Today was my girlfriend's birthday! She turned 18 today making her legal but not free from the rules which we have set in this relationship, right syg? Anyway, the planning for this event stretches wayyyyyyyy back. Actually, just one day before. It began with me asking who could come and who could not. Unfortunately, this time around our beloved friends in IPTA were having their finals, so as you have guessed, many of them were not even in Taman Tun. This vexed me as the thought of having an ever awesome crowd diminshed, and added to my frustration. If I was a mogul I'd just pay any taxi to drive them here and back for my syg's birthday but (sigh) dreams will be dreams. The place to hold the event was another thing, so I just kept it simple and asked her if we could use her place. Surprise went down the drain but atleast the place was settled. So, anyway, next problem was the cake, the night before i ran down to secret recipe to book one for tomorrow but the dude there said, "kalau gi secret recipe satu lagi ada promotion, BUY ONE FREE ONE". My mind started to wonder and I thought of Sha's happiness to be brought not one, but two cakes! So I told the guy thanks and went home to wait for midnight to wish my sweetheart a 'full of love and affection' birthday wish! We had a talk on the phone after that and after saying goodnights, went of to sleep.
Horror. Absolute horror.
That was what struck me as I got to the other secret recipe. People were pouring out of the shops, grabbing their cakes as if they were going to turn to dust without it. Let me tell you that I did plan to get there as soon as it opened but the best thing happened. I couldnt start the goddamn car. So instead of getting there at 10.30, I stumbled there about 11.30 as which the above occured. Damn. Headed back to the secret recipe near my house, gave a half grin to the dude in the store, yeah, he could guess what had happened to me. Even this other guy in his 40's tapped me and asked, "You went to the promotion place huh?", I gave a nod and we both chuckled. After that I waited for my syg to come back for college then we went to OU for a birthday outing, shopping, we went to Pasta Zanmai for a sushi lunch! Now, after that, around 7.30 p.m. I went to pick up Aqil who was sick, but still was caring enough to come for a friend's birthday (thank you Aqil!) and headed to Sha's where Sheena was there already. There we were 4 people with the cake then the funniest thing happened. Back at secret recipe, I had to insert how many candles i wanted, i put 1 big, 1 small. Yeap, we were celebrating Sha's 11th birthday because there were only 2 candles on the cake. Even she asked me, "Oi, the 1 small candle represents 8 years of my life eh?". Ok, I was laughing at myself for a while after that. Anyway, we sang the song, cut the cake, took pictures and then asked her sisters to come down when they played a cruel trick on the youngest who (not boasting here) had a crush on me. I brought the cake to her then she was so surprised she was sulking after that. That's what elder siblings do! Ok, in the middle of all that her parents came and we salam and the parents went out. After this we headed to Rasta where Sha and I had our favourite dim sum and chatted away with Aqil and Sheena who were actually both sick. Met Imran's parents there too. After that, we headed home, with me sending Aqil and Sha sending Sheena back. Quite a tiring day for me but I did it out of love for a person who's always been there for me and always will. I love you so much syg, always.
