MY 19TH BIRTHDAY
since i don't have pictures of my birthday yet. heh.
On the 16th of Nov, i was expecting my hallmates to have a celebration for me at around 12 midnight. however, suddenly hiromi has to go home, mcvin also needs to go, and huilian's out with her bf. luckily there was hazel, whose room i crashed and refused to leave.we watched some idol drama, did some nonsense stuff and then huilian and weelee came up and together sang a birthday song for me with an imaginary cake and hazel's left over birthday candles.
SO SAD RIGHT. well. SADNESS ENDS HERE.
before that when i was in the toilet, i received an sms from hazel saying:" she ran away...haha." i asked her bout it and she acted blur. then at bout 1 plus am after my mock celebration, i received another sms, this time from hiromi, saying:" hey, are you in hall? we're celebrating sarah's birthday..." mind you hiromi's supposed to be home now. so i kinda had an inkling that they were planning something. then hazel blindfolded me and led me through the hall to confuse me. but it turned out i got more bruised than confused. and we ended up at Flounge where they surprised me with a slice of cake. SO SWEET!! they = hazel, huilian, hiromi, geraldine, weelee, mcvin (the apparent overall organiser), even buddhima came down, and denis!
halfway through eating cake, they said they had another surprise. and they presented me a tub of daily scoop ice cream.. flavour: simply chocolate!! :):)
the next surprise was a handmade card with all their wellwishes.
the next surprise was a pair of sunglasses that i've always wanted from huilian hazel and weelee!! :):) i was soooo happy.
the next surprise was...oh well... a bashing with pillows from the dirty flounge.
so sweet!!! :):) i love my hall mates.:):)
the birthday itself 17th november. woke up pretty late, wanted to collect my cake from lana cakes (GRRRR....) and sweet zichun drove me to ... the nearest bus stop. where i could take a bus over to bukit timah road. walked half an hour through the private estates cos i didn't know the area well. and finally with my backpack and another slingover bag i trekked to lana cakes. only to know that they don't accept nets, only cash. which was what i didn't have at that time. how can they not say that over the phonE? i told them i was first time ordering, and even asked them for directions. how could they not mention such an important fact?! i was soooo pissed i felt like crying. it was so UGH. on my birthday. with me being all sweaty and tired and heavily burdened. after calling my mom etc,i decided to forget it. the people there weren't exactly helpful anyway. i will NEVER EVer go there again. no matter how nice their cakes are, their service sucks.
so i walked all the way over to serene centre and amidst walking i remember there was awfully chocolate there! and they accept NETS!! :):) lovely. bought a cake from there and headed on to my gma's house. i would really have cried if not for the fact that i can thank god for giving me wonderful hallmates that gave me a too hilarious night before so that i can't cry. and for holding the rain back for all the time that i was trekking along bukit timah road (according to my mom it was raining cats and dogs in amk) and for helping me remember bout awfully choc cos i'd be really sad if i didn't have a choc cake on my birthday. SO THANK GOD!! :):)
So... at my ahma's house, we had a mini celebration. heh. when i heard my ah ma sing the birthday song IN ENGLISH MIND YOU.i was sooo touched :):):):):):) i was sooo happy. and i forgot bout the whole incident before. even uncle albert gave me an ang bao. haha. thank you ah ma, auntie doris, auntie julia, auntie florence, uncle albert, mommy and chacha.
then we headed on to pariss at marina square for a really expensive dinner. where my legendary dad made our night by using his so powderful english :) then we went shopping!! my favourite. haha. bought another pair of sunglasses (which has a totally different look from the one my hallmates got me, so don't fret hallmates!!) , a new wallet and a top. of course, all sponsored by my dad. haha. my sis gave me a $50 topshop spender card. so good right. in addition to a $36 swimsuit i made her get me. say wah. WAH.
THANKS TO ALL THE WELL -WISHERS!! pple who smsed me, called me, tagged me, facebooked me etc!! ELEANOR CALLED ALL THE WAY FROM FREAKING SYDNEY!! heh. i was so surprised and happy :):):) thanks babe!! i can't name everyone who did cos there's so many,but i really really REALLY appreciate it. THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE FOR REMEMBERING MY BIRTHDAY. cos i can NEVER EVER remember birthdays... THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO VERY MUCH. I LOVE ALL OF YOU. I DO I DO. :)
birthday jokes
1. about how aunt julia's still in her israel trip frame of mind. after i cut the cake...
aunt florence: " do you all have paper plates?"
aunt julia *thinking that aunt florence was asking bout israel*:" oh yes yes, we got interpret got interpret"
aunt florence *frowns*:" WHAT are you talking about?!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
2. at the buffet, my dad got choc fondue for us cos we didnt know it was there. he came with 2 sticks. one "grape" and one marshmellow dipped in choc. (which is already quite funny since there was 4 of us and were we supposed to share??) moving along...
dad:" here, this one is grape. this one is the mushy marrow."
me and chacha *looks at each other*:"?!?!?!?!?!?!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
none stop laughter. can you believe it. mushy marrow... MARSHMELLOW LAR!!!!
and my mom, seeing the "grape" totally rushes for it and puts it straight into her mom, without asking whether any of us wanted it. her immediate reaction was to spit it out after and she exclaimed:
"THIS IS TOMATO LA!!! NOT GRAPE LA!!!"
me and cha cha *looks at each other*. you can guess what happens next. i believe no other table has that laugh-a-bility.
3. dad exclaims that the wet towel was really really nice.you know they kind they give in the plastic bag for wiping before and after meals those kind. we smelled it and it smelled like toilet detergent. but that's ok. he placed it at my mom's seat for her to use when she came back, then the waiter came over wanting to clear the plate and he immediately reaches over, snatches that paper towel back. the waiter was like SHOCKED. and guess what. me and chacha *looks at each other* and laughed all the way again. A PAPER TOWEL FOR GOODNESS SAKES. and my dad was so proud of himself for doing that. OH MY. i have weird parents.
and suddenly, i recall again bout how my aunt julia sends weird smses. haha hilarious to be exact. there was one time when she wanted me to buy a packet of fisherman's friend lemon flavoured mint. so she smsed me:" help me to buy the fish, yellow parking one." i registered a ?!?! on my face.
so this is my family and this is why i love them.
happy birthday to me :)
snll drifted away at 6:06 AM
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