private function draw_calendar($month, $year){
		/* draw table */
		$calendar = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="calendar">';

		/* table headings */
		$headings = array($this->user->lang('SUNDAY'), $this->user->lang('MONDAY'), $this->user->lang('TUESDAY'), $this->user->lang('WEDNESDAY'), $this->user->lang('THURSDAY'), $this->user->lang('FRIDAY'), $this->user->lang('SATURDAY'));
		$calendar .= '<thead class="calendar-head"><tr class="calendar-row"><td class="calendar-day-head">'.implode('</td><td class="calendar-day-head">', $headings).'</td></tr></thead>';

		/* generation found at http://davidwalsh.name/php-calendar */
		/* days and weeks vars now ... */
		$running_day = date('w', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
		$days_in_month = date('t', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
		$days_in_this_week = 1;
		$day_counter = 0;
		$dates_array = array();

		/* row for week one */
		$calendar .= '<tr class="calendar-row">';

		/* print "blank" days until the first of the current week */
		for($x = 0; $x < $running_day; $x++) {
			$calendar .= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
			$days_in_this_week++;
		}

		/* keep going with days.... */
		for($list_day = 1; $list_day <= $days_in_month; $list_day++) {
			if($list_day == date('j') && $month == date('n') && $year == date('Y')) {
				$calendar .= '<td class="calendar-day calendar-today">';
			}
			else {
				$calendar .= '<td class="calendar-day">';
			}
			/* add in the day number */
			$calendar .= '<div class="day-number">'.$list_day.'</div>';

			$events = $this->events->get_events_of_day($month, $list_day, $year);

			if(!empty($events)) {
				for($i = 0; $i < count($events); $i++) {
					$events[$i]['time_number'] = $this->time_to_number($events[$i]['start'], $this->user->lang('PM'));
				}
				usort($events, function ($a, $b) {
					return strnatcmp($a['time_number'], $b['time_number']);
				});
			}

			foreach($events as $event) {
		 		$calendar .= '<div class="calendar-event"><p><a href="' . $this->helper->route('event', array('id' =>  $event['id'])) . '">' . $event['title']. '</a></p>';
				if($event['start'] != NULL) {
					$calendar .= '<span><i class="fa fa-clock-o lazyIcon"></i> ' . $event['start'] . ' - ' . $event['end'] . '</span>';
				}
				$calendar .= '</div>';
			}
			unset($events);

			$calendar .= '</td>';

			if($running_day == 6) {
				$calendar .= '</tr>';

				if(($day_counter+1) != $days_in_month) {
		  			$calendar .= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
				}

				$running_day = -1;
				$days_in_this_week = 0;
			}

			$days_in_this_week++; $running_day++; $day_counter++;
		}

		/* finish the rest of the days in the week */
		if($days_in_this_week < 8) {
			for($x = 1; $x <= (8 - $days_in_this_week); $x++) {
				$calendar .= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
			}
		}

		/* final row */
		$calendar .= '</tr>';

		/* end the table */
		$calendar .= '</table>';

		/* all done, return result */
		return $calendar;
	}