Of Holidays
The electricity got cut off again the night before last: the third time in a week and on the same day as the previous post, too; it was terribly annoying, especially since it was night and everything was dark as well as humid. But the afternoon was okayish, because a short time after the previous post, the family was bundled into the car and we went off mall-strolling until we found a KFC with WiFi, upon which we settled in for the next three hours, during which we caught up on as much as possible of life beyond these shores--the nature of the family's lifestyle means that a large part of all our contacts live in a different time zone or continent altogether.
I watched Transformers 2 last night; it was pretty good, even if it began to start throwing out--I can't decide if those were loose threads or plot holes or sequel hooks--near the end of it, what with suddenly having teleportation and robot ghosts (plus an afterlife!) and the idea of lineages and robot families (I can't help imagining the Jetsons' robot maid at this point) and various other strange things. And of course Megatron and Starscream got away in the end, which would be the most blatant sequel hook of them all. The Pig took great delight during the movie in identifying all the vehicles, the companies that produced them, and their current price (as well as also identifying which ones aren't on the market yet or are still prototypes)--he's a bit of a car geek that way. This sequel's got a bit more slapstick humour, though, plus a good deal more toilet humour than the last; still, the cinemagoers (the theatre was packed!) seemed to appreciate it.
The Pig's gone off to Betel Island, where he'll be for the next 10 days or so unless he visits KL too; which means no late-night excursions for awhile, no suppers and movies and such; and of course when he returns his classes will soon start, so it's not clear if I'll be seeing very much of him from now on. I think I might go swimming later; it's still rather warm weather for my liking and it's been awhile since I got a good swim--the last time I went there it was with the Pig, and his stamina in the water rather leaves something to be desired; not to mention that we ran into a few ex-Loch Yuck-contacts there (my fault for insisting on going over to talk to them, that) and so I ended up treading water while they discussed cars and lives and holiday activities and practiced leaping into the water from poolside. I'm no good at socialising, I must admit; either I'm tongue-tied or I'm voluble, and there's not much of an in-between for me. It's something to try to fix.
Subject registration is tomorrow afternoon; I very much hope I get the slots I want; fingers crossed, of course.
I watched Transformers 2 last night; it was pretty good, even if it began to start throwing out--I can't decide if those were loose threads or plot holes or sequel hooks--near the end of it, what with suddenly having teleportation and robot ghosts (plus an afterlife!) and the idea of lineages and robot families (I can't help imagining the Jetsons' robot maid at this point) and various other strange things. And of course Megatron and Starscream got away in the end, which would be the most blatant sequel hook of them all. The Pig took great delight during the movie in identifying all the vehicles, the companies that produced them, and their current price (as well as also identifying which ones aren't on the market yet or are still prototypes)--he's a bit of a car geek that way. This sequel's got a bit more slapstick humour, though, plus a good deal more toilet humour than the last; still, the cinemagoers (the theatre was packed!) seemed to appreciate it.
The Pig's gone off to Betel Island, where he'll be for the next 10 days or so unless he visits KL too; which means no late-night excursions for awhile, no suppers and movies and such; and of course when he returns his classes will soon start, so it's not clear if I'll be seeing very much of him from now on. I think I might go swimming later; it's still rather warm weather for my liking and it's been awhile since I got a good swim--the last time I went there it was with the Pig, and his stamina in the water rather leaves something to be desired; not to mention that we ran into a few ex-Loch Yuck-contacts there (my fault for insisting on going over to talk to them, that) and so I ended up treading water while they discussed cars and lives and holiday activities and practiced leaping into the water from poolside. I'm no good at socialising, I must admit; either I'm tongue-tied or I'm voluble, and there's not much of an in-between for me. It's something to try to fix.
Subject registration is tomorrow afternoon; I very much hope I get the slots I want; fingers crossed, of course.
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And thanks for not putting in any major spoilers. Even though the Starscream and Megatron thing isn't considered that much of a spoiler to me.