David's Big Three O

as promised to felicia (and i grudgingly made the promise lest she spends another disappointing morning in the staff room before her first lesson of the day), here's a pictorial scoop on david's 30th birthday celebration last saturday held at aloha chalet.

felicia picked me up from home...


...with her two boys in tow, ryan and nicholas... look at 'em... awww... m e l t...

shortly after we arrived, these two cute lil' munchkins turned grumpy but... awww, they're still oh-so-cute...

the early birds...


and loads of grub...


the satay came along with a satay-man to bbq it


lesson learnt: natural daylight gives you that high-definition effect on photographs, zoom in for open pores and blackheads (and whiteheads if i may add) but it's alright cos i still love you guys


david's co-workers from the civil service very soon descended upon the party and totally eclipsed us misfits... i received a gag order and was barred from talking to them in case if i were to verbally misbehave


after several rounds of playing hide-and-seek with ryan, nicholas and leslie's kids, i was totally pooped and was forced to claim extreme fatigue despite the kids' protests wanting to carry on.

i managed to convince ryan and nicholas that trains are more fun to play with and you get to sit down at the same time...


after many satays, kick-ass chicken wings, meat patties, and other wonderful greasy bbq-ed meats later... we needed the best facial cleanser to strip the oil fields off our faces...


marie (david's mommy), david and dora...


the satay-man provided the tempo while dora's dad, uncle dick yip, plucked his ukelele to a birthday song for david...


all and all, it was a very merry evening for all of us. soon afterwards, wei came round to pick me up for our dvd night back at my place... but not without amusing the girls with his terrific yorkshire accent first. scones and tea anyone?

have a very merry, happy and joyous 30th birthday david.