its friday~! *jump jump*

its friday~! the shortest timetable day of the week =) *beams*
its been a blessed week and i couldn't ask for more..

we're going skiing tmr at alpine valley~! organised by the ssa.. =p
so yest john was so nice enough as to give val and me a lift to get ski stuff... were suppposed to just make a short trip to a ski shop.. but found everything there was way WAY out of our price range.. so we just suddenly decded to head down to birch run~!!! cos jian wei got his ski pants from there for onli 25 bucks~! as compared to the over 100 bucks in the ski store.. =P

val and me are in the backseat~!

val and me at mac's~

all of us.. *oops* my aiming skills not too good..

and by this time it was alreadi 4.30 pm~! in the afternoon! haha lucky for us birch run shops onli close at 9 pm on weekdays~! =) *beams* haha bought lots of stuff.. realli good buys~! =) and i got my first pair of oakleys~! val is proud of me haha.. its the onli brand of sunglasses she believes in.. personally i've nv spent tt much on any single item so far other than my winter coat~! haha and i dun intend to ever in the future either =P but this was a relali good buy.. was slashed from 148 to 50 =) haha and like the lousiest cheapest ones i could find inthe store were around the range of 30.. so i decided to pay a little more and get these instead.. according to eveyrone else, this deal was a steal.. haha =P oh wells.. its supposed to be realli realli good for ur eyes and i guess addig up all my other lousy 9.90 sunglasses.. one of which is still w jie jie~ (hehe.. so u still haf it? =P) the price is ard there... now i just haf to take good care of these and use them well..
doubles usage-- can use as hairband too=P
jem jem has the same model i thnk.. haha and he says when i wear it on my head i look like a "HMG" -- high maintenance girl... *amused* haha no la i not very high maintenance wat... =P

anyways classes today start at 12 pm~! and end at 2.30 pm.. *beams*
and i'm meeting sha after at 4pm for smoothie/shopping/hangout/chat.. and maybe we'l go for hip hop class at 7~ =) haha and maybe jer will come along for his smoothie date with sha.. *ponders* =P jer will u kill me for putting this here.. or will sha kill me first.. haha =P

nvm my blog not as high profile as val's anyways.. =P

okies~! excited excited.. pile of shopping on the floor waiting to be used for tmr.. got pink ski gloves.. and 13 dollar columbia ski pants~! =) ooh and 9 dollar adidas beanie~ =)

laffs.. shall now continue updating from day 6 onwards~!
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*~Day 6~* 29th dec, Thursday, tanning with the girls~!:

yay bright and early of day 6 shuen and alina and huilin came over~! huilin was the first to reach.. then shu came after from the back gate where someone let her in after she considered climbing the gate.. =P then last came alina with her own little chevvy.. alreadi in progress with her transformation into the lawyer she's turning into~! =) with branded shades and bag.. haha now THAT's called HMG..~!

anyways she came with the bread and cheese for the pizze bread (even tho it was the wrong cheese... but thanx anyways dear.. to satisfy shu's craving for pizze bread) wow i just realised how graphic my memory is~! *beams* i like look back on all the nice details of my memories..

haha out of point.
anyways.. so we changed out and headed down for a little tanning (with wateva was left of the sun)



doesn't my pool look so so inviting?? =P

had pretty much fun.. girls talk.. wading and swimming.. lying in the jacuzzi, al complaining it was too cold.. (tt's cos she has no fats to warm her up) and she trying to lead me into a neck drop by the pool and us landing up bowled over on the poolside in laughter..


after us landing on the floor and al ended up in the pool flopping her hands around..

and shu taking this pic of me after i was laughing so hard on the floor.. she claims i look like a puppy.. haha
then me doing a dip w her.. =) haha

after our swim all ready to go upstairs~
huilin and i haf been childhood frens foreva~! its one of those things ur no longer lke frens anymore.. ur more like sisters~ pseudo sisters~ =) haha
pretty fun times. i miss u girls =) the girls who shared my council times w me.. =) who brought me thru ups and downs while being 23rds and thru the trying oteam times and all.. and remained my close bunch of frens even after so long..

ooh and al being my salsa buddy~! =) going for dinners with me after work at chinatown mac's before every lesson~ pouring our hearts out abt eveyrthing under the sun.. and was realli touched when she took so much time nad effort this time when i went back to come salsa and support me in e comp and come out and meet me and everything~!

luv ya dearies~! =)

anyways.. we had a nice chicken curry and fried bee hoon lunch courtesy of mommie~ thanx mommie for the absolutely delicious lunch~! i as usual poured soya sauce over my curry to 1) get rid of the spicyness and 2) add nice flavor to my food! (as usual) =P


yummy food~
doesn't it look like a nice xmas meal? w the tablecloth and settings and chandelier and xmas tree (which u can't see) rite next to the table? =P haha.. i luv my home..
mommie has this great taste in decorating the house ( aren't u flattered? jie ask mommie to read this.. hehe) and believes in making the house look nice =) i think i got tt from her.. cos i luv decorating too.. and i esp luv the deco of my room =) beams.. maybe i'll put up a pic of my room later.. =)

then we headed down to orchard.. in al's nice chevvy =) was supposed to catch narnia at 3.. but tickets were sold out too fast~! =( so sad.. so i -still- haven't watched any movie since before i left s'pore in august~! *whines cos i realli realli miss watching movies in a nice theatre with popcorn and the atmosphere and everything*

and -kendrew- .. *rolls eyes* who was supposed to meet me for a movie one the days din call or reply my msgs~! for a period of time.. cos he unfortunately got dunked into a pool w his handphone.. when he was trying to dunk someone else at some party.. haha pretty hilarious when i think about it.. *heh* sorrie hor i just had to add tt little detail~! i told u i wanted to remember every little detail of my break.. =P anyways i dun think u read my blog..

so anyways.. we went to long john's instead~! to eat my fav fish and chips..=) *beams* if u dun alreadi noe.. i'm LJS's biggest fan.. according to my uncle.. =P oh yes too bad i din get to meet up with uncle puay and aunty angie and natalie.. one of my regrets of things i din do when i was home.. but oh wells.. ur pressies are with mommie~! go collect them~! merry belated xmas =) haha

then we went to bk after.. to eat hershey's sundae pie.. haha dun ask me why..
then i grabbed some pieces of sushi from upstairs and then headed down to xen early.. had a little chat with jy.. which we still haven't finished up yey.. *sheepish* haha

then practice began~! this nite was prob the most intense.. cos by this time we still haven't figured out the choreo yet and i stil felt pretty unseasoned.. thanx to yq and justin we stayed back abit and practed real hard till past midnite.. and finally kinda got the thing going.. still not v familiar and totalli not confident tho at tt point.. anyways.. mel sent me home.. (thanx again~!) but despite the exhuastion and intensity i throroughly enjoyed dancing... as i always do.. =) thanx melvin for dancing w me~! =) and putting up with me coming back so late and being last minute.. did i alreadi thank u for this?? *ponders*

a nice exhausting but fulfilling end to a memory filled day =)
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*~Day 7~* 30th dec, Friday, Xenbar competition day~!:

in e morning we woke up and decided to head down to chinatown to buy some goodies an the gold coins sim wante for cny.. =) to pack and send over to the US =)

me and mommie in chinatown =) we look like tourists.. haha

me and daddie in chinatown.. a little dark.. but still a nice pic anyways =) dun haf many nice pics with daddie cos he doesn't like pics v much.. ends up being the photographer most of the time =P

bought all the new year goodies and everything.. then drove to the east for mommie to send the things off in the package... and picked my loveliest grandma up for lunch~! we drove round and round cos the post office took realli long llike close to an hour.. and there were traffic police always patrolling the area outside tanjong katong road.. =S

so i had a nice long chat with my cute grandma~

who we were supposed to go for lunch with.. but being the cute her.. decided to go home straightaway cos she din wanna trouble us to drop her all e way back in the east after lunch.. seeing how i was gonna go out salsaing and preparing for the comp in e afternoon.. she said she just wanted to see me~ aw... so cute.. haha

so in e end we decided to go joo chiat near where i used to go for ballet lessons with mrs skipp every weekend... to eat tau kwa pau =) very very nice.. and duck rice~! =)

me and mama and the food =) my grandma i so pink and happy and cheerful =) luv her~! dunno if she'll read this.. prob not.. but i luv ya~! =) maybe jie or mommie can show her the pics on the page =)
*missing mama and mommie and daddie and jie jie* *sniffs*

daddie later walked to the store a few doors away and got me a nice pack of durian puffs~! *beams* thanx daddie~! luv u v much too =) sorrie i couldn't finish all twenty of the puffs.. but they were very very nice =)

then we went home.. for me to collect my stuff.. my costume, make up.. shoes, etc.. then daddie dropped me at the mrt ard 3 to go to xen for earli prac... while he went to the car workshop cos his car radio spoilt and wouldn't turn off even when the engine was off. he told us he was impressed w cycle and carriage cos they din charge him at all~! =P haha

yups so off i went to chinatown.. warmed up abit a chatted abit to jy while waiting for mel to arrive.. the practiced for abit more.. still confused with the last minute changes yq made to the choreo.. but def gettting the hang of it abit more.. asked t he guys to take a pic for us girls.. but they ended up fooling ard w my cam for abit instead...


crazy guys from xen.. melvin jy and harry.. =P


and THEN they took our pic =)

then off i went to rj~
took a cab ride.. thru horribly jammed roads =( v ex and irritating.. but oh wells.. all to see my fellow 23rds who i've not seen in a pretty long while.. went back to new rj.. which just doesn't haf the same feel.. but oh wells.. its the ppl that counts sometimes =)


ppl who were there by e time i got there and before i left.. =P


zh came just for a little bit before i left.. thanx for the xmas pressie=)


and chiara~! the sweet girl.. thanx for the msg~! dunno if u'll see it but yeah~ thanx for the msg tt realli made me feel better~! =)

then i headed back to xen in preparation for the comp~!


mel and me looking abit weird and frazzled here.. think was just before the comp and just after we practed when half my makeup was done and i looked like a wayang.. haha


jy and me posing.. he looks a*bit* gay.. but he isn't dun worrie. haha

i was so happy mommie and daddie came down to support me~!
meant a lot to me~! thanx mommie and daddie~!

me and mommie and daddie in e background~

and finally they get to see wat went into the nites of practice and wat i've been learning all this while =)
and also hopefully get inspired to add salsa and rueda to their vocab of dance..
my parents are so cute they go dance lessons too~! and i'm so proud of mommie and daddie.. esp daddie now that he enjoys it so much.. its nice to see them happy dancing~! =)

it was awesome~ like i posted much earlier we did much better than expected~! and justin said cos melvin finally gave the expression tt he usualli is too lazy too give.. *sticks out tongue* haha but yes credit must be given to melvin for dancing so well and putting up with me and leading me very well i noe my hook deteriorated after 4 months and its prob harder to lead me into stuff u want me to do this time round.. *sheepish* and also trying to lift a heavier me.. haha not fun-- tt much i can tell u. heh.

prize giving~! =)


surprised but happy looks on our faces ~

me and mommie at the end of it all~


then mommie and daddie left to go home first and let me stay on and social dance abit more.. danced w jy and nigel abit if i dun remember wrongly.. =P
took more pictures with the girls~

this is the only pic of us i've got cos ivy sent it to me... the rest are with rebecca who still hasn't sent them yet~!!! rebecca!! send me~! =P haha wat r e odds she'll see this anyways =P



then melvin gave us a lift home again.. drove thru macs to get some supper first cos i din realli get the chance to eat much before the comp..melvin says i'll appreciate the trophies much more than he would and told me to take it home.. haha thanx =) maybe one day i'll pass it back to u... actualli u shd keep one u noe.. just for memories.. haha

my first trophies since pri 4 track and field relay.. haha =P
i luv dancing and i wanna proclaim it to the world~!
=)

end of exhilirating and happy day~! will nv forget the dancing and how happy it made me...

kk.. too long alreadi.. woke up at 8 spent more than an hour doing this~!!!
haha day 8 onwards will haf to wait.. *jump jump*

its almost 10 am~! bright and early start to a brand new day..
Lord renew my strength and fill me with love and joy for this new day~~!
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want... Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
--Psalm 23:1, 6