I'm home! It was a satisfying trip, I must say. I bought Batwoman: Elegy, A Song of Ice and Fire (I caved), and some clothes. I also watched Brave. The review will be up in due course.

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur! I travel with no particular intention other than to submit my application for Kinokuniya's membership card; I'm just along for the ride. I'm considering getting some comics -- am looking up potential titles featuring characters I'm interested in as I write this.

Other news: I caught up with the latest seasons of The ( Read more... )

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I thought I'd get this out first, because frankly, I can't remember much of Deathly Hallows, besides the fact that I cried a ton during ... certain sequences. (People who've watched it will know which ones I mean, I reckon.) However, I will be watching it again this weekend with Sis #2, so the review will be up around then. For now, hey, here's ( Read more... )

I'm back from KL! Some highlights for now, because I'm bushed and I can't decide which one I want to prioritise: a write-up about the trip or the review for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, haha. Good lord, I'm awful.

• The flights to and fro were fraught with turbulence - i.e., fucking terrifying.
  
• THE TRAINING SESSION, OH, MY GOD, THE ( Read more... )

LONDON!: Day Nine - On Which The Trip Comes to a Swell End

Hold me! It's over!


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LONDON!: Day Eight - On Which I Go Real Estate-Hunting and Rub Shoulders with the Stars!

Yes, this one ends with an exclamation point because, to quote Rapunzel, "BEST. DAY. EVER!" (I wish I had an accompanying GIF.) Briefly, we went on an open-top bus tour around London. Places we visited are Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of ( Read more... )

LONDON!: Day Seven - On Which I Fall Asleep to Tour Commentary

Despite desiring a break from Paris, we'd bought tickets for Big Bus Tours, which allow us to hop on and off the various open-top buses that circulate in London for free within a 24-hour period. Included are several walking tours, one of which revolves around Harry Potter. Since I was ( Read more... )

LONDON!: Day Six - On Which I Feel like I'm in a Hitchcock Film

(I apologise for the recent lack of updates about this: I've been sick. This was how I looked like on Monday, except less adorable. Still kinda do, actually, as I'm writing this ( Read more... )

LONDON!: Days Four and Five - On Which I Realise I Like Being Called "Love" and "Darlin'"

Since we had no tours planned for the weekend (to recuperate from the day before), we visited Westfield, a shopping centre. I bought the following things:

• MAC Quite Cute (See how it looks like here!)
  
• Andrew Taylor's The Anatomy of Ghosts
  
• Angela Carter' ( Read more... )