part two: summary and presents. i'm sorry it's been so long since part one.
went to school as usual on wednesday, and liwen was waiting for me at the platform. no, that wasnt usual, since she's earlier than me most of the time. we boarded the train and liwen gave me this card:
it says, "have a SEXY and SWEET sixteenth birthday!" at the back. with the green ink liwen loves so much. oh yes, and, "you're (finally) SIXTEEN!" but that girl's birthday's not until ONE DAY before o's.
at the parade square, received loads of well wishes from the four one girls. (refer to previous post for names) then when i returned to my class, peiwen and xinyu came running over, and peiwen presented this, a gift from sherene and her.
(for illustration purposes, canon pixma printer not included.)
in class, after receiving two hugs, one from cheri and the other from jeslyn, ena gave me this card and topped it up with a third hug. i love this girl, i tell you. ena always gives me notes at the right time. like during last year's jiabin story. i'm glad that was over.
she said, "you are now 16! officially a big lady!" argh. agewise yes, but heightwise...
the day passed pretty fast, since it was wednesday and school was dismissed at 1.30. but the last two periods were chinese lit and wang lao shi attempted to make us stay till two. but chei was waiting for me, to go to my place, so i had to run out to inform her of the delay of fifteen minutes. wang lao shi cut the delay into half because ziwei told her it was my birthday. lol.
so after class i went to return the keys and wang lao shi saw me again. it was then she wished me happy birthday. only teacher can.
then when cheri and liwen and ces and me were about to leave the school, chiuping handed this over. didn't specifically say from who, just from 4/3 guys. i'm guessing it's the whole lot who appeared at the barbecue. so it's like, chiu ping, kok tong, meng hua, jansen, zhi hao.
at home, cheri and my brother and i cut french loaf and wrapped chesse prawns. then liwen came and we began peeling lettuce, afterwhich we had superb curry my mum cooked. all of us left the house at four forty five. my mum went to collect satay, while the rest of us took the stuff down to the barbecue pit. cheri babysitted my brother and started the fire which liwen and i went to pick up the others at boon lay mrt station.
i was late. on purpose okay! we all could predict they'll be late. ziwei called when i was five mintues away from the station, and said he was there, but he wasnt when i arrived. jiawen and hui wen and ces and josie were, and huiwen gave me this:
ziwei then arrived, then the fourthree guys with letts. meng hua and letts had their shirts untucked okay! first time. then we waited awhile for kok tong. kay wee couldnt come cuz he had no money and no phone, they said. funny.
then i called jasper, who lives in the opposite neighbourhood yet has little idea how to get to my place, and he said they were on their way. bright and kerong and him came soon after, decked with food. apparently they didn't know bbq=food. ade called me earler to inform me she'll be late. she fell ill in school and went home to sleep and woke up late. so we left without her first. told her to call when she arrives.
we were near jasper's house when aaron called to say he'll be reaching soon, with adelaine. and jasmine and josie too. these two girls super cute. came early and went back home, because, guess what. they forgot to bring the present. so josie went back with jasmine to get it. i left it to liwen to bring the people to my place, then went back to the station with jasper and bright and kerong.
adelaine appeared carrying this:
but it's from the four three girls. the huge winnie the pooh and the precious thots sweets.
jasmine arrived and gave me this:
which are from the four one girls. blue one should be for my german boyfriend huh. joker jasmine (alliteration!) wore jeans and made aaron wear them too, so the two ended up super warm while us, decked in tees and shorts and slippers were enjoying the breeze. aaron wore sneakers some more.
adelaine was playing with kerong and snapped his flip flops. i suggested we go jasper's house so he can lend him his shoes but kerong wanted to get new ones, so he got adelaine and jasper to tag along, while i left with the others. surprise surprise, jasper actually managed to bring them to me place later. he was sms-ing me the previous day trying to get an idea of where the bbq it actually was. and kerong gave him a "test on jurong west street 65". that's what kerong said.
reached the bbq pit, where cheri had started the fire and four three guys were happily cooking and eating. then ziwei passed me my present, together with five packets of taiwan sausages. this is the present:
the sausages were wrapped in plastic bag, two layers of newspaper, then two layers of plastic bag again. letts then gave me the presents from four one guys. details in first post. but yea, i was rather surprised. they conveniently left behind two price tags too.
bottle, monkey and necklace in the pink bag. a close-up of the monkey:
boo.
then we began the barbecue, had lots of food and played lots of games. i remember my first food item was a chicken wing liwen gave me! but i guess jansen did most of the grilling. chiuping and cheri and jiawen and hui wen shared this cake:
which they brought to the badminton court where we all gathered and they made me sit on the official's high chair. and took off and hid my shoes. had loads of dares. all of them were made to sing the school song, and the guys nearly had to pole-dance, using lamp-posts and trees. jasmine saved them so they did the can-can instead. josie held up the cake and made me stab it, since at such a height, it was pretty impossible to properly cut it. and they refused to let me down. i had a nice time being taller than everybody else though.
then it was getting late, so i was finally let down and we had smores. cheri's wonderfu(lly copied)recipe! we finished all the crackers brought down. cleared up and my mum was surprised at how clean the place was after everything. cuz we really made a mess. in three areas too: the pit, the open space for games and food and the badminton court. all went home, while hui wen and jia wen and cheri and liwen went to my place first to drink water and clean up before leaving for home.
yes, i had alot of leftover food. half the cheese prawns (though aaron said they were especially nice) and tau pok and salad and chicken wings and all the fish balls, probably because they didn't know we had them. i didn't know too. but we finished the satay! divided the leftovers over a few days and wiped them clean.
dear ruth was absent on wednesday and thursday and so gave me this on friday:
it's sweets, and it was so passed around the class such that i took home less than half. but i ate a fairly great amount too. and part two present was two donuts from donut factory! no picture, but thank you many many ruth! (:
it was a really memorable sixteenth birthday, thank you all who played a part. even the houseflies who chouldn't stop buzzing around our barbecue pit.
