An extremely overdue post
Upon arrival...
Pictures with my family while I wait for everyone to arrive.

My mum and I.

My mum and my bro.

Me and my bro. Gosh, the height difference! Am I really that short? No, don't answer that. (=.=)
The guest's arrive...
When the first bunch of guests arrive, what do we do? Yeah, more pictures!
Kelvin and Kong.

Nicole, Rui Yee and me!

Group Picture! The decorations in The Ship had a festive feel to it since it was almost Christmas. Great setup for nice pictures!

Group Picture No 2.

Me and Rui Yee~

Rui Yee and Kelvin~

The Bear, the Penguin and the Poring (ever played RO?)

While waiting for food... (and Melvin, who had to come all the way from Puchong and got stuck in a jam!)

Finally, Mel arrives, but not the food~

The arrival of food~

Plates of Black Pepper Steak~ Yum, my personal fave~ The Ship has the best black pepper steak in town.

Gemok enjoying himself~ ^.~
Nicole aka Tezuka having Chicken, um, something. I forgot the name~
The cake-cutting ceremony (the second time. swt)

Black Forest Cake courtesy of Delicieux, a cake shop just outside my house~
The Ship's crew celebrating for me~
My mum, bro, me and Rui Yee~
My cake and me~
Dessert time~

Handing out souvenirs that came with the Christmas Special Lunch Set which we all ordered~

Group Picture again. (the whole group this time)

And another one~
After the lunch celebration at The Ship, we headed to Times Square next, and ended up bowling.
At the Bowling alley...
3 cute girls, obviously looking at the wrong camera~
Getting ready for a good bowl. The girls vs the guys!

Kelvin : "We have to beat the girls!" Kelvin, as always, being competitive~

Melvin : "If I put enough force here, then the angle of projection will be just perfect to knock over the split pins!" Lol, as expected from the Maths and Physics genius~ (Note : he DID knock the split pins down. =.=)

Nicole : "Oh no. Gutter ball." While the guys are off to a great start, the girls lag behind.

Elaine : "Oops, I dropped the ball." Swt.
The score (1st game) :
Girls :

Guys:

Unsurprisingly, the guys (366) beat the girls (316).

Melvin and Kelvin : "Ahahaha, we rock!"
Obviously, the girls aren't going to take this lying down. The 2nd game commences and for some reason, the guys team fall apart.
Amir after yet ANOTHER gutter ball.
Amir : "That's funny, in Bowling King, that ball should have hit a strike!"
Kelvin, the champion bowler, falls apart too.
The many faces of Kelvin...

Oh no, gutter!
What?! Gutter again!?

WHYYYYYYYYYYY?????!!!!
The score (2nd game) :
Guys :

Girls:

Guys : 346. Girls :464. We OWN you guys! HAHAHAHA! Thanks to Rui Yee's last minute three consecutive strikes! You go, girl!
After the game, its time to settle the money issues. "I paid RM 11.46 just now, so now you owe me RM 6.52, etc etc etc~"

Again, group pictures. Gemok takes up a quarter of the picture space. Lol!
Another group picture~
So, after bowling we head over to my house to open presents! Yay~

Looking tired but cheerful~

Gemok x2. (gomen gomen, its a joke. no offence meant, yea?) Quote from Kelvin (the one on the right) - "I rather die fat and happy, then thin beautful and sad."
Everyone seated comfortably~
And then, the contents of the presents are revealed! Pretty nice haul this year. ^^ Admittedly, the present that shocked me the most was the huge Super-Kon! (for those who don't know, Kon is a characted from Bleach!) Lol, thanks to my so called 'father' and 'godfather' (Amir and Kong), for getting me a perverted character plushie. I do appreciate it all the same. ^^

Me and my presents for this year! Apart from Super-Kon, I received a necklace from Elaine aka Poring, a wallet from Weng Yi aka Penguin, a bear and earrings from Rui Yee and Kelvin, small trinkets from Mel and a soft-toy dog from Tezuka~ Thanks guys~ Love ya all very much~

Kong, Amir, Kelvin and Super Kon~

And another one~ Lol~

And the last group picture (minus Mel who went home after bowling).
And after that, we all went to KFC for dinner! It was a tiring day, but it was all fun~ Thanks to all of you who came! It's friends like you guys that make birthdays a great time of year. ^.~ Hope to have many more outings like these in the future!
And so ends this 'long overdue post.' Lol, sorry it took so long. The lazy bug bit me~ Hehe. Okay, till next time, hope you guys liked this post. A moment of 'jiwang-ness' or whatever you call it, before I leave :
"Precious moments captured by camera. These pictures will one day become triggers to sweet memories."
Signing off,
Rissa