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I feel so much of blogging at this moment.
Like, been working too much the whole full week..
My mind is a big blank, except for work.
Everyday, 6pm cuckoo clock cuckoo-ed...
I felt time isn't enough.
Just like yesterday...
Luckily I didn't have to catch the company transport outside.

See. I'm talking about work.
Yesterday I submitted my leave form on my special day.
What's so great about birthday, really?
It's all the westernised stuffs that had just influenced our life..
All the sheer marketing gimmicks..
Just like Christmas, and Valentine's day..
Birthdays must be celebrated and stuffs..
Weird me..
I liked the sweet noodles my mum cooked for my birthday on the Lunar calendar..
I prefer that to the birthday cakes.
At the 20th birthday, 4-5 birthday cakes are too scary a quantity.

Let me recall those birthdays I remembered, starting from last year..
Let's just track back..

2006 - Studying at Changi Airport T1 on a Sunday, and eating Fish & Co.

2005 - Was out on my first date with Jossie alone.
And appear came Joo and Wenting during this exam period.
And I was so blur, I really thought they just happen to be there shopping in Orchard as well.
I still remembered when I bump into them in Zara, I said..
"Eh? So qiao?? Where you all heading to?"
Stupid Jossie actually already gave herself away, cos she couldn't hide her exciteness of giving me the surprise, and kept giggling and smiling at those clothes on the rack..
And EVEN MORE STUPID ME..
I just thought she suddenly went bonkers.. Can't be bothered..
Yah.. I still said "So qiao?" at first, cos I totally have no idea they gave me a surprise.
It's only when I went into the changing room, as I was changing in and out...
I was thinking.. "These two kids, study never study.. Still got time to come out shopping?!"
Then a sudden enlightenment came to me..
"OHHHHhhhh... They are here to give me a surprise birthday thingy!!!"
How slow can I be...? But I totally don't dismiss the fact that I bump into them shopping mah..
We went to Marche then..

On the night prior to my birthday in 2005, I remembered I met up with Cat at NYDC outside Heeren to have a hearty dinner and desserts. It felt so good just to relax there.


2004 - Spent in Hall. I was mugging in my room....
And probably totally forgotten my birthday is on the next day..
11+pm I heard loud noisy running footsteps of slippers 'Piak Piak Piak' along my corridor..
I walked out to take a peep and there's no one except JJ walking up.
Then he leaked the secret out of the bag, by giving me birthday wishes...
I was like.. Oh.. So they are all gathering at Cat's room before they come to me...
Cat's room was like the centre for gathering birthday well-wishers for all birthdays on Level 7...
I felt quite funny, stayed in my room, awaiting for my 'surprise'.. haha..
Yeap. My two 'sons' let the 'cat' out of the bag. lol..


2003 - It took me a long long time to recall what happened..
I even went to my pc and check on the photos I had.
And like.. wow.. 2003 was my 21st huh.. How can I forget??
I had mini birthday party at my place on 8th Nov, a Saturday.
My family, and my auntie, and family..
Too bad my bro2's pc crashed, and I had none of the photos we had then.
So upsetting. My 21st, with my closest 2 family...
My auntie and uncle whom I called mum and dad when I was young.

Then my actual birthday on 12 Nov.
It was a Wednesday.
I treated the whole lots of girl friends to NewAsiaBar for dinner..
My roomie Eva, Hall mates Yangmin, Ailin, Cat, Crystel, Joycelin..
CAC friends Yvonne and Eileen..
I remembered that I still need to talk to Jason Goh to 'release' Miss Yeo for my birthday lor..
Like.. Hey.. don't worry lah.. She'll be well-taken care of.. Blah blah blah...

Total of 9 people. Crystel joined after dinner..
So Total of 8 people on the long dining table.
It was a girls' night out. Cos all the guys have not finished their exams then..
The table of 8.. from different areas..
I kinda din't care if anyone click or clash.. I just invited whoever came to my mind..
At the start I got us a bottle of red wine.. 1 bottle only or was it two? hmm..
Either Merlot, Pinot or Sauvignon.. Cos I always pick either these three..
After the red wine... then the guests started to warm up..
And surprisingly what caused this group of girls on this table to start talking and hearing each other out..
GOSSIPS about THIS OTHER GIRL..
Whom they loved to say.. Susan.. Your best friend.. Your childhood friend..
ARGH.. Ok.. Fine.. Whatever..
But it's just so funny..
Everyone chipped in a bit or two of their SPECIAL encounter with her in their lives...
Everything about her existence...
From things in Hall 14, Hall 13, CAC, JC, even to things that she does in her room, cos her roomie was present.. It's totally amazing...
It's always good to have such legendary 'unique-in-her-own-ways' people around..
That caused gelling of all other people..
It's human nature huh..
Anyway, I'm still not afraid to suan her till she buay tahan but just to keep her mouth shut...

Ok.. After dinner, we spent a great time in the pretty toilet to take photos..
It's like 8 princesses, each taking up a nice stool and have a mirror in front of us..
Then it was birthday cake cutting outside Starbucks when we meet Crystel there.
And then we all headed towards Zouk..
A great fun night out...


Well.. Matters of the heart still bothered me..
All guys are just the same.
It was so many times... TOo many times in fact..
They get attracted to you cos of your sunshine-ness and friendliness..
And just get so close to you, forgetting that they have gfs or their 'near-gf-status' or crushes...
And TMD.. Sometimes.. The whole world knows except me..
And I had to find out with my OWN EYES..
That night, I just have to be reminded of this guy, cos he appeared in front of me.
And I slipped away, and spent the night in another acquaintance's place in Joo Chiat.
His house is quite big and pretty..
I liked the idea of having the attic like a movie place..


Anyway.. guys guys.. these guys.. are just the same...
Similar storyline.. Re-enacted too many times..
And till years later, it's still re-enacting...

In my first month of JC.. 1st month of having guys in the same school...
I've already learned how jerk guys could be..
That night was having orientation group outing at Marina South steamboat.
End up, left with me, my OGL and another senior guy, and 2 senior girls..
In the other OG under the Cleopatra Family, there's another girl from Cedar..
She has this big crush on my OGL, and super actively chased him, stick to him...
And I can't deny the fact that I was kinda having little crush on him..
I felt guys with braces, have very cute smile.. Erh.. Marvin, you are an exception case..
Yah.. My OGL has braces.. He was pretty cute..
Just that after some time, I felt he was too nuah.. don't really care a hoot of the future guy..
But anyway..
We walked back to City Hall from Marina South..
Walked through the parks, and onto ECP...
My first and my only time so far of walking back from Marina South..
It was a pleasant night..
Just that when my GL talking about this Cedar girl with this other guy senior...
He felt she was pestering him.. and he's trying to be nice to her..
Already let her know he's not interested, and she's still that persistent...
And this last comment, maybe it's just a passing comment, but it's very ARGH..
"Sometimes I felt, I should just play around with her.. Anyway, she ownself song4 shang4 men2 one.."
This sentence, sounded soooo jerk...
Which is why I started drifted further from him.. eekks...
Then sometimes I wonder..
In some cases..
If it's I song4 shang4 men2 one.. Ok. I was playing along too.. Not serious at all..
If it's not.. and I had tried to stay away.. Then it's not song4 shang4 men2...
It's the door (men2) that came after me, and want me to enter...


I know how does it feel to be connected to the significant other...
"Like" is just a superficial word...
"Like" can bring you as far as staying in contact as friend..
"Adore" carries a greater depth than "Like", with a tinge of admiration...
"Adore" means like and want to be with you..
"Love" is a strong word.. but often misused, misunderstood...
"Love" means you are willing to do anything for the good of the other, not asking for returns..
"Love" is to be felt sincerely.. A strong connection.. That's beyond description...
I know how it felt...


Okay... back to birthday..

2002 - I had many birthday celebrations..

My birthday in 2002, is my first day of IHPT, or was it the second?
Then I treated my project mates beverages at Starbucks, Marina Square.
They in turn, bought me a small black forest cake, and a Pooh Bear puppet in giraffe clothes.

That evening, I treated Yvonne and Marvin to NYDC I think. There's another girl?
Or was it only Yvonne and the other girl at NYDC, Suntec?? and no Marvin?
Who's the other girl...? I remembered, not someone I'm very close to..
But.. acquaintance lor..
Memory not good. Eddery asked me to eat gingko nuts lor.. Funny anot?
To think my customer tell me that..

CAC 12th management comm had a cake..
Some chocolatey cake from Secret Recipes bought by Daphne..
CAC 10th and 11th management comm outing had another cake at Marina South. Black Forest.
I also had a mango mousse cake..
Can't remember clearly, most probably from Eva, or people in hall..

Yeap. 4 cakes in total for this birthday..



2001 - 19th birthday.
It was the first birthday in NTU.
First week of school holidays.
I went out with my then-deardear...
It was movies at Lido, Steamboat place at the building next to it..
Quite an expensive and well-known steamboat restaurant..
Slipped off my mind what's its name.. The receipt I still kept it somewhere. Trackable one..
It was there, where I received my first birthday gift.. A pair of earrings from moshi moshi.
Then, it was shopping at Taka..
Guess where I was dragged to? The lingerie department..
I was so embarassed, cos being a girl, I know things lesser than him lor..
And yeap.. He chose and bought me 2 items, add on to my birthday pressie..
I still have them though.. hehe.. Laughs..
Then we went to Coffee Club at Taka, to take a break..
Had a hot chocolate and a slice of my fave blueberry cheesecake..
We were still full from the Steamboat, so we didn't had dinner..
Oh... It's Coca Steamboat!! Simple and nice.. Is it still there? or folded up already?
He went home to drive his dad to airport, flying off for business trip..
So I shopped around Orchard, and went back to hall, waiting for him..

I thought the day of happiness just ended..
Never did I know, I was given my fave Tatty Bear..
I was surprised at the size of it..
Initially I thought he would give me a small bear..
I was surprised it was so big when I took it out of the Taka paper bag..
To think that his birthday, I did so many kuku things..
His birthday planning was better than me.. hehe..
Surprises after surprises.. Really heartwarming...
Even though it's the one and only birthday we spent together...
It's good enough.. It's very sweet, very memorable...

That's about it... I've typed enough.
Time to have my breakfast..
My birthday this year...
If I'm taking back my leave form..
I will definitely borrow car from boss that day.

Labels: Birthdays, Love, Peaceful, Random thoughts