Wednesday 28 March 2012

Hunger Games

I watched the movie and I got hooked - literally! I simply love the love story behind the whole war-murder-blood-shed-torture plot. The love story and romance surrounding Peeta Mellark and Katniss and Gale all seems so appealing that I was itching to know how the story unfolds for these three, that I read the books Catching Fire and Mockingjay!!!

And read I did! I tore through the two books like it was life or death. Both books consumed within less than 48 hours!! I'm amazing, I know! Even my father couldn't believe his eyes when he saw me for the first time so glued to reading a book. I was never a book-worm. My parents even gave up hope in getting me to read 3 pages of a book, much less a whole book during my growing days. (haha) - ok, i digress.

Back to the books.

The romance story between the cross-struck lovers was simply tearing me to pieces. The way Peeta treats Katniss and vice verce is soooooo damn romantic. He's so right for Katniss.

(Spoilers ahead)

Peeta is so hopelessly in love with Katniss and she doesn't know it until the Games. They way he'd announce it to the world on live TV is so romantic.

And he tries in everyway to keep her alive during the Games, it his expence. And the way she also pledges to protect Peeta is so moving.

What I've learnt from Peeta & Katniss' romance and love story is that any girl would need to find a guy who truely loves her, even more than she knows it. That's the guy i would want.

Here are the romantic bits of the story and quotes I love from the books:

Peeta - "You love me. Real or not real."
Katniss - "Real"


I love the bread story, Peeta's confession to Katniss, the lie about the pregnancy... and the way Peeta just swoons over Katniss at everything she says. Like a love-sick puppy.

The way Peeta holds Katniss every night on the train. How she feels the comfort of his warm arms around her. How she doesn't have nightmares when Peeta's with her. How Peeta watches her sleep at night in his arms. How he doesn't have nightmares when Katniss is with him because he has the comfort of having her with him. (Damn romantic!!!)

Just hate the torture part and the killings and the murders. Especially the Avox bit. Really made me upset. But then the ending in the Mockingjay (book 3) was the best. A good closure.

Peeta & Katniss forever!


Coffee Lane

Thanks to foursquare, I've discovered a bunch of places in Penang I never knew existed and am itching to try out. Today, I managed to literally drag some people to accompany me on this quest to 'discover' new / old places in Penang.

It brought me to Coffee Lane at King's street. Once u step through these doors the smell of coffee just hits you like a waft of perfume at the perfume counter. Nice!
I proceed to order the Triple Decker club sandwich while my companions have already ordered Chicken chop and nasi lemak respectively.

They did this while I was looking for parking space, which is a huge problem!! Be forwarned that the parking limitations here is ridiculous. It's a wonder how this place can survive without parking availability here. Probably because those that patronize this place work around here. And they only need to make it there on foot.

Left: Ice-cream coffee      Right: Vanila ice-cream in my coffee
Anyway the owner comes over and add to my order a cup of ice-cream coffee as suggested by one of the comments on foursquare. Moments later, it shows up ... my Ice-cream coffee. Literally there's vanila ice-cream in my cup of coffee (RM8.50). The sweet vanila ice creams compliments the bitter taste of the aromatic coffee. But I would have liked a straw in my cup! And I needed to add sugar to the coffee for my liking.

The food arrives and it's ok.
Tripple Decker Club - one of the shop's specialty (RM9.90)
Nasi Lemak - also their specialty & Oriental Chicken Chop (top right)

Take a look :)


I would have liked a receipt from the guy who told me my total bill to pay. I suppose I was taken-a-back by him calculating on the calculator the amount I owed him. SHould have asked for a receipt.

Probably my first and my last time there, since parking is crazy-difficult and it closes at 8pm, and I've
settled my curiousity of the place, because i've been there already :)

Nice place, though.

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Thursday 22 March 2012

One for My Bucket List

Today, I can scratch off of my bucket-list: Watching 2 movies back to back on the same day!
And it so happens that the 2 movies both premiered on the same day! Awesome or what!

The movies I chose were:-

Hunger Games & The Vow.

Hunger Games was such a great watch! I never expected it to have a romantic side to the movie. Simply put, it was AWESOME! I bawled my eyes out watching this movie too!!! Another special thing was that this movie premiered in Malaysia today 22.3.2012 and it premiers in America on 23.3.2012... so we get to see it first! A-W-E-SOME!

As for The Vow, well, it was kinda predictable and abit boring. I checked my Fb status twice (!) during that movie. Still, it was a tear jerker... (as expected) Most of the story-line was a 'Seen that, Done that' feeling. But the little tid-bit about this movie is that it's based on a TRUE STORY. Stay-on till the end for the one special picture that made this movie special :)

All in all, I've completed one of my Bucke-List thingies! Yay!

Here's a trailer of both movies from Youtube

Hunger Games


The Vow

 
(Spoiler ahead! *warning*)


P.S the background music of Hunger Games was so moving... and captured the scenes emotions spot-on!

Saturday 3 March 2012

I deserve better!

Just love the above statement. "I deserve BETTER!"

I deserve better than to be compared to a staff nurse
I deserve better than to settle for second best
I deserve better than to become a second wife
I deserve Better!
I deserve someone better than you.

I hate myself for needing help
I hate being the damsel in distress
I hate the fact that you're always there to help me
I hate that I feel safe when you're around
I hate to be second best
I hate that I have no one to call my own
I hate that I don't have someone all to myself

I deserve better than to feel this way

I know I am better than this
I know I am better
I know I deserve better

I just hate it when you treat me nice
I just hate it that I can't treat you better
I'm just afraid I'll get broken hearted
I hate that I'm just running away

I know I deserve better
I hate that I like you helping me
I hate that I want you to be there for me
I hate that you'll never be mine
I hate that you'll never be able to say what I want to hear
I hate that this will have no happy ending

I deserve better than to suffer thinking about you
I deserve better than this
I deserve better, someone much better who can and will love me openly.

I deserve better than you

--------by Girl With Thoughts (copy-righted)