movie marathon

since it was the end of semester, i thought i go on some really fun stuff. it so happened that pamela also finished her exams, so we agreed to go on a movie marathon. the only difference, we buy one ticket, watch three movies.

the screenings are held differently here as compared to singapore. in singapore, you show the ticket right before walking into the respective theatre. here, you show your tickets, and then there's this open section where people buy their food, sit down, go to the toilet, or kids playing some video games. and each theatre is designated a single movie, so you know what is being shown in each theatre.

so we took full advantage of that opportunity, and did some research on each screenings for that day the night before. pamela wanted to catch 'ocean's 12' and i wanted to catch 'sideways.' a week earlier, we agreed to catch 'finding neverland' but neither of us were really keen to catch that, so we decided to watch 'spanglish' instead. i looked up each timing and came up wit the most suitable order, the final decision was in the order of 'ocean's 12' at 1330, 'sideways' at 1610 and 'spanglish' at 1900. all set.

and it was quite fun too. the only downside was waking up rather early on a saturday, and since whoever left in my section was happily drinking, it was rather noisy. but it didnt really matter much. the dining hall closed for the winter, so i had to get food on my own somehow. i did the easy way out by just ordering chinese, while joe t. and i started watching 'amelie.' i can watch that movie anytime and be continually amused. and this time, i realized i never saw certain scenes, which needless to say, was censored by singapore censor board. the cut scenes kinda enhanced that point in the movie, but gotta do whats gotta be done, right?

so the next morning, i woke up a little earlier, took a shower, went to withdraw some money and left. since i didnt have $5 notes and all, i had to use $10 to exchange for train tokens.

i guess i reached a little early, so i headed to the bookstore to kill some time, and while doing so, i came across really interesting books. ive been reading nothing but academic texts all semester, and since i have the whole winter in chicago, i thought i might as well get something interesting to read while in chicago. i'll do some more research and will buy in the next couple of days or so.

so we got the tickets for 'ocean's 12,' got our lunch, and went into the theatre. 'ocean's 12' was alright, but i must saw it fell below my expectation. its not bad at all, but i expected a greater entertainment than that of 11, but that was not to be. there's more comedy involved, and when you find out what actually took place, i felt kinda cheated, of the plot. a sequel to a remake of an older movie, can't exactly go right with that setting, but i guess its good enough.

next was one of my kind of movies, if many will consider boring. 'sideways' was a simple tale of two ex-college room mates going on a wine tasting trip a week before one of them got married. while tasting different types of wine and coming across numerious people, well, things happen, i dont wanna spoil the movie. i really enjoyed the simpleness but casual style of the movie. i kinda understand why it was listed among the top 5 movies to catch as suggested by the film institute.

i didnt really expect 'spanglish' to be that good, since it was another one of those adam sandler comedies, but it turned out to be really really good. it was very funny at most scenes and i guess they showed how flore struggled with the cultural difference very well. and she was pretty hot too, not to forget the hispanic accent while she tried to speak english. so i guess it was good exchange for 'finding neverland.'

pamela had to catch her shuttle to emory after that, so after meeting leisha and greg, we rushed back to lenox to get her shuttle.

back in tech, the PLs were going to the infamous Varsity for dinner, and since i didnt have dinner yet, i tagged along with them and also joe cole. i remember my delta sig brothers telling me to go to varsity only once a year, and i guess they're right in saying that. they're the world's largest drive through restaurant, but my, the food was rather measely. but their fries were good, i give them that.

we headed back and watched 'dodgeball' which was really lame, but something i needed after a tiring semester.

somewhere along the way, i started feeling some irritation in my right shoulder. i knew what it was, that particular irritating that grows into pain if i stayed still. so obviously, i couldnt go to sleep, coz i had to keep moving to keep the pain away and if i didnt, it was a torture. i figured out later that if i slept vertically, meaning, by sitting, the pain wasnt as bad. so i got down to my desk area, got the movie chair, and tried to sleep. that was already 8 something. i got about 2 hours of interrupted sleep, but felt so much better after that.

tech is closing brittain rec for maintenance tomorrow, so here i am, doing laundry on a sunday afternoon. how interesting. but i have no choice. my flight's on tuesday, so gotta clean them up and start packing.

if i still have time after settling with the clothes, then i might rearrange my room, like james and i planned. but i doubt that might happen, as i gotta get ready to visit my grand-aunt's place in lilburn. luckily, james is giving me a ride there. but i guess that will be fun.

ive never had breakfast since last monday at all. i've either been on a one meal or two meal per day since then, and i dont feel that hungry for some reason. i settle it with a late brunch, and an even late dinner. sometimes none at all. and it doesnt help now that the dining hall is closed. i dont feel like spending money on food, coz it can get very costly.

the dorm's practically empty except for me and my PLs, who will leave tomorrow. i'll probably head to sell my books for this semester, close my band of america account, exchange remaining singapore dollars i have in my possession and pack tomorrow. and yeah, rearrange our room setttings.

im gonna go grab something to eat. its about time.