Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The BBs Celebrated My Birthday!

Since I do not have many days left in this office, thought I might as well hang around a little longer. It's quiet here now, cos I'm the only one around.

But the laughter, the screaming, the shrieking, the use of colourful language that the four of us shared still rings in my ears, most deeply in my heart.

Came back to the office today after a couple of days off, and the sweet darlings gave me a birthday surprise late in the afternoon. Even though Matt was on leave, he came back as well.

Apart from my all-time favourite Lana Cake (which BBE's beloved collected and sent all the way here), there was a huge poster too. It was a collage of all our moments together, it was an expression of the highest level of creativity (and LUP) that I've ever seen from Matt. I totally, absolutely love it.

I even hugged him although he was all sweaty and stinky from all that running over to the office!!!

By the way, this dude RUNS. He really can run. He would run from City Plaza to City Hall (from sending his teenage son to school, to come to work) 3 times a week, in the morning. As he puts it, he would run from one city to another. And you wouldn't believe how old he is, despite how he looks!








Here's some close ups of the ingenius creativity as well - doesn't it resemble the Business Times masthead? :)




Oh, and isn't my cake pretty? First time I've got a cake in the name of a Mama!


Ok, I'm not gonna let my emotions get the better of me again. I'm truly blessed to have known them.

16 comments:

Little Miss Snooze said...

#1 :: What do you mean, his teenage son? He looks too young to have a son that age!

#2 :: Haha, my dept did a BT lookalike thingy for our internal f use too! :P

#3 :: That's very sweet of them. I'm sure the last day will be tough and emotional.

Sparkle Thots by Ruth said...

so loved!
*hugs*

~tif;fany* said...

waaaahhhh A+++++++++++ for efforts for rae and gang!!! :)

Jemej said...

lilsnooze > #1 It is lor. He's FORTY years old. And he runs HOME (at Pasir Ris) from WORK. To save some money on transport. About 2 over hours. How siao is that?!

#2 Haha, don't we love photoshop?

#3 Sigh, I can't bear to think of it at the moment.

ruth > I know, and I thank God for that! :)

tiffany > Haha, we enjoy doing all these "boliao" things. ;)

Anonymous said...

Good luck in your next move! Do keep these bunch of friends close to your heart...

'Lil tWin StaR said...

ah the joys of having wonderful people in the office :)))

you guys make me WANT to get back into working life!!

Anonymous said...

very nice cake... yummy!!!!

mummybean said...

i can't believe your friend has a teenage son - no way! ok, i want to look that young when i have a teenage son. haha!

your friends are great :)

Jemej said...

su-lin > Thanks! :) will do so! :)

lil twin star > The grass is always greener on the other side. And when you're working, you would sometimes wish you don't have to! haha :)

silver-crv > I love Lana cakes! :)

beanbean > I would want to also lor! He has another younger daughter in pri 6 - so 2 kids above 12 years old already.

Yah, it's my blessing to have met them! :)

=eLaiNe= said...

blessed, blessed , blessed! =p

Anonymous said...

Hello.

Thanks for adding me in LJ. Erm. does blogspot have the same 'concept' too? Cuz am using blogspot?

Anonymous said...

You have a really wonderful life!! wonderful workplace, colleagues, family and husband=)...I really love your blog....as it gives me motivation and hopes....believe that in this world there exists such wonderful life=) Keep it up!!

Jemej said...

elaine > :)

su-lin > No babe, blogspot doesn't have that function. :)

anonymous > Hi there! Yes, I would say I am happy and contented with the life that I've been blessed with. Yet even within this contentment, the journey would never be a smooth one all the time. I get my strength from my faith in Him. :)

Life is what we make of it, and I choose to focus on the positive. :)

Anonymous said...

Awww... it's nice folks like your colleagues who make it hard for you to move ahead with the new job. But well, there's always the good old nightcap after work hours, eh?

Jemej said...

You're absolutely right babe! :)

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