Thursday, December 11, 2008

Mid-semester test: Business Stats, & 7th quote

Business Stats is OK but quite tricky too. Not too sure if an A is possible still.

Question 1, 2, and 3 were alright. Just the same from the tutorials and mock papers I did. Question 4 is the trick question. The way they phrased the question is different from what we usually did.

For some moment, I seriously thought I did the whole thing wrong. The question seemed to be binomial and Poisson distribution at the same time. But I stuck with binomial anyway.

I don't know, I guessed I could at least scored some marks for this question. Oh well...

Marketing and Business Accounting 2 tomorrow. The subjects I hate.

After tomorrow, I'm free, at least for now. Saturday is going to be fun~

7th quote:
"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars--points of light and reason. ...And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything." ~New Moon, pg 514, hardcover

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Mid-semester tests: OB, & 8th quote

Today's OB is, how should I put it in a non-offensive way? not very good.

I read the case study questions 1st, and this question that is so "easy" stared at me. "Define personality". My mind was a total blank. In the end, I remembered part of the definition. Then, I forgot some of the personal attributes. I can only remembered self-esteem, locus of control, personality type A & B. Luckily, the evidence inside the case study was within these boundaries.

The 2nd case study question was about 5-step OB Mod programme. I had this feeling it will be out before the test, so I focus a little on it. I hoped that at least I can scored for this question.

MCQs were tricky. I think up till now, I had 3 mistakes, which means 7 marks.

Anyway, I got through mid-semester OB test, but there's still final exams...

Business Stats tomorrow. I'm counting on it to get an A. It's actually not that difficult to do well. I already did 3 mock tests, and they are alright to do. So, I think there should be no major problem, unless they are out to kill...

Please~

8th quote:
“Be safe” ~Twilight, pg 249, paperback

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Mid-semester test: MacroEcons, & 9th quote

Taking a break from any twilight news.

Today's MacroEcons test was actually OK, not very easy, but manageable. But there's a question (10 marks) that I regretted not spending more time for it. I did the last page 1st, which was easy. Then, MCQs and the rest of the questions.

Anyway, that question was asking for drawing of expansionary fiscal policy. I knew that only after the 3rd time of drawing the wrong diagrams. I think I drew the expansionary fiscal policy wrongly... But maybe, there will be some marks for the explanation.

MCQs were alright, perhaps 1 or 2 that I'm not too sure about. The other questions were OK too. But the more I think about them, the more mistakes I think I make, like the inflationary and recessionary gaps.

When I was doing the paper, everything seems fine. However, on my way home, I thought I did wrongly!? If that's really true, then it'll be like ...

As people say, what had happen, happened. I don't think my brain is that lousy... People get pre-exams jitters, I get post-exam jitters.

Hey, I was relaxed during the test. My mind was actually blissfully blank. It was only until the question on expansionary fiscal policy that I started to panic because there was no time left. I did not read the question properly and had to re-do the diagram 3 times.

All in all, the worst result I can fall back on is a B. MacroEcons is a subject I actually like and interested in. It will hurt me deeper if I get bad results for it.

Organisation Behaviour is tomorrow. Hope everything will be fine. A B is all I want for OB. Too theory-based for me, just like marketing. Stupid OB and Marketing and Business Accounting.

9th quote:
“Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the bouquet.” ~Twilight, Pg 306, paperback

New director for New Moon movie (Part 2)

To continue with the previous post about the changing of director for New Moon movie.

Summit Entertainment considered filming New Moon and Eclipse back-to-back, to save money. Save money... is that what matters most now?

While I welcome seeing New Moon on the big screen sooner than expected and maybe Eclipse too ( a few months difference), I would gladly wait if it means that more passion and heart is put into filming the movies.
Back-to-back filming is great. It means that the time-lapse between New Moon and Eclipse will not be a big difference and the actors will not look so grown-up too quickly.

With a low budget for Twilight movie, Summit is able to earn big bucks. I hope this is not getting into their heads. Do they honestly think that twice's the charm? Fans are the main cause that Twilight movie becomes one of highest grossing movies.

I've said this once and will say it again. New Moon and Eclipse cannot afford to be low-budget movies. This is one of my main concerns regarding this whole issue about Summit's plans.

Another concern is that whether the new director (whoever you are), will live up to the expectations.

This news' got to be one of the most commented news on www.twilightlexiconblog.com. People's reactions to this, ranges from outrage to neutral (wait-and-see-approach) to happy.

I suppose new director means a new beginning. Also, a new director does not necessary mean a bad thing. Actually, all that I'm worried about is the uncertain future and that the director will mess things up. I think this is what most fans worry too. There's no security now.

I'm in that wait-and-see-approach category. Hoping that the new director will be confirmed soon and that Summit will not drop any more bombshells on us. This is enough to keep us awake.
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Today is the start of mid-semester tests. MacroEcons paper at 1pm. This is the one subject I have some interest for and so, have higher expectations for. The problem is, the topics are easy. I must do well for it. At least a B+ but I'm aiming for an A.

Monday, December 08, 2008

New director for New Moon movie

Oh dear, while we have yet to see Twilight the movie here in Singapore, in the US, Summit Entertainment confirmed that Catherine Hardwicke won't be directing for New Moon movie.

Fans are in an uproar over this, be it glad or upset. It irks me to no end that I can't give my view on her as a director because I have not watch Twilight yet.

But, my opinion on finding a new director for New Moon movie is that I hope everything will turn out right. A few points that fans bought up on www.twilightlexiconblog.com are exactly my concerns.

Hardwicke is a fan of Twilight and respect fans of Twilight when directing the movie. As a result, most fans like her even though they may not like her style of filming. Therefore, it will be difficult for Summit Entertainment to find another director who has so much passion and whom fans can connect with.

Secondly, Stephenie Meyer must be allowed to continue putting her input for New Moon movie. It's her book they are making into a movie, so she must be the 1st consultant.

Thirdly, the gender of the new director is hardly my first concern. Male directors can make good romance films too. Only hope is that Summit Entertainment can find a more experienced director, preferably with experience of filming romance movies or epic movies. The new director also must be able to cope with the pressure he/she is going to get.

I don't really want to compare Twilight movie with Harry Potter movies but... Harry Potter movies is a downhill slide from PoA onwards. I really dislike the movie adaption of PoA. Since, Harry Potter movies change directors for almost every book, this is the best comparison. For every movie, the settings in it is different than the other, so there's flow in between movies.

I hope that New Moon and Eclipse will be film by the same director. The 2 books are closely link together so the flow must be perfect. Please stick as close to the plot as possible.

Fourthly, It seems that Summit Entertainment wants New Moon movie out by late 2009 or early 2010 (which is great), but I'd rather wait longer than to have a poorly-made movie because no heart is put into filming it. Furthermore, like I said in previous posts, Summit wanted to achieve what they did with Twilight: low-budget with big results.
No way. New Moon can't be a low-budget movie. What about the wolves and special effects??? That's the big question.

Fans may be forgiving and sympathetic with Twilight movie, but that don't mean that they will be as forgiving for subsequent movies. I mean, you only can mess things once, second time onwards, you are just deliberating.

One theory that Summit is looking for a new director is because Hardwicke wants a large budget for New Moon movie, but Summit does not think so.

Fifthly, maybe Summit can considered changing the screenwriter too. I saw extra quotes/lines weaving in Twilight movie's plot. I hate that "spider monkey" comment to the core. Why must she add all these unnecessary lines into what is a already perfect piece of work?

I can't judge the new director until everything is confirmed. Hopefully, he/she will be someone I heard before or seen his/her directed movies and most importantly, experienced and passionate.

Finally, the main cast must not be replaced. Some of the cast are friends with Hardwicke and/or sign on for the New Moon movie because of Hardwicke. Now that she is out, maybe they won't that enthusiastic. I dislike any movies that changed their cast during sequels.

Anyway, the future is not yet set. (Alice! Where are you?) Perhaps, the future is too choppy for even Alice to 'see'.

*I'll see what the new director has to offer first. This changing of directors may or may not be a good thing. Let's just wait and see then. He/she must also be prepared to deal with whatever onslaught fans will be throwing at them if he/she and Summit mess things up.

8th quote:
"Fall down again, Bella?"
"No, Emmett. I punched a werewolf in his face." ~Eclipse, Pg 342, hardcover
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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Fell down, new handphone & 10th quote

Great, I fell down just now. The floor was kinda wet, because my aunt was mopping the floor. Anyway, now my leg hurts and my left hand had abrasions. I can't move my hand as the wound is near to my elbow. It hurts so much even though it's not really bleeding... How am I going to bath??

I changed my handphone today. Samsung again, nice and sleek. The best part is it's $0. The old handphone went to my brother. My number still remains the same.

10th quote:
“You spied on me?”
“What else is there to do at night?” ~Twilight, Pg 293, paperback

Saturday, December 06, 2008

I'm going to update something important tomorrow. Not a good thing though.

Tales of Beedle the Bard & New Moon movie

The tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K Rowling is out! And, I'm going to get it, after the mid-semester tests. It's quite cheap at Popular.

At first, I'm not very enthusiastic about the book. It's afterall not Harry Potter books. But now that it's out, I want to read the wizard tales, comparable to us, muggles' fairy tales. The titles already makes me laugh.

Another note, I'm a little worried for the NM movie. Filming has not started but it seems that Summit Entertainment wanted to "do more with less". Please, no. Many times, less is not more.

They feel that Twilight movie, with a low budget did pretty well, and thus, want to continue using this technique. (I did not read the report whatsoever, I got this news from twilightlexiconblog's message board, so if there's misinformation here ...)

I can't judge Twilight the movie yet, but I really hope that NM movie will be better with a higher budget and better special effects. NM will definitely need a much higher budget than Twilight because of the different countries (Italy) they will be going for shooting. NM will also need a lot more special effects than Twilight. Werewolves (shapeshifters) is one big issue, and the Volturi too. A lot of new vampires and members from Quileute tribe will be needed.

New Moon movie must be longer, bigger, better. Longer than 2 hours, bigger with the sets and props, better in its plot: sticking as closely as possible to the plot in the book.

With no delay, NM should be on screen in 2010.
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Friday, December 05, 2008

IQ, new lyrics, twilight news & 12th quote

So, I took an IQ test online. My friends are doing for their psychology and I wanted to see my IQ level too.

I'm a little shocked to say that my IQ is 101, only 1 point higher than average. It's not exactly reliable though, because I didn't have the mood to do it and I anyhow did some of the questions.

As my brother told me, "don't do it, if your IQ level is lower than average, you are going to be traumatised."
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I have written a new song titled " A twilight-y Christmas". It's to the tune of 'Deck the halls'.

So far, I've 3 verses, still depends if I'll put another verse in.

There will be no mentions of any twilight characters in the whole song. By looking at the lyrics, one will know it's about the twilight saga in general.

For examples, theme colours of twilight: Red, Black, White and the 'symbols' of the 4 twilight books. Also, since it's Christmas season, the song will contain the "traditional things to do during Christmas".

All in all, it's a Christmas song with a twist.
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Heard that a week before twilight movie premiers in Singapore, there will be sneak peeks available. I may be a huge fan but I won't go for a sneak peek. Hopefully, many people will go for sneak peeks and on that day itself, there will not be so many people. Various media are giving free tickets to watch Twilight.

I want to book tickets for 18th December screening though. But before that, my cousins must confirm that they will be available on that day. Also, we want to go to one of the largest cinemas to watch. So, I'll be doing the researching.

I could just feel the excitement.

11th quote:
“I may not be human, but I am a man.” ~Twilight, Pg 311, paperback

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Lyrics & 13th quote

2008 has not ended and I'm past my 100th entry for the year. What a sharp jump from 2007 of 69 posts.

I started studying but it seems the notes do not registered in my mind.

I've also decided not to put only Twilight quotes till 18th December.

I actually wanted to create the lyrics for an idea : 12 days of Christmas, Twilight style. But, I can't think of that many parts for the song. I was thinking about it during bedtime.
Furthermore, while I don't care about rhyming, I care about the smoothness when singing it. Therefore, the lyrics must fit the tune of the song almost perfectly.

Up till now, there's no inspiration. So, I'm afraid I won't be writing this song unless I got a sudden inspiration.
This is what I got so far: a penguin on a silver plate. There's nothing much to go on.

While I'm not very happy about this, I won't crack my head, that much, to complete it.

13th quote:
" 'You have kept me waiting for a long time' she said."
"And you ducked your head, like a good Southern gentleman and said, 'I’m sorry ma’am.' "
"You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope." ~Eclipse, Pg 301, hardcover (Jasper & Alice)
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Updates, NM movie & 14th quote

Today's quiz on France culture was easy! I think I can get full marks.

Here's the quote that I wanted to use to describe my "situation" now.

"I felt like someone had kicked my legs out from under me. The weeks of stress, of worry... somehow in the middle of all my obsessing over the time, my time has disappeared. My space for sorting through it all, for making plans, had vanished. I was out of time. And I wasn’t ready." ~Eclipse

What I'm facing now is not exactly like what the quote says. But, I'm running out of time. I wasn't ready for the mid-semester tests next week. Furthermore, I really like the quote, so I put it here. Note: No one is giving me pressure, it's just me, putting stress on myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New Moon movie:
Please, for the Quiluete tribe changing in wolves form, do not do what the director had done in Harry Potter and PoA. See Remus Lupin's werewolf form. I really hated that. It's like wearing a bad Halloween costume. It's almost like a parody.

Jacob and friends will change into proper, gigantic wolves, not to half-man half-wolf hybrid. At least, consult those people who did the 'graphics' for Lord of the Rings movies or Chronicles of Narnia movies. From what I recall, wolves were there, in the movies.

I can only hope that whoever the director is for NM movie, will have an eye for details and put in proper details correctly.
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So, yesterday night, there was this radio channel where the DJ was giving out free Twilight movie preview tickets. She was going on and on about Twilight's plot and such and I couldn't sleep because of that. In the end, I off the radio.

Will it be weird if I said that every time I hear or see something related to Twilight, I will get this burst of adrenaline that shot through my body? Sometimes, I can even get shivers. I have read about people who experience that too.

14th quote:
"Vampires like baseball?"
"It’s an American pastime." ~Twilight, Pg 347, paperback

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Ramblings, Rantings & 15th quote

So, I'm now looking through the PowerPoint slides of the culture of France. There's a French quiz tomorrow and questions will be from the slides, I guess.

Oh dear, it's like history lessons again. I really hope that those important dates won't be tested, I can hardly remember them. But France's history is easier because we only need to learn the basics.

France and its people invented a lot of useful stuff, like the bikini, bicycle, sewing machine, hot air balloon, Braille, Metric system, etc.
Do you know that a bikini is not considered a bikini unless it could be pulled through a wedding ring?

We also learn about street culture of France, famous French people (Victor Hugo and Marie Curie) and entertainment in France.
Cancan was founded in France. Cabarets like Moulin Rouge, The Crazy Horse, Le Lido de Paris remains popular with tourists until now. It's very expensive to dine and watch a show at these places though. It would caused about S$ 100+ - 200+.

Victory Day 1945 was celebrated to make the victory of the Allied Powers in WW2. France celebrate its national day on the 14th of July each year.

Wish me luck on my quiz.
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I know this is selfish of me and everything but I can't help to feel that the lesser the popularity Twilight saga gets, the better it is. Twilight the movie is getting bigger in Singapore and I don't like it. Various sources of media are giving free tickets to previews and such.

This feeling is like having your secret shared to everyone. It's no longer that exclusive and special.

But, since this will help Stephenie Meyer rise in ranks of best-selling authors then I have nothing to say. Whatever is good for Stephenie Meyer, is good for us, fans.

Actually, it's the books that matter most to me. The movie is just a branch out of the whole apple tree. I stay true and loyal to the books.

I shouldn't be feeling this way, should I? I should be happy that twilight saga is getting the (good) attention it deserves.

It's just that some of these people aren't even reading the books, yet watch the movie ( and dare to pick on it). They just saw it as the latest "in" thing.

Gah, whatever.

On another note, it's great to see the message boards in twilightlexiconblog.com again. All those fans with their creative banners, avatars and quotes, who have witty minds. I like looking at their posts on the threads.

15th quote:
“Do I dazzle you?”
“Frequently” ~Twilight, pg 168, paperback

Monday, December 01, 2008

Ramblings & 16th quote

Hmm, there's this quote from Eclipse that is very appropriate for use. But to find it, I have to wait till tomorrow.

Had French lecture today so, was quite late when I reached home. I really hate coming home late. Everything will be packed into that 2 or less hours before I went to bed. Eat a late dinner, bathe, use the laptop...

My father will be arriving at Singapore soon. Probably somewhere over the sea.

Twilight has the most number of good quotes but Eclipse's got to be the one with the most number of funny/sweet moments and lovely quotes as well. I'll find them out and post them here after 18th of December, I guess.

Twilight is number 1 for the 4th week running, on the top 10 books "children" bought. This is according to the numbers of books sold provided by the various bookstores in Singapore. Yay!
Though, it's weird how Eclipse is not selling that well. Eclipse is the best book out of the 4 novels!!

16th quote:
“Besides friends don’t let friends drive drunk.”
“Drunk?”
“You’re intoxicated by my very presence.” ~Twilight, Pg 284, paperback
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The world & 17th quote

Staying at home today. My father went to Philippines and won't be back until Monday.

Speaking of which, what has the world become? I really don't understand.
Actually, I've an epiphany.

To go straight to the point, we are all living on this earth, a planet, who depends on the sun for survival. Let's say, the sun "went out", what's all our "artificial" problems compared to this? Yes, artificial, who create all these unneccessary problems? Us, human beings.

We're all going to die, so why trouble ourselves with all these?
The world will be a better place without all these man-made problems (financial crisis, terrorism, wars, food poisoning, etc). With a little understanding and giving from each other, these don't have to exist at all.
If only our hearts and minds can be not so narrowed plus having a little social responsibility...

My mother said I've seen the light and should probably join some religious group, haha. Now, if only more people can see the light too...

Oh well, I would like to quote someone: "If I can my part, so can you".

17th quote:
“So what you’re saying is, I’m your brand of heroin?”
“Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin.” ~Twilight, Pg 268, paperback
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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Quiz? & 18th quote

So, my cousin asked me to do this. I'm afraid that I won't be asking others to do this.

The rules & regulations:
1) Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself.
2) People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird things/habits/little know facts as well as state this rule clearly
3) At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged & list their names
4) No tagging back.

Here goes, (in no particular order)

1st. I feel that I'm not good enough in many areas, especially in studies. I think myself as average or below average. I envy people sometimes for their brains, be it at maths or memorising stuff.

2nd. I sing (and remember the lyrics too), just not in the presence of people. There's something awkward in singing in the presence of people. That's why I don't like to go K-box.

3rd. I'm passionate and protective about the things I love. Books for example.

4th. I'm very fussy, especially in food. No garlic please, that's the golden rule.

5th. The Twilight saga is the first ever series that I have so much love for, and the times I read the 4 books is more than the times I read the 7 Harry Potter books (which is a lot).

6th. Sometimes, I make wrong decisions. I regret my decisions, a lot of times...

7th. 95% of the time, I'm an OK and mild-tempered sort of person. Don't cross me though, it won't be pretty. I can hold grudges.

8th. I'm very in-tune with my feelings and inner-self. Many times, my heart rules over my brain. I'm emotional and my tear ducts are overactive. I can cry when I read novels, listen to music and/or watch movies.

9th. My words are louder than my actions. Mid-semester tests are coming and though I'm worried, I've not started revision.

10th. Hope that guys like Edward, Jasper, Emmett and Carlisle exist in real life. A girl can dream, can't she?

To conclude, I'm a very complex person with a very complex personality. There are more to that list, obviously. Actually don't mind the 10th answer, I just wanted to put that down, for whatever reason.

18th quote:
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...”
“What a stupid lamb.”
“What a sick, masochistic lion.” ~Twilight, Pg 274, paperback

Friday, November 28, 2008

What the...

Great, now my blog can't work...

Zzz, what's wrong with it anyway? My desktop can access my blog but my account in laptop can't. Great, just great. I can't scroll up or down at all.

Library & 19th quote

I'm very upset now and therefore, have the inspiration to write a letter to the National Library Board Singapore. But, the Internet must be playing a trick on me because each time I try to access the www.nlb.com.sg website, the Internet connection would get cut.

No worries though, I wrote a draft on Microsoft Word, once I got the chance to send the email, I will do so. Looking forward to see what the management would come up with.

"Indeed, the library is now more spacious and has more shelves, particularly in the adult fiction section. However, what is the use of these shelves when they are barely occupied? The lack of books is one big issue the management must look into." Sounds good? This is just one part of my letter.

Is the problem due to it being newly opened? But, it had already been weeks since it opened, so unless the staff's effectiveness is that slow in sorting the books, there should be no reason for this. Is the problem due to the books being on loan? If it is, then the management should considered acquiring more of these popular books. I've raise these issues in my email.

No use of the library being so new and nice with comfy chairs and good environment when the most important aspect of a library is missing.

Don't tell me I've got to "reserve" every book I want. Like I said before, if I want a book that badly, I'll gladly go and buy it myself. But, in this circumstance, it is different. I would just read the books one time and that's it. Waste of money and resources...

Gah, really, really angry. I gave the library a chance to work on it and yet nothing seem to happen. Even worse, the authors whom I borrowed books from in the 1st time were all gone.

19th quote:
"Enough for forever" ~Twilight, pg 498, paperback

PS: Another realisation. I think I'll put up quotes from Twilight book only until 18th Dec, then I'll continue to put up quotes from New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, if any. There are way too many beautiful quotes from Twilight itself. I think, Twilight is the book with the most number of quotable quotes.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Updates & 20th quote

I just got back home and had my dinner. Today, I went for the French lecture on culture. Hey, I'm pretty pleased that my general knowledge is not bad at all.

Stayed for 5 hours in school today because the lecture starts at 6pm. What was I doing? Copying notes, doing Business Stats and Business Accounting tutorials (it was difficult) and finishing my long overdue book. This was one of the longest time I took to finish a book.

Mid-semester tests are coming. 1 more week of revision. I've not started on anything and yet still put my priorities in the wrong place. What's wrong with me?

Later, I got to do my OB quiz. 20 MCQs in 25 minutes, with reference to the notes.

20th quote from Twilight saga:
"Twilight again, Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end."

PS: I've realised that there are obviously more lovely and meaningful quotes from the Twilight saga than the 20 I'm going to put here. Way too many... So, will have to see if I'll continue putting them after 18th December. But, since it will be holiday then, I'll have more time to look for them.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Updates & Twilight stuff

Seems like ages since I update on the more mundane aspect of my life.

Firstly, happy belated birthday to my youngest brother. Bought the cake on Sunday: chocolate obsession from Four Leaves. It's my favourite and I'm going to have it for my birthday.

Secondly, French listening and writing tests were today. Before, I thought the listening test will be easier but it did not seem that way. I had a feeling I mixed up "quatre" and "cinq", which is four and five in English. Also, my alphabet is not that good afterall. Imagine that.

The writing test was easier, I supposed. Although, I knew that I got some questions wrong. One of which was "Tu as un frere?" I wrote "Non, je n'ai pas un frere" when it should be "Non, je n'ai pas de frere". But overall, should be quite OK.

Thirdly, we didn't have marketing tutorial on Monday (24th Nov) as we were supposed to do a field study. So, my group met up at Tampines Mall's Popular bookstore to look for information on 3M Post-it flag highlighter. However, there wasn't any stock there.

Oh, and I saw a big poster of Twilight movie at Times. Haha, if I'm with my cousins, I'll surely take a picture with it.

We took a bus to Hougang Mall. We found a few flag highlighters and took pictures of them and did our work. We decided not to return to school for marketing lecture as it was quite late and it'll be very boring. Furthermore, no other groups were going. Had our lunch and went home.

That's about it.

Now, Twilight movie will be advertise on the bodies of some buses. Wow, I hope I'm lucky enough to spot one.

To get into the Twilight spirit, I have put up Twilight cast picture as my laptop wallpaper. It is so beautiful and it is the picture I wanted. Actually, I found that picture from a few sources but it's either too small or the resolution is not good. I'm using 1280 x 800 as my wallpaper size.

I've thought of editing it, perhaps a little, to give me the effect I wanted. The phrase "I'm with the vampires, of course" will be perfect.

Tomorrow, in counting down 20 days to Twilight movie, I'll putting up quotable quotes from the Twilight saga ( hopefully everyday) and maybe have more 'ramblings and thoughts' regarding Twilight-related stuff. I need to find topics before I can type, of course.


Chocolate Obsession, indeed

My brother with the rest of us.
See how small we are?

Monday, November 24, 2008

A moment of ranting

See the last part of http://www.twilightlexiconblog.com/?p=2727 and quote from 24th November 2008 Straits Times Life! section Page 2 : "underwhelming to anyone except teen girls". How typical.

If anything, teen girls is an excellent market to tap into. Why else is there so many things in the market targeting at young and teen girls?

From one media : "well it's just women, that's not going to make money." Oh right, just take a look at a shopping mall for example, how many stores can you find that sell stuff to women?
Now, compare those to "man" stores. I can assure you the difference is very big.
Never doubt a woman's spending power. Even car manufacturers are shifting towards catering female buyers.

I do wonder who are behind all these negative remarks. From the report in Life!, both positive and negative comments were made by adult males. It is obvious that they are not cut out to be marketers. How can you be one when you don't even know the world's market is changing?

I've nothing against the person who commented positively, but what he said was a little too stereotyping : " I'm not now nor have I ever been a 13-year-old girl, but Twilight made me wish I could be..." How could people just assume that way?

When Twilight open in Singapore, I'll be going to watch it with my cousins and my 12-year-old brother.

Males who read and love Twilight are greatly respected by Twilighters. There's also a website (http://www.twilightmoms.com/) created by moms who read Twilight. One's got to be 20+ onwards and a mom before joining.

Let say Twilight's debut of US$70.6 million is all because of teen girls and women. We should be very proud then. But, that is not the truth, of course.
Kudos to those who contributed to this amount. From what I saw, people of all ages : men, boyfriends, husbands, children, teenagers, mothers, women, etc, saw Twilight during its opening weekend. That should destroy the stereotyping.

Don't worry too much if the earnings for Twilight drop a little. Mostly, it's due to people who want to take their time in seeing the movie, like my friend in US. I can imagine how noisy and full the theater was on the opening night.

Twilight will do very well, no thanks to those who doubt it.

Right, just having a moment here.