dear is now in Korea for some medical conference.

proud of him but a tad sad that he's miles and miles away...

counting down the days when he'll be back.

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went for halloween horror nights @ universal studios with dear over the weekend.

i must say, they must have spent a fortune doing up the place.

overturned cars, professional props & costumes, dozens of smoke machines littered all over the place to create a spooky atmosphere (think resident evil).

in all honesty, i have not a single clue who in the world were the characters i took pictures with. i hope they were just random characters and not from some movie though...otherwise it'd make me look very ignorant and well....like a frog in a very deep well :S 

come to think of it...the red man with the devil horns kinda looks familiar...hellboy?? 

hmmm...

at least i kinda know one of them? lol.

made dear wear the red horns with me. haha.

was very excited about the whole event cause the 51 bucks not only give us access to the halloween attractions, it also allowed us access to the Battlestar Galactica!! :D

was a coward and decided we should take the less scarier blue ride (CYCLONE) first and because the waiting time was so long, we only had time for the 1 ride and 2 halloween attractions (Peranakan mansion and some other outdoor attraction).

uber cool wings.

evil nurses and their mutilated victim.

rawr. dear tackling Mr Frankenstein.

doing his best impersonation of Barney from HIMYM.

scary lady at one smoky corner of the streets of Universal Studios.

haha. still looking goofy even with a bloody zombie staring right up at him.

always loved going to amusement parks cause there's that feeling of being on a holiday, far far away from the normal hectic life. there's that feeling of euphoria each time i step into a theme park, notwithstanding that this time it was done up for halloween.

and with dear...

it was a guaranteed good time from the very start.

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this boy is so cuuutee :D

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EY DND 2011

for the first time in ages, i finally went to do my hair (the last i recall actually going through so much just for an event was probably nbs convocation 2 years back)

and boy was it a good deal

i recommend anyone and everyone who's thinking of getting a good hairstylist for dinner functions like this to go for Valerie De Salon at Lucky Plaza.

highly recommended.

crazy cheap at 24 bucks for an evening updo. plus a very professional hairstylist who is willing to provide extra service (i.e. make-up, body glitter) 

the theme for this year was "Dance with the stars"...

we could choose to dress within any of the following 3 themes:

1. Movie star

2. Pop star

3. Animated star

and boy, did some of them come dressed up for the occassion... 

I could see many "stars" come alive that day. Harry potter, flintstones, snow white, zombies, chinese vampires, beetlejuice,agent smith, cloud with his humungous gunblade, etc etc.

a feast for the eye indeed.

not in the "wow, there's tons of good-looking" kinda way but a "wow, what a wide variety of weird, outrageous characters"

the international tax team and their snow white.

me, vicks and xiu mei :)

hmmm....think we kinda look alike cause our petite stature.

with girl-next-door geri :)

wei lin, my lunch buddy :)

buddy & super chio nicole

with agent smith & his clone. haha.

we decided to pose like those rich socialites with scary looking bodyguards....but the attempt kinda flopped cause andy & cedric kinda lacked the "scary" factor. lol.

with cute junior, claire

with cubicle mate, Alvin, whose ego is the size of a whale. and that is an understatement.

Celyn posing as the elusive korean pop star and seductive temptress to HJ.

with one of the prettier mgrs, Sheryl :)

Tax B guy senior/mangers with partner

girls turn :)

that night so many ppl drank. 

result: the 250 bottles of red wine ordered by the DND committee were completely wiped out. even then, my colleagues, some in a drunken stupor, kept calling for the waiter to serve more wine 

-_-""

i'm starting to think my department is made out of alcoholics. lol.

with "wonder girl" stella

buddy and i with the mgrs & partner

mafia wannabes

with cutie pie Cheryl :D

with my fave EY audit staff, Bee... she looks chio-er with time. totally refuting the common saying that auditors age 10x more than any other person in another occupation.