10 more years to ..

be qualified for Seniors Discount. 

This year 2025, I’ve lived for half a century. Damn old siah! Can’t believe my mom’s youngest daughter is already an old lady. Damn scary, the years just pass by so quickly when I hit 20

5th Oct (Sun) - I get to choose my birthday lunch treat. Chose Japanese which is alright with everyone. I’m not that fussy over food at all. 

I was looking at my RES app and realised I have a birthday cake. I never redeemed any birthday cakes from my UOB, other member cards all these years. It’s like so pathetic and desperate to redeem a cake for yourself lor🤣

I mustered up my courage and asked the staff if I can redeem this. This “cake” came when one dish was served. So paiseh when she had to lit up the cake. The girls sacrastically said “now you know it’s so embarrassing, you still made the staff in HDL sing the birthday song for us”

We didn’t do much in NEX, just short walk to pack dinner and bubble tea. So the girls were supposed to buy Nine Fresh until che-che noticed there’s promotion for Chagee. Somehow that boba pearl fan lil’ one still insists on getting her Nine Fresh. 

We’re having a drink party 🎉 

6th Oct (Mon)

Did houseworks + the extra works that I do every Tuesdays coz I plan to DO NOTHING - copy what lil’ one said - on her birthdays tomorrow. Self-declare holiday.

But ………. at 5.35pm lil’ one messaged me. Never any good thing happening when she suddenly calls or message me. 😔 She don’t want me to DO NOTHING tomorrow is it? 

Had to bring her to the clinic opposite us when she came back home. 

7th Oct (Tue) 

I’m officially an old lady.

Lil’ one is on MC today. Instead of doing nothing I had to check on her for fever, boil chrysanthemum blah blah blah. Tsk! What a birthday! 

Dearie W sent this over. Tulips!! 😃 She’s always sending flowers to me 😘❤️ 

So beautiful. I counted, 36 tulips in total in 4 different colours. There are 10 orange and double petal tulips each and 8 each for the 2 different shades of pink tulips 

YL sent this over. Wow! Birds nest to de-wrinkle my wrinkled face. 

And a birds nest osmanthus cake

I was expecting parcels today as I received a message/notification from Singpost in the morning. One huge pack was left outside and I only knew it arrived when I opened the door to collect YL’s gifts, I think that must be the parcel Singpost is referring to. 

Declared off day so didn’t want to cook, so the man packed food for dinner. He came back with durians. Yums! All these years he pays attention to what I say leh. Sometimes he can be watching TV and I suddenly blurt out to someone “I feel like eating …” After that I forgot all about it. I blurted about wanting to eat durians a few days ago 🤭. Two boxes of MSW, the box I chose had 7 seeds, my lucky number. 

When he came back with dinner, he picked up another boxed parcel at the door. I think it’s the dryer sheets I ordered but are the dryer sheets that small??  

After opening it ….. Huh? Matcha? Not dryer sheets? Did I order this? I chanced upon Naoki Matcha Instagram last week when I was looking for tips on getting good microfoam. But did I accidentally order? But why would I order when I have a lot at home? Che-che bought another 7 bottles for me recently. Checked the outer packaging where only my name is on it, no sender name. Checked my Shoppee, Lazada, Shop, credit cards, Revolut. It’s a mystery 🤔. I left it aside and will check my accounts the next day.

Comes with a whisk too! Much better looking than the one I have at home. Three different packs, must read up what’s the diff 

In the night, the girls were forced to sing a birthday song for me. They are always forced to sing a birthday song for daddy and sister 😂 as well. I have a video of a bored leaned-back-to-the-sofa seal (coz she was clapping her hands in a flimsy way like a seal) aka lil’ one who didn’t seem enthusiastic. Next year for the seal’s birthday I shall do the same or maybe I fly off for holiday don’t care about her 🤣. Che-che never sings for anyone except to giggle and laugh 🤨. 

Dainty chocolate square from Polar is my birthday cake this year. 

At 9+ close to 10, W mentioned that she also ordered a matcha for me. Ahh…. So the matcha was from her! Solves the mystery, I don’t have to check my credit card bills anymore. So sweet of her, she must have seen my posts on making matcha lattes. I shall open one to try soon. 

I brought my tulips to the room, next to me. 

Goodnight! I’m now officially lao cha-bor