First of all, I would like to wish a very happy birthday to Gen, and a happy belated birthday to a great friend Jason Kwa. Jason's birthday was on the 15th July, and Gen's was, well, today. I got this really cool claymore (anime) lighter for him, not that he smokes or anything....
Well let's talk about Gen's birthday ( easier to remember =P). 'Bout three weeks ago, it was my birthday (10th of July) and we were chatting before we broached upon the topic of sushi... She said she wanted to eat sushi and wanted me to make it for her. I didn't pay much attention to her request but I agreed though... It's not my style to refuse other people's requests, besides I'm a great fan of japanese food and I love to cook. Well one thing led to another and then I found myself with 5 other (cough) chefs in this effort to make it for Gen's birthday.
The events of yesterday was as follows:
--> spent (too much) time with Big Nic, Jason Kwa, JK and K'cube choosing the present for Gen's birthday (I didn't chip in... the sushi ingredients cost me twice the price of the present)
--> Finally managed to leave the shop and head home with weird ingredients (chocolate and strawberries)... Small Nic waiting at my doorstep already... And god I hate the rain.
-->Started cooking the 1st batch of rice, while waiting we fried some tamago (japanese sweet omelette). Small Nic proves to be of some use... Pro egg-frier? PS: never let Sherilyn pour the oil (heart attack anyone?)
--> Argh! The rice turned into something that might come out of Hagrid's a** during constipation. It formed some weird, hard piece of hard...thing (did I mention hard?). Never mind then, add water and cook it again, hopefully it was just because of a lack of water.
--> Rice looks much better than the previous time we took it out. On the outside. With Sherilyn's effort at mixing the rice although I told her not to, we now have a mixture of brown burnt rice, and usable white rice. Thankfully, we managed to salvage a bit. Some parts were left untouched...
--> Tried making sushi. F....Success! These cheese sushis were plain, but at least they were edible...
--> Not sure what happened next. But I know it involved Chuan Chun destroying my avocados and me becoming some emo brat.
-->Sherilyn, Small Nic, and K'cube left first. Chuan Chun and Big Nic stayed.
--> Tried again, the rice a bit better this time. Managed to make some california maki, some floss maki and some weird chocolate strawberry sushi (let's not go into little details... this should remain PG13)
--> Desperately called for help, but the other two slackers remained glued to the xbox. Terrible, the effect of video games on the minds of teenagers.
--> Wanted to make more but my last batch of rice turned into Hagrid's constipated excrements again. And also my grand finale.

Thank god it's over. the sushi is easy on the eyes and easy on the teeth as well, despite the rice being rather hard. And now I have something left over from the battle. A piece of rice so hard it can be turned into a murder weapon. Through a stroke of ingenuity I made it into this:

Nothing suspicious apart from the occasional glimpse of the mayo holding the strawberries and the milo powder.
Let's get to the main event. The 'birthday party' we held for Gen. When I took out the 'cake', tears started forming in her eyes. My heart broke at that time. I felt damn guilty. Still do. Maybe the joke was carried too far? She didn't show disappointment or anything, but who know how another person feels deep down?
The sushi, as expected, was too hard. Sushi was never built to be eaten the next day... The rice, I admit, also played a part.
OK birthday over, I had to leave first to prepare for my french class later on. Or so I said. Truth is, I wanted to leave the place. I may be a little harsh on myself, but I felt like I couldn't stand before Gen...
When I went home and showered, I had a little shock. This:
I found this on my chest, at my heart area. I knew I was feeling a bit guilty, but this is a bit overkill. Freaky...

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Heheh I can't stop smiling today...... It's very touching to know people care about you...No matter how ridiculous their birthday gifts are. Like the Macdonald toy I received for instance. What am I supposed to do with it? Poke holes through it at hang it from the ceiling? haha joking.... I appreciate it you guys....and your sense of humour.
I think the thing that touched my heart was the cardboard guitar that Sherilyn and Gen made for me. They actually bothered to make it by hand... Including tying actual string to make the...well guitar strings. On top of that they treated me to lunch at eatzi's (some off shoot of jack's place). Don't give me that kind of look. I'm not taking advantage of their kindness. I offered to pay for mine (and theirs) but Gen gave me The Look (I must take a picture of it). Oh and they bought a cake:

Really touching....(but I wanted to blow the candle....So does that mean Gen will be the one to fulfill my wish?)

After the meal, Chuan Chun dashed off to god knows where.... I thought he went to buy me something and would come back... He didn't. However, at 6pm I received a call. The guy was standing outside my gate with his present! Although he stays nearby, his sincerity made my day. He gave me an alarm clock. Ironic huh... the guy whose alarm clock didn't ring giving me an alarm clock heheh. Anyways giving a clock is bad luck in chinese superstition. It means 'song zhong', sending a person to his end. So my father asked me to chase after him and give him a ten cents coin to 'buy' the gift. Actually this practice is also done in other cultures. Giving a knife (cutlery knife, cooking knife, etc...)as a present means to cut off relations. So the receiver would give a ten cents coin to the person. I would never have thought of that...... And BTW that clock is the coolest clock ever. EVER.

Big Nic was too shy to buy me an FHM magazine lol.... So he bought me an EGM ( electronic gaming magazine) instead XD
Well that concludes my post..... To all my friends out there....I LOVE YOU ALL.....you are the ppl who made today my birthday......
I brought extra cash but did not spend a cent.......