Jarod’s Den

Birthday 2008

Well, it’s that time of year again (so fast?!?!) I’m another year older and definitely wiser.

Unlike the previous year, this year was much more happening. Woke up to a wonderful morning. No traffic jams, excellent breakfast and nothing much to do at the office.

The night before my colleagues and I went to the karaoke to celebrate. We screamed out lungs out. Yup that’s right. Screamed. Occasionally we sang. It was fun, hilarious and relaxing.

Today, the company bought me a cake. Imagine my horror when I opened the box and saw this…

Who is Jacob?!?! I guess I have to live with the fact that my name will never be spelt correctly.

Tags: birthday, karaoke, older, wiser, wrong name

Birthday 2007

It’s that time of year again. Another year older, and I hope, another year wiser. I also found a new best friend. It’s my bank. Why? Well, they’re the first ones to wish me happy birthday. Sheesh… what happened to all my friends?!

Don’t ask me what my birthday wishes are. I’m just happy I’m still alive. With all the goings on around the world, you should always count your blessings. If Acts of God or Mother Nature don’t kill you, your goverment will… with their idiocies.

Now why would I be so negative on my birthday, you asked. Nothing really. Woke up early with a bad headache and I had to wait 2 weeks for the next episode of Naruto Shippuuden. Dang!

Oh well, time for breakfast courtesy of mommy dearest. Happy Birthday to me!

Tags: birthday, older, wiser

Mum’s Birthday

Yesterday, mum celebrated her 51st birthday.

The family, consisting of mum, myself, uncle and his wife, had a simple dinner at a Taiwanese steamboat restaurant. I’m not sure if it’s authentic Taiwanese steamboat but that’s what I was told.

It has been some time since the four of us got together to have dinner. So mum’s birthday was as good an excuse as any.

The Food.

That’s the food up there. Don’t be fooled by the size of the dishes. It’s actually a lot of cabbage at the bottom that made it look like a lot. The food is pretty decent though. Everything is fresh. I had the prawns set while uncle had the beef set. Since women tend to eat less, both ladies shared the fish set.
We had a great time eating and laughing. Unlike other steamboat, this one gives each customer their own pot to cook their own food. It was quite an experience seeing how each of us cook our own food. Of course the ladies excel in this area. We guys just dumped everything into the pot. Since I had prawns, pork meatballs, and the beef and fish stolen from the others, my soup was the best. At least in my opinion since the others all claimed theirs is the best.

The Guys.

Here’s the men. Don’t ask me who he’s feeding. I can assure you it’s not me. We finished up everything. At least I finished up everything. Uncle had some pieces here and there leftover. The ladies, however, struggled to finish their shared dish.

The Gals.

As you can see, we haven’t eaten much yet but the ladies seems to be stopping already. Is it really that much food? They eat so little and yet complain the most about getting fat. I eat so much but yet can never be any where near the ‘fat‘ category.

The Weirdo.

That’s the weird uncle every family has one. You don’t? Oh…

You sure?

Overall, we had a great time. Our tummy was satisfactorily filled. Since we had no birthday cake (by choice), we went for durians. We had very, very good durians (and ridiculously expensive too!). Then we all gulped down a can of 7-UP and had a burping contest to burp out the excellent (debatable) aroma.

Yup, it was fun.

Tags: birthday, celebration, dinner, family, mum