Happy Birthday Jia!

Hello all!

Happy Halloween! Though I don't think it's much of a celebration back home except for the party happening at Zouk.. Anyway, today's the final preparation for our event tomorrow.. And I'm falling sick.. Dratz.. But actually I pray for clear skies and a warm day tomorrow.. If it rains, we'll be in deep shit and if it's too cold tomorrow, people are going to be freezing while playing the games..

Anyway, had a surprise birthday celebration for Jia tonight.. Her actual birthday is actually tomorrow but we won't have time to do that with the event and Halloween Party going on as well..

So after dinner, Celine and I smuggled the birthday cake from the kitchen into her unit's freezer.. But the cake was too huge! Jialat.. It was an ice cream cake so we had to put it somewhere freezing.. So we turned down the temperature of the normal fridge and placed the cake on the shelf nearest to the freezer..

Came 9pm and I headed back to Celine's unit on the pretence of getting something from her.. Lighted the candles and prepared to move back to my unit.. Yohana stayed behind to turn off the lights and keep Jia in her room while we prepared.. Ruby carried the cake, I carried the present and opened the door and Celine took pictures..

Haha.. The surprise worked! Just look how happy and surprised she is! Yay!

Make a wish!

And cut the cake.. Don't you think that the cake is just too beautiful? Haha.. And Jia's holding on to her pressie..

Ice Cream Birthday Cake from Wendy's! We couldn't finish it so we left it in the fridge for Ingrid when she returns from her holiday in Gold Coast.. Haha..

A group photo taken by timer.. Haha.. Everybody getting ready for bed liaoz..

Jia cutting the cake for us.. I thot the oldest was to get the cake first but in the end, they gave it to the youngest first- Me! Muahaha..

Her presents from us.. The card we signed and a snow flake necklace.. I had to blackened part of the picture because.. yeah.. Haha..

So glad she enjoyed the celebration.. Finished my bottle of dessert wine at long last.. And we started singing birthday songs in our own languages.. Vietnamese version is so cute.. Haha..

And and and, I feel so proud of myself.. I survived till the end of this month with 2% of my internet left.. Haha.. Can't wait for tomorrow for it to be reset again..

Ok.. So I'm done for today.. Going to sleep early if not I'll never recover.. Haha.. Good Night!

Spooky Wooky Games Preparation

Hello all!

Another hectic but fulfilling day.. And something that made me very happy!

Another parcel that Beilin sent to me!

My HSM 3 Soundtrack! Haha.. Thank You!

*I regretted listening to the CD becos now I wanna watch the movie so badly.. Dec 4 seems so far far away.. Haha..

And also, today we had to do the preparations for the event on Saturday.. Went straight to Arndale after class to purchase the items.. Kyri drove us there luckily.. Bought so many things.. Haha.. The rest rushed off to class while as for me, I slacked at home.. Not! Haha..

I seperated the game items into tubs and typed up the game passports up while waiting for the rest to finish class.. Started on the drawing and cutting of the items shortly..

The starting designs.. Haha.. Everybody just did what we were good at.. A&C was never my forte so I settled with cutting the cloth needed.. Haha..

Ta-dah! I cut 10 pieces of cloth!

Boo!

The game buckets that I seperated while waiting for them to finish class..

Did some paint spraying midway through.. No pictures though.. Then headed to grab some dinner from the dining hall.. Drew the outlines of some pumpkins.. Ta-Jen went to break some sticks And it was time for gift wrapping!

Haha.. Forgot who commented that gift wrapping is like rocket science to guys.. Regina wanted to make Ta- Jen look funny..

And the gift wraps at last!

Helping to wrap the first prize..

A keg of Heineken beer! My first time seeing how it looks like.. Haha..

And this is how we hang the pieces of cloth.. On my clothes hanger and on the stairs.. -.-'

Joleen came up shortly.. Haha.. And started playing around..

Wah.. So serious at work.. Haha..

And the joker again.. Haha.. Wrap me up for Christmas ppl!

Joker No. 2! Haha..

Time to go home.. Haha.. Fold fold fold..

Hehe.. Joleen and I horsing around..

Tired now.. But still have things to do.. So, good night people!

Sydney AAHS Career Fair

Hello all!

I'm back from a one day trip to Sydney.. The day started off really bad but it ended well..

Woke up at 4am to get ready and headed to the airport for our flight.. The flight was pretty bad.. We were delayed for 30mins at the airport and up in the air for another 30mins because Sydney didn't have any space for us to land.. -.-'

In the end, we missed the first half of the lecture.. Met the rest of the ICHM-ers there.. =) And there were so many other hotel schools as well..

The Auditorium..

The Career Fair officially opened at 1030am and all the students rushed off to the various booths to sell themselves to their future employers..

Disney Cruise Line! Unfortunately, to join you need to be 21 and above.. And I get seasick so a defintie no-no for me.. =(

Walt Disney World! I can't believe they were there! Unfortunately again, you need to be an Australian/ New Zealand citizen to be part of the program.. =(

What's Minnie Mouse doing in front of other hotels' booths?! Haha..

And the many other booths on display.. I guess the hottest booths that day were Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt and IHG..

Paulina didn't come in the end so I ended up loning around the fair.. Haha.. Ended up just grabbing some information from some booths.. I'm guessing the fair was a great opportunity for those graduating to look for jobs..

Anyway, we gathered around 12pm and took a train down to Circular Quay for our lunch meeting with Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.. The trains were rather old though.. Anyway, guess what we saw at Circular Quay?

The Sydney Harbour Bridge! Haha..

So grand ain't it?

And also, the Sydney Opera House! Haha..

Too bad we didn't have time to go sightseeing..

Four Seasons Hotel Sydney and Shangri-la Sydney..

The Lobby..

We were treated to a light lunch and networking session with the executives of Four Seasons.. Learnt more about why they were so successful and some questions were asked.. Definitely one of the world's best employers..

Then we headed on to Hilton Sydney for a cocktail session and tour.. Long long walk there.. My feet were threatening to crumble.. Was splitted up in groups for a tour around the property..

The Front Desk.. Everybody agreed that the lobby was a very messy area.. The front desk was located in a too unstrategic location and concierge desks were located at some area.. It was like, got space don't waste kind of thinking..

And our "tour guide", Carl.. Well, he's actually the Room Service Manager.. Haha..

Went touring around to the business centre, spas, fitness centre, event venues, staff canteen etc.

I just thought this was so funny.. Haha.. It was located in the ballroom..

Taken while waiting for the other lift to arrive..

The only restaurant of the whole hotel.. But I don't mind having breakfast here.. Looks nice..

Real wine is located up there.. Haha.. When asked how they got them down, the bartendar replied that they had a ladder and rope to help them.. -.-'

On tour in the guest rooms.. The deluxe rooms were so tiny..

And in the Executive Club..

The view from the 36th Storey..

And the day ended with a lavish cocktail reception provided at one of the bars and the GM and various HODs came out to greet us.. Haha..

Collected our bags and headed in a taxi to pick Paulina up from her accommodation.. Straight to the airport after that to check in for our flight home.. Bought Krispy Kreme doughnuts!

Bye Bye Sydney!

We took Qantas home and it was so good to take a non- budget airline for once.. There really is a difference.. Haha.. And they provided dinner as well..

Reached home and could feel the effects of a tiring day immediately.. Ingrid and Jia helped me to cook noodles while I showered.. Thank You!

An end to a hectic day and it's back to school today again.. Haha..