the day i turned two four

started off friday morning with nothing much in mind. all i thought of is not doing lab work for the day. first thing i saw was a pressie on my table from min and charles! *smiles* that was going to be the start of my new investment but more about that at some other time kay? surprisingly quiet when i got in thinking that everyone else is down in the lab busy with their experiments. while noon approached, out of no where, grace came in to tell me she has something to show me...

...and a chocolate mudcake was awaiting my appearance! ah...our usual spot in the pantry for birthday celebrations. that was right before we were heading off to our 'lunch' spot...

...yeap you didn't see wrongly. we were having chocolate drinks for lunch. we wanted to skip actual meals in anticipation for the dinner buffet. i thought i was always too full to finish up the drinks at kokoblack because we always go after dinner. but even without a meal...the chocolate was surprisingly filling! no more snacking around for us until dinner time...

come dinner time...everyone was already too hungry by the time we reached. so without delay...everyone was off to attack the food. unfortunately i couldn't capture the array of selections they have there...i didn't have everything and totally forgot to capture the ambience of the place. was too busy entertaining my guest at times and other times was preoccupied with eating. no time to even spare for photography sessions until later...

a special thanks to faiz for coming eventough he was sick! *touched* hope you didn't felt out of place surrounded by a whole bunch of PhD students! ")

a group shot after the dinner. thanks for everyone who actually turned up! and to duncan and tat who were the flower delivery person. really happy that i have many more reliable friends now. wonder what that means aye? haha!

so some of us head back to my place for some after dinner drinks. i was kind enough to provide the drinks but they still couldn't leave me alone. what is with this culture that the birthday gal has to drink upon each toast. got tricked a few times to toast where i totally forgotten i had to bottoms up. another excuse was that i'm the only one allowed to get drunk because i was in the comfort of my own home. there goes the night where my memories were flashes of time frame.

HOW'S THAT FOR A BIRTHDAY!!

p/s: more random pics coming up soonish.

of amnesia

it was my birthday yesterday. i have so much to say but i'm still recovering from intoxication. not to worry though...i only remember everything vaguely but i'm sure everyone else had a great time. lesson to learn from hosting an after party. do not...I REPEAT...do not host it in your home if you don't want to get a bad hangover the day after. plus the fact that i'm not one with the love of drinking water...my recovery time seems prolonged. am still not feeling 100% normal at the moment. probably still have to get the details from everyone else who was forcing alcohol down me. i'll be back!

favouring fleece

my collection of softies since i came back to melbourne...


upon improvising to make the bunny shorter...

and experimenting with making it squarer...

and suggestion of having button eyes instead of x x...

today i made a one eyed monster...

note for the future: sew the tooth on first before attaching pieces...

well there wasn't a gap when i sew it on but upon stuffing it up it became visible =P

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD!!

it's been too long aye?

seems like ages since i posted anything up. by the way, i've started making softies again. for the record, i've made 6 in total using the sewing machine eugene got me for christmas last year. not too bad aye? knitted myself a scarf some weekends back as well. my current favourite colour is red. =) trying to restrict all these hobby-like activities for the weekend only. unless people start showing interest and want to pay me to do it then maybe? ahaha!

last weekend went bushwalking/hiking at grampians with my senior and her friend. i didn't expect to do so much strenous walking until i got there. first thing we did when we reach, straight away go bushwalking d. it was physically exhausting but it was fun! i always reach a point where i think to myself, what have i gotten myself into? but when we were more than half way up, everything seems so attainable. achievable. eventough it's up up up all the way to the peak, but it's down down down all the way back. so that's kinda motivating to know that once you reach the top, it would be an enjoyable journey back.

this is where we started...

...and this is where we ended.