Tuesday, May 15, 2007 . 2:11 PM

I was just searching for a picture of BreadTalk's famous Pork Floss Bun to put in my powerpoint (don't ask) and Google just spewed a whole slew of food review blogs at me. Isn't it amazing how obsessed Singaporeans are with food?

4 out of 5 blogs are about food. Even yours truly is guilty of trying her hand at food reviewing once or twice. No doubt my recent weight gain has got something to do with binging, but the most amazing thing is that I haven't been eating gourmet food. Nope, I'm just obsessed with Omelette sandwich from Highlander Coffee, this quaint little cafe at Kampong Bahru. I've consumed probably 10 sandwiches last and this month and I'm not sick of it yet!

I have got to lost weight man... Elsie and Alvin's ROM is less than a month away. I'm gaining weight, got not new dress and no gift ideas at all. I hope this month will zip by so I can enjoy my break. I'm not looking forward to having no income though. That will really put a damper on things.

But what I'm really looking forward to, and see if you can't guess:

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!!!

I've got to pre-order the book, only I can't decide where? Singpost? Popular? I'm inclined towards Popular since I've ALWAYS bought my Potter from them. Besides, its convenient. Oh my Lord, slightly more than 3 months to the end of things. Of course, the hot debate is whether Harry will die at the end of book 7. I'm hoping not, but you've got to brace yourself for crappy endings cos if I'm the author, I'll definitely want to torture my readers like that.

Yes yes, I know I'm a sadist, so what's new?

Well, for the sake of argument, if he dies, I hope it's very very justified and not just to end things. That would be a really bad way to end a legendary series. Nothing I've read compares to the Potter series. The imagination, the creativity, the research, it all boggles the mind. Do I sound like a rabid fangirl? I hope not cos I can't claim that Rowling is my favourite author or that Harry is my favorite fictional character.

My favorite author would always be L.J. Smith. And my favorite ficitional character: Julian of The Forbidden Game Trilogy. The tale was (me and a million other fans suspect) inspired by the Greek tale of how Hades, the God of the Underworld kidnapped Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Goddess of Spring, when he gazed upon her brilliant beauty and fell desperately in love with her. Julian embodied Hades of course, just a gorgeous, moody, temperamental and oh-so-sexy version of the dour Greek God.

There is something very romantic about why Hades is so attracted to Persephone. She is everything that he craves, the light to his darkness, and he probably believes that she can save him from himself. Of course, in reality, no one should be responsible for saving anyone, but in fictional/mythical tales, I find the idea wildly romantic.

Which is why I fell in love with The High Lord series by Trudi Caravan and with Twilight series by Stephenie Meyers. But let it be known that I'm very, extremely disgrulted with THL's ending. It was crappy to the max. Why did it have to end like that?!

But the most pressing issue is this: I have no more books to read!