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i will always remember that one special birthday party that i had in 2005. that was the first time i had a birthday party as a grown up. it was my 31 birthday. i have fixed the party on a saturday night so that my friends & colleagues can turn up. to my surprise, more than 12 people turned up.

we started off the night with a dinner at season's cafe taman pelangi. there were ed, yi & daughter, sue, don, FL, alice & micky. sue, don & FL purposely came in from singapore to attend the dinner & party. i was really touched. once everybody has settled down nicely at the long table & ordered their respective choice of food, i began to take photos with everyone. some were photo shy. but i forced them anyway. we chatted...we make jokes...we laughed...we gossiped...we shared opinions... i thought we were the noisiest people around.

after the meal, we proceeded to ye lai xiang. a very popular disco back then. ed booked a big room. the room was nicely decorated with balloons & ribbons. there was also a karaoke set for people to sing. ed ordered one round of beer for the first comers. i started the ball rolling by choosing a few popular songs. as i was not a good singer, i passed the mick around. being the birthday man, i demanded everyone to sing at least a song. they all gave in to my wishes.

slowly other friends arrived. stan & friend, may & friend, elaine, wk, helen & yap. more rounds of beer flowed in. i was busy serving beer. not wanting to see any empty glasses around. i also bottoms up with a few friends. yi & helen bought a orange colour short sleeve shirt with squares for me. i liked the shirt & wore it immediately. stan said that i looked smart in that shirt.

time flies when you are having fun. it was 12 midnight. time to cut the birthday cake. the cake was given free of charge by the disco. may & ed sang the birthday song in mandarin, english & cantonese. i made a wish, cut the cake & distributed to everyone. the taste was bad though. a lot of leftovers.

then ed turned off the lights and switched the karaoke set to play disco music. everyone just run wild & danced. i could see people shouting & screaming. i could see all kinds of movement. at this time, ed & may went out of the room and bought some pills. they ate 2 and the balance was mixed with beer. they poured the beer into small glasses and passed around. i drank a bit unknowingly & felt the effect instantly. i was high and full of energy. just could not stop dancing. i danced until i was exhausted & rested on the sofa. but some friends still pulled me up from the sofa to dance. i kindly rejected.

we danced until around 5 in the morning and left. ed, i & yap felt hungry & had breakfast at the kopitiam near our house. when we reached home, it was almost 7 in the morning. we just slept the whole day.

it was a great party but i was unhappy with ed & may. they should not have bought the pills. it was wrong. i just hope that they realise it.