24th Birthday

Hello.. Just turned 24 yesterday and had a pretty good birthday. Once again, since I'm in the US, I had the privilege of having kind of a 36 hour birthday, with 12 hours time difference between Michigan and Singapore.

Beginning at noon Wednesday (3 Oct 2007 Michigan time), started getting birthday greetings from friends in Singapore and some pals here in the US. Thanks guys for the well-wishes! Had a really great time chatting with some friends who mean lots to me. =) Special special thanks to mom and dad for dropping me messages and calling me to convey their birthday wishes. Made my day!

A long and packed school day as usual on Thursday. Dashed home between my 2nd and 3rd class to get changed out of my presentation attire and got to chat with Sharnon for abit. Nice lunch break. Hehe. As most of my pals here had exams and projects due the following day, I went for dinner only with Alvin and Jeff (my roomie). We had a good meal at Chili's and thanks guys for the birthday treat! Speaking of birthday treats, I got my free ice-cream treat at Stucchis and free bubble tea from Bubble Island! Hehe, would have continued my rampage at Ben and Jerrys and a variety of other shops, if not for the fact that I was already on a sugar high. Also, a bunch of buddies, Aaron, John, Lennard and Adhi came over to give me a birthday present. Thanks for taking the time off to grab this guys! Love the shirt!

Present from John, Adhi, Lenny and Aaron

Perry Ellis shirt!


Stayed up for quite awhile talking to friends and drinking some white wine. Would have very much preferred red any day. But still, it's the company that matters. (Somehow, people don't believe the above statement but I really do mean it.)

Friday morning, woke up and had a nice chat through to late afternoon when someone got soooo tired and fell asleep. By the way, got a really really really nice present via mail today. Thanks so much!!!　Made my day! =)

I tried to take a nap in the afternoon but kinda gave up cos of the scorching hot weather. Met up with a group of friends for dinner at Romano's Macaroni Grill down on Eisenhower. An awesome time! Haha, note the lack of girls in the group except for Lucy 姐 and Jack (her bf now! congrats guys!) Pictures speak for themselves so, enjoy!

Us at Macaroni Grill (By the way, that's the Perry Ellis shirt. Really like it!)

All Guys!

Check out the free chocolate cakes covered with hot fudge. Super yummy!

Present from Lucy, Jack and Ming. =)

Inside the Von Maur Bag...

Von Maur Tie! Love it!


On top of the dinner treat, Lucy, Jack and Ming got me a really nice tie! Totally love it! Thanks so much guys! 还真的不好意思，让大家破费了！ 改天再请你们吃饭！ =)

All in all, a very very big thank you to everyone who has made my 24th birthday a special and memorable one. The well wishes from Singapore, classmates and friends who have left me birthday well-wishes on Facebook, friends who took time off from their busy schedule to help celebrate my birthday for me and all the little thoughts that have gone a long way to make my birthday a special one.

Looking back, this is the first real birthday I've actually celebrated since 2005. Feels a little odd, definitely different but nice in it's own way. Thanks for making it special.