Defend Education, Fight Privatisation: National Demo.

What the poster says. Look out London town.

 

 

Rumble

Hebetudinous monkeys,

stuck in silence,

as time flies,

we close our eyes.

It’s hard to climb mountains,

or swim across the seven seas,

but at times like this,

we need some form of release.

Someone stand up and dance,

someone burst out a song,

someone sweep me off my feet,

yet I resorted to tweet.

………………………………….

“Friends With Benefits” the film & relationships

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as Jamie and Dylan in this film really highlights the requirements for a successful relationship. Two people initially started off as friends, who speak the same language and care for each other lead to a happy ending. Of course it is typical for a film to have a happy ending and for songs such as ‘Lucky’ by Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat to bring us much hope in a perfect relationship, but I’m as ‘damaged’ as the lead female character in that I am working on self-improvement to realise my hopes and dreams of meeting that special ‘Prince charming’.

Having said that, my personal interpretation of this ‘Prince Charming’ is far from what is portrayed by fairy tales. He will be someone who I want to spend the rest of my life with- a best friend, a lover and partner. We need to have mutual understandings and be able to stand on our own feet yet helpful to each other, it would be nice to be able to criticize someone and to be criticized without feeling guilty about it- where words will not be used against the person who spoke them…

In the modern society, we will probably spend less time with our partners in comparison with time spent at work with colleagues… Unless you are living with a colleague. I’m not sure whether being with someone who you work with is a good idea, but I can see many examples of that happening with people around me. Especially teachers. Not quite sure about other such partnerships though, for example politicians: because they may have strong, different beliefs and opinions on important matters… Perhaps it will be a perfect match that will lead to a long lasting matrimony if two people ‘need’ each other. In the film ‘Dylan’ joking said that ‘Jamie’ was emotionally needy when she asked him to reassure her something. Being a realist, the type of need I mean is that something productive will come out from the relationship. However, maybe there is a type of match made in heave and perfect love that doesn’t involve all that nonsense. Yet personally, I think it will be an interesting and fun-filled relationship if two people are ‘best-friends’, ‘partners’, and lovers ultimately.

Marriage however should not seclude other people from your lives, although after having children I’m sure there will be little time to socialize at all. There are so many dilemmas in life, yet I think there is nothing as hard as to be a highly successful career driven woman who is thinking of starting a family. It is not easy to understand bonding between children and parents and the psychology of children as a result- is maternal care essential in the early stages of a child’s life for them to learn about unconditional love and compassion? Or does it not matter and they will be just as well off being looked after by grandparents and even nannies. Furthermore, with advances in technology, it has become possible to have surrogate mothers- what about the blood flow etc, etc? This calls for more research…

Apart from the theme of love and relationship, I have also learnt a great deal from this one quote by Dylan’s colleague Tommy:‘ Oh! Right! Right! Like that’s how Warren Buffett got rich. He took doors off of things! Hey, everybody wants a short cut in life. My guide-book is very simple. You wanna lose weight? Stop eating, fatty! You wanna make money? Work your ass off, lazy! You wanna be happy? Find someone you like and never let him go. Or her if you’re into that kinda of…creepy shit.’

A lot of respect for Tommy for being proud of who he is and living the life. I have come across numerous people of different sexual orientation and learnt not to judge them on that as I have in the past. People are diverse and if that makes them happy then be it. Some might say it’s a waste of good seed though!

This is so poignant and inspiring:

Conclusion: Eat less, do more and hang on to what you love ❤

A Series of Unfortunate Events= Epic Experience

Boat party on a barge + BBQ set on fire + bucket of river water + homeless man + Chinese abstract artist/ architect + cherry liqueur + Islington tunnel + mysterious light in tunnel + amazing BBQ chicken + Irish Pub + Kebabs + rain + walking through London in the night + keys left on the boat + no entry into my own room + sleeping on my flatmate’s bed + phone ran out of battery + charging on another flatmate’s computer = Amazing sleep + waking up next morning thinking holy crap…

Sunday 9th October: Luck returns, keys back, finding of a hidden cluster room in uni, back in work mode.

Conclusion- Live a little, live a lot!

Fresh Meat

Fresh meat is a new comedy series on Channel 4, following the lives of 6 students starting university in Manchester. There are 8 episodes altogether in this first series. I’ve never seen Peep show, heard many good things about it though and its award-winning creators Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong are the brains behind this intriguing comedy drama/ student sitcom.

In a way I wish this was out last year when I was a fresher! Having said that, watching this series brings back so many memories from freshers: homesickness, being on the brink of adult life and discovering who we really are. I empathise with the characters and look at them as if I am looking at my old self with a critical eye for the gamut of imprudent behaviour and making the wrong choices because of terrible judgement. Even so, I do not consider myself much wiser. Life is a long learning experience, youth is an excuse to make mistakes :).

Characters:

”They are: JP (Jack Whitehall), a public school boy with good teeth and an inflated sense of entitlement; Kingsley (Joe Thomas), who is charming, loveable and crushingly insecure; and Josie (Kimberley Nixon), an overly enthusiastic fresher, determined to experience ‘new things’, however bad they are for you.

Then there’s socially awkward and know-it-all Howard (Greg McHugh); straight talking, hard-living Vod (Zawe Ashton); and finally Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie), desperate to be cool and terrified of being boring.”

It frightens me how much I can relate to Josie. Haha, I lover her!

Near Death Accident x 2, Running Away From Man in Wheelchair and Slippery Nipple.

First week back in university as a fresh no-more, accident prone little me managed to piss off 2 taxi drivers in one day- I swear the first one came out of nowhere and the second one was driving through red light. Having said that, my wonky bike ( not sure what happened there, haven’t rode it in such a long time.) stole away much of my attention because I had to steer to the left to have the bike straight -.-.

So, yesterday, I soon regretted my haste after being inches away from a taxi on one of the busiest roads in Camden. Quite ironic that I was en route to a fire safety talk held by the university, so that in case of a fire I don’t die- yet death flew so close to me that I felt it’s breath upon my unprotected ass. The talk took half an hour to get started because of problems with registration… Sigh. The only entertaining part about the talk was when the disabled exit sign was described as a warning sign for being chased, therefore run away from man in wheel chair…

This was definitely what you would call ‘如人饮水,冷暖自知’ experience, Literally meaning when people drink water, only you know the warmth of it (spectators can watch your reaction to the consumption of water, yet they do not know exactly how it feels.)
Last year, I clearly remember talking about near death experiences with some friends, because I thought it was bizarre since I’ve never had such an encounter. There were stories of skiing accidents and car crashes and there was boring me with nothing to tell… Even though my near-death experience was not so dramatic, it definitely left a mark in my memory.

Nice & chilled evening at Camden pub was called for, drinks from friends included shots called slippery nipple and brain haemorrhage:

Conclusion: Life is precious, be careful, wear a helmet. Enjoy the ride!