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Saturday, December 16, 2006


well, guess it's over...

not that i really look forward to birthdays, but this is kinda the first year that friends have celebrated with me. being born in december, i didn't have the luxury of celebrating together with the whole class in school.

alright, i'll take this opportunity to thank all that have wished me happy birthday in chronological order.

1. james, one and only korean.
2. joann
3. david
4. zilah, finally we're 16!
5. sharon
6. sarah
7. meihui
8. yuting, via sharon's phone
9. weijian
10. anna
11. si qian
12. edward
13. kok quan
14. umesh
15. nani
16. min (included a birthday song :p )

16th birthday, 16 wellwishers. to some it may be very little, but to me, it's more than i had in years.

went out yesterday to renew my passport. when i finally reached the counter, the woman looked at me and said, "today 16?" and i said yes. then she turned to the next counter and asked, "eh, today then 16 can anot?" if she said "no" i would have freaking stood up and slapped her face. after all, this was the second trip there i made in a week.

didn't know where to go next. was supposed to go for an interview in jurong west for some job at a facotry to assemble computer parts, $50 a day, 9-hour shifts. didnt' go in the end cause didn't think it was for me. so somehow i ended up in west mall, applying for a job in sportslink, yea, the place where someone got freaking murdered in public. if this works out, i may have to stay till 10+ on some nights, so if you've got any messages to pass on to the dead guy, let me know, i'll be sure to tell him when i see him.

met up with james, wj and zilah at 5.30. they tried to dissuade zilah and i from the fact that they're gonna celebrate our birthday, but come on, it's zilah and i you're trying to trick. haha.

ate at pastamani, again. mei hui was working so the 30% discount was valid. unfortunately, zilah, who did the ordering, didn't ask for a discount, so we all ended up paying full price.

zilah had to leave shortly after dinner, and wei jian after her, so james and i ended up watching some people carol in front of the giant christmas tree in west mall. they're ok, i guess... not bad, but not that good either. at some points they just sounded like a broken recorder, but hey, it's
Christmas, i'll forgive them.. haha.

after a while james had to leave too, so i ended up going home at only 8+, where before i had planned to stay out past 12. haha. here are some shots of zilah and i at pastamania, and close up shots of the wallet wj and james got me.










jacket for zilah, wallet for me. i'm worth $70 less than zilah.. haha (they forgot to take out the price tag.)














how sweet, the dec 15s...






























wj and james' gift. thanks guys! the "jinyu" was drawn by joann eons ago.












this is supposed to be sharon's gift for my last birthday. she just bought a happy meal and passed this to me. quite cute, actually. press the button (rectangular thing in the "grass"), and the ball will jump up and snoopy will head it forward. wonders of spring mechanism...

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david treated joann and i to dinner to the night before. norwegian salmon, $14.60. joann and i were about to walk away from the restaurant when we saw the price, until david said he'll pay. ah well.















another pic of it, after i went through it. taken by david using my phone, i didn't realise it looked like a guy folding his arms until i saw it. take a look.
















well, guess that's the end of the post. check back next year to see if i still have any friends left :P

cya

9:27 AM
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