Caleb's Birthday Party '08 !!!

Mega was the one who made Caleb celebrate his birthday party this year (according to Caleb, he has never celebrated his birthday before - his first time.. woohoo! xD). Thanks Mega xP. We (Me, Han Ren, Mega, Kuben, Shin-Yi and Cher Ee ) were unsure of what to get Caleb for his birthday and after a whole day of planning on friday where most of the teachers were not present, we decided to get him a badminton racket. Time passed by so quickly before i realised that it was Sunday afternoon. Realising this, Kuben and I rushed to Jusco, Bukit Tinggi to get Caleb's new racket. After a few hours of careful browsing, we finally settled down for a racket. I planned to wear a long sleeved shirt, and after persuading dear Kuben to wear a long sleeved shirt, he finally got himself a shirt which somewhat looked kinda formal to me. Anyway, it was also Kuben's first time wearing a long sleeved shirt (lots of first times eh? lol..). On the way home, i received an sms from miss Shin-Yi saying that both Cher Ee and she couldn't make it because Cher Ee's mum made her go to her grandma's house.

Kuben's mum helped us wrap the racket in an oversized box that made the present look somewhat bigger than it actually was. (lol, thanks for wrapping it for us auntie!!) Once Han ren, Mega, Kuben and I were on our way to Caleb's house, I received a call from Caleb and as usual, I decided to kacau him and i told him that the the four of us terpaksa FFK (read: Fong Fei Kei, direct translation: let go aeroplane) because we wanted to attend a party which was supposedly organized by Cher Ee. LOL! Anyway, once we reached Caleb's house, we greeted his mum and dad. Then we were ushered to the dinner table by Mr.Caleb, personally. Haha. Too bad I was busy eating and I did not bother to take pictures of the food. There was fried meehoon, chicken curry, Domino's pizza, Lemonade (only limited to 1 jug for the 6 of us and it ran out very fast..lol), two bottles of F&N Orange and a bottle of Coca-Cola. After finishing my meal, I decided to get shutter-happy and I started clicking away.

Here are a few shots at the dinner table:

Birthday boy is smiling away happily. Haha

Han Ren's lips look as though he's kissing someone. Woi, dreaming of SF kah??! LOL!














Mega is irritated because i asked him to look at the camera of instead of fighting with the pieces of chicken in the curry.

Mr. Kuben has been watching too much of Bond movies. He's holding his imaginary guns made out of his hands. Speaking of Bond movies, when on earth is that Quantum of Solace gonna come out?

Caleb's younger brother, Marcus was kind enough to pause his game and pose for this shot.














Group picture at the dinner table. Too bad i couldn't be in the picture. Look at Mr. Bond's aka Kuben's raised eyebrows. One of the reasons why i snap a few shots instead of one.

The group picture again. But this time, Kuben's raised eyebrow syndrome has somehow been corrected. Haha.

After dinner, the six of us decided to take a walk to digest all the food we had just consumed not very long ago and i decided to bring my camera and tripod along. I used the streetlights as my main source of light.

Here are some shots captured during our walk:














The glowing orb in front of Caleb's house.
No, it does not glow in the dark, unlike the massive three-tonne mineral orb in Genting's Gems of the World museum. Haha. It's just a light.














The 5 monkeys planned to wave in the air earlier.
That is why i look so "sesat" as I was setting up my camera and the tripod. I used the 10-second self-timer for this shot and came running to pose, only to realise that we were supposed to show our backs and wave crazily in the air. LOL!














Group picture again. This time, I'm in it because I used a tripod and left my camera in the middle of the lonely road.














Group picture once again. This time i look so awkward tryin to be short. Those sandals that I'm wearing belongs to Caleb's dad. Haha.














I was asked to take a picture of this unoccupied house which was on the same row with Caleb's house just in case we might discover any irregularities in the picture which might be caused by something paranormal. As though we're some kind of paranormal investigators or something. Haha.














A picture of the drain located near the school.
I somehow kind of like this picture although it makes no sense.

We walked to Jerald's house to pay him a visit, only to discover upon reaching that Jerald had gone out and wouldn't be back any earlier than 11pm. The six of us - all guys, just rang his bell and his maid opened the gate for us without questioning who we were or what we wanted. She then told us that Jerald had gone out. Jerald, ask your maid not to open the gate for strangers la! I mean, we could have been a bunch of robbers. Just imagine. The world isn't a safe place anymore!














On the way back to Caleb's house, Mr. Bond decided to get a stick of sugar cane and pose as though he is about to bash up a bunch of bad guys. Haha.

Once we were at Caleb's house once again, we decided to play some games. The first game was getting the worms out of the mud. I was the one who suggested this game to Caleb. Haha. Anyway it wasn't really fun as Caleb, Sherran and me were the only ones who played. The objective of the game is to get as many worms out of the mud with only your mouth. In this game however, the mud and worms were replaced with milo and gummy worms. Caleb was the first to go, next up was Sherran and by the time it was my turn, The milo was kinda soaked with both of their saliva. Eww.. xP














Setting up the stuff together. However, the three chickens (Kuben, Han Ren and Mega) who were not sporting chickened out.














Caleb was the first to play the game. The motion blur of his head shows how fast he was moving. Haha. Slow shutter speed was used instead of flash and it resulted in the motion blur of his head.














Sherran's turn. This time I used the flash instead. I hate the pictures in which i have to use the built-in flash as the pictures turn out kind of harsh.
(I really need an external flash!! anyone willing to sponsor? lol..)

After Sherran, it was my turn, however there are no pictures to show me playin this filthy game. Haha. We went indoors as it was time for Caleb to cut the cake. What is a birthday party without a cake after all? Haha.














The birthday cake without candles. It is a birthday cake even though there's nothing written on it. Haha.














The birthday cake again. I love the way the glow of the candle highlights the cake. Looks so yummy! Mmm...



























Caleb and his twin brother cutting the cake together.














Caleb is feeding Mega who believes he could "fly" by stretching his arms out! LOL!














Kuben aka Mr. Bond is fooling around, trying to place a cherry on Sherran's head.

After the cake eating ceremony, oops, cake cutting ceremony, we sat down for a game of BINGO!













Here are the models for BINGO! They look cute don't they? Haha.


























As everyone was playing BINGO, little Marcus was busy playing games on his PSP.

One by one, everyone started to leave. And before we left, we made Caleb unwrap the present that we gave him.














Caleb and his twin brother getting ready to unwrap the present together.


























They're both ripping the wrappers apart.



























Caleb posing with his new racket. Chong Wei in the making. Haha.


It was a wonderful party. Thanks to Caleb and his family!~
Got back home around 12am and I started editing the freshly taken pictures. Conclusion: If I am going to have to cover indoor events like this, I really must have the external flash *hint - cobra aka HVL-F58AM - hint* If only any kind soul is willing to sponsor me RM1150 in cold hard cash. Haha. Anyway, I finally finished editing at 2.30am and went to sleep at 3am.

~The End~

Btw, If any of you people are organizing any party/functions/events/etc, give me a call k? I would be more than willing to cover the event for you FOC (read: Free of Charge). However, if you're gonna expect professional quality photos, look elsewhere because I'm just a beginner and I just wanna gain some experience.