22nd Birthday - Pre-Event
Sunday, January 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM | 논평하다 0논평
**Please note that this is a celebration with my friends. I treated my parents on a separate occasion**I gave it a miss to celebrate my 21st because I had yet to start earning money, enough money for me to organize the celebration (and because too many clashes). I always have this idea that birthday should not be about celebrating my birth but it is more about appreciating my mom (who carried me for 9 months and sacrificed her youth to take care of me), my dad (even though he annoys the hell out of me 60% of the time) and the people around me who mold me into who I am today. Therefore, when it comes to birthday celebration, I refused to have my parents paying for it.
1 year of working (and my mom's assistance in helping me to save money) had earned me sufficient money to celebrate my 22nd and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all my friends and acquaintances for tolerating my shit, supporting me and accepting me. The whole process was tedious but no doubt, it was worth it.
I themed it Philia, a female personification of friendship. Dress code is just comfortable beach-wear and/or anything that makes you feel fabulously awesome.
(Let's just say I gave up on the theme and dress code 😳)
I guess my friends probably were having a headache as I was asking for RSVP in September and expecting replies in mid-October due to shipping process involved for my appreciation gifts. Sad that some of my friends were overseas, which include Kirsty, Nat and Lana, but majority of them turned up and I am really grateful for that.
Door Gifts:
- Ladies:
- Benevolent Beauty Box (customized to each individual, pre-order by mid October) Female Cosmetics Box (US)
- Gentlemen:
- Ohh My Box (customized to each individual, pre-order by end October) Male Grooming Box (SG)
- Unisex:
- Cubecrate (pre-order by end November) Personal Customized Box (MY)
I wanted to personalize each of the appreciation gift for my friends and recently, I am very addicted to subscription box. Thus, the above choices as door gifts (click on link to find out more).
Honestly, I had a hard time looking for the unisex box because suppliers are not reply my emails and I am grateful for the above 3 site who provided kind and prompt assistance!
Venue
I always wanted to have a beach celebration, nothing fanciful, just chilling and catching up with my friends. I was glad that I approached Wavehouse and met this adorable coordinator, Cheryl. She has been a great help with prompt replies and assisting me in every way possible.
Photobooth
I always thought that it will be fun to have a photobooth after seeing at so many events that I had been through. So I managed to have Instantly.SG to provide the instant photo booth service for my guests. Replies were prompt and the overall experience was great. Not to mention that they were able to accommodate to my last minute changes!
Alcohol
Bought the liquors from Lazada, Liquor Exchange. Delivery was the next day. Honestly speaking, I was shocked that it came the next day. Oh well, early is good.
Miscellaneous
And where else to get affordable things than TaoBao. I am kind of glad my birthday is in January, because I be mass tapping onto Black Friday, 11.11 and 12.12 from EZBuy . Free agent fee + discount on shipping fee + collection near my house. And every new account gets $5, so just mass click the link and sign up (because it will benefit both you and me). Surprisingly, the processing was really fast despite the high traffic for 12.12.
The biggest thanks to my Bae-Li for helping me carry all the stuffs down to Sentosa. What do I do without you~? And also for sponsoring my cake!
And also to my F8TE babies who came early to help out with the preparation!
Photobooth
I always thought that it will be fun to have a photobooth after seeing at so many events that I had been through. So I managed to have Instantly.SG to provide the instant photo booth service for my guests. Replies were prompt and the overall experience was great. Not to mention that they were able to accommodate to my last minute changes!
Alcohol
Bought the liquors from Lazada, Liquor Exchange. Delivery was the next day. Honestly speaking, I was shocked that it came the next day. Oh well, early is good.
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| Ordered too much in fact... |
And where else to get affordable things than TaoBao. I am kind of glad my birthday is in January, because I be mass tapping onto Black Friday, 11.11 and 12.12 from EZBuy . Free agent fee + discount on shipping fee + collection near my house. And every new account gets $5, so just mass click the link and sign up (because it will benefit both you and me). Surprisingly, the processing was really fast despite the high traffic for 12.12.
The biggest thanks to my Bae-Li for helping me carry all the stuffs down to Sentosa. What do I do without you~? And also for sponsoring my cake!
And also to my F8TE babies who came early to help out with the preparation!
Labels: 22nd birthday, personal
