Holidays.

Today marks the last day of my uni holidays and it has me wondering where exactly time went. The holidays seem to have flown right by and I feel like I need another break just to recover. These past few days have been particularly exhausting, with so much going on at the bookstore (we've been in preparation for the start of semester 'rush'), as well as on the home front with the installation of our new oven, which ended in the partial demolition of one of our walls.

The highlight of the weekend has been my rediscovery of my love for pretzels. I had the most delicious Swiss Cheese Pretzel yesterday as an after-work treat. As a result, I embarked on yet another online shopping spree for books, one of which is a Pretzel cookbook. Cannot wait to get it!

Another highlight, though not quite up there with the pretzels was watching Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, which was surprisingly a fantastic movie. I didn't know what to expect but it was so interesting that it managed to snap me out of my fatigued state - in fact I like it so much, that I've decided to read the books and ordered the box set of the Percy Jackson series as part of my online shopping spree. I definitely recommend it as a movie to watch.

Well, I expect I'm going to be M.I.A for much of the next week, lost somewhere between classes and 8 hour shifts at the bookstore. So until next time...

Alice in Wonderland

Today hosted the perfect weather for relaxing in front of the television watching movies, so that is exactly what I did. My movie of choice was Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

This re-imagination of Lewis Caroll's classic tale is fantastical, and like all of Burton's work is wonderfully unique. Tim Burton is a master of his art, and I truly appreciated the film that little bit more having gained some further insight into Burton's world (and mind) from my visit to the Tim Burton Exhibition during my recent trip to Melbourne.

This Exhibition, put together by The Museum of Modern Art in New York, is a must-see! It brings together a collection of drawings, photographs, paintings, costumes and films that highlight Burton's inspiring career - from his work inspired by his childhood growing up in Burbank, California to his most recent work of Alice in Wonderland.

My top 4 favourite Burton films (since I can't decide on just one absolute favourite) would have to be Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland.

I cannot wait to see what Burton has in store for us next. I'm most looking forward his take on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, which will centre around the story of Maleficent the "Mistress of All Evil".

Inception

Tonight I went to see Inception and to put it simply, it is a brilliant movie. The cast were absolutely fantastic and the story is simply genius. Christopher Nolan sure knows how to make a great movie and this most certainly is one of them. I could rave on and on about how amazing this movie, but there is simply no way to sum it up and do it justice. You just have to see it for yourself to know what I'm talking about. (I know I'll be going to see it again!)

I must say a big thank you to my sister's friend N, who invited me along to watch the film. My sister and N made for wonderful movie-appreciating company. We had a fabulous pre-movie dinner at Cafe Dante in Sydney's Mid-City Centre. The food was delicious, so much so that I have forgiven them for the unfortunate Chai incident from a couple of weeks ago.

Tonight was also the first time the three of us have tried out Event Cinema's Gold Class, and I must say I liked it very much. The setting is smaller and as a result makes for a much more peaceful and enjoyable environment to watch a movie.

Well, it's time for me to go off into my own world of dreams. Night!