so yesterday night while i was working on the laptop editing diaper cake pictures from the past week, i received a call from Nal, who had just finished seeing to the funeral arrangements for his relative that had passed the day before. he sounded terribly exhausted, but most of all, i could hear the sadness in his voice at not being able to make Dina's 30th as special as he had planned it to be.
it was all i could do not to jump in and offer to run out and get a birthday cake for her, when he asked if i knew of any cake shops that were still open at the hour of half past nine when he called. there's a 24hr Hans just up the road from our house, so it would be convenient for us to help him get a cake in time before the night and her birthday ends. in hindsight, i technically invited ourselves over to his place, lol! for all i know he may have wanted a suggestion for a cake shop, get the cake himself and then have an intimate couple celebration at home! *slapsforehead*
anyway, an hour later, Noel, myself, Drayden as well as Kenneth and Jasmine (who we rounded up cos they were staying nearby) were waiting outside their apartment door, ready to spring the surprise. Kenneth and Jasmine had brought food - sate and cockles (Dina's favorite) - and we, as mentioned, got the every birthday requirement: the cake!
in the hour or so that the four (and a half!) of us made our way to 458 (Dina & Nal's), Nal had been unsuccessful trying to persuade Dina to get out off bed. the poor dear, exhausted from the day's affairs and possibly also depressed not being able to spend her special day how she had so looked forward to. in the end, after hiding in the kitchen for nearly five minutes and not succeeding any longer at hushing Drayden, who was becoming increasingly excited with the sight of Coco the house cat, we finally barged into the bedroom breaking into song.
there she was, the birthday girl, hiding under the covers, i think shocked and perhaps freaking out in embarrassment as well, being seen unmade up! but finally, we managed to coax her out of bed, and spend the last few moments of her special day together before it expires.
it was a small, simple and sudden get-together, but i hope we managed to cheer her up. =)
the birthday cake from Hans - Chocolate Truffle - and it was delish!
birthday girl cutting the cake
the simple spread
dina's favorite, cockles!
Dina and Nal
totally unrelated shot, but i just love these coasters!
we didn't stay long last night, mainly because dray has school today. i haven't even got her presents ready yet, cos last night was totally unexpected!
next tuesday there won't be class since its a public holiday, i hope drayden won't miss school and his friends much! for all we know, he may not even realise there's no school, lol! but we may just make plans to meet up with Gerry this weekend.
what did we do in school today? i gotta ask noel cos it was his turn to bring dray to class! =)
craftwork was centered around the color red today, and the first artwork was a red printout of a fire truck. i love craftwork that involves pasting things on, because it always tickles me to see how dray chooses to stick the items on. he always likes to paste them one on top of the other!
see how he pasted the two fire hoses on top of each other, and there's FOUR firemen stacked together? LOL!
the next craftwork is really cute. they made a red packet for chinese new year! noel said, but not to my surprise anyway, that dray didn't spend much time painting the glue on, because he couldn't wait to sprinkle the red glitter on! he's glitter crazy, this boy! noel said the glitter was everywhere, even on tyler's hair, who was sitting next to him, and tyler was giggling hysterically just watching dray go mental with the glitter shaker. i wish i was there to witness the scene!
apart from the red glitter, they also pasted on the red packet other red knick knacks like red crepe paper shavings, red fathers and red stringy bits.
but you know what's the best part of today? all the chocolate goodies we collected! the chocolate gold coins, chocolate god bars and melt-in-your-mouth sweets in teeny tiny firecrackers! sorry, no photo cos we walloped them up in a matter of seconds! lol!
tomorrow i'm gonna do some quick shopping to prepare myself for the long cny weekend, just in case i have any unexpected orders. i know the whole island shuts down on cny so its best to be prepared!
have a great long weekend everyone!
it was all i could do not to jump in and offer to run out and get a birthday cake for her, when he asked if i knew of any cake shops that were still open at the hour of half past nine when he called. there's a 24hr Hans just up the road from our house, so it would be convenient for us to help him get a cake in time before the night and her birthday ends. in hindsight, i technically invited ourselves over to his place, lol! for all i know he may have wanted a suggestion for a cake shop, get the cake himself and then have an intimate couple celebration at home! *slapsforehead*
anyway, an hour later, Noel, myself, Drayden as well as Kenneth and Jasmine (who we rounded up cos they were staying nearby) were waiting outside their apartment door, ready to spring the surprise. Kenneth and Jasmine had brought food - sate and cockles (Dina's favorite) - and we, as mentioned, got the every birthday requirement: the cake!
in the hour or so that the four (and a half!) of us made our way to 458 (Dina & Nal's), Nal had been unsuccessful trying to persuade Dina to get out off bed. the poor dear, exhausted from the day's affairs and possibly also depressed not being able to spend her special day how she had so looked forward to. in the end, after hiding in the kitchen for nearly five minutes and not succeeding any longer at hushing Drayden, who was becoming increasingly excited with the sight of Coco the house cat, we finally barged into the bedroom breaking into song.
there she was, the birthday girl, hiding under the covers, i think shocked and perhaps freaking out in embarrassment as well, being seen unmade up! but finally, we managed to coax her out of bed, and spend the last few moments of her special day together before it expires.
it was a small, simple and sudden get-together, but i hope we managed to cheer her up. =)
the birthday cake from Hans - Chocolate Truffle - and it was delish!
birthday girl cutting the cake
the simple spread
dina's favorite, cockles!
Dina and Nal
totally unrelated shot, but i just love these coasters!
we didn't stay long last night, mainly because dray has school today. i haven't even got her presents ready yet, cos last night was totally unexpected!
next tuesday there won't be class since its a public holiday, i hope drayden won't miss school and his friends much! for all we know, he may not even realise there's no school, lol! but we may just make plans to meet up with Gerry this weekend.
what did we do in school today? i gotta ask noel cos it was his turn to bring dray to class! =)
craftwork was centered around the color red today, and the first artwork was a red printout of a fire truck. i love craftwork that involves pasting things on, because it always tickles me to see how dray chooses to stick the items on. he always likes to paste them one on top of the other!
see how he pasted the two fire hoses on top of each other, and there's FOUR firemen stacked together? LOL!
the next craftwork is really cute. they made a red packet for chinese new year! noel said, but not to my surprise anyway, that dray didn't spend much time painting the glue on, because he couldn't wait to sprinkle the red glitter on! he's glitter crazy, this boy! noel said the glitter was everywhere, even on tyler's hair, who was sitting next to him, and tyler was giggling hysterically just watching dray go mental with the glitter shaker. i wish i was there to witness the scene!
apart from the red glitter, they also pasted on the red packet other red knick knacks like red crepe paper shavings, red fathers and red stringy bits.
but you know what's the best part of today? all the chocolate goodies we collected! the chocolate gold coins, chocolate god bars and melt-in-your-mouth sweets in teeny tiny firecrackers! sorry, no photo cos we walloped them up in a matter of seconds! lol!
tomorrow i'm gonna do some quick shopping to prepare myself for the long cny weekend, just in case i have any unexpected orders. i know the whole island shuts down on cny so its best to be prepared!
have a great long weekend everyone!
6 readers penned their thoughts:
hahahhaaa!! what a story! lol look at my totally unmade up face! i can so imagine you guys trying to hush Drayden as he tried to run after Coco!! So the plan was to make me come out from the bedroom isit?! nasib baik aku tak keluar dengan muka sememek and baju butterfly aku! At least I could hide under the covers when you guys barged into the room! lol
it was a lovely surprise! i wish i was more energetic but nonetheless your presence was gratifyingly thoughtful.
thank you, my darlings...
xxx
you still look ravishing au naturale lah woman!
anyway once you guys 'recover' from this week's affairs, a proper one should ensue! =)
i agree, your friend looks more beautiful au naturale in fact!
hehhehe.
the cake really looks delish..
aww. so sweet of you ppl "springing" into action. hehhee.
and hey, happy 3-0 dina! :)
awwww. HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY DIIIII!
hello dear! i wondered if you received my text! missin you and dray alot! anyway happy holidays!
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