Lindsay Lohan

this is a scheduled post.
(as many of my posts have been muahahah)

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So, I was just watching an interview video of Lindsay Lohan from facebook and it was really interesting.




the topic that she was talking/discussed about is another matter

but what was interesting to me is the way she conveyed them.

The way she chooses her words and how very collected or knowledgeable of her to be able to convey what she wanted to say.

the way she acknowledged her past and refuses to talk more or dwell on it, shows how grown she has become.

I'm a fan of her work (and I don't really follow her 'dark' period) and seeing her in that interview makes me proud of her.
Not that I know her on a personal level, but because - womenhood. 
I think I'm in that phase of trying to find myself and what I like doing. Seeing that Ms. Lohan here is half-way there finding herself makes me feel that I have a chance too. 
I mean, her hardship was highly publicized! if she can raise up from that, why can't I?

She's another one of my inspiration today.

Here's another interview with Ellen.



a/n: some may say that she maybe faking this and is scripted. well, what do you know about hardship/mentallydepressed/onyourown ?

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Spare Time

I bet you don't know that in my spare time,
I sometimes listen to documentaries on youtube.
I said 'listen' becoz that's what I normally do when I played a documentary video on youtube. Played the video, ignore the moving video and just listened to the audio.

this habit of playing documentary videos from youtube came when I was dead bored with the songs I have on my phone.

I've watched many documentaries including British Royal's jewelries, first and last Emperor of China, the Pharaohs, the Last Tsar of Russia, and most recent, French Revolution.

the most interesting videos I've ever watched were the eight episodes documentary named The Romanovs, the History of the Russian Dynasty. 



the above video is the trailer. you can click here for the first episode if you're interested.

I read somewhere in the comment box that this documentary have a Russian version. someone commented that once you finish the English version, you should watch the Russian version with Eng Sub. I haven't got the 'rajin-ness' to do that. since, you know, I mostly listen to this documentaries and its not convenient for me to be reading subtitles especially when I'm at work.

I don't know what I gained from listening to these documentaries. It's not like I'm going to sit in an exam for the Romanovs History. 

but I did learn some thing interesting.
this Russian royals kehabisan membagi nama to their anak2
and most females who converted to the Russian orthodox also so malas to pick new names.

example:
Alexander - there were 3 Alexander(s) that ruled Russia
Nicholas - there were 2 including the Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas the Second
Peter -  there were 3 including Peter (i) the Great.

there were also many Alexandra(s), Maria(s), Catherine(s), Olga(s), Anna(s)

apparently Alexander is for male and Alexandra is for female. See how lazy these name are??

here's another example of 'Kehabisan Nama':
Paul I sons - Alexander (i), Constantine, Nicholas (i)
Nicholas I sons - Alexander (ii), Constantine, Nicholas, Michael
Alexander II sons - Alexander (iii), Sergui, Paul, Vladamir Ok fine, this one is a bit original
Alexander III sons - Nicholas (ii), Michael

Maybe to them these are the names of the royals. you know, like the British royals with the name George.
I don't know.
Maybe its all the names they know back in the day. 
no Google to check.
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You all must be thinking I'm sharing something educational here.
maybe.
but really, the reason why this post was made was because of the name choice.
the moment i realized they used the same name over and over again, I just had to make a post out of it.
〜(^∇^〜）（〜^∇^)〜

I have one other documentary movie that I watched that made me go "what the hell did I just watch?!" when the movie finished.

I will share that in my next post.

for now, here's a list of Russia related movies that you need to watch if you haven't already:
1. Salt - Angelina Jolie
2. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol - Tom Cruise and that Hawkeye guy, Jeremy Renner
3. Anastasia (1997) - my absolute fav! 

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Reading is Fun

I have always love reading.
Even back when I was 9 years old and a teacher gave me a story book as a present for being top 3 of the class and I hated that gift. 
LOL
and I also love History.

Just recently I finished reading A Diary of Young Girl by Anne Frank.

(not really the cover of the one that I bought but I'm too lazy to upload my version thus I Googled this and this cover actually came close to the real one)

It's a real diary of a young girl name Anne Frank who had lived in hiding during in World War II. (do Google Holocaust, Germany, Hitler and Nazi for further informations ;) )
I've heard of it during form 6, coz History was one of my big 3 subjects, and since then had been curious about this diary.
I wasn't really been searching for it (as stated in my IG acct :P) but when I saw the book at Popular, Miri, I didn't even think twice. I just took the book of the shelve and pay! (well, not really, I went around the store looking for more books plang before finally paying keke ) I recognized the title and when I read the synopsis, I just thought 'I gotta have this!' and I did. 
I don't know what intrigued me about the book. i thought it'd be about a full account of how the Jews were being treated and killed but when I finally read it, it wasn't of the sort. Yes, she did mention has to how they (all Jews, really) were being treated and in only a few accounts about how people were killed or as we all know now as the Holocaust.
The diary was mostly about her thoughts, and how she felt about being in confinement in such a small place. when I was reading, I felt like I was invading her privacy. coz, terlalu deep. it's like when I wrote down mean things that I couldn't say to people but to my diary only. it was kinda scary seeing it from a different perspective.

When gets me most is that, I can relate to Anne. mostly about writing. We both feel that we are not that talented but we both love it and find comfort in it. So, the whole time reading that diary, I feel her. I understand her.

Here are a couple of quotes I love most from her dairy;

and with that I shall concludes my thoughts on this book.

To those hidden writers out there, this is not a waste-of-time book to read.

Give it a go.

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