Happy day cupcakes! Christmas had just passed and I believe we are looking forward to a better year in another few days. Every year, fellas will ask you: "What's your New Year resolution?" Resolution seems is a must and regardless how many of you are actually making your decision referring to it (neither I), this is a personal reference and you hold on to it hoping you can have a better year compared to last year's.

I don't really care making a New Year resolution as I don't make choices according it. Why bother making resolutions if it's not bringing you any further but yourself? My suggestion is don't bury your head in making one, just think about your New Year possibilities. Think what possible could happens in the next few months and what's best for you.

So alright. I am not a Christian but to be honest, Christmas always be my favorite festival came after Chinese New Year.  I had an awesome Christmas this year, last year I've spent this holy day with a big group of friends and strangers in Drummer Bee's house. To celebrate this awesome and peaceful day, it's preferable to spend my time with the loved one thus we threw a private party.

Honestly, I don't take the efforts about throwing a birthday bash for myself. All my parties were hosted either by my parents or the boyfriend. Correct me if I am wrong. I think the possibilities of receiving presents on your Birthday without hosting a gathering or party is merely zero. Agree?

Every Christmas, the boyfriend will prepare a gift for me. We have this small game to guess what's under the wrapping paper. He named me as the "Super Surprise Breaker". I always able to guess it correctly I guess I was a fortune teller in my previous year or I am simply can read his mind.

For this year, I lost my creditability as the fortune teller surprise breaker. I tried to shake the wrapped box and feel it entirely but I still not able to guess what was inside. It caught my attention the whole day until the moment I unwrapped the gift, I was overjoyed!

It was so unpredictable and surprising! I mentioned about it for once during a random conversation on a random day while he was driving. It's a fashionable toy and many had gone crazy for it even before I noticed about its existence.

It's time to reveal. Hint : To Hold, Point and Shoot. Be fast.

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An eye-catching designated camera.

Special design and noticeably simplicity.

The retro flash.

It uses a 120 film. The boyfriend gave me 3 rolls of 120 color film of 100 ISO. The first square picture was taken on Christmas Day. It's uneasy, I am still digesting the manual book and all those youtube.com videos. It may make it easier for all the beginners by visiting to their website Lomography.

They have this 10 Golden Rules and it advisable to obey it when handling your Lomography Camera.

1. Take your camera everywhere you go.
2. Use it any time - day and night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part if it.
4. Try the shot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your Lomography desire as close as possible.
6. Don't think. (William Firebrace)
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
9. Afterwards either.
10. Don't worry about rules.

I'm happy with my Christmas gift. How about you? :D



PS : Check out M1 Malaysians Want programme. Please share this link to support my boyfriend. Hopefully he manages to pass through the workshop (Stage Two) then he will proceed to the final stage which the programme will be on-air starting 8th January 2011.

Back from Pulau Sapi around 5 in the afternoon. Dad picked us up from the jetty and suggested for a light meal before the dinner with his friends. I've been heard a lot of good recommendation about Little Italy from the local so I suggested Little Italy, which sounds awkwardly to them as I am not quite a big fan of pizza. It may be a waste if we don't give it a try as Little Italy is recognizable in this city. 

Have I emphasized that the Lemonade served here was the best Lemonade I've ever tasted? The pizza was so cheesy and you would definitely ask for more. As I've mentioned earlier, this was just a light meal before the dinner time  and I must spare some place in my stomach for dinner with my dad's friends. The fact was, I could still taste the Lemonade in my mouth now and I regretted for not having it for the one last time before I left the city. If I visit to Kota Kinabalu again in the future, this Lemonade definitely is one of the reason.

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We had a birthday celebration for Mumble and Joker.

This is the first time we have cheese cake for Mumble's birthday. It's an alternative choice of cake besides fruity cake. I think they like this even more compared to fruity cake.

They are all my babies. Mumble had been gone through several operations within 3 months before she was 2 years old. The doctor had given up on her and advised us to put her to sleep because no dogs barely survive from those operations; for everyone's good and also to reduce the pain, the doctor wanted us to let Mumble go. Obviously, we did not listen to the doctor and insisted the doctor to cure her. I have a strong faith in Mumble and I believe if she could talk to me, she'll tell me not to give up on her. I skipped college for few days and observed her from day to night just to make sure she was breathing. We've gone through this hard time together and Mumble survived from the operations. 

2 years old.