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It's been years since I used my blogger account and had decided to do so now :D If you have been a reader of my previous blog on wordpress, thank you so much for your support! Well, ain't sure if there are many followers to start with.. Haha.

As my friends would have known, I had just turned 21! *throws confetti* It's been a year full of 21st birthday parties and I'm glad I'm finally one of them! My Korean friends back in Korea texted me to ask if turning twenty-one is a big event in Singapore and my reply is, yes! 21 is essentially the legal age for you to do almost everything in Singapore. From what I can think off-hand, here's the list:

1. You can drink legally.*
2. You can get a driving license. (Heard it's been recently changed to 21 instead of 18)
3. You can watch a R21 movie. 
4. You can marry legally.*
5. You can buy a private property.
6. You can smoke legally.*

The ones in asterisks (*) are laws that allow you to do once you had turned 18. As for smoking, I happened to just bypass this article that states, Raise legal smoking age to 21 to deter NSF. Well it doesn't really concern me since I am a non-smoker.

Nonetheless, back to topic. For you all who had held and organised a 21st birthday party like I did, sincere applauses to all of you!! It was definitely not as easy as I thought it would be. I am thankful to Facebook for having made my RSVP-ing job much simpler. Nowadays, with most people owning a Facebook account, I am able to send out my invites by just creating an event on Facebook. From there, I can post notices and directions, and guests who are going will be able to see them. One drawback of Facebook RSVP is that, not everyone checks their Facebook notifications always. From personal experience, some of my friends did not even realise that they were invited to my birthday party till I told them personally. Sometimes, it's still good to go through the traditional way of face-to-face communications :)

After gathering the responses from the Facebook event page, the next step is to order your catering. I was recommended Neogardens by most of my friends who had done their catering with them BUT I ended up with my orders from Select food Catering instead. Reason being, I just wanted to order for a small pax of 30 people at a more affordable price. I do not seek for 5-stars hotel quality food but just a decent quality enough to feed my guests. I understood from most parties experience that there are always leftovers from buffet. And I do not want that to happen. For my party of 40+ people, I had 30pax ordered and guess what, it was ADEQUATE! (with just really minimum leftovers)

• Signature Curry Chicken with Potatoes
• Dory Fillet with Authentic Thai Sauce on Banana Leaf
• Golden Torpedo Prawn with Tartar Dip
• Garlic Broccoli and Carrots tossed in Butter Glaze
• Golden Egg tofu with Enoki Mushrooms & Seow Bai Chye
• Steamed Mini Carrot Cake with Sweet Sauce
• Singapore Style Fried Rice
• Hong Kong Fried Bee Hoon
• Chilled Honeydew Sago
• Iced Peach Tea

Frankly speaking, the turnout was greater than I expected and I know I wasn't a good enough host to everyone. I knew that I wasn't able to speak to everyone as much as I love and want to, but I am very thankful for my understanding friends. And I know I'd said this on my Facebook, but I'd just like to reiterate again, I believe that this birthday party is not just a celebration for me, but also a great opportunity for family and/or friends whom had not been able to meet up, to gather together for a good reunion and catchup. I am thankful to all my friends, especially my secondary school friends whom some of them I had not seen for years. Thank you so much for attending my birthday, it really means a lot to me. ♥