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Not everything's as it seems,

It was destiny that brought them together.
And everyone else that tore them apart.
So listen carefully;
For this is a tale of sex, deception,
and two people who got so caught up in the physical,
they didn’t realize the emotional until they were too far gone, too far gone.

pui san

Beware. I bite.

Hey you, don't just stand there, come a little closer, I'll tell you about me.

I'm Pui San at a grand old age of 15 this year. My birthday's on 27 September. (It'd be good if you remembered this date. Because I like gifts. Hint hint.) Coincidentally, my favourite number is 27. :D
Because of that, my horoscope sign is the Libra. The Libra sign is the only sign represented by an inanimate object (not a human nor animal). So I'm pretty special.

My favourite part of any meal is the dessert! :D I want to skip to the dessert at every meal I take. But my favourite meal is breakfast. Which is kinda dessert-less. :(

I love reading! I generally read fiction. Except for books on Jack the Ripper and wars and other interesting things like that. I enjoy reading books by Jodi Picoult, Anthony Horowitz (Power of Five!) and Julia Quinn. Though I do read books by a variety of authors, my book shelf is filled with books by Anthony Horowitz and Jodi Picoult. :D
My favourite kind of books are chick-lits. After all, they are light hearted and there's always a happy ending.
I love happy endings.

Oh and one of my favourite series books are obviously Harry Potter. I ship Dramione and Katie/Olivier. :D
The fanfiction I read are generally surrounding these two pairings. Except for Sac. Arc!
I ship Dramione because it is so utterly romantic! You know, like the notion of forbidden love and star crossed lovers, torn apart because of their misfortune to be born on opposing sides.
I KNOW they didn't end up together. But I so have this theory that they did! :D And so does the million of other Dramione shippers out there.

Which brings me to my next point. I totally love cartoons. I watch cartoons like Totally Spies, Dragon Tales, Spongebob Squarepants, Avatar: The Last Airbender and so on.
I also watch Taiwanese idol dramas and shows like Drake and Josh, Hannah Montana; stuff like that on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. :D

I'd love to go to France! Or England. But mostly France to see the Eiffel Tower! After all, it is the city of love. :D
Oh but I wouldn't mind going to Venice too. I mean like, it sounds so cool! The gondolas, a city built on water. Doesn't it sound romantic!
However, if you asked me where I want to go now, I'd say Canada I guess. So that I can see my cousin again. :D

I really want to see the 7 wonders of the world before I die! It'd be a great experience to marvel at these magnificent structures with years of history behind them.

I like baking. :D It's very calming and the end product is a very good bonus too!
Speaking of baking, I feel hungry. If any of my friends tell you that I ALWAYS feel hungry, it is a LIE! Haha well, mostly a lie. I just feel hungry quite often. :(

Oh and I have the most awesomest friends in the whole wide world! I love them to bits and pieces. Don't tell me your friends are better than mine. Because it is NOT TRUE! Hah. I will bite your head off if you insist that.
I'd do almost anything for a friend if it's within my control. Because I feel that if we're lucky enough to become friends, we should treasure all the time we can spend together. After all, sometimes, friendship is quite tenuous. Like, a fragile butterfly, liable to flutter off in any instant.
I do hope to have everlasting friends though. :D

Hey, if you endured this whole passage of rambles and digression, you probably know a lot about me already. So congrats. :D

Jodi Picoult

Saturday, June 28, 2008/ 8:53 PM

If any of you recall, I met Jodi Picoult earlier on this year. Here's my report on it. :D

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Meeting Jodi Picoult

was probably one of the momentous moments in my life. I am a person who doesn’t go around chasing celebrities, so Jodi Picoult is arguably the most famous person I have spoken to (so far). Considering how I practically begged my mother to bring me there, you can be sure I was very excited to meet her.

Having never been to one of these author sessions before, I had no idea what would happen. In fact, I was clueless as to where the event was to be held, except that it would be at the National Library.

Arriving there, I asked for instructions to the place where the session was to be held. I was directed to a room in the basement. The room was buzzing with idle chatter, filled with people of all ages. Let’s just put it this way, I certainly didn’t expect to see a 50 odd year old man there.

Being an (extremely) enthusiastic fan, I brought a bag full of books. In fact, I brought 5 books for her to autograph. To be honest, I felt kind of silly, but what really mattered was that soon I’d have her autograph in my books! Not only did I bring a bag full of books, I also prepared myself before the trip. I am not ashamed to admit I am prone to prowl around her website reading about the books I love and their fabulous author.

Several minutes after I arrived, a lady announced Jodi Picoult. It was as if she had single handedly cast a spell on the room. Everyone seemed to sit up a little straighter, talk a little softer, breathe a little quieter. The lax atmosphere of the room morphed to one of anticipation.

Picoult breezed into the room like a hurricane. It is difficult to describe her. She’s looks like any other person on the street and yet you know that it’s this very person that spun those tales of magic. She was all smiles, dressed in a flowery dress with a head of fiery red hair. I remember how she declined the offer of a microphone by saying that she has a loud voice, “I’m American!” With her candidness, the tension in the room dissolved in an instant.

She spoke to us about Change Of Heart, her latest sensation. Before discussing the book with us, she read us an excerpt from the book. I have never heard an actual author read from her own book before. It was certainly an experience to remember. I read the book quite a while before this session therefore had a tricky time remembering details about it. But the way she read it, so charged with emotions of the character, it brought back many memories.

After the reading, she shared her experience while researching the book. The people she encountered, the conversations she had, the things she learnt. Without giving away too much of the plot, she told us about being on death row, capital punishment and executions. She was a captivating speaker.

Next, she opened the floor to the audience. We were free to ask her any questions. Initially, it was quiet. But all of a sudden, a man’s voice was heard from the back of the room. The questions he asked, to put in a word, were weird. It was amazing how he managed to link a topic like Hitler to capital punishment.

Other than the ridiculous questions he asked, the other questions were pretty standard such as ‘How do you choose what to write about’ and ‘Do you have a specific schedule when writing.’ Oddly, I was able to identify some of the things she said from her website. I guess I spend too much time there.

Anyhow, after spending awhile answering question (which really could have been answered already if the questioner bothered to read her website), it was autograph time! Being Singaporeans, several of them already started to move from their seats to form a long line starting from her table. Since I needed to lug a huge bag of books, I was pretty far back. I didn’t mind though. After all, it gave my mother time to offer to buy two new books for me!

In the end, Jodi Picoult had to autograph 7 books for me. When she saw me put the stack of books on the table she actually went ‘Wow.’ I guess not everyone as enough muscles to bring 5 books plus 2 for her to sign! Asking her to autograph so many books for me gave me a chance to speak to her privately.

I asked her how she chose her name for the characters. She replied in a very friendly manner that sometimes the name just fit and sometimes she just gave the person a name she liked! Unfortunately, being so awed by her, I was stuttering a bit. Thinking back, I do wish if she remembers me, I’d only be The Girl Who Brought A Lot of Books and not The Girl Who Stuttered.

She also asked me which my favourite book was. I was thrown by the question. How do you answer a question with so many answers? In the end, I pointed at The Pact. After all, it was one of my favourite ones.

It was over all too soon. Once I left the room, it felt like everything was but a mere dream, a figment of my overactive imagination. Never fear though! I still have the tangible autographed books and fond memories.