An Unabashed Request for Company
Just like all the exams I've taken before, this term's exams left me in a void after the last paper. While this new oilwell of free time is welcome to get down to doing stuff that I've put off during the sem (like months-old Readers' Digest that I haven't even pulled out from the packaging), I hate how structureless my days are.
In school, I get cocooned with all my friends, the busy school weeks, the meticulous jotting down of appointments into my organiser. We're all so busy the only thing we think we're lacking is time. However, take away the morning lessons, the trips around school looking for lunch and the SMUX table at Library lvl 4, and I realise how school makes me feel more important than what I really am.
In school, if I wanted to meet up with someone for a movie or dinner, all we had to do was match schedules and say, "Ok, Wednesday night after your lesson!" During the hols, my mindset goes more along the lines of "hmm... I prolly won't ask him out, cos he's prolly out with his own friends." Yes, it's a lousy train of thought, but I'd hate to plan for an outing with someone and then realise that he/she can't make it. So I end up walking down the same boring stretch of Orchard road with the same bunch of friends. Every other day.
I asked some of my friends for suggestions to keep myself occupied during the hols. Many of them suggested watching a movie with a friend. Fine and good, except that there really aren't many nice shows this Christmas. The only shows I'd want to watch are those offered by Picturehouse, once a day, a different show each day.
For the 12 days leading up to Christmas, they will show 12 "artsy" movies for a low price of $5 a ticket. Most are done by independent studios, some have won awards. Notable movies include "Paradise Now", "Where the Sun Rises", "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" and "Paprika". I've already missed the first 2. I won't be in Singapore for the last one. So I resolved to dust away the new layer of fat I've accumulated from doing nothing at home and catch a movie come rain or shine.
Now all I need is someone who'd be willing to watch an intense movie about the war for Irish independence. I guarantee good company! -Jimmy
In school, I get cocooned with all my friends, the busy school weeks, the meticulous jotting down of appointments into my organiser. We're all so busy the only thing we think we're lacking is time. However, take away the morning lessons, the trips around school looking for lunch and the SMUX table at Library lvl 4, and I realise how school makes me feel more important than what I really am.
In school, if I wanted to meet up with someone for a movie or dinner, all we had to do was match schedules and say, "Ok, Wednesday night after your lesson!" During the hols, my mindset goes more along the lines of "hmm... I prolly won't ask him out, cos he's prolly out with his own friends." Yes, it's a lousy train of thought, but I'd hate to plan for an outing with someone and then realise that he/she can't make it. So I end up walking down the same boring stretch of Orchard road with the same bunch of friends. Every other day.
I asked some of my friends for suggestions to keep myself occupied during the hols. Many of them suggested watching a movie with a friend. Fine and good, except that there really aren't many nice shows this Christmas. The only shows I'd want to watch are those offered by Picturehouse, once a day, a different show each day.
For the 12 days leading up to Christmas, they will show 12 "artsy" movies for a low price of $5 a ticket. Most are done by independent studios, some have won awards. Notable movies include "Paradise Now", "Where the Sun Rises", "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" and "Paprika". I've already missed the first 2. I won't be in Singapore for the last one. So I resolved to dust away the new layer of fat I've accumulated from doing nothing at home and catch a movie come rain or shine.
Now all I need is someone who'd be willing to watch an intense movie about the war for Irish independence. I guarantee good company! -Jimmy
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