Thank you ..my friends

I had a surprise on Friday!
Well..actually...not really a surprise but it was fun...

My good friends at the office decided that they wanted to make my farewell dinner a special event. They thought it would be fun to pretend that they didn't have time to plan for the farewell and didn't have time to get me a decent present...so that I would be disappointed...oh well...I wasn't...NOT cos I didn't have faith in them, but I genuinely believed/thought that they were busy...after all it is term time and some of them were "hot-housing". I REALLY thought it was ok..besides, I did think it was a farewell as I am quite sure I would meet up with them quite regularly...not everyday like now, but would definitely see each other quite often.

So..what they did was to give me a small tube of hand cream ( which happens to be a brand I liked..so I was quite happy..REAALLY!) shared by 10-12 of them? They were disappointed that I was NOT disappointed at the small gift! To make matters more interesting, they decided to enlist the help my Steven to get me to attend the dinner. Steven tried to "trick" me into thinking that he was asking me to meet him for dinner at Suntec on Friday. Well...I kinda figured it out in like 2 mins...cos (1) If Steven wanted to go on a date with me..it won't be Suntec..(2) Steven can't lie to me...I JUST know (3) The excuse was so flimsy, I actually told him to come up with a better one cos "my forehead does not have the word "stupid" written on it" ( as I told him a couple of times...)

What eventually took place the whole of Friday was this act between me & my good friends. I pretended to refuse to meet Steven for dinner which caused a mild panic ...and this led to all kinds of reasons and persuasions as to why I ought to go on a date with Steven. They even prepared a script so that they know how to pretend to have an excuse to go to town that night. ( I will post the script up ONCE i get it!! It was quite funny!!). I played along the whole entire time, willing myself not to laugh....I made it to Suntec eventually ( even parking next to one of my friend!)

But seriously...I am very touched by the effort that everyone had put into for organising this farewell party. I am going to miss everyone of them. They have really brought smiles to my face, given my encouragement when I felt I can't go on, and to constantly remind me to "value" who I am. I will miss the breakfast, the "waffle" times, the drinking sessions, the "angst" sessions....I am humbled by their words, refreshed by their kindness and will be missing them very much. I am thankful that I have been given this opportunity to have met them and work with them.

Thank you my friends...you know who you are. :)