Monday, February 05, 2007
Of steamboat dinner, Mahjong, Vodka + Lime + Icing sugar shots.
Had a pre-birthday celebration on sunday. 5 days in advance. I see it more like a gathering of my closest girlfriends from sec school. Felt so blessed surrounded by my friends, boyfriend and my lovely family.
Pictures time. Most pictures courtesy of Jax who was the photog for the night.
What we do everytime the girls come over. MJ.
Oh the reason why we're playing it jap-style cause my Mj table decide to surrender to old age and one of the legs gave way. Ha, but that didn't deter from our game. We took out the remaining legs and continued playing.
Demand more than supply. 1 Table with 3 more waiting to play. The rest cannot be bothered and played daidi instead.
Eileen dear, a pity she and her boyfriend didn't stay long enough for the steamboat. They're sucha a sweet couple. =)
Time to eat. One thing I learnt about my friends' after the steamboat. They have a higher than expected threshold for taking spicy food. They're good. Red faces and countless cups of water, and we still enjoyed dipping our food into the chilli. Haha! Its real funny seeing Jax perspiring buckets while eating. I do think I'm better at taking chilli. (he claims to be better at it). We practically grew up eating chilli. ha..
Vodka shots with lime and icing sugar again. It's officially the fave drink among us now. Youie learnt it from her German hostelmate while in Oslo. He used to be a bartender and introduced her to this drink. Okay, how to drink it. first, get limes (please, not those you sqeeze over your plate of hokkien mee ;)..) big juicy limes and icing sugar. Then, coat the slices of lime in the icing sugar. Bite the whole thing (juice still in mouth) straight after, drink the vodka shot.
Alright, hopefully, got that right. Its pretty fun and mild drink. Really, try it with your friends.
I got a kick looking at all my friends' mouths smeared with white icing sugar. Haha..
Our "intoxicated tomato" girl. She got so reddish after the shots.
Missing the company of Yuying, eil, hanyan & chit.
and I opted for a chocolate overload cake from Gelare. Nothing beats my favorite flavor icecream cake.
=)
Even kavi loves MJ. Fast learner!In my opinion, the best birthday celebrations are not those super huge events with big crowds. Rather the best are those spent in the company of your loved ones. We all enjoyed ourselves tremendously eating and just having our usual chatter and fun. A simple yet heartwarming event.
