A day out with the other mousey half of the world dominating lab rats  "Pinky". No need for me to do too much of a review on this place. Genji, PJ Hilton is already famous for a fine Japanese Buffet Selection.

Hope you enjoyed the food porn and made ya hungry =P

          

Date 10 with Melvin. - Thanks Mel, for the Cham Ping and Pancakes

Melvin is an old friend from my Uni days. I remember the trips to Port Dickson for Dr Khoo's Seaweed collection escapades in his MyVi together with Kelly and Lin plus the want to dress him to look like Gensoumaden Saiyuki's Sanzo.

Instead of writing a 100 word description about himself, he put down in typical Melvin fashion "Aiyah...no need lah"

Though I would say that I don't know Melvin all that well, I don't really need a 100 word description from him with regards to who he is.

The date was more like a catch up session than one with romance in mind. Yet again, in true gentlemen-ship, Mel actually walked me back to the car and even in the rain without an umbrella *glares at men who do not walk me back to the car or home*

I won't go into much details except that the conversation was about body building, badminton, and dating in general LOL

Read about what Melvin has to say about the date tho!

          

A Wednesday night having earned well deserved cupcakes and a Virgin Mojito at Marmalade with friends. Thx to Cincau Hangus for working his magic with my camera for the cupcake shots

Then it's home to make more mini cupcakes.... (previews later)

          

First of all I'd like to thank all the 300 + well wishers on Facebook, Phone, Snail Mail, Email, Smses, Twitter, MSN, Gtalk and Skype and those of you who took the time to come by personally to wish me. Family, friends, colleagues, bffs. I'm so blessed to have everyone. (Including that call from South Africa where the other person on the line mentioned he was going to 'bitch slap' me. Duncan,... you know I *hearts* you but DON'T YOU EVER DARE say you would B****SLAP ME ON MY BIRTHDAY! *poke*. Thanks for calling though dude!)

David whisked me away to have lunch with "he who shall not be named" and Irene to have Taman Desa's yummeh 'Yu Tau Mai'

Asides from spitting bones on the table the adults here were teaching me some adult theoretical skills XD (The poor guy who squeezed in to have lunch on the same table as us).

During tea time, the office surprised me with cake! Hee Hee, thanks for being there Yi Ma, Billa, Wyn, Shikin, Nazra, Audrey, Vim, Alia, and Dr. Mani!  Thanks to Billa for suggesting a marzipan Kitty to put on my cake to represent me! So cutez! LOL.

Gifts from the collegues downstairs at the counter and Gurdip and Teng Plus I've got shopping Vouchers from Intan!

Since I already celebrated with the family, It's time to celebrate with the BFFs and the gang at Starbucks! M.U.A. was such a sweetie to come pick me up all the way from work (and later send me home after that)

The entire bux usual buxing gang including Laineh, Wei Wei, and Alvin were there! Hee!

Thank you Mabel for wrapping the crazy but beautiful gift from Catherine and Grace! Which basically went from a huge box to reversing the effects of earth hour, meeting Paris Hilton and Nicole Kidman, Coffee Brewer, Tazo Teas, Lip Balm sunscreen to a pretty bracelet with beautiful turq bees

Thank you very much also to everyone who tried to get my favourite cake for me although some logistics problems came up. But this Cheezy Choc cake is awesome enough

Although her main present wasn't here, Laineh gave me  a mini gift in the cutest box with cute  eyelashes, hair removers (LOL), CHOCOLATE FLVR-ed mask, Bvlgari and Clinique!

The M.U.A. gave me a cute tweezer which reminded her of me (IT'S PINK!) and a lovely shade of Majolica Majorca Lip Gloss. They are now both being carried around EVERYWHERE in my make up kit!

Even Mr. Moon came out for me in all his brilliance. Watching the big, bright white moon to me symbolises a really good day.

Thanks for the day everybody

          

And I collected these on the way back to office. Brera boots! OMG

To find this on my table from Sister Rhandir. She knows a happy kitteh is a well fed Kitteh! Thank you so much

I was later for dinner with my family. They're camera shy but the food is not

And home for some bday cake!

Mom says I can't light up this one with candles. Apparently if I blow too many candles, I will age faster. Meh. (I'm still going to burn a few more candles anyway, I'll just put one on each cake I make my wish on! LOL!

          

Wait... Celebrations prolly started circa 12:30pm on April 7th 2009 when I called out Wan Feng for lunch so we could both seek relief in a Steaming Claypot of Bah Kut Teh. Uncalled for, unplanned, fun. I always knew how to keep my emotions in elevated levels by seeking happiness in food.

.... and at about 6:00-7:00pm. Off to Little Taiwan SS15 we go for the original idea. Huei Ying joined in and drove all the way after hearing what had happened to me earlier in the day. Thanks Huei Ying!

Plus the original two people I spent my entire 3 years with in Monash Wan Feng and Shing Ying. Looking at flies, cutting up rats, scurrying by the culture room with our noses pinched to avoid the smell of growing bacteria culture.

All the girls who know me so well and can take my eccentric mannerisms, egoism and random quirks (I shouldn't be proud of such things).

I had my very first makeshift Birthday cake, Birthday Thick Toast with peanut butter!

In the most "April" of ways and at these times, I settle down to certain things with child-like wonderment.

I always wish for the same thing every year since my 21st Birthday.

"Come what may, I'll take the bitter with the sweet, gains and the loss, love and bitterness. as long as at the end of my life, I'm a happier and better person. Oh and Screw It, just do it!"

I don't believe in not telling people your wish because if you can say it out (aiyoh sounds like some personal development training thing) and mean it everytime u wish for it, it will come true.

Although I'm Not 30 years old or 3 years old either, but with the help of the girls, we decided that three candles should have three special meanings attached to them.

Yellow for Happiness, Red for Prosperity and Pink for Love Luck and Beauty. Eh money inside there I pinjam from here and there... I'm not that rich so don't ever think of doing what I'm thinking you would do to me.

Thanks again to WF, SY and HY  who made the day extra special and being there for me.

          

Now you see, Raj is in the local reality show Cornetto Love Perhaps 2. I'm really doing him a favor by pimping him so that he can win, where consequentially, he will owe me BIG TIME and throw a party with me on the VIP guest list. *snicker* After his first bloggers meet today, it's time for his first Video blog! LOL!

Despite all the immodest antics and behavior in this video, he's very much down to earth, very real as a person and really is a nice guy thus, he deserves to win. All me and my friends really want on the other hand is an excuse to party...

So take his advice on being a man *ahem*, vote simply by sending your SMS votes as per the column below from starting at (12th Jan 08) 9:45pm to (13th Jan 08)12:45am

We're so lucky that we have such great mutual understandings as friends. *grin*

          

We were about to turn back when I noticed a small road sign. Following 3 of the same signs later led us to a brightly lit corner behind a seafood processing factory cars all parked until it backed up into the main road.

Your typical seafood restaurant, Malaysian Chinese style. Fumbling with our limited Cantonese food vocabulary we just requested for several recommendations including Lydia's much craved for Fried Sotong.

          

With no maps and only names of restaurants scribbled down in a pocket notepad, we arrived for lunch in surprise to see much of Kuantan shops closed or barely occupied by patrons.

"Maybe folks here eat at home..."

Circling around the commercial blocks near Berjaya Mall, we stumbled across a shop that was lit and the word 'laksa' just above the entrance. Aprons and posters and newspaper cuttings as testimony for us to take a gamble on our limited vacant stomach space to give it a go (of course we were hungry as well)

Meet our lunch, a fantastic bowl of Sg. Katong Curry Laksa.

What really differs about this laksa compared to your usual curry laksa is the texture of the gravy/soup. Instead of a homogenous mix of drippy soup, there is a delightfully sloppy mix of santan in it.