Yesterday, 13 Jan, was my birthday. Though there isn’t like a big party or whatsoever, i am still happy. I really appreciate and am grateful to all who had congratulated me on my 19th. Through those messages, handshakes and gifts have i felt loved, at least i know that there i have a pinch of worth in you. Ha.

Here is the list of people whom have wished me ‘Happy Birthday’ through messaging (in order)…

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1. Florence

2. Shufen

3. Yiling

4. Kenneth

5. Shai

6. Winnie

7. Nicholas Seah

8. Lestari

9. Huijuan

10. Yiqin

11. Ernst

12. Fiona

13. Kim

14. Stanley

15. Mandon

16. Sheena

17. Perry

18. Esther Leow

19. Yushan

20. Debbie

21. Alfonso (Won the ‘first person to wish me a belated birthday’ award)

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Here is the list of people whom have given me a surprise celebration or gift for my birthday…

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· Dennis Loh

· Kim Ho

· Denise

· Yingjie

· Aloysius

· Alvin

· Kenneth

· Yiling

· Donovan

· Serhan

· Sherry

· Linxin

· Sion

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Others (through other means)…

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· Dennis

· Alvin

· Florence

· Kim

· Gabriel

· Justin

· Gwen Khoo

· Daniel Cheah

· Sharlene

· Fongyee

· Kate

· Liyin

· Joshua

· Yenc

· Yanyu

· Crystal

· Simon

· Jasmine Loh

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Special thanks to Dennis Loh, my beloved mentor, for being the earliest to wish me (Saturday) and giving me a boxer and short pants.

Special thanks to Denise Leong, Yap Yingjie and Aloysius Ooi to spend my first few hours being 19. I really enjoyed the oversized ‘tang yuan’, cocktail and prayers from you peeps.

Special thanks to Kenneth, Yiling, Donovan and Serhan for having a birthday lunch with me and giving me a shoe.

Special thanks to Kim Ho for making the effort down to my house to pass me a cake.

Special thanks to Alvin Lim for celebrating my birthday one day after.

From the deepest recesses of my heart, THANK YOU!!!!

Above all else, i thank my God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, for creating me. He had made me unique and special, no one else has the same experience or personality as me. I am who i am and no one can take my place in the sight of God. I also thank the Lord, my rock and fortress, for protecting me and keeping me safe for the past 19 years.

Thank You God!!