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Monday, October 6
my 22nd birthday bash 10:46 AMThis is my first time ever celebrating my birthday away from home - at least, to as far back as I can remember but it should be - and definitely my first time celebrating it separately from my Mum, since hers is just 2 days before mine.
So I'm turning 22 soon, many crossroads passed and choices made. Recently I've been thinking a lot about how far I've come in these recent years (cos I was making a video as a surprise for my Mum's birthday). And yes, who'd not agree it'd been a dramatic change for me, both physically and mentally? Haha.. and just for trivia purposes:
I'm super paisay-ed by the unglam pic on the left, but it's funny how I (we) used to look! So to depict the contrast I've put them side-by-side. Time lapse between both shots = 5 years.
Anyway, Chris says I must make my Mum feel "what a fine daughter I've raised", so now I'm just thinking what a fine person I've developed into and grown to be. HAHA. Okay la, I was just kidding. But I probably do have some reflections to pen at this point in my life, which I will hopefully over the next few days before I leave for Calgary.
xx
So well, despite being away from home, Laura's parents hosted a heartwarming birthday dinner for me at their place last Saturday, in their most thoughtful way to make me feel at home and loved even when I'm far away from friends and family.
I do think I'm really fortunate to have had so many wonderful birthdays in a row - yes, Vicki's annual "party plans" (simple yet sweet), Blewky's little celebrations (though this year we've spent our birthdays all over the world on different continents), birthday buffets with Evi and Luyi (we must make up for it when I return)! And last year I'd celebrated mine with tonnes of people; this year's simple yet nevertheless unique and memorable, and will undoubtedly be one of the greatest highlights of my exchange experience.
Mrs Fox does up the interior decor of her house on her own! An avid fan of IKEA, her efforts in creating the perfect home makes her guests (us) feel so warmly welcomed all the time.
Laura says because it is my birthday (and hence "a special occasion"), her mum'd specially prepared appetizers like cheese + crackers + fruit for us!
The nicely-decorated dinner table - Js and I are holding up our name-tags, which Mrs Fox always prepares for each meal.
Dinner started off with a champagne toast to me, which made me feel really special and at the centre of attention, haha. It was all nice and sweet, and dessert was tea, and of course, my yummy birthday cake. :)
Top left to right: Mr and Mrs Fox (John and Patricia), Dave (Laura's boyfriend)
Cheesecake with strawberries and blueberries, homemade by Mrs Fox.
We were then made to proceed to the family room while everyone watched me unwrap presents. I guess it's something I've never done in many years for now, just everyone sitting around watching the birthday girl in anticipation. I think I last did something like this in Primary 6 or something, haha. I was made to read every card aloud (I had 3 of them that night!) and show off all the presents!
After dinner we went up to help Laura and Judy find a space for rent in Singapore, going through the MRT system and possible locations with them. They also wanted to learn abit of SInglish so we taught them a little; now they know we were "nua-ing" on Laura's bed. Haha.
满载而归！I took the bunch of white balloons home so they're now lying in my room, haha. My loot of presents includes the following:
From Mr and Mrs Fox - a birthday card, U of M recyclable bag, U of M Bookstore gift certificate. From Laura and Dave - a cute pop-up monkey birthday card, an Inukshuk figurine, a scarf. From Judy - a birthday card, card-holder, Gold Card Mints and Starbucks gift card.
It's really sweet to receive homemade birthday cakes
So this is my 2nd homemade birthday cake ever, and I thought it'd be nice to show off my piano cake again from 2 years ago on my 20th. Vicki made it from the Betty Crocker piano cake recipe I saw online, and is to date one of my best birthday cakes ever. :)
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