Sharing my birthday with you...

Sharing my birthday with you...

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who left very kind birthday wishes on AnD for me. You're all so wonderful, and sweet. It made my day and I was running around with a huge smile on my face (as you can see) all week because of all of you!

I had a crazily fun birthday this year, very different from paintballing last year, which was awesome! But satisfying, nonetheless :)

FRIENDSHIP IS EVERYTHING

Thanks to AnD and Jeanne, I now have a bunch of awesome, down-to-earth new friends who all came to my birthday dinner, where we celebrated with delicious French food and wine, we played a truth/ false game where people had to either recall and tell the group one interaction that they had with me (e.g. the story about how we met), or make up a complete lie and try to convince the group that it was true. Some of the made up stories were hilarious, involving saving cats, lap-dances, and being spat on. Actors have such a wonderful imagination haha

PS (check out my fake 'drunk' expression) & thank you Jo Jo for the photos

WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE

On the day of my birthday, Yalun took me to Disneyland in HK. It was my first visit there and was really wonderful. Disney brought back all my memories as a child, and gave me hope again that the world is a place where dreams DO come true, if you believe in them.

JAPAN

On the weekend, I took a short-trip to Japan, in which I first visited Hakone, one of Japan's Onsen resorts. It was so beautiful seeing Mount Fuji, living life the real Japanese way (no one spoke English there) and finding my way around. I had Japanese breakfast, slept on a tatami mattress (which killed my back unfortunately haha), and had the luxury to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Japanese countryside. I then, went to Tokyo (I haven't been there since 2000), and enjoyed lots of great Japanese food and shopping. I love how the Japanese are so expressive in their own identities, almost each person, had their own distinctive style/ fashion. It was really cool, and the nightlife almost put HK to shame.

PS Check out the crazy festival where men where thongs!!

PPS Also, did you know they have all -female train carts so women don't get harassed!

So that was my birthday, quite a way to celebrate it and I'm very grateful to my family, my friends (old and new) for being so supportive of me, so loving, so caring. They keep me grounded, and for that, I'm eternally grateful!

Love Cx