Happy 18th Birthday to me!

I have officially turned 18 @2.45am today!! Celebrated my birthday three times over the weekend. Here's a brief report:

Saturday afternoon: Mum cooked abalone noodles with the usual red egg for good luck. That's exactly what I need.

Saturday evening: Big chocolate cake and the usual Singapore fanfare like Fried Hokkien mee, oyster omelette and satay @ my grandma's house.

Sunday evening: Buffet dinner @ Cafebiz @ Traders Hotel. Lobster, crayfish, ALASKAN CRAB!!!

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On this special day, I would like to thank...

...my parents...for everything.

...my brother...for just being there...and bringing along a bottle of apple tea for me whenever you come.

...all of my relatives for taking care of me and my parents, buying/cooking great food for me, lending me DVDs, offering financial help(no, thank you), and buying lots of birds' nest for me.

...all of my friends for standing by me, encouraging me and cheering me up, visiting me in the hospital, presenting me with Winnie the Pooh and their uh...love message, taking the trouble to collect my homework, smsing me randomly to ask how I feel, dragging me out for movies and gatherings instead of letting me rot at home, drawing hunky and gorgeous d-gray characters for me and inspiring me to invent my own barf can.

...all of my doctors, especially my principal doctor, for my continued existence in this world, the bitter but life-saving medicine and pampering me and allowing me to discharge early whenever I start bawling. :D

...all of the nurses at SGH Ward 54, Ward 72, Ward 78, Ward 45 ICU, A&E and Haematology Centre for looking after me, tolerating all of my whining and moaning, encouraging me to press on, supervising the cleaning of my isolation room, calling the doctor for me in the middle of the night, distributing barf bags generously, not complaining when I try to swat you away early in the morning while I was still dreaming and you were trying to draw my blood, and giving me cold orange syrup when I refused to drink the antibiotic. I can't remember your names, but I sure can recognise all of your kind smiling faces telling me the mesna has to run another hour.

...all of the cleaners and nurse assistants for cleaning the rooms and helping me.

...all of my teachers for supporting me, reassuring me about school and sending me a flower basket with soft toys. (too bad the flowers died)

...all of my ward-mates for telling me to stay strong, tolerating my barfing and crying sounds and occasionally, my anti-social behaviour, visiting me even after I transferred to another room and sending me gifts.

...the delifrance cook @ SGH for giving me two extra carriers when I puked in the cafe. Sorry. :D

...the doctor at Toa Payoh Polyclinic for sending me to the hospital in the first place.

...any doctors and nurses at TTSH who had helped me.

...Frederick Casey - Momo for selling fantastic kitty stuff, especially the cat cushion which accompanies me to the hospital every time.

...all of the neighbourhood cats for being there, acting adorable and cheering me up.

...the cook @ the SGH cafeteria for giving my mother bigger pieces of fish fillet whenever she visits her stall.

...Allen, Lavi, Kanda, Lenalee and MARIAN CROSS (woots!) for making me laugh.

...Korean dramas for keeping me entertained. (Though it's starting to get rather boring.)

...Ministry of Education for generously extending my scholarship for a year.

...Macdonalds for delivering to the hospital. =D

and finally, myself for going through all those tough times.