Tonight was my cousin Janice's 21st birthday. We definitely were coming after we missed her older brother Greg's 21st due to a confusion. It was funny how in the weeks leading up to her birthday party they would always tease and joke about whether we'd make it or not!
Anyway Aonghas was asked to make a video montage for her birthday party and had stayed up all night the night before. He still hadn't finished it by morning, but managed to have a bit of sleep before we all had to attend a training session for our church's children's summer programme for next month.
He managed to finish the video but still had to render it, which would take another half an hour, and the party had already started so we left ahead of him.
When we got to the Rugby League Club in Te Atatu Peninsula where it was held, everyone was there and our Aunty Sina was presenting Janice with a present. We were desperately hoping speeches hadn't already taken place! Fortunately it was just that present and speeches would be given after dinner which was to come soon!
I had to go behind the bar to see what connections were available for the laptop to plug in to the projector and sound system. It looked as though the connection required could only be found on my laptop, so I had to ring Aonghas and tell him to bring both our laptops and down-convert his video at the party (my laptop can't handle Full-HD videos!).
While we were waiting for Aonghas to come, dinner was served. It was buffet and we were allowed seconds, which was nice! There was plenty of food there anyway. There was deep-fried chicken, salads, sweet and sour pork, buns, meat, noodles and other stuff. It was all really yummy! We saved a plate of food for Aonghas, who soon arrived.
The performances and speeches soon started, with Janice's cousins from Australia doing a Samoan dance, and some other relatives doing a hip-hop dance.
Some of her relatives sang a song, and then Aonghas presented his video montage which was quite emotional for Janice. I can understand, after Aonghas made one for me for my 21st too!
Janice's relatives then sang a song for her before speeches started. We heard from Janice's high school friends, boss from the army, family and softball friends about how she was a really friendly person, and would always check to see if people were OK out on the softball pitch even if they were on the opposing side! We also heard about some of her more...embarrassing moments which I probably shouldn't repeat on here!
It was time to sing Happy Birthday to Janice and watch her blow out the candles on her cake, of which she had five - each one had photos of her with different sides of the family.
After the candles were blown out, Janice did this dance which is a apparently a tradition, and all these guys came and joined her and took their shirts off! It was quite wild! I hope Janice enjoyed herself!
After the dance, dessert was served. There were quite a few cakes, which was enough to make me feel bloated! I quite enjoyed it!
After dessert, the lights were turned down and it was time for dancing! Some of us weren't really into dancing and it was getting a bit late, so when the Brens (the other cousins) decided to leave, we decided to go with them.
It was a really good party and it was a great celebration for Janice! I hope she had a great night and relived many memories!
Happy Birthday Janice!
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