Yesterday was my birthday... and awww what an interesting and special birthday it was!

First of all, I had my birthday wishes from Will who gave me a surprise!! I was checking my bank account after Shanghai thinking... crap man I got no more money now... But then when I checked it... low and behold... I had money! I was like... oooh dear... did something funky go wrong??? Anywho... it turns out that all you wonderful people had given me my birthday present!!! Thank you guys soooo much! I really appriciated it... it made me feel might special especially the e-card/powerpoint presentation!!!! I had been feeling quite... well unsure about my birthday... feeling kind of lonely in China. I have made heaps of friends.. but you never know where you stand with them...my birthday morning was awesome!!!

The day after class was pretty slow... I had lunch with James and Quentin in the shitang where they sang me happy birthday... (ooh embarassing) and then sometime in the afternoon James was thinking to go th the hospital just to get his back checked out. After lunch I pranked my parents to say hello and get the gossip on what was going on there. I checked emails again... recieved a nice long one from my brother... = ) And then I thought I better nap.. but before I napped I quickly smsed everyone to meet in the lobby at 6.30pm so we could head off to L96 Italian Cafe. I also smsed James to see when he was going to the hospital so I could accompany him... but didnt get anything...

Soo yea... quiet day... was good though needed the sleep. At 4.30 I walked to the Bank of China to get some moola for the night and then got ready to meet everyone at 6.30. Everyone was punctual!!! I was impressed... and what also surprised me... was the gifts people had gotten me! I was soo not expecting it!!!!! It really... made me feel all warm and tingly inside!!!! This is what I got:

James got me the Big Doggie which I had seen at the shops a couple of days ago! Its soo huge and cute and soft... I have named him Xiao Dabian. HehEHhee.. He also got me a Wang Leehom CD because I love him!!!! Qiao gave me a pillow which has a photo of our crew on it when we had gone to Huang Shan and a little dog with a birthday cake... on the bottom... the personalised message... which which is an inside joke... "Ni xi huan wo, wo ai ni" Quentin had bought me a Celine Dion CD which she recorded in French (we had sung Pour Que Tu Maimes Encore together, which was a song that Celine Dion had recorded but this CD doesn't have it on it), and a French movie called Les Choristes which he had recommended me to see while on the train trip hom from Shanghai. Melissa and Jose got me a bottle of Cointreau because they knew I enjoyed drinking it at Qiao's birthday and Gulliaume and Gabriel got me a little shoulder bag which is really handy for class! Personalised gifts!!! I was really touched!!!

We made our way to the restaurant where the food was good and the dessert was... lets say... tasty = ) There was no break in the China tradition!




We also finished the bottle of Cointreau... people taking a mouthfull and then lighting it up with a lighter! Tastes soo good! Qiao, Gulliaume and Gabriel (the Frenchies) showed me another way to drink Cointreau. They poured me a shot int a shot glass and then lit it up (Gabriel is the pro at lighting it up) once lit, they told me to quickly cover it up with my palm, which I did... there was then this suction like feeling!!! It was SOOOOO werid!!! it freaked me out... they were like... okk shake it.. which I did, and the I was told to shoot it. = ) ITS sooo COOL! I got video of footage thanks to Megan of it!

After that we headed off to Karaeoke!!! which went OFF!!!!! Loved it... was like a mini party there... 17 people, music, plasmas and party lights!!! yeaaa!!! all from dinner came except Quentin... (Boooo him)

Labels: Birthday, China, Chinese, Food, Friendship, Hangzhou, KTV