two 21st birthday parties back-to-back over the weekend: happy birthday dearest cindy and xueli! both parties were very different in terms of people and food and things to do and style, but i enjoyed myself! most memorable – fangyu’s awful scissors-paper-stone joke that put me in a laughing fit for a good few minutes.
i think cindy is incredibly blessed, her family all showed up and helped out with the party. all the food was cooked by her mum – a mean feat considering the number of guests and variety. there were cousins aunts uncles grandma everywhere, in particular a small eunice who tugged on shimin’s hand everywhere. they are a very close family and it shows, in the way they all laugh, tell each other jokes, snigger at photos, hosted bingo.
one of the best parts was seeing familiar faces i had not seen for very long, people from css and rv like wenyou and andrew. (and yes, i got indian tea! the very finest!) old friends, always funny and always full of banter. even people i have never spoken to in school, suddenly we have camaraderie and things to talk about and questions for each other. it is like css is our bond, it will always be something we have in common and can relate to each other with.
xueli’s party was more laidback and less noisy, with a lot less people. it was good seeing jc friends like cheryl angela peishan weiming moses, not to mention my oldest friend of all ruijun. i think the highlight was the after-party, going to timbre, drinking with a new group of people i have never drunk before. the girls were especially craving for alcohol! it is a slightly weird but good feeling when you do grown-up things and drink with old schoolfriends, suddenly everyone feels different and grownup. but in a comforting kind of way, like we have all grown together.
