My 19th birthday

For some reason(s), I wasn't really excited about my 19th birthday. In fact, I really couldn't care less. I hardly tried to figure out the reasons. Anyway, though a bit upset that none of my friends initiated any birthday celebration for me, I am really grateful to receive plenty of SMSes and emails of birthday greetings. Thanks, brother, Chue Ping sister, 2 Ailing's, Jasmine, Elisa, daddy, Stella, Weikian, Shimin, Liak Teck, and Gaya. :-) (Sorry if I miss out anyone).

As usual, my parents celebrate my birthday at home, by having a cake. The only difference is that my brother is in US for a 6-months study trip, so he couldn't join us this time. 2 days later, we went to Orchard to have lunch at Han's. The food there is good and the price is cheap. Later, we went to Takashimaya at Ngee Ann City as my parents want to buy me a pair of shoes as belated birthday presents. That was planned way ahead of my birthday though. I picked a shoes which I really like and costs reasonablybefore 10% discount. As I try the shoes, the shop assistant offered me a pair of socks of testing of the shoes size. I loved the Fila socks the moment I saw it and it fits well. The shop assistant ask me if I want to buy a package of 3 pairs of those socks. Aparrently, I wanted them and they were sold to me at half price, perhaps due to our purchase of their shoes. The combined purchase barely exceeds a certain amount, so I was entitied to buy a Fila bag at $10. I picked a decent bag, which cost almost 3 times more than the offered $10. Double coincidences. An unintentional discount purchase leading to another unintentional purchase. What great birthday gifts I have this year from my parents. I love them and they cost my parents a bomb!