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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Dear diary,

Yesterday saw me turning 18. but it too saw me smile, laugh, tear and cry thanks to the wonderful people who made 24th march 2006 the best birthday I’ve had in 18 years. So this entry goes out to these fantastic, lovely people.

Jialing - I expected stuff going on because this girl openly told me that she's been planning something with my friends. Exams were just over the day before so I didnt expect much. But I saw everything yesterday and even though I didnt say or show much to her, I wanna let her know now, that I truly appreciate every single detail of the entire birthday plan. All the way from the 4 DA BI i received, namely big pen, big nose, big alphabet B and big bee. How trashy but appropriate that is, haha but really, it is astonishing how she thought to the idea and pieced everything together, giving them to me one by one. And bothered to plan more than one month in advance! She rocks my world with the retarded-sweet surprises and the beautiful card she made(and sewed!). and thanks to her for collaborating with my other friends and all, making my day in school, and the few hrs after school totally fabulous.

Christine - I don't know how to put in words how much I treasure her as a friend cos it's just been the end of last yr where we started to grow closer. Haha she was ever so sweet yesterday with her present and lack-of-card(which I know appeared MUCH later). For also thinking of the Singapore Botanics Garden for me to get in touch with the nature. Oh how suitable for me huh! Haha(: thanks for everything dearie.

Laureen - the present sorta broke but haha, it was really nice. It's displayed in my cupboard now! Many thanks for being part of the plan too and just for her presence yesterday cos that’s more than enough. Hope your stomach’s feeling better!

Jeanette - her card has got to be the most interesting ever. Haha I heard that she thought for really long before she came up with the idea, and I'm really touched! Thanks dear for being my companion during the last hr in ps when I had absolutely no idea what was going on.lovee!

chocolate banana cake @ secret recipe

Pam - you nearly made me cry you pangsai. And you bought the eeyore cos you thought I was blur! How evil. But I still love you to bits. Haha to the girl who made a trip down to school just to pass me flower and present, who almost made me cry like a nutcase outside school, who came up with my new name da bi, you mean a lot to me!so thanks for everything darling(:

Jolene Audrey Sylvia - thanks for the birthday greetings! And the reddish present audd. Haha and for bothering to call zoulenne my tallie(: hope your swelling goes down soon!lovee!

Irwin - secret buddy aka protector aka benzene ring aka yellow aka mr. VERY nice guy. Haha I cant sound too sweet here cos you’re already married. Haha anyway I already told you over the phone yesterday at errr, 1plus am. Irwin ho may seem harmless but if you do knock into any bony part of his bod, you’ll prolly get a bruise. Haha but I thank God for a friend like him, whom I know is 24/7 available for me, or for anyone for that matter. He holds a special place in my heart cos I know this friendship is a lasting one and we'll be secret buddies for a long time!

Claire mama, karmen, huiling - thanks for the present you three! You know i'll like it even before I open it. Haha Claire you sneaky girl, you remembered what I told you on the train that day! Haha thanks a lot(:

Guys in class - for the banana and pink dolphin which I carried around for the entire day, urghhhhh. But still, thanks! Oh FYI, my mom laughed out loud when she saw the banana..

Weihan - for always commenting on the same issue everytime you hug me, I hate you la. For being so sweet with your words yesterday, I forgive you for the former. Haha so stop telling me about, you-know-what!

To the rest who made my day special - aneesa( LIKE!) mandy liz hawyi lili diane.poon grace.ler fran valerie valentia jon.kan william jamie stephanie samuel shanru aloysius.ong jolene

I received a red album at 0000h of 25th march. It had my name right in front, with an outrageous first page and yes, it made me cry. Sadistic they may be, but zznc made my 18th night memorable.

To those who left a message in the book, trix geckying serene eman reagan long(xueling) sweedy jialing menghui alvin karmen christine pam jeanette irwin terence caiying jesslyn joe clement aloy, thank you for all the birthday wishes. Honestly I was so touched, but I just don't know how to express it in words now. Thanks for making the whole album such a lovely one.

Joseph chan - haha I dunno why I must type your surname along, but it just sounds nicer.lol anyway to the guy who rocks my socks whom I rock his arse(it sounds quite sick though), thanks for waiting with me for the three to turn up even though you knew the WHOLE TIME what they were up to. Seriously I think 10% of my brain cells were permanently damaged by the radiation from the phone yesterday. But you rock my socks! Haha and supper??im hungry now….(((:

To my parents who laughed along with me looking at my presents yesterday, thanks for bringing me into this world filled with lovely people. And I cant ask for more cos this is more than enough for me. For all the love I receive and felt yesterday, today, and tomorrow, thanks for being such great parents. It feels so weird tpying all these here cos I don’t even tell you all these stuff face to face, and you prolly don't know what’s a blog. To my dad who doesn't really know my habits, likes and dislikes but still bothers to ask what time I go home when I’m out late, and to my mom whom I got the sadistic nature from, laughs along with me at retarded stuff and nags at me over everything, I love you(:

parents

To my bros who are always so cute and funny. I haven't receive anything from my elder bro cos I haven't found the right thing to buy! I love the cards my lil bros make cos even though sometimes I don’t know what they are drawing, it doesn't matter cos it boils down to the word LOVE.

elder bro and i

PEARLYN - to the tallie who rushed back from training to plan for my surprise and came to my house at 11plus pm despite feeling shit tired, I love you pea! She suffered many verbal abuses and cold shoulders from the two and I just wanna let her know that I appreciate all the ideas she tried to generate regardless of the extent of their trashyness. I thank God for a friend, confidant, listener and sister like her. I love fatpea!

TIFF - to a crazy lunatic who is the creator of new catch phrases in zznc but also for putting all the sweet stuff and one-liners in the album. Haha honestly I'm so glad I need not have to suffer under any whipped cream attack or flour pouring. 7 plus years of knowing her has been amazing and I cant ask for more from a friend like her! So thanks to her once again for all the trouble she went thru collating the messages and for even trying to maintain the theme for the album. I love tiff!

HILDA - to the girl who gets high at a minute and becomes philosophical at the next, who claims she wrote rubbish in the album but they're actually quite nice, who was freaking happy to see me cry, and cry EVEN MORE when I hugged her. The ups and downs we've been thru has thankfully brought us closer together and I'm so glad she’s one person I can tell anything to. I’m not gonna write an essay-long msg here for her cos it'll be never ending. But I wanna let her know that she holds a special position in my heart that can never be replaced. I love Hilda!

ZZNC - what a crappy clique name but who cares. I was complaining to joe about how I feel the surprise from these 3 would end up seeing me trying to wash off flour and dried-up egg white from my hair, but I was in for a bigger surprise when I saw the album. Even though they failed to surprise me in my house despite collaborating with my father, I still wanna let them know the things they did yesterday made me realized that no matter what happens and how separated we may be from each other, it doesn't matter cos we know how much we mean to each other. All these sounds mushy but I know that we'll be friends for life. Thanks for being so sweet and thoughtful to rush out the album for me, and suffer from the shoutings of each other (JUST do what you wanna do k!) though I know you two secretly enjoy it. I wanna say, being best friends isn't about hanging out after school together or talking on the phone every night. It's not about buying exquisite and beautiful presents and having an enormous cake on each other's birthday. Cos all these will mean nothing if we are not connected through our hearts. It's about knowing each other from the heart and with the heart, to the extent that even silence speaks louder than words and we know exactly what each other is thinking. As quoted in the book, " the bonds we've made will never be broken"…

And like what weihan told me, smses and these sort can be kept, but the only place I want all these things to stay is in my heart.

Love,

Debbie

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