Birthday Bash + Mini ...

The ultra-rich chocolate bday cake


Last Friday, we celebrated William's birthday. The thing was, he had been such a nice and benovalent cg member that we had to do something really special for him. In one word: Sabo.

Sabo (a short-form for sabotage) is a way of showing someone how much you appreciate and care for them. It comes in different flavours: mild, hot and spicy. The spicier it is, the more the effort and time taken to plan and execute the sabo. Hence, the more the sabo-er 'cares' for the sabo-ee.

For Will's birthday, it was mild. Not because we do not care for him. But because he was sitting in my car. Heh.

The Dinner

Everyone was in the know about the plans, except for the birthday boy. We pretended to be sad when no one except 5 people came for cg. Then in order to compensate for it, I said that we will treat him a birthday dinner. He was shocked and said that we can still have cg in the house with just 5 people mah. But we all insisted on going to Bukit Tinggi, Klang to celebrate his birthday properly and so into my car we went. The others (Rina's team) were already in the cafe and they quickly hid in the toilet when they saw us coming.

At the appropriate time, they sprang upon William, who was very surprised and happy to see everyone there. He generously treated us all dinner despite our protests.

The Sabo

After feeding the sacrificial lamb with a nice dinner, we brought him out to a nearby field.

He started fidgeting, "Have you seen those National Geographic series where the lions circled the prey before attacking the poor sod?" We all had a blur and innocent look on our faces. It freaked him out even more, "Aiyo, I feel exactly like that now!"

Rina said, "We want to prey pray for you mah. That's why we are standing all around you."

I volunteered to lead in prayer since I was not taking part in the sabo and hence, my hands were clean. Feel more sincere in praying blessings for this brother.

I really meant every word I prayed. But as I squinted to see the faces around me, they were already opening up their packets of creamer powder.

The minute I said 'Amen', poor William was sprinkled heavily with creamer. He accepted it with a sporting grin and started patting everyone's back.

We went home feeling satisfied, having nicely letting William know how much he means to us

The Organiser - My Partner in Crime

Rina masterminded the whole thing. Thanks, girl