♥Refreshed♥

Finally, had my hair colour refreshed last Thursday with Tien ^__^

The colour didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be,

but oh well, it never did anyway...

at least I got rid of the ugly overgrown roots~~~

This pic of Tien was over-exposed, 

that proved how sunny the day was...

I retouched it a bit, really liked her orangey-red wavy hair here ♥

I've always liked this little curved path around central library, 

with the curved walls and tall windows. 

Something really timeless about it.  ♥

These pictures looked as if we were abroad somewhere in Europe~~~

but in fact, they were only town hall and central library.. =___="

Oh well, little marvelous spots in Manc can be amusing sometimes, 

don't you think so? *wink*

♥Down the road of N.Q♥

After uni, I was persuaded by Grace and Sally to have lunch in China Town...

The usual dim sums of chicken feet, duck tongue and so on..hehe...

doesn't sound very appetising? I know ^__^

Such good weather with enough sunshine, 

Ahhh~~~ luckily I've got my 小黑camera with me ♥

Grace had the sudden urge to wanna take pics with 小黑 today... 

Must be the weather... 

Threw on my fav white furry coat, 

cause apparently forecast warning said that it was gonna be cold today >__< 

I have to stop believing weather forecast that changes every seconds!

Why the huge shades??? Blame it to my red eye *sob*

 woke up with bloodshot eye today! 

No idea why, maybe the late nights and long hours in front of the screen *sigh*

And yes, I know I've been seen with this vintage trilby hat a bit too often recently...

Can't get over this obsession yet, so leave me alone!!!

Went vintage browsing with Grace in Northern Quarter...

Never failed to amaze me with little things you'll find in this area of town,

although that's where I go to work every week... hehee...

Grace's loving the graffiti... and made me take a picture WITH it... *sweat*

hehee...

P/S: Okay...This picture is a bit random... 扮甚麼貓咪啊？

不是啦！

我是Grace遺漏在機場，可憐的一把雨傘

“Grace主人，妳唔記得帶埋我走啊。。。我仲掛係trolley度既！”

♥swift . tense . time♥

It was Manchester Games '09 yesterday

and was volunteering for the very first time

Never really had a chance to get involved in M-games that much

when I was in the comm... 

I've always been stuck with M-Night for some reason...

Here are some of my favourite pics that I managed to snap with 小黑

I like this one... ^__^

For the whole day, I was at the basketball court,

running around and screaming like a mad woman indeed >_<

How glam was that!

Me and Grace think that this is a pretty cool pic~~~

Don't you think so too?

the movements are kinda cool...

This may not occur to be a very appealing picture...

so why did I post it here?

Noticed how their poses are sorta like in pairs?

^___^

M-Games 09 basketball champion

Imperial College

The exhausted Grace and Von

I fell asleep while FB-ing!!!

一天下来，还真的满累

但令我想起以前那两年，四处奔跑的日子

不同的是，当初的战友

虽然，预了会招惹白眼和是非

难免会轻微的痛心，但我可没那么闲空去理会

我只要尽本能给以支持，就好了

欣慰的是，那些尝试逗我开心的人

意想不到的关心和一句‘辛苦晒’

真的还满感激的。。。

谢谢咯！♥

♥Fab-Feb♥

February

the month that is full of LOVE♥

signs of affectionate is growing,

and you can literally smell the Love in the air.

*okay, call me lame, so what!*

I had work on V-day night,

it was alright... but tiring, of course.

J, our manager, gave us roses that night after work...

how sweet~~~

*he just loves to please us girls...womaniser!*

The first night of Feb,

most of the Mancunians i know spent the night unconscious.

Why?

cause is was CNY party night at the new club Bijou!!!

the drinks was hell expensive, I have no idea how everyone ended up drunk anyway.

Rumours said that boys just swiped their cards like there's no tomorrow!

*saw that myself actually*

and the bill next day came up to be a few hundreds £££ at least!

Grace, Tien and Me.. 

Love you Grace for watching over me that night~~~*hugs*

This is our dear Ra'a, 

The man who rocks NING!

and he's leaving us *sob*

behave yourself when u're back home!

Last day of CNY, Effie, YunSin and Wilson

came to Manc for dinner all the way from Cardiff and Notts!

It has always been fun to have them around ^__^

*Jee was holding the camera*

Wilson must be back home by now...

Didn't know he was leaving till we met up for dinner!

*sigh*

Cardiff's gonna be a lot calmer now...hehee...

Everyone miss you!!!

♥cny away from home♥

I've already spent quite a few CNY away from home

My first CNY in UK as a student, we had heavy snow.

My last CNY as a student, we had snow as well.

♥

Last year, I was home for CNY.

I won't know when will my next CNY at home be.

Hopefully in the near future.

As in next year would be great! ^__^

CNY in Manchester this year is a bit different,

I went to Foh Guang San,

I went to Spring Gala,

and I went to CNY open house ^__^

 

Above picture is from Spring Gala,

The Master was taking the opportunity to wish his parents CNY,

cause he has not been home for 10 years for CNY,

and was busy performing.

It was quite a touching scene >_<

Saw a few audiences wiping the tears off.

Guess there are a lot of people out there who have not been home.

MSSM this year did a good job to allow students celebrate CNY together,

with FREE FOOD! ^__^

this is always a bait for students to attend any events~~~

They made it in a bigger scale this year,

and people get to catch up after exams.

KeeKee, me, Linda and Alex~~~

Some of the most amazing people in Manc~~~*hugs*

This is me and Linda, back to our cam-whoring habits ♥

Lion dance was arranged, and I can assure you 

that quite a few kids out there have not heard 

the exciting thumping of drums for quite a while.

oOoOo... The lion is FIERCE!

♥Snowy CNY♥

First day of Feb, went to ChinaTown for the CNY parade~~~

had been looking forward for this day,

cause it means pictures!!!

I've always love taking picture in the lift at my flat,

might be the lighting,

might be the mirrors,

it gives the pictures something different..^__^

Me in my favourite trilby hat!

making my way to China Town~~~

Was helping out giving incense sticks to people,

for them to make a wish with the Buddha statue 佛光山 prepared.

I had to say I never really had any experiences giving out stuff to strangers,

you'll had to get used to the rejects, 

you'll have to have the courage to go up to strangers,

with a smile and friendliness.

It was snowing suddenly, totally didn't see it coming!

But it really had been sooooo cold recently...

Since the first snowflake of Feb that day, 

UK had turned into winterland that few days!!!

It was quite hard to take pictures at such a crowded and happening surroundings.

You won't have time to think before you snap!

But luckily I still have a few favourites from the day ^__^

They are mainly pictures of adorable little ones ♥

This baby in BearBear suit is soooo CUTE!!!

only had a sec to take one shot, 

I'm sooo lucky that it's a good shot! Weee~~~

This lil' China boy is so happy when the 

财神爷threw ang pau and he managed to catch one ^__^

The love of Mother & Son ♥

Taken when I was being squashed in the moving crowd. >_<

The girl was totally checking out that handsome lil' boy! 

*Awww...*

I'm sure the boy gonna grow up into a heartbreaker! 

he's totally got the looks already!

Get to spend this CNY with Chien Hung and Pin...

Kriz came to visit as well...

But Vera was M.I.A >_<

*金ちゃん、it was freaking cold tho, I was sick after that day!*

Seri Insan-ers in Manchester!!! (with cotton candy ^__^)

As mentioned before, UK went white for a few days!

This picture was taken when I was leaving uni in the afternoon...

we left right on time! cause there was snow storm after that..

Kinda regretted that I didn't take pretty pictures in snow,

cause I was having hangover and red nose >_<

was tooo cold to even stop for a minute!

♥CNY♥

It's nearly the end of January,

but it's only the 4th day of CNY.

Eventhough I had spent quite a few CNY in UK,

this is the first time ever I've been to the 

Foh Guang San temple in Manchester.

I really liked it there, 

maybe cause I've always been quite attached to my religion,

especially towards Guan Yin 观音菩萨.

I made my dad buy me a Guan Yin statue during a China trip, 

which is exactly like the one here, only a smaller size one.

which is now being placed in one of the temples back home ^__^

Really liked the smell of incense there ^_^

Also, I was given a bag of mandarin oranges and sweets~~~ 

and one Ang Pau with a cute phone charm *Happy*

Since I was to 吃齋 on first day of CNY, 

which is similiar to vegetarian, I think,

There are not many choices of restaurants that I could go to.

So, me, Chien hung and Kok decided to eat in at Kok's~~~

Chien Hung and Kok, so called preparing food....lol

Having rice balls 湯圓, for dessert~~~

Chien Hung made the tiny ones from scratch!

but the ginger soup was a bit too spicy for my liking >_<

Oh! we have a surprise little friend outside at the balcony~~~

A Big Fat Soft Fluffy Bunny!!!

Kok said lil'bunny belongs to her neighbour...

he is soooo adorable!!!

I swear the bunny is a cam-whore!

he just posed there for me to take photos of him~~~♥

Peek-a-Boo!

It's 4am now, and I was supposed to be catching up on my design project...

But ain't got that much done yet... *sigh*

okay, back to work... with a glass of Rose~~~

♥牛年快乐♥

Finally!!! 

It's Chinese New Year! It's the Ox year~~~

牛年快乐！笑口常开！财源滚滚！

Was up cleaning my flat till the early hours of CNY eve....

a bit of a last minute, but at least I did it on time ^_^

Made sure that I woke up early enough, 

so that I could go to chinatown to get some 汤圆 for tonight's dessert~~~

Then met up with Linda, Alex and Dennis for a lil' catch up ^^

Dennis said that this is my signature pose... 

didn't really realised it till now..

oh well ^__^ at least I have one... hohoho....

I like this pic of us under the Chinatown Arch... from a different angle...

kinda edited it a bit to give it that rusty look.. ^__^

Cute cute Linda with a not so ready Alex... ^__^ 

but I really liked this picture...

so don't blame me for putting this pic in my blog yea~~~

While waiting to meet Grace before reunion dinner,

I was sitting in Piccadilly Garden, where the fountain is..

Always wanted to sit here alone one day, 

to take photos of kids running through the shooting water.

They always make me wonder though, 

aren't they cold??? It's freaking freezing!!!

Kinda like this photo showing the difference in dripping water ripple, 

or whatever you call it...

Went to have reunion dinner with Grace, Sally and Ricky at Glamorous Restaurant.

Cool names that they came up with to link with the food.. ^__^

Okay, gonna get some sleep now...

Will update on my 年初一 activities in my next entry~~~

Before I sign off, once again Von wants to wish everyone

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

恭喜发财！