My Surprise 22nd

The gang surprised me with a belated birthday bash last night.

Exactly one month after my actual birthday (since I was at home and down with dengue last month).

And it was one of the best surprises I've ever been given to date coz I've never felt so lost and confused all at once.

Lol.

We had class in the morning until about noon and there was supposed to be another class in the afternoon so the girls and I left our bags at our respective places and went back to snooze for a while. About half an hour before the afternoon class we're told that it's canceled -.-

We had to go back to campus to get our bags. Since we were out I thought we could all go for ice cream so we headed over to Baskin Robbins and we stuffed ourselves with our favourite flavours.

By the time we finished there it was already around four something I think. We got something for tea for the others and headed back to the apartment to see them for a while.

Then we decided to watch a movie in City Square at the Cathay Cineplex for a change instead of going to TGV.

Got ready and left after seven. The boys were busy. One had some business to attend to and one was sleeping so it was just a girls night out, so to speak.

Parked the car. Walked around looking for a place to eat and we settled on El Migos.

So I'm sitting there with G with the menu under my nose waiting for the other two girls to get back from the washroom, when suddenly the boys come into the place with a cake and a really big bouquet of flowers (ORCHIDS! Swayswoonsigh) and a card and in my head I'm like, Okay who's birthday am I missing here? Why isn't S in his car driving to where he needed to be? Who woke R up? What the hell is happening?

And THEN it hit home.

Lol so many questions running through my head all at one go. I felt so, so, so lost!

And I was waiting for the tears to come but they never did so I just stood there while they all sang Happy Birthday and watched as I made a wish (or two. Or three) and blew the candles out and cut the cake.

I think this is the first time I've been completely taken off guard like this. I usually always pick up on what's going on but this time I didn't have the faintest idea as to what they were up to!

We had dinner, took sooooooo many pictures and went up to the cinema.

And I actually walked around the mall cradling the bouquet of flowers in one arm and holding the cake box in the other hand lol I felt so special it was ridiculous.

Just before the movie, we left the things in the car and went back up again. Shamelessly took more pictures in spite of the odd, judgemental looks we were getting all around.

And then we went into the hall and took our seats.

Need for Speed.

Was.

Fan-fcking-tastic.

Bloody hell.

The sexy low rumble of the muscle cars. The way that Mustang was showcased. It was all so realistic. And the race at the end with all those cars ohmygod! Goosebumps I tell you. The only one missing was the Pagani Zonda. Would have been complete otherwise. And I wish they'd used the Aventador instead of the Elemento but oh well. And Imogen Poots as Julia! Gah! I think she's just taken Deepika Padukone's number one spot on my lady crush list.

I had such a wonderful time yesterday. And I did all the things I wanted to do without actually planning it. And I spent time doing it all with my favourite people. And the fact that they remembered all the little details; the flowers I like and the idea for the gift that they bought and the card with handwritten messages inside. 

Incredibly thoughtful.

You win some, you lose some right?

I've definitely won some.

*cue fist pump*