New Year's Eve

I want to share here some sentiments taken from the movie "New Year's Eve (2011)", the speech given by Claire to the reporters and the public when the ball got stuck midway due to a short circuit while everyone was anxiously awaiting the annual ball drop in Time Square, NY. This not only shows PR at its best, but also, her carefully chosen words, bears significance to each and everyone of us. I loved every word of it, and so here it goes.

As you all can see the ball has stopped half way to its porch. It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures or close ourself down for fear of getting hurt. Cause that's what New Year's is all about, getting another chance. The chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about what if and start embracing what will be. So when that ball drops at midnight, and it will drop, let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight, but all year long. Thank you.

Some people swear there's no beauty left in the world, no magic. 

Then how do you explain the entire world coming together on one night to celebrate the hope of a new year?

Ultimately, that's what a new year brings right? Hope. Hope for a better year ahead.

It's just 3 days to a whole new year. I hope, I truly hope that it will be good one for everyone.

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Red ♥

Jean, Vanes, Angeline, me, JooEe, Karine, Janice. (missed YeanMay, Kelly, and Helen in this shot)

nope! it's not Chinese New Year yet. haha. no need to panic and check your calendars. thinking that you might have missed the celebration. this is a celebration alright, just a different kind of a celebration. a celebration of love. yessss. a chinese marriage ceremony. the first time a close friend of mine got married, the first time for me as a bridesmaid, "ji mui" as the chinese call it, sister to the bride.

loved that as the "ji mui" we got to scheme and come up with ways to torture the groom and his "brothers" before he managed to come take her away. speaking of which, my Mr. R was one of the brothers. which means that he had no choice but to obey my every single order and complete all the obstacles we set out or else his buddy wouldn't have the chance to get his bride.

spot any pair of lips you wish to kiss?

one of the challenges. only one kiss mark belonged to the bride. the rest were all made by the bridesmaids. the groom was to pick the right one. he only got 3 chances to choose. each wrong pick resulted in penalties ;D hee. the poor fella never got it. haha though it was a pair of lips he had been kissing all along.

the sweet couple and all the groom's "brothers"

now you get the picture. definitely not CNY. sneaked a shot when they were posing for the photographer and videographer. the wedding date - 27.1.2013. so happy for them! here's wishing them a happy and blessed marriage now and always.




that's about it. the remainders of this post are just some vain pics. a must, since we don't dress up like walking angpows everyday! didn't manage to get as many as i would have liked though :/

a picture with Angeline

 

at the bride's house while waiting for the groom and his entourage to arrive

 with my lil sis :)

grrrr.... i don't like the tongue!

hope u guys loved the photos as much as i do. 

all were taken with iPhone4s.

till my next post.

soon i hope ;)

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I love it and hope you love it too !

a random announcement :

我不是香蕉!

and here's how i rate my Chinese proficiency:

spoken - 8/10
written - 4.5/10

yea, it's not top notch, but i'm pretty happy with it :P
i usually skip a few words here and there a lot of words while reading a paragraph but i've no problem comprehension wise. i actually do understand what i'm reading okayyy xD

as a Chinese, of course i celebrate cny. it's my all time favourite holiday :) love all the traditions, all the people, all the gatherings, all the different feelings as we welcome in the new year.

and of course this celebration comes with loads of work - cooking, baking, cleaning etc. but hey, all in all, every drop of sweat spent juggling all the work is always worth it. the fun side however is simply unbeatable. shopping, girls! having an excuse to get all kinds of outfits even though we already have wardrobes and wardrobes full of clothing. adding the umpteenth pair of shoes to our humongous collection of footwear. and probably getting a new hairdo, be it colour or curls. i haven't even mentioned the glorious glorious food that we only get this every once a year plus all the goodies and angpows ;)

i've already had a great new year's eve and am very much looking forward to tomorrow :D

hope everyone enjoys this cny weekend as much as i will !

a shout out to everyone:

Happy Chinese New Year !

and may this year of the rabbit bring good luck and fortune to all of you.

my cousin's cute lil rabbits :)

and imma end this post with something in chinese xP

祝大家新年快乐, 万事如意, 心想事成, 步步高升.


ps:// i typed it all ! no cut and paste kay xP


an hour to go!

happy :D


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