Merry Christmas and a Terrific New Year

Wishing all my family, friends and readers a very Happy Christmas and a fantastic new year ahead!

I personally do not really celebrate Christmas but I’ll just go with the flow and take the opportunity to spend time with friends and family (family ain’t here so friends will have to do). May the spirit of Christmas makes bonds of friendship closer and may it bring the excitement of the new year for everyone!

Hugs, Kisses and tonnes of love from me to all of you!!!

SELAMAT HARI NATAL

&

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU!

Happy Birthday to my Nephew

Jia Xiang turns 2 today!!!!!

Ee just wants to wish you Happy Birthday (although you’re a little too young to read this on the internet)

Have fun and Ee loves you very much and misses cuddling and kisses you very much!!!

XOXO

Photo Slide Show of my Birthday

Enjoy!!!!! (p/s: you can fast-forward or slow it down if you want by clicking the + or the – button on the slide show)

My 23rd Birthday

My birthday day started with lunch with Wenying, Eeling and her friend at Wokmania, a chinese buffet restaurant. With a 2-for-1 voucher, it was worth the money. Spent about 2 hours stuffing myself with food was torturing yet satisfying. We sat till we couldn’t fit anything else in the tummy and went to walk around town amazed by the Christmas decorations. There was something like a around-Europe fair with stalls from around Europe selling things like their food and souvenirs. We walked around it a couple of days ago and wanted to go see it again, but since we were too full and that nothing was appetising anymore, we started to walk home. It was a good exercise walking home. Town to home takes about a 30 minutes walk and in the cold, the guilt of eating so much started to fade away.

I didn’t go home immediately and walked around Morrison’s and Wilkinson’s ending up buying a couple household things. Wenying kept pestering me to accompany her although all I wanted to do was to go home, because the night before, I didn’t sleep well. Wenying was quite persistent on me not going home, which made me curious and suspect that there was something fishy.

So, hung out at her place until I was a little restless and begged her to go home. At this time, I was already so sleepy that I didn’t care anymore. The moment I reached the front door to my house, she said that I couldn’t go in…which blew her cover! Sorry guys!!!

Unlocked the doors and saw a bunch of people busy preparing the party. I’m really sorry for ruining the surprise but nevertheless I was touched by all the effort put into it!!

To cut the long long story short (about me going to stella’s place and stuff like that), I was in my room the whole time they were getting things ready. With the help of the Caramel Macchiato that Chee Cheong brought kept me awake until it was time to go down for the party.

If I were to go on with the details of the party, this post will be toooo long and therefore to sum up the party, It was filled with good food and greater friends. I don’t normally celebrate my birthday so it can be said that this party is the best yet! Thank you guys for the amazing party and I am grateful. Thanks to each and everyone of you for my new handphone and it is what I have been thinking of getting myself, but never got round to it.

I shall let the photos of the party do the talking. If you have Facebook, you would have already seen it or if you haven’t, go to my profile and enjoy them as much as I do. There are many funny shots and without the friends, it wouldn’t have been possible!

Thank you everyone for the wishes on Facebook, birthday cards, phone calls, text messages and every other means you guys have wished me, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. You have definitely made my day a forgetful one. 

    

 

There are more photos uploaded on Facebook, if you would want the link, I’ll give them to you and I will put up a slide show on the blog for more pictures. If pictures is worth a thousand words, then I am sure that I have more than 500 thousand words to say about my birthday. *Faints*

This song has been playing the whole night!

Armed by Devon Gundry produced by Justin Baldoni

Touching song by Devon Gundry…really touching to me, makes the hair behind my back stand! Listen and tell me what you feel?

Happy Birthday my Brother!

This goes out to my brother DJ Victor G, or more affectionately known at home as Meng Thek!

Have fun and party hard. I know you always do and all the best in life! Love you always and take care! Miss you my big brother! It’s cool having a brother like you! hugs and kisses!

HAPPY 28TH BIRTHDAY!!!!

This weekend

The weekend started with a wedding on Friday night. It was a Baha'i wedding of Michael and Lindsay. It was a very simple yet memorable and beautiful wedding. 

Both the bride and groom looked their best and was surrounded with friends and family. I guess that's the most important part of a wedding, being around friends and family for your special day!

all dolled up and ready :P

Signing the Baha'i marriage certificate & dancing together as husband and wife

Dancing with their respective parent..so sweet

the order of ceremony and the couple cutting the cake

Milly, my partner-in-crime for the night!

Then came Saturday, went to Durham for Durham community's celebration of the Birth of Baha'u'llah. There was quite a number of people and the program was nice. Started off with a couple of stories about Baha'u'llah and then prayers by Baha'u'llah which surrounded the theme of Unity. Lovely!

After the wonderful program, came food....yummy persian food!! Haven't had them in a while and all I can say is yummylicious... Since Baha'u'llah's teaching is about Unity, I can say for sure that food can bring people together!!:P

Entertainment after food was definitely refreshing. Had songs sung by Will Finn, a very talented guy who sang on the piano. A friend's dad, Nick also sang a couple of songs on the guitar. These people really make me regret not continuing my piano or even taking up a new instrument to play.

Will on singing and playing the piano to entertain everyone!

Nick playing songs on the guitar.

Too bad I didn't manage to take more photos of that evening. I need to remember to remind myself that I have a camera and not take out at the very last minute and miss out everything else that may be more important!

It was indeed a nice celebration and I was glad that I went!

So, today is Sunday and rest day for me (sore throat developing). This weekend has been filled with friends and laughter and so much fun!

Hope you guys had a fun weekend too!!!

Sorry....

....for not blogging in almost a month!! Everyone has been bugging me why haven't I been blogging!

Before I forget to mention, I am no more staying in the house which I was staying for the pass 4 months (ie the one with so many shoes and shampoos). I have now moved to another house with some friends and have a room on my own. A friend decided to move back to Malaysia and I took over her room so that she doesn't have to find another replacement for the room. Since the house is also occupied with a bunch of my friends, they would rather have another friend move in than a stranger. So everything worked out fine!

Even though I've been staying here about 3 weeks now, I spend most of my time in my old place. I feel so at home in that house, which I know that I should make this new place feel like that too. I have put on a few photos on the wall to make my room a little homey as the walls were too white and boring.

My room

My Bed with the blanket made by my mom and my workstation

View from my room

My wardrobe and the chest of drawers (ps: I LOVE MY MIRRORS)

So that's my room!!

What happens when a few girls stay under one roof..

The amount of  personal cleaning stuff we have, the amount of shoes we have....

Doesn't it look like that we have 10 girls staying in this house?

  

:) girls will always be girls!

Photos from Whitley Bay

    

Visa Approved

Yesterday, the postman came bearing something that I have been waiting for 7 weeks.

My Post-study work permit arrived yesterday and now I am legally allowed to stay in the UK for an extra 2 years! 2 years with the permission to work too! Isn't that great??

Now, all I need now is a JOB to support me!!! Can't stay here without making any money right???

So, wish me luck people! I really need it now!!!!! No money, no FOOD. When there is No food, I will be too weak to give you warm cuddly hugs!!!!!!

Cheers people!

Weirdest Dream

This dream I had last night was the weirdest dream. Usually dreams seem to be very vague the moment I wake up, but this one was so weird that certain parts was so clear that it kind of made the hair down my spine stand.

I can't remember how it all started, but I remembered this part where it was another world war or some war that involved everybody. However instead of killing, we were all gathered to this big field. Once at the big field, everyone was given umbrellas. However, the umbrellas that were given out were of different designs. Some had sports pictures on them, some had ducks on them, and some had other designs on them, which I can't remember.

Once everyone had their umbrellas, there was this huge gust of wind that blew everyone up into the sky. This is when everything gets a little interesting. The umbrella with different designs were actually your destiny. Like if it was a picture of a sport, it would actually mean that the place that you were going to, you'll be a sports person. Like if you had a duck on your umbrella, it doesn't mean that you'll be a duck but more of you'll be able to swim but not able to keep your breath under the water (like a duck).

I don't think I was dreaming of me particularly but it was like an outer body experience, but looking down at people that was not me. I felt like it was my parents but the people didn't look like I knew them.

Don't you think its weird?  I know this whole image of the dream is like a jigsaw, so I might edit this post when I can recall maybe different parts of the dream......all I know that it is really creepy...Is it talking about the afterlife? 

 

              What design would you want on your Umbrella?

Are you going gaga over handbags as I am?

There is this website that is going to be launched on the 15th of October and on that day, the are giving away 24 free handbags, 1 for each hour.

Since it is free, why not just summit your name and email, then if you win, then you'll have one more handbag to flaunt!

Click Here-----> Handbag Planet

Give it a click!

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The temperature dropping!

These past few days, the temperature has been dropping quite drastically. It is only autumn and the lowest it has gone was 3 degrees celcuis. I remember this time last year, I was still able to go out with a thin cardigan but this year, my scarves and thick coats are already out!

I really pity new students who are coming from places like Malaysia to have such a horrible fall. Not allowing them to adjust to the weather. Since it is already so cold now, I really wonder what will it be like during winter...*shivers*

With such drastic weather, everyone is falling sick. It being so cold and not drinking enough water makes the body dehydrated. Everyone is complaining sore throat or a cold. Like me, I think I'm slowly going down the same path as them. So I need to drink loads of water and also I need to boost my Vitamin C intake.

Anyway, to those who are sick, get well soon. To those getting sick, drink loads of water and stay warm. To those who have no problems, have fun!!

Cheers!

Happy Birthday Janushree!!

Here to wish you Happy Birthday! and Congratulations to graduating! Hope you had a great birthday! Hugs and kisses and cheers to many more years of friendships with you!!!

Love ya!

Happy Birthday Di!! (belated post: 23rd of September)

Happy Birthday Hsei Di!

remember this? makeup session with my sister!!

Now, you're 20! I can't believe it! I've known you since I was 8 and you were only 5! This means that I've known you for 15 years now! Amazing aint it? From climbing trees, playing masak-masak, to crying over boys and now in different parts of the world. I haven't seen you in sooooo long and really miss our countless sleepovers!! I think when we meet up again...we need at least 2 weeks of continuous sleepovers to catch up on all the miss-outs we've been missing on each other!

Love ya and and tonnes of hugs and kisses!