Friends come and go; good friends make you smile, best friends cries with you and true friends do things for and with you.

Today is my day, the very day I finally turn legal. The moment I woke up, I see texts from people wishing me happy birthday. It was just so touching I cried in bed. There was this feeling that I cannot find a word to describe, probably because one word cannot describe the love I feel from you guys, thank you!

As I was on my way to school, I continued receiving texts and tweets from my friends and family. It was just an awesome feeling. All the tiredness and soreness from yesterday’s training was gone. It was like the concern and care I got from you all cured me of the pain, thank you.

After my second break, I received my first surprise. It was from my classmates. Know what I got? Guess what, one whole supply of snickers from them all. As I sat down in my seat, they all started singing the birthday song for me; I was just on cloud nine. Then slowly I saw each of them holding a bar of snickers. I was thinking maybe 18 bars, but no! It was more than one box of snickers! I just couldn’t stop laughing and grinning. I totally forgot the existence of the facilitator in class and went on to snap some quick photos. Thank you class!

My surprise didn’t end here. After school, I was waiting for canoe mates. I was wondering why is it that they are taking so long just to pack up. I waited and waited. Eileen came to find me and I still didn’t feel that there was something wrong! Then all of a sudden, I see the door open and them coming in! I was just elated; cloud nine isn’t high enough for me! Saw the awesome muffins and that cake, and the very nice candies! Thank you canoe mates!

And last surprise of the day, went to Sunset Grill for dinner with the guys. The place was so isolated and hard to find. We could only depend solely on the signage and there weren’t many lampposts around to shine our way. After much turns and roundabouts, we finally got there, SUNSET GRILL and AIRPLANES! Yes, I didn’t type anything wrongly, airplanes! Because the place was near, in fact it was at the Singapore Flying Club, I got to see jets, yes JETS! I got to see JETS on my BIRTHDAY! Weeeee!!

Tried their super duper spicy buffalo wings, and I swear, you get full by drinking instead of eating. Fish and chips were awesome too. All the entertainment, fun, and laughs were all awesome. This was definitely worth me remembering for a lifetime.

This year was definitely like a roller coaster ride for me, so much ups and downs in life for me. But well, like what I’ve said before, that’s just life. And if today was easy and smooth, there wouldn’t be a need for a tomorrow! =)

In short:
Thank you friends for wishing me a good day!
Thank you class for the surprises and snickers!
Thank you canoe mates for remembering, well-wishing me, giving me surprises and bringing me to sunset grill!

And here I stand, I know I’m not alone for I feel the love and care from them all
Thank you friends, thank you class, thank you canoe mates!
One thing I know for sure, I love you all, always! <3>