Goodbye 26

I had quite a number of mini celebrations for my 27th bday this year, unlike the previous years.

When i was 6 yr old, my dad threw a very large bday party for me at his warehouse. I guess at least 100 over ppl attended, most of which are his business partners, our relatives and family friends. And u can imagine how many presents i received that year, and quite a number are 'large scale' presents - computer gadgets (considered v rare in the mid 80s'), giagantic toy cars (bigger than me), bicycles etc.

Every yr during my bday, I would request my dad to bring me to Mandarin Hotel's Chatterbox for the special chicken rice set. It was a pretty unique presentation but nowadays u can easily identify 'copycats' all over the foodcourts in singapore. The chicken rice set used to cost only $12 in the mid 80s, followed by $17 in the late 80s, and subqly at $21 in the early 90s. I stopped patronising when i was in sec sch and lost touch of the price. I also stopped celebrating my bday, as it becomes less and less significant to me all the way till last bday.

My bdays were jus like any other ordinary days for the past decade, until this yr, i thought it wud be a special one for me - cos i have found Her. I have really expected myself to spend a very unique and special bday with her this yr but ............

Anyway, i am glad many of my friends still remember me. I received really lots of smses greetings yday - probably my friends could emphatise with me and did their part to cheer me up.

1) 6/7 - lunch celebration with colleagues at AV
2) 6/7 - dinner celebration with a HK friend at Sizzler's
3) 7/7 - lunch celebration at King Albert Park with Wendy and Lena (my dear friends from EVC)
4) 7/7 - dinner celebration with smallbros Weiyang and Siling at Bugis Junction

And thanks to the others who have chipped in to buy the presents for me (isen, puayhong, siling, gillian & weiyang). I really appreciate it. And guess wat, i got a 'twin' present this yr again - 2 wallets (as shown in the picture). The Levis wallet is from my ex colleagues from Comfortdelgro, while the black Leaveland wallet was painstakingly chosen by Siling (thanks). The Levis wallet has a very nice design and texture, whereas the Leaveland wallet has very smart compartment designs which suit me a lot. As a practical person, i am now using the Leaveland wallet :D

26yr old hasnt been a good age for me. I hope 27th will be a better one. Thanks all my friends for making my 27th bday a happy one :D