Champagne bottles and sparkling diamonds.

Saturday, November 15, 2008 ;

♥HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY AMANDA!

CAUTION! THIS IS A DAMN WORDY DETAILED LONG POST!

Saturday midnight, 2a.m.

It's not my birthday, but I'm so excited for Amanda! Hahaha.

I was so eager to get her a Ferrari Bag pack, and it finally came true with my 8 other commandos; Huiqi, Shuling, Jon. Lee, Eames, Fione, Fiona, Jermaine, and Qinjie. HEEHEE! Now we would see her carry the bag to school almost every other day instead of the ugly orange backpack she has been carrying to school. To top it up, we hid the Chanel Lipgloss that she had on her wishlist, and maybe surprise her at the end of the day.

I made her a Bird Day Card, and I know for sure she will super love it.

"D" Day!

In the morning, I had to wake up early to get ready, and was freaking tired because I slept in late the night before. I took a bus to Woodlands to meet Fiona, Eames and Jon Yeo, for the Standard Chartered briefing at Republic Polytechnic. We travelled on foot from the MRT station to the Polytechnic, and I to my amazement, RP is soooooooooooooo beautiful and new lah! Freak lah. The architecture of the facility is like, so high-tech and modern can, so... green building. Sigh. They have air-con indoors, and they also have escalators. What is this?! Now I'm beginning to think Ngee Ann facilities are like crap.

The Standard Chartered briefing was like soooo boring, but there was this guy with a really low monotonous voice, who kept us very entertained, to even listen to what he was to brief. He kept saying things to make us laugh, like "If you see a suspicious article, you don't go and open the bag, and if it is a bomb you don't act hero cut the blue wire and green wire, you think you Tom Cruise?" Jon Yeo, Eames and Fiona were Station Leaders, and seriously lo, I'm like so lonely, because I didn't get selected :( All dragonboating's fault, then cannot go for the first important briefing. I was alone in Siti Maraya's group, Area C station 19, but she's a very nice girl. I requested for a change in group to either Jon or Fiona's group, and the guy-in-charge of Area C, Ashley Mak, was indeed a very nice guy :D However, my switching of group cannot be confirmed yet.

Coincidentally, I met my OBS Instructor Shuyun there, who was the part of the Sporting Spectrum team. She was my Instructor for my 2nd OBS with the Top Personnel 2006 in Fairfield. Too bad she can't remember me, or any of us then. But still, we chatted, and joked around together with Jon and Fiona. We sat down to eat our packed lunch, and made friends with Ashley Mak. So now we know he's a freelance photographer, Weijie will sure be interested to know him, right? See, I have fun I still think about you okay!

We left and walked over to the Sports Stadium. Gosh, so big and nice. They even have a Lobster House restaurant. Siao eh, students go there eat lobster, is Republic rich or rich? Jon ordered his tasty fries, and it was cheap $1.50 for a pretty big bag. I stood there watching Fiona start her camwhoring frenzy with my camera, and she's seriously a camwhore queen man. This phrase is gonna come up more often later. Walking back to the Bus interchange with them was hilarious. We started getting high, and I think Eames and I have created a song, "Jon Little". Hahaha, inside joke. While we were crossing the road, there was this Taxi speeding towards us. Eames squeaked, I laughingly turned my head, and I had a damn big fright, screaming! I thought we were about to die. Our reflex action was to run towards safety pathways, as the taxi slowed down.

Jon and I took the same bus as Fiona and Eames, and it was the bus 187 that I could go home on! Sheesh. Fiona went home to bathe and change, while Eames went to Fione's house first to don't-know-do-what. Hahaha. Jon Yeo and I crossed opposite to take a bus to Dhoby Ghaut. After reaching Dhoby Ghaut, we walked around Plaza Singapura, looking for a present for Amanda that Jon can buy. After walking around for so long because Jon says that alot of things are very impractical, the fickle-minded Jon finally decided to buy Amanda a Jack Daniel's chocolate bar, and a pair of earrings from the Bazaar.

Unknowingly, before we knew it, it was already 5. We wanted to go over to Marina already, however, we were supposed to wait for Huiqi to arrive. She didn't reply to our calls, so we decided to wait for her. We went to the Arcade in the MRT station, playing the usuals; Basketball, Time Crisis II and III, Daytona, and Photo Hunt. While playing basketball, Jon actually managed to get a score of over 550! I was astonished, because I lost in the second round with a score of like 70 plus or something. But no lah, he not so pro one lah, I watched him play the consecutive rounds, and it was because the machine sensor was spoilt or something, he just had to hit the hoop once, and the score would move up rocket high by like 20-30 points. Hahaha. We waited and waited, and when Huiqi finally got back to me, she was just about to leave the house. Power. So we just sat at the stairs in the MRT station to wait for her to arrive. We were like super bored, and I felt damn tired and sleepy. Before we were about to go off, there was this stupid Ah Beng go and spit on the steps. Disgusting and uncivilized lah. We made sure that we didn't step onto the steps when we left.

Huiqi FINALLY reached, and so we took a bus down to Marina Square together. Jon Yeo started emo-ing by playing his PSP and not talking to us. The whole time we were just waiting and waiting for people. We walked over to Raffles Link, but we went down to the City Link because Huiqi and I were so tempted by Marvelous Cream! We sat at the nearby bench, and Jon Yeo was still playing his PSP. Huiqi and I arranged the items in the bag, putting all the birthday cards in one pocket, and I pasted the bird picture I found online that Eames printed for me, and I tried shuffing my shoulderbag into the Ferrari bag. I was supposed to pretend that the bag pack was mine, although I think the idea wouldn't work out. I didn't tell her anything like getting a Ferrari bag the day before, and Amanda will sure know it's for her. Shuling and Jon Lee finally arrived, and we suddenly had an idea. We got Jon Lee to carry the Ferrari bag, and this Amanda surely won't realise that the bag was meant for her. Ingenious right! Hahaha. I was so so excited, I couldn't wait to see Amanda's animated face when she sees the Ferrari bag.

We waited some more, and then headed down to Marina Square's Waraku to sit down first. On the way we met up with Eames and Fione, and Fione actually has the same dress as I do, except that mine is beige and hers is black! Hahaha. Cool! We walked into Waraku, and good thing for us, Amanda has already made reservations, so we didn't have to be behind the long queue. HOWEVER, we still had to wait for all to arrive first. Fiona came, and she started camwhoring with my camera again. HAHAHA. Snap snap snap. I took out my polaroid to show them, and Eames did this damn funny flower pose! We each wrote on the Birthday card Shuling made for her (but i think the one she made for me so far is the nicest :D), and it was hilarious to see the comments we write on the card, especially mine, Eames's and Jon Yeo's.

Amanda FINALLY arrived, and all of us were already getting so hungry, so we decided to order food and not wait for that LATE Jon Han to come. He still had the cheek to say that he went to walk walk at River Island. Power. We all ordered food, and the threesome decided to order a plate of Squid Ink Pasta alongside with our own set meal. We sat there watching Fiona the camwhore queen go snapping away with my camera and her own camera with Amanda. Seriously, please go see her blog for more pictures, she took DAMN ALOT of pictures lah, but of course with her own face in them.

We played Zhong Zi Mi Ma again, and it is like a trademark game with the Makan Gang. It is ultimately gross, that I don't want to remember the ingredients they added in. Amanda paid for Service Charge and GST, and it added up to her own bill to almost 60bucks! OMG. I decided to pay extra by a little bit, and I feel pretty bad, because she still had to pay so much! There was this waitress in Waraku, and we all feel so bad for her, because she kept saying sorry for I don't know why, and we had to keep asking her to come over and fill water or change water for us. We also made the lady at the counter do alot of counting, because of all the coins we dumped with the receipt. Hahaha. We asked her to help us take a picture with Shuling's Canon G9 :( And my polaroid. She very cute lah, when she saw the polaroid she was dumbfounded, because she didn't know how to take pictures with it. But she was good! The pictures was nice and clear, except that the picture's lighting a bit screw up.

Okay, coming to the climax. We all went to the toilet which was just outside, and we all gathered outside with all the guys to decide on where we wanted to go. But instead of just blocking the entrances of the toilets, we just walked along the narrow corridor. Jon Lee was just in front of Amanda, and then suddenly, I heard a commotion behind me. Amanda was screeching when she saw the Ferrari bag pack. She charged towards Jon Lee and started tugging his bag and asking questions like "Omg, where you get the bag from? How much you buy it for?Wahhhh..." Most of the time, she was in awe of him holding the bag she had been wanting so much. All of us started laughing, but none of us said anything. Huiqi and I exchanged glances at each other, and went giggling away. Amanda's face was just expressionless, like more of looking very down, and then Shuling suddenly zipped open and showed her a Birthday Card.
SHE WAS DELIGHTED AND SPEECHLESS! HER FACE EXPRESSION WAS PRICELESS!
She looked like she was going to cry, and just kept hugging the bag. All she kept saying was, Thank You, and nothing else. I felt so happy and satisfied. Like it had been the present for me too, rewarded with her greatest and most comforted smile. I took out my polaroid and took a picture with her and the Ferrari bag. There goes the first surprise.

We continued to walk aimlessly, and Amanda was still hugging the bag. She's like so cute lah! I was telling Amanda about Jon Yeo's reason about not getting the Ferrari bag, and he so had to just spoil the surprise that there's another Chanel Lipgloss in one of the pockets. OH WELL, there goes the second surprise. Hahaha. It was nearing 10pm, and Huiqi and I wanted so badly to eat our Marvelous Cream that we had been thinking of for hours. We decided to run all the way there before it closed. Amanda too, threw her shoulder bag into the Ferrari bag, and we all went vroom vroom like a Ferrari, speeding off to Marvelous Cream.

We bought a Large European Cheese Ice-cream with Mixed Berries, and it sure tasted refreshingly good. Every mouthful was an explosive pleasure. Hahaha, looking at the way I describe it, how good is that? After our ice-cream, we went back to Marina Square to find Aaron Chua at the CenterStage. We were going drinking! We took about an hour to decide where we wanted to go, there was no place that was cheap, and the pubs were flooded with people. We actually witnessed that Aaron Chua running and hopping, when Amanda was chasing him with a slug on a cup we picked up. Huiqi had to go home already, or her OMINA phone (inside joke, actually Omnia) will get confiscated by her Dad.

The rest of us decided to go down to Thompson Road for drinks.
We left the two couples, Shuling and Jon Lee, Eames and Fione, to take the bus down to Thompson, whilst the rest of us squeezed into Aaron Chua's car.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A BLAST I TELL YOU.
We had so so so so much fun lah. Just to make Jon Han and Jon Yeo lose their way, Aaron Chua, Fiona, Amanda and I, ran in the shopping mall like kids! How fun could it get! Hahaha. We were like "Nanny Nanny Poo Poo, catch me if you can!" We managed to lose them, and we actually tried to hide in the car. That Aaron Chua, so old already, still so childish lah. But nevermind, we like! They managed to find us in the end, and then off we went to Thompson! All of us weren't skinny enough to sit four behind, so I had to sit on Amanda's lap. Amanda forbidded me to laugh because whenever I laugh, or cough, I would vibrate and press onto some bone of hers, which was slightly painful and ticklish for her. But whenever she whacked me to stop me from laughing, I laughed even more! And while sitting on her lap, it felt like I was sitting on something, something hard. And I kept saying, "Amanda, I can feel something hard in between your legs, I don't know." Then Jon Han kept giggling lah ,that dirty ass. Then I stood up, and Amanda searched her thighs, HAHA, it was her wallet.

Aaron Chua played really boring music over the radio, then we requested for a change in songs because we were already falling alseep. So Aaron Chua asked us to be prepared for the big change. And he actually blasted the music and winded down the windows at the trafic light outside the Esplanade bus stop. We were all trying to bend down, to avoid having people see our faces, like so embarrassing lah. We tried to act happening and wild, by blasting music, and winding the windows down, OMG, it was crazy! We were getting warmed up to it, and started screaming and shouting like some rowdy retards, with the music pounding hard. We tried to act happening and wild, by blasting music, and winding the windows down, OMG, it was crazy and laughable! Too bad the two couples decided not to come anymore, they missed out all the fun on the car!

We stopped by at Cheeky Chocolate to sit down and chill out instead of Liquid's Kitchen. We ordered a fondue to share, and the others ordered drinks. Jon Han ordered a Hot Cheeky Chocolate drink, and it tasted like really nice hot diluted dark chocolate! As in not the watery kind, but it was the just nice kind and not too sweet. Because of all the chocolate, Amanda was getting sugar rush, and she was so high that I was so even not.

We made her take out all her cards and read them. Hahaha, here comes my third surprise. I made my bird day card the last to be read. She was already so freaked out at the bird I drew out on the cover of the card, what makes the inside of the card. She was like telling me how touched she is seeing us make cards for he. And just as she was about to flip the card, she was expecting something sweet, pleasant, touching, and maybe some lovey dovey I love you, BUT TAH-DAH, the first thing she saw was the BIRD picture. SHE TOTALLY FREAKED OUT, SCREAMED, AND IMMEDIATELY DROPPED MY CARD. IT WAS LIKE SO TOTALLY UPROARIOUS! But ironically, she had to love and keep my card although she hate birds, the card done up so nicely and prettily for her, but with a bird that's so ugly to her. But it was so damn funny lah. Whenever we placed the card near her, she would shuff it away, irking at the sight at it. No no, she didn't even dare to look at the bird in the card. She didn't even want to open my bird day card again! Hahaha. There goes my Third Surprise! Jon even took a video!

The staff at Cheeky Chocolate's were really nice. We went to order a Truffle Cake for her at the Counter at 12am, and they also gave a free chocolate rocher with a few kisses at the side, with cocoa powder on the base saying Happy Birthday. So sweet lah. Hahaha. We were the first people to be with her on her birthday, she should be feeling honoured! Hahaha. She started going cuckoo, like spitting the candle holder at Aaron Chua after blowing the candle out; blowing cocoa powder at Jon Yeo, and we saw it like a storm of powder moving towards Jon. Hahaha. Fiona still had the energy to continue camwhoring, with my camera. She's like really overdoing it, I think I mentioned it like 4-5 times already. 3/4 of the pictures in my camera, has her face in it. WTH.

By the time we were going home, it was already 1plus am! Aaron sent us home in his Mitsubishi Lancer, with Amanda being the first, since she was the nearest. Damn funny, while driving, Amanda winded the window down, and shouted "OOI" at the people at the pertrol kiosk. Then there was this ang moh guy walking up the slope, she go and shout "KEEP WALKING" like jonny walker, and the guy actually turned around! When we were at her doorstep, we purposely shout and shout "BYE AMANDA, BYE BYE BYE BYE!" Hahaha. After that we had more space, and much more comfortable. Aaron drove to Toa Payoh first to alight Jon Han, and we did the same thing we did to Amanda. After that I fell asleep while Aaron Chua drove to my place first. Jon Yeo sent me up the lift and then Aaron Chua sent Fiona back, then Jon Yeo being last. Got home, got scolded, and was knocked out. By the time I was home, it was already nearing 2am, and Dad was still watching Kdrama. I won't be able to go out this late anytime soon, or even anytime.

So once again. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMANDA THE FAT SEXY!
I hope you loved the three surprises that we had in-store for you, and I'm sure it was one of the bestest birthdays you ever had :D
You must be extra gay that you have a Ferrari Bagpack, so please take extra care of it and I hope not to see it getting dirty so fast, although you have already stained it with a spot of don't know what.

And also, thanks Eames for helping me print the BIRD picture out, with like your laser printer, the picture quality turned out so good and nice, like it came out from the photo shop. You are always one of the greatest guys I ever know, always talking and helping me out :D

Thanks Jon Lee for carrying off the bag so well, you are such a good liar! "Ooh, my mother bought the bag for me" HAHAHA. But you better make sure you don't lie to my Shu shu ok? Your presence too has made a difference. Thank you so much Jon Lee.

Thank you Huiqi for being so supportive of my idea of getting the Ferrari bag for Amanda. And also helping me ask about the Parrot M.A.C thing at Vivo, HEEHEEHEE. Only the few of us know about this :D

Thank you Jon Yeo, Jon Han, Shuling, Fiona, Fione, and the rest I already personally mentioned, for making the day so enjoyable for Amanda! Hahaha, and for me too, all the stupid jokes and retarded times, this is one of the fun days we always had!

WHY DOES IT SOUND LIKE I'M THANKING PEOPLE LIKE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY? HAHAHA, AMANDA! YOU MUST BE FEELING REALLY HONOURED THEN!

I'm talking champagne wishes and caviar dreams.