Being 21

bEiNg 21

Gosh, I seem to have some problems posting more than one picture on this blog, am using Hello now, not sure whether that is the cause of the problem. Till this problem is solved, guess I cant really publish more than 1 pic online. Am using Hello cos am too impatient to upload pictures onto an online server.

The Chalet was great! Hope all of you who attended it had fun. Now, I will like to take this opportunity to show my most sincere gratitude to all who made this chalet possible ( meaning all who attended) and of course for the generous Ang Pows and presents I have received. Many many thanks to

1) Ma who sponsored the chalet and food which amounted to around $800 (she demanded a share of the Ang Pows after that)
2) Pa who fried the chicken wings and squids( for fear that there wasn;t enough food for like 60plus pple)
3) Jie and Benson who got me the Canon Powershot A95( It's ex but you will also get to use it ma)
4) all my relatives and others who gave Ang Pows( you helped my Mum recoup some of the costs)
5) Vijay (the food IC not the present IC...What happened to my present IC?) who coordinated about 30 plus people from camp to share for my Nokia 6260( Loved that phone, Samsung Sucks, still exploring the functions)
6) Sebastian yang( my understudy) who got me a Jay Chou 无与伦比 live VCD (though I got the live CD le)
7) Peiyi, Yuwei, Joel, Desmond, Mel C, Zhiren for getting the crumpler Laptop bAg( though I haven't gotten my laptop yet, sorry for burning a hole in your pocket)
8) 01S48( Stef, Eng Meng, Kenvia, Lex, Kevin, Jason, Chun Li, Jac) Thanks for the Crumpler vouchers, the camera bag for my A95 and the 2 watermelons( Yup I realised the significance of the fruits after my hangover)
9) Tsz Shan for the fossil watch and bible( Promise I will go read it..)
10) Sebastian, Ivan and Haojie for the Levis T-shirt and book( Been long since we met up, great to be still in contact)
11) Yanhan for coming (though the gang of Adel, HuiShi(thank for the message) and Cheryl aint in SG plus u got test the next day, nice shirt too!)
12) Yubin ( my cousin) for the Davidoff fragrance
13) Vin, Na, Gene, Ming for sponsoring the alcohol (though it is atill not enough, special mention to Gene who brought Gin which my camp mates finished the next day)
14) Andrew for calling from Australia on that night( Sorry dint get to talk long cos I had to entertain people)
15) SSG Koh, MSG Lee, Cpt Darren and CPt DOn to come despite their bust scehdules
16) Debbie who gave me my first present when she came back from Hk some time back
17) Senny who offered to fry some bee hoon when i told her I may not have enough food
18) Tammy, June and XiuHua Jie( Ma's ex colleagues) for sponsoring the 3Kg MAngo Cake from JAck's Place)
19) Quincy for bringing the Absolute Mandarin on the 2nd night which was emptied coincidenatlly by my camp mates on the 2nd night
20) Colin for taking his video cam down ( I haven seen what you have filmed)
21) Neil for the shirt( U came though u have exams the next day!!
22) Miaorong for the small cute thing( Sorry if i only invited u last min, we've known each other for 16 years)
23) Grace for attending the party( Did you have a share in the bible? OOps)
24) Alex for offering his friend's membership card for me to rent the place at a lower price
25) Weiqi for being my first guest at the chalet who gave me a Parker pen
Such a long list, I had better not left out anyone here, sorry to all those who felt left out cos I really had not much time with all the pple there. I was a bit high on alcohol(or izzit drunk), was speaking louder than normal that night. It was the first time I puked after drinking that night too.

The intial hassle of organising the chalet, was definitely worth it as that was the day that all my relatives and friends from different stages of life all come together to celebrate the occasion. Friends that have accompanied me through my darkest moments and my brightest days. Thank you for being there all these while.

Being 21 marks the first step into adulthood, marks the end of my army life and into University life. Yup, it's just another day on the calendar you may think, having a chalet may seem so commercialised, well I guess it still made this day one of the most memorable in my life! Your presence definitely made a difference!