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| Seriously, this being the no.1 book for November's best selling list? Last time round, my mother was worried about the negative effects of fantasy on me. That was twelve years back when she accompanied me to watch The Fellowship of the Ring movie at GV Tiong Bahru Plaza. |
Okay, system now cleared. See? I'm still a respectful Singaporean after all! :D
Fine print: Twelve years after her constant worrying, things are no longer the same. See, I never disappoint my laobu what! Laopeh and laobu, boleh!
Pride of Durin
And herein heralds forth he, greatest of the Thirteen
And behold, the lament of Durin's Folk
And some of the rest as well...
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| Galadriel, Lady of Lothlorien |
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| Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm |
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| Gollum before he literally went batshit warped. Known as Smeagol back then. |
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| That most unexpected bloke: Radagast the Brown. One of the five Istari. Also known as Aiwendil |
The final Two
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| Gandalf the Grey. One of the five Istari. Also known as Mithrandir |
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| Bilbo Baggins of Bag End |
Also some other blokes you might not even heard of unless you're a certified buff.*
*And no, I only see myself as a half-assed buff.
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| Bard the Bowman (played by Luke Evans) |
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| The sleeping beast. The enemy of everybody. Smaug the Golden |
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| We will only see this badass shapeshifter come part 2: Beorn. |
Badass weapons you will definitely see in the movies
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| Sting. Current owner: Bilbo Baggins First owner: unknown |
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| Orcrist Alias: Biter Current owner: Thorin Oakenshield First owner: speculated to be Ecthelion of the Fountain |
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| Glamdring Alias: Foe-hammer. Known as Beater to the Orcs Current owner: Gandalf the Grey First owner: Turgon, King of Gondolin |
Okay, now all finished at last. Gonna ZZZZZ soon. See ya then, unlucky Number 13. I'm very sure I will watch this alone in the cinema (again!) :P
Cool. Awesome pictures, I'm really looking forward to watching the movie. Was going to catch it with my army friends, I'll invite them after my financial exam is finished.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, my parents were probably worried about me as well 12 to 13 years ago because back then all I read was Animorphs, Goosebumps, Give Yourself Goosebumps and Spooksville. They wanted me to read more "normal" fiction, those that didn't have supernatural, monsters, ghosts, aliens or whatever inside them. Stuff like Hardy Boys or Secret Seven or whatever. I found that boring and liked fantasy and science fiction better. I still do.
And I'm not delusional nor did I ever suffer from Middle School Second Year Syndrome (also known as Chuunibyou). Okay, maybe I did, but instead of acting weird and pretending to be a sorcerer or whatever, I wrote fanfiction (and later original fiction). But you get my point. Fantasy and science fiction are NOT harmful at all!
Ha ha ha! Thanks for your post. Actually one of the reasons why I write so depressing posts is because bottling them up isn't good and after writing everything out I feel much better. Needless to say, I feel much better now, especially since I passed that insurance exam I mentioned in my blog post. So everything's back to being rosy again and I'm back to my usual optimistic self. That's what I usually do when I'm depressed, write depressing posts, and after ranting and yelling I feel much better. People shout and yell to feel better; I don't do that, instead I write to feel better. Something like that anyway.
ReplyDeleteI won't deny that I'm luckier than you. My parents are good people, that's exactly why I'm willing to soldier on in life to serve them. I got into a university, which is more than I can say, but that doesn't mean I'm superior to an ITE graduate like you. Don't get me wrong, the degree is there to prove that I've studied what I want to study, but it doesn't mean I'm smarter or superior to you. I'm the kind who works hard at whatever I do, which is how I got into the university - through sheer hard work. I do understand why you hate studying though. I kind of hate it, unless I'm studying stuff that I like, like Literature or Japanese history and literature - which is why I'm majoring in Japanese Studies and enjoying myself. Though I used up all my major modules and end up rushing through various non-major but compulsory subjects that I randomly select in order to fulfil credits. Turn out to be a failure, which is why I'm feeling depressed recently.
Still, I have to admit that I have no self-esteem, and I'm aggravating the pressure by placing more pressure on myself and committing to too many things (various job exams, interviews, applications, Honors Thesis, and even my own dream). The pressure got too much for me to handle, which was why I snapped and went into a temporary depression. Once I wrote about my depression, I felt better. Well, passing the exam took off most of the pressure as well, but turned out I still have 3 more insurance exams to go before I can become a certified insurance agent.
Why the hell am I becoming an insurance agent anyway? My dream is to work in Japan! Unfortunately, I've got nothing but this HSBC because my applications to other companies like Tecmo-Koei, Capcom, Toshiba, etc haven't garnered replies. Well, for Toshiba it should be expected because I only applied last week and the deadline was only 3 days ago. At least I got a reply from RGF (Recruit Global Foundation, I think), and I'm applying for posts there now. Wonder if I can get it, it's still too early to say. But hey, I passed the whatever test they needed me to do. If there's anything I'm good at, it's passing tests (not acing them by the way, I suck at getting As, but I can always guarantee myself C+s and Bs at the very worst. Unfortunately that is never enough). Must say it's due to my diligence and hard work more than intelligence or anything.
Once again, thanks for the comment, and don't worry about me. And you take care of yourself too! Like I said, just because you're from ITE that doesn't mean you're inferior to university graduates. Hell, I don't even see myself above the uncles and aunties that I buy my meals from in the coffee shop. I respect them as much as everybody. Qualifications aren't important, but my depression is more because I place too much pressure on myself than anything else. Oh well.
There can be no compromise. There is only war.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I just had to quote that line from my favorite game, Supreme Commander. Well, I'm the one doing all the compromising and listening to my mother for now, but I told her to at least let me finish the tests. I'm not exactly showing sterling attitude if I tell one of my prospective employers that I give up halfway, am I? That will get me blacklisted and next time I apply for a job, people are going to say, "hey, that guy gave up on his insurance exams halfway. Who's to say he won't do the same if I hire him?" Unfortunately, my mother is forcing me to drop the exams (despite already paying for them and taking one of them) and basically give the finger to the insurance company. This, I find ridiculous and unreasonable. I haven't gotten any other job offers yet, why should I do such a horrible and irresponsible thing? And if I do that, other prospective employers will have bad impressions of me.
She just doesn't understand how the system works. She wants me to get an "easy" admin job with high pay. Which is ridiculously unrealistic. And shoots down whatever posts I apply for. Retail, sales, human resource, insurance, everything she just forces me to reject or basically don't go for the interviews. Hey, it's my job but it turns out that my mother is deciding everything for me.
You're right, my mother is the stereotypical Asian mother who thinks prestigious jobs like doctors and laywers are EVERYTHING and every other job plain sucks. This brings about unrealistic expectations - she wants me to get a job with high pay and high stability with no overtime, no risk, no difficulty. I don't understand her thinking. Bluntly put in a Singaporean manner, "this world where got so good one? If got such a job, everyone confirm go do that job already." She wants me to go to finance or accounting, but obviously employers are going to pick business and accounting majors over me. Like I said, unrealistic.
Whatever, I'm sure it'll work out somehow. If anything, I'll try to secure a job in Japan and mislead her to thinking that it's not as horrible as she makes it out to be, as in mislead the nature of my post so that she'll get off my back.