Its My P.A.R.T.Y

I scrambled out of bed on saturday thinking i was late!

but i wasn't.

I remembered the unfinished sewing, but i was too busy with other preparations for both the Talent Hunt, and my Party that night that i left the sewing for later...

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The few of us were supposed to meet at 1pm, at PS. The "competition" was at 2pm, and we were the 4th in line. Also, the only SALSA group among all the hiphop and cheerleading "contestants".

THEY WERE LATE!
had to rush the make up, and I TOTALLY FORGOT abt the sewing!!!! until the last minute.
I am just SO LUCKY to have my sis, and her 2 friends who came early to watch us..
Phyllis and stephanie, THANK YOU!! helping us rush about!

Oh, SF and friends met early to get me a present too. Got me a necklace that went very well with my black number that i intended to wear for my party. It also went fantastically well with my spag top that i was wearing aft the PS Talent Hunt performance. - I SAY, GOOD CHOICE!

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The dancing on stage was apparantly lacking energy, as said by the 3 judges. oh well, I HAVE STAGE FRIGHT!
but we were almost immediately approached by the Chinggay 2005 Program Manager/ Director, i cant remember what she said her title was, and she said that she'd contact us again coz she hopes to put us up on 2 floats for Chinggay!!!!

TWO FLOATS!!! she mentioned 3 couples on each float.. so.. we only have 3 couples.. *how?*bimbo ponders*

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Excitement fades as quickly as it arrived. The heat was UNBEARABLE esp aft dancing and melting under the tentage.

A late lunch was next on the agenda. || I HAVE NO MONEY, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT. ||

NO FISH AND CO, NO CAFE CARTEL... unless you want to treat me.

But we ended up at cartel, and I had bread and water (complimentary).. and pinched off those who didnt want to finish their food. Deb's sis, Tabby, and her mum, Auntie Susan came round with Faith, Deb's 4month old niece to support too.. so I met faith for the First time, even thou they stay 5 mins away from me, and I sometimes send deb home when she's not going over to eddie's *bleh*

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So we left PS at ard 5pm.. took the train to Clarke Quay and realised that the River Valley bldg wasnt as near as we thought it would be. 2 bus stops away. SF, phyllis and steph were my very helpful and pretty receptionists. They did a fantastic job.. until they got bored sometime half way and went in to "flirt" with the old boys - my friends. TSK TSK TSK!!

To the 3 of you.. Lucky i'm there.. like I said, they're all v "se-lang"!! If i'm not there, you better not "flirt" ok!

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So the preparations, were in full swing.. decor was coming up, the "guest book" was prepared by the 3 girls, and a few other pple helped out with the desinging of the cards..



Everything was good.. AND I MANAGED TO SHOWER! YAAAY!!! I didnt know i could shower there.. the bathroom was better than expected! NTU almumi gym. haha

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730 came and went... (see abv pic) a few pple dribbled in.. but the crowd started coming in ard 8... and it went full swing..

dinner was served... THe music was playing.. Social salsa was the hot fav.. coz if i played jazz, my salsa kakis were sitting down with twitching legs!!

Phelica arrived with her date.. hehe.. and her date totally bowled me over!! Her date was supposed to be a surprise.. And I SERIOUSLY thought it wld be a GUY.... But it was ALETHEA. And I was overwhelmed that alet actually came back for me, coz she was actually only coming back on the 18 of december, or sometime ard then. And i kinda.. burst into tears.. .. how embarrassing! :S


Lotsa running ard. I was so flustered. but really, thank you for coming. I WILL NEVER HOST AOTHER PARTY ..... not any time soon at least.. but Do give comments on the party ok?

We were dancing alot, and had some performances..

Salsa performance by my very close salsa friends... and the Band

who came together not knowing each other, but met one week before to brew something for me!

For all the presents, and the love and laughter that came along with it.

I've so many people to thank .. They made my birthday SO MEMORABLE, personally. It went thru a few weeks of planning and meetin up.. and I CANNOT bring myself to just give send you an SMS.. but I will state here that I will update you when all the stuff is up.. i'm just really SLOW.. yeah yeah, "chinfee the sloth" :P

I could never express the stirring feelings I had when I saw so many people who'd take time off just to celebrate with me.
Thank you all so much.
but the one i hafta thank, coz she got the place - is mum

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Most of the party left before midnight.. *phew*
was quite burned out from the whole days activities.. but i managed to do a couple of dances, and KTV int he room.. we finally packed up to leave at 2ish..

and my other surprise came. Brian P. whom i thought was still in Australia, came down to river valley to meet me.. just for that few minutes..
and we were all packed up and carrying stuff to the cars.

Hey BP, sorry you couldnt make it.. but am touched that you still came down even thou I said we were all gonna leave ...

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had bak kut teh just down the road, before Mhd Sultan with some of my relatives from the maternal side of the family. I didnt eat much during my party.. sighz, we had extra food, but it was all cold anyway.

By the time i got home, i was .. STONED.

skimmed thru the presents.. even now, i havent looked at each individually :S
will make time for it!!

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and that was that.

The eve of the eve of the Birthday

Friday was Fiesta at jitterbugs..
The terribly embarassing Birthday Dance.
As usual, I was sleepy..
Was falling aslp at union sq. Surprisingly, I managed quite a few decent dances!

The day started out .. when i woke up, late. Soongfee was still home. Her last O'level paper was in the afternoon. She had plans to go out after that with phyllis. So i took the long 10min walk out to the bus stop with SF - she, going to sch, I to Hougang point for my 1pm appointment.

I had my nails done n rich dark blood red. My first mani & pedicure - ALMOST 2 HOURS!
Had raves abt it ;D
cost me $40 thou :(

Had a Moccha Latte from Coffee Bean.. Yum, one of my favs.. and *sheepish* hopped on a cab home. if you know the distance from HG point to my home, you'd scream - INDULGENCE! (esp aft the mani, pedi, coffee, AND NONYA KUAY!)

so i came home, and basically was online.. prep for the night commenced ard 6pm..
I'd say my weekend was BLACK. Since i was slated for a birthday dance at fiesta, i decided to spruce up for it :P
one of the Flairy "short" black skirts, and a black halter.

(Can anyone who saw it describe it better? I picture, and my brain is quite dead at the moment)

Dinner was with mum. She wasnt too happy that both her daughters wld be leaving her alone at home that night. SF had post O'level exams plan, and I had my friday night "I AM GOING OUT". Her beloved son is in China, for waterpolo training - yes my lil brother is dashing and cute.. hahaha *i feel like pinching his cheeks!*

Anyway, was rushing for the costume for Sat's Chinggay Talent Hunt. Was at the tailors with the others for an hour over. But at least the costumes were ready... only thing was, we had to sew on the "silver lining" to liven up the red - will look like angpows otherwise.

So was late for fiesta, but got the embarassing bday dance.
headed over to union after..
and then flopped down on my bed, sewing.. actually more bumming abt coz my eyes were so tired, and made alot of mistakes with the sewing. OH WELL... i had to pay for that later...

Dancing has to go on

Keepy on Dansin!!

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LINDY HOP!!!

I'm gonna go for Lindy 3 lessons at Jitterbugs.. after a year plus of NO LINDY LESSONS. Plus the fact that I'm so salsa inclined, I hope i dont start salsa moves in the middle of the Lindy routine! Cant wait for Thurs :p

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SALSA!!!

All you NON-SALSA PPLE, you dont know what you're missing *tsk tsk tsk*

Lemme just do a lil advertising first (only coz i'll be at the events)
1) 23Oct: Millenia Walk Atrium - 2 to 3pm
2) 31Oct: NAC-ExxonMobil Concert in the Park ; Botanic Gardens 4.30 to 630pm

these are the 2 gigs for the remaining of October. :D Come down and play!
There will be more in NOV, and I MAY BE PERF.. how cool is that.. only thing is, i hafta dance EVERY DAY - Even if i didnt want to :S

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VIVA SALSA!!!

Then, Met up with moi v v good friends who are crazy over salsa as well.. We attempted to do certain tricks in a fun choreo, and WE ARE SOO GONNA PERFORM SOON! :D NKF Charity Show!!

Got injures thou. All on my left side of the body; major joints - Knee, Hip, Shoulder. *sighz*

Oh Well.. Dancing has to go on!!