Saturday, August 04, 2007

25

birthday bouquet

the year out ends in 10 days. and i turn 25 today. very happy indeed to come home from some morning yoga and find my first overseas bouquet sitting on my table, sprightly as a perky little puppy on a warm may day.

'twas a great day out to the old club, a family luncheon by the poolside where i've spent most of my childhood days. where papa dunked me in at 3 and got me my fins to swim. many a weekend spent in contests with the 3 brothers- who can cannonball the furthest, who can hold their breath the longest, who can retrieve the coin at the botton of the pool fastest... who can eat the most of mummy's noodles and chicken wings, some of this still happens, the same old brothers, except i can't fight with them anymore because i'm too tiny to throttle them in any skirmish. boo.

steamboat dinner with a handful of friends and family, chocolate cheesecake, and a good way to wrap up the year, and perhaps what seems to be the end of my singaporean days for now. and what with every closure, brings a new beginning.

{enter sinatra's new york, new york}

for kicks, the most girlfriendly pose i could muster-
smile like a girlfriend
for the boyfriend who brought me also a lively chorus of chilean feliz cumpleaƱos. te amo. ^_^

3 comments:

xaethos said...

My sweet, its great to add so much happiness to your birthday. I'll make sure to keep on doing it in the years to come! :x

Oh, and thanks for the girlfriendy pic!

dobby said...

'twas a great idea to capture that family spirit in Keppel Club last Saturday. I'll probably insist or coerce the boys to keep up the tradition :)

Rei Salveron said...

you should, EM! methinks the big bro will not mind going there more often. good also for quelling weather spells of BO. ;P