Moogle's Birthday Surprise in my POV
Due to public demand (yes, that's you Baliw! XD), I am dedicating one entry for this hilarious event.
October 10, 2007
Before everything else, let's flashback to the week before, while my academic life was still on hold because Hell week just ended and Finals week is still one week far away. XD
I was going through the Celadon directory (like I said, I had nothing to do. And I have this tendency to check on birthdays when I'm bored. XD) and then I saw it. Being the nice and thoughtful friend/co-manager that I am, I decided to do something for Moogle.
Of course, we made lots of crazy plans with my err... consultant (you know who you are, Baliw! XD). And we settled on getting him a cupcake, a big cake and spray him with Coke just to let him suffer. XD
So I asked around for any kind soul and friend of Moogle's who's willing to chip in for the cake, and thank God we were able to come up with enough money just on time. We were also fishing his schedule out of him without making anything really obvious. (At this point, I would like to thank Kurt, whom I assigned to get Moogle's schedule but, by the end of day, didn't get anything out of him either. XD Kidding.)
So now, for the big day. XD (Oh yah, we decided not to push through with the Coke thing and came up with something else. XD)
October 10, 2007
Finals week. But I didn't have any finals that day. Still, I got up early to go to school, caught a really serious tummy ache and completely forgot to bring the stuff I was supposed to bring for the surprise!
So there I was, in the train to Katipunan, texting people for a bandana and a lighter. (At this point, I would like to thank Retch for the bandana and Raff who made an effort to bring a lighter. XD)
Unfortunately, Raff's text came in late. So, before I went to school I dropped by the convenience store to buy a lighter. Earlier, I also got a text from Shanti asking me to buy her slippers because the one she was wearing broke, again. XD I was probably the weirdest customer Mini Stop had for the day.
Me (handing a pair of slippers to the cashier): Here it is.
Cashier (eye-ing me curiously): What else do you need Maam?
Me: Err... gimme a lighter. -_-
Before I left, I looked back at the customers who were lining up behind me. They were all holding sandwiches and juices, and were staring at me and at my really odd combination of purchases. >.<
Anyhoo, I got to school and Moogle was already there. I didn't greet him (as planned, and everyone from Celadon didn't too. XD) but instead busied myself with the Celadon Week proposal and FIL Finals. The latter proved unsuccessful because I fell asleep a couple of times on the couch.
By noon, Shanti was done with her EN Finals and we were planning to get the bandana from Retch. All of a sudden, a Yellow Cab delivery boy comes along and Moogle exclaims: "Yey! Here it is." Shanti and I looked at each other and left without saying goodbye. LOL. XD Now that I think about it, I really didn't know why we did that. Perhaps, well in my point of view, I was just trying to skip a chance of having to greet the poor old chap. XD Anyway, by 1:30 he went off to his Finals, and we were already making final announcements to the people in the room before we left to buy the cake. (yay!)
We bought the cake, the candles and the forks from Red Ribbon. (At this point, I would like to thank the Red Ribbon lady for being so patient with us, and the two tricycle drivers who drove us back and forth since it was raining hard. XD) When we got back to MVP, Charles was already waiting for us at the first floor (as planned). He was supposed to directly bring the cake to Matteo Ricci (as planned) but thought better of it and decided to go back to the room to get some stuff. So Shanti and I waited for him at the first floor, with the cake (we didn't want to risk bumping into Moogle at the room with the cake right?!).
I was chatting with a friend while waiting for Charles when I noticed some movements from the second floor.
Charles, AL and Mark (doing funny and weird hand gestures and at the same time mouthing the words): He's there.
I panicked. Moogle got off early from his Finals. It was still 15 minutes before his expected time of arrival. My first instinct was to run out of MVP and hide somewhere fast, leaving Shanti behind to make things clear. I stood a distance from the entrance and waited for them to come out. True enough, Moogle did get off early, but he came from the other entrance, and the gang got away before he caught up with them, so yes, it was still according to plan.
So off the Celadoneans went to Matteo Ricci with the cake, while Shanti and I went to the cafeteria to buy a smore for him. We placed a single candle on it, and was about to head back to MVP when...
Me (stepping out of the cafeteria): Shit, they're coming.
Shanti (still dazed)
Me (hissed): They're coming her now!
Shanti: Where?
Me (dragging Shanti away from the cafeteria entrance): Let's go to the washroom.
And we hid there for around 15 minutes while I texted Kurt asking for their current location. Finally, they were back in the Celadon room, so Shanti and I made our way back too. By the stairs, someone texted me and my phone made its trademark "Orewa homo ja naiiii..." ring tone telling me I had a message. Shanti hissed at me to turn my cellphone in silent mode. XD
I lighted the candle outside the room, still hiding myself of course. Shanti went in ahead of me and sat down beside Moogle.
Shanti: Knock. Knock.
(Insert Retch who rolled his eyes at this point, because Shanti made the same IQ-degrading thing to him on his birthday. XD)
Lence: Who's there?
Shanti: Honda.
Lence: Honda who?
Shanti: Honda ran dan dan... Happy Birthday to you...
Then I went in with the smore, and the good-old ceiling fan blew my way, and blew off the friggin candle. -_- It was a great laugh though. XD
I lay down the smore and took out the lighter again to light it . (Lence: Oohh... why do you have a lighter? You smoke! Me: -_-)
Oh yah, I forgot to mention that we nicked off a fourth of the smore while we were at the wash room. So when we got it to Moogle the smore looked as if a part of it was bitten off. XD
Shanti: I was eating the smore when I suddenly remembered that it was your birthday! So we saved it just for you. *grin*
Lence: Shish. You should have asked money from me so you could at least get me a decent surprise birthday cake. -_-
And a decent one did he get. We blindfolded him and pushed him out of the room. In the meantime, Shanti was sticking a sign onto his back that read: "Poke me. I'm stupid.", but Moogle took it off and when we tried to put it back, the sign wouldn't stick anymore. So we decide to get back at him in a lot of other, different ways. XD
1.
(down the stairs)
Retcher: There's another step.
Lence (blindfolded): Okay. Owww... -_- (realizing there wasn't any step at all. XD)
2.
(on our way from MVP to Matteo Ricci, for the benefit of those who didn't know, the entire way is just one straight path.)
Me: Okay now turn left.
Lence (still blindfolded): Okay. (bumps into the sidewalk landing) Honey.... -_-
3.
(still on our way to Matteo Ricci, by this time Moogle was already mumbling: Why am I keeping up with this?!)
Kurt (fixes the big sign that says: Slow down Blind corner so that it is positioned exactly in front of Moogle's way)
Us: Okay, just keep moving forward.
Lence: Okay. What the... (collides into the sign and almost lost his balance. XD)
(Retch got a picture of this~!)
Then we finally arrived Matteo Ricci, and of course, Moogle is still in one whole piece. A lot of Celadoneans were already there waiting for him with the cake. Then we took off his blindfold and sang him the Birthday Song he rightfully deserved. XD
That's it?! No way! When everyone had eaten their fill of the cake, Retch was gathering the people for a group picture.
Me: Does anyone still wants to eat the cake?
No answer.
Me (lifting the cake in one hand and a smile spreading across my face): Okay, so here's what we do.
(Kurt and Mark grabs Moogle from behind.)
Lence: No.
Harold (takes the cake from me): I'm really going to do it.
SLAM! The cake goes straight to Moogle's face. But Moogle managed to turn his face sideways so most of the cake got to the right side of his face. Later on, while we were getting the cake off his face, we found icing all over his right ear, and a chocolate chip inside it. XD Harold also smeared some cake on my face and I had to wash them off too before we FINALLY had our group picture. XD
Over all, it was a great day! I bet everyone had lots of fun that day, and it also served as a mini-hiatus from Hell Finals week. Best thing that happened? Slamming the cake on Moogle's face of course. XD Well, here's to more surprise birthdays in Celadon! Hooray! XD
P.S. That was one long post. XD Just treat it as my first creative-writing-ish entry for the sembreak. I really need to brush up on my writing skills. XD
P.P.S. Happy now, Baliw? XD
October 10, 2007
Before everything else, let's flashback to the week before, while my academic life was still on hold because Hell week just ended and Finals week is still one week far away. XD
I was going through the Celadon directory (like I said, I had nothing to do. And I have this tendency to check on birthdays when I'm bored. XD) and then I saw it. Being the nice and thoughtful friend/co-manager that I am, I decided to do something for Moogle.
Of course, we made lots of crazy plans with my err... consultant (you know who you are, Baliw! XD). And we settled on getting him a cupcake, a big cake and spray him with Coke just to let him suffer. XD
So I asked around for any kind soul and friend of Moogle's who's willing to chip in for the cake, and thank God we were able to come up with enough money just on time. We were also fishing his schedule out of him without making anything really obvious. (At this point, I would like to thank Kurt, whom I assigned to get Moogle's schedule but, by the end of day, didn't get anything out of him either. XD Kidding.)
So now, for the big day. XD (Oh yah, we decided not to push through with the Coke thing and came up with something else. XD)
October 10, 2007
Finals week. But I didn't have any finals that day. Still, I got up early to go to school, caught a really serious tummy ache and completely forgot to bring the stuff I was supposed to bring for the surprise!
So there I was, in the train to Katipunan, texting people for a bandana and a lighter. (At this point, I would like to thank Retch for the bandana and Raff who made an effort to bring a lighter. XD)
Unfortunately, Raff's text came in late. So, before I went to school I dropped by the convenience store to buy a lighter. Earlier, I also got a text from Shanti asking me to buy her slippers because the one she was wearing broke, again. XD I was probably the weirdest customer Mini Stop had for the day.
Me (handing a pair of slippers to the cashier): Here it is.
Cashier (eye-ing me curiously): What else do you need Maam?
Me: Err... gimme a lighter. -_-
Before I left, I looked back at the customers who were lining up behind me. They were all holding sandwiches and juices, and were staring at me and at my really odd combination of purchases. >.<
Anyhoo, I got to school and Moogle was already there. I didn't greet him (as planned, and everyone from Celadon didn't too. XD) but instead busied myself with the Celadon Week proposal and FIL Finals. The latter proved unsuccessful because I fell asleep a couple of times on the couch.
By noon, Shanti was done with her EN Finals and we were planning to get the bandana from Retch. All of a sudden, a Yellow Cab delivery boy comes along and Moogle exclaims: "Yey! Here it is." Shanti and I looked at each other and left without saying goodbye. LOL. XD Now that I think about it, I really didn't know why we did that. Perhaps, well in my point of view, I was just trying to skip a chance of having to greet the poor old chap. XD Anyway, by 1:30 he went off to his Finals, and we were already making final announcements to the people in the room before we left to buy the cake. (yay!)
We bought the cake, the candles and the forks from Red Ribbon. (At this point, I would like to thank the Red Ribbon lady for being so patient with us, and the two tricycle drivers who drove us back and forth since it was raining hard. XD) When we got back to MVP, Charles was already waiting for us at the first floor (as planned). He was supposed to directly bring the cake to Matteo Ricci (as planned) but thought better of it and decided to go back to the room to get some stuff. So Shanti and I waited for him at the first floor, with the cake (we didn't want to risk bumping into Moogle at the room with the cake right?!).
I was chatting with a friend while waiting for Charles when I noticed some movements from the second floor.
Charles, AL and Mark (doing funny and weird hand gestures and at the same time mouthing the words): He's there.
I panicked. Moogle got off early from his Finals. It was still 15 minutes before his expected time of arrival. My first instinct was to run out of MVP and hide somewhere fast, leaving Shanti behind to make things clear. I stood a distance from the entrance and waited for them to come out. True enough, Moogle did get off early, but he came from the other entrance, and the gang got away before he caught up with them, so yes, it was still according to plan.
So off the Celadoneans went to Matteo Ricci with the cake, while Shanti and I went to the cafeteria to buy a smore for him. We placed a single candle on it, and was about to head back to MVP when...
Me (stepping out of the cafeteria): Shit, they're coming.
Shanti (still dazed)
Me (hissed): They're coming her now!
Shanti: Where?
Me (dragging Shanti away from the cafeteria entrance): Let's go to the washroom.
And we hid there for around 15 minutes while I texted Kurt asking for their current location. Finally, they were back in the Celadon room, so Shanti and I made our way back too. By the stairs, someone texted me and my phone made its trademark "Orewa homo ja naiiii..." ring tone telling me I had a message. Shanti hissed at me to turn my cellphone in silent mode. XD
I lighted the candle outside the room, still hiding myself of course. Shanti went in ahead of me and sat down beside Moogle.
Shanti: Knock. Knock.
(Insert Retch who rolled his eyes at this point, because Shanti made the same IQ-degrading thing to him on his birthday. XD)
Lence: Who's there?
Shanti: Honda.
Lence: Honda who?
Shanti: Honda ran dan dan... Happy Birthday to you...
Then I went in with the smore, and the good-old ceiling fan blew my way, and blew off the friggin candle. -_- It was a great laugh though. XD
I lay down the smore and took out the lighter again to light it . (Lence: Oohh... why do you have a lighter? You smoke! Me: -_-)
Oh yah, I forgot to mention that we nicked off a fourth of the smore while we were at the wash room. So when we got it to Moogle the smore looked as if a part of it was bitten off. XD
Shanti: I was eating the smore when I suddenly remembered that it was your birthday! So we saved it just for you. *grin*
Lence: Shish. You should have asked money from me so you could at least get me a decent surprise birthday cake. -_-
And a decent one did he get. We blindfolded him and pushed him out of the room. In the meantime, Shanti was sticking a sign onto his back that read: "Poke me. I'm stupid.", but Moogle took it off and when we tried to put it back, the sign wouldn't stick anymore. So we decide to get back at him in a lot of other, different ways. XD
1.
(down the stairs)
Retcher: There's another step.
Lence (blindfolded): Okay. Owww... -_- (realizing there wasn't any step at all. XD)
2.
(on our way from MVP to Matteo Ricci, for the benefit of those who didn't know, the entire way is just one straight path.)
Me: Okay now turn left.
Lence (still blindfolded): Okay. (bumps into the sidewalk landing) Honey.... -_-
3.
(still on our way to Matteo Ricci, by this time Moogle was already mumbling: Why am I keeping up with this?!)
Kurt (fixes the big sign that says: Slow down Blind corner so that it is positioned exactly in front of Moogle's way)
Us: Okay, just keep moving forward.
Lence: Okay. What the... (collides into the sign and almost lost his balance. XD)
(Retch got a picture of this~!)
Then we finally arrived Matteo Ricci, and of course, Moogle is still in one whole piece. A lot of Celadoneans were already there waiting for him with the cake. Then we took off his blindfold and sang him the Birthday Song he rightfully deserved. XD
That's it?! No way! When everyone had eaten their fill of the cake, Retch was gathering the people for a group picture.
Me: Does anyone still wants to eat the cake?
No answer.
Me (lifting the cake in one hand and a smile spreading across my face): Okay, so here's what we do.
(Kurt and Mark grabs Moogle from behind.)
Lence: No.
Harold (takes the cake from me): I'm really going to do it.
SLAM! The cake goes straight to Moogle's face. But Moogle managed to turn his face sideways so most of the cake got to the right side of his face. Later on, while we were getting the cake off his face, we found icing all over his right ear, and a chocolate chip inside it. XD Harold also smeared some cake on my face and I had to wash them off too before we FINALLY had our group picture. XD
Over all, it was a great day! I bet everyone had lots of fun that day, and it also served as a mini-hiatus from Hell Finals week. Best thing that happened? Slamming the cake on Moogle's face of course. XD Well, here's to more surprise birthdays in Celadon! Hooray! XD
P.S. That was one long post. XD Just treat it as my first creative-writing-ish entry for the sembreak. I really need to brush up on my writing skills. XD
P.P.S. Happy now, Baliw? XD