Weather was kind to me I might add. Been concerned about the rainy skies for the past week. I set the time at 6.30 p.m that evening, but the night only got started an hour later. Lots of latecomers on that evening. Tsk tsk. But I was no exception either. Heh.
James & Kelly were the early birds on that evening. These 2 lovebirds were the earliest one to leave too. Known this dude since pre puberty days. Thanks for the credit card holder, man. Been looking for a card holder for some time.
These 2 here are also my friggin' long time pals from the primary schooling days. Could hear them talking about politics all night long as long as "Dato Leong" wasn't drunk. A big hug to the future politician for coming all the way from K.L. And also Vince for the nice Polo presents that you guys gave me.
Alex, Siew Hui, Hoe , Me, Kelvin, Seong & Wei Wen. I was in between a prick and a cameraman. You do the guessing on who's who.
This time with Sin Peng in the mid. I just had to keep his hands off the camera before he irritates the girls with candid shots. He accused me of not entertaining him and felt "hurt". I knew he was kidding but I was busy going around the place to check if the food's ok and to get the buddies gel into the different groups. Didn't wanna make some of them feel awkward and left out.
There's my cousin sipping on the sparkling apple juice. A lot of them enjoyed the sparkling apple & grape juice so much that those 3 or 4 bottles went empty within an hour or so. Should have bought more of those. Glad you guys liked it.
Even though the chickens were marinated just several hours before the outing, they didn't taste as bad as I had thought it would be. Those who ate the chickens gave good comments. Don't believe it? Look... LoL..
Most of them loved the cheese sausages, yet they dropped a few of it. In the end all of them kept digging for the cheese ones and left the normal ones unfinished. Some very choosy people there.
Got this J.D whiskey from the bar back at home. Some said it tasted weird. Didn't finish it in the end.
Meet Jane & Chong Uwan, my two wonderful assistants. Knew them when I was still in the logistics department of Sony. They helped me prepared most of the food while the others kept chatting away, oblivious to what the host was preparing. But they all came scrambling for the food when I called out for them to choose whatever that's on the table . Sheesh~
A shot with my assistant, just to do the best I could to make him feel not not awkward and left out among the groups of peeps.
Looks like someone's enjoying himself with the beer. Managed to get himself in the mood for clubbing later that night.
Shun Yit helping himself to the chickens and crab sticks. As usual I suspect he was the one who ate the most portion of the food.
Now if there's one thing to learn from this lady here, it's how to sit on a rock for hours without feeling pain. Was concerned about her sitting on that hard spot all night so I asked her to move to the bench but she insisted on sitting there eating her food. I could feel my ass hurt just by imagining it.
Then came the cake cutting part where my buddies around me sang the old, traditional birthday song once the candles were lit up. I have a short clip of it but I don't think it's possible to post up here.
They made me pick out the candles with my mouth. They claimed that if i don't do it i won't grow =.=' I knew they were definitely kidding me but what the heck.
I expected my face to be shoved onto the cake but I NEVER thought i would go so deep. Haha.
For the first time in my life i felt as though i had a sweet face.. literally~!
There's the @sshole that got my face covered with cheese cake. I didn't see it but apparently Chong Uwan took a bit of the cake and revenged for me :-D
My plain & simple birthday cake with missing letters. The word "happy" looks kinda faded there. Contrary to what I felt that night of course. Was very delighted to have so many of my pals accompanying me.
This was after i buried my face into the cake. I heard someone said there was hair in it. Well that's what you get if you shove a hairy guy's face onto a cake. LoL~
I still can't figure out how this shot was taken by whoever it was that night. It's either the camera has a secret feature of see through human body or my friend there started to disappear when I asked him to clean up the place :-P
getting ready to get a proper group shot... see how my "dato" friend sat in the middle?
taken by ah Juuuu~
still can't get a clear shot... thanks to the sweaty hands of Seong..
this time it was taken by Ah Yit, who got the nickname "Mr. Nipple" that night. my eyes seemed to be getting more and more irritated by the flash lights.
the clearest shot out of the lot. taken by Vince before he left..
taken by ah Juuuu~
still can't get a clear shot... thanks to the sweaty hands of Seong..
this time it was taken by Ah Yit, who got the nickname "Mr. Nipple" that night. my eyes seemed to be getting more and more irritated by the flash lights.
the clearest shot out of the lot. taken by Vince before he left..
...and finally a toast to a brand new year and to a long lasting friendship. A big sincere "thank you" to all of you who made it that night as well as those who surprisingly showed up beyond my expectation. Thanks also for the pleasant birthday gifts, guys. I really did not expect this many presents that night. The most important thing was that you guys showed up and gladly you did.
After leaving the beach I headed out for supper and to catch Man United' match with Newcastle. Was very lucky indeed to be able to witness 5 goals in the second half.
Final score ... a 6-0 victory to the club i support. Couldn't ask for a better showing than that. What a way to end a night full of laughter, joy and senseless jokes.
After leaving the beach I headed out for supper and to catch Man United' match with Newcastle. Was very lucky indeed to be able to witness 5 goals in the second half.
Final score ... a 6-0 victory to the club i support. Couldn't ask for a better showing than that. What a way to end a night full of laughter, joy and senseless jokes.