really, i'm not one of those crazy book maniacs you see in those harry potter and twilight phenomenon
and, frankly speaking, am not proud to be one of them too.
unfortunately, i'm a faithful reader of Dan Brown's works and there is this Dan Brown phenomenon rising up after movies adapted from his works all of a sudden
now there are those who really just want to part of the phenomenon than enjoy the essence of his work.
sorry for sounding mean but i really hate that.=(

tonight's a cold night. i'm making hot milo to warm myself up.
been raining these few days and i'm quite sure this will go on for the whole month.
listening to BBC proms on radio 3 iplayer (live symphony concert from their Royal Albert Hall)
been following bbc recently and will be for a long time to come due to studies.

was reading a page(or article) i came across with a heavy heart,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7799610.stm
it's the list of UK soldiers who died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
the list detailed their names, origins, age, ranks, where and how they died; each with individual news article.
most of them in their twenties. some as young as eighteen.
one died while retrieving an afghan soldier's body. "leave no one behind".
i'm deeply saddened by the fact that soldiers are still dying while protecting their countries and people of other countries.
in my head, soldiers no longer die on patrol, or got blasted up by bombs.
but the reality (or news) often struck me that im not living only in my own little country.
perhaps my home is too small, and i have no idea of how dangerous it really is to be a REAL soldier.
but here, i pay my utmost respect to these soldiers who demonstrated bravery.

and not to forget,
Mr Edward Kennedy, Senator of the United States.
Rest well.

read this article on facebook!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook


am sure most if us have hundreds of friends in networking websites like friendster and facebook, most are people whom we have never really spoken to,
sometimes when i read my wall, i question myself,
has approving this friend request made any difference?
since we dont leave mesages for each other at all.
hah! well, i thought about it and probably we could put this way,
that we are all just politely acknowledging our acquaintances,
doesn't sound that bad now right?

I listened to a short excerpt of the BBC shipping forecast yesterday
and found myself really drawn to it.
the way it was read sounded incredibly soothing and... sleepy.
So i went and found the shipping forecast for the whole of this week and listened to all of them.
but i wonder why some braodcasters don't read in a poetic way.
And this morning, I tuned in to BBC radio on iplay while arranging some school work and stuff,
and on came a special programme called the English Delight.
"Today on Speaking Proper ...'It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him." '
and I thought, hmm, sounds familiar... ...DAMN! THAT'S MY NEXT TMA QUESTION!
the next thing I know I'm clicking on the sound recording button on my phone.
for 30 minutes i didn't move a thing on my table. i wasn't going anywhere.
I GOT TO RECORD THE WHOLE PROGRAMME! I GOT TO! EVEN IF IT MEANS SACRIFICING MY LIFE (or rather, be late for school)!
IS THIS GOD'S GIFT OR WHAT!!!? LO(veryvery)L!=p

okay, it is not entirely the answer to my tma
but it really did help abit.


piece of good news (or maybe just for me myself and I),
Dan Brown's new book is coming out on 15th September,
and I heard robert langdon is in, again.
hmm why not michael tolland? lol!=p
was hoping he could render more adventures on scientific discoveries.
i mean, come on!
he's got 2 books on those arty-farty stuff already!
i really enjoyed the science ones too!










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