XVI | Two. One.

Dear blog,

This is soooooo overdue but finally HERE. I've been away for so long I forgot how it felt like to blog haha. I was too busy living in the moment that I didn't even post anything about my birthday. But #noragrats

Had a pretty humble celebration at home on my actual birthday with a fruit cake (which is so boring). Main point was to celebrate with Seiko around because she cannot be present at my chalet celebration. T_T

Then again to console myself, not having Seiko there definitely freed my hands up a lot.

Booked a 3D2N Beach Cove Duplex stay at D'Resort for the party and do allow me to just say that PLANNING A PARTY IS SUCH A HASSLE. Why did the birthday girl had to go through all the stress of planning a party?!! Confirming of guests, brainstorm over cake designs, food, decorations, scouting the chalet area, chairs, tables, space constraints, alcoholic entertainments, camera, music, host, GPS (some didn't know how to go omg).......

Actually the part which pissed me off the most was solidifying the guest list. Got so difficult to just confirm with me whether you can or cannot make it on that day? Days and weeks not enough? Please, getting invited still can forget about it until I reminded them again when it was really near the date.

Ok, in their defence I did sent out the invitations way beforehand, like months ahead of the party (LOL kiasu max) so it had high possibilities of getting forgotten BUT STILL, NO EXCUSES.

Then I had people who confirmed with me and then backed-out again because of whatever reasons I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. How heartbreaking it was.... ok. I get how important I am to you people thanks!!

Still, through all the shits and poos, I couldn't have made it through without my squad and close friends. Thank you(s) for all the help you guys provided, and also every single one of you who attended, your presences made an impact.

Thanks to the squad who helped rush out my guest book. *inserts many harts*

Le bff lending her hand and also providing man(literally)power.

#dryit

Oouhh sumbodee haz a big flipped d.

Anybody who wants to do the same, please use ULTRA strong black tape
cause this shiz can't stay on the curtain with common tape for nuts.

First day and night were mainly preparations. Then we went for like real late supper until I couldn't even keep my eyes open lol. Actually the memories of those few days are rather fuzzy now so please pardon me if I remembered wrongly LOL.

Second day was more last minute preparations and like really finalizing everything before the guests start coming in the evening. When the guests really came I was all over the place trying to be a good host to everyone. So other than the fun part of being the center of attention, HOSTING IS NO FUN. I couldn't enjoy the buffet at all because my appetite seemingly disappeared into thin air. I didn't sit down for more than 1 minute at any point of time, though it might sound ridiculous for the fact that the area was rather small and there really wasn't anywhere I could walk to. I felt a little emotionally alone, because I really wasn't part of any group. I was here, there and everywhere but nowhere long enough to join in a proper convo. T_T

Still was an amazing memory and experience for my first ever self-hosted larger-scaled party.

Chinese character "ai" to replace the "A" in "PAN" because my chinese name has "ai" too.
TELL ME WHO'S A FREAKING CREATIVE GENIUS???? *diva-points to self*

My angel girls who have short hands like where my heart at yo??

Her expression accurately tells you how much she's enjoying her food. No but honestly the food were decent.

I requested for a guest book for guests to pen down their wishes for me. PUSHY MUCH AHAHAHA BUT WHATEVER. Guests have their photos on specific pages where they have to pen their wishes. Thank you again to my squad for rushing the book out the night before the party hahaha. It was the legendary "last minute hug Buddha leg" in full-blown action.

She who had to leave even before my cake-cutting sesh. Oh and brace-face surfaces!!!

Waited for the cake to arrive before we could cut the cake..... BUT DON'T ASK ME WHY I HAVE NO PHOTO OF MY FUCKING GORGEOUS $300 TWO-TIERED CUSTOMIZED PINK PANTHER CAKE. #soleregretofthatnight

And since there is no close-up photo of my gorgeous cake I can only describe it ahaha.

The cake design didn't come from me but Google lol. But can I just say that it was also really a huge hassle finalizing the cake too??? First I had to source out customized cake makers online, and that's only the easy part. I honestly hate the part where I had to email them one by one, attaching the photo and listing down my requests. Then when they replied (AT REAL DIFFERENT TIMINGS UGH) I had to start filtering those that were busting my already exploded budget. When I decided on one, finalizing the details were a bitch hahaha. Ok, I admit I was mostly lazy. The last part was to settle the cake flavours and delivery timing, then you start worrying if they will deliver on time and whether the cake will taste good.

Like I mentioned previously, my cake was a Pink Panther themed cake, entirely baby pink with darker pink paws around, topped with a fondant sculpted Pink Panther sitting at the top of the two-tiered red velvet with oreo filling cake. Also had the words "Pink Panther" in darker pink at the front but changed the "r" to a hot pink "a" so it showed "Pink Panthea" instead so I improvised it to my name wooo!! (rough digital eg. Pink Panthea) Yes it sounds like it looked damn dope-ass gorgeous (IT WAS AND STILL IS IN MY MEMORY) and extremely delicious. Sadly it failed the taste test because it really tasted rather horrendous. People say fondant cake usually look nice and tastes meh, I didn't believed it but now I do. Well, I guess it being so freaking photo-worthy really made up for its taste.

YEA I FREAKING PAID $300 FOR A SUPER PHOTO-WORTHY CAKE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ITS OWN PHOTO FML.

Please try your best to spot it in the group photos. It really deserved more photos. T_T

Was I thinking what to wish for later? I don't know.

Silver candles screamed classy. Which reminds me, bought the whole packet for ten over dollars
to use only one and then lost the rest in my room somewhere lol.

Give you spotlight ok Edward.

Thank you MC KC!!

PLEASE ZOOM IN AND SEE THE CAKE.

After cake-cutting and eating guests started streaming out and leaving and my friends from work (not colleagues ah) stayed and kept us all entertained. Much thanks to them for staying and making my night less anti-climax haha.

GAME ON!!

Melissa really wanted to do a who-can-extract-tisse-fastest-from-tissue-box she actually went to get 4 boxes of brand new tissues for the competition. It was freaking wasteful but like, once (maybe) in a lifetime man!! #noragrats

The competitors watching the competition video whilst tissues we just extracted rained on us.

Though there was extreme wastage, it was freaking memorable and hilarious. Not only funny to us but also to onlookers. Thank you Mel for the sponsorship of tissues!!!

It's not everyday you get to lie in a pile of premium tissue.

PRESENT OPENING TIME!! Was my first time unboxing presents in front of a crowd but it was fun!! Sorry it bored anyone but throughout I was just real excited to receive so many gifts hahaha.

CUTE AND RIDICULOUS BEDROOM SLIPPERS THAT I WOULD NEVER SHY AWAY FROM.

Thank you to my friends from work who gifted me something I wear on a daily basis ever since.

Sorry but I just received my first lipstick in my life, I had to smell it.

I can't take wine but thanks, thoughts that count!!

"Mm waz diz?"

"OMG TREASURE, IZ COACH!!"

"OMG ANOTHER TREASURE, IZ AGNES B. WITH $100 INSIDE!!"
Ya $100 was from someone who didn't get any present and decided to just chip in like that. *points at Edward*

That's the end of the party!!

Time to bully Edward.

Really thank you to every single one of them who made time and turned up. Though I may not be close to every one but it still meant a lot. From this, I recgonized that the people you knew much longer aren't that reliable and those that you've just met could be hidden gems.

Thank you for all the presents and the priceless memories that all of you crafted, in a way, for me!!

However, none of these will ever be possible without my strongest, all-rounded pillar of support.

Thank you for putting in 9999 times more efforts than I did for my own birthday. For being the man behind almost every single preparation for the party. For being reliable in places for those people who did not. For providing me physical and emotional support throughout. For being the photographer THOUGH YOU DID NOT TAKE A CLOSE UP OF MY GORGEOUS CAKE. For all the other things you have done and put up with through all these times with me. I know I'm hard to handle but thanks for pulling through ahaha, you did and still is doing a great job!!

So for all these I will also continue putting up with your nonsensical poses and for annoying me haha.

With this, the curtains of my teenage life have officially been drawn. Now I'm literally an adult, all I need to work on now is my mindset lol!! But I'm starting to feel that being an adult with a teen's mindset isn't that bad. At least when I'm not physically young, I still mentally am.

Clink glasses to goodbye with stupid young mistakes! And hello to more adult mistakes woooo!!!