On the Silver Screen, Now Viewing: Notting Hill

The Stars: Hugh Grant (William Thacker), Julia Roberts (Anna Scott)

The Story: Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker (Grant), an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott (Roberts), the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press.

You’ll Love it because: One of the best love-story I’ve watched so far. Love will always find its way on to you. It’s like you’ll never know this stranger would be the right man for you. The fame that you are willing to give up for this stranger that you choose to love.

Dealing with my Boyfriend Ex-Girlfriend’s

In social relationships, an Ex is someone with whom a person was once associated. It can be referred to a variety of different relationships. As a noun, Ex is assumed to refer to a former sexual or romantic partner. This often has a derogatory tinge, especially if it refers to unrequited feelings.

Some Ex-girlfriends are harmless and some needs restraining orders. Which of this Exes ready to wreck havoc on your relationship?

This former love interest of your boyfriend have turned us into obsessive compulsive internet stalker, hell bent digging up as much dirt as we can via social medias from facebook to twitter even google. Don’t pretend that you haven’t spent a lone sleepless night facebook stalking these mysterious girls, hoping that you’ll share at least one friend in common, so that you can access their pictures, even their profiles are private.

Am I the only one who shamefully admits to irrationally yet meticulously examining every photo, deconstructing tans, pore size and fine lines or criticizing outfits? Haven’t we all repeatedly gone through the Ex-girlfriend’s profile and photos desperately to find some spelling or grammatical error just to prove that they are stupid? Even using your Boyfriends profile just to invade all those pictures and status that they both shared?

I know it’s foolish, petty and completely pointless--this Ex-girlfriends have completely nothing to do with my life but they consume my free time like an evil voyeuristic addiction.

Let’s face it, most people come into a relationship with a certain amount of baggage. An Ex-girlfriends can cause problems even if she’s no longer around due to the negative effects that either the relationship or the subsequent break-up had on your partner. If your boyfriend is still in touch with his ex, she will be even more of a presence in your lives. If this bothers you, bottling up your feelings won’t get rid of that anxiety and insecurity. In fact, it only likely to make you feel worse in the long term—and it will be difficult not to come access of jealousy and paranoid.

But honestly speaking, I hate Ex-girlfriends. Reality bites, it makes me jealous. I just can’t help but feel a sense of envy that she had him before me and that he had these special feelings for her, and I can’t barely do anything about it.

This may sound so high school but Ex-girlfriends make me doubt myself. I’m obsessed to know why they broke up, if she’s pretty or if he sees me prettier enough. And if she’s pretty I pray to God that she’s an idiot, because at least I’ll have more brains.

On the other hand, if she’s not pretty, then I’ll go crazy wondering if he only date ugly girls and if I’m one of them. Also I assume that she must have an extraordinary quality or personality, so is mine good enough? Probably not.

It’s really bothering if your boyfriend is still in touch with his Ex-girlfriends. If that’s the case gather some proof of dishonesty. But I think if your boyfriend is upfront with everything about his contacts with his ex, there is no reason to worry. Some people are insecure because they were betrayed in their previous relationship or simply have low self-esteem.

The irony of Life:  I only get over with the Ex-girlfriend when I get over the Ex. Usually the feeling of insecurities last only as long as the relationship with my boyfriend lasts. Suddenly, I stop caring about the Ex-girlfriends. She’s not my problem anymore.

Instead I became a despised Ex-girlfriend, unknowingly infiltrating someone else fragile and delicate mind---continuing the cycle of confusion, self doubt and cruel physical comparisons.

But you know, sometimes some people just get in touch with their Ex-girlfriends because they think highly of them as friends. Just trying to keep on mind that even your boyfriend still wants his Ex to be a part of his life, he still choose to be with you. It’s just like you have that qualities that she doesn’t---that he considers you a better match for him.

How to deal with it? Trust your boyfriend until you have a genuine reason to doubt him.

TSK by: Kulas

After a long tiring shift me, my co-workers and our hungry stomach are craving for shawarma and something to munch after our shift. We went to a restaurant that could satisfy our cravings. We decided to try TSK that stands for Tilawi Shawarma Ko by :Kulas.

The place was not that cozy like a fancy restaurant, it was more on casual and very humid. The thing that intrigues me the most was the name on their menu. It’s quite naughty although it’s just the abbreviation that it made me laugh before I picked what to order. It’s unique and very catchy, the reason why lots of people are talking about it and many are dropping by for dine in and take-out’s.

Their naughty menu goes like:

BLAT mu

BLAT mu eh

BLAT mu be

BLAT mu w/ PH

Nice to know: In English BLAT stands for Vagina

The Shawarma taste like other shawarma though but the sauce was heaven… Can't get enough of it since I love vegetables. Had so much fun experimenting with their different tastes of sauce. 

with my duty mates

After my Duty with a Friend

BLAT MU E

On the Silver Screen: The Little Rascals

The Stars: Travis Tedford (Spanky), Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla), Bug Hall (Alfalfa)

The Story: Spanky, who is the president of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" with many school-aged boys from around the neighborhood as members. His best friend, Alfalfa, has been chosen as the driver for the club's prize-winning go-kart, called "The Blur", in the annual Soap Box Derby style race. However, when the announcement is made, Alfalfa is nowhere to be found. The boys catch Alfalfa in the company of Darla -- "a girl!" Alfalfa isn't like his friends because he's in love with Darla, and unfortunately threatens the very existence of their "boys only" club. The club's members try their hardest to break the two apart, eventually causing their beloved clubhouse to burn down.

You’ll Love it because: You will be amazed how these kids enjoy their being kids. The twist is how these little ones handle friends and love. Bring back the child in you and throwback this beautiful and funny movie.

WORRYWART!

When you’re a kid, life is deceptively simple. For me my biggest worry was missing my favorite soap opera I had gotten addicted to over the summer (which I wasn’t really allowed to watch, but still did anyway) but because I had to go to school. Class time was spent staring blankly at the blackboard. Wondering what was happening in the exciting lives of the show’s lead character.

Then I get thrown into adolescence and being a teenager, BANG! A whole new set of worries that creeps into my consciousness and this time they’re bigger and much more daunting. All of a sudden I have to worry about washing my face and taking a bath regularly; pimples and body odor becomes public enemy number one. Bathing and washing my face are a duty when they used to be fun. Food are relished and could have at any time during my childhood are suddenly prohibited, chocolates will make yourself break and ice cream is fattening. And all the movies say no boy likes fat, pimply girl.

            On top of those physical changes, my studies become very, very serious. I find myself studying twice as hard, since my grades in high school determines what college I will go to! And the college I’ll end up determines my future! My future becomes very, very important the moment I enter teenage-hood.

I never had to worry about what my future would be in grade school. I don’t even remember studying (that is reading a book to review for a test) in grade school, but I remember frantically cramming for a test almost everyday in high school. It’s like, okey I’ve had my fun, now I have to start doing things that will shape me to become an adult. And then I discover the real meaning of worry.

            The dictionary defines worry as “a mental distress or agitation resulting from cancer usually for something impending or anticipated“. The years of adolescence are the years we become who we are---and if we were to follow the trend, no one wants to end up fat, pimply and in the wrong job because we went to a wrong school.

What is the point of worrying anyway? It’s not exactly the fun thing to do---“hey guys, what do you want to do on a Saturday night?” “Well, I was thinking we could sit around and worry about whether or not we passed the monster test we had in history test last week?” “Yeah, cool! Par-tay!”  And it’s not something you get awards in if you excelled at it---“Hey Ma, I’m the best worrier in class!”

            I think worrying is what we do when we’re faced with a situation that’s beyond our control. To delude ourselves into thinking that we are in control, we worry. It makes us feel that we’re doing something about it, at least we feel like we’re taking control of the situation, when actually we’re not. Take this into consideration, worrying that you’re not going to look good in your prom dress is not going to make you more beautiful and slim all of a sudden (if anything, it may just look worse, especially if you wrinkle your brow or lose sleep while you’re worrying). Fretting that you’re never going to get a date to the prom isn’t going to produce a prince charming.

            Agonizing whether or not you’ve passed your exam isn’t going to magically bring your grade up. All the worrying in the world won’t do anything but gives you headaches. We are actually so not in control. And that scares us.

            The root of everything is fear. And the only way to let go of a fear is to face it. Have you seen contestants in Fear Factor? They are scared (or disgusted) like anything, but they take a breath, jump in and do it.

            That’s what happens when we face our fears, too. We realize it isn’t really that bad, or if worst really does happen, we find that we can live to fight another day. To quote my favorite character in the movie Steel Magnolias, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.”

            I know one can’t help but be worried. I’m not going to be arrogant and say I never worry---I’m just a neurotic as the next person. But you just have to take a deep breath and remind yourself: this, too, shall pass. Everything will be alright.