The Bestest Birthday

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As I promised in my last post, here are the details of my 27th birthday. Definitely a year to remember. The first time I celebrated my birthday with KH. The first time I felt that I was blessed with an abundance of good friends and company (though pointedly missing JM). This year's birthday was basically a 3-phase affair-- Pre, Exact and Post. The Pre-Birthday was celebrated with KH since that was the only suitable window for us to meet and the details can be found here.

However, on the Sunday before the 9th, the bloggers also threw me a lunch party at Tony Roma's, Sunway Pyramid. A super-boisterous group of 10, though we did not have QueerR and Adrien in our midst. It was entertaining having Alvin and Sam in the group. Finally had a chance to try their ribs. Not bad really, but it really isn't very wallet-friendly. Sharing with SK, I was able to sample their BBQ chicken (amazingly good, so Kenny Rogers can go tanam jagung) and Blue Cheese Burger. We also ordered the appetizer sampler plate-- onion loaf (like a yam basket but with onions), buffalo wings and tater skins (talk about recycling). The only thing I liked about it was the celery and the dip. Hah. After lunch, I opened up the prezzies and this is the inventory list:

1) cK 360 Stretch Trunk -- Thank you Jaylex Foundation! I can't believe it's cK!
2) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD -- Arigato JJ! I heart Deep Thought!
3) Madonna: The Immaculate Collection CD -- Xie Xie Janvier! Strike a pose!
4) Mark Haddon's "A Spot of Bother" -- Terima Kasih Sam & Bunny! Books are good!
5) Topman Trunk -- Merci David! My first article of clothing from there!
6) PDI Polo-T -- Gracias Mei! It fits me to a T!



After that, we wandered around Sunway Pyramid New Wing and cam-whored like nobody's business. Janvier's walking stick really brought a lot of joy to the occassion. A slight skanky detour to Marks And Spencer (read all about it at Sam's blog) and already I had to say goodbye. Upon reaching home, I left again with mum, sis, bro-in-law and SK to have dinner at Sri Ayutthaya, Medan Damansara. A cozy, woody interior. All the waiters were dressed in either baju melayu or kebaya, but I guess this weirdness only happens during the fasting month. The food was great. Spicy stuff. Ordered spicy stir-fried asparagus, curry prawns with coconut flesh, mango salad, fern salad, tom yam and steamed siakap.

On the exact day, I left work early. I slammed my laptop shut and told my boss, "I'm going home now, today is my birthday". Screw whatever discussion we were having. SK had prepared a sumptious meal at home, joined by mum, sis, bro-in-law, HP, Khiam, Cho and Mei. We all sat down to a full table of seafood stew (oysters, fish maw and scallops), steamed pomfret, wine chicken, stir-fried vegetables, ginger-onion frog's legs, soup and steamed prawns in egg. When food could no longer go down the gullet, we brought out the ruby port to wash it all down. At the end, sis unveiled her home-made strawberry marble layer cake. Sinfully delicious with australian strawberries and whipped cream. Although JM & SK had already bought me a 120GB portable HDD for my birthday, SK chipped in with HP for another gift. Boy, was I surprised when out of the box came a Suneo doll! How "apt". Heh. B*tches. :P.



Belated and tumpang: On Syawal 1, met up with Takashi, Jase, Robb, Zach, Frankie and JJ for steamboat at Yuen Steamboat, Sunway Pyramid. Had been quite some time since I met the gang (especially my di) and what was sweet that he gave me a birthday hug and peck on the cheek. Eric and Jase presented me with a cute red box of hearts that contained 2 hardcover books from The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. In addition to that, a craft DIY slice of chocolate cake (lots of assembly required!) and a miniature bottle of scrolls. The steamboat was quite disappointing as the seafood wasn't fresh. All bland from over-freezing. Ended the whole she-bang with loads of shrimp and 5 scoops of raspberry ice-cream (shared la of course).



With the recent mourning in Mel's family and my busy schedule, we couldn't find a suitable time to meet me up, but we finally did on Tuesday after Eid. Even with limp, she came all the way to share an idli and steaming cup of milo with me at Lebuh
Ampang. Knowing the bitch I am to shop for, she finally settled on a nice G2000 shirt for me. After a bitching session about our significant others, she hobbled with me to Petaling Street for a failed book hunting (sorry dear, couldn't find your book). I guess that wraps up my birthday for 2007. Thanks one and all for making it super memorable!



PS: Last but not least, Bill's package that arrived just on time from the US, containing a funky brief from Go Softwear and an offbeat birthday card. Thanks Bill, your listening skills are amazing!