18th

My female owner was tickled by what happened during church service today.

You see, she was late for service and ended up sitting two rows behind where she would normally sit (i.e. among her bible study group members). From where she was seated, she saw them passing around a card to sign. My female owner reckoned that was a birthday card. She was perplexed, coz she was in charge of birthday celebrations and she knew that all birthdays were accounted for… except hers. Her suspicions grew as she observed the last guy trying to sneak the card into its envelope. And her suspicions mounted when no one passed the card to her to sign, especially when there were a few members sitting in the same row as her (yah, all late!)

Anyway, she didn’t really care and went about minding her own business. After service, she did the usual stuff – which was sit in her chair and observe the activities around her.

Randomly, from two rows in front, somebody handed the person sitting next to her, a hand-written note written on a folded envelope. The note instructed her bible study group members to meet outside the theatre at 1800hr sharp. This was not unusual, as the group would sometimes gather outside to receive mass announcements.

What happened next was unexpected. My female owner, for some unknown reason, turned the folded envelope around, and saw another handwritten note, which carried a similar message, except that it had an additional line…which was to meet outside to celebrate my female owner’s birthday.

Wahaha. My female owner was so stunned, amused and tickled that she just burst out into fits of giggles. The orchestrator of the surprise celebration looked at her in disbelief. People around her also looked stunned.

Nonetheless, it was a sweet gesture on their part, to try to surprise and bless her with a birthday celebration, before she comes home to us turtles. They gave her a card which read “happy 18th birthday” *grinz* (some sweet people even wished her happie 18th birthday!), a turtle card and a home-baked chocolate cake, complete with two yummy looking chocolate roses.