oiling my way up

There is this under lying understanding of bribery. I use the term bribery because to put it bluntly and in layman's terms it is plain outright bribery. But you see, here its not seen as bribery. It is seen as a "token of appreciation". A token of appreciation that can apparently take you far. And its the only way things work around here. Well not the only but definitely the grease that oils the machine.

I can call a million dollars a token of appreciation too! I have been "asked" to contribute a few times now but I can't bring myself to do so. And no, its not a million bucks but still. Just the thought of it somewhat irks the shit out of me. It doesn't seem right. Maybe I'm just being naive and trying to be all idealistic and shit.

The point of my writing this out is because I had a moment of weakness. A moment of weakness where I jump on the "brib" wagon to oil my way into the hearts of certain eastern counterparts. And I'm like what the heck! No! I'm not doing it! I think my moment of weakness is caused by the sense of belonging and the sense of being left out. That makes me sound super pathetic right?

Ah well.

Ain't gonna do it.

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It's Claire's birthday today. We (Amil, Michelle, Eugene and I) went out for dinner together and had a good time. And today, we're going out for lunch. Both Claire and I. She's 23. I was 23 two years ago. I'm turning 25 next week! omg! 1/4 century old! omg!

Now I feel like going on a shopping spree. fck.

help!

I... have... no... life.

I'm home on a Friday night writing my damn thesis.

Do you know how hard it is to find reliable sources? and here's what I need.

a) Did Bobby Brown (dubbed King of New Jack Swing) performed on the 5th of May 1993 in PWTC?

b) Krash Kozz's biggest achivement was when Billboard magazine certified their album as the first hip hop album recorded by Malaysian artist.

I need reliable sources! like newspaper articles or something.

AND does ANYBODY know how I can contact Adly Shairi Ramly of Malay Mail? I don't know if he still works there or not. I need to find out his sources for his article on Malaysian hip hop history.

OMG! I'm freaking out. I need to finish my work before I go back in 2 weeks! I'm only at about 7ooo words! I need another at least 8ooo to go!

I need a breather. and maybe a beer?

Doomsday. You think?

We are yet to find out what will happen. And I don't have a good feeling about it. When I read the text mummy sent me, I started having this sinking feeling. Like something bad is boiling up. It feels really uneasy. I really hope for everyone's sake that I'm wrong.

There's so much running through my head right now... and its really noisy.

Malaysian Censorship Board

I am going insane. wait. That's an understatement.

I'm doing more in depth research for my paper. It is seems almost impossible for me to look for the censorship policy on music in Malaysia. Does the Malaysian censorship board only address films? I asked nick and he said that hitz fm do have rules to follow in terms of what they can or cannot broadcast but its not something that I can freely get. Its only available to the higher ups. Same thing goes for Mindshare when I asked Astrid.

What the hell am I gonna do?
So I made sugee cake. for comfort. and cranberry juice. I'm addicted. btw, it goes really well with vodka too. =)

ps. Thanks Edwan for putting me one step closer to finding out what I need for my paper.

300 sheep-shaggers.

My 300th entry.

I spoke to Tash and I gave Nash a call. I kinda miss them alot...

So, I've done camera, lighting, a lil bit of editing, script writing and set design. This time I've gone to the mother of all production roles... I, Christina Chan, am the director (finally!) for my very last practical assignment in my uni life. hehehe.. ain't it a nice way to cap off my degree? Anyways, I'm totally psych!

I've been watching shit loads of movies to the point I have seen the same relatively unknown B grade actor in two movies in the span of one week, thanks to Video Ezy One Dollar on weeklies deal. Funny, we never rent Dvds back home, and here I am, renting dvds for the passed almost four years of my life.

ANYWAYS, I have watched all four "Bring it On". And you know what? They all begin with the head cheerleader having a bad dream. Here's my lil survey on all the sequeals... on the main male characters of course..


Bring it On 1 (2000) - Yes (Jesse Bradford), in a dorkiest kinda way. That half smile is kinda hard to resist..
and plus.. he's a musician.. lol.





Bring it On Again (2004) - Nope (Richard Lee Jackson), I don't dig him at all.. maybe because he's short.. or maybe its the jaw. I don't know.. not even one my dorky cute list.





Bring it On: All or Nothing - Yes Yes Yes! (Gus Carr).. he is oh-so-cute in this B-grade-direct-to-dvd movie. Crumping and all.. yum.
How could one resist that smile... and he is a dancer. =P





Bring it On: In it to win it - Okay la.. (Michael Copon) .. like I said... okay la..

I have nothing to say about the head cheerleaders. =)


Moving on, I just finish watching Jane Austen's Book Club. Firstly, I love the soundtrack. Secondly, I like the fact that they embrace their lives as screw up as it is. And lastly,the men in the movie (husbands/boyfriends) reading Jane Austen. Honestly, I have never picked up an Jane Austen book before... and the last time I watched any movies based on a Jane Austen book was.. a time I can't even remember. Maybe I should.. start reading something of Austen's.


Oh.. I saw two gay couples at Monkey last weekend. And.. one of them (one of the couples) were full on, making out like there's no tomorrow. Oh course there were the low life sheep-shaggers making fun of them and flipping the bird and all that jazz. But Elaine and I were sooooo tempted to go up to them and say, "you guys are awesome!". I'm rooting for gay pride... even when I'm on the other end of the rainbow. =)

ps. we got the house for next year. fully furnished! and its a proper house! finally!
another p.s. I wonder how a person living thousands of miles away is still able to piss the living hell out of me.

ohh.. a new Malaysian Restaurant finally opened in Dunedin. =)

Forbury Road.

Flat hunting is a bitch.
We've been going around looking for houses almost the whole day today and half of yesterday, and found nothing. You see, 2009 is going to be our last year in Dunedin and we thought that its about time we get a proper house and not some studio or some student flat. We want something nice and something that feels like home. The nice places are of course on places like Maori Hill and Roslyn or somewhere really far away like Wakari or St.Clair. And the really really nice ones are like 600 to 700 bucks a week!!! Crazy man....

I know its been only two days but the hours gene spent on trademe looking for houses for rent is ridiculous. We're giving it another couple of weeks and see how things go. Haihz...

Something Sab and Tien were talking about that got me thinking, "The closest friends we end up having are the ones from school or college. Workmates rarely become close friends". I've not started working yet so I can't say much. I mean, I do have a casual job that involves booger infested noses and crying babies... I can't imagine going for coffee with a 3 year old to talk about tampons and orgasms. I'm not sure if I can ever go back to being the same with my school friends, I mean I feel so alienated and very distant from them. Yes, I do miss them, alot, especially Nash but I don't think I would be able to go back to how things were... not where I plan to go.

Anyways, we had margaritas for tea today. =) I love the two of them.. hehehehe.