i know i haven’t been posting like at all, so i decided to kind of recap last year with a list of the 21 most memorable moments of my 21st year. which really has been one of my best years yet. hopefully my 22nd will be a better year!
- 21st birthday celebration with the family – best birthday cake ever (from the patissier!) and of course, the huge angbaos… hehe.
- 21st birthday surprise from the other three (vanessa, maryam, yy, duh.) the pretend-to-ignore-me thing from yy, the door decorations (i still have them and i took extensive photos, no worries… hahaha.), the fake dinner at niqqi’s, getting blindfolded and the ultimate surprise at PS cafe… definitely THE moment in my 21st year :) thanks, guys.
- vanessa’s 21st birthday surprise which did not go as well as expected… but still very funny to look back on. my favourite moment was the realisation that the 10 coming wasn’t a double-decker bus. haha!
- the movie marathons we had at yy’s. i can’t even remember how many we had over the year (3?) but they were all fun.
- manchester united winning the double! special moments include losing to chelsea in the EPL but winning them on penalties in the champions league. also, watching the man u-barcelona match in the middle of exams and vanessa making me want to throw my cushion at her for cheering so loudly for barca. haha.
- roger federer losing at wimbledon to nadal :(
- yy’s birthday celebrations (you were so speeshal, we celebrated twice!) – although, by the 3rd birthday we were already running out of surprises.
- getting terrible exam results for sem 2, 07/08 but also getting calls from cambodia and malaysia to make up for it. :)
- visiting yy and maryam in malacca! too many things to mention. but looking back, our old, sort-of-creepy hotel at KL was definitely quite the memory… haha.
- finishing the 50th anniversary book. and the incredible amounts of work and ’suffering’ i had to undergo in the process. and also, making friends with the office staff (rashidah, in particular) and also the numerous dinners at the emmanuels’. which also includes getting to know the emmanuels (especially ciaran! hoho.), mei yi and shanta.
- going to penang! the food in penang was worth the terrible bus ride there. of course, the company was good too.
- the trip back to singapore from penang. all that puking definitely left an indelible (if horrible) mark in my memories. at least now i know i’m susceptible to motion sickness…
- going for singfest! the huge ticket price was worth it for onerepublic and jason mraz alone.
- working for jo – the frustrations of the phd thesis and the testimonial were definitely memorable. not in a good way, of course. at least the money was pretty good.
- buying all my gadgets at the IT fair. yes, i’m that geeky. my favourite item being the monitor, of course. and later, buying my desktop :D
- celebrating maryam’s birthday – we managed to pull off TWO good surprises (one at dr e’s place, and later at carousel) so the last of the 21st birthdays definitely ended on a high.
- mccain choosing palin as his vice-president, and all the subsequent palin skits on SNL by tina fey.
- discovering/watching shows like the l word, the office and 30 rock.
- obama – yes we can!
- getting to know a great new neighbour (and her bunnies) – tiffany, of course.
- the christmas celebration at yy’s – the secret santa thing was great, as was all the wii we played (no pun intended). even if it did make our arms ache like mad and gave me a migraine the day after.
