A Quiet Birthday Celebration

Day One - Dinner at Mt. Emily

I had an early and quiet birthday celebration this year, just the way I wanted it. I've been wanting to try the food at Wild Rocket @ Mt. Emily for quite some time, and so I suggested we go there for my birthday dinner:

(What's that orb doing there?)


The usual suspects - "Turtwig" Sheren, MH and me

We couldn't really decide what to eat. Sheren was caught between the crabmeat linguine and the laksa pesto linguine, whereas I was contemplating between the rack of lamb and the teriyaki salmon.

We were so hungry that I forgot to take pictures of the food AGAIN! Damn. The food was alright (not fantastic though), but my lamb had too much fats on it and ended up eating only half of the portion as the rest were just fatty meat. Sheren and Bunny both remarked that the pasta was pretty good and MH gorged on sweet potatoes instead.

Just as we were ordering desserts, my fruit cake arrived! Thanks to Bunny for organising the cake and Sheren for picking it up and bringing it to the restaurant:








I've been craving for fruit cake ever since Bunny's birthday, maybe because we OD-ed on chocolate cake last weekend. The cake they bought for me was a sponge cake with mango mousse and fruit! Yummy!

We hung around Mt. Emily for awhile after dinner and wanted to check out a bar called Wild Oats, which was right next to Hang Out Hotel. But it was dreadfully quiet there. Although there were a few patrons, there was no music at all and we could hear everyone's conversations. So we decided to head to Dempsey instead.

Bunny heard of a new place called House at Dempsey, which upon arriving, we realised that it was an army barrack that was converted into a restaurant/lounge cum spa. The design of the place was pretty interesting, albeit slightly odd. I felt a bit cold and distant most of the time, mainly due to the concept of the place and the brick walls. Plus, the service there wasn't welcoming or warm, so that didn't help.

The menus were cute though:

The food, wine and drinks menu


That's the spirit!




Hmmm...


Group shot


The service was so poor, so much so that the waitress called my Grasshopper as a "San Miguel" and Bunny's San Miguel as a "Grasshopper"!


Candid shots always occur on birthdays

And this was what happened when Sheren and MH went for a toilet break:

"While they were gone..."



Couch potatoes

Day Two - Unwrapping my present

I found a HUGE present wrapped in red on my bag after I came out of the shower yesterday:

And it was freakin' heavy!


Double-layered




Yay!!!


Finally! My very own iPod docking station with FM radio!!!

Music has never sounded sweeter with Bunny's double bass iPod docking station with FM radio. Plus, it can be remotely controlled and that's a bonus! Another good thing about this stereo is that it charges the iPod when it's mounted onto the dock, so it doesn't run out of battery when you're listening to it continuously!

It's strange though. I'm not able to control my iPod with the remote control when the user manual says that it's possible to do so. Hmm, will have to check customer support, but I can't even find my serial number! *cries*

It was a nice and quiet 26th birthday celebration with friends and family.

Thank you Bunny and "Turtwig" Sheren!

(I just received an email from a lawyer whom I work with and he said he saw me at Wild Rocket that night. Geeeez).