First world birthday troubles

I celebrated my 20th birthday last week and as usual on my birthday, I get slightly upset. It's not because the celebration was bad or whatever, it's just that i hate getting older so every year I get slightly emotional on my special day. Why do I hate getting older you might ask? Wells, check it out. 

1. Older = Troubles

You know how when you're younger you always wanted to be older so that you can do more and be more independent etc. etc.? I've never really had that feeling. Maybe it's cause I'm different and I can't really think of any reasons as to why I've alway felt this way. Expect one. I've never forgotten that since I was a child, I've always had constant reminders of this phrase: 

"The older you get the more troubles you have"

And I suppose this is true in some a lot of ways. Don't worry, I didn't a troubled childhood (my parents are still happily and lovingly married) and I was bullied a little in school but everyone is at some point right? It's just that I watched too maybe dramas and it was always mentioned there haha so it stuck I guess. As I get older, I also realise how true that is so sometimes I wish I didn't have to grow up that quickly. 

2. Wrinkles

Yes I am vain. But there are many many people in the world out there who is as vain as me. In fact, I'm not the worse. I don't put that much makeup on (if any at all) and I've never considered plastic surgery on myself. But I still hate the thought and fact that as I embark on my life, there will be little lines which grow and get on my nerves and there's no way for me to get rid of them! I'm only 20 but still the stress of exams is getting to me and when I stress out, I get wrinkles then I stress about the wrinkles and I get MORE wrinkles. It's a vicious cycle. 

I know this is just life and there are things which can't be helped, but still... I'm a girl, I'm allowed to be vain alright. I guess I better start saving up for expensive wrinkle creams that work :P

3. Just the responsibilities that come with being an adult

Being an adult means there will be people younger than you that you have to look after. I don't like that. I love people taking care of me! But i hate taking care of others. Call me selfish. I don't care *shrugs* I personally think it's because I hardly have any confidence in myself. Sure, I looovvveeee taking pictures of myself and I can be loud in groups and whatnots. But I am extremely short and that really bugs me. I also have the experience that many things I take charge of always goes wrong. Maybe I'm just unlucky or I suck at organising. I think this new year, I will try and organise more things :P

Yes, this is quite a moany post, this is what university stress does to some. Here's a picture of my face :D 

It's cold so I'm sitting next to the radiator getting my back burned

Chinese Dinner: HOTPOT!

It's been over a week since our kitchen roof started leaking... and it's still not fixed yet! So I was really happy that one of my friend's dad organised hotpot for everyone on Monday! 

Those who don't know what hotpot is...

"Hotpot (also know as Chinese fondue/steamboat) revers to several varieties of East Asian stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table." (Wikipedia)

Looks like this...

This is what ours looked like.

We had to pots, the one you can see clearly is the spicy pot (I had that pot about 80% of the time and I DON'T eat spicy foods, but I thought I should train myself for Singapore next year) and the pot at the very end was the non-spicy one. 

Check out all the beef!!!! That was my favourite :D According to David (the person who organised and hosted) we ate ALOT of beef. No surprise there since it was so good.

That was all the pictures I took before digging into the food. I was so hungry! And my womanly instincts means that I was of course the last one to stop eating! I only stopped because everyone else did though :P 

After dinner, we had a game of UNO!! 

This game is oldschool! It was the game of my childhood :D I remember my first UNO pack was the Harry Potter one. I loved it! Unfortunately, I have no idea where it is now. Then there was the UNO machine which spits cards at you with the press of the button. Now that was COOL. 

But coming back from the childhood memories...

We had a couple of intense games of UNO. This was quick, fast paced... You get cards if you're not quick enough hahaha. It was really good and everyone laughed so much and we were all so loud and happy. That was a good night! Hopefully there will be more happy nights to come! 

Christmas is coming!

It's time! Snow has come yet everyone is out and about. That only means one thing: CHRISTMAS IS HERE!

Every year on December 25th, people gather together in their homes and celebrate the day that Jesus was born. But records actually show that Jesus was born in the summer months. Nevertheless! It's still a day which brings many families together and for the economists, it's the time of the year when the economy is booming. 

Honestly I'm not a Christmas celebrator myself, but I do like Christmas for one thing... Post-Christmas SALES!!!!!

Since I moved to the UK, I realised this country provides amazing sales! Usually 50-70% after Christmas and that is one of the best times to shop in my opinion! I really need some new clothes and need to get presents for some friends so this will be the perfect time to buy! I cannot wait!

I'm guessing all the girls (and some guys) out there cannot wait as well. Hopefully the sales this year will be even better! I remember one year I spent almost £200 in a day! It's not a lot to spend on clothes but to a 16year old that's quite alot haha 

Still those years are far behind me now. 

I'm lonely in the flat, my flatmate has gone home.. so I am watching TV and being sad :( Going to think about what I should wear tomorrow :)