I've had just enough time to... be fooled thrice and love it!
Taken of the thrid surprise - a juicy carrot cake
The next day, an ex-colleague
dropped by at the flour mill. They asked me if I have the time for lunch and I
said “Of course, there is always time for old friends”. We went to a
Thai-Chinese restaurant and I was surprised at the turn out. Hmm… Quite a big
group. After fragrant Pandan chicken, fiery tom yam soup, steaming fish brewing
in salted vegetable and other sharp tasting foods that I missed dearly for the
last two weeks…
They brought out another cake with a
single lighted candle and sang the birthday song in the restaurant. I was fooled
again. It was a coincident that my ex-colleague visited us that day and my devious
colleagues made use of the accidental visit to fool me. That was the second
surprise.
Though that lifted my spirits, I
struggled through the day hardly able to keep my eyes open as I was still in my zombie state. After 3.00 pm, the
jet lag effect kicked in and after so many visits to the restroom, I must have
washed the skin off my face. So when the call came in to go home a bit earlier,
I was all for it.
After dinner, I thought I would call
it an early night when my sons brought in yet another cake with another single
lighted candle and sang the familiar song I heard thrice within 24 hours. This
time it was a juicy Carrot Cake with butter cream icing. The bakery bought me a
Black Forest because they think it is my favorite while the flour mill a Mixed
Fruit Praline because they think I will like it. 3 cakes and 3 surprises within
24 hours. I smiled, thinking the three different groups have different opinions
of the types of cake I liked. Maybe, they have different opinions of the person
I am too. Whatever, I felt most blessed that day, to have good friends and
family to celebrate my birthday with. Strangely, another strong emotion took
hold at the same time. I felt rependant at my good fortune and thought of
seeking forgiveness from all I have hurt one way or other through the years. Thankful
and rependant was how I felt on the day I was surprised thrice.
