Archive for the 'Birthdays' Category

Medusa, and then DZ’s party

admin May 15th, 2010

Had dinner with Mr Murmurs at Medusa Greek Taverna at the City before heading to celebrate DZs birthday at Darling Harbour!

The restaurant was loud but nice atmosphere, too cold to sit out so we opt in, great service :)

29914_439346964427_514279427_5627867_4698771_n

Entree: Tzatziki. Yoghurt, cucumber and garlic (dips served with warm pita bread)

-

29914_439346969427_514279427_5627868_1697909_n

Entree: Loukaniko. Country style spicy grilled sausage served on chard leaf salad

29914_439346974427_514279427_5627869_3997508_n

Main (special): Pork belly with pomegranate sauce.

-

29914_439346984427_514279427_5627870_2568551_n

Main: Arni souvlaki. Traditional lamb souvlaki served with tzatziki, spicy salad and chips

-

Yum :D

Birthday 2010

admin January 19th, 2010

Thanks to the ones who remembered and wished me: My family, aunt T (and family), AG, NH, KZ, NM, LS, LC, AC, KJ, EW, JH.

So many’s forgotten though.

Even though they’re regarded as “important” friends.

170110 for my birthday

admin January 17th, 2010

Woo! Spent the day shopping (fun fun) with lots of walking and trying and buying (yay for shoes, shu uemura eyelash curler and little things!) and then having a nice meal at a new place called Mizuya (George St, Town Hall).

As the name suggests, it’s a Japanese restaurant, and they also have a karaoke bar (whose pricings confuse me). It’s quite a lovely place; from receiving the many exuberant “Irashaimase”s with every step we took as we walked inside, the ambience and the lighting on the display sakura tree, to their service - everything was pleasant.

After being introduced to the touch-screen ordering menu (only a select set of menus for lunchtime), we chose our food (”Ooh, I want this” *touch, confirm), and the status of each item were constantly being updated (Next to the edamame was a “cooking” icon whilst our beverage was “being served”). Throughout the course, we can check what we have ordered and the amount it comes to, so there are no mistakes there. We took our time, displaying the food and taking photos (…) and eating, without being gawked at (sometimes, we feel the need to hurry when they look over, even if it’s just a “do you want anything” look)… When we were done, we proceeded to touch the checkout button, and the waitress brought our bill.

My drink: Capricornus because I’m a Capricorn and because it sounded appealing. It was really good actually. But only when cold; I remember the texture of the kiwi and kiwi seeds when it wasn’t as chilled and it was…

Aries: for no other reason than it having passionfruit in it!

Edamame

Beef sukiyaki

Teppan salmon

That was a first time at Mizuya, but I also have another two “first time”s in one - I decided to wax my eyebrows (1. shaping my eyebrows; 2. waxing… that’s right, it was my first time waxing! I had laser hair removal done before I waxed!). I’ve always wanted to have my eyebrows shaped, preferably by tweezing… Whilst shopping at Myer, AG told me he saw a parlour for shaping eyebrows, waxing lips etc… A lady came and speak to me and asked if I needed help… Now it whilst people to this and more every day, I felt a little anxious… But I thought, oh well, let’s go for it. They told me waxing was the best way for first time (she told me one girl asked for it to be plucked, and ended up in tears because it was just that bad), quick and easy. It didn’t feel too bad… until the lower brow. Ouch! >< It was over soon enough, and she concealed any redness for me, which was good. She told me to look after them every month. Woo! I felt good - because I must say, I loved my new brows!

Turning 20…

admin January 18th, 2008

What a peculiar day, I must say! I thought so, my friends knew so, and Tim (the one whom I described the “incidents” to) said so.

But first, some “normal” things.

At uni
Normality

So my 2 week summer course ends today with a 40% website presentation and a 30% final exam. Of course, even though it was a general education course, I was still pretty worried about the whole day.

So I got to class, ready yet nervous for the presentation, thinking that we had to explain every code that we used for the website and all. Turned out I had nothing to worry about at all! -_- He told groups of four to log into the school computers, load our sites and kicked us out of the room. Literally. After marking, he told us to come inside, grab our medium if we used one and then kicked us out of the room once again. Easy.

So we went to the law library, into the seminar rooms so we could “study”. As all study sessions proceed, we ended up cracking Russell Peters jokes, talking about some really random stuff, snacking, reading the papers (uni offers round 1 out today, how exciting!)… and towards the end of the “study session”, realised that we were all screwed! Well, not Andy, but the rest of us were!

Because the class was pretty big, the teacher decided to split the group into 2 to take the test. Julie, Huy, Sharan and I barely made the last 4 spots for the first test session! Phew!

Skip skip skip.

The test was pretty hard >.< Yep, a gen ed final exam was actually hard! I mean, what the hell? Some of the stuff we didn’t even learn about! -_- GAH!

Outing: Food
Weird incident 1

Meanwhile, outside was raining. Rats, why did it have to rain on my birthday? It hasn’t in how long? I don’t know. But longtime!

But seeing that it was my birthday, we decided to double date with Julie and Huy.

So first off, to eat!
Ichiban boshi!

We arrived and there was a huge line. Huy wanted to go somewhere else to eat but I didn’t want to because:

  • I was too bothered
  • It was raining: hard to get around
  • I like eating at Ichiban Boshi~~

So we asked one of the waitresses (who looked European but spoke fluent Japanese!) how long it would be till we get to go in. 20 minutes. Ok, 20 it is!

So after checking out Kinokuniya (a huge bookshop), we came out to wait with the guys. Then… something weird happened.

Some girl and her friends walked past our group, and she kind of stared straight at me, talking to her friend and all. All of us took notice of this but decided to ignore that.

Andy: It might be because she thought she knew you from somewhere.

And still, the staring continued.

Julie: Could she make it anymore obvious?!

And then suddenly, I saw her eyes make a dart to my chest area, staring ever so intently.

Huy: Maybe she’s looking at your badges…

So again, this was ignored, and her head stuck out a tiny bit, eyes still at my chest. At this stage, I was starting to feel a bit… uncomfortable.

Andy: Maybe she has bad eyesight…?

Her eyes wandered up and down a tiny, then fixes on my chest.

Huy: Man, if I wanted to check out your badges, I wouldn’t full stare or anything!

Waitress: Number 68.
Me: That’s us!

And I took my things and hurried the heck out of there. Okay, that was “Incident #1″. The meal was great, with Andy drinking a lot of water while finishing up my “very hot ramen”.

Outing: Shopping
Weird Incident 2

We got out of the building, and still it was raining. Julie said to go Myer, so we did. Somehow, we ended up at the lingerie section. Huy wanted to go to the games section so I shoo-ed Andy to go with him while we girls had some “alone time”. We did actually, but with one more person… And this is the beginning of “Incident #2″

Me and Julie were checking out hot hot bras when a saleslady came around and started introducing all the products to us, telling us what they are made of and how “spectacular” and “stunning” they all are.

Saleslady: The change rooms have very long lines so when you both are ready, I’ll pop you into our special change room.

So Julie and I must’ve grabbed 6 items each, giggling about how to escape from the saleslady because man, have you seen the price tags on some of these? And I know I definitely can’t afford things this much!

Ready!

Saleslady: So I’ll pop you in first, Wendy (she got my name wrong but oh well, I’ll be Wendy for a while)
Me: Oh it’s a single change room?
Saleslady: Yeah.
Me: How about we go in together Julie?
Julie: *drags me into the room, pulls the curtain close*

Inside…
Me: Man, this one costs $190!
Julie: Yeah, but they’re hot. I’m going to try this one first.
Me: Maybe I’ll try this one. *Whispers in her ears* How are we gonna escape?!
Julie: Don’t worry. Hey, reckon she thinks we’re lesbians?
Me: *looks in mirror* Yeah actually.

Curtain opens.
Shock.
Covers up.

Saleslady: Oh WOW, this one really pushes up your breast, Julie. See how it gives you that lift?
Me: Yeah, it really does Julie. Looks good.
Julie: Yeah shite!
Saleslady: And the red looks absolutely spectacular on you, Wendy.
Me: I like it actually.
Saleslady: Now hurry and try these one on, girls. *points to see-through red lace bra, disappears out of room*

Me: That was weird!
Julie: Mm. *starts changing* Can you turn around while I change into this one?
Me: Yeah. *hangs around, too embarrassed to try anything*
Saleslady: *pops in* Hi Julie and Wendy, how are you girls doing?
Julie: *covers*
Saleslady: Wendy, why aren’t you changed? Oh wow! Look at you Julie. Oh come on, don’t be shy, we all have breasts.
Julie: But my nipples are showing. *uncovers* Oh wait, you can’t see them much.
Saleslady: So what do you think?
Julie: Yeah I like it.
Saleslady: Now hurry and change into this *indicates to the see-through black lace one and disappears behind curtain*

By the looks of this, makes me wonder if we had a choice anymore? So anyway, by now, we started changing quickly and freely in front of one another before she pays an early visit…

Saleslady: Oh WOW, you both look very stunning! BOTH of you should be advertising for this! So what do you think?
Julie: Definitely like the black more then the red.
Me: Yeah, I agree with her. And I like this too.

Okay, this goes on for at least another 15 minutes with many “you look stunning” or “this is so HOT on you” (and the like) before we both finished changing into all the clothes we took in. Andy called to see where we were so I told them to wait for us outside the lingerie section. So much for being lesbians now…! (Although I am bisexual)

Saleslady: So what do you think, girls?
Julie: I like the black, not the other. *sees the boyfriends coming back*
Me: Me too, I’m just showing him.

Man, she seems either quite:

  1. Keen on checking out breasts or
  2. A very persistent (read: pushy) salesperson.

But they most likely don’t get commission, so I don’t see what they point was.

And we just hung around, the four of us. I think the saleslady must’ve took the hint because she went into the change rooms to serve another lady, leaving us to decide.

Plonk.
RUN!!!

And that was how we escaped.
That was fun!

Evening
Dinner

After, I got home and freshened up a bit before going to have family dinner to celebrate our birthdays (Brandon and I have birthdays on the same day and month). We had some very delicious seafood, took some photos and then went home feeling satisfied.

That night…
Chatting

I explained the whole story to Andy. “I think she’s a lesbian.” he says.

And then I repeated the story to Tim to have this said, “Yep, definitely a lesbian. You could have asked her for an orgy and got her fired!”

After all, I thought it was because of my new hairstyle… or the outfit I was wearing… Which led Tim to one conclusion, “You’re attracting the wrong gender with the haircut.”

Me whacking stupid

Sounds flattering.
But I don’t think so.

So there you have it, my very interesting 20th birthday.

19th Birthday outing with the uni gang~

admin January 19th, 2007

Thanks to those who came:
Andrew, Eric, Jess, Amy, Daphne, Emily, Wilson, Allen (our official ricecooker), Dani, Katy, Harry, Tracy & Chanyu (whom invited herself).

Feel really blessed to have you guys spend my birthday (plus one day) with me ^^

Extra thanks for your presents (though I didn’t expect any):
Eric: Very sweet card and I love chocolates (which are finished by the way…) ^^
Jess: Actually wrote shit in the card!! And me likes stars ^^
Harry: Y’know I love music ^.~ And cool card! Hehe
Daphne: The fragrance smells sweet =^^=
Katy, Lily, Allen, Amy, Dani (and they didn’t mention who else): Loved the bag and shirt, very funky!!!

Jono, Haichi and Lily couldn’t make it~ Wish you guys could though~ T_T

We watched “Pursuit of happyness”
Moral: 4/5
Storyline & predictability: Easy
Excitement: 2/5
Overall: 2.5/5 (average)

And then sang K in 2 rooms (international room and English room)

Room 1:
Allen was rapping Chinese and 50 cent…
Harry, Daphne & Chanyu singing Mandarin
Me and Chanyu tried some Jap (didn’t work…)

Room 2:
Katy, Amy, Dani, Emily, Tracy sang pop stuff (N’Sync and stuff…)
Wilson and Gray… erm… they kinda fainted…

It was fun though~ ^^’

Had Japanese at Michitaro <3 The stuff was quite nice~ I’d so go there again~
And there are bell ringy thingies on the table. Service is okay and stuff…

Then we just headed our own way~

The day was great :D Couldn’t ask for more… except maybe one complaint: friggon parking was like $38 o.O stupid city!!!

My 19th

admin January 19th, 2007

Many thanks to ma, Haichi, Karen, Farhana, Tim, aunt 2, Amy, Nga, Katy, Jess & Afroz for their birthday sms’s =)
Means a lot to me dears <3

Went out with Gray to shopping (got an excuse to go out because my brother went out as well hehe)~ He got me Emily the Strange shoes ^_^ They’re so pretty~! We ate sushi train too (yummy~!)

At night, my family went out and had seafood~ Delish~! <3 <3 <3

Pre-19th

admin January 17th, 2007

Went ice-skating with Andrew and my bro (and his friends, Andrew and Hannah)~

Hahaha, Andrew can’t skate!! Klutz~ Cute Klutz~~ XP
But yeah, both Andrew and my bro stacked it hard and hurted themselves =(
Awww, poor babies ><

Was fun though =)

And I had the fantasticest and relaxingest hour-long bath at night <3 Body Shop’s Oceanus is so delish ne~!!! <3

P.S. It’s my birthday on the Chinese calender, 29/11

An important date!!

admin January 14th, 2007

G’day everyone~!!

Firstly, want to send warm birthday wishes to my dear & special friend, Timmy!!!
Happy 19th man! =)

And then Happy anniversary to Jono and Manda <3 ^^

And a happy 6 months to Andrew and me ^__^ (such a long time X_x)

Andrew’s 21st

admin December 19th, 2006

Happy Birthday Andrew~ <3
I wuv you desu =3

Went shopping with Andrew, then to his place to chill out~
Afterwards, we met up with Michael, My & Asa for Yum cha (lunch) at Iron chef~
Michael’s shout.
(Andrew: please tell My to send piccies!)

Amy’s 19th and drinking with our tutor

admin November 2nd, 2006

Amy organised a beach outing and everyone was hyped up to go beaching~
I was one of them who said they’d go~!
But thing is, I had to be back by 2pm for my genetics lab~ =(
I was still gonna go though…

They ended up leaving at 12:30 and by that time, I kinda changed my mind~
So I didn’t end up going with the gang yet again!
That’s 3/3 times I couldn’t make it - with the most valid reason.
>< Damn!

Anyway~ Genetics lab (our last one!!!) was alright, another surprise test (which this time really was a surprise because the last time we had a test, Tim said it was our last)~!

The after lab bit was fun, glad I went! =)
Went uni bar with Tim, Josh, Em, Anthony and David~
Tim bought first rounds (3 jugs) and Josh bought second (2 jugs… geeze, I wonder if they ended up finishing all that alki!)~
It was fun despite being the only one not drinking from the group~
But heck, I was just as drunk as the ones who’d had a few dozen of beers >_>
But yeah, uni bar was packed because it had this let’s-get-shit-faced end of year party thing going on~
Ended up leaving later than planned but all’s good~
Great even! =)

Next »