mood: VERY VERY happy! (but knackered too!)
listening to: sounds from her new nintendo DS!!!!!! (woot!)
and so there i was, thinking that i was up for some ass whoopin' in pool by eujin... little did i know of the events that were about to unfold due to an elaborate plan that had started rolling the moment i stepped foot onto the bus on my way to singapore almost a week ago...
hang on 'cos this is gonna be a long post.
last wednesday:
ej: hey you wanna go play pool tonight? there's a tourney coming up next week and i wanna practice.
me: dude, weren't you paying attention last night? i'm going to singapore and bintan, and i won't be back till sunday lah.
ej: oh ya hoh... k.k...then monday lah when you get back. can can?
me: can can (with half a mind to bail out)
sunday:
ej: so yeah we go play pool tomorrow ya? you wanna makan before that? i pick you up lah
me: yupyup...but i'm gonna skip on dinner lah. need to go on a diet. ate damn alot during my holiday...bleh*
ej: oh okay
me: but can teman you lah. got dress code ah?
ej: er yeaaahh....it's kinda up market bar kinda place lah...
me: oh okay....aiya...pakai jeans can lah ya
ej: err....okaayy.....
monday afternoon:
me: so how tonight? i'm not gonna eat lah, but can teman you makan like i said
ej: yeah okay...7-ish?
me: alrighty then see you later!
me: hey, you wanna come play pool with me and ej tonight? he's got some tourney coming up and he needs some sparring partners.
sooj: sure! can can....what time?
me: dunno wor....probably gonna go makan first
sooj: oh okay....later after dinner can lah. where is it anyway?
me: menara maa wor....dunno where the hell is that...somewhere near cafecafe apparently. he's gonna pick me up. will let you know later lah k
sooj: k
monday evening (7pm):
me: yo dude, so what time are we gonna meet?
ej: i pick you up at 8-ish lah, or are you hungry already
me: i makan already, see you later then!
monday evening (8.15pm):
ej: (after picking me up) hey, i gotta drop of some stuff for my client first... he ah...always last minute wan...deadline tomorrow, today baru tell me bla bla bla bla...
me: sure thing. no problem lah. let me call soojin and let him know.
me: hey! where are you?
sooj: er...having dinner with winnie
me: oh okay, well ej has picked me up and we're on our way. so do you know how to get there?
sooj: dunno wor
me: ah ok....aiya ask winnie lah k
sooj: yup okay. see you later
me: so where are you gonna meet your client?
ej: at relish wor. where is it ah? don't know if i know how to get there...
me: oh ok...the one in kl? should be at changkat bukit bintang lah. d'you know where frangipani is?
ej: nope
me: bom brazil?
ej: nope
me: anyway, it's behind jln alor lah
ej: is it near ceylon hill?
me: ah yes yes! so you know your way ya?
ej: i think so....
monday evening (8.45pm):
(after arriving and parking beside relish)
me: so how long are you gonna be?
ej: bout 15 minutes lah
me: oh okay. i'll just wait in the car then
(ej steps out of the car and goes into relish for bout 5 minutes before returning)
ej: hey, my client and i have to discuss something for a short while. why don't you come down and i'll buy you a drink lah
me: oh okay...aiya no need to buy me a drink lah. hey is it alright for me to sit with you guys while you're discussing work ah?
ej: yeah sure sure...he's really nice anyway.
(i follow ej into the restaurant and up the stairs)
waiter: table for one?
me: oh no, i'm with him
(and then i turn around and see some dude crouching at the end of the room with a camera and i think to myself, "what is his client doing? is there a photo shoot going on here?)
diana: SURPRISEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and then, people start spilling out shouting SURPRISE!!!! and all i have is this stunned/stoned look on my face)
so there you have it! i got what i asked for - a surprise birthday party! although this was said in jest after ruining all the elaborate plans laid out for the same the previous year (*sheepish grin*) heheheh*
all my thanks to alvin and diana (the main conspiritors of this "event" :P), eujin, rachel, sue, phaywen, soojin and winnie, ean, pat, albert, ken, sookyee n chenhoe and floyd for being there tonight! (you'll be getting my email soon =) ) also thanks to serina, joaquim, lailyn and tse yin for calling in =) =) =)
oh and guess what i got for birthday pressies??
from sooj: a coach clutch! woot!
from sooj and the rest plus some others: a nintendo ds!
heeheeheeheehee*
let it be known that i really was surprised, and definitely moved to tears (although, thanks to my great prowess for eye muscle control, they didn't leak out..heheh*).
thank you, thank you, thank you! all of you have truly made this one of the my most memorable birthdays ever!
lots and lots and lots of love, jo-jo =)
**of course, the above has just been a summary (oh really??). i really am at a loss for words. i only hope that each and everyone of you know how much you really mean to me**
(((HUGS)))
