HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME :)

(on the left: Nik's red lillies.... gorgeous!)

Assalamu'alaikum.....

Look at what Nik got me for my birthday!! Red lillies and a cute card to go with it! Afzan got me a beautiful pair of pink earrings, while Wann got me this really gorgeous black handbag from Express. Bulan treated me to a bowling game (much thanks :) ) afterwards. After what, you may ask? Lemme start my day at the beginning.

My birthday "day" actually started at 10pm the night before. Nik called me from his cellphone saying that he was outside my door. Unfortunately, I had just finished scrubbing my bath tub and playing DDR for the last 1-1/2 hour, so seeing my best bud while looking like a sweaty dog did not sound too appealing. However, I put a t-shirt and pants on and opened the door.....




(on the right: Nik's birthday card)

.... and there was this beautiful bouquet of lillies propped against the wall of my apartment. So beautiful. Granted, it was a good 2 hours before my official birthday "day", but what the heck, it was already my birthday in Malaysia and probably in other parts of the world too, so it was fine. The flowers were really pretty, I just adore fresh flowers and these lillies couldn't be any prettier.

Anyway, the next day started off pretty normal. Me, Afzan, Kirah and Wahida went to see Memoirs of a Geisha, that new movie with Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. Anyway, the lady who played the villain Hatsumomo, Chinese actress Gong Li, is freakin' GORGEOUS!




(on the left: picture of Afzan's gift, earrings and card).

It was a really good movie, the cinematography was excellent... wish it had stayed closer to the book and developed more of Mameha's character, but I guess you can only do so much in 2-1/2 hours of movie time. To tell the truth, I like this one better than King Kong. Tgk org bercinte ngan beruk, buat ape. Pompuan tgk beruk, beruk tgk pompuan, main ais skating kat mane2 ntah. 3 jam plak tuh kene tgk beruk ngan pompuan tgk each other. WTF?





(on the right: Wann's gift... an evening bag from Express)

Anyway, after getting back from the movies, I got ready to go out to my "surprise" birthday dinner... in that the location was a surprise. Nyahahaha.... Nik got this one right, definitely. They brought me to Olive Garden, probably my most favorite restaurant in Ann Arbor. Yay! There was a pretty good crowd.. there was me (of course), Afzan, Wann, Joe, Fer, Zul, Bulan, Kirah and of course, Nik. Dinner was excellent (in my opinion), and conversation was good. Nik terhantuk kepale kat gelas air... LoL! Padan muke, gelakkan org punye kete lagik, pandai. And although I wished somebody else was there, too, I have to admit it was a really good crowd and I couldn't have planned it better myself.

Afterwards, Nik, Bulan and I went bowling with a few other friends of Bulan's... me like bowling velly mooch :)~ . Bulan, as usual, was good at it (what can he NOT do? He's good at everything), Nik had a somewhat off night, and I did... average. As usual.

Loved, loved, loved my birthday :) . So glad to celebrate it with friends :). Thanks guys! Love ya all!

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

Nyahaha.... I haven't updated in a really, really long time. One month, in fact. Been really busy lately, school has been weird. There's presentations, projects, proposals and of course, final exams. I also had Nik, Wann and Kirah's graduation to go to, which was last Sunday. It was alright, I guess, unfortunately I can't attest to that much because I came a bit later. Afterwards, we went to eat at Raja Rani later that night.

It is currently Winter Break, and like all grad students, I am broke and staying at home for the whole two weeks. Nik and Wann have been staying over for the last couple of days because their new apartment has no electricity. We've been watching DVDs for the last couple of days, so tonight we're going out to the movies, probably King Kong (even though I'm aching to watch Chronicles of Narnia). We'll see :) .

On Friday we celebrated Nik's birthday at TGI Friday's. It was a mostly guys affair, and I have to admit I was more stressed than usual because there was just a lot of stuff to do and people to coordinate. While I was stressed, Nik had a great time, so it made all the panning worth it. I have to admit, I actually dropped the cake upside-down but somehow nothing happened to it. Must be something in the air, lol :).

Anyway, I'm a little sleepy, and not making much sense, so I'll be off now and maybe update a wee bit later.

Wassalam...