Happy Birthday To Me!
Last weekend marked the quarter century minus one for me or "two dozen" as my mom said. What a weekend it was! In traditional Singaporean style, the weekend was marked by food, food and more food.
On Friday after school, I walked home (40 minutes) and Dan met me near the midway point to escort me the rest of the way. We were all sweaty when we got home, so we quickly jumped into the pool for a little dip. Soon we were ready to start cooking and whipped up a wonderful Japanese curry. It was our first time cooking Tofu. We then proceeded to sit on the couch and watch Survivor Guatemala.
After a nice sleep in Saturday morning and some chats with family I went to a High Tea with some other teachers from the Elementary campus. It was held on the 72nd floor of the Swiss Hotel so there was an exceptional view of the cities busy waterfront. Us ladies filled our bellies for a good two hours before I headed off to a friend's place (Laura) to host our joint Birthday party together. Many came for drinks, snacks and music. Nicole even baked us a birthday cake!
The big day (Sunday) arrived with bright sunshine coming in through the windows much too early! Daniel made us french toast on banana walnut bread with strawberry sauce. Yes ladies, he cooks too!
He then proceeded to present me with a computer printed itinerary of the day ahead. Next up, a one and a half hour massage at a little place 5 minutes walking distance from our condo. I felt like goo afterwards and I'm glad I only asked for medium strength. Who knew such a small person could have so much in them for my tight muscles?!? When I came home from the massage Dan had been out to pick up a coffee cheesecake. Nice lunch if I do say so myself! Later in the afternoon we wandered Orchard road (downtown) and grabbed a little dinner at the Marche or Movenpick which is a restaurant filled with German food stalls. Delicious.
When Monday arrived the parties weren't over because a wonderful package arrived from home filled with special treats and cards. Thank you Mom, Dad, Krista and Kim! Friends were also wonderfully thoughtful with their gifts, emails, letters and cards. The parents of my students also came in at the end of the day with flowers, cards from the kids and a birthday cake. We had a JK party! One of the little girls smartly noted that at my real Birthday party there wouldn't be any kids 
With lots of leftover cake my plan was to pass it out to the other teachers after school. After coming back to my locked classroom when the students had been delivered to their bus lines, I found one of my students with her older sister in my classroom licking all the icing off the cake. They had crawled in through a window facing the playground! What a surprise.
