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i am one. Thirty-one. many thoughts before bdae but had a pretty happy week and can't be happier on my birthday! Exactly at 12mn, i hit enter and was so glad that i managed to wish myself on my own blog at strike of mn. laugh all you want. pretty happy about it actually. then of cos at the strike of mn, gx wished me, he's the 1st. then my mil and fil gave me an angbao. then ser, 1st fren to send me bdae wishes.
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seriuosly i hate waking up early on my bdae and go to work. but ever since in this line i find that its bearable cos the day can be quite fun cos little ones in school get pretty excited over bdaes. especially if they need to keep secrets. they find it fun. the whole day my students jus kept smiling at me wish me, ask me loads of questions. a group of boys even told me that cos i was doing duty at sandpit area, they came to keep me company... sweet cheeky bunch. cos school circulate daily updates, they annouce everybody's bdae. went for breakfast and many collegues wished me and of cos they oso ask the important question. HOW OLD ARE YOU! oso at the same time many frens send me bdae messages. I feel very happy throughout the whole day.


i line the cookies over a nice teddy bear napkin and i ribboned my tcher's huge chocchipcookie. from the parents this year, alison's mum came with this cupcake platter. so sweet. lilac! she pipped the words... HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELSIE... my very own cupcakes! so weird that the children all chose letterings instead of the flowers.

then came the "surprise" my tcher got a project gog the whole week when i was out for breakfast! the class did a video. i was so taken in when i watch it on the class screen... each of them in alphabetical order, had a pic chosen by my teacher, then the children chose their own effect, type in their own name and they record their bdae message for me. as i watch i was controling... they are all so adorable. and they made me tear. esp when one said thank you, i melted and couldn't control. he need alot of one to one attention and sometimes i wonder if he knows i put in effort and yes i know now. my tcher teased me when she saw me tear and i thanked her. my tcher uploaded the video on class web - click on Our Birthday Movie for Ms Elsie. http://pseagle.sas.edu.sg/mmorton/

flowers given by class parents.
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after school, i went for easa... Mr P was out, sick and i work with Ms W for the 1st time. think 15 mins after we start, firealarm sounded! walk the little ones all the way down, false alarm then we all climb 3 floors up. gx was suppose to come get me but he was still in town buying my cake. i rushed for the bus and i made it and lucky me cos it was raining pretty heavily. he pick me up at station and we made our way to The Wine Company @ evans lodge.

we reach there at about 5.15pm and we chose to seat indoors and we made the right decision cos we had the whole room to ourselves for almost throughout our meal. i ordered the tea set that came with a pot of tea. and gx ordered fish & chips. and of cos i ordered what i came for. Chocolate Molten Cake.

told gx not to buy me gift cos he paid for my cakes and paid for some of the bbq food. he was late cos he went to buy my gift. i pretty much was able to guess wallet cos i really need one. he's pretty observant. he even knows when its a new pair of shoes! he asked me to guess the colour and only when i named every colour ...then i think of tiffany blue. pretty excited to see it as i unwrapped and i love it!

he got me Agnes B' wallet! love the colour! my kitchen aid, my key-ring and now a tiffany blue wallet! love it! he' s got pretty good at choosing something i like, he told me this is new season. i went thru the last season and didnt fancy anything. YEAH, new wallet at last!

fish and chips was nice. crispy. would love black malt vinegar but didnt ask for it. my tea set comprise of 3 finger sandwich of cucumber, salmon and egg. 2 mini scones with cream, butter and marmalade. mini cheesecake (not nice for me cos its very light) and a fruit tart - like this better.

its a very simple place but i like the place. we enjoyed the place for ourselves for very long. the others all chose to seat outdoor, the place is sheltered and many of them eating, drinking and smoking.

this is what i came for! the other time with uncle and his associates, they ordered 4 to share and my uncle had one for himself. i had a spoonful and fell in love with it. its one of the better ones i have tried so far. full of chocolate! the other time was biz so never take pics and didnt blog about it cos its better with pics. the other time the ice-cream melted cos weather was hot.

we enjoyed the ice-cream that had fine chopped peanuts sprinkled over it. the scoop was served on a chinese soup spoon. they decorated the ice-cream with white chocolate leave and a ladybug!cutez. love the "hot" chocolate that flows out from the cake! the blueberries were sweet. loved this!


this is the outdoor area which is at the back of the indoor area. i quite like this place but i prefer it when its quiet, not so crowded.

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went to dabao prawn mee form tpy lor 1 and rushed home to eat dinner with mum. aunt s fried the mackerals and mum did the "drunken" prawns.... smelt so good!!! prawns taste so good!

i chose this classical flavour for mum's place. told sis the clue and she's smart straight away guessed blackforest. gx don't really like blackforest but no choice cos its my bdae. mum loved it. there's cherry liquer taste in this cake, esp in the chocolate pieces at the sides and on top of the cake. the fresh cream is not scary! its light. cake is from rive. love their cakes!

fetch my in-laws home then cut my next cake from rive! gx chose the mango cake.

love my wallet! my 2nd agnes b!