annjayelle: Birthday

An Open Letter of Appreciation to my Best Friend

The Color Run 2013,

Siloso Beach, Singapore

As the clock strikes 12mn, we all know (or well, at least, I know) that it’s your 24^th birthday, bitxh.

It was only 13 when we came across each other’s life, and that’s because of our similar interest in sports, where we played Netball together as a team.

It’s never a regret, but rather a blessing getting to know your existence in this world. Clearly enough, you're irreplaceable, well, in terms of being the absolute best friend.

Time and again, there must have been a few occasions that I've successfully pissed you off but it is never ever made known to me or either, the amount of effort you put in to tolerate my craps is out of the world. I certainly, can never find someone who is able to handle my worst for these 10 years, a fxxking decade.

These 10 years might not be the best of my 24 years of living but I do really genuinely appreciate your presence and the effort made to stick with me through my ups & downs in life.

When I am at my lowest point, you are there for me with comforting words that are always overly rated or sugarcoated (but I’ll give you an A for effort). The times that I’d fallen sick when I was still residing back in Singapore, you were always the one dropping by before and after school to check out on me.

Your help isn’t just for me but often, being extended to my family as well. HOW COULD WE NOT APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS YOU’VE DONE FOR US, RIGHT? It’s never going to be justified because, I am indebted to your kindness and acts of love, definitely, I will never be able to repay it and I will not be repaying it either (‘cos that’s how I roll).

Not to forget, whenever I am feeling on top of the world, you would be instantly delighted as well, like you’re proud and happy that I am happy. How could I possibly find someone who would be as genuinely happy as I am, not being jealous of, even though the benefits are not even being directed to them?

Despite the countless times of you pissing me off with your extraordinary thinking and replies, planning a road trip & making me to clock a mileage of 600km+ in a day on the road as the solo driver… I can't even. Then again, I can really see that you will take my feedback into real consideration. Guilt-tripping you at my best, I don’t mean to do that though (just kidding, I am always going to make you guilty whenever I can).

Then, I've learnt the fact that we should not determine one’s verdict just because of one mistake they committed and forgetting the other 100 good things they have done. This is the reason why I will never hate you but seriously, stop pissing me off so often already. (Just kidding!)

I do not usually say my thanks or show my appreciation so when I do, it’s going to be an utterly lengthy post. Please do not reply me with a "TL;DR", I will fxxking slap you in your face. (I kid again.)

Still, this piece of crap isn’t even enough to show the 0.1% of appreciation & gratitude from me to you but whatever it is, I sincerely hope that this year would be a fulfilling year with overwhelming of awesomeness for you and always remember that people, who deserve you in their life, will always come find you and stay. I stayed, I motherfxxking stayed so I can guilt-trip you every now & then.

Be awesomely happy, and cheers to this one decade of friendship!

Last but not least, HAPPY 24^TH BIRTHDAY, YOU BXTCH!

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, by annjaylim

Birthday

Wild & Shiok

Happy awesomely super duper belated (1.5 months later) birthday to this old classmate of mine!!

She's Chay, a.k.a Priscillia.

Single, but unsure about her availability status. LOL

Finally, met up with her after a long delay but who says we need to meet every single day, right? This kind of close-knitted friendship doesn't need to meet up everyday, you know we always have this space in each other's hearts. That's all it matters. Moreover, we always have tons of things to talk about despite not meeting up often, there wouldn't be much awkwardness at all... Best feeling in the world.

The objective of yesterday's meetup was to bring her around and indulge in the food, people always rave about. LOL not sure what does she normally eat. Perhaps, Jai Thai... Since she used to work near there, and she always checks in at Jai Thai for lunch which surprisingly, I haven't get to try the thai food there. I am not fated with Jai Thai, I swear... It's either closed or not opened yet, otherwise... It would be the adverse bad weather with heavy downpour which deters us from walking there.

So, this girl had not tried All-Day Breakfast at Wild Honey before (HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?!?!) and then, the Shiok Maki at Koh Grill & Sushi Bar. It's always better to make reservation, especially on weekends, better be safe than sorry. I made the reservation on Thursday via the app, "Chope" which is super convenient but only available for certain restaurants, & eateries.

Before meeting up with her (& Shini who arrived late. RAGE), I proceeded to the Pandora outlet at Ion to get her birthday present. Seriously, all Pandora outlets are always being plagued by so many patronizers, and a lot of charms at the Ion outlet are all OOS. I was pretty dumbfounded when one of the customers asked for the stocks for about AT LEAST 5 different charms, it was all OOS. None of the charms she enquired is available, not sure she is just unlucky or what. I overheard (she was just beside me) and I literally smiled to myself, cos it's a little ridiculous. Not even 1 of the 5 she requested has stocks LOL seriously.

Again, I was not that LUCKY either... Since the first charm I requested, the Eiffel Tower, is also OOS. I tried my luck again, with Big Ben, & the Statue of Liberty... Alas, There is stock for the Statue of Liberty and I THINK it is the last one since the saleswoman had a little trouble when finding it for me lol.

There is only one cash register as well... I had to wait for the previous customer to be done with her purchase since the system is all keyed in with her items... Saleswoman has to close the sales that's currently on the system then she can proceed to close another sales. Oh well, I am pretty used to waiting for hours in recent weeks. For hours, I meant, it's all waiting alone for at least 2 hours. My patience has really improved by A LOT. I couldn't even wait for 30 mins last time but it then extended to 45mins - 1 hour, now... I can easily wait up to at least 2 hours. Read: AT LEAST.

Please people, now you all CANNOT say I am impatient anymore. Recent incidents all had proven that I can wait for hours, ALONE. Case closed.

Thank goodness, I still made it in time after getting the birthday present and walked over to the Wild Honey at Scott Square. I almost lost my way there, for the fact that I seldom patronize at Scott Square, and only had been there once... For Wild Honey too (cos only the outlet there can make reservation lol). I have superb memory, when comes to anything except academic related stuffs. My memory didn't fail me and I arrived at the destination, 3pm sharp. #pleaseclapforme

Shortly after, PCZX arrived, she sat down so abruptly, kinda stunned me. She's so skinny, like literally... Bones and skins. She said must be the all the stress from work, and I think I also need to work for some insurance company so that I can slim down easily hahahaha.

Tadah, the birthday girl!

With her All-Day Breakfast.

I Love New York

She had this New York Breakfast which consists of scrambled eggs with salmon, bagel, cream cheese (?), and 2 rosy red small tomatoes. Such a coincidence that... I chose Statue of Liberty as her birthday present as well, all the New York, States, related stuffs.

My Usual.

English Breakfast

Bacons, sausage, roasted half tomato & potatoes, sautéed mushrooms, scrambled eggs, toasts, and the broad bean tomato sauce (or whatever it is called). This platter is so huge, I always can't finish it but don't worry... I have Shini with me ALL THE TIME hahaha.

Shini finally got her ass with us when it was already 330pm, she ordered Morocco Chicken Pie (which I initially was contemplating for that main or hungover sandwiches but chose English in the end). The Morocco Chicken Pie looked pretty mediocre to me, it wasn't IG worthy, just a normal looking pie and a side of garden salad which is all greens and nothing. It looked like a pile of grass to me so, there's no picture for her food lolol but here's a picture of her though:

Hi, she is Shini.

We actually only met up at 3pm (I had my breakfast at about 9am) then late lunch at 330pm, before we moved off to stroll around in town. I guess I am the only one who already shopped quite a fair bit for my CNY clothings, I started buying last December, and keep it somewhere in the wardrobe to prepare for CNY. You can't wait until the last minute to do all these CNY purchases, there won't be THAT many nice designs left. Poor little Shini, she was the only one who doesn't have any new clothes at all, we all then accompanied her to look around.

It's really a bad move to step into town during the weekend, even on a Friday, it won't be as crowded, rather... Pretty empty. The crowd on a Saturday is beyond my imagination, Chay & I would wait outside the blogshops at FEP as Shini went in to take a look LOL the space is so small and confined... In the end, she went home empty-handed actually LOL wtf, stupid girl.

Oh, no... She actually bought a sports bra & swimming goggles for herself, I WAS THE ONE who helped her to get such good deals. OBSERVANT is me, next time you guys can just ask me to accompany you for shopping already. The goggles she saw are all 22$ and above, but I managed to find one that's $18.90, same brand and then, found the Adidas sports bra at $39 for her too. I realized, she didn't really thank me about it but asking,"HOW COME I DIDN'T SEE THE GOGGLES AT 18.90$ ONE???" bitch please. Open your eyes and be more observant next time. HEHE

I think, she spent at least 10mins in the fitting room to try her stupid sports bra, which made us queued an hour outside Koh Grill & Sushi Bar for dinner... The queue was so long, we were all dumbstruck but it's all worth the wait since Chay said the Shiok Maki is shiok. Mission accomplished!

Shiok Maki

We ordered extra one more at the end, but almost couldn't finish it.

Pitan Maki

Zhelin said IT WAS BETTER THAN SHIOK MAKI but we begged to differ... Chay only had 1 piece and she said she doesn't really like the sauce cos it is made of century eggs...

Shini ordered a mini Cha Soba, whereas Chay had some ramen. We ordered 3 sets of Maki, 2 Shiok, 1 Pitan, and also a set of 5 pieces Gyoza. LOL, I would only go back if I crave for the Shiok Maki, the sauce is so nice, with the fire torch flaming burnt taste and the salmon is so smooth...

Here's the pictures of us!!

We did a similar pose 6 years ago...

We looked horrible and undeniably, we look so much older but prettier now HEHE

No picture for it. LOLOLOL

A smooch to seal this post!!

I really hope she enjoyed her day with us...

AND CNY IS REALLY FINALLY COMING WOOHOO CAN'T WAIT PLEASE.

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK AHEAD!!!!

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, by annjaylim

Birthday

I NEED A LIFE LIKE THIS.

PLEASE TELL ME...

YOU THINK THIS IS AN AWE-INSPIRING SHOT.

Hahaha, I took this when I was in New Zealand. YES. IT'S NEW ZEALAND. Oh my goodness, my recent posts would have a touch on this marvelous country without fail. Just an hour ago, my BFF told me my favourite song was used on New Zealand tourism TV commercial, aired in Australia. I GUESS I WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A KIWI, BUT SOME CONNECTIONS WENT WRONG AND I ENDED UP IN TRULY ASIA. Nonetheless, the song should be quite well-known by many. OLD IS GOLD, PEOPLE. Appreciate it.

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

I think... The band was formed by Australians &... You can google the rest.

Alright, I WAS kinda hyped up initially...

Then, after a shower (supposed to be freshened up, feeling more awake...), I'm feeling kind of a little sleep right now. Sometimes, my brain is really a scumbag. I can't seem to wake up in the morn for school, I'd snooze my alarm for like, 3 times, before I actually drag myself off my bed and prepare for school. Except, the morning lesson at 830am, I don't have any time allowance allocated to laze in bed. I would jump out from bed instead to fight through the crowds at customs ad be early for school. Oh yes, my brain is a scumbag because... When it's my off day, I WOULD WAKE UP AUTOMATICALLY IN THE MORNING DESPITE NOT HAVING THE HEALTHY DURATION OF 8 HOURS OF SLEEP. WHAT KINDA SORCERY IS THIS?! Need some enlightenment here.

(!!!!!!)

First and foremost,

14th March, this is my daddy dearest's birth date! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!! He's 54 this year, still as strong as a bull, kind of a workaholic like always, and born with this super undeniable good temper. He neither scold nor cane us at all, ever since we were young and being mischievous. My mom would always be the villain, caning my brothers and I as if the world was gonna end tomorrow but don't worry, it doesn't happen now already. So, my dad treats me really well, he always gets the stuffs I need for me (Not that I am princessy) but if I could, I would have settled things on my own instead.

He's chilled like an ice.

Hahaha, he's one of those who doesn't really show out his love for anybody, not even to my mom. He's like a wooden block, I guess... That's the culture of my WHOLE family. It's hard for me to verbally confess to someone but I could do it easily over a letter or text, but just not verbally. My whole family doesn't flaunt the family love around, we don't hug each other or say something mushy to one another. Maybe, my parents don't practice such acts since young, hence, we're really good at repressing our feelings to ourselves.

Me & my DAD

He looks Japanese, right!

(Honestly speaking, my gratitude for him can never be measured, it's like the endless flowing river you find in New Zealand. He works so hard to earn enough money, sending 3 of us to complete our education. Whenever you need something, he would try his best to get it done, he believes that with hard work, anything and everything can be done. Helping others is his forte and he keeps secrets well!! There was once when his friend confided in him, he pretended nothing actually happened. He likes to joke around with me and kid me, he was telling me that he was already home the other day and he had to come out just to pick me up but actually, he was still in his office working. He's one of the best fathers you yearn to have. I AM NOT KIDDING. ALAMAKKKK, cannot express my overflowing gratitude anymore in words. I LOVE YOU, DAD!!)

Whoa, it's getting late.

The time on my laptop says it's 1:56am right now. My bed is calling out to me, my sheepies are asking me to hug them to sleep and my bunny is already asleep but actually, sometimes, I sleep on my bunny and/or sheepies lolol. My brain seems to be dysfunctional at the moment, I shall blog again at a sooner date...

AND OH GOD, I SERIOUSLY NEED TO UPLOAD MY NEW ZEALAND PHOTOS AND BLOG ABOUT IT BUT THEN EXAMS SCHEDULE IS OUT SO TELL ME ABOUT IT. WHAT SHOULD I DOOOOOOOOOO AND I WANNA TRAVEL AFTER 11th MAY WHEN MY EXAMS END AND I HAVE ALL MY FREEDOM BEFORE A NEW SEMESTER STARTS AND SERIOUSLY I WANNA GO BACK TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT I WON'T MIND ANOTHER ROADTRIP AT USA, EUROPE OR AUSTRALIA THOUGH. JUST GET ME THE AIR TICKETS AND I WILL FLY WITH YOU. I'M ADVENTUROUS JUST LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT ABOUT SURVIVING IN THIS LIFE, IT'S ABOUT LIVING IT, DON'T WASTE YOUR YOUTH AND START TRAVELLING, BE AN EXPLORERRRRRR, THE WORLD IS SO BIG TO NOT TRAVEL.

I JUST NEED A DAMN GOOD TRAVEL COMPANION WHO CAN DRIVE, A VALID PASSPORT, A BACKPACK WITH ESSENTIAL ITEMS AND A FEW CLOTHING, STARBUCKS IN MY HAND, IPOD TOUCH, ENOUGH MONEY TO TRAVEL, MY LITTLE MISS RED A.K.A MY NIKON V1 J1 CAMERA, AND IT WILL BE A FRUITFUL, FUN-FILLED, LOVING, LAID BACK, RELAX, WONDERFUL, AWESOME ADVENTUREEEEEEEEE.........

I.............AM.............GOING..............INSANE..........

FUTURE BOYFRIEND MUST HAVE PASSION IN DOING ALL THESE AS WELL HAHAHA SO WE CAN TRAVEL TOGETHER AND CAPTURE BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS LIKE THIS, FOREVER IN OUR MINDS. HAHAHAHA BRAIN IS SHUTTING DOWN SO YOU CAN PARDON ME OF ALL THESE NONSENSICAL STUFFS BUT REALLY, WHAT AN AWESOME LAYOUT PLAN LOL IT WILL COME TRUEEEEEEEEESONMLS VLSFMA'FSALKNLFA'NAK A BYE AND GOODNIGHTTTTTTT!!!

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, by annjaylim

Birthday

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013!

Fireworks/ 2013.
Marina Bay, Floating Platform

First of all,

HAPPY 2013!!!

A little belated but nonetheless, it's just the start of a brand new year! I was supposed to blog a few days back but had been procrastinating pretty much lately... I shall just do up one post before I head out with my mom & her friend's daughter a.k.a the designer of our new house! We are gonna scout for some equipment to be installed in the kitchen and then, heading over to the new house to collect the key, & inspection.

The bottom line:

2012 seemed so short-lived for me. It was like,"hey, I thought I've just attended the Navy New Year's Eve Ball at Hyatt hotel (31st Dec, 2011) and now, I'm counting down for 2013 already?!" It just amazed me for how time really flies... I'm into my final phase of education before I eventually graduate with a degree this year (Provided if it's a smooth-sailing journey for me, passing all modules with good results).

Twenty Twelve.

Nothing really THAT awesome for that year but it was still an unforgettable one, I guess? I had mentioned in the past post, talking about how much I had traveled, stepping into another milestone of my life by turning 21, how lucky I was to be surrounded by a bunch of great friends, tho' I might had lost some along the way but always tell yourself, friends worth having, are the ones who would stick with you until you get old & die. It's good to have 2 friends, but it is always better to have 1 good friend. You are never alone, as long as you can have someone whom sharing awkward silence isn't awkward at all.

Flying from countries to countries.

As previously noted, I flew to Phuket (Thailand) - An impromptu trip planned in less than a week, Taiwan - A trip for mountain climbing with 3 good friends, Bangkok (Thailand) - 'Cos my mom didn't wanna sacrifice her trip just to send me to custom for that 1 day of school, thus, I was being psycho-ed to go, & Vietnam - Touring almost whole of Vietnam in 10 days, from HCM > Hoi An > Hanoi. Oh, besides all these countries, I took domestic flight with Mom & Aunt to KL for a short getaway, main purpose was to go over and celebrate my maternal cousin's 5th birthday before my Taiwan trip, and then later this year, after Christmas, Dad drove us all to KL from JB to attend paternal cousin's wedding. HA, yes, it was all about traveling...

21st Birthday.

I had 2 celebrations for my 21st, one was in Malaysia, on the eve of my birthday. The other one was in Singapore, during my actual birthday. Mom organized one for me back at home, people invited were mostly her friends and dad's friends but what could I ask for more when there was food, 2 birthday cakes, angpows from the adults, nothing that I needed to but just show my face and collect angpows, plus cake cutting. HAHA thank you, Mom!! The one held in Singapore was a last-minute celebration, hence, no better chalet could be booked 'cos we booked only a week in advance but really appreciated for the people who made their way down. Not a big hooha, but it was good to gather everyone for some catching up & drinking session which made everyone got wasted (for those who drank)!

Social Nights, Commissioning Ball.

Hahaha I had been invited to attend all these with different gentlemen who were either gonna get commissioned or just for social events, once they have passed out from the parade to the journey of becoming an officer or something... I had been feasting really well that year, all the events were at hotels, so... You know, the food was all banquet type. Abalone and whatnot. ^^v Anyhow, thanks guys, for inviting me to attend such event with you, tho' I might have looked off with makeup and all but hope you people enjoyed my company!!

Celebrate 2013.

The final activity I had before the clock strikes 12mn and HOORAY! It was a new beginning of a new year, likewise, every ending comes from a new beginning... Since it have already begun, or maybe it didn't start of as a blast, but when Dec 31st, 2013 is nearing, make sure you strive to do and change the ending with a happy note!

The Countdown.

Shini & I bought tickets to this Celebrate 2013 countdown event held at Marina Bay, Floating Platform hosted by Channel 5, sponsored by Volks Wagen. There were many local artistes performing except for 2 Kpop groups, which I don't even know who the heck are they, and then... There were KYLE PATRICK (He looks better with short hair) and Jersey Boys! They were awesomeeeeee!! Oh, it was a spoilsport when it rained the whole mother day... Literally, non-stop rain until 2 hours into the event then it sort of stopped raining or just having super light drizzles... My birkenstocks was all wet, and my feet got the stain from the sole. It's still here, the stains on my feet but fading as I bathe each time.

31st Dec, 2012.

I met up with Shini, wanted to go over to Ah Loy Thai at Shaw Tower for some Thai cuisine but the heavy rain killed our plan so we ate at the substitute we could find in Bugis Junction, the Siam Kitchen. Definitely... Not one that I would recommend tho' the staff was all friendly but the food was just so MEH. OH, hahaha we met a funny friends in pair who sat beside us. They ordered some drumsticks and it really looked like fried frog legs instead, it was so skinny HAHAHA they were complaining to each other about it and also to us, then the one sat beside me asked us not to laugh in a joking manner but hell, it was really hilarious just listening to their conversations!

Pad Thai!
With Glass Noodles

Shini with her beef set.

Lunch was finally nom-ed at 3.30pm before we strolled around to look for bobby pins because it slipped off my mind to put the pins into my bag and also, the contact lens case I took out but left it on the table... Talk about memory, I have goldfish memory. In the end, I didn't manage to get any cheap ones so I used Shini's lousy quality bobby pins on my french braided fringe instead but with a few adjustment throughout the countdown event, it lasted me thru the night. Not bad at all!

Defeated by the rain in the afternoon, finally... It got lighter and we walked to Bugis Street (?), to Ah Chew Dessert for some Chinese dessert. I was disappointed in mine, the tofu skin was so smashed, you only could wash it down your gullet together but... I wanted to chew before I swallow/drink it! The only thing chewable was the Ginko nuts... Why like that? :(

Shini's Black Sesame Paste
NJ's Ginko, something blah blah

Celebrate 2013
Green tag for > 18yo

It was a letdown by the dessert but we still carried an excited heart to the Marina Bay, Floating Platform for the event to start! HAHA frankly speaking, it didn't much psyche us up until Gurmit Singh took over and hosted the event with Joanne Peh. Damn, he was such an awesome host, besides Hossan Leong... The Navy Year End Ball 2011 was hosted by Hossan Leong, he was a really hilarious chap!

Oh, we got to our seats (free seating) at about 7.10pm and music was flying at the stage by DJ Foxxxxxy already. It was still having heavy drizzles so everyone was seated with umbrella opened until few hours into the event, the host tasked us to celebrate the event with umbrella closed!! WOOHOO, finally clear view from our seats to the stage. About 9pm, Param finally reached and joined us for the rest of the countdown. Thank goodness, he drove... Hahaha, sending us back home after dinner + breakfast at CWP Mcdonald's.

The most insanity of the night was... There was a blockage at some exit and apparently, LTA only put the barrier right in front of the exit, they didn't give enough allowance time for drive to get notified. Param nearly got the car crashed onto it but his agility + the stability of his car, swerved nicely out of that lane safely. LOL I was seriously a little shocked... Then, before that, Shini was shouting "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!" to passerby on the roads with her head sticking out from the sunroof as Param drove hahahaha probably a tick checked off from her bucket list.

Oh oh oh, we saw at least 15 GTRs and Subaru (most of them were GTRs) at some tunnel, starting to race or stuff like that? The engine sound was awesome and the way they took off... I thought I could only watch it in the movie but no... I just witnessed it on the 1st day of 2013!! Most of them had a girl at the passenger seats... Only 2 were alone in their respective cars... Could have gotten my chance, damn. JUST KIDDING LOL but anyhow, it was a damn spectacular view of the night man and they were using walkie-talkie to communication & a car to block of the road/lane for them so... Tell me about it...

It was really an awesome nightttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!

These few eventful episodes probably summed up my entire 2012, I'm not gonna go into details, talking about what were all the stuffs happened back then, not that I could remember every miniature details anyway! I hope you guys had enjoyed your year & may 2013 be an awesome year ahead for everyone!! With that, I must say... Put in effort to shape the year you've yearned for, nothing's gonna fall from the sky for you (maybe some bird shit) if you don't work for it. No pain, no gain!!

Hokay, hope everyone enjoyed their countdown and make this whole new year an unforgettable one with super duper awesome memories!!!

Few more pictures before I end!

The shot Shini wanted me to take, without eyes, just mouth.

Another peekture of her!

Chocobanana!!
It was so awesome, sliced banana inside!

Good'ay, everyone!

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, by annjaylim

Birthday

Long lost update for my 21st!

Hola!

I feel guilty for abandoning this blog of mine ever since.. The last crappy post (which isn't a proper post at all). So, initially, I wanted to post about my birthday celebration which is almost 1.5months ago but I was just lazy to prepare a post for it. Too many things to be jotted down and exams were just around the corner, thus, the excuses for not updating the blog. Right now, maybe I shall clear the debts and compose a really long post for you guys? HAHA, we shall see how much can I type and how many readers will finish reading my post.

Guestbook for 31st made by Shini.

Birthday board made by Jerine & wishes filled by the uni clique!

Let's start with my 21st birthday parties!

On the 30th March, it was a Friday and I had my first 21st birthday party back home in Malaysia. The attendees consisted of my mom's old friends, dad's friends, some relatives and cousins, and the only friend attended it was Shini (since she was helping me out with my party in Singapore the next day). My mom did all the catering, inviting, cleaning up the house and preparing everything together with my aunt who stays under the same roof as us. It was supposed to be in restaurant, like maybe reserving a few tables and invite relatives but to think of it, there would always be an AWKWARD moment during birthday party. Yes, it is during the time when people start to sing you the birthday songs and you have zero idea where to look at. Also, my dad doesn't fancy restaurant food so I told my mom we would just held one simple party back at home.

Tadaah!

This is my mom.

Yup, there were 2 cakes, one of it was ordered by my relative, the crepe cake. It was really made by layers of crepe and it tasted really awesome. The other one was the jelly cake my mom ordered from a friend of hers, in a shape of sheep 'cos my zodiac is a sheepish sheep/goat. So anyhow, it was more of a "reason to gather everyone & have catch-up with everybody" kinda party 'cos... Most of the time I was back in the house, playing with my cousins and watching TV and the rest of the adults would be drinking beers, talking away... Well, it's always good to have a gathering once in awhile but people are just lazy to plan a gathering like this. From the cleaning of house to the logistics, catering and whatnot.

Angpows I received!

It's all gone by now actually, I just gave them to my mom on Saturday.

The awesome key.

It's from my parents' friends.

After the end of the party, I did help to sweep the floor in the living room and... Shini said she prefers mopping so................. It was finally the time we agreed to work together. TEAMWORK - as Shini has always wanted with me. If you get what I mean. Hiak hiak.

Bam! It was 12mn and this marked the actual birthday of mine!

(Even though I was born in the afternoon at 2pm - If I remember correctly but who cares, right!) So, wishes started flowing in via various media platforms, twitters, Facebook, SMS-es, BBM and Whatsapp... Thank you all for the well-wishes, it's just too many to thank but I had thanked and replied each and everyone of you on Facebook but I do have a list of people who texted me though, it's still in my Blackberry and they are... Weiloon, Eugene, Eileen Soh, Benjamin Loong, Felicia Chua, Veronica Chong, Nicholas Toh, Shi Yee, Zhuxin, Yutai, Timothy Chua, Michelle Ng, Zhelin (my fucking BFF), Matthew Yee, Wei Lun, Jason Lim, Hadi (SPA), Mark Lim, Edwin. If anyone of you did text me but is not mentioned, I'm sorry but my Blackberry is clearing text messages on its own, even whatsapp too.

So, birthday celebration part 2!

We (Shini & I kinda... Overslept by a little) finally get ready and headed to Singapore! Shini headed home to get some stuffs while I met with Edwin at kranji and waited for Shini. Edwin then passed me my birthday present from SPA, an Adidas windbreaker and a week or so later, he then passed me a $50 F21 voucher from the money leftover for the windbreaker. Thanks peeps, Thomas, Eugene, Yutai, Weiloon, Shini, Felicia, Jiayao, Veronica, Janice, Amanda, Vincent, Pang Chuen, Ghazali, Afiq, Alvin, Edwin, Eileen, Junwei, Shihui, Xiao Ming.

Oh yes, I met up with Edwin, took the train (we thought Shini was in it) and headed to Ion to collect my awesome rum and cherry AWFULLY chocolate cake! The time in between was horrendous, I was left at the eating area alone while waiting for Edwin & Shini to do something sneaky. In the end, Edwin went to get 3 flowers for me, my best junior forever is so sweet right!

Thereeeeee, hahahaha.

Flowers still sitting in my bag.

Next, we took some bus to Marine Parade and me up with my 2nd bitch, Zhuxin who came earlier to help out for the party! We then cab to the chalet and that was the first time I went for a chalet after a whole good 2 years man. Seriously... Yet, the chalet had to be so of a low quality but only could blame ourselves (Shini & I) for a last minute party and almost all other chalets were booked for that weekend. Thomas could be another witness too 'cos he was helping us to check out available slots too.

Anyhow, here are some of the pictures!

Pre-celebration photos.

The 3 lovelies who came over to help!

LOL ANYWAY, while the 2 girls were helping out the celebration, Edwin accompanied me to withdraw money but the damned ECP was having renovation and after walked so damn bloody far, for about a few KMs, the only POSB ATM was down. I swear I was going mad and I thought it was quite near so we didn't rent bikes but sigh, should have listened to Edwin. We succumbed to the weather and took a break at Burger King for Ice Cream and Sundae. Too hot to walk and too far to go. HAHA, that journey was epically ridiculously far and scorching hot but we had made it through....

More or less, everything was done, caterer came and set up and the food was omfgareyoukiddingme.jpg. LOL, I ordered for 30 pax, nuggets came in less than 30 pieces, the fried rice and vege were motherfather lots but they said the chicken curry was nice. I didn't eat much but had tried some and I hope, it didn't disappoint the rest like how it disppointed me.... LOLOL, just not as what I thought it would be.

Photos of my birthday celebration can be viewed here:

ANNJAY'S 21ST!

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Photos were taken by Param, my SP friend whom I met during the LTC trip to Ipoh and he was from SP photography club! :> Thank you very much, Param! Despite only knowing less than 5 of us there, he still came down but made new awesome friends from SPA who stayed overnight or quite late that night, during the drinking session. :D

There were quite a lot attended, my netball juniors, Weiting, Warda and Izzati who arrived on the dot when I was not even fully prepared and they are still as funny as usual! Missed them so much and thanks for the present, a Porter pouch from Weiting, a perfume from Warda, Izzati and Arianah.

SPA peeps, such as... Edwin, Eileen, Daron, Junwei, Alvin, Amanda, Pang Chuen, Jianwei, Thomas, Eugene, Veronica, Weiloon, Jiayao, Felicia, CS, Ghazali & Kaien. Thanks Eileen for the luxury truffle chocolates and also, another FCUK perfume from Junwei! Thanks Veronica for the hand-sewn polka dots pouch! Thanks Brudder Jianwei and Kaien for the perfume too. I've got 3 perfumes for my birthday, am I that... Smelly? O.O

Thank you Roy, for the omfgsuperchioandexquisite birthday card you've made for me. I didn't know a guy could make such awesome card man! Thanks for traveling all the way from NTU to ECP despite your hectic curriculum and many many quizzes to attend.

The awesomest birthday card ever!

Also, Jason, Violet and Felicia (the same Felicia, just that through her, I get to know many other friends) for attending the party and also, the Sennheiser earpiece. All the best for your remaining papers in UOL! :>

Thanks Zaroq for all the stupid idea on how to get me horrendously dirtied but failed badly LOL. All your effort in drawing the graffiti of my name, the sexy bikini from Billabong you bought for me and also, the watch from Fossil. You spent way too much mannnnn but awesome friend is awesome, you dark chocolate.

Thank you Faez for dropping by and getting cake smashed by others and thanks for smashing me with the cake too. Seriously... Whole night I smelled like cake, after one time, comes the 2nd and 3rd time!

Thank you to my brothers, who gave me angpows and big bro for staying over and played those weird drinking games with us! All the games he introduced can make you roflmaottmuntilyouforgetwhoyouare. LOLOL, my big bro is superb but sometimes just a little annoying and he came back on Saturday for Mother's day celebration and I missed him so much!

Almost all the presents!

& another one Timbuk2 Tote bag from Uni clique!

Anyhow, actually the limelight of the night was not me. It was Edwin who got so drunk and did all sort of nonsensical stuffs, nearly went to the chalet next door and party-popped the party popper towards them. Thank goodness, Jiayao pulled him back and no one could make him went upstairs for a sleep, he kept claiming for more vodka. LOL, not my fault, the guys were making him drink outside the chalet and his face was all red. It's a little impossible to describe everything here on what happened to him but god, it's really an unforgettable night and he couldn't remember anything the next day.

So, this post concludes how I spent my 21st birthday. It has filled up almost the entire webpage so I guess... I shall blog about some other stuffs next time. Such a joke when I intended to blog everything in one post but it seems so impossible and cramped. HEHE, till then!!

Xx,

annjay

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Birthday

The bird and the worm.

Happy advance 21st Birthday,
Mr Lee!

Mr Lee's girlfriend; Felicia!
She planned everything, kudos!

Thomas!
All thanks to his camera.

Cards made for Jiayao.
We were supposed to fill the wishes in!

Buffet Catering!
Part of the buffets & there was a lot leftovers.

URGH...
Blogger is telling me my content exceeded 1MB so it cannot be published nor saved as draft. Therefore, I had to delete a number of photos which I placed here just now. Never mind, I shall use other pictures for new posts next time.

The big and last 21st birthday celebration...
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. I had been attending 21st birthday parties over the weekends in April and thus, every weekend I would be pigging myself with really good food. Let's see.. Restaurant style dinner for Social night, buffet in the seafood restaurant for Hanpin's 21st and buffet catering (the amount of food was overwhelming) at Jiayao's house. Totally, I'm gonna be a stuffed fat pig and guess what? I've got Nike Goddess 5k run on the 7th of May. OMG, seriously, I'm so unfit for it now.

So... The celebration last night...
It was good, it was more like a gathering on Jiayao's birthday celebration whereby no activities are required and we could just sit around and chat with each other; making fun out of anything and everything. It was funnier when we "ORH-YA-BEH-YA-SOM"-ed and the odd one out had to ask Thomas for the camera. Apparently, we kinda "sabotaged" Shini but ended up, she VOLUNTEERED to go and ask for it. LOL, makes no big difference.

Before the party & I kayaked.
I'm totally burnt right now, I didn't notice until EDWIN told me about it. The whole kayaking session was more like a chit-chatting session but hey, I did try doing roll (successful), practising hanging draw (can see the movement), played around with high support recovery and draw on the move. The juniors were having meeting, leaving Jasper and me behind at the pontoon in the sea and we started talking away. From SPA to SMA to DNS to NS to NDU to some gossips. :O

Edwin, edwin, the most PBYX JUNIOR.
Oh, I bought POCKY with me to PM and EDWIN said Eileen finished my POCKY but it wasn't true at all because the sneaky fellow was EDWIN who was so happy that MAN UTD WON LAST NIGHT, 1 : 0 against don't know which lousy team. Thanks EDWIN, Eileen and Shihui for the hot red & slim Nalgene bottle you guys bought for my birthday! (Insert heart-shape here!) Edwin is still the most PBYX junior, asking me to take-away food from Jiayao's party and cab to his house, you wait 384523952 years and maybe that will happen. :O

Okie, nothing much to write already.
Just that I'm seriously looking forward to end of May. OMG, I need more activities to fill up my May so it will pass faster. I can't wait for SPA FO camp this year, hopefully it's gonna be a blast and minimising the annoying waiting intervals which always happened during camps for certain activities. OH, I just remembered I have to help out for SPA CCA Showcase for the coming Wednesday to Friday. Hmm!

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...
I need to tune back myself to the normal me and look forward to Graduation Day & so, everything will fall back into one whole amazing picture. Life goes on, make it a blast. Gahhhh, I know I can, as long I put in some effort.

Take care, lovely.

Xx,
annjay.L

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Celebrations and celebrations.

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Birthday

BIG two!

It's my 20th birthday!
Cake in the dim sum basket.
Creative or what! :>

Wishes made.
Hope they come true! :D

Artist and joke of the day.
HAHA, epic moment during my birthday.(Insert heart-shape)

Gibson!
My angmoh nephew from Melbourne! HEHEHE.

Friendly family from Melbourne!
Gibson's dad saw my bday cake, wished me happy birthday and asked us to go over to their table! Hahaha, his son was like a baby star, everyone wanted to take picture with him! (Insert heart-shape)

Polaroids!
With the girls who celebrated with me!
Love you girls deep deep. (Insert heart-shape)

Long story short,
First part of 20th birthday celebration was with the girls at town. Birthday lunch was at Ding Tai Fung @ 313, received epic cards made by Zhuxin and different wishes written by the 3 of them on different kinds of paper - black construction paper, A4 size blank paper & epic graph paper. HAHA. Appreciated it to the max thought! Thanks for all the effort, the lunch and the cake from awfully chocolate. It's omgz, delicious max.

Later part of birthday celebration..
I met up with my awesomest bbf and headed to some.. place near Esplanade for some pasta dinner at the rooftop. Nice view of the Singapore skyline, Singapore Flyer and great companion together with a red Crumpler messenger bag he bought for me.

In a nutshell,
Simple meals for birthday with awesome people made my day. Thank you, guys!

Many many thanks to...
George, who was the first one to wish me on my birthday over the phone.
Weiloon, who camped at my facebook & the first one who wished me with a wallpost.
Whykei, who facebook-ed me, bbm-ed me, tweeted me (many languages) & SMS me!
Felicia, who also wished me in all the platforms & whatsapp, excluding BBM!
Jianwei, who facebook-ed, sms-ed me and tweeted me w a pic of us from my blog! :D
Shini & Zhuxin who both wished me on facebook, twitter and celebrated w me. (Insert heart-shape)

For those who SMS-ed me:
Mom & Dad, Baoling, Karwah, Janice, Kiantat, Roy, Yutai, Izzati, Benjamin Tan, Ang, Faez, Kendrick, Thomas, Eugene, Jiawei, Edwin & Zaroq (who was late even though he marked it on his calendar. BOO!) These are the people who actually remembered my birthday and I really appreciate those birthday wishes! (Insert heart-shape)
For those who BBM-ed me:
My 2 brothers, Samantha & Weisiong! Thank you very much! :D

For those who MSN-ed me:
Arvin, Cyrus & KUNHAN (THE ONE WHOM I REMINDED HIM AND TOLD HIM ON MSN ON THE DAY ITSELF. TSKTSKTSK but can't blame, he has no idea when is my birthday. HAHA) Thank you, guys!

For those who facebook-ed me:
FYI, my bdate wasn't shown on facebook so these people are the ones who really remember my bday but some might just be monkey see monkey do ('cos I don't know them at all. LOL) but most importantly, they made the effort to click on my profile and post a wallpost for me, right! HEHE, so still love you each and everyone of you! (Insert heart-shape)
Weiloon, Whykei, Jianwei, Zhuxin, Kweihuat, Eric, Weiting, Zhelin, Daryl, Chor Hong, Joel Li, Eileen Soh, Daron Na, Zhi Jie, Dnomsed Wee, Afiq, Felicia, Yuduan, Jack Goh, Fadhli, Frederick, Alvin Ng, Alicia Choong, Raphael Sebastian, Kinwai, Wilson Chong, Shuduan, Kangwei, Weisiang, Elaine Tan, Evon Tan, Yutai, Samantha Seah, Jenny Toh, Hobart Saw, Teck Poh, Jiunn Jye, Adrienne Tan, Minwei, Koon Phi, Amanda Kong, Minyi, Guo Shu, Shihui, Aimei, Darren Lee, Yeevonn, Hazzy, Jermaine Chua, Yumin, Jasper Ang, Hong Liang, Peixuan Tan, Nikki Chua, Peilin, Wenbin, Lina, Charlie Ng, Huikee, Alvin Yee, Kendrick Ng, Cindy Ong, Kah Han, Jeffrey Teow, Paul Lim, Anna Ker, Kun Yuan, Jia Ning, Adrienne Pan, Hueiwen, Xin Yi, Grace Tang, Dayani Lee, Wenyan, Adam Ong, Maya, Edmund, Edwin Sng, Elfie, Shini, Shu Ting, Kai Ling, Baoling, Heshun, Yaozu, Jin Chan, Bernard Thio, Jonathan Tee, Shiyee, Benjamin Toh, Fiona Gian, Phoebe Ng.

Last but not least,
Jacob who wished me yesterday when I went to find him for my testimonial. HAHA, he was so funny, I asked him how he knows and he said I wrote it in the email when providing background information for him. HAHAHAHA. Mr Kwok when he passed by to Jacob's office, Jeraldine Wee who wished me before she flew off to Taiwan, Muxing when we met up for rock-climbing yesterday & Izzat whom I told him on Twitter and he called me the next moment to wish me (HAHAHA) Anyhowwww, HEHE, thanks people! (Insert heart-shape)

MANY MANY THANKS,
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU GUYS DEEP DEEP.
HEHEHE.

Xx,annjay.L

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TWOOOO.

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15 days of Birthday.
Her bitches gave to her...
A BELATED BDAY CELEBRATION.

After 15 days,
& finally, Zhuxin got her birthday celebration from us (Shini & me) HAHA, it's such a belated one since it was dragged for almost half a month but well, we brought her to Settlers at Clarke Quay and I swear, even me, myself & I feel so embarrassed there during the surprise we were giving to Zhuxin and I can't imagine what if I were the birthday girl.

19 different cards.
Yes, Shini was the bomb. She asked 17 strangers to write birthday wishes for Zhuxin on a piece of card and then, actually she requested the cafe to play birthday song but apparently, they do not have such service so.. Shini was telling me "We need to sing it out loud when Zhuxin comes out from toilet so the rest of the patrons know it's time to pass her the cards." HAHAHA, you gotta sing it out loud so people around there would get the notice and yes, I didn't sing along. HAHA, Shini sang and she sang it out. I admire her spirit. Way to go, Shini! :>

Imma fruit king of Settlers.
Hola! We played this fruities card game, if there are 5 similar types of fruits appear on the table, you need to press the bell and the more cards you get, the better it is. 2 rounds of the games, I win it all, I had all the cards. HAHAHA, I'm such a pro, a good observant and quick reaction. Shini is such a sore loser, she didn't wanna continue playing so we ended up playing Taboo and she sucked at it TOO. HAHA.

Middle? No, The Central.
We roamed around The Central and followed the poster to get to the free candyfloss booth. HAHAHAHA, yes, we had a free candyfloss and I rolled it up like a candy ball. Guess what? Up next, Shini is trying to kill a rabbit at the pet shop, what a poor rabbit but it survived though and it's omg, so freaking cute, just like me. TEEHEE. I'm obviously, kidding about it.

Bugis, best for steamboat.
Yes, the birthday girl wanted to have steamboat for dinner so.. With a half-filled stomach, we still headed for steamboat + BBQ. I swear she likes JING ZHEN GU so much that she could eat a plate of it all by herself and I was spamming beef on my own. I feel so sinful after the dinner, I'm sure to get few kilograms after the dinner. Oh well... Anyway, we walked past Pornsak's shop and yes, he was there so we get to see him. He looks skinny and small in size but still, he's cute. Oh, Ah Chew Dessert to wrap up the night! Fabulous and I'm still feeling so bloated now. :/

Earlier this week...
A group of us, Jianwei, Yuduan, Shini and I headed to Pulau Hantu. We were there to feed the sandflies so as to let them have a nice ending for year twenty ten. Crap, we were helping SMUXtremists to drive the boats because they were having their P.E.E (Post Exam Expedition) to Pulau Hantu. They were lacking of boat handlers so turned to SP for help and yup, we were the chosen ones. HAHA, anyway, it was fun and I get to know new friends. An alumni was happened to be there as well, his name is Sheng Yuan or Sheng something. I couldn't remember!

New passport.
Say goodbye to the fugly picture in the old passport but I still have to get the PR permit transferred ASAP before I go back to Truly Asia. Well, I need to get the SingPass shit mailed to me first before I can actually transfer the permit online. Anyway, I woke up at 6.20am just to make new passport and only having it collected at 11.30am. Holy crap, we reached 30mins earlier and the queue number we got were 142, 148 and 149. I can't imagine what time did the 1st person wake up.

Anyhow, I find these so true...
-Via Tumblr

I love that “in the beginning” feeling where everything is perfect. You like them. They like you. Texting twenty four seven. Saying good morning, saying goodnight. Then you start using cute little pet names. Then it gets to the awkward stage where you’re not sure exactly what you are. Then once you figure it out, it all goes down hill from there. All the excitement is gone. All the passion is wasted. Everything you once were has just faded to nothing.

The worst feeling is when someone makes you feel special, then suddenly leaves you hanging & you've to act like you don't care at all.

Ain't it?

Hokay,
Time to bathe and it's 1:12am now!

I hope the coming new year will be as smooth as the beancurd!

Goodnight, lovelies.

Xoxo,
annjay.L

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Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013!

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The bird and the worm.

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