Shockingly Overwhelmed 2!!

It's been a year since I was surprised by my bunch of old friends. Now this year, it is time for new friends to surprise me.

Ever since I changed my personality during Secondary 1, I started to be more open and to speak out more often. As such, sometimes, I would probably say something that might offend my friends in some way. Hence, I don't expect to get return from them as I think I don't really deserve it. Things like the surprise party they held last year, which totally shocked me for like decades, was something that till now still shocks me. So now, the so-called memorable age to hold a big birthday party for me was over, and I do not expect any presents from my friends anymore. If they insist, I think just a simple treat for a meal is good enough. But just this Monday, Luvena, Fang Qi and Yvonne bought me a Adidas T-shirt, while Derek and his girlfriend bought me 2 more novels. Moreover, there is another big surprise from my University friends...

It was an invitation from Edwin to play Wii in his house, which is in Ang Mo Kio. I was told to meet Alvin Kwang, Russell and Shaun Lee at the Tampines Bus Interchange at 2pm on 12 May. But they were 15 minutes late!!! Russell even told me the reason why when he was not supposed to tell me. Well, he said it was because they were playing Arcade in the Tampines Mall. I was like "What?! Play arcade and did not tell me?!", then he replied quickly and said that they met out earlier to buy my present... ... ... Well... Ok, First Surprise!!! But they did not hand over the present at that moment.

It was an one-hour bus journey from Tampines to Ang Mo Kio. I suddenly felt a terrible headache from my neck strain. Oh dear, I need more exercise to reduce the strain...

It started drizzling when we reached the interchange, and Edwin brought us to his house. Edwin lives on a 25-storey flat, and just missed the lift which was on the way to 25th storey. Since we are only going to the 4th storey, we took stairs instead which could greatly reduce the waiting time.

A Wii battle has begun once everything was set up properly. However, the freaking hot weather has already made us warm and sticky... Nevertheless, we still need a little warm up with Mario Kart! Then, we played Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Edwin's drum set is a bit slow in reacting, so we have to faster than the real rhythm by one beat. Kinda weird though. I tried playing the guitar with my right hand once, but found out it was definitely easier for me to play with left hand. The song, "Hotel California" has made me very sleepy and not to mention my headache which has worsened probably due to the extreme heat of the weather, so I decided to sleep for a while.

Tingting came during my sleep. I heard some secret conversation going on as they were whispering among themselves. But I could only hear faintly as I'm still in my sub-conscious state. However, my mind began to clear, with my eyes still shut, because Tingting kept on laughing ever since she arrived. So I pretended to wake up when someone suddenly sat very hard on the sofa I was sleeping on. I thought the sleep could reduce the intensity of my headache, but it did not help... So I took a panadol and carried on with the game.

We changed to Wii Sports, and Alvin and Russell started off first with Boxing. Shaun and Tingting laughed so hard when they both saw them playing. Alvin beat Russell. I beat Shaun. Edwin beat Tingting. The game was freaking tiring, but brought the most laughter out of them. Next up was Tennis. It was a short game before we changed to Bowling. Bowling was another game that made us laughed quite badly. The first game was between Shaun and I. Although I have won without a strike, Shaun managed to get strike and was a few points behind me. The subsequent matches, all players could get several strikes! I'm the only one who did not manage to get any. Agitated by Shaun, I decided to play again, and I could finally get 2 strikes!!!

After that, I wanted to use the toilet, but was suddenly stopped by Edwin, and I did not feel anything suspicious at all. Until the lights went off, I finally understood... Tingting came out with a chocolate birthday cake. That was the moment I was truly surprised, but that was not the biggest surprise. Anyway, when I was surprised by the cake, I don't know how to react again, so I started crapping again. I said I recognised the cake from one cake shop, and I even mentioned that I don't really like chocolate cake!!! I did not really mean to hurt their intention, is just that I did not know how to react appropriately... Sorry guys... Tingting and Edwin were preparing plates for the cake. I went in to help but we cracked a joke which resulted a plate to fall off and break... Terribly sorry again...

We then had a few rounds of baseball before we went out for our dinner. By that time, it was already 9pm plus. I went to a nearby coffee shop for dinner. We had several conversation topics, but most of the time, Edwin was silently watching us and laughing together. At a point of time, Tingting suddenly like twisting her neck like indicating something to the others but not me. I got what she was trying to say, but the others did not really get it. So I told them explicitly to give me my presents! Haha. Oops.

I only remembered seeing a blue paper bag, but did not expect to receive another bag and a card. I took out the one in the blue paper bag first. There are 2 clothes, Yeah! More clothes for my wardrobe! As usual, I made crappy comments again by saying one, which was picked by Alvin, that it was like a commercial for a washing detergent! I was like asking why 2? Russell kindly explained that buying 2 will have a discount! Haha! Next, I took out the card, and it looks like a handcrafted product! Really touched.

Finally, the biggest surprise was the mysterious silver paper bag with a box in it. I took out and gave a big gasp and shock! It was the prize Edwin got for his video award!!! The Adobe CS4 Master Collection! Yes, I did write that I wanted one of the programmes, and I'm going to get it myself by some means, but I didn't expect to get the whole thing!!! I couldn't accept such a expensive thing! That should be the most expensive present!!! Should be more expensive than the Crampler Bag right?! I tried to push away, but I really could not find words to push away... Sigh.

I really think they should not plan such an occasion for me as I know most of my friends' birthdays fall on the semester period. And it means that we do not have time to plan and celebrate their birthdays. Hence, if I'm the only one whose birthday falls on the holiday period, it will be unfair for the others if I'm the only one who get celebrated... and I would not give crappy comments that may offend your intentions...

~Still, I'm really touched. Thanks for the effort guys! Hope you all will not get offended by my silliness!