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It seems kinda weird that I'm only celebrating my twentieth so late in the year. It's like I've already been 20 for the whole year, and finally officially turning 20 and celebrating it, i'll be telling people I'm 21 this year in less than a month's time! OH MY GOODNESS, that is so scary. THAT MEANS people will officially treat me as an adult soon!
This year I did not have a big celebration, just got a few friends to come over to my place for dinner. Received quite a few gifts, but the best one - - was of course from Mr Sunflower. He is so incredibly sweet. In the morning, he came over to my place to pick me up to bring me to his house to reveal to me what he has prepared.
For the past weeks, he's been telling me that he was busy preparing my gift. So there I was.. waiting to see how much work he has done...
He passed to me a black box with pink embellishments on top, handmade.
I opened the box an staring at my face were two envelopes "Naughty" & "Nice".
He urged me to pick one and open. I opened the envelopes and found two naughty gifts!
There was also a Moleskin organiser. really cool stuff. And also a bottle of M&Ms which says "Keep Away from children M&Ms w nuts Take 1 tablet when depressed. Increase dosage for severe cases"
Here's the climax.
An album he made himself! It was a compilation of photographs and birthday wishes from my friends. Wow. It was not just those friends that he knew, but also some of my secondary school friends that he's never met before. Ah. the power of Facebook. 
One of the first few pages, I was so surprised to see my kiddy photo here! The one on top shows a 4yearold me in swimsuit. His partner in crime is actually my sister!
Finally, the message from him.
Reading the messages and seeing my older photographs with my friends really made me very touched. I teared when I saw a few messages from people I don't see anymore, but still hold them dearly in my heart. A gift can be expensive but memories (and relationships) are priceless. This album is a precious compilation of my life.
Mr Sunflower, you've brightened up my day once again. Thanks for your hard work and staying up beyond hours to do this.
And also. Thanks to all who have replied to his messages and made me a very happy person!
Every year, as the year draws to an end, I will look back at the exciting year past and wonder if the coming year could be as good as this year?
For the past few year-ends, I have been asking this question, but before I know it, God would have brought me through the next year with greater breakthroughs and more achievements.
I am continually in awe of how my life has progressed. The unimaginable has become reality and I cannot help but be excited about what lies ahead in 2008.
Things can only get better, greater.
It was a chore to wake up when the alarm rang at 5:00am. Lazily I snoozed it for a few times (during which my mind said just skip the run..) After much struggling, I awoke and got changed into marathon attire. We took a cab to bras basah complex and left our belongings in my sister's friend's car. In that early hour, we already saw many who were dressed for the run and heading towards the esplanade. The guys' 10km run started at 7:15am and ours, 8:00am. For me, as a first timer, I was unsure if I could finish the race. After the unbearable wait, we stepped on the trackpad at the starting line. Hordes of us ladies ran! As we ran past Fullerton Hotel, a cold wind blast sent the chills. Next, we went by Lau Pa Sat, and the whiffs sent images of local hawker delights to my mind..I quickly dismissed the images and concentrated on the run. I was pretty surprised when I saw the sign to indicate we had finished 1km. Oh well, but it was still a long way. Adidas provided a tag in the runners package to get runners to write motivational messages and pin them on our backs during the run.
Along the way, there were some interesting ones, and I found they really do motivate fellow runners.
I particularly loved the pair of sisters who ran in cheerleading costume and held pompoms in their hands. One sister wrote on the tag on her back "My sister made me do this". Another runner wrote "I fought breast cancer to run this race." And many others encouraging others to continue to run.
I've never ran past 5 or 6km in my life, I believe and by the time I crossed the U-turn point, my mind lost its strength. I stopped for about a minute and continued..running, this time the legs heavier. The run between 7 - 8.point something km seemed to be pretty fast..until I saw the 9km sign.. I kept running.. craning my neck to find the finishing point but it seemed to be neverending.. and finally, a glimpse of the Padang. Now, to go for the last 150m! Off i went and crossed the finishing line! I felt really satisfied, having finished 10km for the first time in my life. I submitted my running chip and scooted drowsily to the info counter to find Patrick and Rallen sitting under a shade. Whoo. It was really a great experience!
this is how he motivates? "Are we there yet?"
too stoned to react to their bullying
One of the first few pages, I was so surprised to see my kiddy photo here! The one on top shows a 4yearold me in swimsuit. His partner in crime is actually my sister!
Finally, the message from him.
