Counting down...

TWO more weeks till HOMEEE!!!

=) cant wait can't wait

Been long since we went on a family trip together ~

& mum gave permission to skip class a week for New Year!

Missed out on lotsa ang pow's previously- aunties and uncles pretended not to notice that mum actually has FOUR kids and only gave red packets to those they saw =( So im making sure i'm there to claim back the missing $$ this time haha *GIMME MORE!*...

xoxo
Ding

You are 19 going on ..

20 !!!

=) the youngest of the bunch, finally it's ur turn!

thank you for being there always even if u pretend hard not to be =)

HAVE A JOLLY MERRY TREMENDOUSLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

and you !

Study hard & good luck for ur spm !




xoxo
Ding

Christian the lion

April introduced this video:




aww~ makes u believe there's still love in this world doesn't it? =)
At times u just need to trust...


xoxo
Ding

Guy fawkes night

a.k.a bonfire's night is an annual celebration in the UK, commemorated with fireworks alongside a humongous bonfire *uh duh ..

Hyde Park last year

So anyway, the history behind it was that a bunch of Catholic young men, for purposes of low religious tolerance of the King, conspired to blow up the House of Parliament.

Barrels of gunpowder was stored in a cellar under the House of Lords but words got to the King and actions were taken on the 5th Nov 1605. Guy Fawkes, who was in the cellar then, was caught, tortured and executed.

April a.d.o.r.e.s fireworks

Her dream wedding's to go on a cruise + fireworks in the middle of the sea hehe

Hence, it became a tradition onwards that on every Nov 5th, fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire will be set alight to celebrate the safey of the King...

In Leeds there's a fun-fair right opposite the bonfire site as well, with rides and games with prizes to win~

This year we did not join the rest at Hyde Park

but played sparkles at our backyard instead lol

















Intended heart ended up a bum =(
















Silly French Guy


Ck brought fireworks too! (yes they're legal here) So grand and pwetty!!!!


















We had 8 fireworks but only occurred to us to take pictures when we lit the 7th... heh April and I smartly occupied that one...

This was the 8th & last one so we took our time making sure all the timing, positioning etc were perfect..

Thanks to raymond's great timer skills the group picture turned out fabulous!


















The couple drew a perfect heart shape

















ours cacated

















Housemate love*
If you look closely u can see carl's head at the back :)

















Us with tiaras !

Just cause they look nice =)

















S.T.A.R which looks more like Patrick the starfish from Spongebob Squarepants

















If this doesn't look familiar ...















Then this shall refresh ur memory ..

In case you didn't notice, we were immitating the 5 olympic rings behind us =p
Each of us even stood at our original positions ok!

Ok, so that's one of the very few traditional events in uk for u ... ta!

xoxo
Ding

what i yearn for

The song's called 'For no Reason'
Best.Lyrics.Ever.
Love every single line of it ~

put on your shoes
people used to tell me
now they think it's like a style
of some kind or something

how do I explain that
I just don't believe in
all this purposely for
the world's perception of me

this is only rubbish put eloquently
like all the gothic poetry
kids are writing
from the high school scene

Hey let's start running
for no reason
let's start laughing
without any jokes
when did we need excuses to do what we do I won't explain myself
won't you agree that sounds nice

that's right
we can go out
watch a movie
climb out my window
in the middle of the night
and when the world's asleep we shall dance like mad amusement only
won't you agree that sounds nice

so you mean you just
don't like wearing shoes
I've got sweaty feet
I think I've made my point

if you truly like it then
it won't mean a thing
if it's a trend or if it's banned
by the fashion police

all the things I do I don't do them for you
I'm not down to earth not
planning to be
it's all hypocrisy






















Lets be happy
For a thousand reasons.

xoxo
Ding

2 is a freaky number

This was a particular day last month, when Ai Ting phoned. Depressed and anxious, symptoms of homesickness were apparent. Despite being late at night, my company was expressly required.

So anyway, she seemed alright after a few hours of talk but just to be on the safe side, i invited her over to stay.

Stepped into the house around midnight, opened the door and this was what i saw :

















A room full of people!

Lol, you might be wondering and I've failed to mention, this happened on the 8th of Oct 2008- the day when I was officially dragged outta my young youthful teenage years into the dark, eerie, supposedly mature world of the Big Two O *screamsss*


BUTTT

how can I possibly be depressed when i have :
























this...
























and this ?!

Awesome girlfriends planned a fantastic birthday bash at 12 o'clock midnight itself *beams*

















Those who made it possible =D

would wanna make special dedications to :























Sarah- who came 4 hours away from Bristol at a huge cost





















TzeLin- who made an effort to come down at night from Manchester























Lisa- who purposely drove down for 7 hours from London




















Ai Ting- the distractor. More known as *the homesick girl* after the incident hehe















Ck & Raymond- for the photo-taking & dish washing =D















Beautiful housemates who put in loads of effort, time & $$ =)

+ those who i've left out/ failed to mention thank you sooo much for everything, appreciate them a lot !!






















Darling April stuck these on my room wall as part of the birthday surprise~ 3rd year celebrating together & still counting =) loves*
















neighbours















We swear those were the only letters left =)




















sober
















drunk





















One of these 3 glasses is alcohol- free.. Lisa being the evil mastermind made me choose 1 to drink whilst April and her take the other two
























Sniff Sniff* Turned out all three glasses have alcohol ! & i thought i was smart to choose the cup which contained more water ishh

















Help gang came over this year made Leeds much merrier



















Lisa brought the extra long straw from London















Arina, Ika, Nurul














Fellow Seniors





















Lisa just can't stop

















Sang to the radio and played games after that...

Party went on till 6a.m


















Received the most wonderful gifts this year~

Huge gratitude to those who wished me on facebook/ friendster, phoned (in particular Mickle all the way from Queensland), sms's, justin for the birthday blog post and Vincent Jong Hong Wei who unexpectedly left birthday presents behind before leaving for Malaysia ~ =) Thankyou

That's part 1 of my birthday in year 2008 for you, gonna hop on the bus to Nottingham in a while, meeting Phei szee tomorrow at Nottingham games yay!

xoxo
Ding

If I were a boy- Beyonce

Beyonce Knowles Lyrics
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