No longer a twenty-something!

Turned 30 a couple of weeks back and I'm loving it so far! Honestly, I've never been one who is big on birthdays. In fact, I didn't even really celebrate my 21st birthday or any other birthday for that matter. To me, birthdays are merely just another day, though I do love it for the fact that its usually a day where I get to re-connect with many long lost friends who send in their well wishes and make me feel loved!

Having said that, some weeks before turning 30, I started feeling anxious and the week leading to my big 3, I even had insomnia! yes i know!! for an entire week, I slept only 2-3 hours each night, a first for a sleep addict like myself! Not wanting to attribute this to turning 30, I started wondering if there was something wrong with me, perhaps physically or psychologically. All that uncertainty was put to rest (quite literally) when on Friday, after I finally turned 30, I slept like a baby for 12 hours straight without stirring. Thank goodness the sleeping beauty is back in business!!

Some people I know think 30 is an old age for a woman to be. I always believed that age is but a number. You are as young as you feel (maybe not as you look but that's another story!). Some of my friends were telling me "once you cross that big 3, age just creeps up without you knowing it!" Haha. Truth is, I am not afraid to grow older, coz in many ways, I feel like i'm still a kid, waiting to grow up.

Some other friends shared that 30s is the best phase of a woman's life. At 30, she's "successful" enough, confident enough, "rich" enough, experienced enough, and mature enough to take life as it comes! How true that is! Somehow, I feel really good about myself right now. I mean, despite all my flaws, I haven't felt better about myself than now. Even as pounds seem to be piling on faster than fast, I'm comfortable with how I look and have started enjoying and embracing my curves and even my love handles (maybe to the horror of my hubby!).

Anyhow, thought I'd share some photos taken during the week of my 30th birthday!

Dinner and drinks with uni-buddies, Eric, Mas, baby Aly, and Wee ChuanLunch with Eric, my ex-colleague turned friend from DHL
Colleagues sprang a birthday surprise for me and Emily (we share the same birthday!) The cake that they got from Cedele was yummylicious! Some of the trainees in my office separately got me a slice of strawberry shortcake and mango cake. That's Sera, me, and my monkey at my desk. Caught up with the Boozers at Nicky's full-month party at Rochester Park. Here's new mummy Sueann & I
Like father like son - Kevin & baby Nicky Yip Stanley & I Me, Shirlyn & Jaclyn Colin & I Colin & I on my actual birthday. He had rushed back from China and had only arrived at 6.30pm in the evening, just in time for dinner with me at Clarke Quay. To reward his efforts to spend my birthday with me, I bought us tickets to watch the NBL game between Sydney Kings and Singapore Slingers!
Me tucking in to the Triple X cake from NYDC, which was a surprise from my darling Colin. Ending my birthday on a HIGH~