Samantha's Story

NY 516: No Good Deed

samanthalow — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:23:00 +0000

After an eyeball falls from the sky and into Stella’s coffee, the team must find who the eyeball belongs to and get to the rest of the evidence before the bird does.

Samantha’s-sit-down-thoughts:
I love this episode! I love the part when Danny gave a kiss on Lindsay tummy! It was so cutee! He seemed to doing that quite often though and seeing that he’s prepared to enter into fatherhood :’) Oh and the part where Adam making the bird with sounds was hilarious! And and the part where Flack interrogating Stella about the bird was funny too, in a way.

I sort of suspected that the “brother” was the killer because he seemed so nervous plus guilty when he was at the police station.

I really appreciate Stella offering Mac some advice regarding the situation with Ella but he didn’t listen to Stella, sadly. I didn’t quite like the ending of the episode where Mac goes and visit Ella. I mean, why does he cares so much? I hope he won’t fall into Ella’s trap.

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National Service; Junaco Park, Sibu

samanthalow — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:11:00 +0000

The title says it ALL.

Be leaving in about two weeks time.

PS I Love You

samanthalow — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:53:00 +0000

Set in Ireland, Holly Kennedy is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life — a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry. So when Gerry’s life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of 10 letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. Each letter sends her on a new adventure and each signs off in the same way, “P.S. I Love You.” With Gerry’s words as her guide, Holly embarks on a journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life.

It’s been months I’ve been eye-ing on this book on the book shelves in book stores. And finally, one day, I came to conclusion that, I MUST get that book! It’s a good read, no regrets there. It’s amazing to see how this book could bring you into the life of Holly. Well, I did. And, definitely it’s not easy to live life without your husband beside you, EVERYDAY. As I continue reading, I hope for someone like Gerry to be my boyfriend and husband. Reading through the letters he wrote to her, it’s just plain sweet for him to do such thing for his wife. I mean, which sick husband will write letters just for his wife where he could even barely walk/talk/laugh/what ever not? Okay, maybe there will be a few but not all! And, to see Holly following and abiding to his words, I must say its the love shared that will never end even though he’s dead. (I sound so corny now :|)

Oh and while reading this book, I teared at certain chapters because one, it’s simply heart breaking and two, it’s annoyingly sweet! I rate this book 9.5/10 because they didn’t tell how and when Gerry wrote those letters :( Holly said that, she’s ALWAYS beside him when he’s ill. So, I kept thinking when did he actually wrote those letters even though they were just short notes. Well, beside a chapter where the writer did said that Gerry wrote a letter when she went out to get ice cream because he insisted to eat ice cream one morning. That’s all! That’s only ONE letter.

I don’t mind reading this book over and over again :)

Raindrops

samanthalow — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:19:00 +0000

It’s been a series of mornings, watching out the car window, watching raindrops fall and move like train tracks against the speed of the car. Walking under the drizzle rain and feeling the chills from the cold breeze, reminds me of Forks.

NY 515: The Party’s Over

samanthalow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Stella’s date is interrupted when the body of the deputy mayor falls from the ceiling at a charity fundraiser.

Samantha’s-sit-down-thoughts:
Firstly, I LOVED Adam being so involved with the murder of the Deputy Chief, or more specifically his son. You really got to see a different side of Adam. I thought it was great how the murder was explained, it wasn’t the strength, it was the placement. It was really sweet of him to give the kid his Ipod. Where can you find guys giving away their very own Ipod to a kid that you just met few days ago? I hope to see more of Adam in the coming episodes. He’s the man! :)

Then we had our team on differing sides of the “flu” issue. I loved how they showed the perspectives from both sides using Danny and Hawkes, as well as Stella. But I also loved how that even though Hawkes and Danny believed differently, they respect each other’s beliefs. Lindsay in this episode showed how devoted she is to Danny. She stood by him, even defending him when Hawkes voiced his disdain for his actions. She contacted him regularly to check on him, and probably to keep him updated on the latest information concerning the work action.

Oh and I was missing Flack in this episode though. I thought he was on the “flu” strike but he appeared towards the end :) All in all, it’s a great episode especially seeing lots of screentime on Adam. He deserves it!

PS: Couldn’t find any picture of Adam though :(

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One, Two, Three…

samanthalow — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:03:00 +0000

ONE, too many things in my head right now. TWO, I’m having problems with the Maxis line in my cell phone! I get so frustrated when I can’t seem to send messages to my friends. That’s what keeping me feeling so down lately :( :(. THREE, work ends in five days time. FOUR, I’ve yet to receive any letter from the government regarding my National Service. FIVE, I miss BAKING!! SIX, SPM results out in less than three weeks time. *Faints

Work & The Long Walk

samanthalow — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Work, yes work has been ultimately tiring. It’s not easy being with little children running around the whole time and it got me wondering where all their energy come from. Eat spinach every night for dinner, may be? They drive insane from sane o.O My dark brown hair could transform to grey/white anytime soon or drop off even more than usual :/

*Exaggerates.

Plus, after sending the kids home, I’ll usually stay back for about half an hour or so to do come paper cutting/photostatting/coloring/writing/drawing for the next day’s lesson. And, after that, I’ll walk to the bus station which, I have to walk 192837465 kilometres from my church.

*Exaggerates even more.

Can you imagine? Walking that far to the bus station under the oh so very hot sun? I’m serious. Well, it’s only about 15 minutes walk, maybe because I’m used to walking so the route seems to get shorter day by day. And that’s why I’m getting thinner these days :( My mom says so!

Oh and waiting for the bus can be very frustrating too. I mean, after the long walk, you get so sweaty and hot and sweaty and hot and waiting for the bus seems to take ages! But at least, I get home safely EVERYDAY! :) :)

*Stops complaining but be thankful.

Since I started working, I’ve been back on practising my art of sleeping ;) And to tell you, I’m so good at sleeping in the afternoon these days.

NY 514: She’s Not There

samanthalow — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:36:00 +0000

This episode follows the journey of a father in search for his lost little girl turns up dead and another girl is missing, but alive. It all turns out to be due to a slave trafficking ring running out of the city. Also Detective Flack is back on duty after recently being cleared.

Samantha’s-sit-down-thoughts:
This episode follows the journey of a father; Adrik Federuk in search for his lost little girl who once had great hopes and ambitions for her future in “the big apple” but is lost and trapped by the sex trafficking business where she is drugged and rented out as a sex slave. The whole team are understandably moved by the father’s long journey and desperate search for his missing daughter along with many other father’s who daughters have lost their way. It takes a while for the team to track down where the girls are and they are forced to risk their only leads in a bust on a drug dealer apparently supplying the traffickers with the drugs which forces the petrified girls so stay trapped in the circle of violence. Tensions run high throughout this episode and certain characters seem more involved and affected than others. Stella takes a personal interest in another father who is desperately hunting down his daughter after finding out that she is alive.

The case is really interesting and heartbreaking. It had it funny moments like when Danny followed the Chinese girl and finally caught her inside the cupboard, Sid talking in Chinese — Happy Chinese New Year.

The end of the case was very touchy. The girl’s father; Adrik Federuk was murdered in search of his lost girl. And when the girl was brought to Sid to identify her father, it was very heartbreaking to see her crying while talking to her father. I eventually teared and you could even see Sid was affected by it too. His death was fatal, but it saved the lives of many young women.

I really liked the twist at the end when it was discovered that a young girl was responsible for luring the targets of many young women into sex trafficking.

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John 3:16

samanthalow — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:16:00 +0000

I hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine’s today :) You don’t have to be in love to celebrate this ocassion. Be extremely careful on what you say to your partner this day. Don’t just make blind promises just to go with the flow. Say what you mean, ONLY :)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
–John 3:16

The first valentine message is still the best one ever sent.

————♥————

Blessed Valentine’s Day!

Blind Thoughts Of The Mind (iii)

samanthalow — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:20:00 +0000

* There we stood out by the highway to the city, just a few nights ago, and just as soon as we had almost walked away, the sky explodes into white. With fairytales blooming our of our heads, we ran into the clouds.

* Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

* “You don’t need anyone to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are.”
–John Lennon.

* All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterward it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse, and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.

* “I don’t want to date someone just to date someone. I want to be with a guy
who’s going to better my quality of life, better me.”
–Blake Lively.

* I don’t know what I want to do with my life, I just know I want to do it. I want to see my world.I want to meet every single person breathing on this earth. I want to give everyone a hug or a handshake and I want to make someone’s life a little easier. I want to be different than the people I know because that’s what makes us beautiful. I want to be absolutely ridiculous before I die. I don’t want regrets. I want to stand for something.

* I just love anything that makes me laugh; I think that’s important, those stomach wrenching, jaw hopping laughs that you can taste inside and out. Feel them, and let them out.

* There are circles everywhere; twenty-four hour days and cycles, drawings of full moons and suns made by kids across the glove. The point is that the days and circles keep coming if you’re lucky. Events matter, whether they are marble-small and ordinary, or the enormous ones that stretch out ocean-wide. Each moment pulls you from the past into now, and then into what is next on your horizon.