Pandarific!!

Hello, i have been M.I.A on this blog for some time but really who doesn't (making excuses). haha but generally i think the blogging trend is slowly dying, I don't see many updates from friends anymore, sad sad thing. Well at least there's still facebook and twitter.

So what have i been up to? well i did teach for a month, but that was last month and now i have been bumming around doing nothing ever so productive, joy..........yeah i need a job that's flexible to my needs because i really don't know when i'm going to start uni, it's so undecided i might just sign up a day before (local). Who knows, life is just so unpredictable, that is probably the only thing you can predict about it. Yeah i'm talking in circles. Since i am so bored, i'm going to make a list of random things to do and if you could, help me to choose one to do. (If anyone still reads my blog)

1. decorate cupcakes and see if i have any skill in that area.
2. Learn a new language and stick to it this time.
3. Learn how to play a new instrument that people hardly play.
4. Just go get a job.
5. Go and play board games in that new place you found. But then i need friends to accompany me.
6. write a book, a story

I don't think i can come up with anymore now that is reasonable, i have many outrageous ones but that's just me ya know.

I should also probably finish my italy posts and post up a little write up about my time in A levels. The to do list is filling up pretty fast.

I may come up with more when it hits me, but for now, it's 7. (photo's aren't mine)1. They love nutella. I am very serious, you think you’re a nutella fan? Well this is a whole country that loves it! We’re talking 5 kg Nutella, mini nutella’s, nutella spreads (for bread) and your normal medium sized nutella. Oh and not forgetting nutella on the go complete with a small drink next to it.

2. Saldi. This is one word shopaholics need to know, known to the English world simply as ‘Sale’.

3. Espresso, cappuccino. Anywhere, anytime. Coffee lovers, this is heaven for you. You don’t have to go to a certain place for the best, any small cafe promises to deliver a good cup to you. The driver that took us around also used the word cappuccino to tell us that it’s time for a break from driving. Yeah, it’s the Italian version of what we Malaysians love, Milo and mamak.

4. It’s easy to read Italian (most of the time). One of the reasons why I fell in love with this country, because their sign boards are easy to figure out. Farmacia = Pharmacy. Roma= Rome. Internationale = International. And many more easy to figure out words.

5. Football. They love it, it is said that Italians love food and football and spend a lot of their time on both. When I was in the plane and it was dark, mostly, you’ll see lights and cars moving along the highway. Here I noticed football stadiums lit up, and it wasn’t just one. They also have signboards on the road warning children not to play football at this part of the road.

6. Locks. Fine, it was only in Florence but people seemed to put locks in random places. I still have no idea why, but the authorities put up a sign to ban people from doing so. Anyone knows anything about this, please explain to me.

7. Pharmacies. The prominent company would be ‘International Pharmacy’ or in Italy ‘Famacia internationale’. You can find one anywhere, sometimes they even have two on the same street. It was really convenient since my family kept on buying lip balms from them. Other than that, it’s either this company is trying to be the market leader or they just really need one at every corner. However, what I liked about this chain of shops was that, they did have the basic pharmacy layout but they adapted it to the way the place was naturally built. So in some stores you can see intricately carved cherubs or renaissance influence.

As you may have realised or have been told, I went to Italy for a holiday (9 days) and it was really fun and exciting as i've never been to this country before. I'll write about the places i've visited and some things you should look out for if you were to visit it yourself. I'll try to get it out soon, thank God i have a journal to refer to or i would never be able to remember all the details since there's so many awesome things to talk about.

I can't believe this, but i vaguely remember that i posted something about Rome before, and so i searched my blog for it. And here it is. http://pandarific.blogspot.com/search?q=rome

The thing is, when i posted that post, i was WISHING that i could visit this eternal city, and now, in 2 days i will!!! It's just a major wow moment. It's just a wonderful testament of God's Awesomeness, He answers our little wishes without us really actually asking for it sometimes.

Watched this video called "Rob and Amber: Get married", if you don't know, they were the couple that got together in survivor all stars and because of that, it made that season so good, my favorite season ever (When i still watched survivor). This was in 2005, yeah years ago, they already have two kids, but anyway i watched it because i somehow, even though rob can be manipulative sometimes, i still like this couple. This part however, to me was the funniest, it shows rob in a store, buying almost everything to furnish their new house, it's a surprise for Amber you see. Also, this is an example of what it would look like when guys buy the furniture and do up the house. The end result by the way, was quite good. It also shows Amber getting signatures for Rob from his favorite baseball team.

Remember the Sherlock Holmes movie in 2009 starring Robert Downey Jr? Well this series (3 episodes per season, 1 season so far) is something of that sort. I found it by accident as i was trolling the web for something cosplay related, odd, i have no idea how that connects. Anyway, i just love this series as much as i loved the movie. Of course they have no connection to each other, other than the fact that they're both about Sherlock Holmes. This version stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson.

There are some notable differences at first, like the relationship between holmes and Watson, in the movie, Watson is in his own way independant of thought and can decipher things on his own. A change from the sidekick who knows nothing version always portrayed. Here, in the series watson can't figure out how holmes came to a certain conclusion. Why? Because in the series the first episode they just met each other. In the movie, they've been friends for years. On the series, watson is still trying to get used to Holmes, dashing off here and there, so he does get a bit irritated with Holmes. Holmes here is, from what i've seen so far, as ingenius as ever, with a touch of arrogance. He often insults the people around him for their lack of intelligence. Here's one, "Dear God, what is it like in your funny little brains? It must be boring" And another one where he insults the police detective.

S: Shut up
D: I didn’t say anything
S: No, you were thinking, it’s annoying.

Ok i'm just loving his character! The sarcasm is hillarious! Owh and i forgot to mention, it's set in modern London, so you have the updated version of everything. The ever famous address 221b Baker Street

I finally get to see the places that i "buy" in monopoly, 75 years after the game was created, many things have changed. Too bad they don't cover all the places on the board.