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“kriss”Archive for September, 2009
21st Birthday Celebration
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!! =)
This 7 days building up to my birthday has been AWESOME!!!
Basically, September has been a great month all in all!
First was Melbourne/Sydney trip with cheryl which was just AMAZING!
Finally managed to do skydiving, one of the things i must do before I die.
And then, Friday was Blast from the Past Party where we dressed up as anything (cartoon characters, actors…) from the past.

I went as Pebbles Flintstones, Cheryl went as Wilma Flintstones, and Yvette as a LITTLE GIRL! Super cute outfits we created from $2 worth of clothes from the second hand store. Others went as Wicked Witch of the West, Betty from Flintstones too, and Luke as Spiderman who saved the night.
The next day i woke up for work at Kumon, and got tricked by Luke into believing that we were going for Lunch with his Parents.
Which turned out to be Sarah’s sneaky plan for my birthday BBQ (which i already found out about earlier)

Yummy BBQ, and sarah with the Piniata and evil doctors.

so Luke brought me to the foreshore by the river for the BBQ with everyone else there!!! =)
truly a great surprise and i loved the whole BBQ and chilling with friends by the river once again.
They blind folded me and made me hit the Piniata which fell to the ground

I just kept hitting and hitting and hitting.
Lovely day it was, and good weather too! Thank you all!!!
Monday, Sarah’s plans didnt work out, so we headed to AQWA (the underwater world in perth)

had fun admiring the jellyfishes, laughing at the sucking lion fish, distinguishing the male and female sharks

we held star fish and felt the really weird squishy rubbery stingray too.
THANK YOU SARAH! =)
[to top it off, got back results for a few tests/assignments, and im pretty happy about it!]
Wednesday, I prayed I wouldnt get thrown into the river.
Thankfully they just left me outside my room to shiver in the cold while they decorated my room with many almost naked men!! (to celebrate being legal for R21)

I got granny underwear too… i hate the fact that im growing old =(


I love everyone for their presents! BOYfriends!!! Family!!! LEANNA (from the US)!!! Aunty B, Aunty Elsie, Uncle Nick, Jannine! all those who were features in the video and all my lovely girls in tommy more!!! Joyner who called me for miles away!
Luke who put up with me, brought me to breakfast and pampered me =)
Sarah my best friend who almost had a heart attack everytime i found out (or almost did) about her plans, and for planning such an awesome week! =) THANK YOU!
love you all!
it was a memorable, enjoyable and fun filled birthday that has kept me smiling till now! =)
Melbourne & Sydney Trip

Cheryl was so awesome to come on this trip with me across the country to the eastern states. She gave us (me) all a fright when she forgot to bring her passport to the airport. Thankfully, you can check in to domestic flights with any other photo ID.
We were in Melbourne for 4 days and it was FREEZING COLD!!!! We went to Queen Victoria Market, Brunswick street (vintage/retro/opshop stuff), Lygon street (italian street with lots of restaurants and cafes), Bridge road (factory outlet shopts), the casino, walked around the town and took the trams, got Krispy Kreme and headed off to Sydney!!!
In Sydney, we stayed at a backpackers and met two girls from Sweden, a girl from Belgium and a girl from Adelaide. Most significant part of the trip was SKYDIVING

Finally, a dream come true! Something I’ve always wanted to do! Falling from 14,000 ft for one minute

and gliding with the parachute for the last five minutes. it was SOOO AWESOME!!!!
we made a British friend and brought her to the fresh fish market.
the oysters were SOOO FRESH!!!!

and we had fresh sashimi and unagi, prawns and scallops… yumm
the days in Sydney was spent going around the city and beaches

the sydney opera house

sydney harbour bridge

Beautiful sunset view behind the sydney harbour bridge as we took the ferry back from manly beach. Perfect Timing

This Lindt Ice Chocolate is SOOOOO heavenly. a definite must try for anyone who’s in sydney
Sydney’s weather was so good, 28-30 degrees. So sunny and nice
After a week’s holiday, cheryl and I returned back to home sweet home with Krispy Kreme and Lindt chocolates for the Perth people
Yet… my welcome present was a bigger “room”

They moved my bed into the toilet!!!

Here’s the MASTERMIND!!!!
But it’s good to be back! =)
Ahhh… time to get down to the mountain of work/assignments/presentations/test that i have due this week. pfft!