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… and some unfortunate ones.

What craaaazy busy 5 days it has been! I feel almost normal again [not normal being the past few months where I didn't have a social life]!

I was in a holiday mood even before my actual day itself, but had to suppress it because of the amount of work waiting for me to clear. :/

Twas a pity I didn’t have my camera with me the past couple of days. Wonderful moments should be captured and immortalised. Urm, I was too busy enjoying myself half the time to snap anything anyway.

It was Wednesday evening when I met Eliot for a quiet cosy Japanese dinner at Central. He had praised the ramen to the skies and I was a little skeptical, but mmm, the ramen was good! It reminded me of those I have eaten in Japan. Simply delish! Must. bring. people. there. in. the. future.

Eliot: You just have got to try the egg. It’s very very very very very very goooood.

Me: I get your point already..

We ended up at Wala Wala with 2 of his friends, just chilling and listening to the band. KK’s Nyak was fronting and sounded much better than the previous time I’ve heard him [Shirlyn still beats him hands-down in revving up the crowd though]. I went home smiling, but confused about some stuff.

Thursday was spent churning out work and meeting crucial deadlines, and boss had to not-so-subtly ‘chase’ me out for lunch.

Birthday lunch at Himawari.

The food there is great. Very fresh, and tasty. It should have been an altogether good experience, but the waitress’ attitude cast a shadow over our lunch; she was unhappy that we asked for the ala carte buffet 15 minutes before the buffet ended, and it showed on her face. Oops. :/

This is only the first round. 

Fast-forward to the evening where I met a friend for dinner. Yes I know, it was like an amazing race of sorts - the growing fat eating version.

The Hill @ Mount Faber. That was the only shot I managed to get with my lousy hp camera.

While I was having my dinner, BFF was alone at Wala Wala, waiting for me to make my royal entrance. The poor guy was bored out of his mind, occasionally texting me stuff like “I’m all alone, with my head on my phone. Thinking when you’ll come.” Laughs. Oops.

What’s up with the Jaywalk pose?

I wasn’t expecting anything from anyone because I simply didnthavethetimetothinkaboutanythingapartfromwork so it was a sweet surprise when BFF pressed a present into my hand. Earrings from an online shop which I frequent! It is very tough to get the stuff from there [they are usually snapped up within the hour of posting] and I wonder how BFF managed to get it. Thankies!

Also met Jerry, the producer of ANIC, at Wala.

Me: Hey, sorry, you’re Jerry S right?Jerry: *extending hand out and smiling widely* Yes, happy birthday!Me: !!!? Err, you know who I am??Jerry: Yah, heh heh. [My name] from xtomic.

Turned out he was hanging with Ruok, our mutual friend, and Ruok told him I was gonna be there. -_-”

BFF abandoned me on the pretext of going to the Gents and I was wondering if he was ever coming back when he did, with a cake! Sooooo sweeeeeet lah! *melts* Shortly after, RN and TK turned up, with a stranger [or so we all thought] following from behind.

Stranger: *appeared silently like a shinobi at the table from behind RN and TK*The four of us: *shot a blank look at him and then looked at one another with question marks over our heads*Stranger [smoothly]: *turned to TK and shook his hand* You’re TK, right. Hi. *turned to me* And you’re starm|st. Hello. And Happy Birthday.Me to RN [flabbergasted]: Err, who is he??RN to me [confused but calm]: I don’t know.

It was Aberwyn, gawd, I have never met him before even though we both belong to a group.

Two cakes! One from the guy and one from the gal, both equally delish.

“So much for staying low-profile,” I told RN, half-exasperately. Yes, so much for that. I was grabbing a shot of Shirlyn & the Unxpected when the band made a dedication to me on behalf of my friends at the table. Laughs. iShy! The gals at the table behind us went wild, screaming the birthday song to me. -_-”

I think you can hear the part where the gal said, “stop filming and just blow the candles out!”. Something like that.

A lousy incident marred the almost-start of my birthday. Sigh. Two friends were fooling around when a small bit of the chocolate cake landed on a lady’s skirt. I only realised it when the table of peeps glared at us for a minute or so. If looks could k*ll… Mortified, all of us apologised to her. Before we left, I decided to be nice and apologise [to the lady] again on behalf of our table since it was my birthday and the cakes were intended for me and not her skirt. She was very gracious about it, but the [drunk, I think] guy beside her decided to be Mr Alpha Male.

Mr Macho Man [MM]: *shoved me hard on my right shoulder*Me: ?!!Mr MM [rudely]: This is a public place. If you want to play, go outside and play!Me [infuriated]: I wasn’t the one playing ok!Mr MM: *taken aback that I spoke back to him and tried to think of something else to say*Me: *shot another apologetic look at the lady and walked away before Mr MM’s puny brain could register anything else*

GRRR. I was so pissed off I couldn’t think of any sarcastic comebacks, d*mmit. What is it with men and being all macho when they get drunk? How dare he shove me on my shoulder, idiot! [Pardon the angry starm|st here.]

We then visited RN’s place [I had to see pretty Sunshine the kitty!] and chatted for a bit, and it was home sweet home, to talk to special people online.

Thank you to all who remembered and bothered!

t squared s, ichitaka, sister, rich rich, pawprintz, taurus, hina, salty banana, ahdai, ct, angel mei, eve, claud, ser ming, ben ho, percusso, sadeaf, beebs, kk, jester, yahwee, bliss mei, rui mei, ken choo, twin, the entire uni gang on sat, ben, rn, bff dpl, dpl’s angel, tk, ruok, drs, cowboy, naiveguy, cow, joelle, lamerooze, nadnut, km, jaywalk, ed, supanova, jaschoco, daing, darric, DL, steven bro, su, pat pat, jai, office, manda, justin, jerry s, and whoever else i forgot to list here.

s t a r m | s t June 13th, 2008

• about birthdays , the barfly , the sentimental lover , the worker