Happy Birthday, Laine!
It's Elaine's birthday today.. We organized a surprise birthday celebration for her during the weekend. Boy oh boy, was she shocked and speechless! Heheh.. It was seriously tough to plan that. We had to get hold of her boyfriend Ke Yaw (KY) and her Leeds housemate Elaine Ho (EH). Kai Ling (KL) & I didn't have KY's contact number, and all we knew was that he's working in an Oil & Gas firm in Rohas Perkasa. So, thinking, "the power of the Internet!", I went to Google to search. Turns out that almost 80% of the firms in Rohas Perkasa are Oil & Gas!!! Gosh... So I scrolled at the pages.. And this name, Weatherford seemed very familar. I remembered Laine mentioning Weatherford in her mails. So, I called up the company to ask for Yap Ke Yaw. Wah lah... This name exists!! Heheh... KL & I were thinking that if we can't get hold of KY, I would ask for his best friend Ben to ask for KY. Kkeekke... KY was a bit hesitant at first, thinking if this "Amanda" is some insurance agent or something. Haha..
Anyway, at one side, KL, KY & I were corresponding through e-mails, and decided that we should book for a room at Prince Hotel, under KY's company. At another side, EH said that their other housemate, Yu Ling (YL) is coming up from Spore to celebrate Laine's birthday. So, we were gonna group everyone together! Had some problems fitting everyone's plans in, but at the end, we managed to get a room at Micasa Hotel. So, the actual plan was, Laine was supposed to meet up with EH and YL for housemates' reunion. Laine was searching for a hotel room for them to stay (She asked me to check the rates for Cititel). So, we planned it in such a way where EH said that her mom could get a cheap rate in Micasa (in actual fact, KY was the one getting the room), and it took me, KY, KL and EH to convince Laine to take up the Micasa one. That was tough! Finally, she agreed and we got on with the plans.
Saturday afternoon, KL, sayang & I went to TMC to get the stuffs for steamboat dinner. We kept putting stuffs into the basket and was worried if they were enough for 11 ppl! I went to King's, got a Cream Cheese Blueberry cake. We met again at Micasa, KL checked in, and we started preparing the steamboat. The room was fantastic!!! Extremely posh for a hotel apartment!!! 2 single beds, a TV, wardrobe with a safe in it, kitchen sink, fridge, microwave oven, toaster, living area, dining area with a huge working desk, and balcony! For RM165!!! Anyway, EH came over with Shuh Yih, and we waited for Laine to call EH. Laine was to meet up with YL at KLCC, while EH was to 'check in' for them, and Laine & YL was to drive to Micasa to meet up with EH. So, when they arrived, EH went to meet them at the reception, the steamboat dinner was prepared, we waited in the dark. When they finally came into the room, opened the room door, turned on the lights and Laine stepped into the room, we shouted "SUPRISE!!!". She was flabbergasted.. Kekkekekkekeek... Had the whole night eating steamboat and cutting the cake. ;) It was too bad that KY had to be in Spore for work, otherwise it would be an even more memorable birthday for Laine.
Hehehe... Post birthday celebration, she said it was the best birthday she has ever had. To me, it would be, coz she got to celebrate her 24th with her secondary school classmates, as well as her housemates in Leeds. What's more, with KY contributing in the plans. Kekeke... Hope that it will really be a memorable one for Laine. It was all worth it. :)
Happy Birthday, Laine!!
