April 2, 2006

• …best birthday EVER!!!

  This year, my birthday fell on a Friday, and unfortunately, I had to work, but little did I know that there would be little and big surprises along the way that would make it the best birthday EVER!!!

  Paul had asked me throughout the week what I wanted to do for my birthday, but I never really care about doing much for my birthday. I guess I’m pretty simple in that way. The only thing I ever really want for my birthdays are to be able to spend it with the ones I love; that’s not asking too much right? Anyhow, I started the day off at work with a hot catered breakfast. The partners at the firm had coincidentally ordered a hot breakfast for the whole firm that morning to thank us all for our hard work. It was really nice because I normally don’t have enough time to eat breakfast in the morning, let alone a hot one. After that, my co-workers bought me some flowers and then they all took me to lunch. It was really cool because it was Friday and everyone was just really relaxed and was ready for the weekend as well. After that, my attorney and other co-worker broke out into song and dance to wish me a happy birthday, haha. I was so embarrassed, but they were really cute, haha. Throughout the day, I got really sweet voice and text messages from friends wishing me a happy birthday. Aww, I have the bestest friends in the world, hehe…

  Paul and Rachel picked me up after work, and then we dropped Rachel off at a dinner she had to be at. At this point, I was still under the impression that we were just going to have an intimate dinner, then go home and sleep, but little did I know that this mastermind had something up his sleeve…

  I had fallen asleep during the car-ride to dinner and awoke to find us driving down Folsom Street. I asked him where we were going, and he said that we weren’t going to Ruths Criss for steak, but that he wanted to try some new place out. We passed by the club Dragon and found parking and then proceeded towards a restaurant near there. I opened up the door and started to go in, and then he pretended to look at the menu, then pulled me out and said that he wasn’t feeling the food there. So we kept walking for another couple of feet before arriving at Triptych. I had noticed that there was a big long table there, but clueless me, I still didn’t know it was for me, haha. As I walked in, I saw Milo first, then Sheening, then Anna, and then it all made sense. I immediately turned to Paul and smacked him, softly. We had a fantastic dinner and I was really glad to see everyone, but Paul wasn’t done…

  After the dinner, we all went over to Rachel’s place, where I was greeted by even more friends. OMG, at this point, I didn’t know what to expect. They brought out two cakes, lots of alcohol, and it became a really awesome surprise party. They put a lot of candles in the cakes–I think it was to remind me how old I was getting, haha. It took me 3 tries to blow out the entirety of the candles, but I got it done, haha. The best part of the whole party was the fact that I got to see and hang out with all of my friends in one place. From HK friends to Blue & Gold friends, from college friends to gay friends, it was awesome to see them all! After the celebration, we went to Dragon to heat it up on the dance floor…

  We totally got to Dragon at just the right time and beat out the crowd. My friends bought me lots of drinks once we got there, and it was just a fabulous time. My old roomie Josh and I danced like the old days and I got to meet new and cool people all around me. Yes, this was an unforgettable birthday, and I would have the rest of the weekend to enjoy it, hehe…

  Here are some pics from this amazing weekend!

  The Dinner

  
  My PB and me!

  
  Jan, Tommy, Jonathan, and me

  
  The gang!

  The Party

  
  Good friends

  
  More good friends

  
  The Bois

  
  Danny & Rachel being fabulous!

  
  Tiffany, THE BEST half gay homie!

  
  The Terrific Trio: Fred, Rachel, and Paul

  
  The Fabulous Four: Wai, Steph, me, and Jan

  
  V is for…

  
  Aww, HK buddies forever!

  
  The cake!

  
  …ready to blow…

  More pics will come later, so if any of you have other pics, please send them to me. Thanks!

  Anyhow, a big thank you to all of the people who either showed up for my birthday dinner/party/clubbing, emailed me, texted me, called me, left me a voicemail, and/or contributed to my Cambodia fund–which you can still do, just click the button below–again any amount is greatly appreciated.

  
  yay

  
  It’s more than just puppy love!

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