22nd bday- best ever

I thought I should document this yearly affair because it was simply the best birthday ever and I should really remember it for the rest of my life.

on the 26th Jan 2014, Asy and I headed to Bintan for a short getaway to celebrate my bday. My dad bought me a one night getaway from groupon for the both of us so that we could spend the countdown there and lit fireworks (because it's legal in Bintan). So anyway, on the 26th Jan 2014, 7am, we went to Tanah Merah Ferry Interchange and managed to catch the amazing morning sun.

Well, it's good to look at my face with some makeup on NOW because the later photos will show me with ZERO makeup and horrible flat ugly hair.

SO after all the camwhoring and stuff, we finally boarded the ferry and headed for Bintan.

I was badly seasick even though I had the seasickness pills. Felt like throwing up the entire day and was lethargic throughout.

The groupon deal included a city trip in the day, massage, ferry and land transfer to the resort.

So after meeting the tourguide, we went to a few places like this big temple and a few malls which were kinda small...? nonetheless, it was cool to see shopping malls different from Singapore's.

Then we went to the resort. (how do I rotate this without having to do HTML coding cuz I am so damn lazy to do that =( )

Anyway, we had our massage and booked a mangrove tour to view fireflies. Unfortunately, it was too windy due to the monsoon season and the trip was cancelled

Later that night, Asy and I paid SGD 29 per person for a huge meal (BBQ) the consisted of fish, squid, satay, chicken wings, spring chicken, otah, prawns, fresh home made bread that was warm and sweet (fregging awesome), veggies and other stuff that I dont remember anymore.

The service of the staff was really good and it was the only thing that kept us from making a big fuss about the horrible room we got.

1) whole room smelt of mothballs (made me feel even more nauseous)
2) Water pump wasn't working
3) Water pump was "fixed" but yellow water came out
4) Had to call for service at least 5 times because water kept drying out

After the dinner, we went back to our room to just chill out and watch movies. I felt quite sick and honestly, depressed, because my bday celebration was a complete flop. We couldn't go for the mangrove tour and the wind wouldn't stop blowing so fireworks were also out of the question. So I decided to sleep it off in hope that time would pass faster.

At about 1030pm indo time, I woke up and realized that well, it was still too early. Asyraaf knew I was being all emo and shit so he told me that we could watch a show together. We decided to stream the newest episode of grimm.

It was about 1130pm indo time when I heard a knock on the door of our hotel room. Asyraaf told me to open it. At first I thought it was the repair man to fix the water pump, but it turned out to be 3 staffs carrying a birthday cake!!!!

Apparently, while I was busy checking in and stuff, Asyraaf went to the front desk and requested a cake for me. And it also turned out that the cake was baked on that day by one of the staff's mother!!

How touching! I was so touched by Asy's kind gesture I cried.

After the teary bday cake surprise, Asyraaf surprised me AGAIN with a treasure hunt by putting post-it notes everywhere with super difficult hints (CUZ SCIENCE) that led to my bday present!

MY BDAY PRESSIE! A Thomas Sabo pearl charm with a diamond (inside the) heart. Asyraaf told me i'm the first GF he has ever bought a diamond-something for.

I felt so. Honored.

After the cake and pressie hunt, we decided to give fireworks a try despite the strong winds. As expected, it was really too dangerous and we decided not to go ahead with those store bought ones. Instead, Asyraaf made our own fireworks/ sparklers out of steel wool with a whisk and a robe.

The next day, 27 Jan 2014, we went back to Singapore and headed down to Orchid Country Club Hotel (best hotel everrrr!)

1) Cheap (SGD166++ per night)

2) Huge room with balcony (44sqm) 1 Queen bed and 1 single bed + sofa + study desk

3) Clean and friendly staff (except for the waitress who rudely asked "YOU BOUGHT YOUR OWN CAKE?" like WTF seriously. So what if I did? Am I not allowed to do that? Is that an embarrassment? And NO, MY BOYFRIEND (which I think you don't have one) BOUGHT IT FOR ME.

4) Many good facilities like swimming pools with slides and stuff

So anyway, it was a small gathering of my closest friends like Bethanie (22 years of friendship with 0 fights), Shelley (8 years of friendship), Joey (8 years of friendship) and Joel (3 years of friendship but is someone I can talk to when I'm sad and stuff. Pretty much like a gay friend but straight). The bday went really well. I had lots of fun.

Later that night, after everyone left (and left a huge mess of empty pizza boxes and drink glasses), Asy cleaned up the room while I was busy doing dunno what in the bathroom. When I came out, the room was clean!! like woahhhh... so impressed with Asyraaf's cleaning skills. Perfect husband type ;)

Anyway, the only thing that wasn't done was the bed and I was kinda annoyed that the bed (queen bed that I was going to sleep on) was really messy. So Asyraaf told me to dust the bed and bang the pillows. So i lifted a pillow and I found... A birthday card!! (with a very sweet and touching message)

Again, I was so touched I cried like crazy. It was really the best birthday ever and I really can't ask for more.

Also, I want to thank everyone (the 30++++ of you) who wished me a happy birthday on fb and text. You guys made my day so wonderful and warm. And the awesome ppl who attended my bday, thank you for coming and all the gifts. I love them!

Thank you.

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