Birthday Scapbook from N262

The bunch of guys and 1 gal did this for me. Very touched by it.

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My Birthday @ Changi Beach Club

Birthday Celebration (Sep 16, Tue)

Wenling organized a birthday dinner with some of the closer ones at Changi Beach Club andthereafter a KTV session.

Well, it's another night of fun and laughter!! And i really felt overwhelmed this year. Pastor kept teasing me that my birthday is like the event of the year. Celebrations from Saturday all the way to Tue. And funniest thing is that I kept meeting the SAME group of people to celebrate my birthday! O my... I find it soooo amusing... A question popped up in my mind... "I'm 31 this year, right? Not 21 leh! Why such elaboration for my birthday?!!" Aiyo.... I feel so embarrassed man.

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what a day!

The whole day had been such a roller-coaster ride in emotions. Was jolted out of sleep by a voice in melayu and my familiar husband's voice. Got out of my room to find a malay guy outside our house separated by just the iron gate. Both parties looked and felt heated in their exchange.

Later, I realised it had to do with our maid. After the guy left, warning us to beware our maid, we questioned her and found that she's trying to hide something. Sent her back to the agency. And there our emotions got to another height.

It turned out that the agent, who's a very pregnant lady was so so fierce when confronting our maid. Of cos we got what we needed to know and decided to send her back to Indonesia and get another maid. Then come another shock. I paid $1000 just to send the maid back and pay for the insurance and fee for the new maid. Big hole in my pocket now. "Broke" is the word.

Got home and went to my Sis-in-law's place. Was so tired that both vic and I just fell asleep at her place, one on the sofa, the other at the slain couch. Tired man.

Gone was our swimming plan bcos of this morning maid saga.

After a long night of mtg, the 3 zones celebrated my birthday for me. It came as quite a surprise cos it was at a point when I least expected. Pleasantly surprised. The ldrs reali gave me many gifts and their heart-felt wishes that reali moved my heart. But a bit lost that at that time as pastor wasn't around to pray for me. Anyway, I requested for prayer still and Simon, together with the rest, prayed for me. Nothing means more than that.

The clock has passed twelve, and it's after our supper. Then we got an SMS informin us of mtg tmr! Well, pastor, Wenling, simon, vic and I had taken leave to go sentosa to celebrate my birthday! In short, gone is my sentosa, sun, beach and bikini celebration. So sad.

But it's fine. I'm just so blessed to have friends and comrades like these. Feel so loved. Especially, the words on the cards by the leaders. I knw those were not just standard phrases you say to assure pp. Thanks. I feel so humbled by it all.

It's a great joy to love God and serve God together with you. Thanks all. Love you lots.

P.s. Photos coming soon.

My Surprise Birthday Celebration!

Birthday Celebration

WO... What a surprise I had today!!

Vic came home telling me that he had a surprise for me and needed to BLINDFOLD me before bringing me to the place! Well, of cos I smell rats (nice ones though. Ha!). 

First, he said he booked a cab and the cab will arrive in 7min to bring me to Orchard. Then the delay to 15min later. Then we got up the "cab" (with my eyes blindfolded still), the smell of the "cab", the seat of the "cab" feels too nice and comfortable to be a real cab!! Then came the "cab driver's" voice in HOKKIEN but sounded too much like Melvin... Hahaha... The cat is out of the bag! I know we must be heading toward Pastor's house. So I asked, "are we entering CTE?", "Yes", came the answer from Vic. Well... You see, whether you take Ave 1 or Ave 5 exit, it's a turning right, but we turned left... Haha... And I know my hubby so well, I know he will never do such thing as BLINDFOLD me and bring me BLINDFOLDED on a cab heading to ORCHARD for a dinner at a restaurant. Well well......

True enough, I got out of the "cab" and got into the lift... And I knew it's Pastor's house liao... His lift is always soooooo warm and stuffy. Before I could entirely undo the blindfold, the people yelled, SURPRISE!!! And started singing Happy Birthday before I could even see properly!! Haha... It was reali a surprise even though I sort of knew there must be something more than what I was told.

I always love celebrating my birthday with lots of people. But as usual, I would feel slightly uncomfortable being the highlight of any event or occasion. I don't like to be the highlight, but I enjoy the excuse of spending special moments like this together with pp I treasure.

Reali felt overwhelmed by the efforts made to make my birthday a special one. I mean, it's reali such a surprise. Thanks a lot to BK & Pauline, Aaron & Veron, Johnson & Shilin, Roy & Xiang, Simon, Melvin, Barry, Vincent, Meiyan for being present. And especially Pastor and Wenling for being the brain behind it. Nothing elaborate. But I feel very overwhelmed. Thank you!

One more day to my actual birthday. A lot more to talk about what transpired since yesterday. I am so blessed. Thank you, Lord.

God is good.