Birthday entry.. tuition version haha..

I'm still mengade²ly unable to write my entry tetap (bak kate Nomi) for my birthday. Wanna 'collect' some pictures first.. but today I CAN update on a sorta birthday entry jugak hehe..

On Friday, was already 30 years old plus 1 day (Aik.. nape sy ngaku haha..) The 'high' I experienced the day before was still running around my veins but of course la sy kaver kan.. malu la nak tunjuk yg hati masih seronok haha..

Anyway, as always, when its my birthday, I'd bring some treats to my class for the whole week to celebrate my birthweek. Lagipun, its not like all my classes fall on my birthday and like tak aci if I only bring treats on my birthday.. thus, my birthweek.

This year, as opposed to buying them, I thought I'd make them myself ☺

So there I was on Friday, taking two boxes full of cupcakes for my form 5 class in Jawi. I didn't tell them but some of my old students knew of my tradition ☺

However, upon arriving, I was at first suprised when the shopkeeper at this shop I use to buy canned drinks before class said, "Semalam birthday cikgu yaa?" Uik, konpius teman.. mane pulak org kedai ni tau nih? I just smiled and said yes while they wish me a happy birthday..

Then as I went to my class, I noticed Helmi, switching off the lights then turning them on again. Knowing that the boys just like to tease the girls into screaming, I pretended to hit him and chase him into the class.

The class went on as usual and halfway through, I went to my car to get my cupcakes for my students. I love to see their faces during this time.. ilang segala 'I'm-an-adult' face and muncul all those innocent faces you just wanna cover with kisses (muntah la students sy klau tau!)

Then around half an hour before class ended, Helmi asked to go down to buy some Panadol. He'd been complaining of a headache since class started to I just let him. Then as I was teaching, someone suddenly turned off the lights..

..mule la nak marah! Usually they do this just to make the girls scream but a part of me a bit confused on why the girls weren't screaming. But still laa..

I scrambled to the door, wanting to scold whomever it was responsible for turning off the lights when Helmi came in bearing a cake with candles. (6 to be exact. whcih I told them represented 6teen haha..)

Huh? Alamak.. what is this?

Upenye they had tumpang'ed the cake at the shop. No wonder la tukang kedai tu tauuu..

A lump formed in my throat when my students sang a birthday song (Only instead of "Selamat hari jadi", they changed it to "Selamat hari tua" for their teacher yang selalu mengaku umur 16 tu kannnn)..

Aisehhh.. malu weihhh.. and my over-sensitive side punye la menahan diri from being revealed..

Huwaaaa.. sukenye! Hahahaha..

Though time balik tu, I was the receiving end (or rather PFK was) of being thrown eggs (suke betoi la diorg ni haha.. its like a tradition for them. I wouldn't know since I come from an all-girl school kan). Pandai pulak tu, since it was raining, diorg siap carikan payung la to MAKE SURE I got in the car ASAP hahah..

..still, I arrived home smiling like crazy! Lupe plak, my ex-student Hawa even dropped by to give me a birthday gift.. alahaii, camne la dia tau ye?

Anyway, these are pictures taken from my students FB :)

This is Helmi (on his birthday, I bullied him into serving everyone cakes.. nak balas dendam la pulak dia ye)

Me cutting my cake..

..and my cake! Heheh..

This pulak, I dunno why I like this blurred image since it makes me look like lapaq gila laa kann hehe.. but I like it (Don't ask why)

And to my students.. THANX! ♥ you guys!

I wanna write about my birthday but..

..I'm still too excited and happy with yesterday that I can't sit still and write a decent birthday entry hahah..

Seriously, I was suprised at how much I enjoyed turning 30. Klau tau la camni, I wanna be 30 every month heheh..

THANX to all my loved ones.. family, neighbours (haha..), friends and even students who really made my day!

I LOVE EVERYONE TODAY!!!

Once upon a time ago..

*I actually wasn't sure if I wanted to share this in my blog yang takde la sape bace pun kan, thankfully! It isn't something big pun, just a sweet memory that instead of making me cry now, made me smile the other day when it suddenly came back to me. Just thought of writing it down in case one day I forget that sweet things DO happen to me.. ni pun ntah² ade 2-3 fakta yg salah kan, kot la I remember it differently so I'll write it as I remember it now*

Exactly 10 years ago, it was the eve of my 20th birthday. To me, birthdays are big deals but since I was just a freshman in university and didn't have any real close friends then (Ye ke? Kecik ati diorg haha..), I felt a bit ashamed to tell everyone it was my 20th birthday.. a new milestone in my life. The start of the decade full of learning and full of hopes for the future..

..so I just kept quiet about it!

I wasn't using a mobile then, so I didn't expect birthday wishes from my family that night. But I knew that I'd have piles of cards from family and friends waiting at home for me and that was enough for me so I didn't mind that no one in the campus knew it was my birthday (Only Civil students were in the campus then. My roomate who knew about my birthday, even waited for it, pun dah balik time tu coz it was already the start of the semester break for other schools).

That night I was in Lin's room with a few friends. We were just passing time as we only had our Practical Training in the mornings and afternoons so we were free all night long.

I was silently counting the minutes to midnight while laughing with my friends. Just wanted to know the exact moment I turned from a teenager to a 20-year-old.

Then Lin's phone rang and I quickly turned away, wanting to give privacy to her and Hairi (her then boyfriend, now father of her three cute children.. I was her bridesmaid on her wedding ☺) After a few seconds, Lin nudged me and handed the phone to me.. to my suprise!

I mean, I didn't give her number to my parents ke ape ke so I was a bit confused on who was searching for me.

Turned out, it was a friend of mine and he asked me to come down to meet him..

..more confused than ever here!

He was at his aunts in Lumut, it was raining heavily and had came here to wish me a happy 20th birthday.

I.WAS.TOUCHED.

I ignored the card and just looked at him.. I guess, at that exact moment, I DID develop a small crush on him just because I didn't know that he knew my birthday. We'd been friends for more than a year then from KMK right to this campus but he never once asked me about my birthday, even playfully. And I never told him anyway since it didn't seem that important to me but I didn't know it was important to him.. well, sorta hahah..

(It was not until my final year did I know, he also knew my IC number and had checked my final year results online with that number.. citt!)

Hmm, yes! I did develop a crush on him. Just a small one that went away once the novelty of being 20 faded, I guess.. even if, from then to the year after we graduated I told everyone we had no feelings for each other, I KNOW at that first birthday he wished me, I did have a crush on him.

A sweet way to enter my 20s huh.. to me la at least. Thats what made me smile a few nights ago went I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night to that memory..

He never forgot my consequent birthdays after that.. a few of them at least. Right until the time we stopped talking. (On the last birthday before we stopped talking, he even called at midnight to sing a birthday song but stopped mid-sentance coz he said he didn't have a good voice)

And now we don't talk at all..

..and yes, Baizurah, its IM!

No lah, I'm no sad. In fact, I'm happy.. to realize that though I always complain about my life, every now and then, something sweet DOES pop out.. and I thank Him for reminding me about it.

P/S

Actually I received a suprise card and present form Un the next day.. thanx Un! ☺ Sy still simpan scruncie awak bg kat sy tu.. kelabu with lace and beads. Sangat tak sange org macho cam Un leh kasi sy bende yg girly heheh.. ☺☻☺

Entry penggunaan oven maximum haha.. =p

Okay, enough of last weeks bad luck. I actually went out to buy a new mixer just a day or two after the mixer disaster hehe.. melayang la duit but I was thinking of Nurul and Farah at the time.

Anyway, just wanted to paste my not-so-good photos from my phone camera. First one up is the reason for the mixer disaster, my Japanese Cotton Cheesecake yg sgt sy rasekan tidak jadi and I'm blaming my beater that quit on me at the last hour. Yup, I'm NOT gonna say I'm not a good cook heheh.. aci?

Recipe given to me by my junior, Aimy Masturah.

Next one are peanut butter bars. Been wanting to try making them for a while now but tidak berkesempatan. So in order to try out my new mixer, this was what I did hehe.. This is the picture after spreading the topping of choc+cornflakes+more peanut butter..

..and this plak after cutting into bite-sizes!

Then comes the konvo cupcakes. The reason I REALLY wanted my beater to function properly. Still, I stayed up till morning (no sleep) to cook and clean the house since my cousin's family would be coming here for her graduation. I only managed to decorate my cupcakes at 5.00am, after cleaning up the house and done half the cooking required. Penaaaaatttt (my excuse for cupcakes yg tak cantik.. mcm la sblm ni buat cantik sgt pun kan) So, tadaaa..

Boley la kan.. huhuh.. (Tolong la kate boleh, pleaseeeee!)

Then as usual, bile ade lebey, mule la carik mangse so these I gave to the guards on duty hehe..

Sy rase lagu in sgt su-weet!

Used to try my best to dislike this guy. His last hit was about being in love with someones wife(?).. bengong! But you couldn't help liking 'Follow Me' kan? Hahaha.. but this song plak, first time I heard it tidak la menarik perhatian sgt.. until I listened to the lyrics!

Alamak! Sgt sweet!!

Bes kan klau ade org rase camni heheh.. <--gatal!

Smile~Uncle Cracker

You're better then the best

I'm lucky just to linger in your life

Cooler then the flip side of my pillow

..that's right

Completely unaware

Nothing can compare to where you send me

Lets me know that it's ok

..yeah it's ok

And the moments where my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun

Fall out of bed

Sing like a bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Ohh you make me smile

Even when you're gone

Somehow you come along

Just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack

..and just like that

You steal away the rain

..and just like that

You make me smile like the sun

Fall out of bed

Sing like bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Ohh you make me smile

Don't know how I lived without you

Cuz everytime that I get around you

I see the best of me inside your eyes

You make me smile

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

You make me smile like the sun

Fall out of bed

Sing like bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Ohh you make me smile

Ohh you make me smile

Ohh you make me smile