counting my blessings

I had a lovely day yest, thanks to noripok! :P

5 days in Stockholm whizzed by so fast. I can't believe you've gone back to Edinburgh (and soon Singapore) already :S
I love the times I got to spend with you. Makes me feel like home. Thanks for being here during the rather trying period, when things seems to be going down.
BBQ day yest! :P We took a nice, lovely (albeit long) stroll down Lappis beach, and set up our bbq at a nice spot overlooking a beautiful clearing. Gosh, we forgot so many things! Plates, wine, tissue paper... hahaha.. oh mannnn..

But we still had so much fun! We ate sausages, burger meat, beef steaks, chips, super shiok sweet potatoes and baked potatoes until we couldn't move! haha.. And because we forgot the wine, it was soooooo salty! Kept adding lemon juice to try to neutralize the taste. haha!
Such fun bbq-ing with great company. The sun began to set behind us, and the lake was cast with a beautiful reddish hue. It was peaceful, and I was content.
Then noripok chased me away, and started messing about with the HUGE bag of 'stuff' that she brought! (I kicked it twice, by accident, on the way there. To her shock and horror. hahahaa)

Turns out she bought 3 cakes and a whole array of presents for me! Super touched lah! I think she gave me more presents than I received in the whole of last year! But more than that, it was the effort and thought that really made me feel super happy inside :) Each item was precious to me - stuff that I'd use/like :) I don't remember the last time I've received such sincere gifts.

Dearest noripok, I'll never forget turning old this year :P Thank you being such a special friend.

The awesome sunset :D

We forgot to bring drinks, so nori started putting lemon on the hotdogs to 'neutralize' the salt.. wahahaha

(more pictures when I get them from nori :D)

And so, this year I'm truly blessed because:
1) Even though some stuff kinda soured the day, I had someone there to cheer me up
2) Even though we forgot so many essential things for the bbq, we still had good food and an excellent time
3) Our tummies were full and warm (even though i think we ate a lot of ash!:P)
4) The weather was beautiful - perfect for bbq! Warm sun, beautiful sky, peaceful scenery
5) I received presents and flowers that I didn't have to have, but that warmed my heart more than the sun's beautiful rays
6) My corridormates were all there, and even sang for me! Clo even came on skype, as did so many of my friends from Singapore
7) I got to turn old in a foreign land, yet I'm surrounded by people who love me.

I'm truly the luckiest girl in the world.