SUPER BELATED POST - Happenings so far...

Well you can't really blame a busy man who has to be stuck in camp for 5/7 of his week doing things that probably wouldn't make a difference to his life for posting this SUPER BELATED POST right right?

Furthermore, the frequency of me coming back home is getting lower and lower as I seek comfort in my second home that's only 2 MRT stops away from my camp - talk about convenience, no?

Anyway, to keep y'all updated (as well as to keep dust level to the minimal in this blog which viewership ain't increasing), I shall blog about my previous weekends. Hey~ Though I may be busy but I still have a life okay? This also shows that I don't really sit in front of my laptop the whole day, wasting precious youth away.

OKAY! Let's start with...

Ain's 21st Birthday @ HOGWARTS!!

July 23, 2011

If you have been diligently looking through my Facebook photo albums (CLICK HERE!!), you would have known that the theme of Ain's 21st birthday is "Harry Potter". Honestly, I'm not a fan of Harry Potter and therefore, I had no clue what was what at the party. E.g. the different factions? Are they even called factions? But nevertheless, I felt included in the party and it was loads of fun even though I couldn't catch the theme! It was indeed, magical.

So, if you did look through the album, Ain decorated her house with lots of Harry Potter-inspired elements such as the Hogwarts school crest, candy jars with the different factions' emblem on it, books, movies and even a small fireplace made of cardboard! Extremely cool!! Unfortunately, due to lack of time, I can't post all the photos in this entry so please rely on the Facebook album, yes?

The birthday girl cutting her cake. Did I mention that even the birthday girl was very into character on her themed party? Dressed in a "school uniform" with a robe and a witch's hat accompanied with her magic wand, she transformed into the top student of her own party! The guests were also given "Report card" as thank you messages at the end of the party - she really looked into the details, didn't she?

After the actual party, these bunch of awesome people (myself included, of course), stayed back to "sabotage" the top student of Hogwarts through games and tricks. We played Indian Poker and cleared like a dozen of really disgusting sparkling water (you have no idea how disgusting the water tasted!!) and made her dig her nose through buns topped with cream and chocolate sauce for parts of her present.

We also watched her unwrap most of her gifts - like the sewing machine that we all got for her. Who would have guessed right? Especially when it was inside a huge cardboard box with "Huggies Diapers" printed on it - deceiving!!

And of course, we took tons of Instax photos depicting the process of us, evil friends, "torturing" the birthday girl. Overall, it's one of the best themed parties that I've attended so far in my life because everything was looked into - the setting and decoration, the costume, the door gifts, the entertainment, etc. Extremely magical~

Javen's 1st Birthday

July 31, 2011

I'm pretty sure my baby nephew's birthday didn't fall on July 31 so I guessed it should be an early celebration. Right after Alvin's 21st birthday (Well well, I didn't miss it out of this post on purpose - check the future updates for the whole event because I planned it!!), I rushed down to Downtown East to meet up with my siblings for the celebration.

Anyway, AIN'T THE CAKE ADORABLE?! I think this is like the cutest cake I've seen in decades - the last one probably when my age was below 5 years old? The little tiger represents my nephew's Chinese zodiac. I certainly hope that he would grow up to be strong like a tiger but personality wise, please be a good boy, yes?

My cousin, her husband and my two little nephews who I sadly see only once in awhile. Having nephews really make me feel so old, though there are still people who thinks that I look like 17 years old (YES!! Happy like hell~) Photographing children is extremely challenging, as you can see, because they will look everywhere BUT your camera. But that also reveals their innocence and free spirits...

My nephew has stunning eyes, no? Just like me~ :D I think he'll definitely grow up to become an extremely photogenic child because of his big eyes and adorable cheeks. I still remember the time where I took a photo of him during Chinese New Year - one of my favorite shots of babies! Kinda forgot why I snapped this photo but I couldn't help it because he's so cute~~

Something special about this baby's birthday is that my aunt actually "catered" my sister and her boyfriend to set up their crepe "stall" within the chalet to make crepes for all the guests and I must say business was fantastic! The crowd came and crepes were flying off the pan like the Changi Airport - maybe even more rapidly~ New flavors, like the cheese and ham, were discovered and it was really delicious! 

So, if you are considering something special for your party, you can approach my sister or her boyfriend to request for their crepe catering service! Or you can go through me and I'll make sure I get a commission for that. :D

Platoon Cohesion

August 1, 2011

Finally, something more recent - my platoon cohesion at one of the specialist's condominium. It was a typical barbecue by the pool but it was very fun because I got to take lots of photos of people that haven't been photographed by me before - like Kenneth and Jun Sheng in this hopefully award-winning shot above. Loving the chemistry between the both of them! 

Before the actual event though, some of us went to nex to get some of the barbecue items. Aaron went to pluck his teeth and he couldn't eat solid foods so we had to get things like jelly for him but unfortunately, someone else ate them. Oh well~

The spread for the event were the normal things like chicken wings, crab sticks, sausages, marshmallows and other predictable stuff. But what's special about the barbecue though is that there are things like kebabs (chicken with capsicum and peppers) and a really tasty pasta salad (macaroni with cream, raisins and pineapple chunks!) Love the pasta salad a lot~

For events like this, it isn't the food that makes the event rocks. It's the people! Well, at least the kind ones like Jun Sheng and Aaron here who didn't try to throw me into the pool like some other evil guys. Just so you know, almost everyone got thrown into the pool but my camera granted me immunity because I refused to let it go. And that the bitchy residents and anal security guards came over constantly to complain about our noise level which honestly wasn't really high. On top of that, it was only 8pm!!

When the sky got dark, the real challenge of taking photos begin when the lighting was horrible. Even with flash, I couldn't get proper shots but who cares because the models rock! This bunch of smiling people apparently love being thrown into the pool. :P 

One of the main reasons for this cohesion is to celebrate the birthdays of some of my platoon mates, as well as to see some of the people who have got through 2 years of excruciating "pain" gain their freedom again. Got the cake from Yi Hui's father's bakery - a blueberry cake that looks really gorgeous but the taste is slightly mediocre. But anyway, the cake is just a symbol, yes? But it would be so much better if the symbol is tasty, no? :P

Well, that's all I have for tonight. Hope I managed to brush off some dirt of this blog and to get my viewership going up again. I also hope that my next weekend would be as free as this one so I can really sit down and work on the next blog entry to bring you more stuff that probably wouldn't make a difference to your life. :)

Stay tuned, y'all!! :)