It has been quite some time since i last blogged. Guess this will b a long entry abt ... hatchdays!
Birthdays used to be something pretty grand in the past. Everyone (friends, familiy, relatives... ) would gather to rejoice over the fact that ur now one year older and hopefully one year wiser. But as we got older, its significance sort of fades.
Still remember those wonderful memories in the past... whenever we had birthday parties with some friends over at our place or some other venues, daddy would always be the voluntary DJ blasting away some of his loud music and egging the rest of us little kids on to start dancing. He'd do a self-demo while the rest of us look on in bewilderment.. Just what's that old man doing prancing around and smiling like a crazy fool? Haha... mummy will always be the reluctant dancer dragged down to the imaginary dance floor to kickstart the crazy dance fest with daddy. And not long after, u'd see a whole sea of somewhat possessed kids doing their thing. Haha...
Daddy always preaches to us tt there are always times when we shld disregard logical thinking and to not take things too seriously. Sometimes, acting silly isn't really a bad thing. And tt's just one thing i love so much about him. See the pix above? Yeah...that's me. Haha... Some peeks into my childhood days. Able to guess which ugly kid is me in the bottom middle pic? I'm the youngest of the 3 kids in my family.. so yeah... the sleepy and bored looking child on daddy's lap. tt's me. haha... as for the rest... it's pretty obvious. I looked so much like a mischievous boy eh? haha... yesyes.. laugh all u want! It's funny.. i know. haha
Fast forward to last year's bday in SD. It was pretty memorable cos it had been a really really long time since I last celebrated my bday. Besides, it was a wk earlier from my actual bday and I certainly wasn't expecting a celebration esp with us all in the midst of our exams. So it was really a pleasantly sweet surprise. Got to thank Bao, Ariel, Sam 1, Yi Xuan and Charmain for tt.
Post cake-cutting and dinner celebration was really awesome. Haha.. Ariel and Bao drove us down in 2 separate cars to Black's Beach where an eye-opening fest awaits. After yx and i swooned over ariel's extremely gorgeous Acura and much laughters over u-turns and the need for sudden brakes, we had to walk down the steep slopes to get to the beach. Thank gdness the weather was cold.. so it didn't felt like it was much of a workout. Ariel was the best. She was in heels can u believe it? Haha..
Upon reaching Black's Beach, ariel, yx and i removed our footwear and started running towards the fest like crazy fools as we felt the cool & chilly sea breeze hit against our faces. The sand was soft and the feeling of warm sea waves washing our feet every now and then as we ran felt really heavenly. Whoever said tt beaches should and could only be visited in the day? As we approached the main fest area, we saw many people dancing, smoking and drinking... basically merry-making.. and yeah... loadsa ppl in their bday suits. Still remember Bao covering my eyes with his bday-girl-should-not-be-seeing-such-stuff mentality. We all had a good laugh. Oh yeah... and if I didn't rmb wrongly, yx freaked out cos a lunatic drunkard sorta stalked her. Hahaha... memories of such kind will certainly remain forever. ;)
This year's bday celebration at home was a simple affair. It felt like dejavu cos mum's and sab's bday were carried out in a similar fashion. Our respective busy schedules in the day before meeting up at night to celebrate over those few treasured hours. U just got to change the design of the cake (we all happened to order swensen's for each other's bdays) and the star of the day! Despite it being sorta run-of-the-mill, I still appreciated it much, especially the thought behind it cos mum and sab took the effort to celebrate with me days earlier, knowing tt i'd be busy on the actual day itself. Mum went crazy with the peace or rather act-cute hand signs just cos she says tt I'm only 22 once in a lifetime. So yeah, we got tonnes of those shots, with some of them shown above. Those single shots are really awkward ones cos mum just didnt want to give me a break. She made me take loadsa silly and spastic looking shots. *faints* haha.
Thanks also for ur gifts mum n sab! Gotta thank serene for her beautiful Dor. Perk's and thanks also to ryan for calling me over the phone with ur loud YiYis and baby-talk plus ur tele-muacks! Thanks to Ben for the bday treat too! And thanks Ilyssa for allowing me to steal a hug from u. hahaha... gosh! thanks thanks thanks!
The actual day was spent mostly at school. 9am HRM test early in the morning meant tt we were all pretty much sleep deprived. Frantic speed-reading the day before + dragging urself out of bed the following day in order to make it in time for the test. The paper went ok, thanks to brainstorming sessions with bubu the night before. Though I didn't use the points discussed but it kinda helped me in getting crap god to possess my body and most imptantly, brains + hand coordination. Haha...so, thanks!
Proj discussion had a prelude to it. I honestly wasn't expecting tt and i felt really mm... awkward and embarrassed. Haha.. but thankful and appreciative at the same time. Despite Johnny's hints of 'the yellow light', I still cldn't catch it. Shit! I think I've caught the blur syndrome of 'miss moronic morning'. Hahaha. But anyways, thanks for everything + the gift guys!
Hunnie: Thanks for the bday sms, card and secret garden u chose! I'm touched tt u actually thought of my bday way before time. Haha.. 10 days of celebration rawks! U'd be my sweetest, prettiest, coolest and bestest bud ever! I'm really thankful to have gotten to know u this monster so much better from yr 3 on. Really thankful. Glad u were overjoyed during ur bday in Auckland! And thanks so much for all the effort and thought u put into this special day of mine. love ya!
Ting: Ur really someone with a big heart and great personality. Though u aren't really that expressive in words, but ur actions and sensitive thoughts behind it all really spks volumes. Was really touched by that and I really do appreciate everything u've done. Thanks also for the bday wishes, cake and all. ilu too! Friends 4eva!
Ya-Ning: First things first, ur chinese handwriting puts me to shame cos mine looks just like a kid's scrawl next to urs. haha... Thanks alot for ur bday wishes and thanks also for accompanying me the whole of friday buddie! We'd certainly be celebrating each and every1 of our bdays year after year. I'd just b a phone call/flight away!
Yihan: Scary! Thanks for being a part of this! U've made ah sum's bday '07 one to remember! And u'd be 22 in a few wk's time real soon too! So u'd be the one with the nu ren wei! HAHA..Oh! And thanks for being a dec baby cos bcos of u, i'm able to feel slightly more snr for once. wahaha...
Siewling: Mei nu! Ur "qing chun mei li, xing fu kuai le" is GREAT! Coming from mei nu.. hope that will really come true for me! haha.. thanks! Ur bday's coming soon too. It's just next mth! We'd have a smashing gd time then! Dont go back to Msia so soon k!
Huijuan: AHH!! Stop calling me joker sam! I'm not a joker! haha... Thanks for celebrating my bday and accompanying me the whole of friday. I did enjoy myself. Thanks once again!
Johnny: I got to ask u this again man. R u sure ur John and not Jane or something? Haha... ur handwriting.. GOSH! It's too neat to belong to a guy! Anyways, thanks for being part of the bday surprise! Appreciate it!
Thanks also to all for ur bday greetings, wishes, surprises and gifts! U guys made me feel as though love's really in the air. hahaha... Thanks cheapos, saeed, esther, chew thing, michelle, germaine, wee hock, ee ping, ee xuan, koljia, qianling, hongkai, yaowei, veron, jinting, daphnes, siewmen, charmain, shuyin, daniel, anjali, chi chang, tiff, bao, rena, dot, yao xin, nick, rachel, lynette, lisa, sirika, yixuan, sista, winnie, joanne, jaslyn, patrick, sam, sanmin, ciara, astri, shihui, cassandra, celine, jessica, charles, xiu ling, roshini, melody, william, my students and anyone else whom my lousy brain refuses to work on just this moment but hey... u've not been forgotten ok! U guys are all greatly loved by me! Muacks!
Oh and thanks loads for this collage though I really really dislike those spastic shots. haha...
Alright... guess i'm saying 'thanks' ever too much in this entry. Shall shut up now! Adios!