2017 was going to end in a few weeks time.
2016 remained a shitty year with Brexit, IS, Trump (→ but it's a good topic to discuss tho) and bombings in Syria etc.
Even our beloved country:
(read newspapers
"He's such a XX"
Friend: "Ikr."
It's either we'd grown up and started to pay attention on incidents happening around the world or 2016 is really a year with bad plot.
I prefer the latter.
Besides, lot of changes happened in my life this year ... if you considered graduating A level and going into university as 'changes'.
(no more A level past years YEAHH
(Seriously tho those things makes you wonder whether you're studying or you're just learning to sit through exams.
(I've never felt this useless before
Traveled with friends ☑
It turned out to be A levels friends instead of highschool friends. Aish.
Sleep at friend's house ☑
Been there, done that.
Social anxiety to the max.
No it's not the host's problem it's my problem.
Never doing it again unless it includes travelling.
Got into university ☑
...after a number of discussion with lecturers about where am I going to study.
My econs lecturer kept telling us to study overseas but no monneyyy
(and my results wasn't good enough for scholarships.
Wear contact lense ☑
(pushed specs in anime-style
(Ahh I didn't wear specs today
Went to Khei Lai's hostel ☑
...more than once because I was bored.
Still remember that stupid game I played on her tablet hahahahahaha
Finished piano Grade 8 theory exam ☑
Thank goodness it's FINALLY over~
Pokemon Go ☑
Went to the park outside SCM to catch pokemon lol
But I gave up playing this game. UNMC banned it hmph.
Walk to school ☑
After so many years I can finally do the eat-bread-run-to-school thing hahahaha *ahem* not that I'll do it...*ahem..?
Went for a few trips in M'sia.
Went to Penang with A level classmates, went to Melaka (and I still didn't get the chance to go into the ship museum haiz), there's one day we went to Sekinchan, and tomorrow my family and I will go to Perak.
This includes Kampar (We'll be going to UTAR just for fun because I've never been there) Taiping, Ipoh and some other place.
By the way my sis's boyfriend is from Ipoh. Of course he want to see his precious girlfriend when we arrive.
You can imagine the situation when we go there.
Me:
(Yes just go lovey dovey and leave me with my books bye
Still, even with this trips and whatnot the best thing that happened in my life this year is FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
asdfghjkl I'm sooo happy that cinnamon roll Jacob who can bake cinnamon roll and the cute badass Legillimen Queenie the Mom Friend Tina and the famous cinnamon roll magizoologist Newton Artemis Fido Scamander exist in my life (tears
BEST.
THING.
EVER.
(hugs
Since JK Rowling "invite us back to the Wizarding World" (hahaha I've never left), I went back rereading Harry Potter (starting from Goblet of Fire) because two hours plus movie and original screenplay is too short for me.
Too short, compare to the novels.
Besides, I think I'd finished Fantastic Beasts-related info on Pottermore and Wikia...aish.
SO~
Goblet of Fire.
I'm currently reading this and 'The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto' by Mitch Albom (one of my favourite author) in the same period.
With some revisions to decrease my guilty of spending hours on tumblr + reading. ahem.
Which is why, I'm still on 200+ pages after so many days.
(By the way I just started 'The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto'. I think it'll become the best English book I've ever read this year...
(The best Chinese novel I've read in 2016 is《琅琊榜》
...One of them was a very old wizard who was wearing a long flowery night-gown. The other was clearly a Ministry wizard; he was holding out a pair of pinstriped trousers and almost crying with exasperation.
"Just put them on, Archie, there's a good chap, you can't walk around like that, the Muggle on the gate's already getting suspicious-"
"I bought this in a Muggle shop," said the old wizard stubbornly. "Muggles wear them."
"Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these," said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped trousers.
"I'm not putting them on," said old Archie in indignation. "I like a healthy breeze round my privates, thanks."
—— JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter Seven: Bagman and Crouch
Hahahahhaha this cracks me up everytime, dude. Everytime.
This is where Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys went to Quidditch World Cup. I love the mentions of different wizarding families tho.
The one below is when Dumbledore announced Triwizard Tournament will be taking place in Hogwarts during the start-of-term feast.
"You're JOKING!" said Fred Weasley loudly.
The tension that had filled the Hall ever since Moody's arrival suddenly broke.
Nearly everyone laughed, and Dumbledore chuckled appreciatively.
"I am not joking, Mr Weasley," he said, "though, now you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag and a leprechaun who all go into a bar-"
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly.
"Er - but maybe this is not the time ... no ..." said Dumbledore, "Where was I? Yes, the Triwizard Tournament...
—— JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter Twelve: The Triwizard Tournament
ROFL I don't think Dumbledore will be able to run the school without Professor McGonagall by his side hahahaha
(I thought they're together when I was a child tho asdfghjkl
Beside these, there're so many details that didn't made it into the movie, like there's student exchange programme between Castelobruxo in Brazil and Hogwarts; (COOL)
Beauxtbatons and Dumstrungs are NOT all-girls and all-boys school,
the fact that Dobby is the one who stole Gillyweed and gave to Harry before the second task;
and don't even get me started on"DID YAH PUT YAH NAME IN DA GOBLET OF FIYAAH" (flips table
This is why the books are better movies.
♪
We could fly to Berlin, Tokyo or Jamaica
We can go where you want
Say the word and I’ll take ya
But I’d rather stay on the sofa
On the sofa, with you
Minus the Muggles' terms, this is the perfect Newtina song for me~
I know Tina is busy with her career as an auror, but I think both of them will travel to different countries whenever Tina has a break, or during they children school holidays.
Well they might be out there catching some magical creatures or poking sleeping dragons for all you know.
And it feels like I’m flying
And it feels like
We could go to Berlin, Tokyo or Jamaica
Through the streets of New York
That is where I will take ya
Paris, Rome, to Rio
Passing through Las Vegas
We can go where you want
Say the word, and I’ll take ya
But I’d rather stay on the sofa
On the sofa
On the sofa, with you
Btw I'm in the same house with Tina!! (Thunderbird ♥)
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