Anyone who's been reading this blog for long enough knows that I love Cirque du Soleil. For the longest time, Alegria has been the only show which I really love; I've only seen Quidam live, but I still love Alegria more. Dralion didn't really seem like a very coherent story to me and Saltimbanco didn't really do it for me either. So yep, I just remained stuck on Alegria and its beautiful Flying Man act and the contortion and the Russian bars.

Until during the recent exam period, I don't know why, but I did a search for Cirque stuff on Youtube and a whole lot on Varekai popped up. And then I saw the second most beautiful Cirque act that I've ever seen: the Fall of Icarus, Anton Chelnokov's aerial contortion in net act.

Icarus is a character from Greek myth that many people are probably already familiar with; Wiki it if you like. Cirque du Soleil takes the story of him falling from the sky and runs with it; Varekai is the result.

And Anton Chelnokov here tells the story of a boy who's fallen from the sky, lost everything, and now has to start all over again. This boy does things in a net 20 metres off the ground that most people can't even do on flat ground.



The act and the music together is just... love. Sad that he's not in the show anymore though; such a beautiful boy.

And for gratuituous ogling:

So. I gave in to temptation and bought myself a pretty little Moleskine from Kenny and Karen's store. :D

Pictures:

Of work and related things.

I'm working at an advertising company right now, for a few weeks; James from my Honours class told me his aunt's company needed someone for a few weeks to do some simple work with Excel, so I told him yes, and his auntie got me the job! So nice of her. And him, of course. :)

But, as always seems to be the case, data entry is boring, terribly uninspiring stuff. The lady who gives me work to do seems to think I'm really fast though. Same thing happened when I did data entry for Reckitt-Benckiser. Odd. I wonder how long previous temp staff that they had took to do stuff. Or was their typing speed *that* slow??

Other than that, work has been a chore for some other reasons, despite the fact that it's only been three days. The strap on my pair of white heels broke (again) and on my FIRST DAY; I was late by about 15 minutes, but good thing James' auntie was nice and understanding; she even lent me a pair of shoes I could use to get around in for the time being. I went out during lunch later and got myself a new pair of shoes.

And this new pair of shoes has been busy gnawing away at my heels for the last two and a half days.

I think they just need to be worn out a bit more so the material will be a bit softer and the shoe itself will have expanded to fit me better, but well, the day before I started work, I was wearing another pair of new shoes which were a size too small for me, I think.

I have no idea why, but when I tried them on and walked around in the shop, they seemed to fit. Argh. If no one else in my family wants them, I'm gonna be posting pictures up here so I can sell them. They're still in pretty good condition anyway, considering they've only been worn once and were bought less than a week ago.

Anyway, back to the point. That pair of shoes gave me quite a few blisters, and this new white pair that I have now aren't doing wonders for those blisters. It hurts to walk with OR without shoes on now. -_-

The only bright side I can think of is that Kenny's bookstore is just next door to where I'm working. ^_^ I pop over during lunchtime and after work; looking at all the books makes me happy, even though I can't buy them. :P Although it does make me feel bad; I keep popping in and out and I never buy anything. Hopefully I'm not too irritating. :(

And I only recently realised that Christmas is less than two weeks away! Wow. How did that happen...

Christmas wish list thus far:

1. Cirque du Soleil DVDs: "Alegria" and "Varekai"

2. External hard disk; I dunno what capacity might be best to get-- I've been told that 80 to 100 GB is more value for money?

3. A CAP of above 4 please?

Something from Sylvia's blog. Who got it from Wai Xin's blog. Who is now linked in the sidebar (whee!). :D

This Colo(u)rGenics thingy (the "u" is added just coz I'm anal about American spelling); it's the kinda thing where you pick colours and the programme tells you about yourself. Click here to try it.

My profile seems to be pretty accurate. Although reading it is really throughly depressing.


Enough is enough - and you feel that you've had enough for a while. You don't need any more battles. You just would like to be able to shout 'stop' and experience a little peace and calm - even if it be only for a little while. This doesn't mean that you need to cut yourself off from the rest of the world - it just means that you are seeking some respite, some physical or emotional relaxation that could release some of the the tension and possibly reduce the internal conflict.

You are working extremely hard trying to improve your image in the eyes of others. You are looking for acknowledgement from your peers and those who come into your sphere of influence. You want to be liked, not for what people think of you but for what you really are.

You feel tired - worn out and listless. The last thing that you want to do is to be in an open conflict with those around you that are forever tormenting you. What to do? That's the rub. You are feeling that you are being choked - unable to breathe.

Setback after setback has resulted in considerable stress and now you have got to the stage where you are continuously on your guard, not only to protect yourself from others but to protect yourself from yourself. It would seem that many of your unfulfilled hopes and dreams have led to uncertainty and suspicion. You no longer wish to answer to others and you are insisting on freedom of thought. You feel that you are fully self-sufficient and can control your own destiny. You are seeking ways to protect yourself from further loss of prestige and against further setbacks. You have become very dependent and you doubt that matters could possibly get any better in the immediate future and this negative attitude is leading you to exaggerate your claims and to refuse reasonable compromise.

You need to be needed and would like a situation where you will no longer be subjected to pressures and demands from those about you. There is no harm in 'dreaming' but it is you - and only you - that can be able to realise those dreams and to turn them into reality.


I suppose one word to sum everything up would just be "tired".

Life is fun when you're staying in hall with friends, and it's after the exams and no one has anything to do.

Shooting, going for dinner, jogging, late night movie with seven people squished on one person's bed, getting hooked on silly Neopets games and LOTRO.

These are the things that I wish Life was always made of.