first, i must say that marcus, yangqi, kenny, ashraf & hongmin are absolutely wonderful and e best (((: haha. they planned, cooked, prepared & schemed to give me a 'surprise' birthday party. hahaha. like even though marcus is always so busy, he took e time out to organise it (: though it wasn't much of a surprise :p ahahaha. koteks (dunno how e hell u spell this) all of em. grins. yangqi & kenny even cooked larh ((: haha, i was very impressed. ashraf spent e whole day scheming to get me to believe his funny story.. and hong min spent yesterday shopping with meee :D

this is prob e first time i've done so much in my birthday. normally it falls on in e exam period, so i can't do much. but today i went for lunch & shopping with nicole & angela, then london dungeons (where i met ella - nygh tramper), damn small world. and had two bday surprises! ayla & angela were absolutely lovely & came up to give me 4 eclairs with like candles in themm :D then e whole bunch of sporeans came banging on my door & sung me happy birthday with e cake outside my room :D hehehee. they're e best bunch of ppl i could be in london with. seriously. they're just like my family. haha. then tong, lynn, celine & huiying rushed back from diff parts of e uk to come to holborn at like 9+ onwards to wish me happy birthday somemore. super super touched (((:

angela & ayla (((:

my GORGEOUS birthday cake from marcus, ashraf & sanjiv (:

the feast they cooked up (actually only two dishes were cooked by them :p)

my makeshift birthday candles (((: i love hongmin! haha.

surprise party! at holborn :D

it was a wonderful wonderful birthday i had this year (((: i was so afraid that i'd spend it sad & alone, and with not much of a celebration, but it was probably my most exciting & full birthday ever. heh.

i think e lse sporeans are love. but there are also ppl like angela, charlotte, ayla and many many others that have totally brightened up my life here (: muacks to all of you.

to my darlings back home & in e us. thank you for everything, be it e cards, phonecalls, smses & facebook posts (((: you'll always be in my heart and in my thoughts.

19th was a wonderful happy one.