I started off this wednesday, two days after OP, one day after handing in I and R, with a mini outing with cell members.
We met at Bukit Batok mrt platform. Hopped into a train and headed down to Bradell.
Under the guidance of Zhong Hwa, we found ourselves in a book sale, selling thousands of christian books. 30% off almost everything.
I bought three books.

Next i bused down to Khong Sheng s place, at Eunos.
Torrential downpour, and poor direction giving from him, okay not poor, inaccurate...caused much frustration within.
I dislike wasting time like this.
Thank God i had bus concession.
I like his house anyway.

Next we went to east coast park, to meet the rest of the class.
We ate at macs, and then played frisbee at the beach.
(At this moment i feel like i am writing at the standard of a primary 3)
At 5 plus, i decided its time to plan my time, meet up with Ian and Amanda, and prepare for Nat s birthday surprise.
Wayne left with me for a chalet at coasta sands.
Somehow i get the impression, Wayne has a lot of outings as well.

I reached Ian s place, Pasir Ris, at 6.40, took a shower, took a few photos and headed down to Aljunied.
The station we are stationed at.
Amanda and Ian were pretty amusing.
Ian called himself a loser papparazi.
He had 3 different cameras hanging around his neck.
From here onwards the captions will speak for the photos itself.
Before that, i highlighted at the stops i was in one day.
I met 3 social circles all in one day.
The day did not feel short, yet it did not feel long?
It just felt, that time seemed to moved at a slower rate, and each hour is lived differently =)

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Read Nat's blog to get a hold on the situation.
But the brief summary is.
2 would be stationed at every mrt station, all the way from City Hall to Tampines, would hop onto the back of the train and give Nat happy birthday hugs, suprises and gifts.
We made a couple really annoyed.
So in total there was about 20 of us at the back of the train making Nat s night an unforgettably memorable one.


I will arrange them in chronological and logical order.


I took the following 3 photos in Ian s house.
I only thought of getting Nat something in the morning.









I look spas.
As usual.


We hopped onto the Back of the train at Aljunied.



Amanda came up with this line.
And Amanda designed the construction hat, which looks uber good.
I thought of the line, birthday criminal at first.
Amanda came up with something better.
That line impressed and amused quite a few people.



One stop right after Aljunied.
You see the black and blue shirt dudes facing the camera.
Yes they shouted across the cabin, "Nat, Nat where you are?"
And started singing a birthday song.
I guessed we either created a public nuisance, or brought a smile to many on the train.

At this point, Nat broke down and cried.
She felt super embarrased.
Sam later on told us that he dared Sherman and Yong Sheng to start singing 3 carriages down instead of 2, for 2 bucks.
Honestly, it was quite squeezy.
And they were rather soft from where they stood.
They had guts man.







You cant really see Nat crying, but yes she was.




Last minute preparation by Shawn Tan and Ming Wei.
They said it was bought at NTUC, and not shop and save.
They wanted to get vanguard sheet.
Ian had less than a few seconds to even do with aperture and shutter speed.




Nat was shocked beyond words.
Till her jaws dropped.



Even bystanders had to stop reading and looked at the celebration and surprises unfolded itself.
Even for myself, every stop was filled with joy, love and support.
The amount of effort the girls put in was just amazing.
When i saw Charm with the board.
I thought, Nat you are a superstar for the night, and Charm is here to support you!




Look at Nat's bracy.
Somehow it was sparkling that night.
Come to think of it, she kept smiling the whole night.




Check out the things in Nat's left hand.
And thats not even half the presents she received.
Imagine the board Charm made for Nat, and she had to bring that home too.




Yi hui came rushing in.
On the board was all the attributes that described Nat.



Oh ya, i stood admist all these friends and i thought, everyone was so good looking.
And on that night itself, everyone looked exceptionally gorgeous or handsome, simply because everyone radiated with a smile.
God made himself tangible in the presence of so many of His kids.
I mean we were throwing a birthday party for His daughter, how could He missed it?
So yeah, He didnt.







I thought this was an amazing shot.
Ian only had less than a second to conceptualise this, and the first and only clear literate statement that should hit your eye would be 3 SPECIAL DATES.
Awesome shot.



Look at the smile on Nat s face.
Contentment.
Heartfelt gratitude.




Nat had to stand in the train with those balloons tied to the strap on her bag.

I wonder why no one dare to stand near Nat.



I thought this photo was extremely cute.
Check out the expressions in the faces.



Ian made use of his tripod, for a group shot.
Noticed the back drop is a construction site?
Yeah Exactly, Nat works there!
Imagine squeezing everyone in this photo to the back of a cabin.
Minus Sam Yuan who was stationed at tampines with the cake, and Nah plus Issac coordinating the whole surprise three carriages down.



There was some cheeky thing planned by the group.
I think it was everyone wanting to push sherman...
and everyone else squat.
While i did something retarded like that.

Ian went into burst mode on the birthday girl.





















Nat decides to thrust the bouquet of flowers at the camera.




See the 3 books on Nat s lap.
I bought those 3 books, and Nat gets to choose one of them.

Some of us brought the presents back to Nat s house.
Anyway, Nat could not have brought the presents back home alone.


Photos alone was not able to speak how great the impact we made in Nat s life.
There were times when Ian was not able to take shots when he should have.
It was emotionally overwhelming.

Nat claimed she had a heart attack, and later on exclaimed you guys are the best.
So...we are the best at giving her heart attack?

Vanessa came up with a great excuse whenever Nat kept asking how many more stops,"Its on the way home what."

Halfway through the whole mrt birthday party, i felt God's presence, and i saw love poured freely to the birthday girl.
I thought to myself, though i am not the birthday boy, this is the best birthday celebration i ever had in my life.

And to Nat.
I am awesomely glad you are able to smile so much, and each of us were able to deposit a nugget of love into your heart.

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To My Childhood Friend, For The 18th Time, Happy Birthday

:D