wanirani's potluck birthday party :)

I love September. It is my birthday month!

As I get older, I love birthday party even more.

Last year I had a surprise picnic birthday party that I wanted badly.

This year, I decided to host my own birthday party. Since it is my #lastbirthdayassingle, I want to have a lot of fun with my girlfriends.

So I rented this place called Sembilan.Eleanor. It is a airbnb but I saw on instagram, people hosted a wedding there and some other events as well.

I invited the girls from work. We each had to bring a dish or be in-charged of something. Hence the name potluck birthday party.

Here are some photos of Sembilan.Eleanor. I love the place. It was nicely decorated, large enough to cater all of us and most importantly clean. The owner of the place is a pleasant person and easy to deal with. He even gave me tips on what and where to eat in Ipoh, not knowing that I am living in Ipoh myself. 

Hidayah was in charged of the decorations. She did an excellent job. She got balloons and banner. We even got to wear party hats. 

For months I have been telling everyone that I want the now-trending pandan gula melaka cake. Yammini got me the cake! Love it! It tasted so good. She ordered the cake from her guy friend who is also a doctor. We were all surprised by his talent in baking. He not only can bake, he does pretty cake decorations as well, you know, like the ones we always see on Instagram. 

Eza brought us bihun goreng.

Aisyah brought teh tarik.

Karo brought the sought-after pasta salad.

Wubany brought KFC. 

Kak Zee brought cheesekut.

Knisa baked her famous brownies and brought them over. 

Jove brought some snacks.

Thiru brought some healthy juice and water. 

Tan HJ brought ice creams. 

Everyone was such a sport. Love you all so much. 

I had a good time. I hope everyone else did too.

Thank you Yammini, Tan HJ, Hidayah, Thiru, Knisa, Kak Zee, Eza, Aisyah, Wubany, Jove, Karo and Maya for spending the evening with me. You all made me very happy :)

Birthday!

I turned 30 on September 5th 2016. Happy birthday to me!

Since a lot of my girlfriends would be on call on 5th, so I made them celebrate my birthday a day earlier. We went to Konda Kondi for dinner and Yammini bought me this superbly delicious mango delight cake.

I love the wish on the cake, not the usual Happy Birthday. Instead she wrote "be happy forever Wani"
That was so sweet Yammini, thank you so much. It meant a lot to me.

Thank you girls for celebrating my birthday =)

At midnight, @Butang wished happy birthday while holding a candle in a dark room. That was so sweet of him. How I wish he is nearby and we get to celebrate together. 

I thought that would be the end of my birthday celebration. But guess what, I was wrong! I am so glad that I was wrong. LOL.

4 days later, my darling girlfriends secretly planned a surprise birthday picnic for me. I have always wanted to have a picnic. I have been ranting about it for so long but we could never find a suitable time for that. 

So last Friday, while at work, Hidayah texted and invited me for tea along with Thiru. HJ said she would be coming too. I actually planned to go jogging that day as I have missed jogging for a few days but then, tea always wins in this tea-jog battle. So I said yes. HJ said she would pick me up but then I decided that it would be easier to take my car instead. 

HJ said she needed to go to the bank first, so we did. It was passed 5pm and I still had no idea where we were going for tea as Hidayah and Thiru did not reply my texts. So I just drove around until HJ received a phone call from Hidayah, telling us that her car broke down at Taman Dr and we had to pick her up. 

So we drove to Taman Dr. I saw Hidayah's car parked nicely in a parking lot but she was nowhere to be seen. I parked closed to her car and HJ literally dragged me out of the car towards an open space. 

Then I saw a lovely picnic setup. Hidayah and Thiru were there and Hidayah was filming with her Gopro. There was the birthday song in the background. I realised it was a surprise birthday picnic for me. I was utterly happy and was beaming away at the sight. I got the picnic that I have always wanted =).

My second birthday cake this year - matcha tiramisu

The backbone of the whole event

Thank you Haslinda for the lovely roses

Thank you for coming everyone!

I am so thankful for having such good friends who went the extra mile to make my birthday special. Birthday means so much more when it is celebrated with people who love and care for us. 

Thank you girlfriends!

#ilovemygirlfriends

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