Y Goodbye adolescent years, and hello adulthood! :D

happy 21st birthday to ME! :D
heh, 21st. i've got the KEY to everything. especially, to your heart. :)

had a really simple yet sweet advanced celebration with CY earlier on. just nice he had nights out today! hahaha. dear, i really feel it now. :) had a really nice long chat with him too, but he's still ever so cheeky. haha! thank you, still, for being my listener 24/7. there are many things which i can't find the right words to express, so be the wormie in my tummy, and i'm sure you'll know it one day. i love you, still. :)

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21 years of my life. what have i gained? what have i lost?
it's like another milestone of my life; the golden year and all that stuffs. every year has been a rollercoaster ride for me. with achievements and mistakes made in my life. from these, i learnt alot about life.

in one of my previous posts, i mentioned that i hated changes. i still do. but right now, i feel i needed a change right now. not the sort of bigbig change, but just... a change. probably, to grow up a little? there are many things which my old ways of thinking won't get me through. i need to think like an adult now.

and for my first step of a-change, i'm thinking of moving my blog!
hmmmmmm. shall start working on the layout or something.
i want to bring my life, career, relationship and wealth to a better next level!

:D :D

and after the 21st, i doubt i'll be looking forward to birthdays anymore. old. haha!

Labels: Birthday, Inner Intentions, My Zhu Tao

POSTED BY jo4nn3 AT 1:00 AM

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Y My Advanced 21st Birthday Bash

my deepest gratitude to my family, CY, my relatives, my colleagues and of cause, MY DEAR FRIENDS, for making my advanced birthday celebration such a fab one! i'm truly touched and blessed. :D needless to say, the party was a huge success with many surprises planned for me. love you all lah. YY

i don't know how to go about blogging about my party, as it has been a really unforgettable, memorable and awesome party i ever had in my life. i just couldn't take my mind off it. :)

everything began with that huge disappointment of which CY has been assigned to do guard duty during my celebration. it turned out to be part of everybody's surprise plot one. i was really upset on Friday night, but just went along with my party plans. checked into the chalet at 3pm on Saturday afternoon with my family. and for that, i'm really thankful to Han De who offers to book this chalet at a much cheaper rate under his name. :)


Bungalow 13. :)


my daddy dearest. ;)

we rented bikes, mahjong sets and waited for kengey and co. to arrive at 4ish. I'M SO TOUCHED BY EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME!! from the decorations (p.s: i really love that balloon and flowers!) to ferrying CY into the chalet to all the surprises. no words can describe how glad i am to have all of you as my friends and how bad i'm feeling now for being such a rather bad friend in the past. i resolve to be a better friend from now onwards ok? i hope it's not too late. :) and i believe by saying 'Kengey and co' is abit unfair, so i'll name them all, but that doesn't mean the rest of my friends aren't important ok? thousand and millions of 'thank you' to kengey, li'e, puay siang, wei li , jie hao and buggy!


:)

at about 5ish, everyone became so secretive about 'fetching buggy' or 'getting things from whitesands', so neth drove outta the chalet.. TO PICK CY UP! :D kengey was asking me to follow her to the main door, and there CY was, hiding. haha! :D and so that's surprise 1. i went to change, while while the rest began their mahjong session. :)

at about 6ish, my guests began coming in. and here comes surprise 2, which buggy was in it too. haha! they were telling me that they're giving me a LANCER 9961 as a gift, but because i've no license yet, so i'm only allowed to see the boot only. i was given the keys, and everyone pulled me to open up neth's car boot, and ta-dah, all the presents and flowers from them are inside and i've to open them one by one. two words - i'm touched. :) thank you NETH for that touching idea. haha!

after that, more of my relatives and friends came, ate, mingled, played mahjong, and etc. there's such a big crowd, that i'm feeling at a lost. i hope i wasn't a bad host. and thank you all for coming and all the well wishes on my guestbook. even some of my old friends and colleagues whom i've invited turned up too. :)

during the cake cutting session, we sure toooooook a long time taking pictures! hahaha. i'll make do with a few pictures later, because i'm still waiting for all the pictures from ALL the cameras. :D btw, i even had one professional photographer - buggy! thank you bugbug!!! :D

after cutting cake, kengey had another surprise for me. i had to light up some cloth which she used to form "Happy Birthday Jo" on a wire gauze. the effects were beautiful, and they even got CY to video it down. can't wait to look at the pictures and video! guys, send them to me alrights! so touched. thank you, keng. =) anyway, i think we shall wait for kengey to update her blog for her FULL description about everything. :)

some of my guests left at 10ish - 11ish, and there's only a small bunch who stayed and played mahjong throughout the whole night. i really really had alot of fun..... this is so unforgettable. :)


birthday cake. thank you, dear bro, for it! =)


the buffet line.


my knight in shining armor. :)


thank you, girl, for listening to my cries Friday night. HAHA!


my long time sista - AMY! :) sorry girl, i hope you don't take it to heart about what my relatives teased about you and your boy. lol. winks*


my everything. :)


dearrrrrrrr. :)


beloved colleagues.


ex-colleagues from Conrad.


jae.


LSX.


Secondary schoolmates. 7-8 years and up.. :)


wei liang, rebecca and buggy!


kang wei and di ling.


my poly classmates.


my DIY guest book. i know it's ugly. lol.


me and the gift from neth and my grandson, jiehao. mini bottles filled with Vodka; 'happy birthday joanne' stickers on the bottles; forming "21". really sweet of them. haha. :) btw, this was in the car boot surprise i meantioned earlier on.


the 'ang pau' toilet roll and jigsaw puzzle of my big face from kengey. haha. 21 ang paus, with meaningful messages and little gifts in it. so unique. :)


handmade gifts from li'e. i felt it, girl. :)


samsung mp3 player from dong, yun, froggie, lee hong and roy. just what i needed. thanks guys!!!



all the other gifts.

i realised i do not have many pictures from my camera, hence i'll upload the rest to my MULTIPLY once i've gotten my hands on them. teehee. :)

and so, this morning we checked out at 10am. on our way back, my dad's car's tyre punctured along TPE! we had to unload the boot, and my dad, bro and CY had to change the tyre along the road shoulder. with everyone totally zonked out, this sure is one tough shit. and my dad had to spend lots of $ on replacing the tyres. darn it. :/ ohwells, haha.

last but not least, thank you to those who turned up last night, and made my birthday celebration a memorable one. kudos to those who really put in the efforts to make me feel so touched. thank you for all the thoughtful gifts, ang paus and well wishes. appreciate it alot alot. this is the best birthday celebration i've ever had. really. :)

i love you all. :)

Labels: Birthday, Family/Friends, My Zhu Tao, Partying

POSTED BY jo4nn3 AT 11:00 PM

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Y Through the good and bad i will stand true...

what a terrific weekend i've had. quality time with CY and a great birthday bash of my bestfriend's. i'm really very very happy and contented right now. :)

it's quality time with CY from friday till today. from dinner, to meeting my friends, to beach strolling, to movie, and whatnots. ;) and he just left to book in for 10 days! and the field camp is taking him away from me for 1 week! no contacts or any sorts. darn it. :(

anyhows. li'e's 21st birthday bash at her aunt's condominium at Pasir Ris last night was a blast. dong, CY and i were there early to help with the decoration. haha! ballooooons! :D


credits to me, CY, dong, and li'e's cousin. haha! i think the balloons are really cool. i got them from Spotlight.

i think the condo looks pretty cool, with a really cosy club house and ktv room. haha! :) anyhows, all of li'e's guests began streaming in at about 7pm before the party started. even our meritus captain, b'en (ben), made it there too! hahaha. really happy to see so many of my dear friends last night. too add on my joy, i'm really really happy to see how well CY was able to mix around with my friends and vice versa. hee.

i'm too tired to blog in details, so let the pictures do the talking alrights.


from cake avenue. lovely.


COACH coin purse from CY and me. i hope you like it, da bian. happy birthday! :)


my favourite 臭 da bian. tsk. :)


you know i'll always be there for you.


still our favourite classmates.


with the ladies.


bestfriend and boyfriend. perfecto. :)


group pic excluding li'e's family and relatives. hee. :)


yun, li'e and me.


lee hong, yun and me.

it has been a great party. love the food, love the company and the birthday girl. =)



and finally, this is my cutsie bitsie lovey botak CY. hee. :) thanks for the wonderful 50 hours. there'll be more than that. thanks for all the things you've done for me. thanks for staying by my side supporting and listening to me. sorry if i've upset you earlier on, but i'm glad we shared everything. appreciate it lots. can't wait to see you 10 days later and hopefully my 爱心 7-11 has been useful. :) lastly, thanks for being part of my life. ngor ai lei, zhu tao.. :)

sigh, how i wish this 10 days can pass us by fast and quick. time to listen to CY's musics and play the games in his PSP. my weekend has been fantastic with you around. sigh, miss you man.. :s

Labels: Birthday, My Zhu Tao

POSTED BY jo4nn3 AT 10:32 PM

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Y It's time to put everything down..

happy belated 23rd birthday to dong. :)

i think today has been a pretty simple and nice celebration for you right? haha. with me being the "organiser", and yet i don't know many people in LSX, so i had to liaise with Zach to help me gather the rest to meet up and have dinner together this evening.

we decided on Settlers Cafe @ Central. after the visit, i think i still prefer Mind Cafe. haha! there were 12 of us in all (dong, yun, eadric, zach, roy, carol, benji, rank, hui ting. hui san, june and me) and we weren't able to squeeze on the sofa, hence we merged two tables together and split into 2 groups for our games. haha!

tried Game of Life and First Hand, and i had quite alot of fun laughing and screaming. hahahaha. i think that's how you actually get to "mix around" with new friends better? by play board games together. LOL. well, i'll definitely go for more such (board)gaming session in future. haha!


got dong this French Connection t-shirt. and i think it looks pretty vulgar there. LOL.



cutting the "cake". haha!

we did not take any group shots afterall. and later on, we head off to Partyworld @ Shenton Way to sing. had quite a rocking time over there. haha!


we had the big room.


yun and me. muacks.


as usual, yun using my phone to self-take. haha! and that's eadric in the last picture btw.


video clip of eadric and dong singing/screaming Shin's number again.

i did not stay till the end of the session, and head off at 12ish together with eadric, yun and carol. eadric sent all of us back and i got home only at 2ish. thanks ead for the ride to and back!!! you rocks k. wahaha. :D

:) :) yun just reminded me of something, which i think maybe it's really time i get rid of some stuffs.

Labels: Birthday

POSTED BY jo4nn3 AT 3:58 AM

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