An Awesome Birthday Surprise

Saturday was finally the day of Larry's surprise birthday party. Thank goodness, because we were all slowly losing our minds. Why, you ask? Well let's see.

1. Larry was needlessly upset because nobody cared it was his birthday (Or so he thought).
2. He was always around, making it difficult to text in front of him cause I was always texting his sister, Gaytri trying to make plans and bugging people to confirm if they were coming.
3. The stress of planning an event.
4. Larry kept saying he didn't wanna go out without me, making me feel guilty and totally unable to comfort him in any way cause well, I WAS GOING TO BE THERE.
5. The stress of keeping up the lie that I had important things to do on Saturday.
6. The hints that we had something planned kept getting out when he was around. (Luckily he was too depressed to notice)

I'm sure there was more but I'm just thankful it's over so I would have forgotten a few :)


Anyway, on the day itself I was super stressed out. Larry and his sister and his cousin seemed to be the only ones who were on time! We were, in a perfect world, supposed to meet at La Bodega in Bangsar at 6.30pm and Larry was getting there at around 7pm. In the real world, here's where things stood at 6.30. I was still stuck at home waiting for Qades to pick me up. Jordi was the only one already in Bangsar, looking for company. Beh Jian Fung and Christina weren't even heard from. Joanna was MIA. And Aaron texted me saying that him and his girlfriend were going to be very late.


So yeah, Qades and I were supposed to get the cake on top of that. So, in the car I was simultaneously leading Qades through some back roads so we could avoid traffic jams and trying to plan for someone else to get the cake. And I had to tell Gaytri to prepare to stall Larry if need be. Finally Qades and I managed to get to Bangsar by around 6.55pm. But before we could even find parking, Gaytri is texting me to say that they're reaching Bangsar already. And after parking illegally in some alley, Qades and I went to La Bodega to discover....only Joanna and Jordi were there.


But things pulled together in the end. Gaytri managed to stall Larry until everyone got there. Even Aaron and his girlfriend, Li Yeng were there before the birthday boy arrived. So obviously when the whole gang was there we were making a shitload of noise. When we saw Larry approaching we thought for sure that he would have heard us. But he looked so depressed a bomb could have gone off and he wouldn't have noticed. So we all hid behind our menus and the table was eerily quiet until Joanna started reading the menu out loud, saying that a quiet table would have been much too suspicious. And even when Larry was right in front of our table he didn't recognise any of us! He actually glanced at us and told his sister not to sit near us and asked if they could get a table inside. LOL


When he finally saw us, man I wish I could describe the expression on his face.Oh wait a minute, scratch that. I have photos :)

It was hilarious :D I don't think Larry has said 'Oh my God' so many times in a row before.


Everything went uphill from there :) Dinner was good, at least mine was. Qades was shocked at his lol. It looked so good. He ordered lamb. And when it came it looked so mouthwatering.

It looked like a humongously gigantic slab of lamb and then you know what we realised? The lamb was just tiny little pieces. And that huge mound in the middle was mashed potatoes LOL. But we had a great time :D And we took photos to prove it too!

Goodness gracious. Qades looks like my son.

Look how happy Larry looks :)

Larry with his cousin, Jwalita and sister, Gaytri.

Beh Jian Fung and Christina

Me with Qades and Aaron (Also known as Hussein Yang)

Jordi Bordi and Joanna

I think Sudhan was high on his food :p

We all look so happy :)

This photo looked so happy couple-y that I had to laugh.

Then Joanna said this one looked happy couple-y too. LOL

I love this photo. I miss you Joanna :(

LOL LOOK AT LARRY!!

Ah me and my partner in crime, Gaytri. We were such a good team :)

Me and the birthday boooyyyyyy

So after our very lengthy photography session, Joanna and I thought it was about time we cut the cake, which obviously Larry didn't know about. But this La Bodega people must have really hated us cause they didn't try to be discreet at all. They came clearing our plates and putting down saucers and forks to eat the cake with. But the cake itself was nowhere to be seen. I lost track of the amount of times we had to signal them to bring out the cake already but they never did. Thank goodness Larry was oblivious. But then again, it's Larry :)

That's right, we took all those photos before we even cut the cake. Doesn't it look awesome?

I think all that chocolate put an extra twinkle in his eye :p

Larry forcing the Flaming down his throat LOL. He kept saying we were making him drink fire :p

Oh yeah this photo doesn't look awkward at all :p


Anyway this is Joanna's gift to Larry. She actually wrote him a poem! And it was really good too. The video isn't really clear so I'm posting the poem below so you can read it :)

Rudico

A year and a score of awesomeness is here,

As tonight we gather in merriment and good cheer.

To salute the thread that drew us to each other,

You are the glue that holds us together.

Bitter, and Bright,

Of our lives, the light.

At times unhappy and sad,

But among us, always glad.

Young at heart, childlike in mind,

To misjudge others, a tad inclined.

Watcher of "Gem",

Ahem, ahem.

Singer of notes,

Your song you must promote.

Theatrical and dramatic,

Animated in antics.

To some a son, a brother, a student and

To many, a friend.

Sudhan, budhan, budhy,

Suds, Larry, Sudhy.

Though many a name,

You stay the same.

Always stay true, 

Always be you.

Wherever you may go,

Stay Rudico.

Isn't it awesome???

And last but not least, here we have.... *drumroll*

Larry's drunken speech when he was high on the Flaming!!! :D

Happy 21st Larry. You know you're awesome :)