My first yusheng!

Got a taste of my favourite yusheng before my flight..

I heart yusheng!


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Packing in progress..

Can an angel please come and take the mess away?


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Last night out in our Sty~

Just a quick post before I head out for a series of errands.

The week just flew by so quickly. I really appreciated everyone who made time to catch up with me - my ex-colleagues and my favourite bunch of classmates (LOL, love all the jokes and laughter we shared!). And of course, I am also apologetic to those that wasn't able to book a slot. (Ey, I'm sounding a tad bit BHB!) A few more sessions to go and I'm off to the USA~ Once again, I'm barely ready, considering that the luggages that I was planning to bring along are either still filled with my residues from the HK trip or are just empty. Nice work huh~

I recalled that I only started packing my luggage the night before I flew off to USA in 2006. Thankfully history ain't gonna repeat itself since we are scheduled to move into a service apartment tomorrow. So, we die die have to finish packing tonight. (Hm, now I wonder what time are we gonna sleep...)

So I guess tonight is our last night in our sty - our faithful home that gave us shelter for the past year. I'm sooo going to miss the numerous parties/gatherings/mahjong sessions we had have in our sty. BUT, I'm equally excited to see where we might be staying in USA (The photos look REALLY good!!!).

Internet is gonna be cut and I'm returning my scv boxes today! So at least I won't be distracted! LOL, so good luck to me~

House Shopping...

On a side note, Zim and I decided to take a time out from work/packing to have a quick glance at the potential housing.

Seems like the pigs also want a say in this...

After about half hour, we kinda gave up and decided that we would just dedicate the first few days to shop for our apartment (Afterall, nothing beats being there physically and seeing it for ourselves!). Hee, it took our 8 viewings before we settled for our current home, so, I'm just wondering how many it's gonna take this time round...hm...

I can't wait!!

And the angels came...

Well, Saturday came by and so did Crown relocations! Once again, they were so impressive that both Zim's and my jaws dropped. It's amazing how seasoned they were in packing our furniture and articles. (I was totally dumbfounded watching them wrap my sofa as if it was a gift to be wrapped for X'mas!)

The crew was really efficient and packed what I would have taken months to do within hours! It was also a pleasant surprise when we learnt that we were able to air-ship two boxes! After some thoughts, we decided to ship over our cooking utensils and bedsheets! (We spent almost $500 on those sheets, there's no way I'm not bringing them!) We kinda reasoned that these were the most essential items that we would need almost immediately! So, in they went! Not sure if that was the best of choice, but at least no regrets for now~

The packing was great, minus the fact that we kinda forgot a few items in the midst (I left the tupperwave and our expensive wine glasses behind! damn~). Luckily, we managed to fit it most of the items that we wanted to ship. Okay, the articles barely fitted in. The sofa and tv console took up a bit more space than expected. The crew had to reconfigure the boxes a couple of times to ensure that every box/furniture piece would be able to fit in the cargo. And thankfully, the crew was able to arrange and fit every box in eventually!

Here it goes:


The house feels kinda empty now. Felt as if we were just getting ready to move in!

At least, it's one [BIG] item down the list! Now it's time to pack things to be brought over to Zim's Mom's place for storage. But once again, THANK GOD FOR CROWN!!!!

Help from above!

The relocation company is a godsend! (Amen~) It's really a great help man!

First, I was pleasantly surprised when they sent a manager over today to assess the items that we wanna ship and walkthrough the whole process with us. (Not to mention, answer all our queries and doubts!) Second, they will be packing AND unpacking all our items for us! (Amen again~) What else could I ask for?!

Well, the manager apparently advised that we should stop packing and instead think about what we wanna bring and get the staff to pack when they pop over this Saturday! What an angelic advice!

But again, deciding what to bring is just as tough! Guess I really needa do a quick run through!!!

And here's what I call the 'relocation bible'! Thank god for Crown!!!!


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Moving on...

I'm finally back from my trip. (YEAH!) Well, I won't exactly say I enjoyed myself. There were times when we had a lot of fun hanging out as a family (I call us 'The Clan') and catching up with Qiwei and Qian was wonderful. But on the whole, this is one Hong Kong/ Taiwan trip that I did the least shopping (I came back with less than 10 victory items!~) and I'm not exactly very pleased about it. =(

Anyway, Zim's been amazing when I was away. He settled our visa (something we were worrying about.), booked the local hotel and NYC hotel, booked our air tickets and liaised with the relocation company. So suddenly, we are all ready to go. Well, almost, if you exclude the packing part (That I terribly failed in...) !

So I guess this is it. We are really going over. A moment ago, the posting seems to be the furthest thing ever and now, it's just one and a half week away. Scary~

On a side note: When I bid farewell to Qiwei on monday, I really felt quite sad. (Okay, I'm starting to emo abit. LOL) It's like, I can't imagine not seeing my good bud for so long. Not much of an issue with Qian and Ray since I will be popping by Singapore at least once a year. For that moment, I kinda wondered if we will still have endless things to bitch about when we meet again. This also applies for most of my friendship here. Erm... okay, no point pondering too much since all of us can't really tell what is going to happen in the next three years. So fingers crossed and let's just see how things go...

Okie, time to get back to packing!!!!!!!!!

Birthday dinner!

Great food + Fantastic company = Life~

I love sissy and extra DB (aka EDB)!

Anyway, Qw brought us to a great Japanese restaurant that serves really fresh and cheap sashimi and raw food! What a spread!!!

Ps: Happy Birthday Sista!!! Hope u enjoyed our company! =)


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I want higher karma!

Saw this at Lush @ Taipei101. Found it really cute! Just a penny for my thought.. Will using this increase my karma?


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God bless COLD STONE!!

I heart Cold Stone!!!


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Protege~

My precious...


Hee, I found this while I was packing the house!! =D

Well, I was determined to see Daniel Wu when I heard that he was coming to town to promote the movie (Plus, an autograph session!!)! I headed down 2 hours prior the session (I rushed down from work!) and was rather disappointed to find a loooooong queue!! (Poor Zim was dragged by me to help me queue up as well!) Not only did the session started late, we were told that the autograph signing would last only for 1/2 hour. (which was totally insufficient judging from the crowd!) Hee, but by a stroke of luck, (I happened to be standing at the correct side of the queue!) I managed to squeeze my way to the front of the queue, got up the stage, shook his hand (T_T) and obtained his autograph!!!

And, thanks to Kitty, I was able to catch the Movie Premier too! (Hee, Daniel Wu was there too!! I can't remember anything he said, but I totally melted when he spoke in his accent~) How blissful!

Wahahahahahahah...my daniel wu~

KeY's Collections.

One thing I like about packing is that I get to run through the items that i've collected over the years. Well, I've since learnt to throw away meaningless crap and thus, those that have survived, are actually things that I purposefully kept.

1. My Shot Glass Collection:
I started this collection in Aug 2006. I initially bought a shot glass for a friend as a souvenir but ended up liking the shot glass a tad bit that I chose to keep it for myself eventually (oops~). It was like a 'eureka' moment when I realised that I could leave a trace of my travels by keeping a shot glass from the places I visited. (Best of all, it's a relatively cheap hobby since shot glasses are really affordable!)
Hee, I'm so excited that the collection is GROWING!!!

2. My Pins Collection:
I was hooked onto this when I was in Orlando in 2006. Apparently, each disneyland has pins that are distinct to them. Thus, I made the commitment that I will collect the pins from ALL the disney parks in the world. I'm quite blessed to have visited 4 out of the 5 disney parks in the world. (I've been to Disneyland LA, Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Hong Kong. I'm just short of Disneyland Tokyo! LOL) Pity I didn't get any pins while I was in LA. (Well, considering I was only 11 years old, I didn't even realise that the pins existed!) Unfortunately, this isn't exactly a cheap hobby. Each pin costs approximately USD9! (ouch~) The pins culture in disneyland is really cool! You could go around swopping pins with the staff or other patrons of the parks! Well, I actually randomly bought a pin just to swop for one of the Stitch pins!!! The hobby eventually spilled over to theme parks that I've been too!!!

I'm having an internal struggle as to whether I should ship them with me to USA. Well, guess I won't. At least I can to check them out here once in a while! LOL...

I've begun!

Yes, I finally started packing! And now the Sty is in total mess!!! But oh well, at least the Taitai is doing her work!


Three boxes and counting!!


Sigh.. I'm not even half way done!!! Argh...

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Packing...

Scary, it's just 25 days before the big move and I haven't exactly done anything. (In terms of packing!) The boxes from the relocation company just arrived (Well, they freaking woke me up at 8.30am! And i'm somewhat impressed that the doorbell could actually wake me up!) and so I guess I'm out of excuses for not packing. Time to really begin.

On a side note, Zim shared some news yesterday. For the good news --> Apparently, the relocation company does provide services in packing! Phew~ What a relief! That's gonna help a great deal, especially for the heavy weight items like our PC and printer and items in the kitchen! And, the not so good news, well, it's going to take 6-8 weeks for the shipment to arrive (WTH!) in NYC. Darn, time to spend some time thinking about what we should ship and what we should carry. Sigh.

I'll be off to Taiwan/Hong Kong this sunday for 10 days. Though the timing for the trip isn't exactly very good, I'm going ahead since Mom's pretty insistent that we do a family trip before I fly. (Ironically, dad and Zim ain't coming. So it's just bro me and mum. duh~) Oh well, I shall not complain since it's gonna be fully sponsored (Thanks daddy and Zim!) and I would be able to stock up on some winter items when I'm there.

Meanwhile, I shall spend the next three days packing in the light weight items.

Sigh~ Who says packing is fun. (I am trying hard not to imagine the unpacking process...)

Street Fighter Pigs

Well, my little pigs are training to defeat Zim on Street Fighter!

Good luck!!



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Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

Time to fit in a quick flashback of the year.

Well, 2009 has been a relatively good year! Ups and downs as usual, but either way, I made it through in one piece. Here are just some highlights of the year...
1. Became Mrs Lim on 10 Jan 09 and the auntiehood follows~
2. Went to NYC for the 2nd time in Apr 09, caught my very first 'Live' NBA match and two brilliant musicals!
3. Got my confirmation/ promotion on 10 May 09. (I thought it would never come!)
4. Received brilliant news from Zim that he finally got THE posting! (Hm, this was somewhere in Nov actually!)
5. Tendered my resignation on 16 Nov 09 and started indulging in the taitai-hood on 16 Dec 09.

Hm, I'm not really sure what 2010 has installed for us, especially when we are gonna be starting afresh half way around the globe. I have to admit that it's kinda scary yet uber exciting!

And of course, what other way to start a new year then stating new year resolutions? So, here it goes...
1. Get a puppy! I'm thinking of something small-medium size that I can bring on short trips around the states! I seriously can't wait!
2. Study! (Be it masters, diploma or just something that catches my eye.)
3. Visit Orlando and Disney World (Hee, finally, my 3-day passes from 2006 will come to good use.)
4. Be a great cook!
5. To become a true scrapaholic! (I'm going to the Paradise of Scrapbooking for goodness sake!)
6. Watch the Oprah show Live!!!
7. Have my very first white X'mas!
8. Oh, and finally get my hands on a KINDLE!!!(Darling Zim has agreed that this shall be my Vday present! Wahahaha~)

Well, before I look so far ahead, I guess I need slow down abit and think about how to pack. *Breathes in*

32 more days to go... (And I still needa factor in my HK trip!!!! Arhhhhhhhhh...)

OMFG....

Singapore Idol 2009...

I just spent 60cents voting for Sylvia Ratonel. I believe it's time for Singapore to have a female idol. And yes, of course, I think she's better than Sezairi Sezali.

Good luck la...

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Afternote: Guess she ran out of luck, the guy won.

Duh~

Suntanning Pigs..

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Hot summer days...

I wanna watch "全城热恋 - Hot summer days" !!!

Wonder if there is any chance that it might be showing in NYC on Feb 2010?

=(

My newest addiction...

I first started playing 明星志愿1 in 1995. (Well, my bro bought it out of curiosity.) Can you imagine how long ago that was?! The game actually came in the format of floppy disks - the flappy kind. I was instantaneously hooked. It was definitely a "chick-game". [Quick summary of the game: You play as a talent scout/agent who goes around finding potential stars off the street and nurture them into budding stars. While you nurture them, you are also required to move around TV stations and Music Companies finding jobs for them.]
I was soooo addicted to the game and was devastated when the computer crashed and the new computer we bought didn't have a drive for flappy floppy disk! I was so desperate that I actually paid quite a sum (well, I was a really poor secondary school student then!) to get the game converted into floppy disks (the hard ones) so that I could continue playing on the new computer. Unfortunately, despite my effort, it still didn't work. =(

This game continued to linger in my mind, and despite trying a handful of other games, I kept comparing it to 明星志愿1. The answer to my prayers finally came in 2000, or so I thought.
Well, I've no idea what the creators were thinking, to finally remake the game after 5 years. Nonetheless, I was elated for 明星志愿2! What luck man! I was unable to find the original version in Singapore and simply settled for the pirated version. Sadly, it was a nightmare and my luck went downhill. Somehow or another, my computer system just couldn't seemed to be able to install the game (Despite several attempts and using various pirated versions). I continued trying for the loongest of time and even with my bro's help, it didn't work out. WTF. I was still unable to play the game. LL.

Then God answered my prayer, AGAIN! After another 6 years, the creators came out with 明星志愿3!!!!!
This was a godsend. Firstly, the original version was available in Singapore and secondly, Windows XP was compatible. At last, I was finally able to indulge in my craving. And boy, was it good! I recalled the countless nights I stayed up playing the game again and again. Best of all, my frequent trips to HK paid off tremendously! I was able to buy the expansions for the game and even a guidebook that was AMAZING! All in all, I probably completed the game over 10 times and despite doing so, I'm still gian to play it all over again.
(This game was also the reason why we chose a PC system with Windows XP, instead of Vista. I was worried that Vista wouldn't support the game!!!)

During my Aug 08 trip to HK, I bought yet another expansion of the game - 甜蜜樂章. Knowing the possible severity of my addictions, I procrastinated and decided against playing the game.. until now! Now that my taitai-hood has begun, I've plenty of time to do rubbish, so why not?! All I can say is, I am officially hooked!

I cannot believe how addictive the game is. (Well, a good indication was I played till 4 am last night!)

And, we are so shipping our desktop to NYC so that I can continue playing the game!!!!!

I heart heart heart heart heart 明星志愿3!!!!!!!!

Zim & KeY - 10.01.09

This is the exact soft copy of the wedding album (Actual Day)~






















I love looking through these pictures..

Blissful~

Typically KeY

I was just looking through the wedding pics (Well, I promised Jim to upload it by erm, 9/12/09. Okay, Jim, dinner on me the next time we meet!) and found this...
Heels and KeY, just don't quite go together!

LOL..

The last lecture...

Raye lent me this book to kill time when I was hospitalized. I glanced through it pretty quickly, stopped a couple of times for some self-reflections and finally managed to finish the book last night. Randy Pausch is seriously one cool guy and is really amazing. (I know he had since passed on, but to use 'was' seemed so... cruel.)

The book consisted of short anecdotes of his life and somehow, they all managed to be linked to wonderful philosophies that are often so obvious, yet, not followed. Bitter sweet stories that leave you with a smile, and possibly a heartache. Of course, there were a couple of stories that just slapped me on my face. Out of which, the one story that left me with the biggest impression was "Don't Complain, just work harder" (Chpt 32). I must learn to stop complaining, and just make do, or rather, make the best of everything. Reading this make me ashamed of all the whining I had about my ex-jobs, people and things in general. Life is pretty short, so why waste time bitching about things that make you feel lousy. Move on and things might just get better!

Well, being a cry baby, I could not help but teared when I read the last section of the book. He celebrated his wife's birthday for her in front of the whole audience during his very famous last lecture at Carnegie Mellon. When they hugged, she whispered "Please don't die" to him. That was a complete tearjerker... T_T It's not difficult to imagine how heartbreaking that was. Sigh, life is a cruel reality, isn't it?

In a nutshell, I love his outlook in life, his ideals and his personality. Great book that would leave you lotsa room for self-reflection!

A definite good read!

Interlude....

Well, a group of us pulled a prank on a friend and made a video to ease his 'piss-ness'. So, while we were busy filming, Ah Ping got bored and decided to participate as well..

Isn't he such a darling.... LOL...

Home sweet home...

Nothing beats the comfort of your own home...

I'm really glad to be home again.

Projection of KeY's life in NYC...

Fren: "maybe when u get to the US
wad if u are damn bored there?
what job will you be looking for? or will u just buy more wii and ps3 games hahah
maybe u can go watch the chippendales there hahaha"

KeY : "lol..ya i'll just sit at central park and people watch everyday.. sounds exciting huh?"

Fren: "lol...you know what they do at the parks in the US right?
day 1 : Key gets harassed by Hobos coz she was sitting at their spot
day 2: Key witness explosive threesome of gay men who are not very discreet
day3: Key have to get bailed out by zim coz she sat too close to drug dealers
what an adventure for you lol"

I've great friends... don't I..

LOL...

And the Taitai-Hood begins...

Well, I still officially employed actually. I'm just in the midst of clearing leave and today is my first day. Since I have also formally handed over all my duties and tasks to my 'post-decessor', I am free of work calls and disturbance. And the only word that describe this feeling is... SHIOK!

Okay, honestly, it's not that shiok...

The best part of my day was being able to wake up late. Period. After which, it went downhill. Sadly, I began to indulge in my 'taitai-hood' (aka being a housewife) by doing household chores. I painstakingly spent about 2 hours wiping the floor, vacuuming it, mopping the floor with detergent, then rinsing it again with water. Once done, I went to packet my own lunch, popped by NTUC in tee-shirt and shorts buying toilet paper (-_-"), yakult and milk. Sigh... is this going to be my life for the next 3 years?!

Oh well, at least there was some job satisfaction. I could almost see my own reflection in the tiles. CRAP! What a loser... I can't help but feel that the taitai-hood that I'm experiencing is more of an Auntie-hood. Siao Liao..

LOL.. oh well, maybe i should start doing my scrapbooking and baking, at least that would make me more taitai-ish...

All the best to my taitai-hood!

Macaroons...

I loooooove macaroons...

Heard alot of great things about the macaroons from Canele and finally decided to give it a try. Well, minus the fact that it was relatively costly (12 macaroons cost me $35.10), it was gooooooooood. I LOVE IT. (Guess it's really worth the money aftterall!)

Well, I finally came up with my very first new year resolution (tho it might a wee bit early).... to bake macaroons!!!!!

I shall spend my tai-tai days working on it! All the Best KEY!

Another lizard scare....

I hate lizards! Why the hell did God ever create lizards!? The only function they seemed to have is to eat mosquitoes. (Oh, does scaring people count as another function?) If this is so, I would rather be bitten to death by a zillion mosquitoes than to be in the same room with ONE lizard~

Sigh. Got a lizard scare again today. (Si Ey Suay~ It seems to happen periodically, once a month maybe? Is this a curse?) We came home after a good session of basketball and I was just chatting with Zim while opening the gate. Suddenly, a brown little thing on the door caught my eye. (CRAP~ what else could it be...) Almost immediately, I shouted "SHIT!" and jumped back. (I'm pretty sure Zim got a scare from the shouting cos I thought I saw him jumped and he went "WHAT?!" rather loudly too.) After calming down a bit, I told him that there was a lizard and being the scarly-kat KeY, I insisted that he get it off the door and out of my way before he would be allowed to open the door or enter the house.

Zim fidgeted with the door and gate but was unable to find the lizard. As my bladder was bursting, I had no choice but to eventually allow him to open the door to further investigate. (Well, opening the door risked the chances of letting the lizard into the house...grrrrrrr..) After a fruitless 5 minutes, (I swear my bladder almost gave way..) I reluctantly allowed Zim to open the door and gate widely to check if the lizard did go in. All cleared, thankfully! (Oh well, at least this was what he said. And it better be real!) So, finally, I took a deep breath and dashed into the house like there was no tomorrow.

Unfortunately, the lizard is still missing. It almost felt like the lizard disappeared in thin air as I was quite sure I did not see it run away. Of course, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the lizard did not come into the house.

Sigh, I HATE HATE HATE HATE lizards. =(

At least there won't be any in NYC. Not in winter at least. (Here's another reason to move there...)

Die lizards die... BUT not in my house or better not let me see...

Too bad i'm married...

Conversation on msn...

KeY: we shld go for a meal tgether soon!hee...

Guy Friend: lolx
before you fly off
hmm
seldom got girls ask me out for meals
too bad you are married

LOL.....

Life is like a boat...

Nobody knows who I really am
Maybe they just don't give a damn
But if I ever need someone to come along
I know you would follow me, and keep me strong

Rain rain go away...

I like rainy days but not on Fridays and not when I have limited time left. (No, I'm not dying.)

I've about 10 more fridays to go. There's about all the basketball I'm going to get for quite a while. But if the stupid rain continues, that is really going to suck..

Sigh... wish the rain would just stop... at least on fridays...

DJ Pigs

Our new toy - DJ HERO!

Well, I'm not a 101% gamer but this is one hell of a tough game! It's truly a test of your hand-eye co-ordination! I can excel in Medium mode of Guitar Hero quite effortlessly. But for this game, I can't even get pass the easy mode! OMG... Nonetheless, this game is definitely a blast and I really take my hat off to any DJs out there!

The pigs are definitely better gamers than me! Afterall, two brains or rather, four hands are better than two!


Well, since I am going to be jobless pretty soon, seems like I've found myself some stuff to keep me and the two little pigs entertained!

Happy~

Moving on...

well... the white envelope has been submitted.

Just 19 more working days to go..

Introducing our fridge

Zim went for a housewarming recently and came back commenting that the contents of the fridge there looked pretty much like ours. Well, it just goes to show that this is a natural phenomenon for young couples who don't cook at home...

So here's a peek into how the 'natural phenomenon' looks like..

Booze = Corona & Hoegarden!
Wine = Red, white, dessert, champagne...
(Doesn't quite help that I am turning alcoholic..)
Yakult = Aids in KeY's digestion!
Drinks = For friends that pop by...
ANd yes, no fresh food at all.. or rather, all spoilt liaoz....

Well, that's our life!

Conversation in the toilet...

KeY: (Rushed into toilet at her office to answer nature's call and met this Auntie she hasn't seen for donkey years from work)

Auntie: "wah...好久不见！你瘦了！“

KeY: "(Blushes and Um-chioing) 有吗？(ho ho ho) 谢谢！"

Auntie: "一定是因为有男朋友了！刚开始拍拖是吗？"

KeY: (Stunned) "erm...其实我结婚了..."

Awkard silence~

.....

Fresh From NYC...

Zim finally came home after a looong 19 days. I decided to give him a small surprise by picking him up at the airport. It was quite a thrilling experience! Lucky me (but not so lucky him), his flight got delayed and instead of arriving at 7am (which means i probably had to wake up at 5am 0_O), his arrival time was changed to 9am! Thus, I was able to wake up as per my usual working day.

When his flight finally landed, I stood around anxiously, trying to hide myself at a distance away, behind the pillar (so that he will not see me!), while making sure that I did not miss him. Silly Zim sent me a couple of misleading smses saying things like "Just landed" 20 minutes after the flight actually landed and "Just geting my luggage" when there was not a single soul at the baggage claim! It got me confused and panicky. I was so worried that I might be at the wrong place. After a long 40 minutes wait (from the time the plane touched down), out came Zim! phew~ at least it means that I did not miss him!!!!

hee, anyway, I'm really thankful that he is finally back at my side. Now I can resume back to the lazy KeY and rely on Zim to run my errands!

Anyway, lovely Zim bought me and my two little pigs some stuff..

First stop... a little gift for the two little pigs!

A little cup for each of the little pig!

Second stop... a surprise from Zim.
Zim chose this because he knew that Green is my new black! It's really nice! (Though I've to admit that it doesn't look that good in photo!) Love it though!!

Last but not least... a special request from me (well, ah ping conveyed it for me in facebook!) Kinda hinted to Zim that I wanted something from the T&C shop at 5th Avenue and the silly boy got me this really sweet pendant.

Hee... KeY and the two little pigs really love what they got from NYC!

Zim is da best~