Received my b'day present from my eldest sister yesterday when i went home~! It's something that she has wanted to get for quite some time.. We went to check it out about a month back actually.. So, hee.. my birthday was a perfect excuse for us to indulge~ hahaha...

Played with it together yesterday afternoon... Yea, relaxing at home on a Sunday afternoon, indulging in some girl bonding!! ^^

Was a bit messy at first, but we gradually found the trick to getting a good print~ =)

Here's my creation!

Main thing is that in all this time, i truly realized a very very important fact, and is something i have always believed in - Good friends are hard to come by, and we must put in the effort into a friendship..

I have been blessed with friends who have seen me through thick and thin, and have supported me all these years.. And i am really thankful for having all of you..

The times i needed support, you friends have been there giving me a hand.. When i was down, you all would be there for me..

And i want you all to know that, when you need me, I will be there for you too...

Tonight is honestly my happiest birthday celebration ever~
Many many heartfelt thanks to...

Mastermind 1, Jean...
Mastermind 2, Raman...
Logistics, Kai & Cath...
Clacker, Clement... (hee..)

Thank you all so much for preparing so much things and going to such trouble~ I am really very very touched.. I really, honestly never expected so much!! And i dunno how many times i'm going to say this, but "THANK YOU!!!"

I love my presents, and i promise i will put them to good use.. (Read: Jean, let's tie our hair the same way to school one day~ and u're choped for a shopping trip to Tangs one day soon! haha...)

Thank you Jean, for remembering, all the things we planned to do together, and making it a reality.. ^^

Thank you Raman, for choosing and arranging for such a lovely cake! It's Ramadan now, it's ok.. After Hari Raya, ok~! hehe...

Thank you Kai, for doing all (almost) the legwork on a day which would have been your rest day, and all over the island at that~ And and~ for the loan of ur pda.. =D i'll take good care of it~! keke!

Thank you Cath, for helping with all these~ We'll get to the durian-makan trip one day soon, ya! Great tastes think alike.. hahahaha...

Thank you Clem, for putting in the effort to put aside ur proj work and spend the time with us together... Annual event oh! hehe..

Oh, i never did write down what my jiemei, Yuan & good fren, Charles did for my b'day right.. heee..

Ok, i met Charles to pick up the mooncakes he helped me buy on the 3rd.. So after that, we were both going to go home actually, then many things cropped up.. We end up deciding to meet Yuan for supper, and went to TPY.. This poor guy, he has to work @ 6am the next day lor, and he met me straight after work.. Yuan too.. She had been working the whole day~ Both are like super tired!! Regardless, they accompanied me all the way till midnight, just to spend it with me, without letting on they remembered at all..

So sweet right~!!! ^^

STORIES - Enjoy the Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups made of Porcelain, Plastic, Glass, Crystal, some ordinary looking, some expensive, some exquisite.

He told them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said:
"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap looking ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and worse, you were eyeing each other's cups.

Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain. Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."

So folks, don't let the cups drive you..., enjoy the coffee instead.

First time donating blood today~!

Decided to go down to the Bloodbank @ HSA with Kai after seeing the long long queue at ntu.. Figured that since i should go to work, and it's on his way home, we might as well make a trip down there... =)

The sticker says "Be Nice to Me. This is my first donation." hehe... yeah, i felt a bit of an alien after putting it on, but i guess it's worth it when the lady testing the iron in the blood gives me a comforting pat.. hee.. I like my squeezy ball - Halloween is coming soon, and he's gonna help me set the mood~! haha.. Oh, and their bandage is like so cute.. The nurse gave me a pink one to match my top, and it has Give Blood printed all over it! It was my badge of honor as i walked along Orchard Road to my work place....

But, back to the main point.. donating blood was not as scary as i thought.. (Ok, a big part was having our teddy, Kai, there.. hehe.. After all, he survived, didn't he.. haha..) Well, main point - minimal pain! very very important.. and it's not painful after also... Really!

Saw this board with the names of people who have donated blood 50 times already.. Kai did the maths, and we realised that assuming they went every 3 months on the dot (min time required), they needed 12 years to fulfill it.. Wow.... very committed - Inspiring~

Anyway, I think i really amused the nurses, cos everytime they lift the bandage to check on the needle, i turned my head.. My best pal, yuan, says that she's fascinated by the needle - but it's ok, i'm not masochistic, ya~! hehe... It's enough to know that i'm taking the first small step in helping others...

And know what, i think that is the most important point of all these - it made me so happy the whole day...

Undine Collab by ~happip on deviantART

V v sian... Why foreign banks so irritating, aren't they supposed to keep up with the needs of the customers.. made me go thru like 7 banks before i found one with internet-banking... grumble grumble.... Waste my energy... -_- So tired le.. Still got 213 to do.. ala!!!!!!

Today, my Company Law lecturer was so lame during lecture, i really dunno wat to say.. ^^ I think he haven't seen us for so long, he miss us la.. haha.. Brought out a lot of lame jokes and stories of "when i was young" era... First time we laughed this much during lecture... Also, i think we are so "traumatized" by the one who took over for 2 weeks, that we are so happy to have him back... At least he makes sense... haha...

"Bloomberg, die-berg, iceberg..."

Then he was going on and on about some exceptions for having to publish a prospectus, when he started expounding on a rich guy would be one who would take losing $200,000 as dropping some loose change...

So infected by his lame-ness today~ i'm reminded of this story of this man's conversation with God... (to all christian frens, pls don't think of this as blaspheming, purely a story..^^ ) Not word for word correct, but somewhere along those lines.. hehe...

Man: God, what is a million years to you?

God: To me, it is but a second.

Man: Then what is a million dollars to you?

God: It is but a cent.

Man thinks for a while...

Man: God, can I have a cent?

God: In a second...

hehehehe......

Celebrated my b'day with my frens at HRC yesterday.. Hee.. Many many heartfelt thanks to Kellyn, Jem, Janice, Lionel & Lifang!!! It was a great night, and i really really like my present.. ^^
Well, compared to Jem last week, i got off lightly, hee... And, thanks that Wendy & Veron came down too with their frens.. =)

(BTW, that fella there.... that's a french fry.. Think i'll let a cigarette appear in front of me... No way lor.. hahaha...)

With my mummy at Sakae sushi beside Plaza Sing.. And my two 'sisters' on my birthday~!!! ^^

My doting 'kor' & 'sis-in-name'!! hee hee... enjoyed our lunch @ Sakae.. Yes, i know, sakae again.. hahaha...

After going for the 3rd time.. finally enjoyed my kajiki sashimi~!!! Hooray~

Demolished among the 3 of us.. haha... Not just me~! ^^

The horrible smog @ Orchard yesterday night...Gosh, this is just outside Cine, can't even see opposite to California lor...

Late night... even worse...

Gosh.. i never thought i would be using the word "smog" again... =(

Shangri-La's yummy yummy mooncakes.. The 'wu ren huo tui' is so good.. Hee..
So many boxes of mooncakes in the house again...
And this is good.. From BakerzInn - Pink Champagne Truffle mooncake & Whisky Truffle mooncake~!!! Hehe..

My friend sent this to me which i find really good, and hope that all of you will help to support this.... =)

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I had a very happy day today, and i would like to give a very big "Thanks!" to all my friends who have played a part, and made this a very happy day for me..

Special thanks to Wen, Yuan, Charles, Jean, Kai & Clement..
And most most importantly, my mummy & my sisters~!!!

Hee.. Shamelessly 'koping' this from my twinnie~! My fav song from Forbidden City...

(Why) Fall in love

"why love when love hurts

why love when love ends

I noe how it feels

when it turns and pretends

it ends with the pain"

Kit Chan and the other female lead were both great! Their vocals were so strong.. Made me itching to get my hands on the OST... Hmmm... Anyway, took quite a few photos too this time round..

Her editing skills not bad hor~ hee...

So much good food... Hee... Buffet @ Sakae... (But after hearing so much, next time i will try to go for the Suki buffet.. =p)

Ooo.. this is my new new bag from Jean.. Isn't it cute!!! New fav.. hahaha...

working tml.. argh.. why did i agree~!!!! Stoopid me...

Need to go sch early morning tml to settle my hall. yeah!!! No more waking up at 6am and bleary eyed travelling to the west for this sem...

i have no time!! i want to study, now in the mood, but not enough concentration.. grumble grumble...

SUNday once again, and it's been a full weekend.. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves this Sat at HRC. Met Janice straight after work for a bit of snacks @ Mac.. Major occasion this sat cos... *drumroll* It was Jemmie's birthday!! We had fun! Almost everyone was there, even Veron and Wendy came to support~ ^^ Got home late lor.. cos gotta take care of my sayang mah.. hee..

This morning, woke up late for picking Jean up from the airport.. Reached only @ 11.20(?) around there ba.. Then some funny fella la, tell me they are at the food court at the 4th floor?!?! Make me run around some more........ -_-" (For the info of all in future, the food court @ T1 is at the 3rd floor..) But no matter, i got there, and got to see my Jean and Janice (ya, also~, diff one from above.. hee..) le~!! SO glad to see them both back safely! Wat matters is that things for the project are done, shopping satisfied ba!

And and!! Jean bought me this new bag, it's soooooo cute!!! I have to state my honest opinion - when i first saw it, i thought -

1) So cute!

2) Is she mad, it looks v V attract attention lo!

3) do i look like i'll use tt??

4) It's so very cute!!!

- haha! Then i think the bag really grows on you, cos it's something that i would like, but would never have tot to get for myself, or would dare to buy myself for that matter.. Hen3 you3 tong2 zhen1... I told Jean, i'm going to catalogue all the cartoons on it one day, and see which is my fav... Hee hee...

Went ECP after tt.. Guest list today include Edmund & Seline, Richard, & Vincent.. Poor Gigi, stuck at work- hehe.. next week ba~! Not bad, but cycled today, cos i dun want to be the slowest.. =P And again, spent time @ the Lagoon eating instead.. Hahaha....

Came home for dinner after that... Mum cooked her signature pork chop, and boiled pig's stomach soup for my birthday dinner... Sister dearest, so glad we could chat a bit just now.. but just want to say again.. **Happy Birthday!!!** =D