I just checked out apple.com/trailers and saw that they made a film adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's book, Ballet Shoes. I've read this book years ago. In fact, I have a copy of it so I'm going to re-read it. Have you read it?

Emma Watson stars in this movie. I like her. <3

Check the trailer here.

As much as I aspire to, I'm not really in the mood to write these days. I'm enjoying crocheting more granny squares (I want to finish the blanket!) while we're watching movies in the evenings. My days are nothing out of the ordinary - I just do my usual stuff.

The movies we watched since last weekend:

- Batman Begins
- Knocked Up
- August Rush
- Bourne Ultimatum
- Legends of the Fall



I also discovered these miniature food cuteness in an model kit store downtown. I've seen Re-Ment stuff on some websites I visit and on flickr, and wished I had them, too. I don't really know where to get them online so I thought I'll save it for when we go to Japan or US. When I saw them lying on the bottom glass shelf among the boxed vinyl Tokidoki toys, I just knew I couldn't leave the store without them.

Now, I'm on the hunt for the furniture pieces! The collection begins!



These postcards came in my mailbox recently, except for the Normal Rockwell painting on the top left which was the first postcard I got via Postcrossing. They are my favorite among the 16 cards I received so far. The cutest one, though, got here today all the way from China. I guess you know which one I'm talking about. I can't get enough of kawaii things. They make me all mushy and childlike. I love it!



These, too, was a colorful surprise which came all the way from Japan. Thank you, Caryn, for these origami paper goodies! I will definitely use them in my future origami projects.

I have read C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia in highschool and became a fan ever since. My online nickname, Tarkheena, came from one of the books in the series, The Horse and his Boy, and I've been using it for about 9 years now. I don't think that will change because I quite like it. :)



This afternoon we went to see Prince Caspian in the movie theater and we love it! Walt Disney makes really great movies. I especially like that scene with Lucy and Peter in their hiding place where the stone table was and Peter said, "I wish he'd given me some sort of proof." To which Lucy replied, "maybe we're the ones who need to prove ourselves to him." It strikes a chord.

At the end of the movie, I sat and listened to a beautiful song by Regina Spektor, The Call, while the credits were rolling. I knew it was her after hearing the first two verses. Googled for the chords right away when we got home and played it with the guitar. Another song to record soon. Heehee!

I finally watched Sex and the City with Monique, my sister-in-law, today. We really enjoyed ourselves. We laughed; we cried; we ogled at the fab designer bags and clothes; and we kept saying that Sarah Jessica Parker really aged. I think she even looks older than Kim Cattrall who is 9 years her senior. Of course, that's just my opinion. I guess the big screen didn't flatter her skin as much as the other women in the cast. Mr. Big didn't look so different from the last episode, except for the spots of gray hair on his temples. I didn't expect the movie to be long but I'm glad it was, because, when it ended, I didn't have the feeling of wanting to see more like some (if not most) chic/feel-good movies tend to make you feel afterwards. I was satisfied with the ending. And, I think that was a real closure to the series.

I also like the song 'Auld Lang Syne' by Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis which they featured in the movie. Really good stuff. It was the first time I heard the song in Scottish and she sung it so beautifully.

My answer to the question is SHOPPING!!

*Photo taken from their website.

For the past three days all I did was lie down on the couch, watch tv, consume bottle after bottle of water and two rolls of tissue because we ran out of Kleenex. I now officially became a paracetamol junkie after years of not taking it just so I won't miss a movie night with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law which we planned since P.S. I Love You after having seen the flyer that they were giving out goodie bags and free wine. What more could a girl ask for? A chick flick + goodie bag + free wine. You should have seen the twinkle in our eyes when we read about the goodie bag. A vision of nail polish, mascara, perfume samples, preferably girly stuff were forming in our heads.

So I got the tickets last Saturday, only to learn the day after that I might have to miss it because I'm down with a serious cold. It bummed me enough that I told Mike to go in my stead and go home with the goodie bag! But I felt much better when I woke up this morning so I sms-ed Monique that I was going.

We got to the theater half an hour early and cued our way into the hall. It wasn't assigned seating so we had a bit of luck with the ones we got. They were not the best seats but they weren't bad either. I scanned the hall and didn't see a man in sight. Not one! I mistook a particularly tall woman for a man because she had quite a manly posture and a short bob cut. I had to wear my glasses to check. My vision blurs beyond two meters.

27 Dresses was chic and entertaining like what you can expect from a chick flick. I especially like Heigl's outfits and it got me to want to try yoga. There is something about watching feel good movies that makes you want to do things you only dream about or plan to do which always get put aside because there are other things that pop up and you eventually forget that you want to do something else. Like I want to have another wedding and plan everything down to the detail and only invite people who mean something to us than just being blood-related because in some unwritten rule, you are obliged to invite them to your wedding. I don't despise having family on one of the biggest events in my life, but if most of them meet your husband for the first time on your wedding day, that's just not cool. Weddings should be intimate and personal, not a fashion show or parade or a spectator sport. But that's a story for another entry. It's just that the movie was about weddings and family and close relationships.

If I have to rate the movie, I'd give it a 3.5 star out of 5. It was nice, easy and fun.

The goodie bag, however, is a whole different story. It was a major disappointment! But, at least, Mike was happy. I'm really not 100% well but I'm glad I still went. It would probably made a lot of difference if my nose wasn't stuffed and if I didn't have to breathe through my mouth and if I wasn't half deaf and if I didn't have to stifle a cough when everyone was so quiet and if it was in de Kuip, but I enjoyed the evening with the two women closest to me in this strange-weathered flat country that I now call home.

Tonight, I went out with Mike's sister and two cousins to catch up and have some girl bonding. We had dinner at one of the most popular Dutch chain restaurants and, afterwards, went to see P.S. I Love You. When I heard from sis-in-law last night that we were going to watch it instead of The Nanny Diaries, I was a bit disappointed. But now, I'm happy we did because I love love love the movie. It was sweet and funny and sad and touching. Everything you want in a mature chick flick. I'm so going to buy the DVD! If you haven't watched it yet, you should! And don't forget to bring kleenex!

Now I'm going to crawl back to my spot and watch The Lake House because I'm a sucker for love story movies.

Have a happy weekend!

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