finally, i was done with my room-cleaning session and also 1/2 way of packing my stuff. yes, i already started packing today =) coz i am worried that my stuff might be exceeding the permitted weight. if that is the case, i might have to do shipping which is definitely the last choice for me. so after spending the whole day of shifting, folding, stuffing and unfolding and stuffing again, my first luggage weighed 18KG !!!! which means i only have like 5 KG of space left ! and my second luggage weighed about 12 KG ! which mean i have 11KG of space and that leaves me around 16KG of space in total ! and i am only 1/2 way there ..

looks like there will be no more SHOPPING for me !! but that is such a difficult task specially during this time of year ! i just went to the mall on saturday with my housemate to just look around and to our surprise, the mall which was usually rather empty was tremendously crowded. everyone has started shopping for CHRISTMAS !! the atmosphere is so ........... Chrismassy with all the decorations and sales and jingle-bell and songs alike .... you just feel the holiday spirit .. so much so that my housemate and i ended up buying a couple of christmas decorative stuff coz we plan to have a CHRISTMAS EVE party !! *so excited* i bought this 55 inch snowman which is so adorable for only USD 10 and i intend to bring it back to Malaysia ..hopefully it doesnt take too much space.

and my apartment is the first one in the block to put up the Christmas deco ! gosh, it's gonna be a busy, busy period from next week on but i am all looking forward to it =)

so here's a day out at K-mart 2 weeks back and they already put their christmas stuff on sales.

lighted figures that can be put outside the house

aren't the snowmen adorable?

i thought of getting this apron as a christmas costume for the eve party

and the following pictures/videos were taken for the two gals who sent me halloween pics of themselves ..*LOL*

so weird to this creature in santa-suit. it looks like it was from Gremlins.

Just a pre-lude for now =)

She was staring out the window of their SUV
Complaning, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says "Baby, just slow down"

Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"

~guess sometimes we kinda wish for the time to quicken its pace that we missed to appreciate and feel the good moments that we are in~

  Yes, vote for change and change is here now that Obama is the President of America. i didn't follow much but with the excitement around in office since the Presidential Debate started, it is hard not to stick around as this is probably the most happening election ever. i guess what the bus driver said made sense - that the election day is everybody's day since whoever will be President will definitely affect the rest of the world. Both of their speeches were inspiring specially from McCain's concession speech:

We fought -- we fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.

A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.

Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.

i thought his speech was rather touching.

Anyway, let's hope that the new President will be able to deliver the changes that everybody is hoping for.

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The month of October passes by rather quickly. But it was one of the best month cause it was my first Autumn experience and also my first Halloween.

We started Halloween celebration like 2 weeks before by going to this Corn Maze Spooky Night & Pumpkin Festival in Liberty Ridge Farm. It was so fun !

winnie & me at the entrance

what is halloween without huge pumpkins?

entrance to the corn maze

check out the corn maze where the spooky night is held when the sky turned dark. it was so big. imagine getting lost inside.

pumpkin festival whereby they had fun games.

sue & me at this Wheel Game. we are like lab rats running on a threadmill but much slower coz it was so hard to balance.

winnie & yves & me trying to be cowgirls. *GOOD CATCH winnie!*

sue & me competing to see whose rubber ducky will be the first to reach the end.

one of my favourite...underground TUNNEL SLIDE !!  

when night falls ...

the gals warming up while waiting for the spooky night ! it was a really really cold night .

gosh, this pic gives me goose bump ! was taken before we enter the corn maze.

some rules we have to obey

inside the maze ...it was totally pitch black... sue was too afraid to look around incase any scary monster suddenly appeared. our mision is to find the way out "alive"...

finally, the group who survived the Haunted House and Spooky Night after an hour of getting lost in the maze.

It was really FUN ! i remembered one of the scariest character was this guy who dressed up like the guy from SAW and he was carrying this huge electric saw that gives off the creepiest sound just like in SAW. when we bumped into him, all the gals screamed SO LOUD and started running and somehow we all banged into each other and fell down so hard on the ground. *totally embarassing*

On Halloween Night

since we couldnt get enough of horror night at the corn maze, we thought of going for another haunted night at the New York State Museum since it was FREE ADMISSION.

the so-called costume for the night. winnie got this for like 87 cents at CVS and we all tried it on for fun to take pics. kinda regretted that i didn't buy a costume.. should have bought one coz i figured out that was the only time i could dress as anything i want. i would have gone gothic like the daughter in Addam's Family. 

the New York State Museum was turned into a spooky place.

one of the character greeting us outside the entrance

well, in comparison with corn maze spooky night, this is Nothing ! It was not scary at all though we did scream for the fun of it till my stomach got a stitch. And it was only like 30 minutes.

then we went to a bar called Jillian's in downtown since the night was still young.

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look at the queue that was ready to get in. and those costumes ... sigh, really should have gotten one.

the couple that went as ... errrm... i cant figure out.

i thought this guy's outfit was really cool ! SPIDER WEB ..

they had an awesome rock band called 10 year vamp. the female lead singer totally rocked the house.

and winnie is all smilez coz she gotta club after all ...

this is one of the funniest character in the house...

and check this out.. one of the member from KISS !

outside of the bar where more and more people are trying to get in...

oooh. .. phantom of the opera?

say *happy halloween* everyone =)