Hello! It's my birthday weekend! As I grow older (I think I've mentioned this last year hahaha), it just feels like there isn't a need to have big celebrations or whatever parties, as long as I love my company.
Met up with the best pest on Wednesday to have dinner and can I just say, she is really the best friend I'll treasure for the rest of my life. I'm still super thankful we got to be in the same class in upper sec, and somehow we just clicked together! I don't have to say much and I don't have to over-explain stuff and she'll understand how I'm feeling. We just had a simple catch-up session and it was just a time of pouring out our feelings and just sharing with each other. Thank God for such a sister!
Had late dinner with Joe on Thursday and it went alright. I think even after everything that has happened, he'll be someone I really trust no matter what and I feel comfortable just telling him everything and crying and being a total wreck. And obviously I did just that... But thanks for celebrating my birthday together and forcing me to let you get that tiramisu just so you could REALLY celebrate it.
So moving on, what happened was that I was just sharing my thoughts with him and he kept insisting he wanted to send me home when usually, he would rather hang out longer since we had the chance to and I was pretty upset because I didn't wanna head home that soon. And on the way back home, my dad texted me asking if I was on the way home it was almost 11 and I had work tomorrow, and it just got me angry because hello, I'm with Joe I'm safe and all.. When we reached my block, Joe kept insisting to walk me to the door then he said he wanted to go in and took off his shoes so I was like "why do you want to come in, just go lah" because I just really wanted to go and sleep and most probably feel like a total mess and cry myself to sleep. So he came in, and I was just slowly unpacking my stuff and Joe just stood outside the kitchen when suddenly the monthly affair group popped out of somewhere and started singing 'HPBD' and I just teared because I wasn't expecting it. So it was all pre-planned and I was just surprised! Apparently Joe brought it up to them in April like what, 2 months before my birthday? But it is touching to know they took the effort to celebrate and come late at night since they were all going away the next day. All in all, kudos to you Joe because I got fooled this time by you and my whole family were totally in on it too and they were so SO secretive about it, sneaky people...
Saturday was just awesome! Met with Geena early in the morning to book our basic theory test, like FINALLY! First step to learning how to drive: CHECKED. We headed to Fresh Fruits Lab after that, and I absolutely love that cafe! The ambience is great, and it's not too big and the crowd is pretty alright, so it's not too cramp too! The deco is amazing and really pretty, and they gave us some complimentary fruit juices which came in test tubes and our water came in beakers! Too cute! Pretty decent 'cafe-prices' too so it was a really good first-time there!
So she mentioned she had to head to Nex to get some stuff for her portfolio and I was heading there too so ok! When we arrived, she wanted to go to Cotton On and so we did so. If you know the layout at Nex, Cotton On is right beside Uniqlo. After C.O., we headed to the second level and suddenly she said "Oh let's go to Uniqlo, I wanna look at jeans." Like what, we just came from there! So of course we went to Uniqlo and we were just looking around when suddenly Jamie popped up from behind! I learnt that Geena is horrible at dragging time from that incident hahaha, but thank you pl girls for the sweet surprise! They gave me a HUGE sunflower which I think could be a walking stick for primary school kids haha! So we just chilled for a short while and I really enjoyed their thoughtfulness :-)
Spent my afternoon planning for Mercy's next event and had a really great 1-1 time withy my DGL Lai haha! Thanks for the yummy blackforest cake! :) Had dinner with my family and the twins' parents, we finally tried Mookata! Thanks Mummy and Daddy for the birthday treat and I couldn't ask for a better way to end the night with such awesome company with people who I know will always genuinely care and watch out for me! :)
PS, the following was the best surprise to end off the birthday weekend.
Usual Sunday matters. Went to church with the family and was on duty. It feels really good committing each piano duty to God before I start and I hope to keep up with it even with each waking day! :) Played with Rebekah at creche, and I'm sorry David if I don't seem to like playing with you, Rebekah is really cute hahaha! Then there was message. So usually after message I'll just head down for breakfast, I don't listen to the announcements unless there's some event or something special happening and my parents were like "sit down and listen to announcements" when they usually just let me go. Thinking they were just weird, I just went ahead and went down but I went to the hall below to listen to the announcements, and there was nothing special -.- Got my breakfast and talked to ZW when suddenly Jasmine said she had a present for me. I thought it was the cake that Nat got for me and they were gonna give it to me then, but she was like nope it's something else.
So thinking there was some cake and present waiting in the classroom, I just proceeded it but when my sister opened the classroom door, HIPSTERS STARTED SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE WAITING FOR ME!!! Like what!??!?!?! I couldn't believe they were there like in my church and I was speechless for a few minutes and I think my mind just blanked out hahaha! It was just the best way to end the birthday weekend and in the card they gave me, they gave me a tree bark and said it's from a tree in Cambodia (oh did I mention their nickname for me is a tree in Cambodia called Chambak?)... Chilled with them and it was a really nice catch-up :) Apologies to the worship team though for bailing, I didn't know how to just ditch them when they came all the way! Headed for lunch with them too and can I just say how much I miss their company? :') Apparently, they contacted the twins to ask for my mom's number and my whole family has been so pokerfaced the entire weekend, even when I told them how Hipsters didn't wish me (small matter) but annoying XJ & Boon kept asking me questions on Twitter.. Kudos to them for this awesome and well-planned surprise! I really really love them x100000!!
Headed to Lai's house after lunch for a short baking session and her house is really pretty! Very minimalist yet cosy! She and Benny really "inspire" me to find someone who really loves you and puts your interests above anyone else! Sometimes in church during service, I see Lai putting her hand on Benny's shoulder and he just holds her hand for a while. Like hello, this is so simple yet so cute?! Oh, and forgot to mention, thanks games comm + Lisa + Ben for the Awfully Chocolate!!! (Had to pretend I didn't know about it on Sunday because on Saturday Jasmine and Lisa actually gave it to me but I told them to pass me on Sunday together with Nat hahah!)
All in all, my weekend was simply fantastic! Not over the top and it was just filled with all my close friends and family! Thank You Jesus for loving me everyday and watching me and keeping me safe everyday. You've helped me get through all my tough times and You never give up on me so all glory to Him! :) Thank You for giving me family and friends who love me and accept me for my crazy self or even my crappy self when I'm a whole mess. 19 years old, time to make some goals for myself till I turn 20 next year (ew gross??) and make some decisions for the future (ew gross again??). Happy birthday to me yay!
