誕生日おめでとう、Rini~~
To show y’all people who can’t read Japanese, the title says “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Rini~~” YES!! You learnt something new didn’t you? :)
Yesterday, I was honored to be the photographer of Rini’s birthday party held at SAFRA Mt Faber’s K-box~ I think that SAFRA is a little difficult to access though because it’s stuck somewhere in an isolated area that even in daytime, you don’t really see many cars driving by. Odd~
But anyway~
Before heading over to meet Rini, Jia Yi, Chjia Mean and *sigh*, I met up with Daryl, Wei Guang, Pei Quan and Chanel at VivoCity to do our extremely last minute shopping. Don’t be blaming us, Rini~ Because we seriously had no clue what to get for you for your birthday.
Had dinner at Carl’s Jr (omygod all the calories :(~) and I went to PageOne to grab a deck of tarot cards for Rini’s birthday present. Hopefully she likes it and will do a reading for me one day…
After which, we went over to SAFRA. Let’s start the film rollin’~
The K-box at SAFRA is modeled after a train cabin or something. Nowadays, each K-box has their own themes. If I didn’t remember wrongly, Jurong’s SAFRA is modeled after a Chinatown-ish feel which I don’t really like. Some rooms have windows and during daytime, it’s extremely annoying. Anyway, looks like K-box made their menu so much prettier!
The host of the event, Rini!! In case you don’t know who she is, she’s been my classmate since Poly Year 1 and she is an amazing artist! Oh yes~ I forgot to mention that she brought her game designer friend, Matthew, along too. Good thing we didn’t talk about game designing because I’m so through with that!
Pei Quan singing~ Just to add, we actually videoed down each of us singing a particular song. Meant to be a present for Rini; kinda like a song-video tribute. Will be uploading them on Facebook once I have the time~ It was really fun because it’s my first time videoing so much using my 550D and it’s the first time it showed me an overheat icon! Not that I’m happy it overheated but there’s always a first.
I didn’t tell Chjia Mean I took this picture but luckily for him and unluckily for me, this picture ain’t unglam. :(
We bought this Japanese Strawberry Cheesecake cake at VivoCity’s Bakerzin. They have really pretty cakes! We were meant to get a huge 8” tart at the Japanese tart store but then they said we had to pre-order first and we were apparently too late so we went for this instead. Nevertheless, it was good though!
Rini was obviously very surprised when she saw the cake because…
Chanel and her boyfriend were the ones who walked in to surprise her! Chanel wasn’t meant to join us for the K-session because she left after we met her at Vivo but she held onto the cake. When some of the guys suddenly disappeared and came in with the cake along with the 2 new guests, Rini was surprised. Was a pity Chanel and her boyfriend didn’t stay throughout.
Group shot yeah!!
Singing the birthday song…
Blowing out the candles… Sigh~ I really should have bought the external flash because a lot of my photos yesterday night were mediocre. Slightly disappointed…
Cutting the cake. Did I mention that we were meant to get 21 small candles for this cake? But considering that the cake is way too small to hold so many candles, we dropped that idea. Should have gotten relightable candles~ Rini, you’re spared for this year.
Wei Guang and Jia Yi. Jia Yi told me he’s gained a lot of weight since he went into the army. Must be all the muscle mass~ Too bad mine’s all *sigh~* More cereals for breakfast and dinner…
Next time you go to K, try their Mango Yogurt if you haven’t! It’s really good and refreshing and makes a good photo!
The cake is served~ Looks like a strawberry shortcake, no?
Failed group shot because firstly, I’m out of focus and secondly, my head’s too big!
Enjoying the tiny cake filled with best wishes for the birthday girl… This is what you get when your shutter speed’s too slow; ghostly images~
Matthew singing a Beatles song. Took this picture because just look at them!! Don’t you find that Matthew look just like one of the singers on TV?!
Second drink; Lemon Honey!!
I kinda like this shot because it’s not posed and it’s a genuine, happy smile. :)
Photo of me and Rini~ I have no idea why my eyes look so small in so many photos yesterday night.
Well just so you know, I didn’t get him to pose like this!! He wanted to do this hoochie pose himself and of course, I’ll be glad to photograph it!
Epic mess on the table! I love the stirrers because they seem to “glow” in the dark! Really pretty~
Talk about scandalous… :P
This is how the photos will turn out like without flash! Extremely blue and ghostly, like Daryl over here!!
And the last photo of the day is used to compare how short Rini is compared to her friend who’s like 1 and a half heads taller than her. Well, not to say that I’m tall too but you know, we’re all short people and I love it anyway~
That basically marks the end of MY night because after K, the rest of them went clubbing. Considering that I’m not a club kinda person plus I was conveniently inappropriate dressed (like the usual fashion disaster I am with shorts and sandals), I went home on my own and good thing there were transportations back home! Save money!!
Shall end this post here. Happy birthday Rini, again!! Stay happy and continue to do what you believe is right~ Hope you enjoy your night and remember to master the tarot cards soon so you can do a reading for me~ :)
