Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Catherine's Sweet 21st Birthday~

23 August, our "meow meow" in the house finally turned 21! She finally got hold of the 'key to freedom'. Lots of effort & preparations has been made for this big party. Sourced for chalets, caterings & eg. since 2 months ago. Kudos to Eveline (aka ZeeZee-Ma) in doing me the favour to book the chalet & coming all the way down to check-in for us on 22nd, appreciate it. *muack*

We booked 3D2N from 22-24th August, the big party itself was on 23rd. Nevetheless, we decided to do a small-scale BBQ, just my own family on friday night after we checked-in & settled down everything. We were there to stay for the 2 nights & thus decided to bring Ebi along & sneak him in. I couldn't bring Emma (she would definately land me in trouble & get me chased out if she starts to screams as there will definately have kids around, muahahaa)~ Winnie & Ah Too offered to dog-sit & board Emma for me for the next 2 days, i would meet them on Sunday during the OT classes & bring Emma home after that. =)

They are 1 of the nicest people/couple around & our meet-ups are always fun & filled with laughter. They are the sort that will definately be there if i ever needs help & vice versa, i'll definately be there if they needed my help someday. These are what friends are for! Heez~ Thanks Winnie & Ah Too~ Hope Emma hasn't been up to much mischief & guessed she must have enjoyed her short stay over @ ur place. =p

Anyway, check-out the pics below;-

(Aloha Loyang Garden Terrace G)
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Quiet & cooling living room~
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Our room (Me, Ebi & my parents)
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Cat's room (with Bf & friends)
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The fully-equipped kitchen!
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The Bathroom
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The Toilet
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Our sheltered pavillon & BBQ pit

(Friday, 22 Aug - our mini BBQ session)
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We even brought Satays & Otahs! Yummy!
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Doreen & Freya BbQ-ing
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We had prawns, sausages, sambal sotongs, hotdogs & eg.
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Daddy even steamed Crabs, more sotongs & prawns~ Woolalaaa..
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Tadah! Ebi in the chalet with us!
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Boy, he must have been happy.
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He got alittle bored while we were playing 'dai-dee'.. lol~
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He felt abit grouchy & came over to interupt & disturb our game~ lol
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Tiger beer for ya?
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Ebi refused to pee/poo even with the pee-pads lined. He waited for me to sneak him out of the chalet & do his business on the grass patch. I tink we were being seen but nobody complained nor say anything. Phew~

Saturday morning, we had no car to go out & it would be silly to call a cab in for us to go out to E-hub/Downtown East for breakfast & come back. Moreover, we had Ebi with us. So, smart me decided to buy some food on friday & bring it over with us & thus i prepared Saturday's breakfast/lunch with the help of Cat + Bf & Freya. Geez!
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My first ever prepared decent meal! Muahahaa~ Nice okay?

The whole afternoon were spent blowing balloons & doing up the decorations (we rented a helium tank from a wholesaler & did all the balloons bundles by ourself). Oh, i even bathed Ebi there with his LP shampoo & dried him as dry as possible with the absorbent towel since there were no hairdryers around. Ebi then proceeded to rest & nap on the sofa & air-dry himself, clever boy! (",)

The rain couldn't stop & it drizzled on & off. Luckily enough, the birthday cake managed to be delivered on time (btw 2-5pm). It was gorgeous! The 2.5kg cake costs nearly $300 without the member's 10% discount!
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Birthday cake
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Ryan & Belle, our nephew & niece
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Our decorations @ the pavillon, saw the balloon bundles? hurhur~

And yea, our catering was from NeoGarden. We catered 70pax for a guest list of 100. The food were all slurped up clean & i think there wasn't enough. Luckily dad brought some rice to cook, otherwise the latecomers could only have the side-dishes & deserts, ooppsssss! Overall, i give it a 8.5-9 out of 10. The sales & delivery people were friendly & helpful, the presentation & layout was good & most importantly, the food was delicious! This is the first time in a buffet, i ever see the food all wiped out clean. LOLLL~

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Seafood Fried Rice
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Seafood Fried Bee Hoon
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Mushroom Broccoli + Beancurd With Pacific Clam
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Sze Chuan Prawn
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Yam Ring With Prawn
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Cereal Fish
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Curry Chicken
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Mini Chocolate Eclair

Drinks; Fruit Punch, Dessert; Sago Honeydew & Bo Bo Cha Cha

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It was a $14.99 per pax menu & overall, it was value for money! Moreover, Cat had 15% off for 21st birthday celebration. After adding in some extra tables & stools, the total cost came up to approx. $1010.00~

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The kids
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Our favourite & loveliest Aunt & Uncle, with their grand-daughter - Maegan!
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The Guests
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Cat & her ex-colleagues
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Cat & sec sch mates cum buddies
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Lovey Dovey pair
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Cat & her poly friends
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Cousins
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Bestest couzzies! =p
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Our colleagues from Canon
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Cat's colleagues from Marie Chia
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Cat with Aunt & cousins
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Cat & ex-colleagues from Coffee Club
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Cat & her buddies
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Our family!
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Inseperable trios. Heez
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Cat's birthday cake
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All the guests! I think we had more than 100, sweatss~
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Birthday party, beer party, durian party.. what's more?
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Star of the night (checkout our ballon bundle~)
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Cat & Ebi boy
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Guard dog of the party~ Hahaa
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Happy birthday sweet!
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Finale; Cake-cutting~
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Ebi Ebi!
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Oh yes, here's the present from all of us (sisters & all the cousins + friend)
Note: Luckily all my couzzies chipped in, otherwise Doreen & I would have gone broke. LOL~

Once again, Happy 21t Birthday Cat! We hope you had the happiest & most memorable birthday. Be glad that we did not sabo you & make you drunk. Muacks. =p

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

May I ask a question? The garden terrace can it fits for like around 50 peoples???? How many units did u rent last time? :)