chinese new yearrrr

Happy Chinese New Year / Valentine's Day, everybody ;D

I haven't blogged on here in a while.. you can say I've been you know.. studying 'hardcore' but honestly, I've been pretty slack T^T Since today is CNY I may as well get some work done so that I can get into that habit for the rest of the year.. (hopefully) ^__^

I met a whole bunch of new people yesterday. It's always good to meet new people just before New Years right? Well, we all went there a tad bit early and the lion dance didn't begin til at least 11:30. If only we kept our spot D:

There was absolutely no food whatsoever unless you're like a VIP like my new friend, Kevin. LOL! Other than that.. it was all chanting music and important senators giving their speeches. Mike Rann... Penny Wong etc. This might be handy for Geography :D

What we did after the fireworks??
It's supposedly disrespectful to be eating meat at the temple, so we drove to McDonald's and bought our own food, came back, and then ate outside :)

BEST PART OF THE DAY/EVENING:
*I am driving into McDonald's and am preparing to park*
Mai: Let's go into the drive-thru
Me: WHAT? *drives around*
Dominic N./Vancy /Vee: Nah it's better to go inside cos' it's easier to pay separately.
Me: WHAT? Yeah true. *drives around again*
(we basically drove around in circles)
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*We walk towards the entrance*
Me: *pull* WHAT? it's closed!
Someone: It's meant to be open 24/7
*we read the sign*
Me: ohhh.. "closed for OHS reasons"
Someone: Let's walk through the drive-thru
Dominic: I don't know if that will work..
*Mai and Vee run towards the order machine*
Me: Hey Mai I think they only sense when cars come, not humans.
*Mai jumps on the car sensor*
(epic fail)
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We had no choice but to go through the 'drive-thru.'

This was my first experience.. but when you're trying to order something and everyone just yells out all the things that they want, you just happen to repeat whatever they say.. even if it doesn't make sense? E.g.

Mai: 3 Happy Meals!
Vee: Medium fries
Mai: and medium fries!
Someone: 2 Small Big Macs!
Me: 2 Small Big Macs ..wait what? -.-

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