Singing Maara Vairi (Naasika Booshani raagam)

All the kids! Wide range of ages, and ALL of them sang solo!

Swetha, her sister Sandhya, Nammu and me :)

Happily discussing prior to Maithreem Bhajatha

The Mridangam player - Mr. Prakash.

All of us singing Jagadanandakaraka

Gomathi Maami, the leader of the Pancharatna Kritis, me, Shailaja giving Sri Thyagarajar's history, and Namratha

Subramaniam Maama doing the deevaardhanai. First time I saw/smelt karpuram since I came here! I LOVE the smell!

2 Maamas chanting slokams.

Pre-Thyagaraja Aradhana. And Nammu's dad testing the mic.

Our hearty dinner while watching Guru on YouTube. Pita bread (naan), potato curry and moor! This is THE life! :D (I'm not being sarcastic, btw.)

Potato Curry looks pretty good eh? :D

Namratha putting molaga podi Chandramukhi style (note the expression of glee while overly putting chilli powder!). I'd just missed her "laka laka laka".

Nammu caught the "eww gross, I'm in the kitchen" expression on my face while I was emptying the potatoes into the frying pan

At the entrance of a HAUNTED HOUSE. Teenu, you'd love it!

I'm sure Teenu would agree with this.

I felt very very dwarfed.

With the Fantastic Four! AAAH! :D

Superhero Mania!!!

The Falls at night.

Me and Suan Tin

From the Journey Behind the Falls tour. The Falls up-close!

The coldest part of the Falls. Railings are all completely frozen!

Dewi, me, Suan Tin and Hong Wu

Another angle. AAAAH. Awesome.

All the girls from NUS

I was awed by the sheer power of it.

The MAGNIFICENT Niagara Falls.

Hailin et moi

The WHOLE group of international students who went for the Niagara Falls trip!

Not the whole gang, but I'd say about a third. With an ice sculpture which has been completely blocked heh.

Me and our Big Yellow schoolbus!

With Artemis from Hong Kong and Lucan at vinery.

With 2 other international students - Zyania from Mexico and Lucan from Holland.

With Michelle - the student organiser of the Niagara Falls trip

Winery tour guide giving everyone a chance to taste the famous Ice Wine (which they all say was delicious and wonderfully sweet).

At the wine cellar - Yanjun, Julaina, me and Hailin

They took us to the winery at Niagara Falls first. These are the grape vines.

Suan Tin lovin' her cake! And Hailin in the background. Taken in the bus on our way to Niagara Falls.

A birthday Brownie for Suan Tin baked by Hailin! Decorated with jellybeans. Looks delicious eh? I helped to lick off the batter :D

FINALLY saw the train running on the railroad right next to campus! Very VERY up-close! We were just crossing the road and suddenly some bell started ringing and the railway signal lights came on and I turned around and saw the train heading towards me! (Like the pic) So cool. I didn't have enough time to take a photo standing on the track, but Hailin did and the train blared the horn at her heheh. Anyway, cool experience :D

Dewi, Me, Suan Tin and Dong Rong @ Polar Jam with the concert in the background. Basically an outdoor concert - 6 bands, 6 hours. All in waaay sub-zero weather!

Hailin and I while taking a break from the snow. Inside Fed Hall.

With fellow Polar Jam volunteer, Mishal. We got free hats btw!

Me with a cup of Hot Chocolate in the cold weather.

Snowboarding @ Polar Jam. Hailin caught him in the air! Great timing man :)

Fireplace, Hailin, me.

Donald and me with the wonderful fire. SUCH a cold day today. Hit -26 deg C!

A BEAUTIFUL photo of our fireplace-fire. Just looking at it makes me feel warm. (Thanks Hailin for the pic!)

Dinner at East Side Marios with the peeps from NUS! And Audrey who was in Singapore till JC and is doing her undergrad in UW. Clockwise - me, Kevin, Yangli, Dong Rong, Hailin, Dewi and Audrey. Dinner was great and wonderfully cheesy. The pasta was even called "Lotsa Cheese *something*". Had lots of fun :)