birthday blast

first time in my lifetime i got a birthday surprise from buddies. they spent time to make happy birthday song video, so i don't have to sing 'happy birthday to me' for myself. they discuss the birthday plan til late night and woke up super early, earlier than they used to attend morning lecture, just to make birthday cake. they went to my home and we spend the whole day together. yeah, nothing beats our quality time.

birthday package

i got my mind disturbed for the day as well. from the very second of 27 june 2011, i thought this year gonna be the worst birthday i'd ever had. alone in my room, with pile of assignments, with shocking fact which successfully made my cry. no family, no friends, just me and my birthday. i really do think i'm gonna sing 'happy birthday to me' with one slice of cake and one candle on the middle, and eat the cake all by myself.


then 10 o'clock in the morning, when i went sleep for the second round, they surprised me with their presence, with a 'HPBD' cake full with irritating candles. had my banana birthday cake breakfast with them, i also got homemade present. the one and only present exist in this universe.

it's not only me who think i'm such an angel. they do think so as well.

had lunch and dinner time together as well. even though i'm a bit unwell, i still enjoy the day to the very max.

i reached home 20 minutes before midnight, the last 20 minutes before my birthday ends. i met one half naked old man sleep on a bench on the way home, the scene which i only see in drama. then i realized how lucky i am to be able to spend my birthday with buddies. in fact, that old man besides me may not have family, nor friends who care for him. who knows today might also his birthday, and it's very contrasting between mine and his.

i walked on the way home, and sat on a bench. it's just me alone, and 5 minutes left til my birthday ends. then i started to pray. i thank God for my birthday, for granting me one day which i could spend with friends without i asked to. i thank God i can spend my birthday in schooldays, something which might not experience if i went to another school. i thank God for the best gift He gave me: Mel, Lishea, Gie, Young, Lid, Doko, Zjw, Vicky, Belle, Gerry. i called out their full name, blessed them and their family and their studies one by one. i thank God for the shocking truth i got on the very second of 27 june 2011, and bless them together to be a sweet loving couple. i thank God for my family, and for His grace that i could be here to this very moment, 19 years old. i believe there is a purpose He set in my life, and that is an awesome one. i swear if there's any people out there who saw me pray, they would think i'm mad. to talk alone in the middle of the night, crying out loud with tears, in position to pray.

when i opened my eyes, it's 00.00 the next day. i believe there's lots of things to see, lots of things to experience years ahead, and it started in that very moment: i'm officially 19 years old.