Mardi Gras was AB FAB (Absolutely Fabulous) , and i want to thank everyone who made the day special. it's so much more different to be just walking around (though i didn't do much of that due to gate duty...) in everyday clothes, compared to donning the whole costumed outfit, and playing a character larger than myself (no pun intended of course!). but the other great thing was seeing all the other people i know dressed up and soaking mardi gras all in. i can't comment about the performances, not having watched any of them, but walking around taking pictures made the whole night worth the sweltering sauna of a suit!
Half the fun of Mardi Gras was also getting the costume. thursday at the costume shop may have been the best day i've had this year, once eugene, kenneth and i reached Masquerade, we were bouncing of the walls trying on the many cloaks and hats and costumes, fighting each other with plastic swords and light sabers, and laughing at the weird things costumes do to people when they put them on.
even friday when i went again with wendy (meeting Joey and Joel there, and joined later by Zhong Ting) it was awesome playing with all the props, and watching others "get into character". its these times that will always linger up in the noggin, to pull out and reminisce. "We were here before..." check it out on eugene's blog for a little list we came up with! but yeah, it would not have been even half as fun without going to the costume shop with all the friends. :)
the words escape me. when i think about how much all of us has gone through together, even with the investiture over and everything going towards the big A's, its the people that matter the most now, and man am i gonna miss them when all of this is over.
Mardi Gras, the photos speak for themselves, but to try and sum it all up, my word would definitely have to be MAGIC, not the "your supposed to bend the spoon!" kind of Verella magic. but the joy of having amazing friends, family there to see and support, and having the wackiest costume to go around parading in. this mardi gras was absolutely awesome, thanks to everyone there :)
p.s. thanks mom and dad for helping make this possible (more than just funding, the support too!) and thanks for being there
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totally unrelated
we just want to have someone to be special for and be special to, it makes life have that extra spice, the chilli of life if you must.
i can't eat very much without chilli, it has just been that big part of food. i almost have withdrawal symptoms when i go on long periods without it. and i kinda miss talking to her, but yet i don't want to. like others i want the "specialness" though at the same time it is very much liberating without. still, it never hurt to wait for something good to come along, i just hope that i find someone to talk to soon, the kind of talks that make you feel good, and that everything is right.
=) its been a fun run this week, a lot to think about.
+++we just want to have someone to be special for and be special to, it makes life have that extra spice, the chilli of life if you must.
i can't eat very much without chilli, it has just been that big part of food. i almost have withdrawal symptoms when i go on long periods without it. and i kinda miss talking to her, but yet i don't want to. like others i want the "specialness" though at the same time it is very much liberating without. still, it never hurt to wait for something good to come along, i just hope that i find someone to talk to soon, the kind of talks that make you feel good, and that everything is right.
=) its been a fun run this week, a lot to think about.
