Of Dystopia, Young Love and The Girl on Fire

If you know him well, you'll know that Haymitch is quite the reluctant trainer(or at least, he pretends to be). Always drunk and irresponsible, one wonders why he stays around to teach the new tributes year after year. He probably wonders himself too, except he does get his "refreshments".

Same for me, in a way. I wonder why I still do these movie reviews. They're not the main point of my blog, and not many people read them anyway. But, like Haymitch's alcohol, they're quite...satisfying.

Besides, who can not talk about this:

Spoilers ahead.

Progress Report, Term 1

Around me are grey walls. Smooth, grey walls with a slightly darker streak here and there. Nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, my laptop's right where it's supposed to be, which is to say a distance away from my already-stressed eyes. God, this is becoming unhealthy. But write I will, for write a long time I haven't done. Too long, in fact.

So what's different then? The walls are still grey, but they're mine. The laptop is on a desk as always, but it's my desk. Me? I'm sitting in my chair. That's right, folks, I'm home.

Another Big Number

Blackout

In less than 16 hours, Suburban KID will be joining Wikipedia, Reddit and others in a blackout to protest the censorship of the internet.

Details after the break.

UPDATE: The online and street protests against SOPA and PIPA have been a major success. Millions of people signed petitions, thousands of people took to the streets and thousands of websites blacked out. Even several of Congress's have crashed from a major influx of email and phone calls. Congratulations to the FREE and OPEN World Wide Web!

Another Day, Another Dawn

First off, the important stuff:

Happy New Year to all the readers/passers-by of Suburban KID from the blog committee! Thank you for the past two years-and-10-days of support!

Now, to the more...dreary stuff.

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish (Christmas Special II)

If you don't understand the title, shame on you. Go look it up.

So much has been happening this month.

My blog has just celebrated it's 2nd birthday yesterday - although once again, I failed to do anything about it, Christmas is coming - yay! - and the year, this very interesting year, is ending.

Oh, yeah, and I'm leaving.

That Time of The Year Again (Christmas Special I)

I love Christmas.

Being a Malaysian, I've had the good fortune to experience many other festivals and celebrations besides my own. And, being a Chinese Malaysian, I get to celebrate two! Awesome.

However, I still, still feel that Christmas is still king, in terms of food, festive mood and overall celebration. The oft-mentioned Christmas mood is infectious, and I have no doubt my fellow Catholics will fell the same. No offense to other religions, races or cultures etc.

Sometimes, however, for some people, Christmas can be...quite a bit of a hassle.

Quite a few people will start moaning when it reaches this holiday season. The main reason? I bet you know: Gift-giving! The long, arduous process of thinking hard what to buy for your long distance nephew's cousin's daughter's uncle's son and hoping that it wouldn't get tossed into the trash can reserved for the "Worst Christmas Present Ever".

Take that, multiplied by about a hundred of uncles, aunts, granddads, grandmums, nephews, nieces, cousins, siblings, in-laws, and you're pretty much looking at very, very long weeks ahead.

Which brings me to...Arthur Christmas.

More Renovation and Moving

You might have noticed that the Starfighters tab/page at the top right of the page....is no more. Didn't notice? Well, I'm telling you. Look up. There.