Seet’s Birday

Dear Seet’s friends,

As you all are aware of, Seet’s birthday is coming up pretty soon (20th March 2010). We’re planning to throw him a surprise party.

Actually Seet is in the progress of planning himself for a party on 19th March 2010 (Friday). Reason being on the 19th March 2010 is because we have a wedding dinner to attend on his actual birthday date.

So, what’s the surprise? Crowd is the major surprise. Since he’s already planning, we will 将计就计 (go as his planning). I believe he will send invites (in any forms: msn, facebook, sms, face-to-face) when the date is nearer. Hence, his CLOSE friends, REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS please take note (Alarm, Noel, Jenni, Ah Soo, etc etc):

PLEASE SAY NO TO HIM, give excuses like:
1. I planned for a dinner that has been confirmed a month ago.
2. I’m going on an important date with this guy/girl.
3. I need to go outstation.
4. You think.

Okay, maybe 1 of the closest friend can say yes (or else it will look very obvious, right?) but definitely not Alarm! The rest can just tell him: TBC lahhhhh, see how lahhhh, let you know later lahhh (up to your “performance”)! I would say a few friends say yes will do, to give him the disappointment.

Please spread the words around and don’t bocorkan the secret, kay? Oh ya, as for the expenses, sorry guys! I can’t afford the cost, a young girl that just started work and struggling hard.
Party night’s details as follows:

Date/Day: 19th March 2010 (Friday)
Time: 8-10pm
Venue: Zouk Café Bar @ The Gardens.

If you have any ideas, please speak it out as I really need ideas. Please do RSVP as well if you’re joining us for the night because I will need to make reservation beforehand.

Any enquiries, please don’t be hesitated to contact me: 012-305 xxxx (Jessica).

Since I was really in a budget constraint, I couldn’t figure out a better way to celebrate his birthday besides giving him a real surprise.

Apparently, Seet was planning for a birthday dinner at Zouk Café Bar. Therefore, I thought of just proceed as he has planned but the crowd will be giving him the disappointment at the first place before the rest and I appear to surprise him.

(To note: It gave me headache when plan doesn’t really go as it was planned)

1. Baking cake as birthday gift.
It wouldn't be easy especially when it was my first time.

For Seet



For Zoe



2. Seet wanted to dinner with his friends at Bandar Baru Klang instead.

3. I have to ask with Zoe to use reason of flying back from Singapore on purpose to invite Seet for dinner, particularly at Zouk Café Bar.
Phew! He agreed without suspecting

4. Collecting RSVP.
RSVP wasn’t really great at the first place

5. Table reservation.
To call up the restaurant to ask for quotation, liaising and etc before I finally decided to order-our-own food on-the-spot

Zouk Café Bar





6. Prepare programme rundown
To ensure everyone knows what our plan is for the night

7.45pm
. Meet up with Seet’s friends
. Collect cake(s)
. Ensuring Seet is at the Café

8.00pm
. Jess’ and Seet’s friends’ appearance + the cake
(Singing: Happy Birthday to You…)

. Zoe’s birthday cake
(Singing: Happy Birthday to You…)

. Photo opportunities

8.30pm
. Dinner starts

10.00pm
. Ends

Seet's cake



Zoe's cake



7. Getting people to reach on time.
This would not be easy because it was a Friday and off working hours, jam will be terrible. Thanks to all Seet’s friends who are able to make it on time.

Actually we’re late by about 15 minutes, perhaps?

I updated the store manager from time to time that the dinner might need to postpone to certain time because jam is terrible. Informed and reminded him THOUSAND OF TIMES NOT TO put any reserve signage on my tables and NOT TO MENTION that this is under reservation for 20 pax.

KIND employee went to Seet and the rest, asked: “Are you guys under the reservation of the name xxx for 20 pax?”

“OMG!”

Thanks to smart Iris settled my another "crisis" without Seet suspecting.

Apparently, we wanted to celebrate Miss Singapore – Zoe Leong’s birday as well. But she was late because she landed at KLIA at about 6pm plus the jam. Thus, we postponed her cake appearance until she arrived.

8. Zoe Leong's “crisis” management
Miss Singapore emo and doesn’t wanna come anymore (we assumed that she thought we’re gonna celebrate her birthday as well, which falls on the 21 March). She wasn’t really happy when she knows that we will proceed to cut the cake first. The matter of fact, I actually bought 2 cakes, one each.

It took the force of 3 people before getting her ass here.

The overall of the surprise appearance was quite successful after all the "crisis". Seet and Zoe were happy, I think. The party ends at about 12am instead of 10pm as planned. We all have fun!

Food at Zouk Café Bar is not really great and they were quite slow in serving our food that night (maybe due to the huge crowd). However, it's definitely a good place for friends to chill out. They have nice shots too, I suppose? Sex on the beach and Illusion (tasted like some pandan cake).

Some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Birthday boy and girl (man and woman?)



Birthday boy and I





Birthday woman and I



Another new lomo camera



Finally, I would like to thank:

Nico, Tze and Iris for all the effort (Faz too, even though you're unable to join us. Congratz on your brother's new-born baby).



Seet's friends who came all the way from Klang.



Hold on!

The night is still young. Hence, Seet, Zoe and I decided to go for a nice massage before heading home. What a joke when we failed to find a single massage centre at Bangsar that is still open! We make our way to SS2, walked into a few outlets before we finally managed to find one that is still open and also their masseur are not outta energy.

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