Friday, March 13, 2009

Silent Dancer: Jayden 21

As mentioned on the last part of the previous entry, here's the beautiful video that means alot to me.

When I first saw this video I was taken aback by how good it is. This 2min 37secs is like 2hrs 37mins to me. I love every single frame of it. It's so heart-warming and it kinda made me teared a little after watching it. This may just be yet another video to you, but to me, it already has a place close to my heart. Thanks, Audi. How can I ever thank you enough?

I shan't go on and on at it, just watch and enjoy it.


Silent Dancer: Jayden 21 from Audi Khalid on Vimeo.



I wanna say a huge THANK YOU to everybody who came to the party, each and every single one of you meant something to me. Those that I didn't invite, it's just that the hotel suite can only hold that much people.

There was a surrealistic feeling towards how I looked at the party. To think that the people actually came for me, it's so weird. Maybe I'm lacking in a lot of things like self confidence. Do I really worth their effort and time? It's like throughout the entire event, I was standing a step behind myself, watching another person's party. It's THAT weird.

Whatever it is, I've turned 21 and I'm trying to make a change in my life. Wish me luck.

P/S: Thanks to everyone who texted me and wrote on my wall on Facebook too. I could name everyone out here, but hey, you know who you are. :)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Psychedelic Partay

I don't know why I took so long to do this but, yeah, here's my 21st birthday party! And if the editing of the photos look inconsistent, that's because I spent the duration of 1 month to photoshop them individually. Well, mainly due to the huge amount of photos that I don't know which one to choose from.

I would also like to add that the following photos are from Audi, Nadia, Esther and of cos, yours truly.

First up, it was held at Naumi Hotel.



Okay, I'll have to first explain the whole rationale behind the whole hotel party idea before anyone starts thinking that I'm some ATAS, brand-whoring kid.

Initially, I wasn't sure how I wanna go about celebrating my 21st. It was only until the 2nd week of Jan, when I realised it's gonna be over soon if I don't start planning it. And I had to bring forward the celebration from 4th Feb to 31st Jan 'cos the actual day falls on a Wednesday.

Due to the last minute arrangement, all the chalets are either taken up or not available for booking within a month. I was so disheartened that I couldn't even get a proper place, I'd almost given up and almost, almost decided not to celebrate after all.

Chalets are the best option since they are cheap and spacious.

But in this case, my last option was hotel rooms/suites. So I went up and down searching for the ideal place and finally settled on Naumi. Though the exorbitant price of the suite, I never regretted holding my party over there. I think it has one of the nicest interior ever. And the staff was remarkably accommodating.

So without further ado, here's the first batch of photos:



























The speech bubbles and the lightning bolts were handmade okay! Anyway, the whole *GASPS* thing came about when I was thinking of the title for the Facebook event for this party. It's like, "GASPS! I'm so old already ah?!"

Aside the orange tint in the photos from the lights of the hotel suite, I love how the photos turn out bright and colourful! Kudos to all those who dressed to the theme! :D


The presents wrapped in houndstooth print are the 21 presents from Fabian. TWENTY ONE PRESENTS. Man, he won the most-thoughtful-award hands down.



Oh, did I mention Audi takes amazing photos?!







I tell you, bloggers are the most scandalous bunch. We definitely had a lot of fun - on bed.















HAWT. Almost edison chen. Heh.





When it was nearing cake-cutting, they blindfolded me for the second time for yet another surprise. (Remember the first time they surprised me with the lightning bolt cake?)

And I tell you, THIS IS THE BEST FREAKING SURPRISE EVER.

Josiah went to the length of getting Ginette to come as the surprise! Till now, I'm still awed that she came. I thought I should give a little explanation why I'm so overwhelmed by her appearance.

The word 'idol' would be a tad too strong, so I would say, Ginette's like the role model that I look up to. I could dish out tons of vocab to describe her, but to put it simply, I find her really really cool. She's a rocker chick, a lecturer, a DJ, and one third of a local label. (I bet there's more!)

I know this may sound stalkerish, but sometime back when I found out about this interview she did with Stomp, I kept watching it and I think I'd seen it at least 20 times already.

It's really an honor to be her student. She's very inspiring and I enjoyed her classes the most. And I love her attitude towards life. Go watch the interview!



Prior to this, I've always thought that I am very good at guessing surprises. But this one really tops it. And it's kinda surreal 'cos when I was planning the guestlist, I remembered telling myself, "If Ginette comes, it'll be the best thing ever."

But I didn't tell anyone at all! I know they'll definitely invite her to come if I'd told them. How can I shamelessly invite someone this cool to my humble party? But gosh! It really happened!






I KNOW RIGHT! I was soooo wonderstruck and shy when I saw her.








The 3D Lasalle handsign. Haha!





Still in awe, it was cake cutting!







If you haven't notice, I was celebrating my 210th birthday by the count of the candles.



Next up, the usual celebrity-esque photo-taking session with the birthday boy and his cake.





















The cake's Banana Chocolate from Secret Recipe! Mua fave cake of all time!





On the invite that I sent out, there was "Polaroid Galore". Not polaroid per se, but...



TONS OF INSTAX MINIS!!! There were 10 packages of 10 pieces each. Minus away those that some took home, I've got around 70 pieces of them! Polaroids are freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!


Click to view the entire upload!



A few of them left early, so here's the group photo of the 90% remaining!



We did this using my camera and the remote shutter. It was so convenient that we just kept snapping anyway while fooling around! Here's a short video montage of the photos:





Phew~ I thought I'll never finish writing this blog post! Well, that's it! Thanks for reading if you are, and stay tuned to a very beautiful and meaningful video in the next entry!



P/S: Do catch Ginette's band, Astreal, performing tonight (Thurs, 12 Mar) on Live 'n' Loaded on Channel 5 @ 11pm!
Someone help me record the programme pretty please??