>>> A recipe for...

A Rainy Afternoon for Two
As Arranged within the Humble
Domicile of a Young Lady
in the Business of Education

Ingredients:
1 human, young male
1 couch, plush
1 table, low coffee
weekend, late afternoon
rain, heavy downpour
books, stack of
cushions, plump
Note: Young male should be of a teddy-bear like consistency.

Directions:

1. Cushions should be arranged to your satisfaction prior to the rainstorm.
   Place stack of [well-read] books (eg. novels of various genres) in a semi-untidy fashion at the foot of the couch's armrest.
   Pull the low coffee table closer. Place scripts for marking & scoring in neat stacks and within easy reach upon the tabletop.
2. Position young male of your choice in the corner of the sofa at an almost 45° angle. (As long as it is a comfortable angle for you, it should work.) 
3. Arrange the young male so that it is easy for you to sit or lean against him on the couch. Place a book in his hand so that he can occupy himself and not have his hands touching you inappropriately.
   However, any inappropriateness or increased intimacy is at your discretion.
4. Prepare² two mugs of hot cocoa or a pot of your own home-made tea blend¹ (or a commercially available blend that contains chamomile). Place beverages within easy reach upon the tabletop.
   1 Creating and/or making your own tea blend is a nice, cultured activity for a young lady and gentleman to engage in, if they so choose.
   2 You may employ the young man to prepare your preferred beverage if you so wish.
5. Once all your preparations are done, pour yourself onto the couch into a position of leaning against the young man. Fold the unoccupied arm against your personage as you desire.
6. Proceed to enjoy beverages, the young man's company and perform or ignore the marking of scripts (or other educational tasks) as you will and see fit.

... a lovely rain-filled afternoon.

>>> That's just...

Ormie from Ormie Pig on Vimeo.

... so Murphy's way of denying an objective.

>>> High School...

... never ends for anyone!

>>> A public letter...

^{... to the unknown shoutbox Guest from IP:202.156.13.2.}

Dear Guest,

We here at Musings on the Breeze thank you for your kind, philosophical words and the crew would like to apologize for not replying BUT we have been busy with our offline lives of late and have not been at liberty to update this cyberspace.

However, please do rest assured that this has been a subject of discussion for the past few weeks amongst the crew. We cannot refute your words as they do ring true for the most part. However, we are all human, or at least, most of us are, and therefore we all are prone to err even when we have the logic and rationale in place. So, we do apologize.

In addition, the Dark Ones would like to add that we never much liked anyone [however true that may be, we have no idea, we believe that they speak for themselves and themselves alone] and that everyone who thinks that we should move on should themselves move on.

Once again, we thank you for your words and have filed it under advisement.

And to the rest of our loyal readers, please do check back here once in a while. We'll be attempting to get the updating of this place back on track soon.

Thank you and we wish you all the best in your lives ahead.

Remembering to take a break along the way,
The Musings on the Breeze crew

>>> Who says that the Reds aren't hot?

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

If there is just one reason alone to play this game on the Soviet's side of the line, Gina Carrano as Natasha is probably that lone reason. She's fit, has a cool attitude, looks great and has a fantastic bod... what's there not to like!? Crikey, now I have to wonder whether Tanya's gonna to 'reprazent' for the Allies.

Coz, if not, I think the Soviets just won.

And if that isn't enough, my God, check out the benefits of being a Ruskie soldier!

Lol!

See you lot the next time round the Steppes.

_{Yes, this is just filler till the next proper update.}

>>> INDIAN JONES STRIKES AGAIN!

Hey, waitaminit, ain't that s'posed to be Indiana Jones!?

Hahaha.

Ask Kenneth from SBTH, he'll tell you exactly who and what Indian Jones is.

However, moooving ooon...

Yet another epic Indiana Jones film. It was good, if a bit far-fetched. And, guys, c'mon, wasn't the number 51 on the hangar door enough of a hint to make you guys suspect the [remote possibility] of extraterrestrial involvement? Like, hello, BIG spoiler giveaway right within the first few moments of the movie! But, it does keep a body guessing what'll happen next, tho' it often seems pretty obvious.

I really liked the idea, even if it was really unbelievable and probably damn nigh impossible at that, behind the hiding-in-lead-lined-fridge-and-surviving-a-nuclear-blast scene. Like the rest of the movie. Far-fetched, but c'mon, it's a trademark of most Indiana Jones movies; pulp-fiction-like action mixed with wise guy & dry wit banter.

The only issue I had was that certain things seemed too pat [like the instant acceptance of Mutt's story about Oxley and his mom, and Marion & Indy rekindling their love on the run] and it seemed a tad bit rushed. BUT...

IT WAS STILL A GREAT MOVIE, I LOVED IT!!!

I really don't get what all the fuss is about with the "OMG, it'll rape your childhood memories" and "it was unbelievably unrealistic" and what-not.

Christ. Almighty. On. A. Crutch.
_{No offence, JC, seriously.}

PEOPLE, take a chill pill, it's a bloody pulp fiction action film, it's not s'posed to be realistic!

But right about now, all that matters is that I enjoyed the film. And I had the good company of Pervalidus to enjoy it with. So, chaps, all you really need to enjoy a movie is to go in with no expectations [whatsoever] and a friend or three.

But, then again, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. *shrug*

Overall rating for this movie?

A great, big, whopping EIGHT (8) out of ten (10).

There, done.

Next film: KUNG-FU PANDA!

Now to do a Panda...

... eats, shoots and leaves.

*grin*

TCHAO!!!

>>> The boredom of routine...

... and the perception of the passage of time are somewhat interlinked.

Don't you think so?

I mean, like when you're working somewhere droll, boring and/or with the same group of people, doesn't it feel time crawls?

And conversely, when you're doing something that you enjoy, that it practically speeds by, leaving you in the dust?

Therefore, in conclusion, the more boring and routine a certain situation or occurence is, the slower that time passes by in the context of one's perceptions.

*screens winks into life with a young dark-skinned man in a black suit on display*

Now, with that done, let's move on to a short report, shall we?

PROJECT:SELF-EXPLANATORY has managed to get itself stalled in the mud at the moment, but we're trying to dig it out as quick as we can. How? By holding the group's secret meeting at the mysterious and rather enigmatic Ferret's classified hideaway somewhere in the urban landscapes of Northern SG at an undisclosed date and time; well, undisclosed to you lot, at any rate.

And now that you know of the existence of this Top Secret project, I am afraid that you will have to die now... *looks off-screen* What? I can't kill them? But, where's the fun in that? *slit-eyed, unhappy look* You guys never let me have any fun, dammit all.

*puts on a pair of wraparound sunglasses and then pulls out a slim, cyclindrical object that has its top extend with a pop*

Ladies and germs, - and yes, that includes you guys, too - please focus on the flashing, little red light... *sudden bright flash*

... you people have not seen anyone except Safety Inspectors from Division 6 of the Urban Redevelopment Authority and have not heard anything about any secret projects or meetings. That is all, you can all continue on with your pathetic existences now. Thank you, and do try to have a nice day.

*muttering is heard as the screens winks out with a hiss of static*

YES, I am that bored that I just had to rip the MIB off.

Feh.

In other news:

I've been on attachment to two Starbucks stores: Bugis Junction and Suntec Tower Four. It was a helluva lot of fun and I hope that I get attached out more in the future, tho' that'd be quite doubtful. Why? Let's just say that it's a gut feeling.

I need to reclaim a sense of urgency with some things in the store. I appreciate the straightforwardness of my SM; thankfully he's not afraid to tell me the negative. Though I wish that he'd tell me something positive, too!!

And we might have a new partner in our store @ TP soon. No, it's not Jeffrey from PS [but he'll be there after the 15th] or a partner from the closing NP store [and s/he'll only be with us in or after July]. It's a 29 year old babe named Christine who looks pretty decent with interesting, erm, assets, for lack of better, more politically correct terms. *goofy grin* Oh, well, even if my job is in trouble, at least I'll still be a willing customer! XD But my main question is this: WHY is she joining Starbucks at the age of 29? Is she studying, bored or wot? Oh, well, we'll find out eventually.

On a side note, why is it that Singaporeans, when they head overseas to study, work and/or live, have a tendency to clump together and try to ostracize & then miserablize at least ONE other SGean? Especially if that certain individual gets along better with the locals than the group of SGeans? Cripes. We're all humans, or at least some of us are, so why can't we all just bloody get along!? Plasticated, whoop their asses, you know you want to!!! WITH C7!!!

Anyways, I'm hungry and I have a craving for pizza; plus, I want sex.

Fuggit, I'll just make myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and write a triple-x story later for the hell of it.

Which I probably won't get past the first two pages without giving up in disgust.

BLEAH.

Laters, peoples, the food calls to me...

>>> W07z t3h 4-11...

... and what's up with me and Leetspeak anyway?

For those who have no idea what Leetspeak is, just click here. And for Christ's sake, if you don't know what Leetspeak is, where the hell have you been, living under a boulder!? Anyways, I'm digressing...

Well, the last few days have been pretty cool. Here's a short recount:

Thursday, 15^th Nov
Aunt Doreen took me for crafts where I was able to show-off my sketchbook and Sandra picked one of the designs from there for me to transfer and paint on to a plate. Aunt Doereen's crafts clique is pretty cool, even if they're all pretty old. Look out for a pic of that sometime in late November, early December. I know that my friend Z3r0 will like it. *grin*

Friday, 16^th Nov
Took a trip down to Blacktown again. Settled some banking for my aunt Yogi, bought Staedler colour inkliners [W00T!] and Faber-Castell colour pencils [double W00T!], and got a new 3-liter bottle of milk. Which I actually regretted buying 'coz I had to lug the damn thing back home and it weighed down my bag. *sigh* What a killer weight, and it's a 30 to 45 minute walk/hike back to the crib. Spent the evening and had dinner at Aunt Jean's, had a beer, lovely pasta and banana pancakes with ice-cream... *licks lips* truly delicious and Aunt Jean is a fantastic cook, I swear. Had a lovely evening with her, Uncle Brian and Mr Drew. Oh, and I finished about four pieces on Friday, which can be viewed at deviantART site, if you're interested.

Saturday, 17^th Nov
Highlight of the day: taking the dogs out for a walk to the Farnham Shopping Arcade. They were so tuckered out that they pretty much left me alone for the rest of the day. I was pretty wasted, too, so much so that I dozed off on the couch and missed my big sis' phone calls, which meant that missed going over to her crib. BLEAH.

Sunday, 18^th Nov
My big sis & her husband picked me up and we went to go do some shopping at West Point in Blacktown. She bought the Kanye West GRADUATION album for me! As well as a large Super Supreme pizza from Pizza Hut, which only cost A$9.95, can you believe that!? They dropped me off at home and Uncle Sarathi came over with Aunt Jenn and gave me lunch: prata with damn good chicken curry! WHOOHOO!!! I feel ever so spoiled. Hahahaha!!! And wonders of wonders, I had a three hour nap in the dregs of the afternoon and woke up around nine... which was just in time to watch Miami Ink.

Well, that's the last four days in a nut shell.

And I'm looking for people in Sydney to watch Stardust with as well as a whole posse to go watch the movie Hitman that hits Oz on the 6th of December? Any takers!?

C'mon, it'll be great! Action ,adventure, intrigue, romance and all sorts of mad fun... and that's just in the seatings, imagine the movie! LOL. I jest about the seats deal, but c'mon, this movie promises to be awesome, and I need some mates to enjoy the awesomeness with me!!!

Okay, I'm off to sleep so I'll leave you with a really hilarious animated 'short' from the Looking For Group webcomic creator and his team...

>>> Who says that...

... terrorists can't have a good sense of humour?


"Ladies and gentlemen, Achmed the Terrorist... who'd toss a penny between two Jews and watch them fight to the death over it, or do the same to a pair of Catholic priests except that it'd be a young boy instead of a penny. And the winner of THAT bout would have to fight the one and only MJ!"