"Why is there a movie called RUN ... RUN?" -An Nie

Somebody came along and single-handedly tossed my no-going-out plan. :P

And she brought reinforcement in the form of TWO other med students. ;P

Joel, her new best friend at IMU ...

And her cousin and my ex-schoolmate Mayshi, who studies medicine in Russia. :D

I figured, it can only be good to be in the company of three future doctors ... ;D

And what did we do to occupy our Monday afternoon?

It was SUCH a funny movie. Hahahahahahaha.

It was about a man, Dennis Doyle (Simon Pegg), who is so terrified of commitment, that he leaves his pregnant fiancee, Libby (Thandie Newton) at the altar when he's supposed to be getting married to her. Five years later, Libby gets a boyfriend named Whit (Hank Azaria) and Dennis realises how much Libby and their son, Jake. To prove how committed he is, and how he's a changed man (all to win Libby back - it's a romantic comedy, after all!), Dennis decides to take part in the big Nike Marathon. It's a heartwarming, uplifting, and inspiring story - not to mention downright funny, especially with characters like Dennis' best friend, Gordon (Dylan Moran) and his landlord, Mr Goshdashtidar (Harish Patel).

I loved Simon Pegg in "Hot Fuzz" (also starring David Schwimmer), and thought it was really interesting to note that David Schwimmer directed "Run, Fat Boy, Run"!

Brilliant work, Ross Geller! :]

Then the med students tapao-ed their sugary snacks at a sugary kingdom called "Big Apple"...

Then we went to a local (air-conditioned) Kopitiam called "Old Town White Coffee".

Aaaaand ... some other highlight of the day! ;D

And how was your day? :)

Hope it was good - and that you weren't too tired from staying up for footie (if you did)! :D

Surprising even myself, I stayed up to watch the finals of EURO 2008 last night/this morning! I was supporting Germany, but a while into the game, there was a Spanish player named Fernando Torres who I thought was really likeable! He even scored the first goal at the 23rd minute into the 1st half (which later turned out to be the ONLY goal in the whole game)... So I supported Germany to win but rooted for Torres to shine. :D

But nonetheless, I was really disappointed that Germany didn't get a single goal in. :( Could feel the heat from the television screen when the German players were getting pretty darn frustrated that the game was ending and they still couldn't get an "equalizer". :/

I thought some players on both teams were really impressive, though - like Torres, Ballack, Senna, the platinum-blonde dude with the very German name - Schweinsteiger, was it? ... :] Football was surprisingly interesting to watch - the 2-3 hours passed by very quickly! :D

Not that I'm going to turn into an overnight "kaki bola", though, haha ... the last time I watched football (before the finals last night) was the FIFA World Cup in 2002. :P So I'll just wait 'til that one comes along again, then I'll slap on my South Korea tattoos and yell "Dae-han-min-guk!" to nobody in particular! Hahaha.

Unless, of course, I figure out the country of my great-grandmother's origin by then, and if they have a football team in the World Cup, of course I'll support that one! Hahaha. It's like a Cluedo game, I swear - and I only have 2 clues: she had blue eyes (natural ones, not my fake coloured contact lenses! ;P) and supposedly looked like a "guai po". That means white person - a Caucasian.

WHICH MEANS NOTHING LIKE ME. :S Hahahaha. But despite the extremely diluted bloodline, I insist on figuring out - in some miraculous way or other, maybe interviewing people in the old village - which race exactly she was of! This is why people should keep records of every family member's race and family history. So that if some curious little bugger down the road just wants to know, they can! :]

So, during half-time, I looked at the big atlas on my room wall, and noted which countries border China. Unfortunately, some of those countries weren't even formed yet during Great Grandma's time - everything was probably part of Russia at some point! - so I'm only throwing wild guesses out for Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan. :/ Furthermore, people moved around A LOT in her day.

I noticed that Iran (previously known as Persia) was a little further away from China, so that drastically reduces the odds that I am somehow related to Leila. :P Heeheehee. Aww.
But apparently, there are Chinese-mixed people in Kazakhstan! :) When I think of Kazakhstan, I think of Borat, so this would be a really, really hilarious thing if it were true! Hahaha. Not giving up on identifying the 12.5% of my bloodline yet! :D
Have a good week, everyone! :)
Maybe you can go and map out your family trees too. :D