Turning 21

This post is soooo backdated but I was kinda on a blogging hiatus last year. Hehe But I'm back!

Although it happened last year, turning 21 is pretty monumental and I thought my 21st birthday celebration deserved to be documented here, in my online diary.   Hehe So here goes!

I turned 21 last October and it took me awhile to actually accept the fact that I've left teenage hood behind and am officially an adult. Throughout 2012 when people would ask me my age, I'd actually have to calculate silently in my head! I would always think I'm a year younger! I know! A serious case of denial! But it's starting to hit me I guess with me having to go abroad and all (but let's save that story for another day!).

So my 21st celebration was very small scale. My parents asked if I would have liked to throw a party but I wasn't really in the mood for a party seeing how I was in the midst of preparing for one of the most important exams of my life (!!!) (this story is also for another day! )

My family and I decided to celebrate my birthday a week earlier and we chose to have dinner at a Japanese buffet, Maui! I chose the place cause I've been there before with my friends and I absolutely loved the place! And no better way to spend your coming of age than pigging out at a buffet, eh?

Cheesecake for my birthday!

I love cheese by the way (I know it's fattening but I eat in moderation people! )

#ootd hehe

Picture that dad captured while sis and I were deciding on what to order. We were happy piggies..

One thing that I really love in Maui is their rolls!! You MUST order one cause it's like the best thing there is! The salmon (or whichever ingredients you choose) is not just filled at the top of the roll like in most places. It goes all the way to the bottom too! So you taste salmon and this really yummy crispy flakes from the first bite to the last!!! Gah typing this out is making me salivate.. T_T

Okay I know this looks gross but surprisingly it was quite yummy! (Honestly, we didn't order this intentionally but when it came, we thought why not give it a try? ) But I think you'll have to like oily fishes to enjoy this salmon head. Thankfully, mum sis and I enjoy fish so we could finish it!

Sis and I didn't take that many pictures of food cause we'd rather eat them than snap pictures.

And this my friends is my baby brother, Dominic! Okay he's no longer a baby (he's 15 this year) but he'll always be to me! And this boy here just got his braces removed yesterday so he's far from a baby! And this is probably the widest my smile can go. -.- And I look like I have muscular arms… o.O

Another one where our smiles don't look so crazzzeeyy.

And this is my baby sisseroni, Tiffany! People always (ALWAYS) ask if we're twins!! We don't look THAT alike!! And she's 3 years younger than me.. (told you I have baby face. )

Then we came home for cake! We were crazy full after the buffet so we just cut the cake to 'signify' me turning 21. I like this candid picture of us!

Making my birthday wish!

Cut cakeeee taimeee!

Officially an adult..

So on the actual day of my birthday, I had dinner once again with my family and some family friends. And I got presents from family and friends!

     

RIP THEM ALLLL!!!

And this cutie pie (talking bout the life size panda ar! )  here came in a box all the way from Philadelphia, America from a very special boy.

   

When I opened the box, I was kinda shock  cause the panda looks like an actual panda!!! I kid you not! Especially when he's lying to the side..

Oh and it's tradition that my mum makes us Chicken soup Meesuah with Drumstick for our birthdays!!! Major !!

And my sis baked chocolate cupcakes which were super yummy!

And there's something that you guys probably don't know.. I share my birthday with my Grandma!!! She said I was her birthday present cause I'm also her eldest grandchild!  

Grandmama and I! She turned 71 last year when I turned 21. Exactly 50 years apart.

She looks young doesn't she? Hehe Oh and that was one yummy fruit cake!!! We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant where my grandma invited her friends too. She more hip than me, y'all!

Make a wish, ah ma!

Oh say hello to my cousin, Shaun!!! He's the cutest squishiest thing ever!! He's grown up so much! When he was younger, he was super manja wan!! Okay now still manja but not so much.. hehe

And this is his older brother, Roy!! He's super tall for his age! He's 11 I think!

Us and our grandmama!

My cousin Sarah! You'd be amazed to hear her voice! She sings really well!

Strong brother is strong!

Cousins and Ah ma!! We have a lot more cousins but some couldn't make it and both of Sarah's brothers are in UK for studies. Till the next reunion!

So that was basically how I spent my 21st. Although I didn't get to spend it with you friends, I'd like to thank you guys for the birthday and well wishes be in through a phone call, text message or even a facebook message! It meant a lot to me guys! Love for you all!