I guess I was happy last Friday night. I really had a good time among friends. Ho ho ho ho … I like presents … you know what, for the first time in my life, I had lots of birthday presents. Kinda sad, huh? At the age of 28, and only now I get to feel these kinda things. I really had fun. It was suppose to be a stress free day and night … and, yeah, it was.

Stephan and Amelia came early to help out, thank God they did … I was still relaxing and taking my own sweet time … suppose to be no stress mah, but yeah, lucky they came coz I realised time was running out. Sunil came over early to help as well, with the tables and all. Hmmm … mom being her usual self was stepping on all my toes, hello, I don’t want stress. Chill. It’s a BBQ.

I wasn’t too happy with how my marinade turned out … I think they were kind. Oh yeah, so as long they like it … maybe I’m being too critical with myself. Bought too many bread, tak habis …. At least Jenny’s kebabs were all gone :) Quite a few came late because of the kids holiday program. Eric bought … a tray of brownie! Hahaha …. I have brownies for a birthday cake! I think that’s really thoughtful. Evan and Kai Ling did a little acoustic thingy … I thought it was nice … there wasn’t any entertainment anyways. Speaking of which, I knew I’d forgotten something. No music … nevermind lah. I know I’m not much of a crowd person … that I cannot deny, but sometimes you just have to get out of your own shell for a while. It’s not about faking it or anything, if I’m happy, I’ll just show it and not keep it. If I want to enjoy the company of people, I’ll have to show it … I have to do something. Just something I wanna keep on reminding myself.

So so so … what presents did I get!? Let’s see … Chris and Siew Lian got me 5 miniature Transformer. Quirky, funny, unique … I like! Stephan and Amelia got me a cool T-shirt in my favourite dirty shit colour … now, I’m a rock star. Ummm … I got a nice journal, really nice journal to jot my thoughts down … I appreciate that. I got a HUGE HANDBAG! It does look like a woman’s handbag … but the label wrote, Men’s Handbag … hmmm … must be Evan that choose it :D I like it … now I need to know when I can use it. I got a Starbuck’s mug, I’m gonna bring that to office and fill it up with Starbucks coffee at work. Michael got me a magnetic bracelet ... I wanted one long time ago when I saw him wearing his ... it's like so cool, and by far one of the best thing I've gotten. Eh ... suddenly I feel like a gift whore. I got a brown shirt … ummm … I know I’ll wear it someday. Yoke Yee bought me … Plain White T’s CD … I like it, been playing it in the car the whole day now. So me. Kelvin Tan got me a packet of Liquorice … cool, always to know how it taste like …. Speaking of which, I’ll go get a bite now. Janet asked me if I was happy? Hello? How can I NOT be happy. DG asked me if I was happy. Lip Guan asked me if I was happy. A few more people asked me if I was happy? Hmm … is there something that I should be aware of? Of course I’m happy.

When the night was over, Sunil and Albert stayed back to help out with the cleaning … cleanup crew! So, will I be doing this anytime soon? Maybe not … maybe something a little smaller and cosier for my next birthday. Who knows what would happen in a year’s time? I’m so hoping for the best. Putting away all unhappy thoughts and moving on as a 28 frigging year old man.

Now, I have no idea how I’m gonna complete 3 animations for Christmas in 2 weeks time. Illustrations aren’t exactly done either … I’m a little worried already. Can we pull this off!?