Top: GAP (teehee Fi, Yx, , Rachel, YL, Clarys)

Happy New Year to all!

For those who're going to hit the big 18 this year and be legal to go clubbing and shit like that, congratulations. and remember that MODERATION is the key. The key to what, I don't know. harharhar. Just the key.cos it sounds so smart.

For those who are leaving secondary school and going off to college, be it local or overseas, good luck with that.

And please refrain from taboo-ing the word "SECONDARY SCHOOL" when you're in college and start conforming to the word " HIGH SCHOOL" . please la. Secondary school, high school, wtg still the same right. Don't conform to "HIGH SCHOOL" just to sound more... i don't know. you know yourself la. harhar.

For those who have left their teenage lives behind and are no longer "teens" but have reached the "old age" of 20, I don't know how you're dealing with that, but congratulations, you're one step closer to being a full adult with responsibilities and shiz.

For those who are 19 this year (e.g. moi), I don't know how YOU people feel either, but I feel damn old. 19 19 19 19 19 911 harhar. It just feels... "old".

Unfortunately, with the aging of one year, I'm not any wiser, nor any more mature. I still laugh at stupid jokes and crack even MORE stupid ones, I cry when I don't get my way, the universe still revolves around me, I still don't understand what "house taxes and road taxes" are for, I don't know what a "cukai pintu" is... Basically, I'm the same. Except lazier. and fatter. Definitely fatter, cos my arms look like big slabs of ham in pictures.

edit: oh good. i've weighed myself. After supper no less, and it seems I've actually lost 0.7 Kgs instead of gain weight. I weighed myself 3 times to ensure there're no mistakes, too. yay! I always knew it was the camera's fault.

I can't exactly recall what I've done the whole of 2008, and even if I could I wouldn't, cos it's too much work to remember stuff and blog about my whole year in a single post. besides, you can always press the "previous" option that you see after you've scrolled down to the very end of this page to find out for yourself what I've done in 2008.

I can, however, talk about what I've done with myself this hoilday season. Nothing productive, but a lot of fun times anyhow.

In not much of an order, this December,

I went out with Jack.

Dress: Mng

i went back to Johor, which is the place of birth of he-who-sired-me.

I hated the long car trip even though I slept through 80 % of it.

I saw my grandparents, and I think my grandpa is really cute in that old-man-cute way.

I saw a man care for his father by helping him clean his ears.

I went to Singapore and saw many many Christmas trees. I saw Salvation Army volunteers asking for donations for the needy and donated S$0.30 cos that was all I had and got a calendar card in return which I've now lost.

I came back just in time to celebrate Christmas Eve at the Curve, where I teared up on purpose everytime someone walked by with a Santa hat (which is quite often) cos I didn't have one.

Until someone kind came and cheered me up by buying me my very own snow in an aerosol can (which I later found out was illegally sold).

Top: Somerset Bay

I went to my new house in Princess Town and drew on the walls of my new room.

Then, I went to Taiping where my mom was born and finally fed those monkeys.

I saw a beautiful stream that flows from the mountains and i was closer to nature than I could ever be in the city. Not that I'm complaining, I do agree that sometimes nature is best viewed and appreciated from a distance. Sometimes.

I waded in the cold mountain waters and felt my feet fo temporarily numb from the chill.

my face looks all sorts of wrong here. I suppose it's gravity pulling down on my face.

Top: GAP (secret haha)

Shorts: Forever 21

Bra(cos it's quite obvious here. haha) : La Senza

But mostly, I just slept a lot in Taiping, cos it rains almost everyday and is the perfect weather for snoozing.

top: Jack's shirt

I came back in time to celebrate new year's eve with friends. I also got a free mask cos the theme of the celebration going on at the Curve was masquerade.

the reason y i seldom smile with my lips closed like that.

I took one for everybody and made them wear it too.

barry

I talked to a stranger and took a picture with his Siberian Husky, something I always wanted to do. Not talk to a stranger. I meant take a picture and pat and play with a Siberian Husky.

Dress: Mng

I met an old friend at Santa's Village.

blurry, but it's the only one i've got.

Shoes: Vincci

I watched fireworks go off right on top of me and accidentally kissed my best friend on the lips cos we were both turning toward each other to kiss the other's cheek but ended up kissing lip to lip instead and was stunned for a full 5 seconds before we realised what was wrong.

ham-like arm can be seen in this picture, grossly adding to my general "fat" outlook.

.But best of all, someone gave me an award this Christmas.

And that was how I spent my December. It might not have been productive studies wise, but it was pretty good.

Happy New Year again to all. =) Make resolutions only if you intend to keep them and set out your goals so that you can strive to achieve them in the year ahead.

love

jwC

note: This post was started on New Years day but the internet is so damn slow, and the pictures wouldn't load properly. Even now. SO i didn't resize them harhar.