Happy Birthday!!!
Woooowwww!!!!! that must've been the best birthday EVER..!!! (which was yesterday.. ahem..)
well my mom is a sweetie.. collaborating with my fellowship like that :) i was totally surprised and not prepared.. had no clue what was going on until the moment arrived..
me and elisha (the fellowship) had just gotten back from retreat.. well i guess i was kinda expecting them to do something during the retreat but.. we're there to get closer to God right? so i didn't think of it as a big deal.. in the end i was relieved.. all that attention during retreat couldn't be healthy much
so i get back.. and my best friend eric is like.. call me when u get home so we can go out monday night (since i was booked solid for dinner with mom on tuesday) but i ended up not going.. and said we should go out for afternoon tea the day of since andrew wanted to go out with me for a movie that night instead :)
but then andrew tells me he might not be able to go to dinner with me and mom.. majorly unhappy of course.. he has to go to hamilton and might not be able to come back out.. so the next day im really upset coz i was hoping at least he'd have lunch with me right? but he went to hamilton in the morning so he could try his best to come back out at night..
so my best friend calls me (his dad just had a minor surgery) and says he's going to go home for lunch since it's so late.. and im like.. but.. but.. afternoon tea..!!! he thought i had already eaten but i hadn't so we ended up going out for some food and walking around pacific mall aimlessly because i haven't been there for months.. (feels like years) took a picture card and then andrew calls and tells me he's back and i happily go back home. (oh yea.. eric also tells me that he forgot to wrap my gift so he'll give it to me sometime later that night).
alrighty.. so upon returning home.. i notice something on the mailbox.. and was i ever shocked.. the reverend of my church gave me a present and delivered it to my door..!! i had to read the name a few times to make sure i wasn't seeing things.. but it was soooooooo nice of him to do so :) and then andrew came.. and gave me his gift.. haha i shan't disclose the contents on here coz that would be digging a hole for myself what with
garway and
raimund commenting.. stupid.. things.. ANYWAYS.. if u want to know just ask me :)
but i have to say.. it was SUCH A NICE GIFT..!! it was soooooooo thoughtful.. best earthly present EVER!!!!! *sigh* :) all coordinated and everything.. that had already made my day :) and then my mom came home.. we were going to go out to day and night for dinner but my mom says that we should go to the keg instead and andrew agrees that that place is better.. so okay.. i've no beef with the keg.. tho i was looking forward to have lobster at day and night..
when we get there.. i bump into eric chan.. and im pretty surprised to see him but think he's just doing business.. we chat a bit.. he gives me back my hat.. and leaves.. and i think he forgot to say happy birthday but.. that's okay.. i wasn't expecting anything..
well out of nowhere my mom says we should check out jack astor's just to see what it's like.. and i dont want to go there coz the food isn't great and they make fun of you on your birthday and keep complaining till we get into the door then shut up because.. well it'd be stupid to say bad things about them in their own restaurant right? so my mom goes in and im like.. no way.. u want to see the inside? there's nothing to see..!!
lo and behold.. there's a table full of my fellowship ppl.. even counsellors came.. and im thinking.. my goodness.. mom we have to leave.. they're having dinner and it's my birthday and they didn't even think to ask me to come or anything coz.. im supposed to be with you right?? so im yanking my mom to leave and she's pushing me back to the table and saying hi and they're all looking at me smiling instead of awkwardly lowering their faces.. and i realize i've been set up.. a surprise party indeed it was.. and i never ever even saw it coming.. ever.. not even for a second.
but after it hit me... i couldn't stop smiling coz i was tooooo happy..! getting to celebrate with them was just tooooo good coz i had hoped for that all along.. and all the little subtle clues started kicking in.. anna and patrick had been talking about it in front of me saying 'so we should just pretend nothing's happening right?' and then me asking and anna going 'i'll tell you on sunday.. doesn't have anything to do with you'. then my counsellor asking how i was planning to celebrate and me going just dinner with mom and him chuckling and saying 'no comment'. my other counsellor mentioning right before we leave when 3/4 of the ppl have already left that they should've sang happy birthday do me before they left. eric lam going to afternoon tea with me to make it all the more realistic (big sacrifices there.. i have to thank him for being such a great best friend!!) and im sure there's more but.. those were the ones i picked out the most.
*sigh* soooo great :) all the pictures and flashing.. haha, i felt like i had been duped like on that 'while you were out' show.
and i was soooooooooooooo thankful to God.. coz i know he put the blindfold over my eyes.. or else i wouldn't have been so surprised.. i mean it was like... right up to the point where they had to tell me before i realized what was going on.. usually i can figure these things out.. or i'd day dream and hope it would happen.. but nothing this time.. absolutely nothing.. so i got a TONNE of happiness and joy and laughs and all that good stuff out of it..
and let's not forget the memories either :D
