[EVENT] My 15th Birthday (#I'mTurningOld)

Hello guys! I finally turned 15 (feeling really old now though).

In the morning at exactly 6.44AM, I woke up, just thinking about the things I will do today. I had no school on my birthday because it's the day when our King or Sultan celebrates his 68th Birthday (even if his birthday was a month ago because of Ramadhan). That's why, it's a special holiday for Brunei Darussalam.

As my friend claimed: "Judging how your birthday falls on a holiday specifically for Sultan's birthday this year, you are basically like royalty which is pretty swaggy".

So yeah. I did feel special in a very... different way? I guess.

14th August fell on a Thursday so the next day was also a 'no-school' day, which I'm practically giggling about. So happy no school revolving around my birthday.

So yeah, I woke up early and thought about what activities I would do today. 

My best friend was sleeping soundly beside me while I was awake, watching 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'  episodes from my new laptop that my dad got for me for my birthday, a MacBook Air. :D I was also checking Facebook. So far, I had 4 greetings from Facebook and 2 greetings through SMS. Since then, I didn't check my messages or notifications because I ran out of money.

My best friend woke up before the alarm even rang and yeah. We basically talked about school life and whatnot. It was nice you know, talking, conversing and actually bonding. Something that not a lot of teenagers get to do nowadays because it's either of their hectic schedules or too addicted to the Internet or TV.

We got up at about 9AM to eat breakfast. My house ran out of food so we just ate 'Mee-goreng' which is an Indonesian Instant Noodle where you just boil the noodle and put the ingredients and DONE. It's definitely NOT healthy and has a lot of MSG so... but what choice do we have?

We took a ton of pictures on my Mac and sort of got carried away... Haha.

After breakfast, my mom and my housemate came back from jogging and hiking and greeted me 'Happy Birthday'. I was technically born at 12.02PM so... It was like an advanced greeting. HAHA.

Both of us went upstairs to get ready because my dad was going to bring us out for lunch at Savy's Brasserie at Mabohai Shopping Centre. 

I was wearing my black Coup'E'Tat t-shirt from Singapore, Bugis Street, my black and white chiffon cardigan from Yesstyle.com online, my blue skinny jeans from Thailand, Bangkok, Platinum Mall and my coral pink flats from Yesstyle.com online.

He picked us up at around 11:45AM and drove us there. I ordered 'Carbonara' and shared a Shittake Mushroom with my bestie. She ordered Salmon while my dad ordered salad as usual. It was quite a pricey lunch but hey, it's my birthday. I reckoned that my dad paid about $100 bucks for it but received a 20-30% discount because it was a 'special' day.

Shittake Mushrooms

Carbonara 

My dad's shrimp salad

So both of us got some drinks from Starbucks. I ordered Ice-Blended Green Tea Latte while she ordered Ice-Blended Double Chocolate Chip. 

We shopped for basically the stuff I need like pads, tissue, toilet paper, vegetables, fruits, milo, milk, yogurt, cheese, bath soap and all that. Total was like $142 bucks and BAM, my dad's wallet was empty. 

Quite a few number of greetings in Facebook and WhatsApp from friends, teachers and classmates. Not so bad... But last year, there were WAY more. Haha. Maybe because they texted me this year rather than sending me wall posts on Facebook, which is good.

We drank our drinks and head on to town for Wi-Fi. My dad's friend owns a Chinese-cuisine restaurant that serves 'Dim-Sum' and used the Wi-Fi there for free since my dad's friend is the owner. HOW LUCKY WERE WE?

I used my Mac while my bestie used her phone. We just basically spent the entire afternoon on Wi-Fi. My tuition class was supposed to start at 3PM but I just skipped it because it's my birthday. SO DITCHED TUITION CLASS.

My dad sent us home at 4.30PM and unloaded the groceries.

My best friend then talked about our life at school, how our school is because basically our life revolves around school, which seems pretty upsetting because life isn't all about getting good grades, it's about having fun and make use of your life, but since education is super important for us Asians, it seems pretty stressful at most times.

My bestie and I decided to take a walk outside of my house because the weather was perfect and having some fresh air (without any technology involved) sounds pretty exciting (nature, you know?). We walked around in our slippers, talking and laughing.

We jogged, race, danced in the middle of the road, but there were no cars, so it wasn't as embarrassing as I pictured. We saw a lot of birds flying around and it was really pretty. The construction site workers weren't working so there were no workers outside or any noise at all. It was just so peaceful and nice to be outside. 

We tried brisk walking, jogging, arm movements and a lot of them. We even tried doing HyunA's 'RED" dance in the middle of the road. Thank goodness no one were looking at us, just a female maid gardening. It was super fun.

After that, we prepared for dinner. My mom picked us up at around 6.15PM and drove to the town to a Japanese restaurant. We took off our shoes and sat on the wooden floor. Surprisingly, my housemate was there as well. She gave me a Hello Kitty wrapping thingy with something inside. I assumed it was a book but my housemate said it was a box.

We ordered a ton of food like beef, raw salmon, tofu steak, seaweed salad, a lot of sushi, salon fish head, fried rice, octopus, et. Total was $100 bucks as well. I coincidentally met my friend near the toilet area and she greeted me 'Happy Birthday', which surprised me but thanked her nicely. 

With the ladies. From left to right: Jasmine (bestie), me, Lih Ching (housemate), my mom.

 Took selfies in the washroom.

Wearing my 'Beh Tahan' shirt, green neon army-printed leggings all from Miri, Malaysia and my coral pink flats from Yesstyle.com online.

After dinner, we went to Bakerlyn Bakery to get some cakes for my bestie and I. I got my favourite 'Snow-White' cake which is a creamy Vanilla cake. I love it a lot! My bestie got a chocolate mousse cake with hazelnut. It tasted awesome too. My friend got me a Vanilla Custard bun which I declined the offer but she insisted anyway.

We went home and ate the cake while talking about stuff before heading to bed because it was getting late. My bestie started playing with my piano because NOSTALGIA while I played Kim Kardashian Hollywood.

It was quite a memorable birthday. It has been great because I've finally been out the whole day with my loved ones and not stuck at home doing absolutely nothing because there's no Wi-Fi and Astro.

This year was better than 2 years ago and last year. Excited for next year? Nah... Don't wanna be old too fast.