Accompanied me to Queensway Shopping Centre were Tiffany, Derrick and Ian. Derrick and Ian wanted to go there to buy a present for Kenneth’s birthday (apparently is today (this is point of blogging), so “Happy Birthday Kenneth!“). Before going, I had no idea what to buy. All I knew I was looking for a high ankle shoes. I wanted to try Nike but none of the Nike models were nice. There was LeBron James one, but hell I am not going to buy that loser shoes. And there was Kobe Bryant shoes, but all low cut. For the purpose of protecting my ankle, I had to buy high ankle shoes. After shopping, I was down with two choices…

Both prices were the same. I kind of like the blue one more, so does Tiffany. But Derrick, Ian and Louis (I sent him the above picture through WhatsApp) all said the black was nicer. I finally decided to go with the black pair. Because it was newer and I kind of like the base of the shoes more. Looks more long-lasting. The shoe model is called Beast Commander. It is signed by the NBA All-Star player, Dwight Howard. So can imagine I am a guard player wearing a center player shoes.

Original price was $169 and I managed to bargain till $126. So I hope this pair will last me for another year or more since when I do start working, I should not be playing that often like I am for the past year. :)

Names first … Chanel, Shi Ting, Xinyun, Joycelyn, Weiyi and Chun Min went to VivoCity and spent the afternoon there. While Chanel was disappointed I did not go, it was because I had some plans with Kenneth. Met with Kenneth and we went to recce Nex Shopping Mall for a place for the birthday celebrations is to take place later after dinner. Dinner was already booked at Ministry Of Food to eat Japanese. So after we done what we needed at Nex, we took the train to VivoCity. It was there we surprised Chanel for our sudden appearance! :)

See that top right photo in the collage, that is a priceless photo that words cannot describe how Chanel felt when Kenneth approached her from the back. Love that photo! So we spent couple of hours taking photos at VivoCity, sitting around to chat and they were playing with Chun Min’s balls sweets. :) Then when it was time to leave VivoCity, Tiffany joined us from there before we took the train back to Nex Shopping Mall. And it was there we met with the last two friends – Derrick and Darren.

After dinner, it was time for the final surprise I had for Chanel. It was another tensed time for me as I tried to organized everything. Looking for place to settle down and running between two groups of friends to get everything to fit nicely. And with Chanel blind-folded, Kenneth walked up to Chanel with the birthday cake in his arms. :) Then we sang birthday song for Chanel and so many people were looking at us from the Sky Garden floor. It was quite epic fun throughout all. Although at times it was really very childish or the behavior was bad to say the least. :) At least all got home safely and had fun (I hope)! :)

Thanks everyone for coming out to celebrate Chanel’s 13th birthday! Your attendance means a lot. Without you friends, this outing will not be possible. I want to specially thank to Shi Ting whom helped me to organize plans at VivoCity while I was planning with Kenneth. Without her, things will probably be quiet in the afternoon. In fact, Shi Ting knows none of Chanel’s friend before today. Yet she was willing to come out and mix with new friends. And in the process really helped me a lot. :)

I hope all of you had a good time, especially YOU Chanel! :)

“Sister Chanel, sorry for not giving you a birthday present but I do hope you enjoyed yourself and the card I made for you. Happy Birthday!“

They sure look young right? Because they are! :) As I said they are all Derrick’s friends whom I know since they come often to my place to play basketball. Young (like them) or old (like me), we are still happy to be friends! Thankfully they are fine with having aunty around too and that aunty treats them like her own. :)

At least they were willing to have a dinner with me! =) Then I was shocked when the staff brought out a birthday cake for me. Apparently aunty must have bought it earlier before I was there. I was really shocked and quite embarrassed since they were singing birthday song for me! “Haha!” It felt strange but strangely nice. :)

In group photo from left to right: Tiffany, Derrick, Me, Chanel and Kenneth. Not in photo were aunty and Joy. =) Once again, thank you all for taking the time out to have dinner with me. And thanks aunty for paying for everyone! :)

As for my current ball, I decided to pass it on and give it to Kenneth. Kenneth, whom got into basketball as his CCA in school, does not have a ball to play with when he is free. So since he does not mind my ball, I gave it to him. Oh this new ball cost only $32.90 compared to the expensive Molten or Spalding ball that may cost up to $70. :)

“Thanks Derrick & Kenneth!” =)

I think is important to capture the person and the ball within the photo. Else without the ball, it seems like the player is just being crazy. Haha! Like one of the photo above. Anyway just look at them, so much fun! :)