Saturday, April 9, 2011
The day has arrived!! Gotta admit that it was a super last minute decision to celebrate my birthday with my friends since I was bogged down with exams in March =S It wasn't encouraging to know that a cousin & his band wasn't available...Moreover, my house is kinda lacking in entertainment hmm...Anyway it was better than nothing so here goes!
The previous day was used to make the pineapple mango sorbet and peach cheesecake. Made the icecream on Thurs since that was kinda time consuming...and on the day of the party itself, I made 1.5 soups! Didn't like it that my parents were arguing over pizza but eventually that was solved when the others arrived.
Yungyen's the first to arrive! =) Followed by Daltone a few minutes later & the guys ordered pizza. Was a little worried that the order could be mistaken as a prank since the guys were laughing.
I spy plainclothes ninjas in the corridor! These bunch were really noisy! XD Yungyen spotted them so we took a snapshot just as the curtains were arranged. Shook hands with GM and some of them upon entering the house. YY brought Hershey choc & skittles but that was kinda left forgotten in the fridge after that =S The ninjas took hostage of the orange juice so the remaining people had the packet drinks lol.
These fellas above are my JC friends...all the invited turned up except one =S Still it was good to see them all. Heard that the gym guy was supposedly auto when it came to greeting the parents...which I thought was a rather weird comment coming from the ninjas. Sha looks greedy here XD
Sha & I. I remembered in 2007 that a few friends were joking to tell him that I wasn't available (since I was seeing my now ex-bf), and perhaps that's why we have a photo taken together here?? Alright, I'm leaving a few details out of this so I shan't elaborate further =)
It was tiresome to run back & forth to play host since my mom was shouting for me every 5 seconds in the kitchen -.-" Luckily for the ninjas, my dad kinda entertained them with vids of...taekwondo?!
Sha & Shaun actually tried out my short sticks by turning them around as I tried to demo the blue belt kata before that=S Gotta admit that I need to exercise more!!
Here's my peach cheesecake...looking rather plain here eh. I didn't know where to find the decorations so I had to leave them out. Besides, I was still relatively new to cooking. The crust looks super thick because the recipe called for a square pan but I didn't have one.
The ninjas have gathered!! I guess that you can say it was a little weird to be surrounded by so many guys, ands worse still, squashed by them because my shoulders were kinda broad as well. Everyone seems pretty smiley when I got a shock from ZR's suggestion to beat me up for my 21st(since we learn martial arts)! XD
Valerie(I think) suggested to do the ninja push, and here it is! =D
I must admit that I love this bunch of people because we're all one family who go thru the hardships of training , countless suppers & fun outings together. We may have our differences but we all try to tolerate & work things out. I must admit that there are a few things which I didn't like before, but it makes better sense to change one's mindset since we're all gonna be in the same class for a long time! =)
Alright, my JC friends seem a little lifeless here as compared to the ninjas =S Some aren't in the pic as they had other commitments.
Here's ZR & Val playing the piano, which has kinda been out of use for awhile. They're pretty good O.o Of course, all these happened after the other group of people left! Such a pity that Amos had to leave for aikido, & Shaun, not wanting to be, well, left alone, left as well =S
Reheated minestrone soup which tasted good to me. Of course, this wasn't so tasty to everyone since it contained a lot of veggies =S Besides, the soup's a little plain =S It's a change from the punchy tangy stuff that you'd get from the usual minestrone soup(Which is actually more appealing heh)but it seemed like a good idea to serve this since it was for a light lunch!
Some ninjas stayed til dinner & we played some games surrounding the food(as there was WAY too much leftovers)and then we had to dance as YY suggested! A few pairings as followed since that was a forfeit. I was up as well -.-" The 3 in hiphop class were good, but I think that the funniest scenes happened when GM & OYY went up! =). Of course, as my parents were in the dining area, I was naturally reluctant to show myself so I hid at the TV wall.
The strange mushroom soup which I got from the soup bible. It's kinda watery & a little overly milky somehow =X Next, on to the presents! I've only chosen a selected few to feature here cos it's taking forever to blog an entry & my com freezes up a lot.
Got this from Val & it's so cute! XD The material's really nice to touch =)
Perfume!!! =) Looks elegant & classy, doesn't it. Got this from Michael & his gf, GM, Nic & Val!
This came along with the tumbler that I got from Daltone =) Cute little pretty kitty!
It's actually a cover for cups
Sha gave me this...I bet that he stole this pic from FB! XD Good reminder that I'm the most important person in my life =D
Flower shaped money which I got from Yungyen! Heh, he actually dug this out of his wallet =S But nevertheless it's a sweet gesture!
A card painted by MN!! XD Such pretty cupcakes & colours! She's definitely my role model XD
Pardon the pictures, I didn't want to spoil the resolution so I left them like that =( Anyway here's another picture! =) MN prolly took this from the pics that we snapped at the private property at Mount Sophia in Dhoby Gaut when there was a short filming of a ghost story & we had nothing better to do. That was around Oct 2010 when it happened, if memory serves me well. I was still a green belt & remembered doing some chunyatsu & yoyatsu in the balconey! XD
So sweet of her to remember that we used to give each other nicknames such as Wolverine/Logan & Nightcrawler/Kurt. That was 2001/2002 & we were caught up in the x-men evolution craze =) And we used to go to each other's homes during the holidays to draw comics & play badminton! =) However, time, the change in environment, etc etc has made us not as close before, but it's still been good =)
XD! More cute drawings!
And here's a mini card from Val! =)
I'll treasure this memory, even though it's not exactly how it was supposed to turn out initially(I didn't quite like my cooking cos it was overly rushed =( ). Still, I made good time with friends! I'd definitely do much better for the next one if there's any! =)
These fellas above are my JC friends...all the invited turned up except one =S Still it was good to see them all. Heard that the gym guy was supposedly auto when it came to greeting the parents...which I thought was a rather weird comment coming from the ninjas. Sha looks greedy here XD Sha & I. I remembered in 2007 that a few friends were joking to tell him that I wasn't available (since I was seeing my now ex-bf), and perhaps that's why we have a photo taken together here?? Alright, I'm leaving a few details out of this so I shan't elaborate further =)
It was tiresome to run back & forth to play host since my mom was shouting for me every 5 seconds in the kitchen -.-" Luckily for the ninjas, my dad kinda entertained them with vids of...taekwondo?!Sha & Shaun actually tried out my short sticks by turning them around as I tried to demo the blue belt kata before that=S Gotta admit that I need to exercise more!!
Here's my peach cheesecake...looking rather plain here eh. I didn't know where to find the decorations so I had to leave them out. Besides, I was still relatively new to cooking. The crust looks super thick because the recipe called for a square pan but I didn't have one.
The ninjas have gathered!! I guess that you can say it was a little weird to be surrounded by so many guys, ands worse still, squashed by them because my shoulders were kinda broad as well. Everyone seems pretty smiley when I got a shock from ZR's suggestion to beat me up for my 21st(since we learn martial arts)! XD Valerie(I think) suggested to do the ninja push, and here it is! =D I must admit that I love this bunch of people because we're all one family who go thru the hardships of training , countless suppers & fun outings together. We may have our differences but we all try to tolerate & work things out. I must admit that there are a few things which I didn't like before, but it makes better sense to change one's mindset since we're all gonna be in the same class for a long time! =)
Alright, my JC friends seem a little lifeless here as compared to the ninjas =S Some aren't in the pic as they had other commitments.
Here's ZR & Val playing the piano, which has kinda been out of use for awhile. They're pretty good O.o Of course, all these happened after the other group of people left! Such a pity that Amos had to leave for aikido, & Shaun, not wanting to be, well, left alone, left as well =S
Reheated minestrone soup which tasted good to me. Of course, this wasn't so tasty to everyone since it contained a lot of veggies =S Besides, the soup's a little plain =S It's a change from the punchy tangy stuff that you'd get from the usual minestrone soup(Which is actually more appealing heh)but it seemed like a good idea to serve this since it was for a light lunch!
Some ninjas stayed til dinner & we played some games surrounding the food(as there was WAY too much leftovers)and then we had to dance as YY suggested! A few pairings as followed since that was a forfeit. I was up as well -.-" The 3 in hiphop class were good, but I think that the funniest scenes happened when GM & OYY went up! =). Of course, as my parents were in the dining area, I was naturally reluctant to show myself so I hid at the TV wall.
The strange mushroom soup which I got from the soup bible. It's kinda watery & a little overly milky somehow =X Next, on to the presents! I've only chosen a selected few to feature here cos it's taking forever to blog an entry & my com freezes up a lot. Got this from Val & it's so cute! XD The material's really nice to touch =)
Perfume!!! =) Looks elegant & classy, doesn't it. Got this from Michael & his gf, GM, Nic & Val! This came along with the tumbler that I got from Daltone =) Cute little pretty kitty!
It's actually a cover for cups
Sha gave me this...I bet that he stole this pic from FB! XD Good reminder that I'm the most important person in my life =D
Flower shaped money which I got from Yungyen! Heh, he actually dug this out of his wallet =S But nevertheless it's a sweet gesture!
A card painted by MN!! XD Such pretty cupcakes & colours! She's definitely my role model XD
Pardon the pictures, I didn't want to spoil the resolution so I left them like that =( Anyway here's another picture! =) MN prolly took this from the pics that we snapped at the private property at Mount Sophia in Dhoby Gaut when there was a short filming of a ghost story & we had nothing better to do. That was around Oct 2010 when it happened, if memory serves me well. I was still a green belt & remembered doing some chunyatsu & yoyatsu in the balconey! XD
So sweet of her to remember that we used to give each other nicknames such as Wolverine/Logan & Nightcrawler/Kurt. That was 2001/2002 & we were caught up in the x-men evolution craze =) And we used to go to each other's homes during the holidays to draw comics & play badminton! =) However, time, the change in environment, etc etc has made us not as close before, but it's still been good =)
XD! More cute drawings!
And here's a mini card from Val! =)
Alright, my JC friends seem a little lifeless here as compared to the ninjas =S Some aren't in the pic as they had other commitments.
Here's ZR & Val playing the piano, which has kinda been out of use for awhile. They're pretty good O.o Of course, all these happened after the other group of people left! Such a pity that Amos had to leave for aikido, & Shaun, not wanting to be, well, left alone, left as well =S
Reheated minestrone soup which tasted good to me. Of course, this wasn't so tasty to everyone since it contained a lot of veggies =S Besides, the soup's a little plain =S It's a change from the punchy tangy stuff that you'd get from the usual minestrone soup(Which is actually more appealing heh)but it seemed like a good idea to serve this since it was for a light lunch!Some ninjas stayed til dinner & we played some games surrounding the food(as there was WAY too much leftovers)and then we had to dance as YY suggested! A few pairings as followed since that was a forfeit. I was up as well -.-" The 3 in hiphop class were good, but I think that the funniest scenes happened when GM & OYY went up! =). Of course, as my parents were in the dining area, I was naturally reluctant to show myself so I hid at the TV wall.
The strange mushroom soup which I got from the soup bible. It's kinda watery & a little overly milky somehow =X Next, on to the presents! I've only chosen a selected few to feature here cos it's taking forever to blog an entry & my com freezes up a lot.
Got this from Val & it's so cute! XD The material's really nice to touch =)
Perfume!!! =) Looks elegant & classy, doesn't it. Got this from Michael & his gf, GM, Nic & Val!
This came along with the tumbler that I got from Daltone =) Cute little pretty kitty!It's actually a cover for cups
Sha gave me this...I bet that he stole this pic from FB! XD Good reminder that I'm the most important person in my life =D
Flower shaped money which I got from Yungyen! Heh, he actually dug this out of his wallet =S But nevertheless it's a sweet gesture!
A card painted by MN!! XD Such pretty cupcakes & colours! She's definitely my role model XD
Pardon the pictures, I didn't want to spoil the resolution so I left them like that =( Anyway here's another picture! =) MN prolly took this from the pics that we snapped at the private property at Mount Sophia in Dhoby Gaut when there was a short filming of a ghost story & we had nothing better to do. That was around Oct 2010 when it happened, if memory serves me well. I was still a green belt & remembered doing some chunyatsu & yoyatsu in the balconey! XD
So sweet of her to remember that we used to give each other nicknames such as Wolverine/Logan & Nightcrawler/Kurt. That was 2001/2002 & we were caught up in the x-men evolution craze =) And we used to go to each other's homes during the holidays to draw comics & play badminton! =) However, time, the change in environment, etc etc has made us not as close before, but it's still been good =)
XD! More cute drawings!
And here's a mini card from Val! =)I'll treasure this memory, even though it's not exactly how it was supposed to turn out initially(I didn't quite like my cooking cos it was overly rushed =( ). Still, I made good time with friends! I'd definitely do much better for the next one if there's any! =)
Aww you're so cute!!
