Happy 22nd, dearest!

Here's a huge shout-out to my darling Justina -

HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY!!!

As promised, here is your present No.10: A video specially made by me! Why is it considered a present? Because I put my sweat, blood, tears and time into it. Teehee.

Watch on babe...






Like it?!? *grins*


The last song used is The Birthday Song by Corrinne May, and I find the lyrics so appropriate and meaningful:

'' Don't worry about that extra line
That's creeping up upon your face
It's just a part of nature's way to say you've grown a little more
Trees have rings and thicker branches
Kids' shoes get a little tighter
Every year we're getting closer to who we're gonna be
It's time to celebrate the story of how you've come to be

Happy Birthday, my friend
Here's to all the years we've shared together
All the fun we've had
You're such a blessing
Such a joy in my life
May the good Lord bless you
And may all your dreams come true

So light a candle on your cake
For every smile you've helped create
For every heart and every soul you've helped to grow
A little more
A few more pounds, a little more grey
Don't count the years, just count the way
It takes a little time to go from water into wine
Don't ever lose the wonder of that child within your eyes

Happy Birthday, my friend
Here's to all the years we've shared together
All the fun we've had
You're such a blessing
Such a joy in my life
May the good Lord bless you
And may all your dreams come true ''



May you continue to receive blessings of love, joy and success in your life, dearest. Your next phase will start in July, and I'm sure you'll do a kick-ass job at that big big company. ;)

Enjoy your special day, and may you always be happy.

Lotsa love,
Eve
xoxo



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14th April 2007: Justina's 22nd birthday celebration @ Vivocity and Cafe Del Mar



Had an early start to the day as I rushed around buying all the presents on my list. Zhen and I had made a deal to give Justina 22 presents altogether: 10 from her + 10 from me + combined present no. 21: a cake + combined present no. 22: a surprise. In the end, the surprise couldn't be carried out (for reasons that shall not be divulged...), so I've decided to take charge of that and give her something else... She doesn't even know what it is yet so I shan't reveal anything. I'm sure she'll mention it in her blog! Go read it tomorrow or on Thursday! Hurhur.

Anyway, we managed to meet up with everyone else at Vivocity on Saturday evening, and boy was Justina surprised to see so many people. I had invited all the guys and Stace, which was something she didn't expect. Turning 22 doesn't mean you can't have a big celebration, darling. =)

We settled at White Dog Cafe for dinner, where I had the chicken fillet...





and Zhen ended up ordering some King Scallops Pasta which turned out to be squid ink noodles!

Looks so weird right?





The masterminds:





After dinner, Zhen and I conspired to head to the toilet. Well, it wasn't really a conspiracy lah... Coz' I REALLY had to pee!!! But on the way back, we sneakily headed to Haagen Dazs to collect the 2kg ice-cream cake we had pre-ordered.

The staff at White Dog Cafe were really helpful and obliging. They went out of the cafe to take the cake from us and brought it into their kitchen to open and set up with the candles (so as not to arouse any suspicion from Justina. We wanted to make it a total surprise!).

Needless to say, our dear girl was in shock.


She finally got her wish - ice-cream cake for her birthday. =)




The birthday girl had difficulties using the plastic knife to cut the hard ice-cream cake, and the cafe staff actually took over by bringing the cake back into the kitchen and cutting it up for us. Wonderful service there.


One of my pressies to Justina was a birthday Barbie (coz' I know she is a little girl at heart...), and Zhen gave it to her, on the pretence that it was our combined birthday pressie to her.

The look on her face says it all. OMG....





I was just content to eat my cake. Hurhur




The after-dinner activity was to head to Sentosa's Cafe Del Mar, since Justina has been yearning to check the place out for ages. Not everyone came along though, the number dwindled down to 4 guys and 6 gals.

We were still excited though. Especially me! I've wanted to take a ride on the Sentosa Express since it opened! And I finally got the chance that day...

All crowding around the door. Haha!





Stace, Zhen and me... It was shaky in there!



We reached Cafe Del Mar rather quickly, which is a sign that Sentosa is doing something right about its transportation system.

It took us girls a while to warm up...





... whereas the guys had no problem whatsoever.



They were happy to see all the bikini babes lah. Hurhur. But after a while (plus a bit of influence from the alcohol), the cam-whoring and craziness started!

Me, Just and Zhen had specially bought flower hairclips when we were in town the previous week, just for this occasion! So we whipped them out and put 'em on... Not afraid to look hua-chi. ;)

Me and Just





Flower Power!





That's pretty much the only proper photos we took for the rest of the night... We went bonkers after that.

Evidence #1:





Evidence #2:





Evidence #3:





And of course, Justina and I couldn't help but relive our Bangkok memories...

Toilet?!? (Hurhur... Private joke)





We were not intoxicated (I barely drank anything! Was driving so had to be safe, you see...), just crazy. :P





Can't aim properly...





And I really lurve these two shots:


It just proves once again how cheeky Just and I can be, and that we're best friends for a reason... Muahaha.


We took full-length shots after that, but I only have the one with Zhen. Justina, send me the ones both of us took together! We were wearing such similar skirts, so the photos must have turned out nice!




After taking all those shots, Zhen suddenly pointed the camera in my face, so I...



She couldn't stop showing the photo to everyone after that, proclaiming how cute I look in it. I think I just look silly.

We had to leave Cafe Del Mar at 11.30 in order to catch the last Sentosa Express back to Vivo, but not before I took a walk around with Stace, just to soak in the beach atmosphere. It's a nice place. =)

Zhen, Mond and moi...





One more shot of the 3 of us, just to show that we were once at Cafe Del Mar together!!! Teehee





Couldn't resist...




I definitely look and feel different during the weekends. No, make that Saturdays only. I look and feel like complete shite on all other days, because of... oh, never mind. Let's not digress from this happy topic.

So I drove all the girls back safely to their blocks, and was thoroughly exhausted by the time I reached home close to 2a.m. But it was definitely a fun, fun, FUNNNN night. Darling Stace made me laugh so much the whole time, I couldn't help but thank her for cheering me up.

And of course, seeing the smile on our birthday girl's face made all the effort and fatigue worth it. More things could have been planned and more effort could have been put in, but we did our best already. I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself babe. Keep smiling =)

Here's to more birthdays!

P.S. You'll receive your final birthday pressie from me within the next 12 hours or so... It's only a matter of time!!! :D