Okay, I think I've to put a stop to designing these wallpapers. Eight is more than enough! As you can see down below, I'd designed 4 more wallpapers in the last three days. More so seeing that I had nothing much to do being slumped sick, alone at home. But I guess I've created enough. I don't know about other designers, but designing wallpapers are a pain in the ass. One piece can take hours to finish. But nonetheless, I still love my sweet old, Photoshop. It's my favourite software ever. So yeah, below are the four remaining ones. As usual, the topmost is the latest and so on.


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2 more of Ron/Hermione and 2 more of Draco/Hermione. Fair and square, eh? *giggles* I'll be posting these up shortly on LiveJournal. Well, hopefully you guys like them. Currently, I'm using the big yellow one of Ron/Hermione that I'd previously posted on my last entry.

I actually decided to design these wallpapers thanks to Sherine for emailing and giving me a heads up. Apparently she told me that it's been a long while since I last designed something. So Sherine, there you go. *smiles*

Well anyway, I only just realised one of my most awaited Bollywood movies, 'Guzaarish' is releasing on the same day as 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1'. I knew it was releasing in November, but I was too caught up with HP that I didn't spare it a thought that there's a chance of it colliding on the same day. Oh well, I say good luck to Sanjay Leela Bhansali with the box office running. I personally don't think it's wise to release his movie together with something like Harry Potter. Then again, I believe Aishwarya's other film, 'Action Replayy' is releasing in November too, albeit two weeks earlier... Whoa! Two Aishwarya Rai movies in November itself. Seriously! The month of November will be a blast for me. I can't wait!!

And speaking of 'Guzaarish', the first look of the movie is slated for release on 3rd September. Woohoo! Can't wait! My favourite, favourite Bollywood pair - Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. Hopefully this trailer will be online as soon as possible as it's releasing together with the movie 'We Are Family'.

On the relative note, like I tweeted earlier, I was grinning all throughout Emma's walk around the slumps in Bangladesh for People Tree. Never have I dreamed of seeing Emma Watson wearing something Indian. And that pink salwaar kameez suits her well. Seriously, seeing her with that beautiful hair of hers makes me want to curse her for chopping it off. She looked so beautiful with long hair. But coming back to the Bangladesh visit she did some months ago, I can't help sighing at how sweet Emma is. She's good with children, something I can learn with. I hate children. And seeing her teaching those school children was just heartfelt. And dear Merlin, do I love her British accent or what? Love, love her!

Mood: cranky
Song: Hurricane ~ 30 Seconds to Mars

Whoa! I despise all those lucky gits who were given the chance to see the private test screening of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1' yesterday. Goodness! How awesome was that? I think I've read all the spoilery reviews that are available on the Net so far. And Merlin, some of the write-ups had me in tears. I seriously can't believe how easily emotional I've become for this final two-part movie. If a trailer and review could turn me into such a sap, I wonder what will I become when I'm right there in the theatre visually watching it happening... Please Merlin, leave me with some dignity then. Don't leave me in a mess in that theatre seat.

Whilst some fans do not want to take these reviews as a confirmation on how and when the first part of the movie will end, I do positively believe that that's the real ending to Part 1; with Voldemort stealing the Elder Wand by opening the dead Prof. Dumbledore's tomb.

I'm absolutely delighted knowing that the infamous Malfoy Manor chapter will be included in this first part. Whatever review I read on Hermione's torture scene was like what Tom Felton said, "Brutal". It does sounds pretty graphic; with Bellatrix lashing a knife on Hermione's face, then using a whip and of course torturing her with her favourite Cruciatus curse. One thing which left me quite impressed was the additional part of the torture which wasn't in the book. Bellatrix had carved the word, "Mudblood" on Hermione's arm whilst she was unconscious. The poor girl. One reviewer even mentioned that Ron was beside himself in this scene; totally broken down at Hermione's merciless cruciation whilst he was helplessly locked up in the dungeon. Good. Good. I seriously can't wait to see Rupert at his emotional best. Personally I feel Rupert's performance in this scene is most important. I want to see him bewailing and screaming for the mercy of the girl who holds his heart.

That brings us to the other infamous scene -- the locket. Sure I'm not pleased with the additional spiders that came out to delude Ron, but the Harry/Hermione scene sounds really taunting. The reviews did seem to suggest that the RiddleHarry and RiddleHermione followed quite closely to the book; where they sort of get intertwined and engaged in a sensual kiss, earning an anguished Ron Weasley. I still can't apprehend how some fans are still wondering why the figures depicting Hermione and Harry are topless. Like I said before, the book sure did not plainly described them naked, but it did somehow meant the figures were unclothe. It's not like Voldemort is some fashion designer to dress up his objects, now is he? Besides the figures being topless only fuel the evilness of him.

I'm also real glad that Viktor Krum makes a reappearance, making Ron jealous as the Bulgarian bon-bon took away Hermione onto the dance floor. Although like many other R/Hr shippers, I'm disappointed that Ron and Hermione didn't dance like in the book.

Well anyway, I've created a couple of wallpapers for both Draco/Hermione and Ron/Hermione during the last few days. I've yet to post it up publicly on LiveJournal since I plan to accumulate some more and then post them up at one go later. So well, my blog readers have the first opportunity at seeing my first batch. The topmost is the latest one and so on.


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Well, I think I'm going to stop designing more for now. I'm well out of creative juices.

Mood: tired
Song: Pardesi Pardesi ~ Raja Hindustani

I'm good now, all better. *smiles* Thanks to those Panadols my Mum kept shoving into my mouth all the time. Thank Merlin. But seriously, as much as I love the rain, it's getting rather miserable with the inconsistent weather we have here in Singapore. I may not be surprise if we finally witness snow in the distant future.

Well I had some fulfilling dinner as break fast earlier this evening. Even made myself yoghurt parfaits. Yeah! Blame Food Network channel which my mother seems to be addicted to. It had me trying out stuff I never dream of trying. But yoghurt parfaits are simply the easiest and tastiest desserts you can make with -- layer a scoop of raspberry jam, then a scoop of yoghurt, and then some granola or cornflakes, and layer it back with yoghurt and so on; until you reach the top of the glass. The first time I tried a couple of weeks ago, I'd used natural yoghurt. It was only after tasting it did I realise and hit myself on the head. Natural yoghurts are bloody sour. Vanilla yoghurt is the way to go. Sweet and tasty.

Moving on, I'm pretty excited about Emma Watson's latest collection for People Tree. Apparently it'll be unveiled at Prince Charles' garden party. I admittedly love the first look of the collection with Emma modelling it. So far, I love her designs with the first ones.


Well anyway, my Mum who I'd earlier showed Emma Watson's latest haircut kept gushing on how much she resembles Winona Ryder -- "You know, the girl who played heroine to the pirate with scissors for hands?" Yeah, took me a while to realise she meant Johnny Depp as 'Edward Scissorhands'. But coming back to her remark.., *blinks* Winona Ryder, seriously? Nah! I don't think so, mother. Then again, I think I can confirm my dislike for Emma's current haircut. It's been weeks now, and I still don't find myself liking it.

By the way, our dearest redhead, Rupert Grint is turning 22 next Tuesday. Oh! Bless him. I wonder if the bloke is attached to some girl already. I mean, he was spotted a couple of times by the papparazzi with some tramps girls. Goodness! The guy sure knows how to break hearts.

On the related note, apparently fans on Twitter are saying that America's ABC Family channel is having another round of a Harry Potter weekend. How awesome is that? It's so unfair that other countries don't have this amazing channel. Do they do that for other movie franchises too, because I've yet to hear anything like a "'Twilight' weekend" or something? I wouldn't know though, because Harry Potter is the only thing that matters to me. *giggles*

And that brings to mind the speculations of Harry Potter's beautiful pet owl, Hedwig. Apparently rumour has it that the script was change to Harry letting it go prior to his departure from the Dursleys. It was only during the 7-Potters scene did the bird came back to help her master and in the process got herself killed. Unlike the book, she was in her cage when she got a blast of the killing curse. Seriously, why add stupid unnecessary sub-plotlines when you already split the book into two bloody movies? Can't they just make use of that excessive frame time to simply follow loyally with the book? Honestly! It peeves me to no end! Steve Kloves will forever be unappreciated by us book-fans.

Mood: full
Song: Shukran Allah ~ Kurbaan

I am so absolutely exhausted! Furthermore, it's a sodding Monday. I even bunked my fasting today. *hides face in shame* Feels so guilty. I feel like an old woman with back problems along with joints and muscle pains. Add that to extreme headaches. *sniggers* Gulping down one painkiller in the office earlier didn't do much help either. In fact, it ended me feeling all too drowsy; as if I'm on a drug... which I guess I was, in a way. I'm still reeling with headaches right now, in fact. My temperature's been on and off which honestly irked me a bit. Damn the crazy weather of Singapore nowadays.

Well anyways, I couldn't really get much spare time on the computer yesterday due to some relatives that my Mum had over for dinner. Seriously, I know there's something wrong with me when I say I really never appreciate having guests in the house, unless I invite them myself. I feel as if they're some sort of an intrusion. I try to be positive about it, but man! I think I'm born sadistic. *cackles* Anyway, like I tweeted on the phone yesterday, I did help make dinner for the folks -- Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes.


Yeah, I'm not much of a photographer. Besides, by the time I took this shot, my Mum had already grabbed the nicest and neatest looking ones to give away to my relatives. But honestly, I'm not gonna act modest round here, but I'm extremely satisfied with the results. That's considering I baked them without being able to taste them due to my fasting. Although I confess that the first tray were slightly burnt. Damn the recipe for telling me to bake for 30 minutes. The second tray however which was baked for 23 minutes turned out perfectly. The best thing however about these cakes is the topping - the chocolate ganache. Merlin! It's finger licking good. *grins* I think by far this is the best frosting I've ever done.

By the way, I got this recipe from Ina Garten on Food Network channel. The recipe that was shown had been so bloody repetitive that I just had to try it. For those interested, the recipe is in fact online which you can find at this page.

Moving on, those newly released photoshoots of the Harry Potter trio were just downright adorable.


Can't believe how good looking all three of them turned out to be now. It's surreal. I laughed when Daniel Radcliffe told the press how Mike Newell used to shout at him, "Because you were BLOODY CHARMING!!" when he was marvelling with Emma on why they were cast for the films. I have to say, I quite agree. *chuckles* I especially love that one animated gif one fan did. It's a scene from the Ultimate Edition of 'Chamber of Secrets'; where the trio were doing their auditions together. It's just uber cute!


Adorable weren't they? The sheer luck of them. Now they're all millionaires through this franchise. Emma Watson was even slated as the most highest grossing actress in Hollywood ever; bypassing popular actresses like Megan Fox, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie and etc. It proves that Harry Potter is and will always be in a class of its own. And I will forever be a proud fan of it. *smiles*

Mood: sick
Song: Bahoein Ke Darmiyan ~ Khamoshi

It's Friday the 13th! As much as I do not believe in all these 'bad luck' shit, I do enjoy mocking it. Like I tweeted, it's already night time here in Singapore and I've yet to have such negative luck occurred to me. Thank the Al Mighty. And that brings me to mind to wish all of my Muslim web visitors a great Ramadhan month ahead - Ramadhan Mubarak!

It seems so much have happen since my previous blog entry that I don't know where to start, what to omit and what to talk about.

Well first and foremost, was it only last week did Emma Watson chopped her hair off? It now seems like months ago and the hairdo has yet to grow on me. I'm just too used to her long, pretty, wavy hair. Besides I think she looks too sweet a person to pull that sort of hairstyle. *shrugs* Oh well... a lot of fans seem to approve of it. Hopefully her hair will grow at an acceptable length by the time she goes for the Harry Potter movie premiere. Then again, I was almost into believing the rumour on her trying out for the coveted role in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'. I mean she cut her hair just in time for the auditions. Then again, her next semester in university is starting, hence there is no way she could squeeze this role unless the shooting starts at the end of the next semester. Too bad though. I'd really like to see Emma in more movies.

And speaking of premieres, I'm still quite peeved that we've yet to get real good pictures of the recent Harry Potter wrap party at Leavesden Studios. I'd expected more than the ones released on the Net. Was the party really that secured up or something? Even the stars on Twitter fail to post any pictures on their pages.


Ooh! And the ever so reliable Entertainment Weekly magazine has revealed some new exclusive pictures of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. Too bad no Ron/Hermione visual goodness in it. The only thing we shippers could grasp is a sneak peak on the Chamber of Secrets scene. A Voldemort-shaped tsunami awaits Ron and Hermione as the latter destroy the Horcrux, the Helga Hufflepuff's cup. I don't know whether to see this as a positive addition from a shipper's point of view, or a negative waste-of-screen-time in a book fan's point of view.

In the book, we did not exactly know what happen down there in the Chamber since Harry just met his two best friends who promptly gave him a brief detail on how the Horcrux was destroyed -- it sort of screamed and mangled itself once Hermione pierced it with the basilisk's fang.

But from all those new looks we've got from the magazine, my favourite shot is of the Malfoys at their Manor - the albino family. *smirks* Goodness! It's so effing good to see them finally together! Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy with her deranged kid-sister, Bellatrix Lestrange. (And I still don't get the deal with Draco's mother's hair. Like WTF?) I wonder if this will turn out to be the very first scene of the film like it was in the book.


Moving on to my overdue vacation trip, it has finally been booked - flights, hotel and all. So yes, it's officially confirmed now that I'll be out of Singapore by end of this year. Can't wait! Pity Hari Raya is coming next month that I don't think there's any chance of me saving much money for the next couple of weeks. Of course I have no intention whatsoever to give those annoying children Hang Baos. My money is my own; it's not like I'm making a fortune at my current workplace anyway. I'm terribly underpaid. *sneers* Now next on my to-do list for this vacation plan of mine is to shop for the needed stuff. Seriously, I hate packing so much that I keep having the same dream over and over again; where my flight was like about in 2-3 hours and I've yet to pack a single thing, less reach the airport. Ugh! Sure hope I won't be that blockheaded when the time comes.

By the way, news has it that the Japanese got a new exclusive clip from the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. Someone even posted a transcript on SnitchSeeker's forum which is viewable at LJ's ONTD community. Seriously, seriously intrigued that Hermione's torture scene was shown in this preview. How unfair! That is one of the couple of scenes I really, really want to see first hand. I just hope Emma's scream does inflict the spine-chilling feeling when I imagined it to be whilst reading the book. Tom Felton did mention that Hermione Granger's torture was actually brutal, didn't he? So, let's just hang on to his words right now and hope he knows the depth of the word 'brutal' is or not.

Mood: predatory
Song: Likha Hai Hawaon Mein ~ Darr

I just absolutely LOVE it when something Harry Potter related makes it to the top trends on Twitter. I will sometime participate like crazy just to make it stay TT. I relish the feeling of Harry Potter fans around the globe coming and working together to keep it stays trending. It so happen that even Twitter officials had to make a stand that one point of time when Harry Potter took up four TT spaces for 5 days straight. *chuckles* Currently one of the Unforgivable Curses, 'Avada Kedavra' is on the top slot, which makes me grin out wide. *grins*

Anyway, as I was saying on Twitter, my colleague gave me a Harry Potter board game earlier. Sweet! Thanks, Hetty. I haven't had the chance to play it yet, but from what I can gather from the instruction manual, it's basically like Cluedo where you have to find out who's the murderer amongst the players. My Mum who has finally been on talking terms with me asked to beware if it turns out to be like Jumanji. Yeah, that's her lame attempt at making jokes to crack the awkwardness. Haha! Love her.


The game overall.


That's the lid cover.


The tokens in the form of wizard hats. Two dice. And Peeves, the haunting poltergeist.


The green hint cards; I haven't really understand the relevance of these yet.


The blue hint cards; basically shuffled and passed to players to see what their individual role is.


A checklist for every player.


The main board. Nice pretty art. I've yet to finish ogling at it.
Nifty! I can't wait to sit down and play it; albeit I'll play it with my favourite imaginary friend sitting beside me. *snorts*

Well on that relative note, apparently someone on Tumblr mentioned seeing a new Deathly Hallows teaser at her local theatre. She mentioned a clip of Fred/George dancing with Fluer at her wedding, a close shot of Shell Cottage and etc. Wow! I wonder if by any chance they're the same stuff that came out at the recent Comic-Con. I hate the fact that the clip at that convention is yet to be published publicly on the Net. I mean, c'mon! Sure we still have to wait up to July next year to see the last half of the film, but still!

Mood: optimistic
Song: Tera Hone Laga Hoon ~ Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Mum bought me a mini laptop last Saturday. I'm still quite astounded that she did. I just said I wish I had one and she went, "Sure, I'll buy it for you." I mean, whaaa-? Certainly she wants something in return. I know my mother. Then again, I didn't stop her of course; in fear she'd change her mind. *cackles*

Anyway, it's basically a portable mini computer that is great for travellers since it only measures up to 10 inches and has WiFi integration. It's smaller than your standard Barbie doll. Normal laptops like the one I'm currently using are as wide as 15 inches.


Yeah! Definitely bringing this for my trip. Like I tweeted then, I now have 3 laptops! Haha! Albeit yeah, my oldest one takes half an hour to be usable. The only drawback of this mini laptop is that it doesn't have a built-in CD drive. I'm still contemplating on how to install some of the basic softwares I need which are all original versions of the CD-Roms. I tried my luck in copying the installation files onto my memory stick, but like I'd expected, the installation failed since they could detect they're copies. My only alternative is to download a bootleg from the Net or borrow someone's plug-n-play USB CD-drive. Now don't get me wrong, but I don't think I'll go with bootlegs for these. I guess I'll try asking around for this external CD-drive... Anybody have one?

Well, as sweet as my mother can be, she's currently not in talking terms with me. Left the house earlier this morning to work without a single goodbye. Hmph! Apparently she's agitated that I kept the light on late last night as I read my 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' book. C'mon! Give me a break. Night time is the only period I can get my hands on a book. And seeing that it's a Harry Potter book, even my sleepiness seems to drain away. It's amazing that even after knowing the story back to back, reading the book still makes me find out something new. Now I know why Hermione Granger loves 'Hogwarts: A History'. You tend to realise 'new' facts again and again.

And coming to that, I was just watching the 4th movie the other day and fretted on how awesome it would have been if the Weasleys were to fetch Harry from the Dursleys at the beginning of the story. I couldn't help chuckling away as I read the part of the book where Arthur, Fred, George and Ron were stuck in the Dursleys' chimney in their attempt to Floo in. I can only imagine Ron's big foot scrapping over George's head. *chuckles* Such a chaos. Then again, the movies never really did gave the books that much of a consideration. Putting Padma Patil in Gryffindor, Katie Bell, Romilda Vane in the same year as Harry's were just some of the many trivial incorrect details that got into my nerves. I don't see how putting these small characters into Harry's year would make the audience receptive of their existence.

Anyhow, there seemed to be three new Deathly Hallows promo pictures. Two of Harry's and the other of Hermione's.


I love Emma in her Hermione shot there. I wonder if this is at the Shell Cottage. She did have that scar there; which I presume is after the Malfoy Manor attack.

Which reminds me, it amuses me how after so long, I still find the below Draco/Hermione fanvideo quite gripping. I'll even go to say that it's my favourite Dramione fanvid ever. It's short, simple and yet so... spellbinding!


Seriously, I've seen loads of fanvideos of various Harry Potter ships, but Draco/Hermione fanvids are by far the best. The plots that usually comes with them are always so good and full of angst. My favourite Dramione vidder is Julia, also known as aandrandom on YouTube. She's the best. But ironically, the vidder who did the fanvid above is someone else.

I now feel like making some new Ron/Hermione and Draco/Hermione wallpapers. I think my last batch of designs were a year ago. I might start on my first piece this week -- given if I have spare time. *sniggers* As if! Well, we'll see. I even have an idea of a oneshot of a random moment between Draco and Hermione as Heads in their dormitory. I already have the notes of this fanfiction idea jotted on my iPhone. It's just waiting to be executed into a full-fledge composition.

Mood: rushed
Song: Flowers for a Ghost ~ Thriving Ivory