Birthday of 2011

Deciding on the last minute to celebrate my birthday, I had two mini-get-togethers: one with my close group of friends and one with my bf and his group of friends.

On the 16th (Friday night) I organised a Hotpot birthday event with my close group of friends, although not all could make it, I still enjoyed the small gathering in which we ordered tonnes of food (seeing it was a buffet!) and made sure we left the restaurant all full and bloated from a good meal!

Following on we headed down to Shine on Kings Way to have a few drinks. It was quite empty upstairs at the bar, which I didn't mind as we were still enjoying ourselves and also being able to hear each other speak too! We ordered some skittle bomb, lychee bomb and finished off with an ABC bomb. The Skittle bomb was quite nice although it didnt mix very well so all the main alcohol got left at the bottom haha! then my good friend shouted me and my friend a 151 shot. Not a very nice shot to have! but it definitely did its job! I think I've only had 2 in my life. my first one was at Cho Gao's sometime last year with my Holden workmates.

ABC BomB

We finished the night at Pancake Parlour in which we ordered shortstacks, alice in wonderlands and drinks. Come to think of it, I'm surprised we were still able to eat after stuffing ourselves at hotpot! haha. The night finished around 12am and I was home by 1am. It was a good night, nothing big and nothing small. Just enjoyed being out with my friends to celebrate my 24th birthday. But of course the celebration didn't end there.

My second mini celebration was combined with my bf whose birthday was a week later than mine and a good friend of ours who had his birthday one week before mine. haha.We had a delightful dinner at a restaurant called China Red on bourke street. The cool thing about this place is that your orders come out super fast and it can be ordered through a touch screen menu! We ordered about 3 fried rices, a couple of noodles, some chicken dishes, not to mention some dumplings and other bits and pieces!

We then made our way to Rainbow karaoke which was also situated on bourke street. It was a great place for socialising and definitely worth the experience. But definitely not the greatest song selection. The theme we had was Oscar, which I thought would be classy and elegant - but to my disappointment was only a room full of asian "oscar" themed movies with red carpet walls. Definitely a let down. However that didnt stop us from having a great time =). we had many drinks, and I was also introduced to this very interesting rainbow shot(s) drink which changed colour as the bar tender poured the alcoholic mix from the shaker.

The night ended at 3.30am and we had a quick bite at a souvalaki joint before taking the taxi home. I got home and crashed into bed around 5am. haha. It was a long night but it was a fun night by the end of it.
Maybe I will plan a big one again next year. But I must say, my birthday in 2010 was by far one of the best birthdays I've had in my life =]. Let's hope I can top it next year =] hehe.