21st birthday is an occasion that many holding high regard. It celebrates one’s new chapter of life into adult hood and it is interesting to see how 21st birthday parties have evolved over the years. 16 years ago, my sister had her 21st celebration at a chalet.  Back then, birthday parties were much simpler and straight forward. Unlike the past, today's 21st birthday parties are much more elaborated, incorporating themes, setting up photo booths with fanciful props and balloon bouquets, desert tables and spending big bucks on 2-3 tiers birthday cakes. As for me, I had a 21st birthday celebration as well, but a smaller scale one as compared to many others. I’ve enjoyed myself thoroughly and really thankful for my family and friends (especially those who came earlier to help me out) for making this birthday party possible. The theme was flora and so everyone was recommended to come in anything that relates to the theme. I was fortunate to have Ivan to bake my birthday cake. I am a great fan of his bakes and I am glad that the cake and cupcakes received good reviews during the event. Through my sister and brother-in-law, I have tried many of his bakes and I am sure his bakes are definitely comparable or even better than than some of the cafes and commercial bakeries.

These gorgeous cupcakes are delicious. There are two flavors, lemon olive and chocolate cupcakes. Both cupcakes are soft and moist. Personally, I prefer the lemon olive cupcakes. For the lemon olive cupcakes, the cake itself is not sweet and in fact, it was good to eat on its own. But the combination of the three: cake, lemon curd and butter cream tasted even better because the lemon curd gives a sour twist to the sweet butter cream. The chocolate cupcakes are slightly sweeter. Chocolate fans would love this because it is very rich and the chocolate butter cream tasted like ice-cream. Even someone like me, who usually scrapes majority of the butter cream away, finished the entire cupcake without any hesitation. Every sugar flower decoration was patiently and meticulously made by Ivan. Each cupcake costs $4.50.

Time flies and I am already in the 5^thweek of my internship. Interning at the Central Business District has indeed exposed me to several aspects of the Singapore Culture. Stepping into the hawker centre, there were plenty of unoccupied seats, yet they were actually ‘reserved’ with tissue paper/name cards/umbrellas. This behavior is more prevalent in the CBD compared to heartland areas. Another good thing about the cbd area is that there are plenty of delicious and popular hawker food to select from. Despite the variety, I always order the same dish every time I visit Tanjong Pagar Food Centre for lunch. Yes, I am totally bought over by the yong tau fu stall at the food centre such that I have eaten that more than 10 times since I started my internship. This is one of the best Yong Tau Fu I have ever eaten. The ingredients sold at Rong Xing Yong Tau Fu are fresh and succulent. Size wise, the other stalls are incomparable to Rong Xing's. Even the green leafy vegetables are bundled in a bigger quantity. There is always a huge crowd of people waiting for their turns at the stall. My advice is to select your ingredients and place your order with the uncle before you get a seat. It is going to take a while before your order is ready to collect.