Friday loco

It’s Friday and I couldn’t be more glad that it is. It’s been a busy week, and everything’s just been happening all at once at the office. But at the same time, though, the fact that it’s been busy made this weekend all the more worthwhile; feels like I’ve earned the next 3 days off. It’s so exciting that it’s gonna be the long weekend!

Anyhow, I was watching one of those “20 to 1″ specials on TV last night, and the topic was about celebrity going AWOL, and naturally RDJ was included. And that’s made me all the more think that it’s so good that nobody talks about his bad past anymore. Sure, they’ll always drop the ‘bad-boy’ term here and there when talking about him - after all, can’t turn back time and what have you – but it just occurred to me last night, while I was watching this TV special and the screen was splattered with his mug shots and caps from his prison days, that he’s successfully made new impressions on people and that he is now the ’successful actor’ rather than the ‘guy who did time in prison’. Like, I think that’s pretty amazing.

This is so bad, but this lamb and spinach curry that I’m currently having is so good!

Hump day shenanigans

What a day at the office today was! I didn’t get out till 6.30 PM – which is not too bad, but it felt like a long day, anyway – trying to tie things up. Although I didn’t get to tie up as much as I would’ve liked to, but whatever. One step at a time, I guess.

But after all that drama at work, I eventually had a lovely dinner with K tonight. It was just good to catch up with her, talking shit and telling each other what we’ve been up to in the past 3 months. It was a nice, girly, bonding session.

I’m glad that tomorrow is Thursday. Then the next day will be Friday and it’ll be the long weekend, before the family is coming on the Wednesday. I’m looking forward to the next couple of weeks.

Probation

I’m currently liking the taste of jasmine green tea with sugar and - wait for it – milk. I’ve always had it cold as pearl green milk tea, but now I’m actually quite liking the hot version.

I still can’t get over how wonderful the experience of Moonlight Cinema was. Yes, it was raining a few times throughout the film, but towards the end of the night when the moon came out above the trees in the park and it was so bright, it was just really pretty.

I’m gonna go see K tomorrow night; pretty excited to be able to catch up with her after her long trip.

The February that was

I had a conversation with P today, and she kindly pointed out that I've gone through my first month at the office now. Time has flown indeed.

First week of this month was spent rather casually at the office, getting to know my role better and my boss and supervisor not giving me that much work yet. I went out over the weekend, going to a friend's birthday drinks at a place full of naked baby angels (like the place, don't really like the crowd); went for lunch on the Saturday (spent about 30 minutes standing alone at Footscray Station, so the day was a bit of a thriller-drama-comedy, I guess, but I ended up having a great time, thanks to Nick); went out for drinks at night around the corner where the pink elephants are, then later on at the icky Irish pub down the street; then spent all day Sunday doing nothing before going to my friends' gig down by the beach. That was by far the best week I've had this month.

The following week was a bit hell because that was when I really learnt what it feels like to bring work home. I had a lot of work to do at the office and I couldn't finish them by the time 5 o'clock struck; and so the deadline needed to be extended and that was not a nice feeling to bring with me when I came in the next morning. But thankfully that was resolved by the time Thursday rolled in and I was able to enjoy the weekend. I went out dancing on Saturday night for Shahana's birthday and then had yum cha the next day for Chinese New Year. Bought "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" on DVD too that day; enjoyed it a lot, and it wasn't only because of our extensive adulation for Robert Downey, Jr. Yes, mainly that, but Val Kilmer is pretty damn good there too.

Last week was pretty underwhelming as I'd expected something equally high-strung as the previous week, but it turned out the workload had died down then and I was cruising along till the weekend. Mum and Dad came back mid-week from their month-long stay in Jakarta so the rest of that week was spent catching up with them. I went to my friends' gig again on Thursday night; finally got to talk properly with the drummer after not having done so in the past, so I won't feel guilty anymore now when I see him at their gigs. Went to an old friend's birthday drinks after work on Friday, then to dinner and more drinks with the girls which turned out to be disastrous because lack of sleep + alcohol = well, let's just say not pretty. I spent Saturday looking at properties for half of the clan when they come Down Under next month. Had a lovely late lunch by the water with mum to celebrate finally finding a property, before going to the movies with my sister at night. "The Wolfman" turned out to be pretty fantastic; I love Benicio Del Toro there.

And so it's come down to this week. It's my 6th week working full-time and honestly, it feels like high school all over again, except people wear suits and nice structured dresses and I spend half the day in front of the computer. I tell you what, nothing beats that feeling when 5 o'clock strikes on a Friday afternoon. It feels pretty damn great. Oh, and I'm finally reading "A Study In Scarlet" properly this time. The book makes me all the more compelled to read some Poe.

I miss blogging like this. I should spill my guts on a public space more often.

"The Nanny Returns"

I read "The Nanny Diaries" and quite liked the movie version, so the fact that a sequel to the story is out makes me somewhat excited. I can't wait till I get my hands on a copy.

(Image courtesy of amazon.com)

RDJ, anybody?

Those past negative posts weren't getting me anywhere, so I've decided to delete them altogether. I'm cluttering the blog with emo stuff and too much negativity is never good. Sasha's indecisive moment #84873401.

I've been in love with Robert Downey, Jr. lately. He's a fiercely talented actor and not to mention severely charming. Like, dude. I've been on an RDJ-movie-marathon for the past week, just digging up his films and watching them. It's actually a sort of an education for me as well, because I've always been stuck in the rom-com and superhero-action genres when it comes to films and since he's been in more films than my actual age, it's a good thing to see what he's done and in the process, explore different film genres.

2010, I already love you

Happy New Year!

This year is gonna be awesome, and I'm only just talking about the movies that are coming out that I really want to see.

Clash of the Titans

Greek mythologies and Sam Worthington. Enough said.

Iron Man 2

He had me at "I've successfully privatised world peace." Already a favourite quote for 2010.

Salt

Has the 3 quintessential ingredients in a classic action movie: stolen identity, secret service agent and neat self-defence tricks.

Dear John

Wanna see this purely because Lasse Hallstrom directs it. He is probably one of the few directors that did justice to the film version of a good book with "Chocolat".

It's Complicated

Meryl Streep. Need I say more?