lizzy's 30th bash @ McDonald's!

theme party @ McDonald's for my friend's big 30 Bash! The birthday chick said it was a THEME PARTY, dress up as any of the characters from Ronald McDonald and Friends.... and indeed i did... as Birdie (Early Bird). yes yes.. that annoying and hopeless bimbolic fat pink bird that can't fly. only to find out that... most of her colleagues did not bother to play along.... *blech*

Nonetheless, my colleagues at work were just as excited as I was... they helped with the get-up! and it resulted rather well.. i won....

BEST DRESSED AWARD!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

i made the golden arches brooch! Here with Lay Sie as Grimace (the purple frumpy dude) I always wonder if Grimace and Tinky Winky from Teletubbies are related, or similar representation from different country.

Amber and Elaine go all out for Hamburgler... Amber was the more glammed up one though... with her sequinned eye mask... 

naturally the food we had were... what do you think??? 

Food was cold and stale by the time we dug in... because of the games we HAVE to play to earn our dinner....

Here is me accepting the award for Best Dressed Award from the Birthday Girl!!!

Lizzy and her 2kg Birthday Burger Cake!!!

The girls and Lizzy :)

our goodie bag! 

i love this image of this cat... it was staring earnestly at the customers... for a good 10 mins...

i ♥ books! part III

my very very precious little find....

I chanced upon this on amazon one day.. and instantly, i bought it... at the moment... Price was not a problem.. and... indeed.. it was unbelievably affordable.... The condition of the book was also not important anymore.... it arrived to my friend's place in the states (where i had it shipped to), nicely packed. my friend opened it, just as i did eventually to find...

An aged book, a slightly torn spine, brown and stained pages and a penetrating smell of maturity.

Written by Romola Nijinsky, the wife of Vaslav Nijinsky. She wrote the biography of her late husband, Vaslav Nijinsky, the male classical ballet extraordinaire of Ballets Russes. He was probably the first male dancer to set the male dancer status on the performing stage, he was also the one who challenged the classical ballet vocabulary to new heights. He invented movements that caused a scandalous uproar in Paris Opera House in 1913's production of Le Sacre du Printemps.

This book is personal, written by the avid fan of his, the faithful caregiver in his final years and supporter throughout. Pictured here, the family of Nijinsky.

Published in 1934, this book braved the 2nd World War, across lands and seas, and it is now in my possession. :)

cost? i would say priceless...but it did came with a price, that was shocking to me...

it costs US$5.00, and US$3.00 for shipping. Barely US$10.00 in total. i do question and wonder the accuracy of this book, but it is the story of a man, written by his wife; it bound to have a slight amount of romanticized facts.

nevertheless... everytime I see this book, everytime I smell it's rustic age, I am thankful that 'one man's junk, is another man's treasure.'