Xinli turned 22
Friday, Aug. 10, 2007
2:16 p.m.

Happy 22nd Birthday to myself (yesteday)! In comparison with like, you know last year, haa.. the BIG 21st, this year is a low down. Low low down. Kind of expected nonetheless. Somehow 21st seems to the be age where people last celebrate their age gloriously with the rest, or the other way round, where the rest celebrates with you enthusiatically. Na ja, es ist mir egal.

But, lunch yesterday with my 'german' girls was great =) Love you bits.

It was steamboat buffet followed by a short chill out sesson at Starbucks with this little cute Donut as my birthday cake, accompanied with 3 different languages of 'Happy Birthday'. Thank you. Dankeschön! 謝謝! Merci! It was really sweet of you girls.

I mentioned Steamboat right? Ha...

That was the eating part, especially when I woke up late (I'm still jet lagging, can't wake up in some 4am in Germany time.. thanks to Ying Fong's call which really got me up! haa). Oh, so I missed breakfast and was really hungry.. gobbled down food right from the start, while yf and cindy still not noticing and not yet in full speed. That explains why I raised my white flag earlier!

After meal was PHotO taking outside the grumpy auntie steamboat shop, along the corridor. I thought it looked pretty typical singapore chinese corridor for a photo, you know, as from the eyes of a 8 months Touristin in Europe!

Presenting to you, the 4 girls!

Ok, that was three.. ok, wait for it. With a count down of ..

one

two

three

presenting to you the 4 girls! =)

ok, I can't help it if we keep taking multi-shots.. deary yf's camera made us do it! Ha..

And then Cindy suggested RETRO shots..

Then we were supposed to show the transition from anger to happiness..however the camera was too fast for our reaction.

Then YF gave a surprise shot...multi shot I meant.. which I cleverly spotted!

And I forgot who's idea to combine the counting of numbers with a change of facial expression.. apparently, yf was so seriously concentrating on her counting, that she wasn't even smiling. Like a bittergoud! haa.. Me and Elayne was like too excited about changing facial expression that we.. ermm.. kind of lost count! 1,2,6,5! what kind of counting is that! And cindy? her photos are self-explainatory! She's just so PRACTICED! Haa..

Before we were heading off to Starbucks/TCC, this van made us went gaga over..

I got my present and princess pink donut (cake, if you think it's a cake, it's a cake. it's not a donut! Haa..)
at starbucks.

Special thanks to Elayne

to Yingfong

to Cindy

And to end off my celebration with the girls..

Ha.. I know Cindy wants to know how the present looks like.. so I took a blurry picture with my webcam for her, so that she will meet me again to SEE her present for me CLEARLY! Haa.. how clever I am!

This pair of stars topped off with a blue dangly crystal like stone.

Thanks!

THereafter we splited up and I went off to meet up with Ryan. Man.. long time no see/talk. Haa.. thanks for the company plus good location for fireworks viewing. It was great, thank you.

It's a pity that my parents brought my camera (more like my dad's camera, but I used it for my entire Europe trip, so, by usage, it's mine haa...) to SHanghai.. no pictures from me. SIGH. Girls please bring camera for this Saturday (tomorrow's) Kboxing!

How I wish wish wish my parents were here instead!! Ahhhh... neh, they should go for their every-possible-re-honey-mood-chances! It makes me happy too!

Haven't eaten a cake for this 22nd Birthday yet =/ Ryan did offer to get one for me.. but I was simply too full to eat anything after my steamboat plus donuts plus ice blended coffee.

I think.. Brother's bringing me to Paulaner's tonight for dinner! Weee.. haa.. not that I've not got enough german food in the past 8 mths, but I just don't really get too sick of it and it's always special when it's here in Singapore and from my dear brother!

Bless me with a great semester ahead. Ich will nichts auf mir irgendwie stoßen. Darf niemand. Das bin ich absolut.

I took a look at the weather forecast at my blog, well it's raining back in Munich. If was still there, it would have been kind of chilly for me and would wear my black jacket wherever I go.. I miss Munich.. not that I don't miss Stuttgart anymore, but I've came to terms with Stuttgart - It was like the best part of my whole SEP trip. Thank god for it. (No, I'm not getting religious) THank my dad and mum and brothers for it too! The $$, the support, the visits and simply the calls and msns and smses.. love my family to bits.

Almost forgot, thanks LiangKwang for the very unique Coin! omg.. so shocked and thankful =)

CJ too with the Mickey Minnie Popouts that was waiting patiently for me even before I reach Singapore! Merci!

You know, it sounds dumb, but when my germany prepaid card handy rang (msg), I was sooooo happy! Ha.. I guess it's probably like the last distinct connection I have with germany - a germany prepaid phone. Thanks Rafa for the msg. It made me kind of got in touch with my germany memories again.

Just let me blabber abit more about my SEP.. we all have to come to terms with it. For now, I miss it really badly that I might look kind of stoney from the outside, but actually, reviewing those moments in Europe in the mind. I know, soon I'll be fine. =) I know, I will be back THERE. That's a promise to myself! Yeahhh ha..

ok, xinli's crazy.

thank you people for making me 22nd so cosy and nice, that I was still being remembered. The msgs too.
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