Cupcakes and Muffins: kimmy's birthday

... was over a month ago! Oh well. Kimmy is the girl who owns this particular blog, by the way. Oh. And she has finally turned 21! But the poor girl is still such a kid. She doesn't know how to wear makeup (poor thing) nor how to walk in heels (tsk tsk). But ah.. she's such a sweet kid who loves to make people laugh. She called her boyfriend earlier tonight and she managed to make him laugh for a whole hour. She felt really lovable and good about making someone happier.

But that's not what this post is supposed to be about! It's about Kim finally turning the much over hyped number 21! How she finally turned 21 may not be how she dreamt it up to be but it was nonetheless not any less special than what she managed to dream up for herself. I lied. If things had gone the way she dreamt it up to be, her own wedding would've been a book club meeting in comparison.

How she dreamt it up to be in her own mind:
She flies all her friends out to some spectacular hotel or resort where they will stay a total of 3 days, 2 nights, having fun. On one of the nights will be her super mega huge birthday bash. Fantastic foods such as chicken wings will be served (lol). She obviously wasn't thinking too much about food. Also great drinks will be served.. to get people drunk. Muahahaha. Then the highlights of the night would be performances from Panic! At the Disco, The Academy Is, and Anberlin. And they are all there only for her!! And everyone will have a blast and dance and party the night away. Hehe.

She's so cute when she dreams, no? Also, she wanted to have her party guests wearing only white so that she'd stand out in the crowd by wearing a different colour. Although she isn't so much an extrovert, since it was to be a special day/night, she doesn't mind being the center of attention. I think she might actually secretly be an extrovert. I don't know!

How things actually went:
Was by no means any less special! For one, she felt like her birthday lasted an entire week! Because everyday since she got back from Kota Kinabalu, there have been occurrences which in one way or another had something to do with her birthday!

Friday, 29th June 2007

It was Kim and her friends' last night in KK. Earlier that day, they had a blast island hopping. They were tired, but they still managed to go out again that night as they have done every night since being in KK. Tonight they headed out to Thai Cafe to meet up with the guys who have by then become what you could call good friends because of the bond that occurred from spending almost every single day and night for the past week with them.

Kim, the poor innocent girl, was not expecting anything to happen other than to hang out one last time with everyone before having to head back to Miri the next day. There she was innocently sitting at the tables, drinking her third glass of beer, when she felt a presence sneaking up from behind her.

She turned around and saw her friend, Hazman, hovering behind her holding something in his hands. She was so blur that it took awhile for her to even figure out that it was a birthday cake. What with it having candles on it and all. Then she wondered whose birthday was it they were celebrating. Oh, the poor thing, I tell you! Then he finally set the cake down in front of her and it was then that it hit her like a truck hitting a baby kitten.

She hopes that she didn't look like she was acting, she wasn't. But she had her mouth covered with her hands from the shock. Haha. Of course, there was the singing of the birthday song, the wishing, the blowing of the cake, and the cutting. Then the distributing and the devouring.

Unfortunately, she did not take much pictures that night. No idea why. No one else did either. I think everyone just forgot.

Saturday, 30th June 2007
The little gathering they had the previous day carried on till 3am on this day (does it still count?) and at the end of it, she ended up quite tipsy or drunk. But even if she was, she couldn't tell. She remembers always ending up on her back when she tries to sit though. Which was hilarious and kept making her laugh. I think she was talking a bit more too although she denies that it was the alcohol talking.

There were reports later that morning that she was talking to herself while packing her luggage that night but she was only reading off her checklist to see if she had anything left out! She talks to herself all the time anyway so it shouldn't be anything special or new.

Also, as Kim and her friends were all at the airport, about to go into the departure lounge, she got more hugs and birthday wishes from the guys. Aww. Feel the love! And when they had finally landed in Miri airport, he boyfriend was there to surprise her and to welcome her home. Awww... He had driven all the way to the airport just to greet her! So feeling the love!!

Sunday, 31st June 2007
Mark, her sweet bumbling boyfriend, surprised our main character with a birthday present. She's so easily surprised, isn't she. She also opened her present on this day despite saying that she would wait for her real birth date to roll on by.

Monday, 1st July 2007
The gang that Kim traveled to KK with came over that night. Initially only to trade pictures. Then it started getting late so everyone decided to stay back and wait to midnight. Countdown to my birthday! =)

Tuesday, 2nd July 2007

Kim's actual birthday! Her family decided to use her as an excuse to travel up to Brunei. Or maybe they actually thought that she would enjoy a trip up to Brunei. These are the boys sitting in the back. They're lousy with staying up during road trips.

Kim's family drove all the way up to bandar. Dropped by the mall. Went to Dome for brunch! Kim couldn't decide what to order for herself and was torn between ordering this breakfast set which has bacon, scrambled eggs, and toast... or ordering spaghetti carbonara. Haha.

But they said that since it was her birthday that she could order both. While waiting for her food to arrive, Kim played around with the camera and took this shot. What you can't see is that their waiter was standing right next to her when this shot was taken.

After brunch, they went into The Mall to shop. There was an IT expo going on so Kimmy bought herself an FM Modulator so she could listen to her mp3s in her car. She would've much rather have gotten a new sound system though. Who wouldn't?

But the purchase of the day had to go to Kim's sister who bought herself a pastel blue Nintendo DS. Funny since it wasn't even her birthday. Oh well, Kim.. better luck next time. At least you also bought a pair of slippers Charles and Keith, right? Not only one purchase but two.

Later that night, Kim and her family went down to Esplanade for some Japanese. Too bad for Kim, she ate too much at Dome earlier that morning that by night time, she was still too full to have enjoyed pigging out on cheap (compared to Miri's prices) Japanese food. Mark, Kim's boyfriend, joined them for dinner. I would like to believe that she was happy to have seen him that night.

Maybe not so.

Earlier, Kim's brother bought her a little white teddy bear in a supermarket that came with a little black marker for everyone to write their birthday wishes on for her. Aww. Everyone that was there wrote her a little message for her to remember. Someone drew a mustache. She is yet to figure out who.

Wednesday, 3rd July 2007
Kim had a last minute birthday party where everything just happened to happen. Everything was last minute, the cake, the preparation, the food, the invites, everything. Her aunt curled her hair with some curling tongs. She was apprehensive about it, of course, never having had curly hair before but since it's some sort of "special" day, as her aunts put it, she decided to give it a go.

Our heroine wasn't very fond of the outcome though. Maybe she just needed time to get used to her new hairstyle. Oh well.

Oh and guess what? Our girl was lucky enough to have her boyfriend make a trip back down to Miri as well just to celebrate her birthday again. Aww. Lucky girl.

Then there were others who managed to make it as last minute as it all was and brought gifts too. Kim told me to mention that she says thanks to everyone. She really wasn't expecting to be given any gifts. In fact, she's forgot that day that people gave presents on birthdays. Lousy girl.

She also got the prettiest birthday cake she's ever gotten. Even as a child she never got such a pretty cake and now only at 21, does she get one such as this. It's really funny if you think about it. Unfortunately, it was a normal cake that concentrated more on looking pretty than tasting great but that did not deter people from finishing it until there was only a quarter of it left. Thank goodness too because she was afraid that most of it would've gone to waste considering its size too.

Unfortunately that night didn't go without its misfortunes. There was a terrible so-called accident which caused cake to end up on other people. Here are some of the unfortunate but luckily still alive and breathing casualties.