first things first! woohoo i'm 21!!! well, actually i didn't really like birthdays for a number of reasons: 1. sometimes it's quite troublesome, 2. it's better not to keep expectations high, 3. i wouldn't expect others to sit down and spend time on me just because it's my birthday.... to me birthdays are : 1. just another plain ordinary day, nothing special about it, and 2. a painful day that reminds me that i'm here on this cruel world for another year. but i'm glad i changed my mind on my 21st birthday. ^^
for my past... 5 birthdays? i've been hoping that a certain someone would at least message me happy birthday. first two years he did, but i was expecting more from him then since we see each other more frequently. then as we drifted even more and more apart, the message came even later and didn't come to me as nicely as i hoped it would be. then in the last 2 years, they stopped coming altogether. that was one of the reasons why i hated my birthdays too -- it seemed like no one really cared. not that i would care then, that's what i told myself too.
this year i decided to stop waiting.
and yes, i'm much happier and better off without waiting for something that would never arrive.
that half hearted kindness, i think i've finally snapped out of it. ^^
i'm really glad and blessed to have my family and friends around me... ahh first let me talk about my presents haha!
1. pansy and sheila got me a makeup set! XD after making them spend so much money on that, the night when i went home i saw another makeup set from my mother on my study desk! talk about having surprises... so right now i've got 2 makeup sets... i don't know whether to laugh or not... thanks! it felt really warm in me when i saw that pleasant surprise! but seriously lah, next time i should coordinate better hahahahahahahaha~
2. thanks shian chi yin yin nicodemus and weixiang! they got me kinokuniya vouchers which are like... omg to me... cos i'm a manga lover and those vouchers... ahems. sorry guys i've already spent half of them on a manga set which i shall elaborate later ^^
3. thanks to my ntu clique! pey lun, wen lin, bolin, zhi chao, edwin, kee sing, nicholas, yeeling and da jie! although i can't say i'm that close to them, i'm quite... surprised that they'll spend the time with me to hang out at ktv... i was kinda... not expecting them to do that haha... and yeaps, i really appreciate the company =) thanks for the ktv, the card, the necklace and earrings!
ok that doesn't sound like a lot of presents, but i'm a rather easy going person, wasn't even expecting any presents from people other than my family hahahaha~ so yeaps, i will treasure them... and during the entire week, with all the people wishing me happy birthday, it really made me feel blessed and very 幸福... ok lah just take it that i'm crazy bah...
now... onto some of the pictures which i got...
first is my dinner with pansy on sheila... i haven't gotten the picture of me and pansy yet, so here's the picture of me together with sheila...
it's been a long time since we met up! so glad we have our yearly birthday celebrations together! hope we can meet up again in dec before i leave for china...
and here's my outing with shian chi weixiang n nico... let the pictures do the talking =)
that's me with shian chi! XD
and seriously, who mugs in a restaurant like our mugger weixiang? oO
erms... muggers... unite?
eeks why are u taking such a weird shot of me?
that's me n my birthday cake! and i'm 21! ^^
me with nico!
i wish for world peace! yeah right~
ok i'm really making my wish now... ^^
cut cake time! XD
that's me with shian chi again! we took like 3 pictures of the 2 of us smiling... until we can't smile anymore... haha!
that's shian chi and weixiang! looking chio n shuai!
and after weixiang left... we had havoc at the supermarket in the basement... they were selling loads of halloween stuff... so we thought it wouldn't hurt if we had some fun... XD
dun try anything funny with spiderman and alien!
u know what? actually shian chi is a student from hogwarts! dun tell anyone else! shhh~
and tadah! using magic 3 packets of chips appeared magically! *though i wish the weight we gain from these chips can disappear magically too...*
shian chi running for the quidditch club!
and suddenly... eeks! where did this freak come out from?!
never fear! for qing yu is coming to the rescue! yay!
ahh that took a darn long time for me to upload these photos... =( darn blogger giving me problems... so halfway i changed to my multiply site... there are more photos which i didn't upload here, so u guys can visit my photo album which is quite dusty by now cos i don't really like taking photos hahahahaha~
really... word of thanks to...
1. my family... thanks for taking care of me so far... my mum sis n brother for being so sweet to me on my birthday itself... although my dad wasn't around, it didn't feel as lonely as i anticipated... so yeap thanks =)
2. pansy n sheila for making my day that saturday! with the wonderful dinner and makeup set! thanks for the company and time!
3. shian chi yin yin weixiang and nico! especially shian chi! thanks for organising the dinner on my behalf... i was quite lazy hahaha~ and thanks guys for the wonderful gift again!
4. my ntu clique... after reading the comments on the card u guys gave me, plus spending time with me... i really wanna thank u guys for that. yeaps...
5. all those people that msged me happy birthday on that day itself! i counted.. hehex... 15 sms, 2 msn bdae greetings, erms... 5 facebook messages wishing me happy birthday... really, thanks for remembering! *bows*
and now... wad have i been doing the past week besides celebrating and wasting my entire week away... actually i found a new/old anime from my all-time-favourite mangaka... arina takemura... the title of that work is kamikaze kaitou jeanne... i like all arina takemura's works... she has this strange ability of touching my heart with the issues she discusses with her works... guess that's the power of her story telling =)
i'm so drawn to the story and characters that i actually finished the entire anime series of 44 episodes in 3 days. that's freaking short time considering how busy i'm supposed to be. oh well i'm busy watching anime then. =(
story centers on this girl called kusakabe maron... she's a strong girl but lonely, since she's all left alone in japan while her parents are working overseas. on the surface she just looks like any normal 16 year old girl whose passionate about rhythmic gynmastics, but in actual fact, she's the mysterious thief jeanne who strikes no matter how many traps the police sets up for her. as i read on, i realise how similar i am to maron... maybe that's why i'm so drawn to this story. she can't trust others too due to her past as well, and the story is of her on her journey of self-discovery, and of people dealing with loneliness, issue of trust and betrayal. of course there's romance in it, but let's not dwell too deep into this...
i like kamikaze kaitou jeanne a lot because.... 1. the story is damn good. 2. the character drawing is damn good. 3. the anime presents issues at a pace well enough to bring out the ideas. and.... after reading this work, i totally idolise arina takemura! from now onwards i will only use her drawings as my wallpaper on my laptop! woohoo!
from this manga *oh yes, this is the series i spent half my vouchers from kinokuniya on... yays!* i'm starting to think... whether it's alright for me to lower my barrier and try to trust others a little more again.
my birthday wishes: *i'm a really greedy person haha!*
1. to become a better person
2. to remain true to myself
3. for those whom i love to be happy
4. for me to be able to step out from the shadows of the past
5. to be able to get the scholarship to go overseas with all expenses paid for XD
6. for my results to be pulled up significantly
7. and most importantly, for me to be happy.
i shall not let go of my own happiness again. ^^
強気も本気
無敵 素敵
元気 勇気
チンユー、頑張ってね！
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