Hello people.
Today I'm in a much better mood, probably because writing it down yesterday gave me some insight and perspective to make me feel better. We have lab classes today, and it was kinda scary at first, given the fact that I didn't have much lab classes during my secondary school years. What we learned were pretty much based on theory than practical, that's one of the downside of our education system I guess.
I still haven't really decided anything yet, but I have my psychology class the first thing next morning so I can totally see how my first homework went before doing any thing "rash". Fingers-crossed my homework wasn't that bad, haha.
Just now I went out for dinner with a couple of my friends, both old and new ones. I usually don't really go out to have dinner as there's a cafeteria located just downstairs of my hostel. But today I felt like going out a little, though I totally regretted during the long walk outside.
The place we went was called "Rock Cafe", though it's more to a typical hawker center than a cafe. We ate (the food there's quite economical and well, the taste was quite okay for me) and talked, then all of a sudden, we heard sounds that sounded like huge rice grains accidentally spilled over rhythmically.
That's when we knew that we're so doomed. None of us had the foresight to bring umbrellas with us. Plus, I'm wearing my typical extra-slippery slipper for the night. Well, that's what happened when you hang out with just friends. You don't dress for the occasion and surely, you just wear whatever crappy shoes you have. But I should be grateful I didn't wear my pair of converse or that new shoes I just bought a couple days before.
We initially wanted to wait for a couple more minutes for the rain to slow down, but no such luck, it just went even harder. So we just sucked it up and ran through the rain, and trust me, it's so not romantic at all. I feel like the biggest dork that ever existed. Everyone was running to take cover but I could only sludge through the dirty water (ew) because I was so scared that I'm going to fall over with the pair of devil slippers.
By the time I reached the college (where the canopy walk is connected, so I could walk back here without again going through the damn rain), I looked like a victim from the flood area. There're bits of dried leaves stained to my legs, my white shirt was totally damped and I think that you can actually see my underwear. My hair was flat and wet, all the curls gone and I felt like a wet walking potato.
I was totally grateful when I finally reached the residence where I'm currently staying, but I'm totally not happy that I'm going to have to take a shower all over again. So much for showering before heading out. I should have known better. Hmm.
So with no homework today, I decided to have a little comfy time today. That means finish off Girl Online by Zoella and also, watched a couple of videos and type in here! Let's not forget a cup of hot milk (which now gone cold, but still) and I'm all ready for a little pampering session.
I finished off Girl Online by Zoella and I'm feeling all girly and fuzzy (in a good way) inside. That's how the book makes me feel, all warmed up from the inside.
Of course I'd heard a lot about this book, also all the controversies created by this particular book. If you don't know who Zoella is, you might be living under a rock under a long time. Or maybe you're not as hooked onto YouTube as I am.
Anyway, this is the first book she ever published and there're a lot of sayings going on, saying that she had a ghostwriter who wrote for her. Blah, blah, blah. Also, she didn't admit it but she did admit that she got help from the editors or whatsoever. Okay, stop it. If you guys are thinking that I'm going to critique any parties here, you're wrong. I'm only talking about the book right here, regardless what's going on with the drama.
The book is about a girl named Penny living in Brighton, who has an anonymous blog that reveals the true her. She's feeling insecure, shy and has self-esteem issues. Also, she experienced a car accident before, which lead to her panic attacks. The story is about how she then humiliated herself in the school, but by some good luck (her mom's job), she got to spend her holidays in New York. That nicely provides a nice getaway for her and there, she met a guy. You know what's next: romance.
This seems like a cheesy little love story. It is, but it's the kind that makes you feel sweet and soft like marshmallows on the inside. I always had a smile on my face while I was reading the book. But as cheesy (in a good way) as it is, there's a lot of serious issues embedded into the story line. There's serious stuffs like self-images (where the protagonist thinks that she's nothing but actually she's quite accomplish, with her blog and everything), online bullying (which is a very serious issue in our generation, where people sprout nonsense that hurts other people just for fun. How pathetic.) and also, panic attacks.
Zoella herself has panic attacks and to be truthful, I don't know anything about panic attacks until I started following her on YouTube and her blog where she talked and blogged about it in details. I don't have panic attacks myself (I don't think so) but I know having panic attacks were horrible, and I think her book (no matter if she really wrote a huge chunk of it or not, it's her idea anyway) really helps a lot of people with panic attacks, and giving them insights on how to deal with it and stuffs.
I must admit that plot in the story will hardly happen to anybody. Well, probably to a few really lucky ones, but who is able to accidentally stumble across a huge star in America and have him falls head over heels for you? That's totally legit for a fiction, I guess. But I'll be totally happy if my blog can grow as quickly as Penny's does. Ha-ha.
Overall, I think that it's a good read (especially for rainy days! Try it with warm milk or hot cocoa!) and you can totally empathize with the protagonist on all her awkwardness. At least I do! I did go through a ton of awkward situations in my life. Hmm. I guess maybe I can open a new section just solely on my awkwardness.
Anyway, if you haven't get the book, you should! It helps to you to unwind and relax unlike those heavy books I used to read a lot. It's a really nice change from those, like a relaxing breeze after an epic tsunami.
If you guys want to read another kind of sweet and fuzzy book, I'd recommend a book I read recently by Jodi Picoult and her daughter, Samantha van Leer called Between The Lines. It's really good but alas, I left the book back home so I can't really give accurate opinions on it.
(PS: I just found out that there's going to be a sort-of sequel for Between The Lines and it's called Off The Page!! You can totally count on me buying it once it's released!!)
(PS: I just found out that there's going to be a sort-of sequel for Between The Lines and it's called Off The Page!! You can totally count on me buying it once it's released!!)
I hope you guys enjoy this long post and I'm going to finish up my milk and chillax before hitting the sack.
Till next time, people!
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