Dee.Day.Surprises

it’s my birthday! It’s my birthday!

Overwhelmed

Sunday morning and im here in our kitchen writing an entry on what had been the best surprises (yes, plural) i had ever received. I hope this post could do justice on just how wonderful my 24th birthday had been. But i know that words would just pale in comparison on how grateful i am … as in…. im still floating. I feel so loved and just so blessed. God is sooo good!

The eve

Dee day, as what my friends call it, falls on a regular saturday. No work for most people. Rest day for the majority of my close friends whom i wanted to share my birthday with. The night before, as per Friday activity, we had our cellgroup chika at IT Park together with our ever kiat friday small group. Fridays just seem a little incomplete without these weekly meetings we have. Whatever my mood is, ecstatic, disgusted, frustrated, devasted, inspired or just over the top… cell groups just has to be part of my weekly routine.
Anyway.. so after our friday chika.. I joined axie, nikki, patty, charlie, and james for dinner at chowa. Said our goodbyes, picked up my laptop bat at the office, and was taken home by james. Only to be surprised when i turned on the light in my room to see a beautiful bouquet of flowers on my bed with a bunch of balloons to go with it… No wonder the giver was late for his meeting.. he was somewhere else preparing this little surprise. hehehe… (Thanks again.. na naman …hehe )

While i was feasting my eyes to my latest surprise, checking out juvy’s gift which she gave me earlier that afternoon (thanks for the bag juv’.. LOVE IT!!!), answering the barrage of well wishers on my cellphone… i was also playing Diablo2 on my pc…and then i thot i heard my name. It was a bit after midnightalready and it was quiet outside. Again i heard that distant sound of what i really believe is someone calling my name.

You see, as what i’ve mentioned on some earlier post, me and my family moved to a different place. Beside our house is an emmision center, which really is just a vacant lot. So i opened my window and looked outside, only to see my friends from the aprilfools in the middle of the vacant lot.. practically shouting my name. None of my office friends had ever been to my new place. Later on did i knew that they really thought they got lost, and all they had is a sketch given to them by another friend of mine. And to sort things out, they just shouted my name hoping that one of the houses there would be ours. Hehe, i was so surprised that it took awhile to register to me that my room is in disarray!!! Kaulaw!

So i went down, opened the gate and there they were… Patty, Jaspher, Noel (on his first night back home from japan), Neil and Anne, carrying a birthday cake and did a christmas carolling in may heheh. Here’s a bit of the lyrics:

Oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It is the night
of our dear, Didee’s birth

hehehe.. awwwwwwwww…. too bad my tears didnt fall down on cue. But i was just so surprised! It was really so sweet of them to have thought about it. We went to my room and enjoyed my birthday cake (after making a wish and blowing the candle). Then japsher (or was it neil?) saw my 10 year old ice breaker and started reading out the questions. From there, our talks just went from crazy to serious, from things about office to life. To Noel’s dance showdown in Japan, to an officemate’s lovelife (chismoso! hehehe). Before we know it, it was getting late already and they have to go home na. A hug, a thank you and a kiss in the cheek is all i could give them before they went home. I am just so touched with the little surprise they prepared.

Only when i got back in my room and closed the door did the tears started showing. Nagdrama na sad ko ehehhee. This i did while cleaning the saucers and glasses we used in our mini cake festival in my room. (sorry noel ha, wala mi coke heheheh).

Fireworks lights things Up

The following morning, i woke up and realized i forgot to order food in advance for our mini salo-salo that night. I just invited close friends that i really wanted to spend my birthday with. Different groups of people who are never indispensable in my life. People who’ve been there for me and i for them. People who’ve seen and accepted me at my worst, and believed in me at my best. From my bayot friends to my church friends to my office buds to my childhood chum to my new found special friend.. each uniquely treasured by me. (Naks! ayaw palag!) A dinner and night filled with talk and fun would have been perfect for me already. That’s why i was left speechless with what two people who had spearheaded the surprise prepared.

When me and my sister got to City View place (which i chose because of the scenic view of the city lights at night, and dli mn ko mkaafford sa Marco Polo Hotel hehehe.. so sa kilid n lng na resto), we were wondering cause i dont see any reserved table. So i approached the one in-charged and drama kaau ug tubag .. “Ma’am, just follow the balloons”. haha…

only then did i noticed the yellow and pink ballons on the far side of the resto leading to the lower area of the place. So follow the ballons i did, and there i find vanessa, jang, gerard, braille and bryan waiting. Hehehe.. it was a miracle na gali nga dli ni sila late hehehe… (i miss ryan.. he has to work man). More balloons were tied surrounding our little nook in the resto. eighteen balloons all in all. Murag debut! hahaah. Flowers were set on the table with matching scattered petals pa. Thanks Bri and james! These two hunks were the culprit why my birthday was a little bit more special.

We waited for the rest of the peeps to arrived then i had the food served. It was just a simple dinner with friends and loved ones. just enough to make me happy on my day.

After dinner and some small talk, i was blindfolded and was led to the other end of the resto. I could hear their laughter and cajoling. When the blindfold was taken off, in front me was my cake with four lighted candles…(the cake had my face printed on top hehe.. now i can officially say.. “want a piece of me?” hehehe )… they all sang a happy birthday song (standard kaau ang song noh? hehe)… i made a wish… mostly a thank you to God for everything… and blew out the candles.

And then….. SURPRISE!!!! Fountain fireworks were lighted with matching mga kwitis pa hahahaha…fireworks galore!
grabeh… the band and the other customers even stood up and watched the whole thing happend.

Surprised and happy would be an understatement to what i felt that time. Thanks thanks thanks so much!

Thanks sweetvoice… u said you are gonna make this birthday extra special.. and that you did. Thank bri… 24 years of friendship.. and more to come! Thanks Axie, Alex, Charlie, meo, Jing, Jang. Malaysia, Braille, Abad, Patty, Anne, Neil, Nikki and Kobe for sharing my day! Thanks Kat for being the best sister ever, i love you tremendously (even if makasab-an taka usahay)

Thank you Lord! The best ka talaga! Way makalupiG!

I may not have everything… but God sure knows what tickles my heart… and that makes everything a little bit more special. More than enough for me.