My birthday!

As you might've already guessed from the title above, today is my birthday! Today is the day when I officially turn 17 years old ( physically of course, my mentality is still that of a 15 year old's ). Since today is such a special day for me, I thought I'd write a blog post on my day for remembrance :). The sad thing is that I can't seem to remember how I spent my birthday last year, so I hope that in a few years time when I come back to this blog, I'll be able to remember it, my sweet 17. 

So today before school started, I had to say goodbye to my friends who were going to Japan on a student exchange programme organised by the school. The reason I didn't join them was because the fees were too expensive, plus I've already been to Japan before... which is a shame because I loved being in Japan. Anyway, my friends and I hugged and bid our farewells, then proceeded to go out into the open hall to queue up according to our classes. My friends didn't forget to wish me happy birthday and I was so flushed that I didn't know how to respond. 

After coming back from the toilet, we went to our respective lines. Instead of sitting down, I opened my bag to take out a list of my classmates' names as I was in charge of collecting the money for our History modules. While rummaging through my files, I noticed that there was a particular file which looked familiar but didn't belong to me. I was so shocked that I thought I had accidentally taken someone's file without realising it. Either that or someone must've opened my bag to put it in, but why?

Few minutes later, we eventually went to class. When we reached our class, I could hear the sound of the bus' engine from below, the one filled with students who were bound for Japan in a few hours. Of course I couldn't help but feel a bit jealous, but the emotion was quickly shoved aside as I reminded myself repeatedly that I've been to Japan before so there was nothing to be jealous of. Most of us crowded around the windows to see as the bus descended the hill and disappeared below, some even saying "goodbye" to their friends even though they couldn't hear them.

The day went by quite smoothly although we couldn't help but notice the gaping hole my friends had left after their departure to Japan. Our circle felt... incomplete, After recess, when my friends stood around my seat, they suddenly started to sing "Happy Birthday" which completely took me off guard by the way. I was flustered to the point of burying my head on the table, lifting it up from time to time to look at them then burying it again. It was the first time anyone has ever sang happy birthday to me in school, and for that I felt touched. 

Then came the time for us to go home. At home, when I went to check my phone, I noticed that I received a whatsapp voice message from my friends who were supposed to be on a plan to Singapore to transit to Japan. Turns out that they recorded themselves saying and singing happy birthday to me on the bus ride to the airport. Upon hearing their voice message, I couldn't help but feel glad to have dorky-ass friends like them, I mean seriously they were so cute can you imagine like two girls singing happy birthday to a phone in a bus full of people, that's really cute. Anyway, a few hours later, I took out the file that I found in my bag as well as the present ( a lollipop ) my friend had given me earlier on to put in the fridge. Turns out that the file belonged to said friend and in it contained a drawing of my favourite drama character and also a birthday card. I eventually thanked her on Line minutes later.  

So this is where I have nothing else to write. Of course there's going to be a birthday celebration on a larger scale on Saturday, 24 | 01 | 2015 but for now, I'll just have to celebrate with my family members. 

That's it for now, till my next post, bye!