and also, because of this job, i MISSED half of yuexin's birthday celebration!! :( but we did end up having Rocher Tau Hway at geylang after i knocked off. really good tau hway, and we even ate it in true geylang style: in a back alley where hookers and old men wander around. HAHA.
the previous few pictures were supposed to demostrate how chui the whole thing was. we actually had to eat the cake off the paper that came with the you tiao. hahaha.

mj cannot take photos with flash.
hahaha. well, all in all, it was really quite an eye-opening experience, given that we've always celebrated our birthdays at one restaurant or another haha.