Just fun, that's all..

I had a very fun & enjoyable weekend in Manchester with WS and my friends over this weekend.. So fun that I completely forgot that my exams are just around the corner! It felt so nice and truly blissful to be normal again, y'know? It felt like I was escaping reality.. Ahh.. such bliss!

Anyway, it wasn't completely unwarranted (before you go off and nag at me!).. I went up last weekend to attend a revision course for exams ('twas very good, even though quite expensive.. Oh, and I had an extra bonus! I got to sit next to Cute Medic ___, who for those of you who don't know, I've had a mini-crush on since first year cos' he's oh-so-cute and handsome!) and to have a pre-birthday celebration with my friends and WS.

It was lovely lovely indeed!! The party guestlist included JL, CY, PY and good good friend NT, who came down from Leeds to join us for the day and dinner.. It was only meant to be a day-trip for him but after we exerted upon him the greatest emotional blackmail ever, we managed to force him to stay with us for the night! (Notice how I used the word 'forced' instead of 'convinced'? WS doesn't think he had much of a choice, the way I err, coerced/pressurized him into it! What can I say? We haven't seen him in like 6 months, we all missed him, we were all gonna have lots of fun and I can only hope he enjoyed himself! :) )

Anyway, we had a not-so-great dinner at Panama Hatty's in Manchester city centre (the food had deteriorated in quality since the last time we were there) and then came back to WS's (and JL and CY's) place for dessert and fun & games! In fact, they sorta surprised me with a lovely lovely birthday cake - I was so happy! (I haven't had a proper birthday cake in ages!) We then sorta just hung out, brainstormed for our hopefully, mega-fun group holiday in the summer, played poker for about 5 minutes, and finally delved into my birthday prezzie from NT - he got me 'The Da Vinci Code' board game! No, it's not to do with the movie, it's just a fun game with loads and loads of quizzing puzzles that only functions to wrack your brain! Hehe.. No but seriously, we had loads of fun!!

Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's like a gazillion! ;)

Waiting for our table, having drinks..

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A very badly-taken pic by the waitress.. unfortunately, it's the only one of all 6 of us!

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Yummy starters to share!

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With WS, NT, JL & CY

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With PY

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Look at my pretty pretty birthday cake with sparkly candles!!!

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I also got a birthday song!

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Thanks darling, for the beautiful cake!

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Pretty cake again! (You can tell I was excited about this!)

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I made 2 wishes that night!

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Good pal/buddy NT! He's absolutely awesome, and works out pretty great cos' he's WS's best friend!

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OK, that's all for now.. I think I'll be going out with my other friends to have dinner and all that soon.. so look forward to more pics next time!

Ooh, btw, forgot to mention that JL, CY & PY got me such wonderful birthday presents - stuff that I wanted from Benefit cosmetics!! Woohoo!!! Thanks so much guys!!!

Guys, guys, guys!

How much do I like guys? The answer is: A LOT! Especially cute/hot ones! Much much more than I can say..

As long as I can remember, I have always always been a little boy-crazy.. I think it all began when I hit puberty at a tender age of 11, and I still remember very clearly my first crush! He was in the year above me, and was awfully cute (though a little short) so I decided to befriend his little sister (in the year below) just to get the scoop on him. Nothing happened between us - puberty was not kind to me - I gained soooo much weight, had to start wearing awful, huge, glasses, was effectively tallest and biggest in my class, grew enormous boobs that made me so self-conscious that I overcompensated by hunching (prompting my family to call me the Hunchback of Subang) and started realising that many many boys around me were complete idiots!

Ever since then, I have consistenly had a new crush/guy-I-kinda-liked every single year, most of them far far older than me.. (did I mention that the boys around me were way too immature for me?) and as I have been made aware by my 'lovely' friend, JW, up until now, in University, I'm still doing that.. On top of that, I'm mega-crazy about handsome and cute hunks I see on tv/movies (I remember keeping a list of all the cute guys I liked on tv and I had to stop writing them down cos' my notebook ran out!) and until today, am still crazily in love with my top 10 men... Sighh..

I guess I can't really help it, you know.. I get really obssessed about the guys I like (real-life and otherwise) and just can't stop thinking about them.. I think it's in my genes, this boy-craziness.. And everytime I get to talk to each of my crushes, even on MSN, I go delirious with ecstasy! Oh, you haven't seen what happens to me when they start touching me, even like a gentle nudge on the back, or the casual-draping-his-hand-over-your-shoulder thing, or just touching my arm! (I do sound like such a slut sometimes, don't I?) Anyway, that's the reason why I can't wait to go out with many many many many cute guys and just enjoy being with them! Sighhhhhhh....

Unfortunately for me, I have never had much luck with my crushes.. most probably cos' they were way out of my league. I've always plotted to get close to them by various means, and the most common one I use is via their not-so-good-looking-but-more-friendly best friend. Looking back, I have been doing that since I was like 14 or something. Problem is, up until now, I do it SO well that people end up thinking that I like the guy's best friend instead! It's infuriating, I tell you.. I keep wanting to shout at them, "It's his best friend I like, I'm just using him!!" but of course, I don't..

Anyway, why am I blogging about this? Oh, you see.. cos' I HAVE to tell you about my latest squeeze:

His name is Justin Hartley and he really is hotter than the sun!!!

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Look at that defined jawline, those dreamy eyes, that chiselled face...

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Ooh, sexy back!

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Who is he, you say? Well, he's guest starring on Smallville now (but not for long, *sob sob*). Ooh, did I mention I love his little chin dimple?

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He plays the Green Arrow/Oliver Queen in it, and is amazing! Here he is in costume.. would 'ya look at those arms???!!!

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Ooh, on a completely different note.. SY and I went to watch FAME the other day.. it was absolutely amazing!! Definitely one of the top 5 musicals I've seen so far! I think the best thing about it was the dancing.. Wow.. the dancing.. that really had me floored!! It was so energetic, so amazingly coordinated, and there was such a good mix! There was ballet, spanish dance/tango-ey type of thing, pop, jazzy, hip-hop.. everything!! Many a time throughout the night, I even had to pick my jaw up from the floor!! hehe..

The vocals were nothing short of great either.. the storyline was such that there were many many parts of equal importance in the show, i.e. lots and lots of very very good singers! It was truly breathtaking.. Oh, did I mention one of the main actors were oh-so-very-cute? (we had binoculars so got to see even though we were sitting in the upper tiers!)

Anyhoo, SY & I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that night and like I've said, although this isn't the absolute best I've seen so far, it's definitely up there in the top 5!!!

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(Of course, at this point I have to mention how unprepared for my exams I am and that I'm totally totally f**ked, excuse my language.. Oh, and I've just started my Orthopaedics & Rheumatology attachment and I was diagnosed (and re-diagnosed) by the Consultants with generalised hypermobility syndrome! Apparently, it explains my incredibly lax ligaments, good flexibility, constant spraining of every joint and incessant clicking! Go figure!)

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! (Ok, ok, I know this is quite belated, but still.. it's better late than never, right? ;) Besides, my new year's resolution is to stop procrastinating and I've vowed to start next month!)

Anyway, my holidays have just gone, and they really did come and go in a blink of an eye! Sighh.. I'm now back in school, just started the final attachment of my final year (gasp!). Boy, do I miss those 3-month summer breaks!!

Ranting aside, I had a rather quiet holiday this time round. It was meant to be one where I was to catch up with work and reading, since my exams truly ARE around the corner. I even swapped my not-so-quiet house (with Internet, tv, easy access to shops & entertainment), for boy-boy's quiet and lonely hospital accommodation (with no Internet access and no easily-accessible shops around) in Manchester in order to have a more conducive studying environment; even though he was working nights (which meant I only saw him for about 2 hours a day). But as usual, I still managed to waste lots of time time just well, faffing about, really.. watched the whole series 1 of Beverly Hills 90210 (Luke Perry is so cute!), beat all the high scores in both my new phones and WS's new phones' games (yes, I have 2 new phones now.. so exciting!), re-read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix & the Half-Blood Prince for the umpteenth time (can't wait for the 5th movie (even though Harry is super-whiny) & 7th book!) and catching up on my beauty sleep.. So exciting, huh?

On the plus side, I did quite a bit of shopping this year at the Boxing Day sales, so I was quite pleased with that.. :) Oh, and it did help that boy-boy wanted to pay for everything! (No, of course I didn't accept completely, what kind of girl do you think I am?!) So as much as I want to write loads here, I err, can't.. cos there simply isn't that much to write anyway.. so I'll just put some pics up (as usual!) for you to enjoy looking at my pretty face! hehe..

CY (centre) celebrated her buffday with us at a Korean restaurant - first time tasting Korean food for me, it was quite good!

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*smile*

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With good friend, PY - don't we look lovely!

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We took a short walk around Manchester town (on the way back to the car) and it looked so lovely with all the Xmas lights!!

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WS & I celebrated our _th anniversary with a lovely (and very costly!) Japanese dinner.. it was so yummy!!! Oh, and don't I look so good in my brand new & very sexy MNG top! ;)

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Here's our starters, sashimi moriawase! Sorry, but this is the only photo of the food we have.. the rest kinda got gobbled down too quickly!

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Ok, that's all for now.. will update you with more musings and photos soon enuff.. (I have to reserve my brain cells for proper studying and not blogging, I'm afraid) For now, hope everyone keeps their new year resolutions like me!! ;) (Ooh.. btw, I meant to put up pics of my Germany trip when my dad & sis came to visit.. okok, I'll do it next time, I promise! Now, what was my New Year's resolution again? :P)