Watched this because i can't sleep. (And 5 hours later i'm supposed to report for work. What the crap.)

Jude Law is, as the dialogue goes, insanely good-looking. He possesses this magnetic aura which draws you to him, not exactly the in-your-face kind of dashing, but grows on you as the plot develops. A little like Johnny Depp. Never the most gorgeous or sweep your feet off the ground kinda appeal, but charming, bewitching and definitely enigmatic. Leaves you figuring what exactly is the drawing point, but which you can never put your finger to. Cameron Diaz is always cut out for this kind of romantic shows and Kate Winslet portrays those deep felt emotions in a very convincing manner.

Love the witty lines and plot which is grounded in reality, yet sprinkled with hope and surprises with those encounters. Makes it more believable with all the pain and baggage we carry. Isn't that what we need from movies? :)

Iris: I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.

I have an Oakley Icon Backpack 3.0.

It's black. It's stylish. It's cool. At least i would like to think so.

But before i bought it, i spent at least a year thinking and mulling over it. Basically it was the cost that turned me off, considering that i come from a humble background. I just think that it's completely ridiculous to splash $240 for a bag. It's just a daypack, it's not even a backpack.

Until i saw it in Taiwan for S$160! And without a doubt, i bought it on the spot!

I have another Esprit sling bag. Brown, leather, style. Haa. It costs me 80 bucks after the member's discount. Mulled over it for a few months as well. I think i've scoured the whole Central and Eastern branches and tried slinging the bag on whenever i have the chance to. Look into the mirror, front view, side view, tried the dark brown and the chestnut brown, caress the bag, before i put it back. It's the same case with the Oakley Backpack, just that because there aren't too many Oakley branches around, i don't frequent the shops too often, lest they remember who i am. (Side track, i tried on this Miss Selfridge top so many times at a shop that one day, the store assistant came to me and said "You came the other time right? And you tried on the same top right? Before both of us burst into laughter, me of nervousness while she attempts to ease the atmosphere with her giggle. So malu-ating )

Up till now, it's been 6 months and 1.5 years since i've owned that Esprit bag and Oakley Backpack respectively. I look at them and always think to myself what a good buy i've gotten. And the thing about them that's different from the other bags that i've gotten, either on impulse or it's cheap, is that the novelty of them dies down soon after. No regrets.

I think, the same theory applies to people. Sometimes, those whom you take painstaking efforts and time to think through or to keep by your side, are there to stay. Because you're more sure that that's what you want, and you learn to treasure them more.

Is it? :)

What, do i want to do in 2010?