Woke up this morning and was greeted with this message:
Auckland to Osaka or Tokyo from $549!!!
That is some crazy deal! Sadly I didn't take advantage of it since I have uni. =(
Speaking of which, I'm currently taking this geo paper and the lecturer bores me to death. I can't hang onto any of his words after three sentences. I've only experienced another lecturer like this, and I thought it was the subject. Turns out, nah.
But today, this geo lecturer kept saying the phrase "shades of grey". As in "how many shades of grey can you see?", "1, 2, 3, 4 shades of grey!", "and in this picture, 256 shades of grey!". And that's about all I got out of that lecture - 256 shades of grey = 8bit. Will have to look at the slides again to determine the meaning.
On an unrelated note, day three of being healthy and...
I took one look at the above screenshot and...
Decided life is too short and had ice cream.
I am not a fan of this brand, but they put out flavours that sound like it will be delicious! I think the taste is bland, there's only a hint of what it's supposed to taste like and it doesn't taste like the ice cream I'm used to. I.e., it tastes like healthy ice cream, but it probably isn't, who knows.
After uni (by which I mean this evening, I was invited to a Japanese movie screening at the Civic in central Auckland. This was my first time at the Civic and now I understand why everyone throws a fit every time someone dares to suggest we tear the building down. I couldn't take pictures inside the building - I only had my iPhone and that definitely wouldn't do it justice, I was too busy admiring the view and also, I didn't want to block people. However, I did do a quick Google Image search for it so you can click here and look at something beautiful.
Ticketek needs to get better looking tickets, or at least the ones for the Civic needs to match the beauty of the building.
The movie was called Kiseki (English name: I Wish) and according to IMDb it is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It's a really sweet movie about two brothers who are separated from each other due to their parent's splitting up. The two brothers and their friends all have a wish and they believe a miracle will happen when the first shinkansen (bullet trains) pass each other, so they travel to the point where the trains will pass each other to make their wish.
It's one of those movies that leaves you feeling hopeful even though you know that nothing extremely magical will happen. It's simplicity creates a happy and fulfilled ending but at the same time, a little sad and you're left trying to hold onto that one grain of hope and you wonder what happens to the characters next?
I want to watch more work by this director. Perhaps I'll like kids more afterwards.
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