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MJ’s 21st @Regent hotel

Hello loves, today’s post will be about my 21st birthday celebration. I’m just like everybody else, thinking whether i should host a 21st bday party since its like the only ‘big’ bday u are left to celebrate ur adulthood until ur next big bday which would probably be when ur 50, or ur 80 da shou. But on the other hand, i’m like its so expensive and difficult to host a party & its probably not that special what since birthday will come every year. However its still, a 21st & its like stepping into adulthood. It’s probably the only year it’s legit to host a party for yourself, to celebrate urself. So I decided to celebrate myself for the first time in my life by planning a 21st party. 🙂

Planning was not as easy as it seems. I never knew how difficult it is to host one until i tried it myself because u really have to look into the details and know what u want. And probably a lot of help is needed from ur friends and family so that it’ll be less tiring for u. Anyways it’s not bad la, just that its not easy either. I have no regrets though!

I started planning since probably around 3 months in advance (booking the hotel, cause i’m kiasu). So i did manage to get some early bird discount.. like four hundred-ish for 2d1n at Regent hotel’s executive suite room (88 square metres). It can fit quite a number of ppl, l invited 20 plus and it was spacious. 🙂 Oh yeah the service was really awesome too, we requested lots of stuff and they took the effort to meet our needs. (like lending us scotch tape, scissors, ice) hehe ❤

And also got some miscellaneous stuff whenever i saw things that i wanted at the party like pink designed plates and stuff. Anyways, enough with the chatting.. time to look at the pictures!!

Happy 21st to me! :)

Happy 21st to me! 🙂

That's us trying to blow up the balloons with our puffed up faces.

That’s us trying to blow up the balloons with our puffed up faces.

weeeee we looks a lil retarded :p

weeeee we looks a lil retarded :p

Self-invention watermelon drink: Mixture of ice-cream soda, nata de coco & scooped water melon. ( i think) Thanks fatty for scooping the watermelon tediously. heheh :)

Self-invention watermelon drink: Mixture of ice-cream soda, nata de coco & scooped water melon. ( i think) Thanks fatty for scooping the watermelon tediously. heheh 🙂

I made the jellies! Out of hello kitty, piggy, and other cute moulds.

I made the jellies! Out of hello kitty, piggy, bunny, and other cute moulds.

Ordered pastries and baguette

Ordered pastries and baguette

Fruit platter!

Fruit platter!

Mummy woke up early and prepared the curry, beehoon and finger foods. <3

Mummy woke up early and prepared the curry, beehoon and finger foods. ❤

Chay yeow

Chay yeow

Carin

Carin 🙂 

Chiewy

Chiewy!

Family

Family ❤ 

Vaness, pj, me, chiewy & carin

Vaness, pj, me, chiewy & carin 🙂

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andrian & jonah

Yayyyyy my super pretty pink cake! <3 <3 <3 #megalove #lycheemartini #strawberrycream

Yayyyyy my super pretty pink cake! ❤ 

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bx’s family & japan exchange student.

vaness & ellena ( from tenet workplace)

vaness & ellena ( from tenet workplace)

le awesome secondary school friends

le awesome secondary school friends

hehe

hehe

hehe

hehe

<3

chiewy

chiewy!

fatty

(pretty, but not fat.. ) fatty ❤ 

moonlingie

my lil sis, moonlingie ❤ 

pj

pj 🙂

more pics of me and mummy

more pics of me and mummy

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my forever young looking, omma ❤

siblings + bfs

siblings + bfs

sissies

sissies

tofu

tofu 🙂

bffssssss :3

bffssssss :3

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siminy

siminy ❤

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I'm 21 & awesome! :)

I’m 21 & awesome! 🙂

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after countless attempts of hitting the poor unicorn..

after countless attempts of hitting the poor unicorn..

I SUCCEEDED! HURRAY! -heads off-

I SUCCEEDED! HURRAY! -heads off-

Thanks to the gang who stayed over! i had fun :)

Thanks to the gang who stayed over! it was fun 🙂

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Thanks for reading this entry, and i'm looking forward to more adventures ahead to share! <3

Thanks for reading this entry, and i’m looking forward to more adventures ahead to share! ❤

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Roadtrip to Malaysia, Muar

On the way to spend the weekend at Muar, Bing xi dad's hometown. :)

On the way to spend the weekend at Muar, Bing xi dad’s hometown, to celebrate bx ah ma’s 85th birthday 🙂

Has mee kia for breakfast when we first reached Muar.

Had mee kia for breakfast when we first reached Muar.

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Traders hotel room

Traders hotel room

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A nice seaview from the windows of the hotel

A nice seaview from the windows of the hotel

Had a spread of yummy food at Lunch

Had a spread of yummy food at Lunch

Calamari

Calamari

Curry fish

Curry fish

Prawns

Prawns

Tofu

Tofu

Egg oyster omelet

Egg oyster omelet

Meat

Meat

Dong po rou with veggies

Dong po rou with veggies

David (Bing xi's bro) & Xue Ting(GF)

David (Bing xi’s bro) & Xue Ting(GF)

Thats us :)

Thats us 🙂

Coincidentally, we wore couple clothes!

Coincidentally, we wore couple clothes!

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That's Bingxi's grandma

That’s Bingxi’s grandma

First dish of dinner

First dish of dinner

Followed by appetisers

Followed by appetisers

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Yam ring

Yam ring

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The next morning, we went to have…. Bak ku Teh for breakfast cum lunch

Muar bak tu teh

Muar bak tu teh

PG advised- hahaha kidding, we just eating otah lah.

And as requested by Megan..

And as requested by Megan..

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Thoughts from the trip: It was quite a nice trip, I enjoyed travelling to Muar by car. Although we had to squeeze a lil on the car cause there were too many people. Being with his family was quite fun, all of them kept joking around and all. 🙂 It’s mmy first time to Muar, and i would never go there if not to accompany them to celebrate their ah ma’s birthday. So yeah, it was quite an eye-opener for me. I really found that the house at Muar was really interesting!! It’s so traditional- too bad i didn’t take photos at their place. Their bathing area was quite cool cause they can use the pail to bathe & the toilet was not gross as i expected. Muar definately had more things than i expected! I imagined in my head that it would just be a Kampong with mozzies, but unexpectedly there was more.. like shops & all. And for me, I was quite shy since I didn’t know most of the people there.. so yeah there were like 40+ people?! I don’t know really, just too many I was feeling claustrophobic at times.  

I liked the short 2 hours when we went shopping around the shopping mall, cause is like i can finally walk around abit with just Bing Xi and I. 🙂 We bought loads of food from the super market- we the piggies,  went to this shop called living cabinet which has many cute things so we got some cute contact lens casing, jars & a set of pretty thumbprint designed couple cups.  

We spent basically most of the time eating. As you can see from the number of food photos I posted. Haha 🙂 Before we left, we got to eat the famous+must eat Muar Bak ku teh. From what Bing xi told me, Muar is known for their yummy Bak Ku Teh & Otah. His family gave me otah back home for my family to try. 🙂 

My favourite time in Muar is probably during the lantern time, when i just hang around the kids playing lanterns to take photos of them with one of bx cousin’s DSLR  & eating food. hehe 🙂 

I feel better after writing my thoughts down. Thanks for reading & I shall update here again soon. 🙂 ❤