two weeks more...

...before school lets out. and to be honest, i'm actually looking forward to having my evenings back again.

i enjoy teaching, but three hours a night, four nights a week on top of my regular job is taking it's toll.

must... get... rest...

go see it... really

roger ebert put it most succinctly when he said "in 30 years, i have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: you owe it to yourself to see this film. if you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to"

i mean truth be told, would really wants to pay good money to see a movie about al gore giving a lecture on global warming? sure, all the reviews i've read claim it to be a "must watch", but i think if it wasn't one of the video on demand choices on my flight back from sydney, i probably would have given it a miss too. then again, i didn't have persuasive people like myself to hound me day in and day out about watching it.

i watched it for free, but you can be damn sure i'll buy the dvd.

if al gore was this charismatic during his presidential election campaign, i have no doubts he would have won hands down. but then again, i guess when you are really passionate about something, it's not difficult to let your guard down and speak from the heart.

i won't go into the details of it all, i'll leave that to the movie. all i can do is to reiterate how important it is to go. ebert goes on to say at the end of his review, "i did a funny thing when i came home after seeing "an inconvenient truth." i went around the house turning off the lights."

i did exactly the same thing.

christmas come early

christmas FOOOOoooooo!
a smart way to surprise someone with a christmas gift is to give it to them a month and three weeks in advance, and surprises like these are always welcome.

there is nothing quite like a japanese hip-thrusting comedian dressed ala freddie mercury who's become a global favorite thanks to youtube and when you watch these episodes (part one and part two) you can't help but want one of those toys!

of course the beloved knows all this, and decides to break our $20 xmas present deal and gets it for me anyway. the fact that it's hard to find in japan and near impossible to find here in singapore doesn't deter her at all.

what can i say but "awesome present FOOOOOoooooooo!!!"

ps: some people say it's spelt "HOOOooooo" but i hear it as "FOOOooooooo" so that's how i'll spell it ;)