The incident happened at the open area next to Block 546, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 at about 6.30pm last Saturday, 02/04/2011.
What should have been a double birthday celebration turned into a nightmare when a stranger gatecrashed the party and overturned 11 trays of food.
The floor was splattered with fried rice, curry chicken, vegetables, spring rolls, and other food items.
The uninvited guest, whom Mrs Tan described as medium-built, about 1.7m tall, and in his 40s, then tried to run away, but Mrs Tan's husband and two workers from the catering company, Stamford Catering, managed to prevent him from escaping.
The caterers had just set up the buffet, and the guests had not even started eating yet.
Travel consultant Anna Tan, 42, the mother of the birthday girls, aged 12 and 16, was left speechless. Her two daughters were close to tears. Their birthdays were 10 days apart and the family decided to celebrate them together last Saturday night.
They then called the police, who have classified the case as mischief and are investigating.
About 10 parents had witnessed the spectacle and left with their children even before the party started.
Said Mrs Tan: "He did not panic at all, even when the police arrived."
>>Fast forward>>
As for the gatecrasher, he told Lianhe Wanbao he had lost control when he saw the trays of food as he had only a bowl of instant noodles for breakfast.
The man, who claimed to be unemployed, said: "I don't know why I got angry or why I did that.
"I also didn't know how the family will react if I apologised to them personally so I hope to do it through the papers."
Mrs Tan said that she accepted his apology.
"People might think that he did it because we offended him. So I'm glad he has clarified the matter," she said.
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