Aches & Blisters

It's been a rather busy week, was up and about everyday shopping, eating, exercising, watching movies... Speaking of which, I watched 3 films this week. Quite a record given that the last movie I watched before the latest Harry Potter was about 2 years ago. I've almost forgotten what it's like to be in a cinema. Oh how i miss the sweet and salty popcorn. Anyway, "Up" is a really nice film, and considering that I'm not a fan of animation, this is saying quite a bit. I really like the graphics, music and characters, esp the lil' boy Russell.

"Coco Before Chanel" was mediocre at best. A real disappointment because Audrey Tautou's works are usually quite entertaining and memorable. This one just has poor execution, poor direction, poor characterization and plenty of banal and pretentious expressions. I really dislike cliched artistic scenes where the actor poses stylishly with a cigarette or stares blankly into space with a very artistic-looking backdrop. Aesthetics aside, what is the point seriously? Unless there's a purpose to it, I really see no reason in littering the film with such scenes. It's just like an empty canvas placed in a beautiful frame. All hype but no substance. Tautou's best film is still "Amelie" imo. The last film is a 40 min mini-documentary on Van Gogh screened in 3D at the omni-theater. The super wide screen gave me a slight headache but the film was alright. Just didn't really like the way they impersonated Van Gogh and speaking English in that silly french accent. As if they could really read his thoughts.

And now, the reason for the title of this post. After rollerblading with the pets non-stop for 2hrs at ecp this afternoon, currently, my legs are aching, my feet feel like sore jelly and i've got 2 blisters on my toes. But I had a fun time and am quite impressed with myself. The last time I bladed was in sec sch and I initially thought I would end up waddling like a duck the whole afternoon but it wasn't that bad at all :)

See the huge blister? Pricked and took care of it just like always. I think i'm quite good at handling blisters.

Tea w Ni

Met annie in town yesterday and we tried tea and snacks at the really quaint and charming 1 Caramel. I was initially afraid that the pretty-looking cakes would taste bad or mediocre (like those in the many other superficial Patisseries) but surprisingly, they're pretty good, especially the Citrus Ricotta Tart.

Cool figurine of Shenton Way and really cute but expensive cuppies (a crazy $6 per cup!)


Fruit tea and Asparagus & Mushroom Quiche.


Chocolate Berry Lust and Rose Lychee Cake


And the really scrumptious Citrus Ricotta Tart


I'm gonna have to pay dearly for consuming so much sugar and alcohol recently. I can just imagine how horrible the pain'll be when my time of the month comes. Shucks.

Change of space

I've decided to switch from LJ to blogspot simply because I dont like all the ads and banners on LJ. Well there's actually a function to switch LJ's layout to exclude ads but the instructions are so blardy chim so i really can't be bothered even though i do have a lot of time to spare currently.

Anyhow, met up with sun tonight again to celebrate her b'day but this time, with jasmin and sam. Dinner at del mar and dessert at coffee bean. It's amazing how ghostly quiet del mar is on a monday night. Food's average and super ex.