Happy Birthday

Here's wishing beloved twin & myself a Happy Birthday ")

Though my actual day hv nt arrived, i hv already had at least 2 celebration sessions, think i can really celebrate for 2 whole weeks:)

Colleagues from my row, 'expert', xy and new neighbour treated me pepper lunch @ central on Tuesday (Exactly 1 week earlier :) and we had some 'row-bonding'. Ex-neighbour came back on Thurs for her FA, her presence already a good present for me.. really missed her in my background, the sight of her whenever i turned in that direction. I guess LB too shld be missing her and LLB.. think she shld be quite stressed out these days, trying my best to give support in whatever ways i cld, since i wun be ard for her next week.

Birthday Surprise No. 1 came on Friday afternoon when Rozie called me to go out to reception.. Hv expected it to be normal flowers kinda of stuff from nest and dodo they all.. until i saw the BIG floating Eeyore Balloon delivered by an amused uncle..i froze momentarily..coz that's wad i hv alwayz wanted...(from him. which he did give me once) Really didnt expect to receive this but really appreciate the surprise from gam, nest, dodo, mceo, tart, small gal and my latest lover germ who gave me royce chocolates too. So for the rest of the afternoon, the BIG balloon floated ard my workstation, attracting people who passed by my partition to give bemused comments and looks. The show goes on when we finally left office at 7pm for dinner at PS. Nest kept rushing me while im still undecided as to whether to leave my balloon in office instead. So when i said that we probably need a table for 4 to house this balloon, nest blurted out that shld be table for 5 mah....instantly received shooting glares from dodo.. that's when i realised that might be an additional person joining, immediately thought that it will be GAM:)

The Big Balloon!

Birthday Surprise No. 2 was finally revealed when we approached Swensons at PS..kept looking ard since im already expected some1 waiting, until i caught glance of dear mceo.. da hei and their 2 adorable kids!!! I was REALLY REALLY surprised..that i nearly wanna cry haz... never expected to see her again sooo soon.. after 1 March departure..it seems like alot of things happened within this period of time, reallie missed her ard during lunch and email corr. hope we'll still manage to see her so often.. Shld hv suspected something else going on when nest kept saying she's in drinking mode that nite, coz i reallie dun mind ending the nite early to go home in da hei. So we detour back to CQ during which nest was kept busy with alot of sms and calls that i complained loudly that she shld hv paid more attention to bday gal me instead of her new found romance. It was after we finally settled down at The Clinic, that nest showed me her phone with gam's sms.. apparently there's supposed to be Surprise No. 3 with gam joining us for drinks after her badminton, but it seems like there's a series of unfortunate events happening at her side.. i dint feel disappointed at all, but was instead very touched by what nest, dodo, gam and mceo's efforts to make me happy on my day. i remembered me telling nest that i dun mind no presents at all, my only request is to be with everyone again. (since i doubt very much they will still be here this time next yr with some many departures ard..) really appreciate nest's efforts admist her 'turbulent romantic week'... Had a jug of Long isle tea and then bailey irish cream and graveyard for second round, with dodo on the house. My 2nd drink was canceled as they thought im ready to knock out any mmt..truth is i was only trying to hold back the breakdown.. Anyway I thought i was already quite drunk this time but the ultimate session's juz the next nite haz.


MCEO & Kids; Nest & Me at The Clinic

Wld hv sleep in till noon if not for the theory driving lessons booked weeks ago.. endured the long hours of theory lessons with wj and persuaded her to come to office with me as i tried to do some work before meeting 2A pple for twin's bday dinner at UE square, En bar. Adjourned to double O after that.. thou i wasnt really keen to go chiong after the nite b4 if not for twin's bday.. fangyi and minghui left after dinner and twin's friend elvin joined us at the pub. We cldnt get a table depsite the prospect of opening bottle..so wj found a table of 4 young guys and requested to share table with us.. N in the bid to be friendly, we appointed dee to ask their age.. turn out as expected tha they r army guys at 22 yrs old..they guessed correctly our ages except for momo to be at 18yrs old haz.. since im not into dancing, i kept at the table and its nt b4 long that one of the guys started talking to me.. it was ok at 1st as the others were ard.. but after a few jugs of liquor and dozens of shots courtesy from elvin, cy got too drunk and dee hv to take care of her, jimmy,wj, lian, momo went dancing while jj and elvin went to get more drinks..left me alone at table with the 4 guys... so thou i was quite helpless alone and being 'attacked' by requests to dance with them and birthday kisses (we sang bday song for twin n me earlier on), good thing is they r still considered to be 'quite decent' guys (from their rather geeky dance style), luckily twin n elvin came back to the table in time to rescue me from the 'harassment'.. i was almost 'gone' by that time, cldnt walk properly and feel like knocking out any moment. Found the rest of them at a quieter place, trying to be sobering up haz.. its really the most high nite with my highest alcohol consumption ever that i dun even noe how much i drank haz.. at least din puke out the expensive jap dinner b4 the chiong-ing.

Spent the whole of Sunday resting and trying to pack for my Shanghai trip.. gonna spend my actual bday flying in the sky:)

to be continued....

p.s. really a BIG thank u to all whom hv made me felt remembered and loved.
love ya all