2 posts tagged “harry potter”

I bought tickets for my brother and I to watch next week's Harry Potter movie! I wonder if there will be as much of a craze as previous years. I must say I was never really into the Harry Potter movies, especially back in the day when the Lord of the Rings movies were coming out - I mean that trilogy was truly a MASTERPIECE. I guess I'm excited because nothing eventful has been happening in my summer vacation so far. Not that I'm not enjoying it.

I find that having the luxury of sleeping whenever I'm drowsy and for as little or as much as I wish; and having the freedom to become a recluse/hermit and just stay at home surrounded by all the books I've bought and been planning to read for the past year; and having the internet as one of the main windows towards the outside world as rather peaceful and enjoyable. Of course, my body seriously itches to get OUT at least once a week, such as today. The weather was a killer though - my mood immediately plunged as I was hit by 35 degrees celcius plus heat waves. The most terrible thing about the weather here in Taiwan is that you actually feel pressed and suffocated by the solid-like heat, because of the high humidity on this tropical island.

Anyway, enough said. I took a photograph (because my scanner broke), of my ticket and the accompanying sticker they gave. Taiwanese movie tickets are so different from the sort of stubs I recall from South Africa and Australia (maybe they are different now?). As for Taiwan, they're just printed on fax paper...

Harry Potter Ticket

HP Sticker

The Kite Runner

Currently reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I have been planning to read this book for 2 years, and finally, this summer, I have gotten around to it. And man, it is as good as many people have said. I am only halfway through the book. But quotes:

"Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft...When you kill a man, you steal a life, you steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness...There is no act more wretched than stealing. A man who takes what's not his to take, be it a life or a loaf of naan...I spit on such a man."  - Baba.

I have been searching online for airplane tickets I need to book to get to the States. It's Singapore Airlines vs. Cathay Pacific. I'll probably be taking Cathay Pacific not only because I use it almost everytime I fly, but also that there are almost no seats left on Singapore Airlines. Too bad, I've been wanting to fly Singapore Airlines since the first time I flew when I was 6, from South Africa to Australia.

I can't wait till the new Harry Potter book comes out!! I pre-ordered it last week! I need to re-read all the previous books before the new one comes out. My memory of the last two are extremely hazy since I blazed through them the moment I got the books, and never reread them again.

Harry Potter will always hold a special place in my heart since he grew up with me. I was 11 when I read about the 11-year old Harry hearing about Hogwarts for the first time, and now, as I have reached adulthood and have graduated from high school, Harry and his friends will also be entering the adult wizarding world and graduating from Hogwarts.

What will happen in this last book? Who will die?

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I want to watch the upcoming HP movie and Pixar's Ratatouille.