Turning Twenty Sixty

a year has passed and last 2 months ago it was my birthday. huhuu. a bit down that i've passed the quarter decade mark but then again, when i turned 24 i was melancolic too. hehe. (yet another year without him next to me on my birthday.haih)

the fact is.. im so freakin blessed to have the people around me for their small & big gestures on making the day i dont celebrate so much quite a special one. it doesnt take much to make me happy. i only make it compulsory for the closest in my life to remember dates like this (thank u korg u know who u are. i miss u all so much T_T) & yes.. i was happy & fat on my bday.weeee

13.04.2011

patut amek cuti je tido seharian kat rumah. but that would be just sad. and too lonely for me (hubby xde di sisi) so i went to the office jugak.

eventho hubby cakap tahun ni xde special delivery pasal nanti aku bosan, hehe, dia tetap hantar a cute bunch of roses wif mint chocs (my favourite flavour) ohhh, i love u sayang!!
lunch hour my bubbling bubbies brought me to Levain boulangerie patisserie (mmg aku copy paste saje nama tu psl susah nak eja) off Jalan Imbi. The girls treated me to breads & deserts & my first tasting of macaroons (ok i have tasted macaroons at hotel buffets tapi first try MANIS gila trus aku dislike) . but the macaroons at Levain were quite ok. especially the hazelnut praline flavour :)

tq my sygs alin, maj & mami juyaaaa

back to the office had another suprise waiting :) my office colleagues bought me a cake! eventho we have a quarterly budget to spend on birthdays every 3 months (so patutnya my birthday would be celebrated in June) dorg still belikan bday cake just for me :) kak huda & kak noly lah dalangnye. tq akaks !! me loves u so much!!

macam pose menahan perut je aku kan. habisss diet

(one candle jeh, im officially a year older)

bgambar reramai, skali dgn boss,

it was fun wlaupun rmai lagi yang cuti

after work made a date with alin & syafiq to just hang around klcc. another chance to get me fat. yes. memang berjaya. we ended up melantak kat nandos, syafiq tulun habiskan my food as well (hehe) then yet another set of bday cupcakes :) red velvet (makes me think of my bestfriend kayeeee)

beria dorg ni amek gambar bday girl pastu xreti upload. chets.

thank you darlings for temaning me lepak that nite :)

kesimpulannya i had a fatty birthday. thanx to the people around me for being there, despite my husband, my bestfriends were not with me (all over msia & the world, huu sedih), I really appreciate all your efforts to make me 'the single girl' feel so much less lonely (terharu sebak masih bila teringat)

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well that was how my middle-of-the-week birthday went. GEMUK KAN? gemuk tapi happy. eheheh. ouh, like many other bloggers, nuffnang bagi email 2 days earlier "As part of the TGV Birthday Surprise for Nuffnangers, you've been selected to receive FOUR (4) complimentary passes for any movie* at TGV Cinemas outlets nationwide, which we hope will make your birthday a special one indeed :)"

oh yes indeed! free movie passess of course make any day special :) alin temaned me to pick up the tickets at the Heritage House , Jln Yap Ah Shak

blogging (eventho not so much of income for an anti-social blog like mine)

does has its sweet advantages eyh?

I saved the tickets to go watch Rio at KLCC with my hubby come that saturday!

love birds like us

after the movie, we went home & got ready for a romantic dinner up at the revolving restaurant at KL Tower (hubby's second suprise bday treat). ok pengakuan, eventho I live & work in KL , despite my high school is on the same hill as KL Tower, I have NEVER gone up it, penah sampai paling dekat pun kat entrance bawah je. haha

ramai birthdays malam tu so the cake was at the desert table

end up hubby terchentah yang tersandar kekenyangan . thank u syg for the wonderful night out and I LOVE YOUU (as if you didn't know already)

p/s: oh and when i was in Ipoh my kekasihs abducted me from the expo & treated me to a bday cake slice & Secret Recipe..weee. ipoh style! tq sayangs!

Silver Jubilee: Birthday Entry!

twenty-five..suku-abad..vingt-cinq..dua puluh lima tahun ahh?

yep aween, believe it! tua suda..

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i have had great birthday surprises over the years..most of them, no.., i mean ALL of them are becoz of my beautiful friends (& also fiance' ~ syg aku bukan lupa tau.hahah) !! my family ain't the "celebrating b'day" type :D wat pe celebrate umur yang makin pendek kan?..heheh..but i love them all the same nway..

so this is the entry where i talk about my birthday, about a few past celebrations, surprises & cakes (of coz kna ada cake!), but pics are only from what i have stored, yang before2 that, i seriously only have the pics in my mind (pics kat org lain, i didn't take a copy), or my old thumbdrive (kna curi) heee..

i guess i'll start from some highlights during my uni years.. ok, honestly aku tak brape ingat dah time high skool or before :D, probably bcoz the pics xde so i can't recall all that well but aku ingat mesti dapat hadiah or bday card nye lah! time primary skool, my small 5 people gila nye budak2 kecik! (ingat tak rory?) heheh..

okeh, moving on...there was one bday surprise by 3G kesayangan suraya & kaye. they brought me to OU, & gave me a nice hair cut treat, siap kembang2 rambut aku segala, then aku pkai balik tudung jugak :D hahah, so of coz penyek balik, then dorg bawak aku gi Delicious & blanje & surprised me with the hot choc cake with vanilla ice cream on top..mantap, melt-in our mouth sodap! :)

then there are the countless time my 'PuRe celebrated my birthday, dari matrix kot..from pizza stuffing, surprise bday cakes (even when we were all struggling with out deadlines for thesis/final portfolio) SUMPAH, aku syg gila korg & every single thing that u do for me :) hahah
 

mmg ni je ke gmbar kte lengkap 8 org? susah btul la amek lengkap!

haaaa..2007! this year we were at Pangkor on the date of my birthday, time ni dah couple dgn syg, but dia x follow coz nak siapkan his thesis...but we had so much fun siot!

first big surprise..2 of my best-friends yang originally didn't follow us to Pangkor..SUDDENLY showed up on my Birthday!!! mcm gler aku menjerit & happy & suka & etc2..hahah, FAHMI & KAYE! korg ni mmg gila! gile!

THEN, they all pakat2..& made me a freaking huge sand cake..sumpah time tu rasa nak nangis terharuuuuuu (T_T)

cantik kan? Fahmi yang hias dgn kerang tu..besela, budak Applied Art :D

us with my birthday cake :D

then we watched the sunset together2, sambil bercerita tentang masa depan (time ni baru habis practical, sedang berangan la ni)

2008 i got a small comel cake, mkn time tngah berpeluh menaip thesis :D hahah..sanggup dorg kuar dari campus cari cake gak tuk aku, eventho they didn't get enuf sleep from staying up at the studio (they is my 'PuRe), malam tu i think i went out with soedaydah & the gang (hee, ok seriously x ingat)

now last year was a real 'back-to -basics' birthday..nak tau apa aku buat the nite before my birthday?

i was silently crying

alone

dalam khemah

at pantai syawal, Lumut/Pangkor

thinking of how old i am

and how i missed my bestfrens & bf & mum 

LOSER kan?

well last year, my birthday fell when we had to go to the OBS course, a'ah..yang buat aku hitam legam tu..haa, yang ni la---> entry obs yang tak habis :D

lets see what i was doing, on 13th April, last year!!

yep, yang berbungkus mcm micheal jackson to is me, hehe, i really took no chances in making myself tanned..the dumb thing is i forgot i was wearing the cloth so i was smiling the widest smile..& tak nampak :D hahaha, dah puas dah kna gelak dgn budak2 hitam lain..tngok btul2, u can see me smiling kan?? heeee..my lovely kayak-partner yang nmpk senyuman lebar nye :) kamal, life-saver ku kat sana..he really looked out for me (utk info, ktorg kayak keliling pangkor ok! it was such a big OUCH!) hahaha

well, on my birthday i felt better at once becoz everyone was wishing me happy bday & calling me the birthday girl, and kebetulan pulak, i was leader of the group that day (go go JERAI!), so i got to be in charge :) <which i love!, if u didn't already know> hahaha, so semua org kna ikut cakap aku that day..BEST BDAY GIFT EVER! :D

on our last nite at OBS Lumut, after our BBQ dinner & wacky (plus sexay) performances..the instructors & everyone else surprised me, boy & naren (all April babies) with 2 chocolate birthday cakes :)

hamek ko gelap gler! sori naren x nmpk your face ok! :D

again, abaikan muka hitam aku tu..

sedap..after 25 days plus x rasa cake kan, sume sedap!

relieved to just go back home...

curik one cake for myself!

oh yeahh, lupa..we also had a specially sent card from warga office that we left behind in KL, (rindu ktorg la tu!)

 comellllllll..it was filled with 'rindu' wishes, good luck for survival in the hutan wishes as well as one other note, just for me :)

heheheheh..ILOVE U GUYS..dari jauh hantar wish baling tepung, ohh so sweet :p

After coming back from Lumut, Perak..the first social gathering was Nik & Nurul's wedding reception..it was in Putrajaya & so beautiful, both nik & nurul (sebab nik pkai make-up!!) HAHAHA...

after the reception, next lepak stop was to Kaye's residence..rupa2nye..my kekasih's sume ni dah set up a surprise bday celebration for me (belated bday) & jnal (belated gak but still in May), kaye made us his new creation--> velvet cake..SEDAP GILA!

our cake

 muka terkejut! (kot)

 me & jnal the belated bday baby's (baby's ke? hahah)

 yeah we get it jnal, the cake is just THAT good! :D

 our one big happy family pose

(kaye muka ketat, ash nakal, ain ayu! omg..me loves u guys!)

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so this year...how did they surprise me? hmmmm..first of all, ada 3 org LUPA wish bday aku..

kaye

 

suraya

c-nah (takde link) hahah

so then c-nah replied & wished me happy belated, tapi yang lagi dua org ni, buat dek je my sms, FINE! dalam hati majuk la sket, org dh remind pon x wish! (ahaha..only the important ppl count ok)

for lunch, my lovely's blanje me dim sum @ PNB Darby :) suke sangat2 :)

back at ofis, i got my special delivery :) from Sabah (eventho i know for a fact that its from a flower shop in KL) ! saje nak berangan lebih..hahah

sayang! THANK YOU :)

comel sgt2..one cerah (aku kan?) & one gelap (syg kot? hehe)

 they got matching kaki...alalalalalala...suka nyeeeeeeeee

my favourite! chocs!

 (gambar, again from kak shaz :))

i also got a special delivery thru the office post :D love it maj! highlighters & all! :*

ok this came thru office post as well! a day after my birthday :) but the bday mood still going strong :)

haaaa....nak tahu apa isi kandungan dalam pakej itu? tungguuuu

(hahaha, bukan niat nak buat saspens pon, 

tngah tunggu gambar from kak shaz nye camera cantik :D)

THANKS AZIZ :D ko mmg marvelous! hebat & cool!!!

then comes the gler hebat scheming project..hasil daripada dua org kesayangan ku:-

majidah (we all know, apa2 je maj plan mesti menjadi!)

and this is the other culprit..org yg x wish my bday tuuu..kaye :)

maj buat a great storyline, asking me to teman her to klcc, nak usha barang rumah, dan aku pulak, dengan semangatnya bertanya 'why klcc?, why not ikea?'...maj was like, 'jom jela aween, i really need your opinion for the cadar for my bedroom'..okay cadar girl! ko mmg hebat kan? and aku mmg senang percaya kan? ha ha hah

so off we went, me aziz and maj :) from surveying household ornaments, a weird black feather lamp (yang macam one of the mad hatters hat in Alice in Wonderland, kan aziz?), we were down to shoe hunting, and sempat makan ice cream new zealand lagi , while waiting for the rest of the other 'cadar opinion givers' which i thought tak perlu sangat pon since we had already gone to every store that was in klcc :S

after a bit, our tummy's were already rumbling, & i had to rush off to the hospital by 9, so maj said 'aween, jomla kte makan kat Dome', hmmm..i was, ok..mana2 je..

dah duduk2 kat Dome tu, warga PNB yang workaholic tu sampai la segerombolan..hehe, hoi korg tu btulke wat kerja sampai Maghrib? gler hebat..so in comes Faisal, Alin, Dira, Fiona (pics will be uploaded once i get the softcopies from kaye/adam)..the usual lepak2 gang, THEN..

aku tetibe sakit perut..hahah, tak taula masuk angin ke hape..but i really needed to go to the toilet badly! nak terkucil segala lah..so aku lari la pegi toilet, the nearest toilet tu yang kna bayar RM2 :p..me being the kedekut me, sanggup naik escalator to the normal FREE toilets one level higher, even though perut dah sakit gilaaaaaa...

setelah kelegaan, off i was back to Dome, maj dah callings 'hoi ko pegi kencing ke berak ke hape?' hehehehe..'coming2', dorg dah pindah tempat..duk kat a longer line of tables..i saw maj standing & smiling selebar2 nye..i was like 'ok, what happened?' pastu aku nampak muka muk2 yang familiar :)

muka2 ini yang aku nampak 

(sori bukan gambar time kat Dome, itu still pending from 

Kaye & the other yang amek gmbar :D, ini just gmbr lama nak 

tunjuk muka org2 gila yang aku syg)

kaye & suraya (original 3G~plus me of coz)

si Fahmi yang ada kat KL for his & Intan's Anniversary pon dtg (CONGRATS KORG!!!), masih kurus jugak, oi makan byk sikit boleh? (xpuas hati)

and of coz si jenal, driving from his site office in klia :D (yang ni je actual pic at Dome, haha, i didn't take much pics..excaited borak wif suraya (da, aku x jumpa su since i got engaged haritu, gila kan? :D)

then tambahan orang lagi..ada Adam,& Juya (fresh from the showers of Fitness First) ~ok gmbr lama jugak

juyaaa..jgn rindu2 kitrg time we go to Kuching next week okeh :) nanti ktorg belikan ko ikan terubuk istimewa, penuh satu beg MSAM..haha ok x?

 encek adam pon join gak..makan wedges bowl besar sampai x habis (ini gmbr lama jugak lagi)

they gave me this...the comel & sedap birthday cookie :)

and pojan (salah sorg PuRe juga bakal bridesmaid ku) gave me these, hand-made, high quality & kecomelan gila babs!..

a handphone pouch!!

 detailing cun gler! & ada butang siap! oh i love sgt2!

haaa, yang ni..tempat letak business card :)

poyo kan? kasi demo sket (cube straight on the spot tu!)

and last of all, lengkap dgn keychain LOVE. tq jan aku syg gila barang hasil kerja tangan ko nih :)

 from left: kak chik, POJAN, hamad
(sori jan aku curi gambar fb ko.haha)

THANX KORG SEMUA!!!

those that wished me thru sms
the nice & lovely wishes on fb (aku berusaha tuk reply every single wish)
the heartfelt cards, gifts & foods (so many food!!)
kak huda blanje me donuts,
eija bought me a slice of blueberry cheesecake,
oh, gemuknyaaa aween seminggu ni!!!!

I LOVE U ALL SO MUCH, seriously.
thanx for a great silver jubilee memory
(and my final one as a singleton ;>)