Sharing Birthdays

I blew off a birthday candle about half an hour ago. Colleagues celebrated the November babies' birthdays with a Chocolate Banana Walnut cake (or something of that sort) from as always, the factory that is just BESIDE our office. Imagine going to the toilet/pantry and you suddenly get a swiff of the cake-baking or lasagne smell from next door. Hehe..

Anyway, there were 4 of us this month. It was fun to know that one of them shares the same birthdate as me (but different year lar). Ever since I was born, I knew no one whose birthday falls on 27th Nov. Back then, it made me feel unique that way. Until 1997..

Wan Nei was my classmate during SAM. She sat in front of me (or was it behind me?) on the first day of college, and she was probably the first few people I got to know of in class. I remember taking out my organizer and passed it to her, to fill in her personal details like full name, address, date of birth, phone number, etc. I read her details after she handed the organizer back to me. I saw "2711" on the date of birth. I stopped there and I probably blinked a few times then. i thought I was imagining things or that she was joking with me. I remember asking her to show me her I.C. to prove it. Hehe.. And true enough, she really shares the same birthdate as me! Exactly same date, same month, same year! Except that she was about 5 hours older than me. It made my birthday feel more special, coz I get to share it with someone! ;)

Wan Nei became my "Jie Jie" (elder sister). And I got to know from her that another friend was born about 7 hours later than me. Wow! Now that makes it 3 of us! Even more fun! *grin* Wan Nei and I did celebrate our 18th birthday together. It was at PD, during our class trip, in which after that, we all parted to each own's direction in life. I truly remember that celebration. We were having barbeque by the beach. When the clock striked midnight to mark the 27th, everyone attacked the both of us - Flour, eggs, sand, even the dirty water they used for the barbeque (that was already mixed with the marinate ingredients, and to wash the utensils). You name it, we got it. Thank goodness no durians involved! *lol* We ended up cleaning ourselves at the nearby public toilet, and we had a bit of a trouble going back to the apartment, coz we were still filled with sand all over. BUT, it was fun. ;)

Then about half an hour before 28th, we were presented with a lingerie fashion show by Poet and FRG. Gosh.. You should have seen them that time. 2 straight guys parading around the apartment wearing satin lingeries with egg carton cardboards as 'breasts' with pointy 'Nips' and heart-shaped papers stuck on their 'breasts' and thighs. *lol* Sorry FRG, I can't help it! ;) And then came our birthday cake - Half of a watermelon! I'm not kidding. Watermelon indeed. The watermelon was initially planned for dessert. They all tried going around town searching for a birthday cake, but they couldn't find any, so they resorted to using the watermelon as our birthday cake, with candles lit on it. *smile*

It was reaaaaaally fun. A truly memorable 18th birthday. Yes, Wan Nei dear, that was 7 years ago. We talked about it recently during one of our daily MSN chats, and thought it would be lovely if we can get to celebrate our 25th birthdays together as well. :) Since it's gonna fall on Saturday this year, hopefully we can arrange to meet up during that weekend?

It's really lovely (am I over-using this word here?) to share birthdays with someone especially if they're close to you. Even more so if they were born exactly on the same date as you, at the same hospital. Too bad Wan Nei weren't from the same place as me. Soo Soo Monster was born 1 day earlier than me, in the same hospital!! We'd probably seen each other naked then. *grin*