We make a living by what we get, <p>but make a life by what we give.</p>: Blessed 22nd Birthday

Yesterday marked the end of my birthday celebration! A big thank u to those who remembered and celebrated the special day with me. I had a blessed 22nd!

11 and 18 Oct - F.a.M.i.L.y
There are a total of 5 Oct babies in my family! Dad, aunt, twins & myself. We went for a mass celebration at a Chinese restaurant. Though the celebration was for all Oct babies, the main highlight was my Dad's 6oth birthday!

F.a.M.i.L.y

I like the kids' expressions. Priceless.

Birthday celebration @da-jie's place

Do we look alike? 14 yrs apart!

19 Oct- Fun @ Jurong

Celebrated my birthday with the SNOs at Jurong Bird Park followed by dinner at Jurong Hill. It was a great great outing! We had fun approaching then avoiding the birds, snapping away with the super 'tok gong' camera, capturing jumping shots and entertaining baby brennen (or rather he entertaining us). It was a fun packed day. Brennen is such an e.a.s.y baby. ha, due to some chinese belief superstitions, we had to resort to spelling the word out. 'Pan Tang'. Anyway, food at Jurong Hill wa so-so. It was the activity after the meal tt made it fun! Jump jump again!

pathetic. ferocious. cute. vain. crazy

*Photos taken from peh's blog. W/o permission. (:

22 Oct - Surprises. One after another.
Bara duped me into going her counseling room for some discussion. It turned out to be a surprise. The same one we did for Mrs Cheam. Right aft the celebration were pleasant surprises from parents. Certainly didn't expect it. At night, dear & i went for dinner @manhattan where shir & sam came with a surprise! Too many surprises within a day tt i nearly cldn't take it.

Bouquets of surprises!

Dinner with Francis @Manhattan

The lady who is always full of surprises

24 Oct - Sweet Reminiscence
Had a great catching up with sec sch friends. A pity due to our busy schedule, we only get to meet a few times every year. One of my new year resolutions for 2010 will be to make time for them. (:

Buddy & myself. Worshiping Elvias. ha

Cheers to our 9 yrs of friendship!

25 Oct - Gkidz
Carine planned a sweet surprise for Cherilyn & myself. It has been a tradition for our group to have such surprises during birthdays. I need to come up with sth else for next yr.. if not it's always so predictable. ha.

Simple yet heart-warming

29 Oct - D.M.N.S & X.M.N
Cell group has finally been resumed! We gathered at Juan's house for makan. Carine's Root Beer Float is niceeee! Xi-en is groOOwing man! A big baby now!

Baby xi-en was eyeing the food...

We tried so hard to make her look at the camera!

30 Oct - e` 5 of us
我们长大了. Our topics throughout the dinner were; money, career, wedding, estate etc. Our current priorities are so different. Nevertheless, we're still as child like as before. *grins