the day after.
Wednesday, June 9
mmm, well i'm sure we all know what yesterday was (:
i wanted it to be different from the other years. like you know, reading all the previous blog entries about my birthdays, it sounded more like just a time when things were just lauded on me and stuff. and i mean yea, i really appreciate all of that, but i came to realise, what good did that do to those around me? nothing at all! after all, God placed me here to be a blessing to others, so why should that stop on my birthday? conversely, it should be the day i do it most! the epitome of my existence, isn't it :P hehe.
heh mmm okay so in line with the whole blessing others thing, my first agenda of the day was simply to go to shauny's house and give him a nice surprise with my presence waking him up! hohoho, such a fun plan indeed eh, liaising with his brother mark in order to get the timings and everything. little did i know i was liaising with a little schemer, hohoho!
so, waking up at 7, i was going to get ready to go to shauny's house to surprise him. i glanced at the time on my handphone and before i had time to do anything more, my maid bustled into the room and said there was a mysterious person at the door! oh my goodness me, had my plan been foiled by the one and only great shaun lim! soothly, it had... but my maid's diligence in being suspicious of strangers had foiled his plan too, so ah well, it was tit for tat :D
but nevertheless, the surprise was very very welcomed indeed, and it was such a delight just being able to spend the morning together with shauny (: a morning full of talking, hugging, and resting, what more could i ask for, doing what i love with shauny dearest! :P hahaha.
then past 1, i brought out shauny, ryan and tojie to have lunch at swensen's at holland v. i was initially planning to treat them myself actually... but then my mom suddenly came up with a generous donation of $50 vouchers for swensen's so oh why not :P i think we sat there with the menus in front of us for more than half an hour, including certain someones being picky about picking the same meal, and both ending up choosing different ones than what they had both initially chosen... tsk! (this is where ms ching would mouth the word, 'girl!') and with the lunchtime 1-for-1 offer, the vouchers completely covered the cost of the meal! hahaha my goodness, it felt quite terrible giving them just a stack of vouchers, felt like i was ripping them off for a free meal! ah well, good stuff good stuff, i shan't complain :D
so after that, we took a cab to ryan's house, where we once again toured his huge house, lying around on his very very nice bed, and finally went to read star wars encyclopaedias... hahahaha, what a great way to spend time eh :D and a very nice activity for asher to as well :P ah goodness, as the afternoon went by, more lovely people came over and it was really such a joy to be having all my good close friends around on my birthday! though short of a few here and there, but still a joy nonetheless! (:
dinner sitting round the table elbow against elbow, with the giant platters of prawning pasta and flied lice sitting in front of us while we ate, the onion in the salad killing my eyes as i chowed them down, as the table conversations progressed from the usual nonsense from yungy, david and tojie, the side comments i got from bliau about "why do they call it extra virgin olive oil? if you're a virgin aren't you already a virgin, why must be EXTRA virgin?", and finally to permutations and combinations of sitting round the table with various groupings of year4 class, year5 class, and intacts and non-intacts in usual shauny style, being so easily fascinated with such stuff :P oh goodness, it was good fun just listening, even though i wasn't talking much, i love just listening as well (: not as if i was zoning out right :P
then we moved back to the tv room, where they started a game of risk while listening to u2 on the tv. starting to feel kinda tired (yes, waking up at 7am does have adverse effects too you know!), i lay down on the nice carpeted floor and closed my eyes, taking in the merry sounds of the chatter and laughter of my dear friends playing risk, as well as the pertinent presence of another dear friend lying under the table next to me, letting everything just soak in. being immersed in all these just really makes me want to thank God for the unbelievable blessings he's given me with my friendships. having such a large tight group of friends who constantly bring me much joy, caring for me in their different ways, and really just supporting me even in my walk with Christ and in school. the precious few people who are genuine and true, with some going the extra mile to stand by my side in my journey. such treasures i've received as friends from God! even taking the time off to go to the east just for my birthday dinner!
the night proceeded on, getting a nice birthday phone call from vanessa just when she got home after her council camp! hahaha, such a nice honour indeed, to be the first to get notified that she'd got back! had a nice chat with her, while shauny went green with envy that she'd called me first and refused to talk to him as well, thus moving to the couch to close his eyes and emo, awwww! hahahaha okay i'm joking, you should know me well enough to know i was right? :P but nevertheless, it was great to be hearing from my fellow oh-gee-10er! :D it had been a long time since our walk to the library to print stuff after all eh? :P
oh yes, and throughout the day, i was reading this story, or should i say penang propaganda, written by ms penang! hahahaha, i guess she didn't foresee me going out and being with friends instead of being bored at home as usual, but the story gave me good laughs throughout the day whenever i read a page or two every now and then, that is, before it got to the propaganda part! hahahaha, but mmm, it was a very interesting literary experience indeed! :P
getting home and turning on my laptop, my email was flooded with email nofitications for facebook wall posts and such, and i was really just like O.O at the number... ahhhh, seeing all this, it really makes me think back on how much God's blessed me! so so so many people He's brought into my life, all so lovable and mmmm... i dunno... just just just... nice peoples! :D hehehe, i couldn't be more thankful.
mmm well, truth be told, i initially wanted to pray individually for each person at the dinner... i really wanted to use that time to bless all these wonderful people just as they've blessed me so so so truly with their lives, and give thanks for them... you know, like, honour them for what they've done to bless me, and just ask for God's blessings to be on them. but seeing them enjoying themselves, i just kept telling myself to just hang on a while more, and before i knew it, the moment slipped by, and people started leaving to go home. bleh... as shauny stirred up in my memory not so long ago, a quote from lemony (not clemony...) snicket, "He who hesitates is lost." and indeed, with constant hesitation, that was what i got...
so this morning once i woke up, i set aside the time to really just pray for all the people i hold dear to me, whether from class, 3/4 class, previous classes, bb, or og, i prayed for them all. because truly, God has brought each and every one of them into my life for a reason, using each one to touch my life and mould me and fill me with the experiences that make me who i am this day. and it is only right for me to be thankful for all you people! (:
but i'm still not satisfied... i still want to pray over each of my friends in person one day... mmm. i shall hope to do it for next year. i hope i remember... XD
ah, i must end this off nicely (: thank you really very very much, each and everyone of you who read and don't read this blog, for making not only my birthday, but my entire life a very very blessed one indeed! it is only by God's guidance and lead that you've all been brought into my life (: i truly hope that we'll continue to spur one another on towards a life of intimacy with God, and just enjoy His divine kingdom together with all you brothers and sisters in Christ!
AMEN;
9:30 pm
