A Night to Remember

Quite sure that only my closer friends will read my blog, and so I'm not gonna repeat what have been said in their blogs. Of course the story will be the same, but narrated in my own voice. I just want to say that the past six months have been so amazing, I couldn't possibly ask for more.


The birthday surprise.

It was a Saturday night, 2 June 2012. I was lazing on my bed when suddenly my Blackberry vibrated. It was a message from Yoyo. Wanting to go to bed early, I ended up talking with her till midnight. That was the start of our week-long planning for P's birthday. Yoyo asked me what P's greatest fear is, and I remembered the times when Gide teased her about ghosts. It was decided then: we would plan a fright night for her.

For those of you who don't understand Indonesian, please accept my apology

A few days later, I called for a meeting with Gide and Lucky. At that time, Bijei was not in town. The three of us met up at Paskal Hyper Square food court for about two hours, trying to come up with a rough plan for the fright night. Thankfully, my past experience from taking part in a similar fright night organized by my senior council, together with brilliant ideas from Gide and Lucky, made it easy for us to come up with a one-thousand-word document containing the detailed plan for the bash. Afterwards, on the Saturday before her birthday, all of us (Gide, Lucky, Sunson, Nana, Yoyo, and I) met up at J.Co Istana Plaza to finalize the plan and ensure that no details were overlooked. Fortunately, we happened to see Toto there and invited him to come for the party. The more the merrier right? Besides, we were lucky that Toto could join us for the night. Otherwise, there would be no compatible laptop to connect to the TV and we might end up watching the movie on a small laptop screen. That would not set the right mood for the fright night.

(By the way, as I am writing this paragraph, suddenly my iTunes played the One Missed Call ringtone. Shit.) One day before the P-day, I admit that I was far from confident. What if she already suspected that we were going to throw a surprise for her? What if she became so scared after watching the movie that the girls wouldn't be able to persuade her to play the games? What if the games did not work out as planned? As we started watching the One Missed Call movie at her home in the evening before her birthday, Yoyo and I almost decided to cancel the fright night altogether. The horror on her face, which almost turned into tears, was more than enough to make us abort the entire plan. To make things worse, I have to admit that I am weak with a woman's tears. Honestly, the terrified looks and the imminent tears on her face almost scared me to death. Yet, after much thought, Yoyo and I decided to still execute the plan for the fright night because P already looked better (not completely, but at least she could now pose a smile).


The details of the fright night can be found in my friend's blog:  http://gdsatria.blogspot.com/2012/06/trick-or-treat.html. To keep the writing short, the scared-angry-touched-happy smile on her face when we sang her the happy birthday song marked a perfect ending to a memorable night of her birthday.

The smile that made it all worth it. And Lucky being a  ridiculously-photogenic ghost.

If you really remember my blog's address and you are reading this, do know that we did all these for you just so that you won't forget us your friends twenty or thirty years down the road. It takes years to grow a great friendship, but it should take forever to forget one. Once again, happy birthday!


That, was the highlight of all the fun we have had so far during our time in Bandung. There ARE more stories, and I am gonna write about them later. Not now, because it's 2 o'clock in the morning, and I'm already struggling to keep my eyes open. Adios for now!