sunny day, sweeping the clouds away

So the fever's cleared up. Still feeling a bit hot, but I think, thanks to my 6-hour roll-around-in-bed sweating session last night (couldn't sleep. Absolutely agonising), it's really dying down. I looked out the window this morning, and man, what a view. The view at our place is gorgeous when it's sunny, but it's fascinating when it's during those in-between days. Looks like something out of Lord of the Rings. Modernised. About to head off to school in half an hour, but my persistent sweating means I couldn't stay in bed a bit longer. What's on my mind now? Hmm. OK I was so right about the quintuplet. My score prediction was a large step in the wrong direction, I know, but told you we couldn't win it. Just too much pressure. And here's some dog trivia: did you know that

* Max is the commonest name for a male dog
* Bella is the commonest name for a female dog

Slightly uncreative, isn't it? My friend's white puppy's called Igloo. Now that is a show of creativity. But according to VPI pet insurance, people apparently like to name dogs as if they're real children. Hmm. Whoa damn the mist is seeping into the house.

And now for some celeb gossip. Apparently the father of Rubina Ali Qureshi, the girl who played the youngest Latika in Slumdog Millionaire, tried to sell her off for adoption. Trust News of the World to stir up a scandel. Quite a lot of people are critical about it. Saying that a parent should keep a children through thick and thin. But (as cruel as this may sound to some), I think he should let someone adopt her. It would be his choice, so no Madonna-David scandel there, and he's right: she's a special child, having been in an Oscar-winning film (whether or not the film deserves it is another issue), and if he can't provide her with a good life, he might as well find someone who can. You can't compare the slums of India with, say, the modern world of America. It's an entirely different situation, and I think people should cut him some slack. Would I ever give up my children (if I have any) for adoption? A big, loud 'no'. But I live in Hong Kong, I'm heading off to London for uni, and wherever I stay in the future (probably still HK), I'll have a job to support my family. But they live in an entirely different world, and sometimes people fail to take that into account.

OK off to school. Joy. =(