Such a rare sight...

Look what I spot in Target earlier today - this is like the 2nd time since last November where I actually see them in stock...

Harry Potter 7 - Done!

Yup - done.

Finished the book in a single reading, and it took me approximately nine and a half hour. I think the book is really good, better than the Half Blood Prince - the plot is fast-pace and tense, not too many dull moments throughout the book. I think mainly because there are a lot of grounds to cover in the book. It would also make a very good movie even if they only cover the major battles. There were couple times when I caught myself thinking that I'd love to see this scene in the movie.

Quite a few characters died and i will spare you from any spoiler (at this moment...ka ka ka) Many of them i felt indifferent actually, but when one of the characters died toward the end I was quite sad to see he/she/it/whatever go.

Knowing that there will be no more Potter coming kinda saddens me, but if that's what Rowling planned, I guess we'll have to be content with it. It's been like, 10 years (?) of Harry Potter, like many reviews out there, I too felt that the Deathly Hallow is indeed a good closure.

P.S. Now I just have to find my Book 5 and 6. I know I bought them, but just couldn't find them.

P.P.S. I kinda feel sorry for the Starbucks - for less than $6, I pretty much sat there all afternoon/evening (230 - 9). XD

What a laundry day...

Four loads of laundry and still one left to go - totally not energy efficient :P

I actually don't have a lot of clothes that needs to be washed. The problem is that I separate them out into pretty small loads. I think I am one of the few people that actually uses all the care cycle available with the washer: delicate for my tees; color for my jeans and other shirts; white for linens... also after the "discoloring" fiasco I had last year (or the year before), I really make the point of separating out the colors: brown can go with black, but absolutely not blue; depending on the shades of blue, it could go with off white tees but not the nicer white ones; if it's a new shirt, it's either going with the black ones (unless it's a lighter color) or it's going to be washed by itself (see how energy "inefficient" i am...XD)

Anyway, one more load to go for tomorrow (just because I run out of space to hang dry them - and yes, my tees don't go into dryers)

Got my life back!

Finally have time to blog!

The phase 1 deadline was over earlier this week so I can finally have a life again. Things got pretty "intense" starting last weekend. Pretty much all I did was work and sleep. Well, a lot of work and not enough sleep. I logged at least 10 to 14 hours a day in the past week, but the actual time I stayed in my office was actually much longer (since i didn't count my sanity breaks...kakaka) One reason for all the madness was because the deadline was on the 5th (our deadline is always at 8am). Since the 4th is a public holiday, it pretty much meant that we have to get everything into QA by the 3rd. Yikes. Fortunately all my projects went into QA on time so that's a relief. Yesterday (or Thursday) was the first time in a week that I can see the sun setting instead of rising when I got off work - such a beautiful scene. XD