Cookie No More!

Did you know that Cookie Monster, THE Cookie Monster is becoming a Veggie Monster??!! OMG!!! How can this be happening???

According to rumours, Sesame Street's Cookie Monster is going to cut back a little on his cookie consumption and eat more fruits and vegetables. Apparently it's to encourage healthier eating among children... He's even got a new anthem: "A Cookie is a SOMETIME Food." Seriously. Seriously?! -.-"

What is a COOKIE Monster without his cookies?!!

I cannot imagine my favourite lovable blue, furry, googly eye Muppet who understands, speaks and shares my most basic appetites and desires becoming a CARROT or CABBAGE Monster just because eating too much yummy comfort food is not healthy! This is absurd!!! Kids in future will never know the fun of seeing that cute blue voracious monster stealing cookies from everyone around him and then gobbling cookies like they're the most delicious food on earth! They'll only see him gobbling veggie! This is so sad... Come on lah, where's the fun in that?! I don't see the need for anyone to obsess, lust and crave for veggie to the point that they have to protect their veggie defensively or take someone else's veggie by force just because they love healthy veggie! Only cookies are worth doing that!! COOKIES!!! Plus, it's not like he's obese or even overweight! Though judging from his googly eyes, i think he has more of an eyesight problem than weight issues. And perhaps he needs some grammar lessons too. lol..

No matter what the idiots say, i still think Cookie Monster is the coolest. Unlike us humans, who need many things to make us happy, he only needs his cookies. So from now on, i shall try to be like my idol. I will try to keep my life desires to the very minimal -- cookies. Isn't that great? Just cookies and me! Me want cookie, me eat cookie! *Om nom nom nom* hehe =D Oh, and another great thing about my idol: he's one of those monsters who can eat whatever he wants and never gain a pound! hahaha... How i wish i was like him. =P

"C is for Cookie, and that's good enough for me!"

My favourite song: C is for Cookie!

C For Cookie
Must watch! FUNNY!! =D

What's Wrong?

AAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

What is wrong with me???!

I'm constantly glued to Surfthechannel.com (i rue the day Kevin introduced me to this fabulous site) watching almost EVERY latest US TV series like Gossip Girl (the drama), Prison Break (Michael Scofield!), Heroes (just so i know how they're changing the world), How I Met Your Mother (cos i love "Barney"), Grey's Anatomy (there's never enough surgery surprise n melodrama) plus Grey's Anatomy Season 2 (cos i missed it and it's bloody addictive. damn it!) instead of doing what i SHOULD be doing:

1. studying for linguistics quiz tmr - vowels & vowel-like articulation (wth?)

2. doing linguistic solo and group assignments due this n coming thursday

3. starting on my european history term paper

4. reading european history so i actually know WHAT to write for my term paper

5. did i mention read linguistics?


And yet, here i am blogging about wasted time. The irony. *pulls hair*

A Rainy Summer's Night

It's Remembrance Day today - a holiday in Canada to honor all war veterans who died on the battlefields. Had plans to go out to a Trift Store to look for 2nd hand luggage bag (cos the stuffs i'm bringing back to Malaysia are dangerously going to be double what i brought over. hahaha..) but my plans were dampened when i woke up to another rainy autumn's day. And so, like i said previously, i was spending what should have been a nice Tuesday holiday indoors all day studying for linguistics. Sighs.. As i was studying, looking at the rain falling outside my window brought back memories of a similiar rainy day...

It was the end of summer's day, when Joeyin and I decided we MUST get out of the house while summer's still here and the sun is still shining! After much consideration, we decided we shd make a trip to Gastown first, and later to Richmond's Summer Night Market cos it was the last day of the night market and we've heard so much about it, that we shouldn't miss this chance! So on a brilliant sunny sunday, we headed out with high hopes and an umbrella in our bags, just to be prepared for showers which has been pouring for the past week. haha.

First stop: Gastown

Another one of those tourist spot, Gastown was named after 'Gassy' Jack, and is famous for its steam clock that used to run on real steam but now only has steam spewing out every 15mins. haha.. Well, we're tourists in Vancouver after all, so no matter what ppl say about this place and the shops here being a tourist rip-off, we just had to have a picture with that clock! lol.. So, we took a bus to Downtown, but before venturing into Gastown, we wandered the surrounding area and came to Waterfront Station - a ferry terminal/train station just next to Gastown which houses the 1st Starbucks in Canada and has a beautiful view of the port outside. Took a few pics here and there, and headed back on our way to Gastown.

Canada Place

There were endless souvenir shops - we rushed into everyone we saw - but soon realised the things sold are about the same in every shop. Wish i could buy a little something for everyone, but with limited pocket money, shopping was kinda hard. Sighs.. Hmm.. think i'll be back here before i leave. hehe! Anyways, our main priority was to see the steam clock! Not shopping!! So, we headed straight to clock, trying not to be seduced by anymore souvenirs we saw. haha..

The Gastown Steam Clock

We were very tempted to go in, but.. sighs..

Gassy Jack

After many pictures, exploration and temptations, we decided we shd be on our way to Richmond for the night market. But before that, we'd have to fill our grumbling tummy. While searching for the correct bus stop around Downtown, we spotted a Korean restaurant offering reasonably priced meals! So, of cos we headed in for some hot food in the cold evening. But before eating, we detoured to our favourite supermarket Downtown: Marketplace!! Joeyin and I fell in love with it eversince the first time we came here by chance. It's not a very big store, but it has some surprising offers once a while and also the BEST n CHEAPEST bakery and the YUMMIEST potato salad. I'm serious. Every time we're here, we'll definitely buy their cheese bun, herb panini and of cos a box of potato salad. Delicious! =) Too bad there isn't buns like these near UBC, or i would be eating it every week! hehe.

Downtown: Richards n Smith St

View outside Marketplace.
We'd sit here, enjoying our food while watching the crowd go by.

Marketplace's buns.
The first time we bought it.

The yummiest potato salad! =D

The cheap Korean restaurant

I ordered a bibimbap and it was worth my money.
Portions were big enough and very satisfying. =D

Second stop: Richmond

After our hearty meal, just as we were feeling warm and full of energy, the sky turned grey and then rained as we waited for the bus. -.-" Arghh!! Damn... We were praying so hard it wouldn't rain, cos who goes to an open air night market in the rain?! Apparently, we were (ok, i alone was) desperate enough to stick to the plan and I dragged Joeyin there with me, giving her the excuse that it was the LAST night of the night market, thus we MUST be there that night!!! hahaha...

And soon, we were in Richmond. Richmond isn't a very nice place to be at night let me tell u this. It's more of an industrial area - there was no one on the streets, only cars and buses. After we got down, we had to switch to another bus, but we couldn't find the stop. Thankfully, there were a family who got down with us, and we managed to catch up with them to ask for directions, and thank god we did. Turns out we walked on the wrong side of the road and in the wrong direction. Sweats.. In the end, we found that little eeerie bus stop by a dark corner.

The eerie bus stop

And the seats covered in wet papers. Stress..

There was only one bus to the night market and it came only every 30 mins once! Shits. It seemed like forever waiting for that bus, we begin to suspect there was no bus at all. You know wats the stupid thing about Vancouver's weather? It was so sunny and warm in the morning, but suddenly in the evening it rains and when it rains, there's bloody chilly wind blowing from everywhere! Being ignorant and hopeful in the morning, we were so NOT dressed for a chilly night! We were basically freezing in our thin jackets while waiting for the idiotic bus to arrive. Finally, before our last thread of hope vanished, a lady came and told us she was going to the night market too! YAYS!! Apparently according to her, every year rain or shine there's bound to be thousand of ppl lining up to go to the night market. But this year there were only 3 of us.. till another first-timer ang moh old man came too. hahaha.. So there we were, 4 lonely ppl waiting in the rain for the bus to come.

You'll never know the joy of sitting in a heated bus till u have been frozen out in the wind. Joeyin and I were totally enjoying and warming ourselves in the bus. The stupid bus driver told us that special bus was going directly to the night market, so we were happily sitting there blowing hot air into our hands. Suddenly, the bus stopped in front of Ikea, and more ppl got up. Joe n I would still be warming our hands with hot breath if it weren't for the lady who asked us to get down! WHAT?! You call this a "direct bus" to the market? We were just in the middle of nowhere! Even the old ang moh didn't know we had arrived till i told him it was our stop. hahaha! Well, luckily we had the lady to guide the 3 of us first-timers to the market. It was basically winding through many factories and dark carpark till we see the market lights. And when we reached the market, what joy it was to see there were many crazy ppl like us who go to an open air market in the rain. hohoho!

The old man, the lady and Joe (warming her hands)

Richmond's Summer Night Market

Well, the market wasn't as grand as it was 'dihebohkan'. I think our very own Cheras night market beats it hands down anytime!! Malaysia Boleh man! wahaha.. These poor Vancouverites haven't seen what a REAL incredible night market looks like man. What a pity.. We were terribly disappointed but since we were there, we should just explore all the stalls. A few made-in-china clothing stalls, few more made-in-china electronic gadgets, and more chinese food stalls. Basically chinese stuffs everywhere. Didn't buy much (a $3 bag & a $1 file only), but we took a lot of FREE Vege juice. hahaha.

Within an hour, we were out of that place and after all the Vege juice i had to pee urgently. I was so desperate, i almost went into one of those blue toilet stalls u see in construction sites. U know what i mean? But the thought of me peeing in a dark stall in the market changed my bladder's mind. Thank god there was a McD nearby. McDs in Canada are kinda pathetic lah.. No one bothers to come here at all! Compared to M'sia, the one we went into had barely 5 ppl and it was only 10pm! Siens.. Anyways, we didn't want to miss the last bus, so in a hurry we walked to the bus stop and waited. Guess what's in front of the bus stop?

The shop for me!!

After a boring ourselves for awhile, the bus came. The bus was JUST about to leave the stop, when i noticed Joe's umbrella wasn't with her and i asked her. It was on the bus stop bench! She quickly rushed to stop the driver from driving off. The driver did stop, and she got back her umbrella. Whew~ That was real close! Now kids before i go on, let me tell u the story of that umbrella... (trust me the story's gonna get more exciting)

It was on 29 Aug 2008, when Joe n I first came to Vancouver and on the first day itself it rained. It was just two of us gals in a foreign land with only 1 umbrella (mine) wandering the streets of Downtown Vancouver on that rainy evening. Joe hadn't thought of bringing an umbrella all the way from M'sia and after few minutes out in the rain, she soon regretted it. So, we looked around for umbrellas, but everyone of them were expensive (practically everything we saw were ex to us then. haha). Therefore, being the cheapskates we were, Joe decided not to buy one yet. Fwd to 31 Aug 2008 in our UBC residence: we had just moved into our campus residence and it appeared that the ex-residents have left a whole box of unwanted stuff in the store. Curiousity led us to explore the store and open the big box to see what we could use. We found 1 big and 1 small slow cooker, 1 pack of glutinous rice, half a pack of dried mushrooms, lots of tupperware, 2 rice cookers, and buried down beneath it all.... were 2 identical umbrellas! It felt like an early Christmas. Joe was even more happier cos this means she didn't have to buy an umbrella le!

Ok, back to the story... We were on the bus, finally on our way home. Chatting happily bla bla bla till we reached that same eerie corner. Joe got off first, then me and then an old man boarded the bus. The moment the bus closed its doors and started to move, Joe suddenly shouted and ran after the bus!! I didn't know wat she was doing, but realised miliseconds later that she had once again left her umbrella! OMG!! It was on the bus!!! She managed to catch up with the bus and knock on the bus's side, the old man (the only passenger) saw her and rang the bell, BUT the STUPID IDIOTIC driver didn't stop!!!! He just drove on.... And just like that, Joe lost 'her' umbrella forever. We were wondering how Joe could have left her umbrella AGAIN!, how i could have missed it when i got down after her etc... Then out of the blue, we came up with a "brilliant" plan to wait for THE bus to return. We thought since it's so late at night, and the buses came every 30mins, there shd only be about 1 or 2 buses plying the route. And so we waited in the rain once again at the same bus stop for the bus to return. We waited.. and waited.. sang stupid songs to forget the cold.. walked and wandered about the eerie place to kill boredom.. and finally one of the bus came.. BUT it wasn't the same bus! And so we waited some more.... U know how time past so SLOOOOOOOWLY when u're waiting? Yeah.. it felt like centuries that night. Thinking back, i don't even know WHY ON EARTH we waited for more than one bloody hour in the cold for the umbrella. So many bus back to UBC have passed by till finally, the 2nd bus came. Joe went up the bus and asked the driver if she could check. BUT it wasn't the bus! She asked the driver how many buses were on the road that night... he said there were 5!!!!! Oh my god..

We couldn't take it any longer. Cold and tired, we gave up hope and just waited for our bus back. Joe had decided in the end she had to buy an umbrella after all. haha... When we finally reached home, i suddenly recalled that there was another umbrella in that box! Joe quickly went to find that umbrella, and she FOUND IT! There it was... the long forgotten umbrella!!! Gosh.. the DRAMA we had to go through, when we had an umbrella right there in our house! Crazy really. LOLs!

And so from that moment on, Joe n I vowed never to go to Richmond ever again. haha. Ok, that's exaggerating. We were just traumatised for life, with a BAD, VERY BAD memory of Richmond, and would rather die than to step foot there ever again. LOL..

And that, folks, is the story of a rainy summer's night.

=THE END=

Joe with her unlucky umbrella.
May the umbrella find a better owner. haha.

ps: I didn't know my post would be this long. Well, guess i won't have to blog for at least a week eh? hehehe..

Pre Fantastic Post

Ok ok! I promise a proper fantastic post would be coming right up - at least till i finish studying acoustics phonetics and spectograms analysis for the quiz day after tmr. Seeing how i'm distracted mid-way of my reading to update this blog with some super short irrelevant post as this shows how much i'm procrastinating and can prob guess that i won't be done anytime soon. Patience k? =)

You've Got Mail!

I received a package today, and it's from My Melati in Penang!!!!!

It was long awaited.. but nevertheless surprising to see a present sent to me by post allllll the way from Malaysia!!

Thank you Mel darling!

I was complaining to her during the first 2 weeks of my stay in Canada, how life was so blue without friends.. how bland the food here is... And out of the blue, she said she was going to send me a parcel full of Raya goodies soon. The food she mentioned.. rendang.. kari.. raya cookies.. *drools* I thought it was a joke.. but she insisted she wasn't joking. I even urged her not to send it, cos it's so freaking EXPENSIVE! But she didn't listen to me, as usual.. haha.

And so, 2 mths later... Vince told me to go check my mail box for a parcel from Mel.. OMG!!! I was so excited, i checked my mail box EVERYDAY... n then after 2 weeks.. i thought the parcel have gotten lost somewhere. But then yesterday, i decided to give it a try, and there it was! A card in my mailbox that said "PARCEL AT DESK"! Whee~!!! And when i finally saw the box... my jaw literally dropped. I didn't expect her to send it in an A4 box!!!! And it was heavy!!! Oh Mel... you really shouldn't have gone through all the expense. But i really appreciate it!! I LOVE EVERYTHING u sent to me.. especially the birthday card n gift! Love you babe.. Can't wait to see you.. =)

Well, here are some pics!

Tada! The package from Mel with love. =D

It's for me! Moi!!

The condition of the package after flying across continents.

The date it actually arrived at my residence.

At first sight.

Cashew butter cookies!!!! =P

My favourite..

Oh Mel... Miss you la!

So pretty!!

The raya cookies, ketupat, kurma and sweets!
I'm thinking of having a mini raya celebration with these. hehe =)

It was beautiful indeed...

Do What You Have To Do

I'm in love with Sarah McLachlan today.

This song specially goes out to Jun and to all the gals n guys out there who have no choice but to part with someone they know they can never be together with. Here's to those torn in between...

Do What You Have To Do

What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rule of love
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has let you through it
You do what you have to do

I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go

Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I'm ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do

And I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go

Glowing ember
Burning hot and burning slow
Deep within I'm shaken
By the violence of existing for only you
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do

And I have the sense to recognize
But I don't know how to let you go
I don't know how to let you go
(I don't know how to let you...)

A Tale of Two Superheroes?

Today, while i was being super bored and supposedly sleepy, i decided to procrastinate my sleep (why would i do that, i don't know. it's sleep! i shdn't procrastinate sleeping!!) and hang around on Facebook while i could still open my eyes. Saw a McD request from Margie, and after accepting it, i thought of sending her some McD Hotcakes, cos we both simply ADORE those piping hot puffy sweet pancakes from ours truly, McDonald's, ever since we tasted it in Singapore when we were kids. hahaha..

Turns out, i was 2 levels away from being able to unlock the hotcakes. So, one of my option was to upload a gift so i can upgrade my level. (Gosh.. Facebook and the things we do with it. Ridiculously addictive. Seriously.). So, while i was googling for a picture of Spicy Chicken McDeluxe (can't believe this yummy burger wasn't on the menu yet!), i was directed to this website:

A TALE OF TWO SUPERHEROES

LOLS... My first reaction when i saw the name of the blog, was "WHAT??! Someone used my blog's title format! DAMN!..." Then my second reaction when i read their bloggers profile:

"We are two superheroes with abnormal capacity and desire for food, travelling places and enjoying the best life has to offer..."

"What does Superheroes have to do with food?!"
Ok, besides the fact that superheroes need food to survive (rite?) or maybe these superheroes get their power from food... But calling themselves superheroes just because they have some 'abnormal' capacity and desire for food?? I think Vincent can join their league and be their leader cos he's a SUPER SUPERHERO when it comes to food! hehe... =P

Anyways, these two bloggers are a couple who go around exploring and experimenting with food around Malaysia then blog about each and EVERY single food/drink they had almost everyday (even the 7-up is super important). -.-" Nonetheless, the food pictures they uploaded were aplenty.. and it ranges from high class food, to roadside stall hawker food, to pasar malam super cheap bites. All these pics only reminded me of the yummy Malaysian delicacies i can't have in Canada... I want LAKSA!!!!! *roars*

Anyways.. it's like so funny just reading their blog. They talk from a third person's perspective. Calling each other, even their mum, Superhero X (whereby X could be S, W, Bro or Mum etc.. to keep their identity a secret.) haha.. They even have their own superhero cartoon! lols...

I dunnno why i'm turning this blog into an ad for them, but this "award-winning" blog is pretty interesting - for those staying in KL - cos the food they mostly talk about is in KL or states close by. And these superheroes like many others (with the exception of Batman n Ironman), ain't that rich, so the food they go for are pretty much cheap. So, go check it out! You mite even end up wanting to try the food they 'discovered' and 'experimented' (or maybe not). Though they may be so called extraordinary ppl when it comes to food, their tastebuds are pretty much ordinary just like us. So, u mite have tasted most of the food they have eaten. However! Do not fret. I assure you, their blog is a highly extraordinary entertaining one. I guarantee, you'll definitely get a laughter or two!! Don't believe me? See here.

Now you see what i mean?? hahaha...

That's all about my little exciting experience for today.
Two more mid-terms, an assignment and a presentation in the following weeks.. Gotta stay focus now. Sighs.. Wish me luck! =D

Il mio ventiduesimo compleanno...

It's the time of the year again...

Another year has come and gone, and now i'm a year older.. hopefully wiser too? Or maybe "blur"er? =S Either way, i'm aging! Oh no!!! hahaha..

I still remember my 21st birthday like it was just yesterday. I was rushing for my Multimedia project and my group was creating this crazy fantastic computer game which we creatively named it AVIG (A Very Interesting Game) LOLs!!! We actually procrastinated till the very last week, and eventually the last day to start on it cos the guy we asked to "help" us create the game (as in do the whole damn thing for us) fell sick right before the deadline and hasn't touched a single thing!! So 5 of us: Kialing, YenSun, SinYee, Mary and I had to burn extra virgin midnight oil (i heard it was better than regular oil. haha.. lame.) on the eve of my bday to come up with a game we proposed earlier on without even thinking how we're gonna do it. Sweats.. Luckily, some of us were actually paying attention in different parts of the CMM211 class, so that we could combine all our valuable 'berterabuh' knowledge to actually use Macromedia Director. haha.. We started from scratch, spent roughly 24 hours (5pm, 8th - 5pm, 9th Oct) and finally came up with the game. I rmb feeling so depressed on the eve of my 21st bday cos i couldn't count down to it!!! And the sad thing was, no one even knew it was my bday the next day. So i had to celebrate it secretly by myself when the clock struck 12. hahaha... But in the end, it was worth every single minute of it. Our game turned out to be the BEST among our coursemates' (from our point of view and comments from friends la). Cheh... haha. [Promo: If anyone wants to try AVIG, ask from me on msn k? hehe..] Well, after rushing for almost a day, Vince then brought me to Chillis for a very nice dinner. It was good. Ahh... memories. =)

Ok, getting back to topic.

There must be something wrong with the alignment of my stars.. because this year, the same thing happens again! Well, not exactly the SAME thing, but my birthday falls on the same day as my Linguistics mid term!!! Bloody hell.. i had to study all day on the eve of my bday... memorising concepts like spirantization, glottalic egressive mechanism, delayed release, trills, retroflexes, bla bla bla.. Why so cham??? Every year also a busy birthday...

However, this year was different. I get to celebrate my birthday in Canada!!! hehehe.. I'm 15 hours behind Malaysia which is like almost a day later. When the other side of the world was already 9th oct, i was still in 8th oct! So fun!! haha.. Cool huh? That's why, when i was stuffing linguistic concepts into my overloaded brain, many warm wishes from friends back home in Malaysia were posted on Facebook wall and msn windows kept popping up. It was so heart-warming it made me side-tracked from my studies. lol. Plus, when everyone keeps telling me "why bother studying so hard if i'm not transfering credit?" it makes me wanna not study at all.. haha. But somehow i just felt like i should study for this. I really wanna do well in this ridiculously tough paper. Don't ask me why.

While i was studying, Joeyin came and started chatting with me n Christina. Making plans for my birthday. And when gals chat, we don't stop till everything has been told. (Joeyin, you're such a bad influence! =P) We chatted and chatted.. n then i realised, i shd be studying! Barely minutes into the mood.. Joeyin came barging into my room with a tupperware and a card!! It was 12am!! I was surprised. She got me a brownie!! Thanks sayang.. =) It came just at the rite moment, cos i was craving for food from using too much brain power. haha.. My housemates came into my room, and we chatted more! It felt so great.

Residents of 2101, Thunderbird.
L-R: Christina, Joeyin, Joyce, Eileen

My housemates

The brilliant brownie from Joeyin.

The card from Joeyin.

After all the little commotion in my room subsided, i continued to study till 4.30am because i panicked when i realised i have no idea what my coursemates were discussing about on the class discussion board. (Note to self: NEVER EVER look at the board before a test. Those ppl will mess with your mind!!) Then 9.30am came, it was time for the test. The paper wasn't that hard.. yet wasn't that easy. Anyhow i managed to finished every question. And rite now, as long as i pass i'm happy. After the paper, i happily skipped back home. I can now celebrate my 22nd in Canada!!! YAYS!!!

For dinner, we had hotpot (a.k.a. steamboat) as we watched Casablanca! Cold weather, hotpot, classic movie.. it was the perfect combo! We made hotpot with our ex-occupant's left behind slow cooker - which never brings the water to a boil - so we had to cook the soup separately before pouring into the big slow cooker. Altho it was lot of work, it was fun and simply great!! And after dinner, we went out to Alma to a dessert shop called True Confections (don't u just love the name?). It was a famous shop apparently, and when we got there, it was almost fulll and with good reason. The cakes were truly marvelous! I had chocolate caramel pecan CHEESECAKE and it was heaven!!! Sinfully delicious... *drools*.

Christina and Joeyin the cooks.

Cracker in mouth conversation with Joeyin.

The hotpot!

Before...

After!
Totally clean. =P

Hence the look. lol.

And with this, i'll leave you guys with pics of those yummy cakes. Enjoy! hehe.. =P

True Confections

My Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cheesecake!!!

Christina's rich cheesy Tiramisu
Joeyin's Lemon Heaven


A very tempting Banana Cream Pie

Look at the pies!!

Oh and, thanks to my darlings Joeyin, Norven and of cos Vincent dear for the lovely lovely birthday cards... Love u guys!! *muaks* =D

My birthday cards...
L-R: Vince's, Joeyin's n Norven's.

In conclusion, my 22nd birthday was not double troubled but it was double fun!!! I can now proudly say i have celebrated the BEST birthday ever!!! Thank you all for everything! *hugs n kisses*