God, I’m old! Dibundarkan ke puluh yang hampir —> 30 tu!!!! Angka yang sangat menggerunkan!
Apparently there are quite a number of my friends celebrating their birthdays in November. My mum’s birthday is also on the same month…
These past few weeks I’ve had lots of makan-makan. Let’s see…mula2 tu plan makan kat area Kebabish sempena birthday Sha…tapi aku dengan Faiz tak dapat datang. Lepas tu weekend plak Zana buat nasi kerabu. Itu memang YUM YUM! Berapa kali menambah tak hengat! Segan dgn tuan umah! Hahah…tapi pedulikan! Igt senang nak cari nasi kerabu kat sini??? Now that I have started to appreciate ulam-ulaman (before this I called it sampah-sarap), nasi kerabu couldnt have been mooooore delicious.
And then the day before my birthday, my sv stopped by at my office, carrying his usual black diary. This is what he said:
“Hmmmmmm…let us all have lunch together on….-” Bila dia kata US, maknanya dia dan pelajar-pelajar di bawah seliaannya. Juga bermakna kitaorang bakal dibelanja. Yay!
On my birthday, I had to stay up late in the office. Faiz tak mau aku balik awai, konon bila aku balik sume mende dah ready. He was planning on doing a surprise dinner. So dalam pukul 5, aku pun balik…
Indeed I was surprised!! Ruang tamu dok macam tu gak…bersepah dengan buku2/game-game dan laptopnya. Dapur pulak penuh dengan beg-beg plastik (apparently he just got back from shopping). Aku kat ofis punyalah dok imagine, balik nanti aku akan disambut dengan bunga ros ke….
Okla…mmg laki aku ni tak romantik! That was what I thought. No big deal! Anyway, I wanted to help him with the dinner but he said no.Dia suh aku dok dediam kat dalam bilik sampai sume ready. So pintu yang menghala ke living room dan dapur ditutup. Jadi, bertapalah aku kat dalam bilik selama sejam setengah. Bila dia kata dia dah siap masak, barulah kitaorang sama-sama bersiap di bilik yang berlainan.
“Orang sebelah, dah siap ke belum?”
“Belum…pakai make-up jap!”
“Kemeja apa I nak pakai ni?”
“Mana-mana u rasa cun!”
Anyway, bila dah sudah sume…he came and pick me up kat dalam bilik. Agak nervous jugaklah nak tgk ruang tamu jadi apa. Amazingly, everything was cleaned up. Meja makan siap dah berlapik cantik. Siap ada cawan kristal lagi ha (pandai plak dia godek almari cari mende). Most of the times, kalau barang apa-apa dia nak, aku yang jadi mangsa tlg cari. Atas meja ada sejambak bunga ros (I was really surprised).
To be honest, time aku kat dalam bilik tu aku godek2 gak almari bilik sebelah…nak tgk ada bunga ros ke tak, or kot-kot terjumpa hadiah ke apa ke…(haram nan ado!) Well I just like to know things in advance. I don’t like to be kept in the dark…
Dari aspek makanan, aku mmglah tak harap dia masak best sangat…but he did try his best. Ayam KFC pun kire ok lah! Nak harap dia masak steak bagai, mestilah na mungkin he! Sambil-sambil makan dihiburkan dengan beberapa pilihan lagu romantis seperti Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You. Lagu tu je yang aku ingat benarnya, cause that is my favourite song.
I love the gifts…..but what I love more is the speech that came up during the dinner. Sangat menyentuh hati..uhuk uhuks!

p/s: could a woman ask for more? naaaaaah...!!









