L.A.M.B!

Turned 22!
Saturday, August 08, 2009

This year's birthday is lonesome... Here I am, sitting in my office (at 8.40pm) trying to finish my work before leaving (at one in the morning) to catch the train and ferry for an island south of Sweden. Tonight's a sleepless night... Celebrated with some of the guys in my batch while out in the cold! Woohoo, Pink Princess cake!!! Really good!

I expect myself to EMO a lot considering that I could not celebrate it with family and friends back home... but strangely enough, I couldn't help but smile to myself all day (except during lunch cos' I didn't like what I cook ><). Maybe it's bcos of the bday videos sent by hybrids. Maybe it's bcos of the numerous bday calls, SMSes and emails that I had gotten from fellow NOC mates. Maybe it's bcos of the bday greetings by many in Facebook (behold... the power of FB!). I know it's hard to keep in touch when separated by distance and not being to see one another on a near-daily basis. And that makes the bday wishes even more precious!!! So, just want to say A BIG THANK YOU to those who had wished me Happy Birthday!

Oh man, as I'm typing this entry, I'm beginning to get emo... Siao liao... Haha, miss you ppl and see you back in Singapore in January 2010! Muacks, hugs, kisses and cheers!!!

--Mary HAD a little lamb--

2:44 am

Slight Interruption from report of summer trip: STOCKHOLM PRIDE
Sunday, August 02, 2009

STOCKHOLM PRIDE: 27 July - 2 August!!!
Pride is celebrated worldwide and this week happens to be in Stockholm! Apparently, it's a very big festival held every year, an event that is most likely impossible to execute in Singapore. Hmm, why you may ask!?!

The reason is simple. It's an important ceremony celebrated to commemorate the acceptance of homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender! The Swedes are so open about it that you'll be shocked! Pride can literally be found everywhere during this week, from Pride flags hanged on public buses and cafes, restaurants to setting up of specially-arranged Pride sections in bookstores...

The most entertaining event of the Stockholm Pride has to be its Parade. Held on Saturday (1 August), the parade was about 4 hours long. Everyone had the liberty to join in the parade and cheered to the acceptance and freedom of homosexuality!

Many participants of the Parade had put on 'special' costumes to bring the ambiance up! Btw, they're all guys dressed in tights and dresses! NICE!

See the flag with rainbow colours? That's the Pride flag! It's everywhere that there's no way you can miss it on the streets of Stockholm!

Crowds and crowds of people joining in the parade!

Me, Yvonne (one of the PhD student in the department that I work in) and Yvonne's girlfriend! They're very amicable people! Invited me to a picnic and drinking session at the park after the parade was over!

This week was also the last week that batch 7 would be here in Stockholm... Sad sad... The gals had already left on Saturday morning and the guys will be leaving on Monday morning... I will miss all of them! I already missed Suba's presence in the lab and department... See you guys back in SG!

Me and Suba after the disputationfest!

On our way to the dinner in Vasa Museum...

Pic of some students in our deparment! Taken during the outing to GrönaLund!

--Mary HAD a little lamb--

8:01 pm