Little Miss Sunshine And Her Family

So.

Nothing really.

What's coming up soon, is my 15 weird things.

Other than that, I've got absolutely nothing else to talk about. Except... Maybe...

This:

It is one of the most endearingly funny films I've seen. The phrase 'dysfunctional family' would've been invented for the Hoovers. A suicidal, gay uncle. A coke-snorting, sex-deprived grandfather, a Nietzsche-worshipping, pilot-wannabe son who has taken a vow of silence, a beauty pageant daughter, a winning-obsessed, hapless father, and the mother who tries to keep everyone together.

This film is brilliant. Funny, satirical and sad all at the same time, it pokes fun at a society obsessed with being 'winners' and highlights the importance of being yourself and being in a family. It attacks the artificiality of American society and the over-politically-correct norms and rules.

Buy it on DVD. You'll want to watch it over and over again.

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Disturbed By Your Words

Oh my fucking jeez.

I just realised I haven't updated in a week. I've been so busy and been out and about much of the time I didn't really have time to blog. Even now, I'm really pushing for time.

Tomorrow is Visa day. Yes, I'm making my visa tomorrow. Exactly a week from now I'll be on the flight to London :D

Oh, by the way, yesterday was Pill's 18th birthday. So we had lunch at Excapade with her family. I think what I got for her as a present is really, really funny. And sweet. But mostly funny. Yeah, definitely funny. But partly sweet to.

"Bye bye beautiful
Don't bother to write
Disturbed by your words and they're calling all cars
Face step, let down.
Face step, step down.@

One of the most perplexing choruses I've ever heard. It's from Coheed & Cambria's 'A Favour House Atlantic." Even the title makes no sense. But it is one of my favourite songs.

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In Proper Malapropism

Malapropism : the art of using big words only to use them in a wrong context or confuse them with similar-sounding words. Derived from a character from Sheridan's The Rivals called Mrs Malaprop.

I know a few who are absolute masters at this. They never fail to make me laugh.

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Points Of Truth

So. Moment of truth.

My A-Level results. It was:

A - English Literature
A - Mathematics
B - Chemistry

And you know what? The thing I feared most likely to happen, happened. I got the B in Chemistry. Which means I missed UCL's conditional offer of AAA by one grade. Here's the marks for each of them:

536 / 600 - Mathematics
515 / 600 - English Literature
455 / 600 - Chemistry

Now the heartbreaking part. To get an A, you need 480 points out of 600. So I missed the A by a mere 25 points, or just by 4%. Fucking hell.

And yes, I did call UCL explaining that point. No luck. They couldn't accept anymore.

So I'm off to York. 2 hours by train, 6 hours by coach. Beautiful countryside. A lot different to London.

I'm still recovering.

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Begging For An Outcome

It's today. Don't mind the date upstairs. The actual time in Brunei right now is 7.30am, 14th August 2008.

14th means... Results!

In a few hours, it'll either be relief or panic. It'll either be London or Yorkshire, or worst case scenario, neither. Though I'm fairly confident of not getting lower than ABB, confidence is not exactly a guarantee. For want of a better phrase, anything can happen. My Chemistry paper could've gone haywire. I might not have got the 20 marks I needed in the last Maths paper to get my A. I might've gone off topic on my Milton paper. And no, I don't believe that I'm jinxing it by saying it. I'm not superstitious.

Jeez damn it.

I wanna live in London so bad right now. But hey, since I found out that York is only 2 hours from London by train (5 hours by coach though), now I don't dread as much ending up there.

Wish me luck. Because it is, indeed, a factor.

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Price To Play

Oh wow. This is a priceless photo.

Pill, oh Pill.

I cannot do a proper update because I'm so, so tired.

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