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I spent the whole yesterday out with my family (and relatives) celebrating my brother's birthday. It was fantastic, and very very filling, especially the lunch & dinner! My bro's presents are definitelyexpensive , and it got sis going "no fair" quite a few times lol.

Went to Cherry Blossoms Chinese Restaurant at Marina Mandarin Hotel. Ate a lot of dim sum, and peking duck! I was terribly bloated, and then came the mango cheesecake for bro's birthday cake. Mum bought these cute candles which won't go out no matter how many times you blow them, so my poor little bro was there blowing like crazy, and the candles just kept lighting up.. You should have seen the faces of the waiters. Incredulous.

Then we took off to uncle's place, and I went to catch Ocean's Twelve. Went with Brandon, my sis and uncles jeff philip, aunts carol ruth. I was kind of force-fed chips, cos they kept passing me the bag of chips from brandon's side all the way to my uncle's, knowing quite well I was about to hurl the mango cheesecake all over the cinema floor. The movie, by the way, was bearable, but chock-full of dialogue with less action than Ocean's Eleven. And Brad Pitt looked old not as young as before :x

The birthday dinner was at Chef Chan's Restaurant, this very funky, urban diner with black walls, floors, ceilings.. Yes, all in a Chinese restaurant no less. But I have to admit, Chef Chan cooks a mean juicy chicken. (: And the green bean soup I got for dessert had 10 other different kinds of bean in it as well lol. But it rocked, along with my bursting belly.

My aunt had a fit when she read a section from the Handmaid's Tale. Said she was mortified by the inappropriate, crude terms used. But somehow, modern works have to cater to the "modern" audience, and if the "modern" world is such that people scream vulgarities on a daily basis with no sense of propriety or decorum, then what can I say. Vulgarities may be a way of life for some, and since this world is determine to fall further down the black hole to a very, very warm place, we live with it, or we live without it. It's a life of choice anyway.

I did another get-to-know-myself survey again. Boredom does that to people. And my chinese homework? On its way to completion, but completion is very far away.

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