probably black and white)

2011...

-L

Planning some stuff out...

I want to flesh out when/why I want some stuff:

Laptop (staring at lenovo T series, but really just want a stable one)
- for stability of computing in w/e - regular use, web design, gaming (maybe)
- last till the end of uni (cuz acer is failing lol)

Drawing pad
- for some drawing projects I want to get on... (been in the head for too long though with too much changes so -.-)

Big headphones with speaker
- for zoning out, not urgent since I have regular earphones now (go bose ^^)

Yoga Mat and/or Ball
- for some exercises, I will never buy a machine-operated crap =[

Cat (~3 years old, black or white)
- for companionship, cuteness, and to take care of something (wow weird)
- when I live alone for extended time, I might start in the fall - depending on where I'm living (or after uni / last year of uni when I'm in school for whole year) Don't think parents will be thrilled about taking her in if/when I'm at some random far-away place (Lisa, wanna be godmother? XD)

Little Black Dress - for all purposes, whenever

... to be added

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List of things in life:
mobile:
- one small medium suitcase worth of clothes (not incl winter jackets) - gonna start organizing this asap
- tooth brush, paste, floss, body wash/shampoo, facial wash, moisturizer (luv clinique), hair mousse (maybe, though I havent used it yet XD), curler for fun =D
- laptop (hopefully when I get a dependable one), mouse, drawing pad (mmm)
- stationary (pen, pencil, eraser, paper)
- yoga mat and/or ball
- Music in one, perhaps separate, harddrive organized, delete everything else - < 10GB (I'll lower this later)
- phone + music player (right now they're the same lol)
- bag (still need to get a stable one - current comp carrier is a tad BIG...), have handbag, wallet (<- make it so it nvr bulges)
non-mobile:
- books: hitch hiker's (still need to get these), sandman series (also need to get - when i have surplus money)
- my double bed
- cat and everything that entails - necessary: food, litter, food carriers, scratching post, nail clippers
- one very comfortable (ergonomic) chair
.. to be altered

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Some pre-cautions
- whenever I want to BUY anything (esp clothes), imagine in conjunction with previously owned items for fit, unless I'm changing
- Do budget if I become crazy (nvr really happening right now though)
.. to be added

-L

Now I have never been surreptitious or tricky about meeting somebody; I just go right up and introduce myself. But in this case it was so important to meet this man, and I knew that before he would tell me any of his secrets on how to open safes, I would have to prove myself.

I found out where his room was - in the basement of the theoretical physics section, where I worked - and I knew he worked in the evening, when the machines weren't being used. So, at first I would walk past his door on my way to my office in the evening. I'd just walk past. A few nights later, just a "Hi." After a while, when he saw it was the same guy walking past, he'd say "Hi," or "Good evening."

A few weeks of this slow process and I see he's working on the Marchant calculators. I say nothing about them; it isn't time yet.

We gradually say a little more: "Hi! I see you're working pretty hard!"

"Yeah, pretty hard" - that kind of stuff.

Finally, a breakthrough: he invites me for soup. It's going very good now. Every evening we have soup together.

=) I should learn from Feynman, among other things.

-L

Shutter Island review

The Oscars, somehow, reminded me that I used to do movie reviews... (and also that I should check out some of the mentioned films) and I havent really done that in the last year... so since I just saw Shutter Island today, I'll do a little tidbit just to get myself back onto it.

Visuals: very nice. suspense is perfect to the T. Scorsese does not fail to impress

Story: in hindsight, amazing. during, one was too confused to feel that way XD <- which just shows how good it is. Once you know the ending, the different scenes made enough of an impact that you can recall them and piece together the puzzle too =)

Music: good music, but too much. Some parts the music was SO loud and SO unnecessary, but maybe that was done on purpose, considering the ending result... though during it was rather annoying bordering comical

Acting: It's Leo. It's Kingsley. We don't have any failures in this department. superb.

Overall: 8.5/10 (points off because I was confused way too much during + the music)

Next up: Alice in Wonderland XD - once again, hyped up, but Tim Burton shouldn't disappoint. heheh

-L