“I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone,” said the birthday girl who is celebrated eye surgeon and Singapore Tatler 2016 Style Award winner Ho Ching Lin. And that is what she did by choosing to hold her 50th birthday celebration in Kuala Lumpur. From high-society stalwarts to colleagues in the medical field, to long-time patients who’ve become friends, about 70 guests descended upon the Malaysian city for a weekend filled with unbridled feasting and merrymaking. Dinner was a gilded affair at Nobu restaurant, after which guests trotted off to Bar Trigona at the newly opened Four Seasons Hotel, crawled into their beds in the wee hours of the morning, and then woke up again at 9am for a farewell breakfast. For Ching Lin, this was a coming-of-age party that was worth waiting 50 years for.

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Photo 1 of 29 Joanna Tan, Ho Ching Lin, Koh Tien Gui
Photo 2 of 29 Clara Goh, Ho Ching Lin, Corinne Ng
Photo 3 of 29 Marilyn Lum, Tan Min-Li, Michelle Eng
Photo 4 of 29 Celina Lin, Ginny Wiluan, Ho Ching Lin, Farah Khan
Photo 5 of 29 Judy Chia, Belinda Chua, Jane Soon, Lotus Soh, Jun Low, Grace Wong, Kevin Wong
Photo 6 of 29 Sharon Heng, Ho Ching Lin, Fanty Soenardy
Photo 7 of 29 Dimitri Pantazaras, Clara Goh
Photo 8 of 29 Gaurav Kripalani, Ho Ching Lin
Photo 9 of 29 Grace Yeh, Ho Ching Lin, Lotus Soh
Photo 10 of 29 Ho Ching Lin, Tjin Lee, Fanty Soenardy
Photo 11 of 29 Belinda Chua, Grace Yeh, Louise Hsiao
Photo 12 of 29 Lotus Soh
Photo 13 of 29 Elaine Teh, Nina Ng
Photo 14 of 29 Winnie Chan, James Quan
Photo 15 of 29 Tjin Lee, Marilyn Lum, Iroshini Chua, Tan Min-Li
Photo 16 of 29 Celeste Basapa
Photo 17 of 29 Kevin Wong
Photo 18 of 29 Kevin Wong, Ho Ching Lin
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Photo 22 of 29 John Lim, Shaun Tay
Photo 23 of 29 Tjin Lee, Ho Ching Lin
Photo 24 of 29 Koh Tien Gui, Shaun Tay, John Lim, Ginny Wiluan, Tan Min-Li, Marilyn Lum, Tjin Lee
Photo 25 of 29 Linda Soo-Tan, Zeena Tan, Tonya Tan
Photo 26 of 29 Jade Kua, Nina Ng, Louise Hsiao
Photo 27 of 29 Ginny Wiluan, Jane Soon, Zeena Tan, Clara Goh, Ho Ching Lin, Tonya LayTin Tan, Diana Widjaja, Maria See, Linda Soo-Tan
Photo 28 of 29 Elizabeth Leong
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