"15" this number to many others may just be a simple and ordinary number. However, to me it means a whole lot more than just that. It has a very special meaning to me. Reason being very simple, I was born on the 15th of November! To make the number even more special，I celebrated my 15th Birthday with a bunch of awesome friends. This years birthday is the most unforgettable one so far..
Miao Yun called me up one day and gave me 3 options:
1. Ask 15 strangers to sing me happy birthday
2. Sing to myself a Happy Birthday Song in the middle of a High class restaurant.
3.Come in a dress and high heels
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The first option would get me into trouble especially when I didn't know who I'm asking. For all I know, I could be asking some molester! The second option would get me into even more trouble. Most probably, I would be banned from ever entering that place ever again! So, I didn't have much choice and reached Bishan MRT station in a dress and heels.
Considering what I had done to Saras on her Birthday, I knew it wasn't going to be that simple. I was RIGHT. I received a call from that cat again (Miao Yun), and she told me go to the spikes.
"SPIKES?! Hair could be spikey, fur could be spikey and a dog's name could be spikes!" Being very bad at direction, I immediately freaked out. Holy toot... You want me ,the Marissa who could get lost in her own home, to travel without any directions?!! Thankfully, the clue was easy. Esplanade.
Now how on Earth am I supposed to go there....I brain stormed for 5 mins and finally lit my bulb. Usually, I would always rely on Miao Yun for directions. She is my GPS! After the hung up on me, she sent me an sms. "GPS NOT AVAILABLE. Ask around. =)"
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I finally found my way, but I was very sway, because my shoe gave way. *wow it rhymes!*
While walking in CityLink Mall( on the way to the Esplanade) part of my heels broke off! I immediately entered a shop (like a car running out of fuel) and parked myself inside. I felt very "unglam" for a few seconds and frantically called Saras and Miao Yun.
"EH! come and save me leh! My shoe broke you know?!!" Despite my cries of help, Saras even laughed at me through the phone!
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I had no choice now. I have to buy a pair shoes! After spending another 10 minutes in a shoe shop I finally made a decision to buy a pair of heels. I couldn't buy flats because I chose the 3rd option...
Finally getting back on my feet, i started to get back my self-esteem. Quickened my pace and finally reached the Esplanade.I received a 3rd call" Go to the chocolate bar." "HUH." "Chocolate Bar lah!" "Errm..." *Hangs up on me again*
-.-".. wonder how many times have felt like this...
Ran to the nearest directory and Scanned. HUH?! My brain went blank again.
I'm on level 1 but the directory says I'm on level 2... I know I'm bad at I directions but at least I am smart enough to know that I'm on the ground floor! I went outside to check that i was really standing on solid ground. *Stomp Stomp* Yeap, It is SOLID ground. I went up to the floor above and checked the directory there. To my disbelief, it was the same map of the second floor!! Freaky much?
I thought I was starting to hallucinate or was I really THAT bad at directions?! I started to question my own abilities. No choice CALL AGAIN! I called Miao Yun and started pacing around talking to her as if I was in some foreign land. "WAIT I SEE YOU!" For the 4th time, she hung up on me. I looked around turning my body 360 degrees but I couldn't see her! I scratched my head and rubbed my eyes. There it was, right IN FRONT OF ME. The signboard. Max Brenner's Chocolate Bar.
The frustration, relief and anxiety overwhelmed me. I didn't know whether to smile or frown! Stomped in and saw my elegantly dressed friends. HAHA. To my surprise, Logesh was there too! I wanted to ask her what happened to her doctors appointment but my hands wanted to strangle my GPS. My legs wanted a rest and my butt wanted to meet the chair. So my complicated brain signals got mixed up and I looked like a clumsy fool when I sat down.
I had forgotten everything that happened in between but I can remember one thing very clearly. The gift giving session! Hahaha. I received an awesome tasting cake and cupcake/cookie/muffin thingy from Saras. You definitely know my taste Saras! Received a pencil case and 4 pens from Logesh. It may mean very little to other people but if you're in the foyer crew, you would know that PENS ARE VERY PRECIOUS! My sweet senior even wrote my name on every single pen and decorated the pencil case in the most touching way possible. I was about to cry already. Then My GPS gave me the most wonderful gift. It was a picture montage that practically captured all the crazy times we had together and it showed how much fun we had together. I didn't know that a few pieces of carefully handled papers and pictures, made by the one you love can look so beautiful! I mean the love in a best friend way ok! Hahaha. I could not contain my emotions and a tear came out. Thankfully I was quick enough that none of them saw it. I tried my best in holding in my tears in as they were really at the brink of my eyelids. I kept saying to myself "Marissa, you can't cry now! Not now!!"
I was honestly really touched my their gifts! Knowing that Logesh has practically graduated, yet she still put in so much effort for my birthday and she even cancelled her doctors appointment! That added alot to the crying gauge. Knowing that Saras has been very busy and studying so hard but she still came in a dress and withdrew money from her bank! That added even more to the gauge. Not seeing Miao Yun for like 1 whole freaking week and not hearing her crazy laughter and knowing that she had put in SO MUCH effort into this gift really filled up the "omg im going to cry" feeling.
The rest of the day was AWESOME! I drank the rest of the Caramel chocolate,was forced to drink another cup of coffee, sang to myself happy birthday in the Middle of Marina Square, had to wear stupid dresses thanks to their plan, we sat down together and watched the sunset and best of all we rode the flyer!! It was my first time on the flyer and I'm thankful that I spent my first time with the 3 of them. I had so much fun, even though I had to find my way, even though i had to buy another pair of shoes, even though I had to drink coffee, even though I had to wear those heels, even though we got lost a few times and even though I have awful and painful blisters now. I had an AWESOME time!
On my way home, I couldn't contain it any longer. I started crying tears of joy in the Mrt station and i couldn't stop! Guess I was just so grateful to have such caring friends.
My 15th birthday was really a blast! What made this celebration so unforgettable was not what I did or how I did it, instead, it was whom I did it with that made all the difference. I realized that true friendship can truly make you feel like you're on top of the world, as if there was nothing that could dampen your spirits, nothing you cannot overcome, nothing you cannot pull through especially when you have friends like these to rely on. It was not the number of things we did together that made us so strong but the number of never-ending hours we spent together. We were all there for each other in both celebration and grief, through the idle-ness and chaos of school days. Most importantly, despite all setbacks we faced at home and in school, we stuck together through thick and thin. Making friends is easy. Keeping them is hard. But one thing is for sure, friends like these can never be forgotten.
Stopped singing @ 1:49 PM ♥
