Ikea Tampines

i dunno why i am up so early. its probably because of jie's constant noises made from rummaging the cupboards to get ready for work. haiz. another sleepless morning lar.

now that blogger has recovered, due to the earthquake in taiwan i guess. i'm back to update my posts.

went to ikea tampines with alicia 2 days back. she jio-ed me there. huge i tell u! HUGE! look at the pics!

and this is only the pick-up "warehouse". the showrooms are so much bigger and more spacious than the one in alexander. alicia and i was mesmerized by everything we saw lar. haa... and basically, we juz wanna grab everything and buy. she spent so much. $80 over in like 2 hours? and we agreed that ikea is a dangerous place to go, coz our wallets would juz be burned out within minutes. and in the end, she blamed me for agreeing to meet up with her. bleah!

aniwae, my buys....

ikea children's table for the playroom. yes, for my room to store my ever growing number of bags. hide it in there so that mummy would not see them. heh heh... and for a good price of a mere $15 bucks, i get good quality stuff.

and of course, food! from the mini supermarket they have there. all sweden stuff.

double chocolate chip cookies for $7.20

raspberry rings for $5.90

the cookies comes in boxes, and its like so much lor. until i gave my neighbour half of it. i doubt my family can finish it though we have 7 persons.

alicia bought so much things, we had to hail a cab. we went home, put our stuff down, and continued our shopping at tampines mall. haha. siao but true. i din buy anything though, except for grace's x'mas pressie.

had our dinner at cartel coz ali wanted to have the hawaiian pork chop thingy. the portion is so big, i couldn't finish it. see wad i mean?

aniwae, to sum it all up! and by the way, that's my new hair! got a little of the "slope" effect! heh...

parents were back from singapore yesterday. end of jul's freedom, but i'm still staying over at alicia's place tonite to party. and gonna meet my seller early saturday morning all the way at woodlands. finally! i sold my hamster cage! hee... gonna meet up with dear before heading down together to C.H.I.J.M.E.S at nite for dinner with my family.

i gotta go! pack my bags, laze around and get ready to head down to alicia's place.

dear: congrats on passing of your exams once again... but hor, how come u always manage to pass without really studying for it? hmph...

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Blogger Server Problem?

i dunno wad's wrong with blogger but i can't seem to upload pics. so pics and updates from my outing todae would be postponed until tomorrow.

meanwhile, check out my yahoo auctions. i've put up new stuff to sell. maybe more tomorrow. i've 10 stuffs in yahoo auctions now. do check it out by clicking on my link at the sidebar under "virtual retail therapy". happie shopping. friends interested, i can give you some discount.

dear's out with his frens. and its pouring outside the window again. i wonder when the rain will stop.

meanwhile, good night everyone.

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Let It Pour!

i changed my hair again! haha. erm, feel better this time. hee... (^_^)

aniwae, will be going to tampines with alicia later. we're goin to ikea! yippies! finally someone who is willing to go with me.

its been pouring so much lately, it doesn't even seem like singapore. but i'm enjoying the weather. though sometimes it seems so much of a hassle to bring brollys out during the wet season. but stay home days and cosying up on the couch seems like a good idea too.

juz approximately 2 more weeks to school re-opening. have to get the rusty brains to work again. then the busy schedule continues, with more projects, research and lectures.

parents are coming back tomorrow. time flies so fast! haiz...

i gotta go get bathed and get changed.

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Christmas...

back to blogging! have been staying over at dear's place for the past 2 nights. went for a taste of my first pool lesson yesterday nite with dear and his frens. erm, i'm not very good at it lar. though i won the game, but i think its pure luck. i'm better at bowling. but nevertheless, it was a good experience. might try again though.

my dear mr runabouts is out tonite again. seems that guys always have this "lets go out at night" thingy. no doubt its fun, and i love having freedom, but today's a rainy day, and somehow, a part of me was glad that i'm home. erm... only a part of me lar. if i had a car, i'd drive down to alicia's house right now and we'll both go out for supper. yippies!

tomorrow is gonna be a boring day. as much as i like to go out these few days coz my parents are not in town, but seems like everyone has their own busy schedules. though some stuff i'd like to do are:

1) catch movies... which includes:
- night at the museum
- charlotte's web
- curse of the golden flower
- the holiday

2) go to ikea tampines

so anyone would wanna go out with me? haha....

nevertheless, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!

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All I Want For Chirstmas Is You...

i'm about to doze off anytime. yesterday and today has been a tiring day for me. been a parent for 2 days straight, taking the place of my parents to bring luo luo to her new school becoz they are unable to take leave. getting uniforms and books for her, choosing appropriate and interesting ccas and speaking to the form teacher. met alicia and grace yesterday nite and reached home at about 1am. chatted with dear till 2.30am. and i woke up at 8am todae to prepare to go to luo's school. i'm so tired, i dozed off watching channel 8 juz now. so i'll juz finish this entry before i tuck into bed.

christmas is juz round the corner. hmm... i'm a buddhist, so chirstmas to me means public holiday? exchanging gifts? christmas songs? but seeing how alicia and grace enjoy it... baking cookies, decorating the house with christmas decos, spring cleaning. suddenly it seems like new year oredi...

aniwae, i changed my blog song. hope everyone likes it. juz to have the christmas-ey effect and mood. this has always been an all time favourite.

i'm supposed to be meeting alicia and grace again todae. but the tiredness juz wears us down. we're all tired. but alicia called me! which i was quite surprised lar. she dun return calls unless you are really important okay! heh! so aniwae, our ikea date would be put off to a later date when our miss gracie would be able to make it all the way from ang mo kio to the east.

my mr runabouts is erm..... out running-about again with his buddies. hee... but glad that he called me. somehow he managed to "hear" over the phone that i'm kinda down. but its juz becoz i'm tired. our timing has always been opposite. i was out all day yesterday, only coming home at 1am, and he was home. now that i'm home the whole day, he's out. haa... but aniwae, i'm seeing him tomorrow.

and by the way, my favourite movie would be showing this sunday! love actually on channel 5! yippies!

i finally mailed william back. after his mail being stranded in my mailbox for a week. finally have the time to really settle down and type an e-mail. miss our ite days though. the carefree and crazy times in school. hmm... he seems to be doing well and i'm happie for him.

my parents would be flying off to sri lanka tomorrow for a week. they'd be with the temple devotees, to do social work, help tsunami victims and visit temples, etc. so its children's uproar time!? haa... chirstmas without the parents! party time! jie's asking a bunch of friends over, with loads of food, log cake, cocktail- liquored beverages and fun fun fun! as for me, i dunno where i'd be yet. haha...

i guess i'm really tired now... i am seriously deprived of sleep.

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Blessings On My Foot...

yesterday, i received a mini bouquet of flowers with a pink rose in the middle!

given by my best friend of 10 years, alicia. so sweet! its been so long since i last got flowers from anyone. hehe... happie happie~

met up with grace earlier to shop. we saw a couple of stuff. even wanted to get similar roxy bags. but we didn't in the end. haha...

but we did photo-whore in the toilet. this is one of them many other pics. but they are juz too many to upload.

both of my best friends bought me birkenstocks for my belated birthday gift. best and loveliest gift i've got. that's why this entry is called "blessings on my foot!" which literally adds to my collection of 4 to 5. heeee.....

my new birkis

yesterday's purpose of meeting is to celebrate grace's birthday. had kenny roger's for dinner! family platter. one whole chicken! haha... we were so hungry, we din wanna talk. eat first!

the birthday girl with our food!

went to shop after dinner. alicia and grace got christmas pressies for their family and friends. i din buy any though... saw a few pretty dresses and tops at dorothy perkins. i laid my eyes on them, but not my hands. hee...

headed down to cartel to chill after shopping. we had dessert! ordered mango mousse cake as grace's birthday cake. it was yummy! not bad at all... but i have to say, the service at the city hall outlet was really bad.

plus we shared ice-cream... hee...

we stayed there thru the nite till they closed at 11.45pm. and somehow, my best friends went nuts as night falls. see?

i gave them star lollies that have the christmas-ey mood. look how happie they are?

to end it all off....

best friends, yesterday, today and forever...

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Eragon...

catched eragon with dear on monday. he treated me to kenny rogers which was very sweet of him, since i've got a craving for it and plus, he's not earning yet, so having stuff like that are considered splurging. but i can't help myself from the serving of marcaroni cheese, mashed potatoes, kenny's quarters and the marvellous corn muffin. thanks dear. it wasn't a big deal to many, but to me, i was happie enuff.

and todae, i went to watch eragon again. because luo luo has been wanting to watch it. and no one has the free time to watch it with her. so being a good sister as i am (heh heh heh) i brought her to the movies.

gonna meet up with alicia and grace tomorrow. yay... hee... hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.

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Back In Singapore!

i'm home! about 3 days ago. haven't blogged coz i was busy unpacking, settling down, updating programs (the new windows media player is so cool!), re-enroled for my uni and checking my mails. other than that, of course, meeting up with dear and spending time with my hammies.

as for tour pics. been uploading them onto the online album. but it takes a while coz there's approximately 530 pics, and one album can only fill 300. so i need to do 2 online albums. but i'm gonna do a hard copy of the album too. however, the online albums will be set to private mode. so only those invited can view it.... sorry... for my privacy lar... hee...

and for hong kong. its relatively good. weather's been really rainy and extremely cold. food's good. currency is cheap. transportation is easy. hotel is good. but one negative point.... cantonese. i dun understand a word! maybe abit, but most of the time, i'm left with big ???? in my head. disneyland is good though, no issues on ticketing. they improved after the other time when they closed coz it was too packed, and ppl started climbing over the disneyland gates. haa.. but their system now is very fast. and they have a food court which is in the layout of "beauty and the beast" dining area, and serving international food. the usuals in all disneylands are mickey mouse figured ice-creams, sleeping beauty's castle, and loads and loads of souvenirs. i would say, one of the best disneylands i've been to. tokyo's one is relatively small and the US one is always packed with endless ride queues. the rest of the places of interest is still the same. i think i was there when i was 5 or 6 years old. hee... and as usual, i shopped quite abit. bought 3 belts for SGD $12. which is selling in singapore for $15 each. bought a bag, a sweater from disneyland, a skirt from esprit (i'm a member now!). nearly got another pair of birkenstocks (its cheaper by $20 bucks there), sponsored by mummy. but hell! they dun have my size! arrgghh! other small stuff, hmm dun need to mention lar. but it was fairly good. heh... and i was going ga-ga watching TVB shows in the hotel. its like so cool lor. keep watching every night, made me so reluctant to go out. hee...

thumbs up for SQ who served haagen-dazs chocolate ice cream! u made my day! and thank god for the personal tv screens on SQ. heard from jie that thai air doesn't have individual screens but only the main one. arrgghh! how boring can that be? i managed to catch 2 movies on board SQ. step up and monster house hehe.... saved my bucks on 2 movies! plus the nintendo games! flying will never be the same again. (sorry lar, sua-ku liao... 2 years din sit aeroplane liao, coz of TP's weird semester timing lor!) hee...

for now, i'm still adjusting back to life here. been raining everyday hasn't it? my clothes are all not dry yet! and so i'm stuck at home. errrr.... actually i'm juz lazy to go out. supposed to meet dear for basketball today. but i opted to sleeping in in the end. hee... aniwae, rain ma. so nvm rite? hehe...

spent quite alot of time with my hammies. i'm letting go one female hamster. with hot pink cage! i'm a cool owner lar. haha.. comes with food bowl and water bottle. i'll throw in a toilet / house if you get it at $32 from me. its a good price coz the hammie is healthy and the cage is relatively new.

tubby's baby

hot pink cage. ball on top acts as a removable ball for exercising. no rust.

toilet / bath house / home

calculations are as follows:

retail price for hamster: $25

retail price for cage: $35 to $38 ( i can't remember the exact price)

retail price for toilet / house: $5 to $8 (as usual, i can't remember the exact price)

my price for all of the stuff : $32

all my stuff are well kept and i'm selling because of the growing herd. she's the only one baby which looks like tubby. so she's a little dear to me. if u are interested please tag me or u can bid via my account on yahoo auctions at the left of my sidebar. for friends who are interested, i'm willing to let it go at $30 (its not alot of discount, but the best i can give). juz let me know early.

if you want the cage or hamster alone. i'm selling the cage at $35. and the hamster is free for adpotion.

meeting up with the gurls on thursday! wee! grace and alicia, if you are reading this, actually i was thinking since its alicia's off day and grace is on leave and its probably gonna be raining every single day, why not come over to my place for steamboat? so cosy! we'll juz drop by the mall, pool our resources and get cheap and good stuff from the oh so reliable NTUC. then u both can see pics too... so so so? how? let me know ok?

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Leaving On A Jet Plane...

i'll be leaving for to hong kong tomorrow. an early morning flight. gotta check in my baggage later. daddy said that we can now check in a day before the flight. then it would be easier tomorrow coz we'd juz tug our hand luggages. yay! SQ, here i come! weeeee! its been such a long time since i've been on an airplane. plus watching triumph in the skies made me even more excited. will the pilot be like sam? awwwwwww~ and the inflight movies, games and food... heh heh...

i'm so unpacked. but it feels like there's nothing else more to bring. haha. i keep checking... feels like there's something missing, but i dunno wad. but then, if i really forget anything, then go there and buy lor! haha...

i slept until 12.15pm todae! so shiok! finally the sleepless nights are gone. phew! i guess the rain played a part in helping me to sleep.

stopping here for todae!

dear: take care during your reservist week. hope everything goes smoothly for you, and happie burfdae in advance.

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I Passed My First Uni Exams!

i passed i passed! passed all subjects for my first semester in uni. phew! i shall leave out the grades though. kinda paiseh to let people know. but i'm glad i passed everything. hee... now i can go on my holiday with relief.

dear's out with his friends now... guy's nite out i guess. we spent the whole day together and juz parted about an hour ago. wun be seeing him anytime soon though. we'd be spending our lives on different planets soon. its good to be apart for some time though. it gives us space and time to miss each other. hee...

come to think of it, i used to think that having your guy by your side was a must. that he must always be there. heh. but i've learnt that there are many other things to cherish. one important one is friendship. especially alicia and grace! hee... you can say that dear taught me alot about being a couple, but having one's personal space at the same time. and in the process i learnt that the more you hold on tightly to your partner, the more he/she would wanna repel from you. if it is meant to be yours, it will be. so no point being so sticky and clingy. and those romantic stuff and lovey dovey words does not last forever. must be realistic lar.

aniwae, enuff of the love stuff. i ain't a love prophet either. love is so difficult to define and interpret, i'd rather do shopping. heehee...

and lately my bags business at yahoo auctions ain't good. trying to clear space and earn money so badly. hoping to sell more stuff soon enuff. when i get my butt down to really look at my bags to see which are the ones i wanna sell. my bags are all well kept and authentic. i guess maybe its juz not the season thus there's low demand. only managed to sell a crumpler and an adidas haversack. haiz. and to alicia and grace, wanna pop by for garage sale of my bags? best friends have it cheaper! and probably we can do some cooking in my kitchen, whip up something good and be proud of ourselves for once? or another alternative is come over for steamboat. juz the 3 of us! so that you both can stop fighting about who should buy the turkey for christmas. hahaha!

its amazing how i can stay awake for so long without being tired. never slept a wink since i last woke up at 7am in the morning. super duper system i have. but it never ever works during the exam weeks. when it comes to exams, i'll wanna knock out by 11pm.

oh, and i forgot to mention, alicia passed me the accessory necklace which she bought for herself, grace and me, yesterday. we have a JAG's necklace! its so beautiful, i wore it on the spot. heehee... the only conclusion is, i have great best friends!

before i end my entry,

HAPPIE BURFDAE ALICIA!

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Sitting, Hoping and Waiting...

dear's over at my place now. but he's snoring away on my bed. i think its due to the soccer match last nite. poor him had to come all the way down becoz i'm having sort of a bad time with my dad, so i dun want to give him any chances to find fault with me by going out.

passed dear his birthday pressie! adidas polo tee plus a box full of hershey's grape chocolate coated marshmallows and almond kisses... i'm so proud of myself becoz i got the exact sizing for the polo tee lar! haha... it fits him to a T! err... sorry lar dear, i'm kinda broke. you know lar, daddy is hot on his heels watching my every move. but aniwae, i hope u like the pressie in advance.

15 more mins before my results are out. my heart is literally popping out! help! i'm so bloody scared can!

cannot blog liao. i can't concentrate!

wish me luck ar...

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Adoption...

she's up for adoption. female. sapphire breed. any takers?

tag me if you're interested...

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Another Sleepless Morning

yeshhh... i can't sleep again. its 7am in the morning. i dunno wads wrong with me. have been losing my appetite lately other than dinner last nite, coz i was happie. other than that, i can go without food for a long time. which resulted in me having gastric yesterday. plus my stomach's been making sounds. not those hungry pangs. juz sounds. i have no idea lar.

alicia's going to ikea with her mom todae. so envious. i hope she gets her tv soon, then me and grace would come bunking in with her.

following the posts at alicia's blog on project superstar II constestant, averil, i went to her blog to read since i'm quite free and couldn't sleep at night. din know she was ex-TP. aniwae, here's her blog for those who are bored lar.

aniwae, thank you alicia for the wonderful dinner last nite. being with your best friends juz beat anything else! sad that i can't stay coz i'm going thru a rough patch with my parents so i dun want to give them a chance to holler at me.

todae's the release of my results. damn. have to wait until 5.30pm! i'm so impatient lor. keep checking the portal knowing its not there, but juz for that glimmer of hope.

dear muz be snoring away now since he stayed up to watch soccer last nite~ so envious. i juz can't fall asleep. the feeling juz kills lar.

tick-tock goes the clock...

i'll come and blog again...

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Haiz

i hate my life. yes. horrible life.

i hate my over-protective parents.
i hate the way my father thinks.
i hate his old-fashion thinking.
i hate him controlling me like a remote control.
i hate not having freedom to do the things i like.
i hate every single bit of this unreasonable place.
i hate crying over his crap.
i hate him showing favouritism.
i hate the unfairness.
i hate everything.

i'm greatly depressed becoz i'm 23, not 13.

so stop treating me like some baby.
people laugh at me for not being able to have stayovers.
people laugh at me for not being able to go overseas.
people laugh at me for not being able to stay out late.
its not in your 1970's or wadsoeva alien year you were born in.
times are different now.
do you know how i feel when people mock at me?
and all you care is about how you feel.
doesn't it even bother to you how i feel?
i guess not.

and wad makes you think studying is easy now?
all you darn adults can say is "you better study hard"
but you morons never think about the process?
you think its that easy?
why not exchange places then?

yes, i respect you for slogging hard to provide for the family
but do i get my respect from you too?
all i have to take is the shit.
when you need my help, i need to be there.
if not you'll flare up in fumes.
wad about jie?
why is it that she can always get away with it?
becoz she's cleverer?
becoz she earns more?
becoz she has an oh-so high flying job?
why is it she can take your car out in the wee hours of the morning?
and when i dun appear at the doorstep at 10pm you holler into the phone to claim my whereabouts.

juz becoz i dun talk back to you,
it doesn't mean you can step all over me.
treat me good when you like
and shit when you are in a bad mood.
i respect you as an elder,
so i dun talk back like jie does.
but wad the hell did i get in return?

i'm an adult oredi, mind you.
i can even get married without your consent.
i am old enuff to work and support myself.
i oredi wanted to.
i'm not the study type,
but you keep asking me to further my studies.
and so i did.
so stop asking me about my allowances.
if you wanna track me so tightly,
stop giving me allowances for all i care.

i love to meet my friends.
and i dun see anything wrong with it.
i've got feelings,
i've got a mind of my own.
i know better than you,
what's wrong or right.

i dun get into bad company,
i dun smoke,
i dun do drugs,
i dun drink,
i dun fight,
i dun get into trouble with the police.
so wad the f**k are you still unhappie about me?

bottomline is,
if you dun trust me,
you dun trust yourself.
coz i'm brought up by you.
who i am today,
was moulded by you.

Sleepless Nights

i can't sleep! i can't sleep! i really can't sleep!

i hung up with dear at approximately 2.15am after our outing last nite. i was tired. i had headache in the day and i needed sleep so badly. so after we got off the line, i was happie to be hugging my bolster and cosy-ing up under my sheets. but damn! i couldn't fall asleep. and nope, i didn't drink coffee or wadsoeva.

i tossed and turned. until it was 3.45am. i was still wide awake. like how long do i take to fall asleep lar?! i wasted the whole nite trying to fall sleep!!! i dunno wad time did i start to really sleep. but i knew i was awake by 7.30am when jie got up for work. trying hard to fall back to sleep, i surrendered at 8.00am.

darn! i only slept for 4 hours! but looking on the brighter side, less sleep makes you less fat. or so apparently. heh. juz trying to console myself. and now i'm aiming to skip breakfast. heh heh.

my piano of 10 over years is gone todae. yes, gone. daddy sold it. since none of us are not practicising or utilizing the piano. he bought it for jie and me at $2000 plus. but only managed to get a price of $400 now. oso true lar, so many years has passed wad. there's more space at home now, but there's really something missing around the living room. i'm not really upset, but maybe a little since it has been there for so long oredi and now i can't play the piano for "fun".

pixie's been fighting with her 2 babies. very fierce. i decide to seperate her. she's getting out of hand. she wants her own territory. the pet shop person did warn me about it. see lar... haiyo. it really happens. i dunno if anyone wants the 2 female babies, but i am certainly attached to them oredi. if not for the growing number of cages. i haven't given them names yet, coz i'm afraid i'll get more emotionally attached. but then again, i urge people to see the importance of rearing animals. they are lives afterall. not some toys or playthings. so think before you adopt k. i dun have cage giveaways, but maybe some toys or accessories if you do get one from me.

so aniwaes, i'm stopping here for now.

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Updates

i needed time to recollect myself. thus, the sudden absence from blogging. i did blog todae actually, but it didn't come out, i dunno for wadsoeva reason. so i guess i have to re-do it again.

so aniwae, updates and more updates...

went to orchard with my parents during the weekend. UOB had their roadshow on the UOB VISA signature card. their way of luring people is really cool coz it did catch my attention, and of course, my parents...

they were urging people by their 2-dollar slogan.

"DO YOU HAVE A 2-DOLLAR NOTE? TAKE IT OUT NOW! FIND A SPIDER ON THE NOTE BY PUTTING IT AGANIST THE SUNLIGHT AND GET OLIO DOME VOUCHERS!"

of course being curious i asked dear for a 2-dollar bill. my parents followed suit. soon, the whole street of orchard was placing their 2-dollar bills aganist the sunglight!

the aim is not to get the vouchers actually, but to find the spider! of course i din find the damn spider lar! where the heck is it? i oso dunno sia!

but for now, can you spot my dad here? click on image to enlarge it.

both my parents and my little sis is in this pic...

give up? heh! here are the answers...

madness man!

today's yingying's birthday. so...

Happie Burfdae Gurl!

spent the day together a with dear, his frens plus galfwrens. yingying of course was the burfdae gurl. had swensens after such a long time. and i caught Happy Feet finally. it was funny. but the storyline is kinda not realistic. but had my laughs on lovelace and the amigos though.

gonna meet my best friends tomorrow! yippie!

oh, and i have 2 female hamsters up for adoption. sapphire breed. one in grey and white and the other in black and brown. one looks like tubby and the other like pixie. i'll post pics of them soon. any takers? but no adpoting of 2 females together coz females are more domineering and tempremental by nature. hence, its not advisable to put them together. they are indeed cute, but please do not adopt them on impluse. tag me if you are interested!

before i end...

beary christmas tree taken at harbour front....

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