Having a birthday on the 13th means every once in a while it falls on Friday the 13th, which it did this year. The last one I remember on a Friday was my golden birthday (i.e. my 13th birthday - double whammy). Both turned out well :).
I've never met anyone with my exact birthday before, but this year there happen to be two Australians on short-term assignment at work with me, both with May 13th birthdays! We decided to do a group outing of dinner and drinks Thursday and went to a bar, Altitude, which is an open air bar at the top of one of the high rises downtown (about 60+ stories up). It was my first time there and a good time was had by all.
Friday was a day off work to relax, but turned out I had to work a little bit :(. But then headed to the post office to pick up some mail and packages - thanks to Shaun, Katie and Aunt Mary & Uncle Craig. Then, to take my first steps toward doing something momentous for my milestone birthday of 30. More to come on that in another post. Since a lot of people took off for a long weekend (Tuesday is a holiday here), it left Claire and I to ourselves for some Italian and wine at a quiet little restaurant. This was a new find for us, and I've decided it is my favorite new hideaway in Singapore. We had great calamari and pizza!! I can't wait to go for another visit.
Saturday I met a new friend from the Midwest who moved here a week ago. We did Chinese lunch with some awesome pork dumplings that I love and we walked around to share some of my shopping spots. Then it was time for some grocery shopping and home to take a nice long nap :). Sunday I had a really good day working on my 30th year project. More on that later.
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!!
I've never met anyone with my exact birthday before, but this year there happen to be two Australians on short-term assignment at work with me, both with May 13th birthdays! We decided to do a group outing of dinner and drinks Thursday and went to a bar, Altitude, which is an open air bar at the top of one of the high rises downtown (about 60+ stories up). It was my first time there and a good time was had by all.
After-dinner birthday cake for the three of us.
What turned out to be a fairly cool picture after the fact :).
Okay, that's better. This is the PwC gang. Phil on the left and Claire in the middle are the other birthdays. Together we turned 79!!
A shaky view from atop Altitude.
Friday was a day off work to relax, but turned out I had to work a little bit :(. But then headed to the post office to pick up some mail and packages - thanks to Shaun, Katie and Aunt Mary & Uncle Craig. Then, to take my first steps toward doing something momentous for my milestone birthday of 30. More to come on that in another post. Since a lot of people took off for a long weekend (Tuesday is a holiday here), it left Claire and I to ourselves for some Italian and wine at a quiet little restaurant. This was a new find for us, and I've decided it is my favorite new hideaway in Singapore. We had great calamari and pizza!! I can't wait to go for another visit.
Really, I love this place :)!
Saturday I met a new friend from the Midwest who moved here a week ago. We did Chinese lunch with some awesome pork dumplings that I love and we walked around to share some of my shopping spots. Then it was time for some grocery shopping and home to take a nice long nap :). Sunday I had a really good day working on my 30th year project. More on that later.
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!!
So glad you had a great birthday! Shaun and I have been thinking about you!
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