Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Shantel's Sixteenth,

"Strip me back of all my pride, my possessions.
Till all I want and all I seek, is your presence."
Presence Power Glory, Citipointe Live



Annnnnndddd.... -drum rolls- Shantel's finally sixteen! Hip hooray!
The Taipei crew, Mindy, Telly, Shimdo, Gracey, Ben and Alex spent a lovely day out in foreign places to celebrate our Telly's birthday. What a struggle it was for a bunch of us ABCs to read menus, not make a fool of ourselves in public places and survive waitresses and ice-skate sellers. Thank goodness for laughs and people like this to make being stupid seem hilarious. 

Grace.... why why why why.

We first met up at a random hotel lobby, waiting for Mindy and Shantel to arrive (who got off at the right bus stop, could have just walked straight across the road to meet up with the rest of us but nopppeee, completely missed the GIANT hotel sign and decided to take a taxi which took them, you guessed it, across the road), telling stories of our Taiwan adventures and funny mishaps. After, we walked down to a department store, stumbled upon an Italian restaurant Grace really liked so had lunch there! The courses were beautiful, the waiters cute, the prices dirt cheap. Of course the heavily edited photos below show just how yum it was; why else would I edit them?


After our tums tums were full, we went ice-skating at the Taipei Little Big Egg Arena (direct translation), and had fun getting amused by sellers, waivers and the safety measures of Taiwan :) Annnnd after skating, we went to some cute little dessert shop to have waffles and high tea to celebrate the big sixteen. Twas was a great day, happy birthday Tellykins, and hope y'alls having a safe holiday! :D 


Wednesday, December 11, 2013

RED Tour 2013,


Hi everyone! I'm jetting off to Taiwan in a few hours (Shantel is already there), so this post will be a quick one because I desperately need to pack my laptop up! Thought I'll squeeze this in though; because who knows when we'll get the chance to blog again? As you all might know, last weekend Shantel, Grace, Cassia and I had the wonderful opportunity of going to Taylor's RED concert. To answer the main question everyone seems to ask, no we did not get into Club Red (slim chances of getting lucky twice), nonetheless it was indescribable - definitely one of the most memorable nights of our lives. So without further or do, here are the pictures!

Curly wurly getting readyyyy.

Signature lyrics and thirteen on arms. (Yes we made our own shirts). 

Our outfits pre Christmas lights and glowsticks.

Donning on our light ups. 

Waiting for Taylor...

All 40,000 of us jamming it up. 

Everyone rushing off their seats to get closer when she changed stages// "Brisbane you look beautiful tonight!" We do Taylor don't we? 

Super bad close up, but it'll do. 

She was beautiful that night, giving us encouragements and inspiration throughout all her songs. She gave advice on heartbreak, on relationships, on dealing with friends, and of learning to get back up and begin again. I had no idea her words was going to touch my heart so much- but it did. Thank you Taylor, for coming in at just the right time. 

See you guys soon, I have a flight to catch xx 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Happy Birthday Sharina!

"And this very moment, of timid and fragile honesty.
Is precious and rare and fleeting." 
Scarlet, Brooke Fraser


Hello there lovely readers!
B Blockers are definitely getting into the Christmas spirit!! Yesterday, Marina and Shantel held a wonderful Christmas themed birthday party for B Blockers sans Tiff and Daphne (living it up in the Big Apple and in lockdown for AMEB exam respectively). Twas was lovely to spend time celebrating with the girlies before we all jetted off to our various holiday destinations,  so thank you Sharina for putting in all the effort! These girls definitely don't do things halfway ;)

First up: Candy Cane Hunt!

Happy Families feasting.

One of the presents: Snowflake pandora charm!

Scrapbook filled with tear stains. 

Marina opening the handmade mailbox of birthday messages :3

Classic water balloon fights. 

Happy chap :D

Merry early Christmas from the B Blockers! 

Happy Holidays people, have a good one and stay safe :D