Birthday in September

Officially a year older now, and wiser I hope heh... It actually don't hit on me much, everyone grows older anyway. 

I was given the freedom to choose my birthday gift from bf although he wanted to get me a Pandora. I have been thinking of other choices but eventually I couldn't come out with a thing that both of us agreed on. So we went in Pandora to check out a day before my birthday. And surprise surprise we got a Pandora bracelet and charms on the spot, and a sparkling love shaped charm from Elaine! I wasn't prepared to get it on the spot but somehow it happened. Grateful for the gorgeous gift.

On the actual date, there was a special "One day Shopping Sales" at Melbourne Central. How lucky eh?  So we have to be at the mall early.. And..And... that's when I got my flowers delivered to my doorstep by bf <3 a="" enough="" inside="" is="" joke="" lololol="" love="" major="" once="" p="" year="">

To make it more fun, we joined the competition held in accordance of the event, which explains spamming pictures on our Instagrams lol...  Unfortunately non of us won it but we had so much fun running around the mall for treasure hunt! I have never joined any such competition in a mall, a very special memory indeed. This was actually the second competition, there were a limit number of participants for the first game which we didn't get to join and changed the plan to breakfast at Pancake Parlour. 

After the game we went for shopping spree! So many offers at all the shops! Some are really cheap and worthy. Most of the stores have 20-30% off. It was then that I bought a pair of sneakers from Vans. Oh I don't shop for sneakers, really. But I have been wanting one pair to be on my shoe rack, ya' know, sometimes to change a little! Here's a picture of us in a slightly different style, trying on the caps in Vans store.

We shopped from the morning till evening @.@ Due to some delay at the queue to get in fitting room I would say, not sure if it even qualifies as an excuse lol But we got so tired of walking by the end of the day. Good thing that I stay so near by don't need to walk a far distant to get back to home. It was a full on fun filled and adventurous birthday.

We ended our day by going for a steak restaurant called City Grill Room. I am having this major major love for steak especially this year! And this is by far the best, most tender, right to the degree kind of steak! I am so gonna go back if I have the chance! I love my rib-eye on bone so much!

Rib-eye

Scotch

Now I have to backdate to about 5 days before. I had an advanced mini cupcake surprise session at home. Main reason being bf's brother was here travelling and another housemate of mine is travelling back home town  during my birthday. I am contented having them to share the joy with me.

On a side note, I miss my friends back home that would always celebrate it with me as well! Grateful that even all of us are thousand miles apart, you guys still put in effort to send your wishes accross! At the bright side, my relatives are coming over for a week in November! 2 more months :)

princessy

How princessy could one be?

Yes you can, with princess crown and Vera Wang Princess perfume

Example, look at our princess here - wearing the crown holding princess perfume : "Imma convert you with my princess potion !" lol

Love this photo! She was really surprised =)

This is her cake, a cupcake, sweet pastel colour themed with lotsa hearts. How sweet is this cupcake!!!

#ootd: Bralette top, light grey pants, thin rose gold necklace, geometric necklace, brown faux leather bracelet

Mini celebration strictly only for three of us. A very simple one but it's heaps of fun. Glad that she really like it. I could totally tell by hearing her humming songs happily the whole day haha..



two and a half week more to go back home, finally told my boss that I have to stop. Surprisingly he didn't get angry or anything, just telling me "you gotta go then you gotta go". He was still sort of scolding my colleague for wanting to take a 10 days leave in december even though she's gonna stay back for summer. miracle miracle. good for me =)
Now I have nothing to worried about.

Before going back, need to settle new apartment arrangement for next year, need to pack all my stuffs and move to new place. Yayy moving house is fun because I can redecorate my room lol. But the room is smaller than now. Oh well, it's slightly cheaper plus larger living room plus city center plus 3 of us staying together. ohhh yeaaa =)

One more fun thing is that I'll be heading to Adelaide for 3 days next week. Woohooo gonna try more new cafe there, and not forgetting yummy chilli beef from noodle house! I swear there's no other restaurant cook chilli beef like they do!

Cheers, to the happy weeks ahead =D

celebration for 22 years of life

日子一天一天，就这样流逝了。
又过了一年。回想起这一年，除了读书，就是吃喝玩乐。
多愉悦啊，相较于现在，好怀念去年。
但我心底懂，无论如何，都该珍惜当下。
是的，至少遇到了些值得珍惜的情谊。
还有，经历了这新环境所带来的一切，好的与坏的。
说实在的，觉得2012年还真不是很容易。

撇开日常的不如意，今年生日还是很开心地度过了。
今年，有他，有多年的好朋友黄秀宝小姐，和今年刚熟但很要好的朋友们一起庆祝。
还有家人的祝福。爸好像很多年都忘了主动祝我，但今年却记得了，还真让我蛮感动的。
现在还真想家了。
很感激身边的人们，很幸运遇到了你们。
感恩。


With my love for beach, a picnic at the beach it is! =D

candid shot by Elaine

 Made all the food hehe.Different types of sushi, sandwiches, potato salad, and fruit mix which we didn't have time/stomach to eat in the end lol.

happy us! Always love group photo =)

yiann and elaine

Was still sick on that day therefore didn't manage to capture more photos. I was taking a nap while the girls are all having fun posing in front of camera lol.

Went for special dinner at Nobu in Crown at night, a really awesome one. Pretty expensive too, each main costs around AUD30-40. We had 3 mains and a dessert. So yummy thus must bring in all the picture so that I remember them the next time I flip back to this birthday post. Thanks B!

Black cod

soft shell crab with kiwi salsa

wagyu beef gyoza

dessert bento - matcha ice cream and chocolate fondant

Supposed to meet the girls at home after dinner and continue for gelato at Freddo's. But! This was what welcomed me. Balloons and cake - a little surprise party =D Thank you so much for all the details people.

And when I was happily done cutting cake and finding for my water bottle, this was what awaiting me in my bedroom. More balloons... and presents!!! Balloons never fail to excite me, what's more with presents in the middle of them!

with bff 

Really feel so blessed to have you guys. Sincerely, appreciate every things from you guys. We were strangers before we met, and now, look at us, we are so close. 

NOOOO that's not all because all those happened on 02/09/12, before my birthday because that's the only date that bao bao and him are both here and only day that yiann don't have test when they're here. So on the exact birthdate, I went for lunch with the girls. Wanted to go for crepe at first as it has been a while since we have it. I meant savoury crepe, not those fruits type. Not sure where to get it back in Malaysia, I never had it in Malaysia actually. But the savoury crepe here has ham, cheese, egg etc. When we reached the restaurant, it was closed! Closed for one week, according to the notice sticked on the door. So we went to the restaurant directly opposite it, called Campari House. None of us ate there before, but I spotted "squid ink fettuccine" on their specials! Have been reading good review about squid ink pasta from bloggers in Malaysia =) Have been longing for it since, how lucky am I to get to try it on my birthday! The squid ink fettuccine was served with bug tail and topped with lobster cream! It was so yummy, the whole plate was just full of seafood flavour! But the portion was quite small, I couldn't get enough of it haha the photo below doesn't justify the size of the portion because I took such a close shot of it. It costs AUD28 but the ingredients used are really good. Wonder what do they serve with squid ink pasta in Malaysia. We also ordered salmon with spicy tomato sauce and pesto. It was good too but it's no beating squid ink pasta haha bias to the max!

Then Elaine and I headed to Le Petite Gateau for tea time. They have a selection of cakes on display, probably around 8 for us to choose from. I had a piece of black forest while she got a baked custard tart. The blackforest was really good. strong liqueur mousse on the top layer, then thin chocolate sponge followed by cream and cherry, lastly another layer of firm chocolate sponge. The cherry for deco on top of the cake tasted like plum and quite liqueur-ish actually. A rather small piece of cake for the price of $8.50 but the taste was real good.

This is our view, looking inside of their baking work place. Can see that they are enjoying their work very much. Made me think of how I should be enjoying what I do, or actually do what I enjoy?

Pink 21st

I'm now officially a lady, a 21 years old lady. Wow its already that long 0.0 21 years! And judging by the years that passed, my life has been really well, some small hurdles, a big rock on my pathway, but hey, that's all. Apart from all those, I really enjoyed my life to the maximum. 

From a naughty and super stubborn little girl, I am now grown up, being able to improve myself. I am still learning, to be a better daughter, a better sister, a better person. I appreciate everyone that entered my life, whether you are still staying here with me, or have left me. At least you were part of my life. Every single thing in my life is important, or else I would not be who I am now. 

Daddy, I know you have been having a hard time all this while. I understand, I really do. You are the greatest dad in the world. No matter what had happened, I love you, like how you love me.

Mum, thanks for raising me. I might not be the child that's easy to raise up, but I know you raised me up well, teaching me lots of knowledge. 

Bro, still remember we always argue over small stuffs since young. And we even fought before lol. Oh well that's how we "communicate" when we were young. I know things weren't easy for you too, but I'm always here for you. I hope that you will grow up being an independent, tough, and thankful person.

All friends of mine, thanks for everything, every single thing that you have done for me, that you have spoken to me. You all are my power to be strong. Friends that are far away from me, I miss you all, all the time. I wish you all well. And I will see you all soon. Friends that are here with me in this foreign land, thanks for everything, all the fun and all the surprises. Most importantly, all the love!

Look at all the love !!!

Now you know why is it called pink 21st. Pink table cloth, pink plates, pink cups, pink spoons, pink knifes, and pink serviettes!!! SO PINK! but I like hehe =P

and all the cola related candy 0.0 & mystery gift

Tiffany & Co, and flowers <3 <3 <3

All the photos above were taken from the celebration for the first night. Yeap they celebrated for me for two nights =) The second night, we went to eat steamboat at Ming's Steamboat at Morphett street. Its actually really yummy! They have 3 sauces, one that's salty, and then the middle one is peanut sauce, and then dried chilli sauce. But only the chilli one is nice, no joke.

Cake cutting session after steamboat =D One of my favourite - Tiramisu

Happy Birthday!

The birthday boy :

Clement

We had his birthday celebration dinner few days earlier at an all-you-can-eat korean bbq restaurant called Home Valley at Morphette Road. It's around $26 per head and you can order as much as you want, but the drinks are excluded from the price. The food is really pretty good, with a variety of choice. From tender beef, pork, chicken, mussels, squid, to mushrooms and sweet potatoes! They even have seaweeds for entree, I thought its a japanese entree but somehow they have it here. We practically tried everything in the menu for the meat section, except for few chicken thigh thingy! 

And at cibo after dinner =D

Sponsored by Clement hehe...

Love this shot! Terrence and Fen!

And at 12am on 31st of May 2011, a birthday cake, a video, and 5 of us...

Even though we din't  really celebrate much on the birthday itself, except for the 12am celebration, hope you enjoyed your day. May all your wishes come true and be happy forever! 

Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!