first of all, i apologize for not doing this sooner! think i’ve forgotten some of the details but that doesn’t make the experience less meaningful – i still had a wonderful time with my wonderful friends! (:
i remember i wasn’t sure how tired i would be, having one party after another. after my church friends had left from my house, i remember taking a quick shower, changing into my 21 party outfit and putting things (partyware, leftover food, drinks) into the car. pa then drove the family and i to yenchin’s place; i took a quick nap.
thankfully, yihui, weijun, xiaohui and alista came early to help yenchin decorate and set up things in the function room (thanks guys!). so, when we came, we didn’t need to do that much preparations. i set up my slideshow powerpoint, played my party mp3 playlist and decorated a bit. shirin also came earlier with the cake she baked me – i asked her to do it again for my party as it was so yummy!
things took a while to start up as people took a while to arrive but in the end they were all there: yihui, weijun, alista, xiaohui, nadia; shirin, nadia, elaine, shiwei, ethel, robin, derek, justus, yenchin. we had dinner (thanks dear for taking care of the catering!) and then it was time for games. i played the same games as we did in the afternoon but this time round, the guys were more competitive haha. in the end they won overall. hope everybody still had fun though!
these were the miss twenty-ones for the ”costume contest” - congratulations nadia, xiaohui and shiwei!
we took other group photos as well. the PL girls (plus weijun!):
the A51 – the one and only (: in solemn and candid moments:
girlfriends (:
so, once again, thank you everybody for coming! i treasure your friendship (: thanks for making my 20th-going-to-21st-year-period truly memorable. i printed this picture and put it in my photo rack on my desk over here in loughborough which means you all won’t be forgotten! *hugs*
PS it’s not very clear here but the actual photo i printed is clear so i’ll be able to see all your cheery faces and think of you all while i’m here!
