Found this note stuck in front of CK’s desk when I reached home in the morning

Lunch at Pizza Hut *dipaksa bergambar*

Bitcha did not have a photo taken with the Birthday Boy as she was sitting at the opposite.. posing with her reflection instead

Our pizza! We did lots of Chinese New Year shopping after lunch..

..until we got thirsty and tired, and we settled at Mc Donald’s for ice-creams

Back at home, posing with the shirt I got him for his birthday!

Happy Birthday, Kong cha!

The boy will turn 18 tomorrow. Wow, time flies.
Although being the youngest in the family, he never failed to show his maturity, be it in terms of respecting elders, never waste his food, spending money carefully, doing household chores and taking care of the house.
Except for.. not being able to make his own milo and only allowing Pei Yee to bully him.

Although both of us have a 9 years gap… it never felt like one.
We shared the same interest in toy cars, musical instruments (my past-tense), badminton and being the quieter ones in the family. These, used to be our conversation topics but as time goes by, the baby boy grew older. Now, he talks about his vacation with his friends, his studies and the more serious stuffs like asking you for your opinion on what should he do next after graduating from secondary school.

I used to be so worried about him once upon a time. I was worried that he would turn into a bad apple after stepping into secondary school because of peer pressure and all, but he proved me wrong (I hope). I guess he passed the “test”. Let’s see what he gets in the real exams.

This was taken just 2 weeks ago :D

Leaving for home in about two hours from now to celebrate his birthday!

Happy Birthday, my dear brother.
You know we all love you :-)

We make friends that we can get along with easily as we step into each phase of our life. And she is one such friend whom I knew since my first year in university.

I really could not recall how we got to know each other but it was probably because we had to pair up in a group for some kind of activity during the orientation day. There after, we ended up being in the same class after the orientation week. And magically… we were neighbors too! She stayed at the ground floor while I stayed in the first floor of an apartment. We would go to classes together each day until the final year, from Malacca to Cyberjaya. She is the bigger sister in the group, who would listen to your sorrows and provide her golden advices. You may joke with her as she never failed to amaze us with her big laugh but.. we, her housemates, who know her very well knows she can be very serious at times.

Her famous tag when being invited for supper?
I brushed my teeth already la!

How I missed those mischievous days when we would argue about the cutest lecturers and guys in the university, the dinner at our usual makan place in Bukit Beruang which we’d frequent almost 3 out of the 5 weekdays, the classes that only she and I would attend so that we could help others mark their attendance, the steamboat/makan party which we’d occasionally do at our apartment and the all-girls night chats once in a blue-moon. She was the first person whom I’d turn to whenever I had problems. She has sharp eyes like the wolf in Red Riding Hood too (you know what I mean :D)!

Happy Birthday, girl :-)
Hope you’ll find your cute guy real soon and come to me with your complains haha.

I was out with Pei Yee the whole morning. We only came back around 5PM. We went out empty-handed but came home with a bag of electronic gadgets and a hole in the pocket. When we were outside, Mom sent a text message to Pei Yee to tell her that there was a parcel for me but she was not supposed to tell me what was the item. I did not ask a thing. I wasn’t curious at all, seriously. When we finally reached home, I found out that it was a bouquet of roses! As I looked at the gift card on top, I thought it must be Uncle Vincent (the florist’s address is from Sri Hartamas). It turned out to be a bouquet from KC :-) He was really the last person I would be expecting to receive flowers from.

Hiew Ming came about an hour later. She had earlier told me that she wanted to show me something. Being the me, who never question if the other person did not continue mentioning anything, I just followed her. From being told to help to choose a dress for herself, I ended up receiving a sweet-looking dress from her =( I feel so bad for not being able to get anything for her.

She said.. drinks will be on me later. So, I was supposed to figure out where to go while she drove back to Kajang. We ended going back to my house first as she wanted to visit the restroom. When I stepped down from the car, the lights were all off. I thought, Wow.. it’s only 8:30. They went upstairs already? As I stepped into the house, I saw KC in front of me, with a cake in his hands. When the lights were turned on, I saw Ying Ying! And also the birthday decorations in the house. Oh my gosh. I was stumped. This is the second time I am receiving such surprise from my family. I could not remember who was the event planner few years back when my university coursemates came all the way from Malacca to my house for the same kind of surprise. It must be Chin Pei Yee, who was the event planner this time around.

*hugs*

More photos taken on this night can be found here. Thanks, Ying Ying :-)
After the party, I was brought to Puchong. I blew candles a second time this year. Hehe. Thanks to Yee Chia and Kar Khan (my ex-colleagues) for being there.

I had to travel back to Singapore at 10AM the next morning. Breakfast was fun with my brother and Mom. We laughed at how he almost bocor rahsia when he texted me the night before with the message, Happy Birthday !! Surprise !! I was still in Hiew Ming’s car at that time while he was studying at his friend’s house. He claimed that Mom told him the party would start at 8PM. Hence, he thought the party has begun and he forwarded the text message at 8PM sharp. Haha.

KC and I went to Vivo City for dinner after we settled down (unpacked and showered).
Vivo City again?! Yeah.
We had Carl’s Jr. and journeyed to the sky park once again, hoping that the 101-feet tall artificial christmas tree would have been lighted up already. The christmas tree was still dead when we were there few weeks ago (when Pei Ling was in Singapore).

Happy Birthday, to Hiew Ming (and myself).
I am very lucky to have such an ex-colleague-cum-big sis, who is always so kind and caring of my well-being.
I am still mesmerised at this moment.
Thanks, Ying Ying, for the delicious cookies. I finally got to taste so many blueberry cheese cookies at one go. Muaks!
Thanks, the Soh Lou, for the beautiful bouquet. He has been pestering me the past two weeks so I could tell him what I would like to receive on my birthday.
Thanks to my Ma cha for the delicious fried beehoon, chicken curry and tong sui.
Thank you, Kong cha, for all the lame jokes/riddles and hand-made birthday card.
Thank you, Ling cha, for skipping church haha and make sure you pay your share to Bit cha (mp3 player).
Thank you, Bit cha, for being the mastermind behind all these.
You guys are the best!

I arrived at the train station at 7 plus this morning. The train was delayed for at least one hour the night before. Before that, I had to queue at both Woodlands and Johor Bahru checkpoints for almost 2 hours in total. It was the most tiring Singapore-KL trip I’ve experienced! Hence, I slept through most of the hours after reaching home.

Mom cooked yummy lunch for me. And for dinner, my family and I went to Susan’s Bistro at Sg. Long for an advance Birthday dinner for ME! Susan’s Bistro serves Italianese food. We ordered fish and chips, chicken cordon, salmon steak, pizza, carbonara pasta, etc. We were all stuffed and could hardly walk to the car.

I received a string of surprises from my family. Look! A cute handmade birthday card from my cute brother, a lovely ring from my Ma cha (I have been complaining that my ring doesn’t fit me anymore, that it’s getting looser and looser) and an mp3 walkman from both sisters.

I love them, the gifts and my family! :D :D