At The End of The Day

Have you ever fantasised about the biggest coup of your life and imagined how it would actually happen?

Well, this coup I have never imagined but it was BIG indeed - at least in my view.

Get this: something I’ve written a long time ago and posted on the Internet is being used as part of a postgraduate dissertation!
The mail asking for permission to use my story came in some time yesterday but I only read it today because well, I’m not on the Net everyday.

It might have been a hoax, yes, so I did some search first. I recognised the name of the university (you kidding me? I salivate at the mention of this university) so I googled the department mentioned in the mail. What do you know, it was the first department of its kind ever established in the world, according to Wikipedia.

I am basking in the thrill of it all - I’ve gotten credits for what I have written!!!

Yeehaaa!!!

Then again, the student might be using it to talk about errors occurred in text written by a non-native English speaker, but what the hell. I’m credited in a dissertation!

Lots of things have been going on… I don’t think I’ll be able to tell them all coherently or in an organised way. So, prepare yourself to a haphazard news break.

As some of you may have known, one of my weirdnesses is that I have never found either Brad Pitt or Leonardo diCaprio to be hotties other women rave about. Leo I can understand a little - he used to have those features I associated with the phrase Pretty Boy - and as all of you know, there is only one pRetty Boy that I like. (Brad Pitt? I simply have no comment. If that makes me weird than so be it.)

Still, I regard Leo as a good actor and astute in a businesslike way. (All of those dark movies that spelled independent and than suddenly Titanic? Clever is my word. How else are you going to garner a sea of fans and make a name of yourself? Once that is secured, you are free to choose just about any films you want to do.) And then of course, I saw The Departed and Blood Diamond. I found my opinion to be justified by those films.

What surprised me, though, was the fact that I found Leo to be exceptionally gracious. I was watching Oprah the other night and saw Leo for the first time. I mean all of this time, I saw him as whoever it was he was playing, right?

This, I supposed, was the real Leo and at times, he even looked endearingly uncomfortable over the many thundering applauses, the compliments from a co star.. even the suit he was wearing.

And yet he was quick to offer a hug of welcome and be very gracious when saying, "Thank you" and "I’m trying" to lots of compliments fired at him. After all of those gossips I read, this was certainly a nice surprise.

And then, there is the fact that my favourite band ever is coming to town. Yeehaa!!!

At first, the news that Fall Out Boy is having a concert next month only bloomed a small balloon inside me which quickly popped again when I reminded myself I might not be able to afford the ticket… and even if I did, who the hell was I supposed to go with?

Cousin Edwin? Improved as his musical taste has been, the mention of Fall Out Boy would only produce a blank look in his face. Too bad, I haven’t seen him in ages - it was only the miracle of cell phone which has saved us.

But then Andri started nagging me to come along - which was a bit useless since there was no need absolutely for me to be nagged. I mean, this is FALL OUT BOY, man! Even if they were having a concert in the middle of the week, I’d be there. (Now that I know I have someone to go with me, that is. Ha.)

And then last night, I found out that on top of that we are going to be re-united with the person who started all of this for me. Yup, gAgA, my student who introduced me to the delights of Fall Out Boy’s music is also coming along.

And of course, last but not least, new teachers are coming and we’re going to train them!!! I am positively thrilled!!!