Birthday Bash Part 2-10/10

ho ho ho~ Blackforest ice cream cake from Swensen's!! lovely baby~ my colleagues celebrated 4 of our birhtdays, namely Ian, Ivy, my bro and myself at Sukiya at Marina Square for Shabu Shabu buffet (again...). I really dunno where they hid the cake and it was funny this year coz i had to write my own brother's bday card! lol~

it was nice of them to all appear especially a VIP appearance by Lilian. lol~ it was fun eating and talking rubbish... i was touched coz one of my friends call me from overseas to wish me happy birthday and we chatted for think 15-20mins on international!! @_@ but it was nice catching up and reminicsing the past and stuff. One of my friend sms me from HKG, which was really nice of him. this year i managed to excuse myself from drinking and i think some of my friends were pissed~ oops!~

really much much thks to all my colleagues coz i think they 大出血 coz it was 4 persons' bday concurrently held. applaud u all man~ time to go shopping~ keke~

*more pics on my facebook.

Sukiya Shabu Shabu-Part 2

*azabu sabo
Ti-rah-misu

*fruit tart

after our shabu shabu fiesta, a few of us decided to further our activities on this lazy monday (thk god for public holidays falling mondays!). we caught a movie at The Cathay titled "Whiteout". pretty decent show filled with good suspense and stuff. before we headed over for movie, xiuxiu had a craving for Azabu Soba ice cream even after a heavy buffet. lol~ *salute~ jack, keegan couldnt resist the temptation and gave in lol~

after the show, we headed to Dhoby Exchange arcade. lol~ its really weird for us to go to the arcade to play games but i had to pull them there to play the Daytona that had 6 driving machines. it was a fun-filled and extremely hilarious coz xiuxiu became our "Super catwoman". i shall not elaborate on the details but its an epic afterall and i think its gonna be deep in our head for a long long time!~ all of us commented that we shall do this again. lol~

once again, after a breathtaking arcade session, we headed to TCC to chill and have some coffee since jack was feeling tired coz he was working 24hrs the night before. we shared 2 cakes/pastries which are always on my radar. i really love this time spent coz it was really a day where i let down myself and simply go along with the motions of everything. how i desire such times where i neednt think about anything at all but moving on a free gear. best of them all is you have wonderful people surrounding you and moving in the same speed and mode as you and you know they arent gonna leave u behind. thats what i call comrades and no longer friends.

Sukiya Shabu Shabu-Part 1

it was yet another shabu shabu outing for 8 of us on the day right Hari Raya. i was quite excited about it coz on my last Shabu outing at illuma, it was a wonderful time complete with wonderful companions! :) this was a recommendation from Tricia. thanks for this wonderful recommendation and the guys/gals simply love it. the soup is nice, ambience is wonderful (coz we managed to squeeze all together in 1 sitting), best of them all is the price! lol~ $15.90+ for lunch and $19.90+ for dinner!

anyway, it was indeed yet another exhilarating experience for me especially when comes to food! our new addition, Shirley came along and I think she also had much fun crapping, eating, joking and chatting with us. it was really a fun-filled dining session that makes me wonder why the heck i'm be studying when i SHOULD be enjoying life!? anyway, without my studies, i wont be where i am today and the friendships i've forged wont be around! lol~

the food was really good. the beef, chicken, pork is free flow! yippy!~ 3 kinds of soup base to choose from where you select 2: Sukiyaki, Shabu-Shabu and KimChi. We picked the sukiyaki and kimchi based which was a winning strategy for all of us! add $1 more for free flow of jap occha! simply enjoyed myself with superb friends!

after which we went to pig out and walkabout..... :D

Shabu Shabu~

arranged a mini class outing with a few of them before sch reopened the following wk. it was a much anticipated foodie outing especially for ME!! :p it is really cheap (in my opinion) since we were paying "student price" which was $15.99++. it was a fun experience with good food. the food was pretty fresh but the shortfall is that each person is only entitled to one box of beef (as shown above) :( i would love to have more beef although the other food was pretty decent and appetitizing especially their sausages, soba, vercemilli, pork loins etc. soup base chosen was spicy and miso. the spicy soup is amazing and it simply works wonders for me and most of them. i enjoyed my meal with soba and spicy soup plus the enoki and seaweeds. NICE~

i think the most important part in complementing good food is GOOD COMPANY!! yesh~ i'm starting to reap the benefits and understand the importance of forging strong bonds with various types of people and friends. it takes 2 to clap and sometimes we all get so coped up with our agendas that we neglect this area.

i was in the car with a good friend and we were talking about careers, friends and life after we all graduate in a yr's time. i love the way he says that lets continue to go out and meet up all that after that. this guy is one friend i will want to continue to be friends, if possible for a long long time. he really doesn't know the word "boundaries". i know for only a couple of times, he has introduced me to his own circle of influence and i'm simply appalled and touched by his actions. really, takes my breath away.

i've seen so much in my life, how were they good friends for a good period of time, shared the same interests, having the same preferences, shopping habits etc and all of the sudden, simply not being able to accept one's opinions and truths and begins to sow contempt. this past months, through my life, i've learnt the importance of holding my peace which has slowly become an attribute for my life. an outspoken person i am and yet this little thing of holding an individual's peace is so often being neglected.

anyway, cut u guys some slack :p lets go eat soon... which will be this coming 21st! =X