Always and always.

Conversation with Sponk via SMS:

Me: So Anne have you decided if you are coming back for graduation or not? It's a once in a lifetime thing... no?!

Sponk: I am only if you promise to take a pic with me throwing the hat.

Me: .... There's no hat for undergrad graduations - like us. Haha too bad. Or maybe you can bring your own fake hat!

Sponk: BUT WHY????!!!!!

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I don't get it either.

The regalia (or 'graduation gown' as we know it) for normal graduates at my university come without that famous square cap (my mother will have an opinion about this), unlike NUS/NTU and those American universities we always see on TV. So for us soon-to-be graduates, it's just the plain black gown with faculty coloured hood, and no graduation cap. I am pretty displeased about that. I mean, the presence of that cap makes everyone look neater and smarter, not to mention that unforgettable throwing-the-graduation-cap-up-in-the-air moment we've been seeing on local TV in the 'We Are Singapore' video since we were kids o_O

I've always assumed that I'd definitely be able to throw my hat up in the sky on the day I graduate from university, but ... apparently not, and I found out too late (if not I would have transferred to another uni with the grad cap, like Monash :D). Something's missing without the cap, like there's no kick, no closure.

Look out for me at graduation ceremony on August 24 if you doubt my words :p But what the hell, who on earth graduates in the dark at 7.30 pm?!?!

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Just twelve days I've been back in Melbourne, and my movie count has reached an alarming SEVEN (including DVDs). The ongoing MIFF is slowly taking its toll on my pocket, but strangely enough I am always willing to part with my money for movies, although not all of them I saw were fantastic. Osaka Love Thief was a magnificent eye-opener, Takeshis' started off great but ended very weirdly, and Black Gold left me to think twice about buying Starbucks coffee (uh...).

Yesterday afternoon I caught The Lake House and I honestly wished they could have left out the ending because it ruined such a potentially wonderful movie (okay, so the whole time-difference thing didn't quite make sense but hey, we're all allowed some fantasy in movies aren't we?). Loved the on-screen chemistry between Keanu and Sandra, too. Recommending this to all suckers for romance and drama who have been waiting long for a fresh new concept.

Oh, and Keanu Reeves - so, so, soooooo gorgeous that it hurt... Right ASS? ;)

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In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever.

Eponine - Les Miserables OST.