This is my second post of the week. Like woah, what has gotten into me. I haven't blogged in a month and a half and suddenly, I've blogged twice in a week. I guess its because it's the:

Such a relief man. Term 1 was so hectic :'( At times it was like I was drowning but I got through it.

1 down; 3 more to go.

I'll just talk a bit about the stuff that happened this term.

I tried out for E-day LOL and totally bombed my audition. It was so FREAKIN SCARY. Like now that I think about it, it shouldn't have been that hard but it was :( I'm such a big chicken these days but when i think about it, I wasn't at all shy when I was small... Anyway, at the end of it, the teachers+students gave me this pitying look; kind of like, "You tried but you sucked." I just can't get over my nervousness. God, I hope I don't have stage fright.

But yeh, for some reason I still got in LOL.

This term, I also found out that Bonnie, Othilia, Tian, Jun and I are going to be playing at the Opera House :D Violin, I mean. The concert is going to be called "Jacaranda" and is part of the "Festival of Instrumental Music". At least that's what it says on my note here but in my opinion it should really be "Festival of the Squawking Geese" because that's what my violin sounds like right now. Oh well, I guess its not that bad compared to my sister's oboe playing. She makes my violin playing sound like a Edward Cullen's voice.

Anyway, So You Think You Can Dance is gonna finish in about a month. I want Jessie, Robbie, Ivy and Philippe(?) to be the Top 4. And I want either Jessie or Robbie to win. Remember these words people. Jessie and Robbie are going to WIN.

Last but not least, here is a game that EVERYONE should play. It's called Boomshine and its seriously the most addictive game in the whole universe.

Click: http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/

You know you want to.

Hello Blogspot :) Haven't seen you in a while... Term 1 was just too hectic to make time to blog anymore. But don't worry, I'm going to revive you now.

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"What I do with today is very important because i will
be exchanging a day of my life for it" - Anonymous

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Okay, let's get right into it. Today I will be talking about everyone's favourite topic: Twilight. Nononono, don't close the page yet. Let me explain, I'm going to be talking about:

THE TWILIGHT PHENOMENON - WHY PEOPLE HATE/LOVE IT

Hehehe, I've ALWAYS wanted to do this; blog about the massively controversial issue that swept the world during the years 2006 to 2010 and still continues, even to this day. Why was it so popular? That's a question that I keep asking myself.

Everyone knows I went through a twilight phase... I had cynthia[cullen] as my msn nick for like, 2 years. LOL. I have 2 copies of twilight, one of New Moon, one of Eclipse and 2 of Breaking Dawn. The first copy I had, had the UK cover and for some reason I can't seem to find it anymore.

Shame... I could probably sell it for a lot of money since they don't print the UK copies anymore. Anyways, I was really obsessed, like really really obsessed. I lived, breathed and dreamed Twilight. But my obsession has run its course. I still have a soft spot for the Twilight series but no longer do I spend 5 hours designing twilight themed layouts on photoshop.

Whoops, I'm rambling. The point I'm trying to make is: Twilight is addictive. It's like crack for your brain. I don't know what it is but (most) people who read it get caught up in it. Is it Edward Cullen? Is it the vampire/human love story? When you think about it, there's nothing in it that other books can't have but still, it managed to surpass everything else become like, one of the most famous books in the world. Maybe Stephenie Meyer just writes really good. I don't know, and honestly, I don't really care. As long as it keeps entertaining people, then I have no complaint.

Okay, so now that I've established that Twilight is an entertaining book (in my opinion), I want to find out why people hate it. Why do people roll their eyes when they hear others say, "OMG I LOOOVE TWILIGHT!" ( I know you do it cuz I do it too. Don't deny it.) Why do some people just hate it so much? After giving it some thought and trying not to be biased (although I might not have succeeded here), I've come to a few conclusions. Here are my theories:

1. It's just not a good book. Simple as that. Maybe the plot doesn't appeal to some people, and the writing's crap. If that's the case, then ok, I rest my case.

2. If a lot of people like something, then by the laws of human nature, there will be others who hate it. This is true right? Take Harry Potter for example, I THINK there are people out there who are calling it overrated and stuff. This point might need a bit more research though.

3. I like this point: People are reading too much into it. They call it "shallow" and "unoriginal" but honestly, what are they expecting? How to Kill a Mockingbird? Twilight is a book for entertainment. Period. It is not a deep, philosophical book filled with important life lessons and maybe that's why some people call it overrated. Take my primary school teacher for example. When I was in my "phase", I convinced her to read it. She read it, returned it to me and then said, "Oh, so you like THESE types of books." I don't think she liked it. She probably thought it was gonna be a deep, multilayered, profound kind of book.

Some people just expect too much from it. They think because so many people have read it and liked it, that it must contain some kind of meaningful life lesson. Wrong. We like it because its a great, riveting read. If you want something meaningful, go read something by Jane Austen, no?

4. I don't really think this point is true but I have heard it being discussed so I'll just chuck it in here. Guys don't like twilight because of Edward Cullen. He took "the perfect man" to the next level and guys just can't compete. I'll admit, it does make sense but honestly, what kind of guy gets jealous of a fiction character? O_O Plus, I know some guys who have read twilight and they liked it.

5. THE MOVIES WERE SHIT. Kind of... compared to the books, I mean. Bad movie = bad impression of Twilight. Plus, Robert Pattinson's waxy, pale skin and eerily long eyelashes sometimes contributes to the "fag" factor. No offense to Robert Pattinson though - he seems like a nice guy/great actor, even though he totally ruined the image of Edward I'd had beforehand. (Thanks to Nancy for this point.)

So these are my theories of why people hate/love it. Sorry if I offended anyone, I just wanted to analyze people's motives/reasons. If you think something here was wrong or if you just want to add your own points, then comment and I'll put it in my next post. Or if you just want to argue for the sake of arguing then by all means - I'll try to argue back :D

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Wow, this was a REALLY REALLY LONG POST. I think i'm gonna end it off here with one more thing.

Apparently, my little sister's received a marriage proposal even before I've gone on my first official date. Isn't that just sad? She told me that in year 2, one of her friends named Jayden asked her to marry him :L He said, "Serena, I like you. Will you marry me?" LOL. Isn't that so cute? Too bad she only told him "maybe".

I don't know why people think Johnny Depp is ugly.


I mean, honestly, who can resist that?

Oh and before I forget, there's this painting that hangs in my house. This is what it says at the top:


If that doesn't scream ASIAN!!! I don't know what does...

Auntie: You have anything to wear to Rebecca's party?

Tian: Ewww! I don't want to wear a dress-

Auntie: You can wear pink...

Tian: EWW NO!

Auntie: Tian, you don't have a dress?

Tian: I don't even have any boobs to wear a dress.

Auntie: I HAVE!!!

LOL. My auntie actually meant she had a dress for Tian to wear but when we heard it like that... well it sounded like she was saying she had boobs.

Geee, thanks Othilia, for announcing to the whole class + Ms N that I thought Johnny Depp had sex appeal. That was EXTREMELY NICE OF YOU. It made me turn red -like a cherry- (according to jun).

Yesterday, I was waiting outside the tutoring place for someone to pick me up and while I was waiting, I started eavesdropping on these two guys who also went to my tutor. Their conversation went something like this:

Guy 1: something something fuck something something bashed something fuck something bastard something awesome something broke his neck something something fuck something that guy something something fuck something got bashed something awesome.

Guy 2: uh huh...

Guy 1: Fuck something something something shit something something far out
something fuck something fuck something shit something I was like something
something dude something fuck.

Guy 2: uh huh...

I felt sorry for Guy 2 because he seemed so bored. You could almost see the thought bubble on top of his head saying "SAVE ME!"

I haven't done this for a while but I think I'm gonna start again - Here is what I dreamt about last night:

I was shopping with my mum at this really fancy shopping centre. It had all
marble floors, white walls, golden rails and a HUGE chandelier on the ceiling.
We went into a shop and my mum bumped into an old friend but before she could
introduce me, I ran away. I then went exploring on my own and found BANJOSECT.
We all started exploring together but then, we bumped into these bitchy, rich
girls who kept thinking they were better than us. They wouldn't leave us alone,
no matter which floor or shop we were in.

The dream then changed and I found myself at a camp full of kids. There were
different houses for each group of kids and I was in one that had ugly green
walls and dark rooms. After settling in, I went outside to the campfire and
climbed up a huge wall made up of bales of hay. I watched from this wall as the
Jonas Brothers arrived. Then for some strange reason, Nick Jonas climbed up the
wall and asked me if I wanted to dance (LOL). I said yes and then we started
waltzing on the bales of hay.

My dream changed again and this time, I was watching from an outsider's point
of view. I watched as a girl from my cabin/house snuck into the kitchen and
stole our supervisor's special donuts. She quickly ran out of the house but not
before the supervisor saw her. The angry supervisor started chasing the girl
around the field and the whole time, the girl was trying to stuff the donut into
her mouth to destroy the evidence.

And then I woke up.

That was one of the most random dreams I've had since ages. I don't even get why it was Nick Jonas I was dancing with. Oh well, I should be grateful it wasn't Kevin Jonas.

• Falling Over Me - Demi Lovato (ahaha yeh, I don't know what it is about DL songs but I can't stop listening to them. They're like drugs - not that I've ever taken any but figuratively speaking.)
• We'll Be a Dream - We the Kings ft. Demi Lovato
• Starlight - Muse (again, extremely addictive)
• I Got You - Leona Lewis
• Kingdom - Erika Heyntaz
• and anything by Lisa Mitchell

Some of these are probably a bit old but I've only just discovered them now. C'mon, my ipod was basically untouched for the whole holidays.

I also really like the "Ordinary Miracle" song by Sarah McLachlan. Thank god she sang it at the opening ceremony, it sounded so familiar and I never knew the name of it. I watched the WHOLE opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. So proud of myself :D

Today, Nancy and Tian (being the intellectual, sophisticated people that they are) decided to "Avatar-ise" my sister with the spare paint left from the science project. Their victim model ended up looking like this:

Tian: "Now she can ride around the townhouse with her plait connected to the bike!"