Happy Birthday Sars!!!

No, no, not the pandemic!

Harvey and I planned Sara's 19th birthday, and after various impossible ideas we came up with a mystery joyride.

I was in charge of getting the guest list together, and co-ordinating the times and everyone's movements, while Harvey worked on the "clue cards" and came up with the flow of events for the night.

We told Sara (known from now as Sars) to meet us at Melb Uni at 6.45, and we planned to show up at 6 to surprise her at her apartment, because we hadn't told her what was happening and so she didnt know what to wear. We had just told her we were going out, and sleeping over at Harvey's later.

Harvey's meeting ran late though, so I went on my own. I realised that I couldn't get into her apartment without being let in so I rang Ching Ching, but she and Tse Han were out. I rang Anselm hoping he hadn't left, and I was in luck! However, just as I was about to ring him to say I had arrived, Sars came out of the front doors "=.=

Luckily she hadn't packed her sleepover stuff, so we went back up to her apartment. While she was packing I swiped her dvd's so that we could watch them later. WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE TRAM FOR 20 MINUTES, and she GRILLED me meanwhile relentlessly, to find out what was happening. Hahaha!

We arrived at Harvey's (by this time she was sure that there was a surprise party waiting at Harvey's) and wah la! No one there. Meanwhile I got some news that meant we had to stall for a bit, so we headed to Melbourne Central to pass the time at Borders.

And so, Sars got her first scroll!


Scroll 1 : YOU are cordially invited to spend this evening with us. (further details will be given to you soon)






Finally everything sorted itself out, and we could finally give her scroll #2. I slipped it into her bag while she was busy chatting, and she couldn't figure out how it got in there!


Scroll #2 : Dinner time! Heard you've not been to Sofia's? (You don't really have a choice tonight). Let's go!


Sars : Where's Sofia's?! Lygon Street?! Eh...why are we getting on a train?!

We took her to Camberwell, where once we reached we pulled off the train with barely enough time for her to get her stuff together. We then walked around.

Me : Hmm....what if we don't get seats?
Sars : Oh no!

SURPRISE!

Vyn, Harvey, Keat

Me, Anselm, Shin

Ai Vyn, Keat (Sars's boyfriend), Shin and Anselm were there. Their train had got delayed hence the stalling at Borders. They were hiding their faces with menus when we arrived "=.=

Keat & Sars

One surprise failed that day : her cake. The waiter came over to ask how many candles to put on it, and so she saw it. And then even though I told them to put 1, they put 2! Anyway, it was a Chocolate Mud Cake from Brunetti's. I asked Vyn to get Sars's favourite, the Choc Mousse, but it was unavailable so she got the next best thing :) Thanks Vyn! You know when you called me all those times panicking, I had to keep climbing out of the shower? Hahaha!

It was a fun dinner to me. Hope you enjoyed it Sars! She was so surprised that her ears turned red! Hehe...we had calamari rings, 4 different pastas, and a huge pizza. It was so good and filling! Seriously, must go back there again.

So then, back home!

SURPRISE AGAIN!


Scroll #3 : Think it's over do you? Just dinner and cake? You're WRONG! LASER WARS @ CROWN! *bang bang*

Two things that Sars has always wanted to are go clubbing and try out laser wars. We selected the everyone-friendly one :) Did your ears turn red again? hehe!

The train was 25 minutes away, so we played Watermelon and Adult-Concentration while waiting, eventhough there were people around. Haha! Adult-Concentration? I remember playing it in Cempaka...it's like concentration except instead of numbers you have a sexual action and sexual noise (for example Keat slurped, Sars went "Uhuh uhuh" while making an action, mine was licking my finger etc.)

BANG BANG! Ai Vyn had to go clubbing and so didn't come for laser wars.

We bought the unlimited games ($30) entry, but after 1/2 hour, there was a technical problem. They gave us a 1 hour card each to play any games at the arcade, but after an hour it was still not repaired. They offered to give us a $30 voucher to come back another day and play, but we said we were on holiday and leaving for KL soon and so they gave us back the cash! Woot! 2.5 hours of free gaming!


After some difficulty in getting a tram back, we headed off. Sars, Harvey and I got off at Milano and bade farewell to the rest (thanks for the help guys!) and then...


Scroll #4 : TIRED? sure hope you're not! The night is still young...(next stop) 8 Franklin Street.

I'm pretty sure Sars thought we were going to Se7en at first, but she finally figured out that 8 Franklin street was Milano.


Scroll #5 : Here we are! Sleepover & movie. We hope you enjoyed your 19th birthday! Love you Sars.

Sars : Oh no! I should have brought my movies!
Me : Errrr......

Before that, we had some camwhoring at the Milano lobby. After our first shot, Daniel and Guilia appeared, and joined us. And then 5 minutes later Alex and Michelle walked in as well with their friend.

Guilia, Sars, Harvey, Daniel, Me

Alex, Harvey, Guilia, Me, Sars, A&M's friend, Michelle

We kept talking in the lobby - once the reception phone rang and we thought they were ringing to scold us. Hahah!

Then to the sleepover! We passed on the movie in favour of talking. When we finally succumbed to exhaustion, Alex & Mich slept in one room, Harvey, me, Guilia and Sars in another.



So, Happy 19th birthday Sars! I hope this year brings you plenty of joy and happiness, and I hope you know I'm always here for you! Hope you enjoyed yourself, and best of luck in everything :)

Thanks to Keat, Vyn, Anselm, and Shin for coming and making the night a success!