snake charmer.

Dear viewers, do not attempt to try this at home. The following stunts are done by a - trained professional? -

"Hallo Hallo. Snake number 188, how are you doing in your pillowcase bag?"

At 2.30am this morning, I set off in my booties to catch snakes for a fellow friend (aka Badot)'s final year project. IT'S FRIGGIN EXCITING!! After hours of searching, wading the canal's waters and apprehension (on whether I'm prepared mentally), I finally did my virgin snake catch at 4.40am. I'm an official snake wrangler! The juvenile snake is so small and cute ar. It didn't really put up much of a struggle (if there's one at all). I think I'm a natural. Either that or it's charmed by me. Muahaha. Oh well, maybe it's cos I was trying to speak Parseltongue to it too. I'm a snake charmer. Gotta buy a flute and a basket next. I think it could make quite a part time job. Else I can join Jeff Corwin on his snake expeditions and be famous on the Animal Planet too!

It's really quite an experience honestly. I feel like a kampung kid trying to catch guppies from longangs. (Only that it ain't guppy this time.) The species that Badot is researching on is a pretty docile type of snake, Cerberus Rynchops, so I wasn't exactly attempting suicide. Though, the terrain is really tricky, and you'll never know what other nocturnal creatures looms in the dark. It kinda takes some courage to step in the murkier waters as well. If there really is a Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, I expect I'll be in placed in Gryffindor. Dumbledore would be proud.

Speaking of which, Order of Phoenix is not too bad la - caught it together with Thrillogists last night although it's a far cry from Omnitheatre's Goblet of Fire. The artistic direction of this latest installment wasn't exactly the way I imagined it, but at least it's not choppy. And this time round, the new casts are better actresses. Luna Lovegood is pretty much what I imagined her to be, Umbridge should be uglier but she's irritating enough in the movie. And need I say more about Bellatrix Lestrange (yes Hanna, I can hear you). But but, the Department of Mysteries looks more like a zen-looking toilet with gleaming black tiles than a terrifying corridor. Since when did the Dursleys renovated their house in Privet Drive? And (in Hermione's tone), honestly, was the 'London sightseeing' on broomsticks necessary? It was so corny, I couldn't finish my popcorn.

Right. Enough critic. 21st July awaits me. I shan't spoil it for you here. If you're keen to discuss a few rumours and theories with me about the Deathly Hallows, my 'HP' hotline is always on standby (o yes, you dawn too) even if I'm in Bintan.


P/S: I do Travis no justice by singing such a nice song this awful. But I is lazy to convert the original track. So bear with the noise for a bit till I come back from Bintan and do my blog changes. Parseltongue ain't easy to master at 4.40am in the morning.