The first one among all of us to turn 21! Now she doesn't have the right to say she's still 20 because that has been her excuse for the whole year. What's to be embarrass about being elder than us one year right? Like fine wine, we mellow with age. But in her case...
The theme for her birthday party was flowery, as you can tell by the title. So everyone was forced to dress in anything flowery. The boys were going crazy all week fussing about what to wear. I initially planned on wearing a pastel coloured floral tube dress, but thought I'd save that for New Years and went with this instead. This dress has been through 2 of the girls birthday's now. Andrea and Ariel.
Lim Tai Tai ( we call her that just for fun because she claims she's going to be a housewife in 10years time ) decided to celebrate at Alexis @The Gardens. Posh woman is posh. It was the first time dining there for most of us so we didn't know what to expect.
The birthday girl woman and I. She was all decked out in a red floral cheongsam, with a bun and corsage and everything. It looked like she was attending her own wedding instead of her birthday party.
The rest soon arrived. Except for Stoner. He only made it in time when Ariel cut the cake. Now I know why everyone has been raving about Alexis. The ambiance is really nice, though not as posh as other places like Ploy and stuff, its still radiates that "classy" feel. Most of the servers were friendly, the captains weren't as humble and there was this waiter whom everyone thought was a bit too cocky for his own good ( thinks he's so good looking pfft ).
YiWen's Cappuccino that came with a whole bowl of sugar. Diabetic much?
Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry milkshake RM15. Gavin's, Ariel's and mine. Highly recommend the strawberry shake because the other two tasted quite bland.
The girls shared meatball spaghetti
Car's Alexis Burger. That's seriously the only thing she ever orders wherever she goes. Burgers, burgers, burgers. And the way she eats is anything but ladylike.
Ceccilia's chicken mushroom pie
Gavin's extremely shocked expression when his pizza arrived
Ariel trying to hide her disgust for Rocket veggies
This is the pizza that YWen, Ariel and I shared. Extremely healthy because of all the rockets sprinkled on the top.
More pizza. Price ranges from RM30+ to RM40+
Sang Ping Er is back from Switzerland-! In my opinion, he lost quite a lot of weight, but soon gained it back after his week long trip to Australia, blame it on his food fest. I totally understand how he feels as I struggle with the same thing. Sigh what is wrong with the constant battle between me and my weight :/
Seafood pizza
Roasted duck accompanied with mandarin orange salad. This little bird costs RM40+ and the size is no larger than your regular chicken breast. The taste of it however, is surprisingly good after comparing it to its serving size. It is cooked medium well with blood oozing out slightly. The skin is crisp with a considerable amount of fat beneath it. All in all, a good dish but we didn't think it was worth the price because of the serving size.
Calamari. Future diners may opt to skip this appetizer because better ones can be found at Italiannies. The batter was not crisp. Tasted quite bland except for the ocassional sudden dash of paprika because of its uneven seasoning.
There were more surprises in stored for the birthday girl of course-! Everyone was given a rose which was to be presented to Ariel after she cut her cake. Upon giving her the rose ( a la bachelorette ), everyone had to give her a birthday wish/blessing. Only we can make birthdays seem so formal. Many thanks to Andrea for buying the roses.
Hello ladies ;)
We like to call ourselves the pioneers of the clan :')
Twins will be twins. We bring thinking alike to a whole new level. For now, we have the same nail colour preference. It scared how well we coordinate sometimes.
I hereby declare the best dressed male of the night, which does to Stoner-! He reached just in time before Ariel cut her cake because he was celebrating with his family for his sister just collected her PMR results. He had a blue hoodie on when he walked in the restaurant but being the "gate keeper", I sorta forbid him to step foot into the party zone without revealing what was underneath his hoodie. And tadaah-! THIS, is flower power boys *shame on you* lol.
The most failed part of the night was when one of the servers came up to Ariel and asked "Excuse me Miss, for the Tiramisu, do you want a slice or the whole cake?". If you didn't get the failed part, the cake was suppose to be a surprise for Ariel and the server blew it ahaha. Can't blame him though, she was dressed the most extravagant among all of us so naturally he'd asked her.
We decided to give her a nasty surprise in the end though. We used sparkle candles, the kind that will never go out despite how much you try to blow it out. The only way you can extinguish it is by immersing them into water.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY I-MEI-! It sure took her long enough to blow out all her candles. Everyone was helping her in the end. I even ordered water as standby just so we could immerse the candles in the water.
Ellen is shocked at how much money I have left till New Years, which is extremely little by the way. The memoirs of a broke college student lol.
Felt extremely bad for the mess we left behind that night. Glasses of water everywhere, food spilled, rose petals and leaves everywhere. I just had to tip the server by the end of the night, even though he ruined the cake surprise -.-"
Group picture at the end of the night. A good birthday is not about the presents received or the well wishes given. It is about spending your day with good and fun company, in short, to be surrounded by the people who are closest to you and which you spend everyday with. No gift needed, your presence is a gift that is good enough. That, is my idea of a good birthday :')
Maybe a bouquet of Hello Kitty balloons wouldn't hurt as well ahahah.
Happy 21st again Ariel-! Hope you had a blessed birthday and enjoyed your dinner with us. To more years of friendship to come =)
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