I know it's abit late to blog about this now, since it's over last week. Nevertheless, I still think it's good to jot down my thoughts and feelings at the age of 22 now. It was a special birthday, as it was celebrated overseas and without b by my side. My group of exchange friend were nice to celebrate for me twice, first on the 15nov night and the second one on the day itself. I expected the first celebration since I know for sure they will do a mini-surprise for me having seen the last few friends whom had their birthday celebrated this way too. It was simple and short, we were chilling outside GS25. They bought champagne and a green tea mochi ice cream that tasted so so. Not forgetting the chocolate cake that was lit up with two candles =). The celebration ended after they finished their cup-noodles.
The second day, which is the actual day itself. I did not expected anymore celebration since I already got one the day before. I wasn't feeling exactly happy on my birthday itself. The reason being, I did not have anything to look forward to and I was pretty disappointed that none of my close group of friends wished me at 12am(am i childish to wish for that?). I was thinking if they had forgotten about my birthday since all of them are busy with their working life now. It will be sad to know that they were reminded by the facebook notification. I was thinking if our friendship is drifting since I did not get to talk to them much. No offline message asking how I was doing, I did not even talk to them for more than 3 times. I did,however,got to talk to zhenli twice and verlyn once. Seriously, I do not want to lose this group of friends. They are my group of true friends that has been with me since secondary school. Maybe I should make the first move, or take the initiative to start a conversation with them first. (yes, I should just do it later)
Now back to the 16 nov, as it was a tuesday, I had a long day in school. After I'm done with class, me, chiu and shan proceed on to the paradise casino! Remember I said on my previous blog, I wanted so badly to recoup back my losses the other time. Yes and I decided I should just go back to the casino on my birthday, believing that I will be super lucky on the day itself. It's my day =). I claimed a 20,000 won gamble voucher from the casino. It means that you can use that voucher to bet on the roulette. You can only win that amount it you place it at a correct bet. Since I was a noob in this, I decided to bet the easiest thing. I bet on the red color and I was really lucky that the ball stopped on a red spot! Lucky me =). SHan and chiu-chiu wasnt as lucky as they got the same voucher but did not get that free 20,000. SO after this mini-warm up, I did my observation at the blackjack table with chiu. It was crowded that day, the table was full with gamblers from Japan. They were nice though, guided us on when we should just hit or stand. Occasionally, they were laughing at us as I think they find us cute. We shouted "Ace Ace, picture picture and Yes! when the banker got more than 21" we are like just small kids to them, i think. However, I think they enjoyed our company and started shouting with us too. The majority of players were winning and I was happy for them too. Nevertheless, we came prepared with strategy! I passed my strategy book to shan and asked her to guided us through that. And I believe it really does worked, coupled with my luck that day. Me and chiu were really lucky as we did not use our capital to continue the game, we used our winnings to play. Blackjack was really intensive. I got really nervous every game, especially when we were losing. WHat was really memorable was the last game. Chiu got blackjack and I gotten two aces. In casino setting, two aces doesn't mean anything. So i decided to split the cards. Then, another ace came again and so I splitted the card. Meaning I have 3 sets of cards with ace. And at the end of the game, we won all 3 sets!!!! I cant describe what that feels. It was really awesome! I just feel like jumping up and dance. Being satisfied with our winning, we decided to call it a day at the casino. And I made a promise to myself that after recouping this sum of losses, I will not gamble in a casino again!
After our casino adventure, we went to have our dinner. CHiu brought the two of us to this place near our school that sells fried chicken. The chicken tasted not bad and we went back to dorm after that. I wasn't expecting any other surprise but this really caught me by surprise. When I opened my door to my dorm, it was pitch dark in the room. I only saw blue lights at the balcony and I was so shocked that I could hardly move. Many thoughts were swirling, I was thinking about ghost, about people repairing the balcony light perhaps and when shan shouted me to step in, I realised the cake at the corner. Then I came to the conclusion that they were surprising me! How stupid I was, to think of ghost! When I drew the curtains apart, I saw them standing behind my underwater world shower captain and wishing me happy birthday. I was really touched, it has been long since I last had this kind of surprise. They decorated the whole balcony to make it looked like an aquarium. It was really sweet. Thank to shan who came out with the idea and the rest to draw and paste all the sea animals up. It was memorable. As usual, we ate our basking robins cake. I was also touched by daddy who stayed up to wish me happy birthday. And my bro to skype me and wish me happy birthday too. I'm looking forward for my birthday celebration with B when I am back. Yes, that's what I experience on my 22 and I simply love the dress that they gave me.
