"Happy birthday to Edmund...happy birthday to you..."
Yes! that tune is still playing in my head. I feel happy. Really blessed and happy.
The celebration started off as early as two weeks back, where we all gathered in the hotel room, playing all sorts of drinking games and polluting the room with our crazy laughter all the way till late. The superior room at Grand Mercure hotel wasn't as big as I thought, which was quite a letdown. But after some shifting and rearranging of furniture, we managed to make a reasonably big space for approximately 15 people to sit in a circle.
To me, one of the best moments in life is witnessing your different groups of friends coming together and enjoying each other's company. I think because it not only dismisses the fear of social awkwardness, which is admittedly always my main concern whenever I gather the different cliques, but it also makes you feel accomplished knowing that all your friends are gathered because of you and are enjoying every minute of it (or so it seems. haha)
After almost two months, the faithful leftovers of C140 finally met up again. The obvious decrease in the frequency of our meetups only further highlights how much we rely on Pq in the past; it is also our attempt at making her feel more guilty. Haha. It's good to see them again. Not a complete turnout but we had an equally fun time.
Besides my birthday, I've another reason to believe that July is going to be the best month this year: I finally told my parents about my Vietnam plan. Come to think of it, I think breaking the news to them and then receiving their support were the best birthday gifts I could ask for. They were surprisingly calm and receptive about the whole idea (there were no raising of voices and no attempts at dissuasion) and because of that I felt quite stupid for overdramatizing this whole buildup. I should have had more belief in them :-(
Now that the family factor is out of the way, I can safely work towards bringing everything to fruition, which also translates to new worries and concerns - what should I prepare? Have I done enough research? How am I going to make full use of my remaining weeks here?
I could use a list. Yes! I need a laundry list.
