We celebrate jw's 30th on 29 May. Wow. He turned 30! Waha. No more twenty something for him. Quite a milestone, isn't it? I think I will feel old turning 30. But well, for guys, it's like 30 years old is when life really starts, you have a career, a family and all. I always remember someone told me men are like wine, the older the better taste you get; women are like milk, too old will become sour. Kind of true.

I cracked my brain to think of what to give him as a nice bday prezzie. Went to look around in town but honestly nothing caught my eye. Shirts, pants, underwear, wallet, toys, accessories, ornaments. Grrr. Nothing. It's not like he needs any of them now, so what's the point of buying for the sake of buying when we are hubby and wifey. That's what I thought lar. Wahaha. Not that I niao and wanna save $$$. And the fact is if I buy anything, I'm using HIS money to buy for HIM. That idea sux.

SO, I decided to do just a bday card for him. Keke. But to make it special, I did a GIANT one. I put a really cool pic of him on the front, one that looks like a superstar. Hehe. He didn't even remember taking this pic. =) And inside, I put as many of his childhood pics as I had in my hard disk, and put funny captions in each of them. =) I thought it'll be nice to look at your own childhood and past, and reminisce how you grew from a baby to a toddler to a child and to a man. He really liked it though. Hee. Cheng Gong!! =)

For lunch, I surprised him by making his favourite shao rou fan (aka roasted pork with rice). Not that it was a huge success because the pork skin wasn't as crispy as it could be. But well, first time so I didn't expect that much too. I just wanted him to be happy when he saw it. =) and he was!

So we had a nice and simple lunch, but it was loving and happy on this special day. I promise next time we'll make the roasted pork much nicer okie? =)

Basically my whole day was spent on teaching the kids in the early morning, then cooked lunch, then for the first time in my life tried to bake something, and then prepared steamboat for dinner in evening. I practically didn't breathe much. Haha. Kidding. I did. Just that I was really in the kitchen for the longest time in any day. But hey, check out my heart-shaped apple crumble! Wahaha. I'm so proud of the shape, not that it has anything to do with me cos' the baking tin was shaped lidat. Keke. It was such a memorable baking experience for me, tried using the hand mixer for the first time and gave up on it cos' it gave up on me, and in the end used my hands to knead the dough like doing mee hoon kueh. Waha. I was so sure it will turn out a disaster. But luckily, in the end it was okie. Hehe. Happy bday dear!

We had a yummy steamboat and grill session in the evening. If you are wondering what's that in jw's mouth, it's a crayfish! Hehe. We actually finished a whole box of crayfish. Cindy tried it for the first time and loved it! Then Gallen became our grill chef and whipped up a few tepanyaki dishes. All was delicious and finger licking good except for the over spicy sotong, but well, it was still gobbled up. Hehe.

The only thing about using the grill is that it's pretty hard to clean up and it leaves your whole house feeling greasy and smelling of, well, the food. Worse thing is we only remembered to shut our bedroom door halfway through dinner. HAHA. But thanks to all the friends for helping us to clean up everything, even mopping the floor! Hehe.

Cindy and Ekmond brought over a nice fruit cake too. Good good. I didn't manage to get a cake the day before and was worried the crumble will, well, really crumble. So it was cool that jw had a proper cake to cut and blow candles on. Hehe. Arigatou! Along with delicious ice wine, we really made ourselves very full with all the food.

After dinner, we played some games together. Hee. Pictionary time! Well, sometimes not just clubbing and drinking alcohol and dancing is good old fun for bdays. I think we had tonnes of fun that night too, with laughter all around. =) Waha. Yeah yeah, maybe I am saying that cos' I am banned from alcohol now. But no, I think I mean that from the bottom of my heart. Hee. Right, dear? It was fun! I guess the company mattered alot too.

It was a battle among the couples, with an odd group with three guys. Wahaa. Here are Gallen, Kenneth and Han Qiang. They came up with some really funny actions. Hehe. Gallen's acting of the word "mother" was a stunner.

We had 4 groups in total. Here are Cindy and Ekmond. Cin is so good at guessing, she can say a whole string of words in one go. And boy, her acting of the word "escalator" was good! =)

And we also have Naga and Priyah! They always create alot of laughter. It's soooo hilarious, esp when all of us can guess what one of them is acting but the partner just can't. And like the last time, Naga had alot of classic actions, like for "vegetarian" and "disneyworld".

It's also funny when the hubby starts scolding the wife or the wife chiding the hubby. Wahaha. When he or she just doesn't get it. It's funny. Well, of cos it was just a game in the end. =) Jw and I were lucky and we were the first to reach the finishing line! Hee. I guess we had plenty of 'mo qi' after so many years of being together.

There, the bday boy and the pretty gals. Hee. I think it was like 1am. Nearly. After we finished playing and cutting the cake.

And there, jw and his buddies. Cheers to 30, old man!