Evening Serenade: Sweet 17th Birthday~

20 September 2014. Sweet, warm and stoked birthday. I've never spent my birthday anything like that before hahaha! Lemme cut to the chase and get down to what I actually did on this special occasion. I woke up in the beautiful noon with a sore throat which annoyed me throughout the day and a stuffed up nose that made me sound like John Newman when he sings "Love Me Again" (nasal game stronk). I know I should be celebrating my birthday and enjoying life as much as possible but Promos is a big ass burden. Everybody needs to study including Yours Truly as well (what a turn off -.-).

Travelled all the way to Marina Square Coffee Bean to study Bio which wasn't very productive but still alright. I passed by llao llao and I freaking, for the first time, saw nobody queuing for it. WHAT A ONCE-IN-A-BLUE-MOON CHANCE TO GET TO EXPERIENCE SUCH GREATNESS. No hesitation, no hold backs. I straight up pulled out 6 bucks and bought a Sanum with my favourite white chocolate sauce blanketing the holy pyramid of frozen yoghurt. Blissed! The weather was perfect as well. The haze mysteriously disappeared and the visibility was good! Omg shiok!

During the evening, I decided to pack up and take a trip down memory lane to enjoy the breeze and the beautiful sight of the cityscape. Yes.... I did all these shit alone. Call me emo or whatever, but I enjoy myself doing so in solitude :) Sometimes I just need a getaway from people, pamper myself with awesome food and fix up the misconnected wires of my weary mind and soul. That can only be achieved by spending alone time. Hahaha I don't know how to put it to words, y'all won't get what I'm trying convey anyway, so just know that I like being alone sometimes :) Took lots of selfies during my stroll by the bay (stop narcissism). F1 was getting started when I was there doing my "patrol". Sad thing that they cordoned off many areas that I wanted to visit. Plus, the crowd there was huge... Albeit the unforeseen circumstances, I'm still enjoying myself. Setting Kodaline's "High Hope" and "One Day" on replay as I make my way through the high-rise buildings. So beautiful omg <3

Met up with my besties, Jeez and Momo at 7pm and brought them to my house for dinner. They were freaking out when I told them my relatives and family will be there at full strength HAHAHA! Should have videoed their awkwardness down omg! Two of them just sucking on their packet drink at one isolated corner of the dining room and didn't dare to tuck in. After dinner when my family proceeded to the mahjong room to get some money shit rolling, we camped in my room watching my old action YouTube videos that I made last time (hilarious af) and some Key & Peele. Had a good time chatting and laughing at old times whilst catching up on the current "affairs". Love them so very much. Our lil' clique is called "King Elvis Minions" hahaha! Title was created by the past egotistical Me and shit can't be changed now hahaha (just like my Twitter and Insta name)

Subsequently, everyone came downstairs to sing birthday song for my uncle and I (we were both born on the same exact date!) and got down to eating the awesome Tiramisu cake from Bakers Inn. Delicious~ Aaaaaaaaannnnd that's simply it! Hahaha, nothing spectacular.

Here comes my emotionally deep thoughts... I have always wanted my birthday to be a bang, super special and thrilling. I usually celebrate my birthday with a lot of friends and it's usually chaotic. Sometimes the birthday wasn't even fun at all but I just forced a smile and thank everyone for coming. This one is totally different. I spent most of my birthday alone and studying for exams, then spending quality time with only 2 of my closest friends and also with my family. That's it. Sweet and simple. Nothing off the hook. Didn't even watch a movie or something like that. Just meet up, have dinner and talk. It may seem very lackluster and mundane, especially for an outgoing person like me. But I learn to appreciate whatever I have. This leads to the resultant appreciation for simplicity and feeling of gratitude for things that most may consider insignificant. I rather spend my birthday with a few of my closest bros and really having a good time with seemingly uninteresting activities, than with a whole lot of people that I don't really feel connected with, whilst trying to have fun doing crazy shit with so many people who require attention from time to time. It's difficult to manage in a sense. The reason why I wanted to tour places alone is because I want to enjoy the things that are already present in my life and the beauty of existing on this world for 17 years. God has been very very kind and generous to me :) Meeting these awesome people and even granting me the greatest gift of living life as me, that is something so magical about this world. I would also like to give big credits to my parents for raising a mischievous and noisy child like me for 17 years every single day. It ain't easy being parents but they did it, and they managed to do so with two other children. Mad respect!

I can proudly say that I have lived a good 17 years of my life and what I have done in the past, be it mistakes or accomplishments, all boils down to the person I am today, and I have no regrets on that. Cheers to a more exciting, uplifting and wonderful life ahead~

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." -Oprah Winfrey