em's blog: i'm 20!

I'm 20! no longer a teenager.. haha.. oh well.. part and parcel of life.. woo hoo! so, i thought celebrating my birthday away from home again was gonna be bad.. but, thank God it was absolutely brilliant! at midnight australian time i was alone at home, so i wished myself happy birthday.. sad right? i know.. lol.. i thanked God for giving me 20 wonderful years, and i committed the rest of my life to Him once again.. my aunt and uncle came back from some work function at about 12.30.. had to remind them it was my birthday.. then they wished me.. sheesh.. haha.. then my mum texted me at 1245 am.. 45 mins after australian midnight, 45 mins before s'pore's midnight.. haha.. so cute.. she was actually typing the msg when my aunt called.. and by the time my aunt put down the phone it was way past aussie midnight.. haha.. but who cares? I LOVE MY MUMMY! thank you for taking care of me for 20 years and 9 months.. thank you for everything you are.. i love you mummy!

so, at 12am s'pore time, the wishes came through.. thanks to all who wished me.. derek, abbie, grace, michell, chris, mao, tricia, adriel, ernest, jaslyn, charlene, xin hui, katie, ern chee, fiona, phylia, jonathan and evelyn, amanda, jolin and kenny, and mel.. hope i didnt leave anyone out.. (although i have a feeling i did) sorry if i left anyone out.. hehe.. it's 2 am.. and i'm totally exhausted, so please forgive me.. :)

abbie and grace sang happy birthday to me in chinese through msn video recording.. i was in tears la.. it means so much to me cos chinese doesn't come easily to abbie.. it was sooo sweet..

so, went to bed at almost 3.30 am.. woke up at 8.45 (7.15 s'pore time) and woke someone else up.. i love talking to him.. he makes me happy :) went to church, then went to meet the girls for lunch.. ern chee was supposed to come, but she couldn't make it cos her parents surprised her with a visit! so nice! hehe.. so had lunch with katie, fiona and phylia.. we went to gouger palace for dim sum.. wasn't too bad.. the company was great.. then went shopping with katie.. she wanted to buy a pair of shoes.. in the end, she bought nothing and i ended up with a pair of shoes, a dress and a belt.. presents to myself.. haha.. then went to meet mao, xin hui and charlene.. we went to scoozi's for dinner.. had an wood oven-baked seafood pizza and pasta.. it was yummy! we had so much fun chatting and catching up... haven't seen xin hui and charlene in eons la! and charlene was sooooooooooooooooooo sweet! she baked me a cake for my birthday lor.. oh my gosh... soooooo sweet la.. i was so touched.. it was yummy.. it was a but hard to cut, but it was nice.. tasted like turkish delight.. it was supposed to be a marshmellow cake.. i loved it! then we went photo-taking down rundell mall.. we laughed like mad people la.. we were doing all these weird poses and making lame jokes and comments.. it was such great fun! then we went back to charlene's place for more chit-chatting.. i had such a great time!! thank you girls! love you all!!!

thank you to everyone who made today sooooooooo special for me... i appreciate you guys heaps!

just a few photos from today to show you what a blast i had!

waiting for the bus to go to church.. can see my house? it's the big red one..