I think I have a cold. :( My throat is sore, I've been sniffling and I'm way more tired than I ought to be.

On top of that, my cellphone's battery seems to be dead. It refuses to charge up. I hope it can be replaced.

Is my subconscious trying to tell me something? I dreamed about ghosts yet again last night. This time, I was on a bus trip somewhere in Japan, and the space next to where I was sitting was empty. Mum took a photo of me, and when she showed me the picture there was a ghostly figure sitting next to me. I tried to convince her (and myself) that it was just a bad photo, there was nothing really there, but I was pretty freaked out. Later, I was showing the picture to another guy on the bus, and we looked back to where I was sitting, and a woman's face appeared in the window. Finally, the ghost appeared and wandered around the bus, scaring everyone.

'Where is Japan?' she asked. 'Tell me or I'll have to kill you.'

'Um, it's just outside,' I told her.

'Okay then!' she said. She got off the bus and that was that.

Why is Elena brunette?

Oh well. Sometimes I want adaptions to be as similar as possible to the source material, but this isn't one of those times, however much I used to adore the books. It makes me think of Roswell, which ended up really different from the books it was based on, but was pretty enjoyable.

Apparently there was also a computer game based on the books, years ago. It's super hard to find now, and I doubt it even works on Windows XP, but I've still always wanted to play it!

I had two extremely weird dreams last night. The first one was about Twilight, though more about the actors than the book. I dreamed that I was watching a movie, in which Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart played themselves. In this movie, Kristen was filming another movie about a rollerblader put under a curse (so it was a movie within a movie within a dream!). But then Kristen got put under a real curse which caused her soul to leave her body and get spirited away to Fairyland, leaving her in a coma. So she got replaced as Bella by another brown-haired actress. Robert Pattinson had to rescue Kristen, and he found a ticket to Fairyland on the ground, and a really creepy shadow thing beckoning him to use it. He was very creeped out by the shadow thing though, so he didn't want to go, but he got some sort of psychic phone call from Kristen saying, 'I'm in danger! Help me, Robert!' So he ran back to the shadow-thing and went to Fairyland.

Fairyland turned out to be similar to the real world, but slightly different in creepy ways. Robert ended up at a karaoke place where people competed at singing to earn money, and all wore these spiky shoes to kick each other and distract each other from singing. And then he went off to rescue Kristen... and the movie ended with a 'To be continued'. So I never found out how he rescued her.

The second dream was creepier. I was in bed in my room, and I saw these points of colour drifting across my bedside table. Turning on the light didn't make them go away, and when I touched them they didn't stop and I couldn't feel anything. Eventually they turned into anime badges, the sort you'd buy at Animate. Then they turned into anime postcards, which fell on the floor. A teenaged ghost girl ran in and gathered up the postcards. Well, I wasn't having any ghosts in my room! So I grabbed her arm and went off to find my parents, who apparently lived with me in this dream. Also, my dad was apparently some kind of psychic or exorcist, so I thought he'd be able to help me. But I couldn't find them, and the ghost girl kept changing from a shy little anime fan into a scary black-eyed ghost. So I was getting more and more nervous, and then I woke up. Oddly enough, I was more scared when I woke up than I was in the dream. I was definitely braver than I would have been in real life.

DAMMIT CLAMP. My theory made more sense. >:(

( Spoilers follow. )

So now the computer's power cable is coming loose at the slightest provocation. And since the battery won't last more than two minutes, this is getting to be a big problem. I'm going to have to see if I can replace it as soon as possible.

I got to the hotel the night before my flight, and it as really nice and comfortable, so I enjoyed that a lot. Until the next morning when I sprained my ankle, but I've already talked about that. Other than the fall though, it was really good.

While I was waiting for the shuttle bus, there was another group of people who were also waiting. The men were in suits, the women wore identical dresses in the style I didn't recognise, and they were all wearing nametags. I had no idea who the group was - but when I got on the plane, the female flight attendants were all wearing those same dresses. So it seems the Singapore Airlines flight crew were staying at the same hotel as me.

The flight from Tokyo to Singapore was really turbulent. I had the worst airsickness I've ever had. The flight attendants were really kind to me though, so that helped. They recommended that I get some medicine and ask to be seated in a more stable area of the plane for my next flight. Of course, as it turned out, I went to the doctor at Singapore Airport, so I was able to get some nausea medicine then.

During the more comfortable parts of the flight, I watched a movie. I was pleased to see that they had 'Watchmen', and when it started it said that it had been 'edited for content'. I thought to myself, 'Well that's good, I skipped it in the first place because I was wary of the violence!' It didn't immediately occur to me that violence wasn't the only thing it could have been edited for. They cut out right before the lesbian kiss in the opening credits, and blacked over 'lesbian whores' on the wall. And then I realised I wasn't going to get any blue penis, so I gave up and watched 'Coraline' instead.

And I'm glad I did! The movie was pretty amazing and I really liked the character of Coraline. The Other Mother was totally creepy. It's been years since I've read the book, but I've got it sitting in my bookcase here in Christchurch, so I'm going to give it a re-read.

The flight from Singapore to Christchurch was much more comfortable. I took all the medicine I was given, which made me really sleepy so I slept most of the way. I don't remember any turbulence and didn't throw up again, thank goodness.

So now I'm back! And it's freezing. And my brother and his roommate don't seem to be big on heating for some reason, so I've been spending most of my time in my room with the heater on. It's nice to be back, but I think I'll be able to appreciate it better when spring comes.

You know what's a fun way to fly home?

WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE.

Yep, on my very last day, I sprained my ankle. I was going into the breakfast room at the hotel and there was this one-step that I didn't notice, and I went tumbling down. It hurt, but I ignored it at first, because I was in a hurry to get to the airport and I thought it was just bruised. But when I got to Singapore I realised that I wasn't going to be able to walk far on it, especially with all my luggage, so the staff got me a wheelchair and took me to the clinic. The staff was really good and helpful, but it was pretty frustrating not being able to do anything for myself.

There's a lot of swelling, but it doesn't really hurt much unless I move my foot too much. The doctor said it was pretty bad though. It's the first time I've ever got a sprain - I've fallen down plenty, but never had anything worse than a bruise.

I'm at Mum's place now, and I've spent most of the day sleeping. I'll detail the rest of my Exciting Adventures later.

It took a while, but I think I'm finally packed and ready to go. I wasn't sure everything was gonna fit at first, but I seem to have succeeded (although the suitcase it bulging a bit). I was worried about having sent my winter coat ahead, because it's gonna be cold in New Zealand, but there's no way it would have fit. I can always borrow one.

So now I've just got to go to the hotel. With my giant suitcase, backpack, laptop carrier and handbag. In the rain. Sigh.

(Also, why on earth does the Firefox spellchecker not recognise 'Zealand'?)

Why am I not allowed to do ANYTHING without a massive struggle?