First half of 2010 just flew away


Half of 2010 is now over. This is
as fast as 2009.


Time has been so precious during
my 4 years postgrad. It's like

you just need to make your
project works.


This year, the weather has been
pretty very freakish ... lotsa

rain & in may the sun
& the rain occupies

half a shift each
day


Hopefully, the silly weather is
over soon. The second
half is crucial, I want
to put a full-stop
to my postgrad.


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Now I'm at Page 125 of my thesis
& the last experiment. The
groundwork has been
completed, hopefully
there will be no major
hiccups ...


Then ... THEN I will need
to get all my students thru
their 'A' & 'O'.


It will be merry time after tt...
at least for a while.


Teaching 'A' was a new experience
for me ... it was really out of
my comfort zone, but at
tt time I really couldn't
refuse the parents' request
because I enjoy
teaching Jonathan a lot


He's a nice chap, very courteous,
diligent, intelligent & very
respectful.

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This World Cup I have watched a couple
of 2:30 am matches ... it has been
ages since I do tt ...


The matches are not really tt
exciting ... but its the non-footballing
issues tt really spice things up.


#1 has to be Octopus Paul. Are pple
getting more superstitious? First there
was octopus, then there was the
bird, den after tt there was
another octopus 'cousin'?


#2 Luis Suarez handball save. The second
edition of Maradona's hand of God. He
wasn't wrong. Pple tries to argue
about the morality of his
act, I think they
really got nothing better
to do.


#3 Maradona "tactical discipline". He
is still the best entertainer of the game.
I told a lot of frenzs, you can't sack
him. "How can you sack someone
who has given so much to Argentina?"


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haven't been to wedding dinner for quite
a while ... will have two this weekends ...
well, things always seem to come
tog ...

I wonder how the wedding lunch
will be like ? this is my first wedding
lunch .


quite looking forward to chee keong's
wedding. I haven't seem him for
quite a while.
there are also other sec sch frenzs to
catch up ... Nice ...


It's the year of tiger ... I actually thought
pple don't really prefer to get
married during this year... so
I was wrong as I got dinner
#3 coming up this yr also


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Watch the final with Youyi, his gf & cousin
weepin. Youyi made a bet on Holland
winning the trophy for the first time.


My bet was even simpler - Spain
to score first ...


Alas ... Spain bloody hell scored during
extra time ... so this World Cup
my record is 0-5.


Octopus has a far better record
than me ... & he doesn't
even understand
the game


So does it applies to investment
as well ... even if you know
the game, you still
might not profit
from it ...


Lotsa of pple gamble ... many lose ...
but gambling is still so
tempting ... things
tt are nt gud

for us always
seem to be more seductive!


Anyway, EPL season is gg to begin.
I still think the best place
to watch soccer is with
pals at Arsenal fan club. The atmosphere
is really great & the food is fantastic!!!

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I was writing & writing until I really
couldn't write anymore ... so
I suddenly thought of
Pedro Almodovar, the
Spanish film director


He averages a movie once every 3 years


I admire such directors a lot. I think
it takes inspiration to be creative
but a lot of courage & belief
to carry it through

<1999> All about my mother
<2002> Talk to Her
<2004> Bad Education
<2006> Volver
<2009> Broken Embraces


I watched "All about my mother" and
"Broken Embraces" in the past 2 days


People classified Almodovar's work
as melodrama. It does have
the attributes of the genre.
But if you follows his work,
you might think tt
classification is contentious


There are certainly doleful or tragic
moments in his films, but
everyone of it has a surprisingly
beautiful ending.


The real charm of his films are
their ability to surprise. You
never know what to expect &
his storytelling technique
is fantastic. You don't usually try
to predict the ending because you will be
mesmerized by the movie throughout.


"Broken embraces" is less dramatic
then "All about my mother" but
it's still a wonderful piece of
work


"All about my mother" is
more of a feminine movie. I think
ladies will emphatise more with
the characters in the movie. The
dialogs, expressions & the
transverstites are colourful
enough to watch!