We Need to Talk.

I would like to blog about how I planned to buy deodorant and ended up buying a Bros water bottle close to RM40 and stationeries. Yes, its the 6th, 7th week being a first year university student and NOW I decide to buy stationeries. But hey, can I have a show of hands of people who gives a damn?

Saja tunjuk. Jarang beli stationeries. hehe.

...... Thought so. Anyway, spectacular things went down pre-on-after my 19th Birthday. Its worth way more than my compentency to keep my money in my wallet and I give a damn so since its my blog, let me patronise you with the story.

First of all, yes. I am 19, hear me roar. Sorry lama blog tidak update. Tiba-tiba banyak life. Hehe.

For most (if not all) of you who never noticed, I hide my facebook birthday notifications every year just because of my laziness to reply birthday wallposts. This year is a bit hectic and I'm preoccupied with a lot of things and I forgot to disable it so I got a taste of what's it like to be well wished by the masses. The numbers were unexpected, but I had fun replying.

Lets move on to the real fun. My birthday started off quite normally. 12am and I was sitting in my dark dorm room accompanied by Emy's snoring. But I was content, happy even. Before that I was having a pre-birthday buka puasa with Najjua at Ikea. Meatballs and Almond Daim baby! We had some drink from Starbucks that tasted like orange peel. But hey, everything seemed to taste better during Ramadan. A month of appreciation? I can certainly hope so. Selamat Berpuasa Everyone, bytheway!

So after that's done, I was expecting a late-night hang out with Najjua, she said she had some discussion with a few friends at her college.. Or so I thought. While I was busy replying wall posts, I got a call to get down. I put on some deodorant and rushed down, even leaving my facebook still online.

There she was waiting at the bus stop with a long white scarf.

"Do you trust me?"

ooooookaaayyy.. Lets just say I do k sayang? Haha. So my eyes were squeezed and pressured by that scarf, I got in the car and Lady Gaga was blasting in my ears courtesy of Najjua's Ipod. Seriously, it was totally deafening, I was at the back seat and even the driver (Mashi, thank you so much, btw) heard it.

For sure Mashi was driving. I could tell under the blindfold. Najjua wouldn't drive that fast. So after a shuffling of a few incomplete loud songs, we finally stopped. The place was awfully silent, there was running water, and it was humid. I couldn't analyse it much. Bieber was beating on my eardrums. I really thought I was in some kinda forest. How fast did Mashi drove?!

She counted, "1, 2, 3" and W.T.F.

MY GOODNESS. Lit scented candles. I couldn't believe it. Thank you, you aweome awesome people. Jan Jan, Skem, Ikan, Mu'iz, Najwa, Mashi, and Najj. Also, people in the planning, Nad. Would love for you to be there weyh.

Yes that is a lot of candles. For every letter, I well wished everyone. My family that well wished me from a distance, you will always be in my heart. My dear beloved, my good friends, and those who enriched me throughout my life. My homeland, and the home I found within myself right here.

After all that's done, we took a wrong turn thanks to me and ended up hanging out in some restaurant called Strawberry Fields. At least the food was nice, just that the prawns are hellishly small. Oh how I miss the seafood of Sabah. Me, Najjua, and Mashi (our personal JAIS who sleeps on the job. hehe.) went to Bukit Jalil to send back Skem.

Everything turned back a bit normal. We headed back, got some sahur from pelita and dropped off Najjua and Mashi.

but seriously that wasn't the end of everything. Happy and thankful for that, I am. A bit shocked of that fact actually. What was next? Ikut cerita, makan Chilis for buka puasa..

To cut it to around 5pm on the day of my birthday itself, after multiple renderings of time and venue, we got out with the intention to eat big for buka puasa... Or so we thought, again.

We spent about a 2, 3 hours or more trying to find my bloody cake. Haha. Look at the irony. I'm the birthday boy and I'm picking up my own birthday cake. But hey, it's a birthday cake nonetheless. Its banana chocolate in case anyone's wondering. Classy, with a touch of jest. Just like me. Haha. Here's what happened at the cake shop:

would you like candles with the cake?

Uh.. Honestly, it's actually my cake so... Uhmm.. Tak payahlah.

haha. I should get an award for that. They probably think I'm this psycho loner who buys himself a whole birthday cake coz nobody wants to celebrate anything with him. But they don't have my blog URL so the can continue the pity without any verification. Cewaaahh. Ayat legal tu. The abrupt cewaaahh is very Pn. Izzura-ish.

So everything else went according to natural order. Parking, waiting for the tables, ordering, eating... Normal kan? Sorry never ate at chili's before. Hehe. Awesomee gilaaaaaa. Then that's as far as normal went that night. It went way out of normality up to the point that I forgot what I ate that night! Chicken? Lamb? Hmm. Pina chilada! I remember there was ice cream.

As I was melahap and taking pics with Najjua, then came a creature out of nowhere. Happy Birthday! Haha. Surya. Surprised the bejeebers the out of me! Heart attack weyh! No wonder Najjua kept looking outside. Like. Wow. Najjua, even treating me to chili's was too much to begin with... I'm awfully, awfully grateful.

There was cake, there was the one, Najjua, and there was my best friend. Expensive food, a celebratory atmosphere.. Fuhh. I seriously couldn't ask for more. Surya even baked cooookiesssss. And yes Sur, very nice attempt on the card, but did you seriously think you'd topple mine 2 years ago? Haha. But thanks though. I know I won't be lonely at the top with you guys around.. Just make sure you climb with me :p

Did I miss something? Oh yes, Aiman! Haha. Sorry dude. This short paragraph is dedicated to you. Thanks for being there.

oh oh oohhh, almost forgottt. I only tasted a wee bit of the cake coz somebodyyy decided to go all Sparta on me and made the cake my hair gel and facial cream. And creamy, it certainly was.

Surya started it with "okay, I go get the guy, you go get the girl." after she smudged some bits and pieces of the cake on my face.

so 'innocently' I gave Najj's gebu cheeks some facial treatment, so to speak. comel. Did she take it well? Well let's just say I won't be repeating that anytime soon.

she took literally a handful of cake and went all spartan on my face, really. All she was lacking is some violent catchphrase. It wasn't just the face. My hair confirm kena. She went for another round. This time with MORE cake. My jeans and my shirt was covered with bits and bits of chocolate banana. No way I'm cleaning that myself. Pity the next laundromat I decide to dump my clothes on.

Chili's became a saloon.

fun, fun night. memang hebat gilalah Najjua with the two surprises. My girl tu. Any challenges? I don't think so..

You seriously have no idea how amazing that girl is really. You would think after all that they'd be no more. But if you noticed I never mentioned any gifts amidst the spectacular surprises. It comes only afterwards, about 20 minutes before my birthday officially ends.

As we were heading back to the car with arguments where we should go next (we always have no idea where to go), I noticed a plastic bag at the back of the car. I thought it was her laundry. Then when we finally sat down, she pulled it from the back and gave it to me as a last surprise.

i don't think anybody could've contained themselves. Though it was a relatively small gesture compared to the other two things the pulled off, but it was not less meaningful. A Pull and Bear jumper. Yes, I had to mention that. Nobody ever gave me such a thing. Another is a a box full of tokens that could literally last me for this four years.. I'd like to elaborate more on this but I don't want anybody to steal this idea of hers. It's like a total manifestation of all that love boiling inside. Sweet. I'd like to keep that to myself thank you very much.

So to recap..

1. I have a totally awesome girlfriend.
2. I do have people caring for me, no matter how far they might be.
3. It was the most meaningful, mostthoughtof, and hearttouching birthday ever. In short, the best birthday I ever had. Everrrrrr.

Oh, did I mention I have an awesome girlfriend? Oh yes I do~


All in all, I never would have expected you to pull off such an awesome awesome birthday celebration for me. I'm deeply touched. I love you Najjua.

May we last <3