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I spent my saturday celebrating birthdays. FIRST was Shelina's Birthday Celebration at the Botanical Gardens. SECOND was HENRY (Shel's bf) at St James Power Station.
FIRST ROUND
Shelina's birthday was situated in the Botanical Gardens. I haven't been there for ages but I must say it was fun just sitting with friends and having a picnic as a birthday celebration. Before heading for the Botanical Gardens, I had to wait for my OWNER and +1 for the day, Ms Alex Choong, aka Chubby Tummy. I was nice enough to fetch her to Botanical Gardens. We went to Serangoon gardens to collect Shel's chocolate cake before heading to the Botanical Gardens.
The event was supposed to start at 4.30pm. Alex and I got there about 4.15pm and we were hoping to see people that we know there. When we got there, we were looking for brown skinned looking individuals but to no avail. We decided to to "picnic mat" hopping. After 15 minutes, we concluded that Shelina was not there yet. We gave her a call at about 4.40pm and she was on Eunos and on her way down to the Botanical Gardens. We were instructed to reserve a plot of land on the HUGE open grass patch while we waited for her arrival. Alex and I decided a location between 2 palm trees and a super hot sun to roast us to a medium rare state.
When Shelina arrived, it was pure manual work from then on because she prepared food enough to feed a whole army when there were only less than 10 people who attended the event. The food was not too bad but I was busy drinking water and soft drinks because the weather was so hot. Games were played and a german little girl, Victoria, decided to join us in the games and beat us flat because we helped her to cheat. BUT, she lost to me in the Final Round of TWISTER. The battle was so intense that we tore the twister mat that was handmade from a piece thin plastic sheet. One super weird thing happened to me when I was walking back to the picnic ground after collecting the birthday cake from my car. I thought that I saw Rebecca Hoon, my second girlfriend. I was not sure if it was really her because the dog that the girl was cleaning up is not the breed that she had. I did not verify or see clearly also. The sky was already dark. Anyway, we decided to retreat from the place when it started to drizzle.
As we were retreating from the botanical gardens, I drove Denise, Alex and Gurpreet back to Tampines. It was then they told me that there was a follow up event and they are going to CLUB !!! The last time I went clubbing was on my birthday with Cuci and the rest of the international students and I remember puking. HAHAHAHA ! As I was driving to Tampines, I was already feeling tired because I woke up really early and I was just feeling lethargic, so I was not sure if I should go. In the end, after much thinking and persuasion from my +1, I decided to go. I managed to persuade Jia Hao to go also. I used emotional blackmail to make him say YES ! HAHAHAHA !
SECOND ROUND
The group decided to meet outside St James Power Station at 11.30pm. I was there early because the North East Line was just so efficient. I met Jia Hao and Alex first and were went into MODIVA to see see look look first. We met up with Henry and the rest about 15 minutes later and IT WAS TIME TO PARTY ! Had some drinks and watched Henry got dragged onto the stage to dance and for people to sing Happy Birthday Song to him. After which, we went to the Boiler Room several times and IT ROCKS ! I thought the live band was really good and the performers were fantastic. I was really amazed how the performers danced certain easy moves and the people on the dance floor stood in rolls and did the same dance steps as the CHORUS comes in. Obviously I was doing the dance moves too ! HAHHAA ! I think the Alcohol that I drank at Modiva did me good as I decided to just "Dance" no matter how lousy a dancer I am. It is nice knowing that there are chics checking you out, but do not know what they are really thinking. Maybe they were thinking that this tall guy with an ugly hairstyle is such a joke. BLEHHHhh.. On other news, JIA HAO inspired me to want to take up Salsa class but I think i should go hunt for a salsa partner first. =)
There were a few highlights when I was at St James. First, when I was queueing to enter into Dragonfly, the bouncers grabbed this guy out from the premise and this guy was shouting in Hokkien, "SOMEONE WANT TO BEAT ME LEH ! x 10 times !" I think the head of security had to talk to that guy and his friends and try to resolve the problem. One of his friends face was scratched until I think his mother cannot recognize him liao. Second, as I was queueing to enter Dragonfly, i think the alcohol was kicking in and my vision went blank. I was still able to walk and talk, just that I could not see a thing in front of me. I could only see outlines of people. I asked Jia Hao to guide me to somewhere to sit and it was then I recovered in about 5-10 minutes. After which, it was time to PARTY again ! HAHAHAA ! Third, it was fun watching Alex getting wasted and trying very hard to walk straight. There came a point when she could not take it anymore and she MERLIONED at some quiet spot outside the club. When we decided to enter the club again, she ran into the toilet and decided to stay in the cubicle for about an hour plus. I suspect that she was hugging the toilet bowl and passed out. I left the club for home while Jia Hao waited for her to come out.
Overall, I had lots of fun last night and I thought it could have lasted longer if Shelina and the gang did not need to leave so early. HAHAHA !!! I would definitely do it again and it is time to train my drinking tolerance already. I felt like a late bloomer in the clubbing scene. I really never thought that I would enjoy clubbing but maybe during my younger years, clubs were just filled with smoke and I did not want to die young but being a passive smoker. I think the best I can look forward to now is my clubbing sessions in Turkey !