THE DAY I TURNED SEVENTEEN
Its Monday, December 14th. Me and Jackie were supposed to arrange schedules for tomorrow’s classmeeting. It’s 10 pm, i was in need of sleep and Jackie was still in her mom’s room so i waited until she’s done. 11 pm, she said she’s still chatting with her brother. 11:30, she’s still in her brother’s room. I was tired and then when the clock strikes 12 o’clock, she called me and said “HAPPY BIRTHDAAYYYY” and she admitted that she did it on purpose, to make me waited until my birthday to arrange schedules together. Jackie wished she’d be the first to congratulate me, but unfortunately anggia cutted her way HAHAHA. I was sad because there was only 5 people that congratulate me on 12am. i slept once we’ve finished.
The next morning, i went to school and when i walked towards my desk, my mouth turned into a big O. i saw a candle, and a box of minion-shaped cake. Written on the sides of the box was a sweeettt birthday wish, on the end it said: ‘-Natalie’! It was a simple yet sweet gesture and i thanked Natalie. Then, i met my buddyyy ellen and she gave me a present! I couldn’t wait to open it once i got home.
All day long, Me and Jackie had to be on the volleyball court because one of our classmeeting’s game was ‘voli serbet’. We have to catch the volleyball using ‘serbet dapur’. I played for my class, and it was very fun, especially when you succeeded to catch the balll. Some of my friends also sang happy birthday for me and i was so thankful.
After the last classmeeting game on that day ends, me and jackie rushed upstairs to the angklung room to gather with the other student council members, because after the bell rang we’d gather next period’s student council candidates and give’em some tasks. I felt sad because almost all of them didn’t say happy birthday to me. I felt like this was just one ordinary day and everyone was doing their ordinary life. We’re finally done at 3 pm, time to go home, i thought. But Kimmy said we have to gather first to talk about a few things. And then all of a sudden she stopped talking and every body started singing happy birthday to me. Kak greta brought me a box of happy meal and jackie representing the student council brought me a cake. Everything made sense to me why they didn’t congratulate me on my 17thbirthday. After blowing all the candles off, they started to poke my cheeks with the cream. My face was full of blue cream and my uniform, too. I cutted the cake to pieces and give them to my friendsss. It was Thania’s bakery’s cake and it tasted delicious. It was a successful surprise, thank you guyssss.
When i got home, it’s 5 pm and we’re going to have dinner at 7 on a western restaurant ( i hate chinese food). I was very tired and i laid down on my bed, comparing my 17th birthday to my 16th birthday. My 16th birthday was happier than this, my friend surprised me at home, but maybe they all were busy. I was hurt because some of my close friend only said a simple “happy birthday”. I thought i was more important than that. It never crossed my mind to think that they would act like this, i thought they were better. I was really not in the mood to eat so i only ate half of the meal.
Finally, i was home and i wanted to sleep and end the day. I called jackie on my way upstairs to talk about tomorrow’s classmeeting schedules. When i opened my door, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANIAAAA”! 5 of my friends were there. I didn’t think they would surprise me because i thought everybody was busy. I hugged them allllll and they started to poke my face with the creams (again). NONI EVEN STICK HER CHEWED BUBBLEGUM TO MY FACE for fuck’s sakeee. After that, we went to WooYoo to have some ice cream and talked through the night.
The next day, i had to standby on the field until 1:30 pm. It rained at 1 pm and me and jackie was wet AND we still have to interview the student council candidates. The interview started at 3 pm but but before that we tested them whether they memorized the names of this period’s student council structures, and (pretend to) be angry at them if they didnt. While waiting for their turn to be interviewed, we gave them fun tasks like “sana suruh tong sampah jadi pacar lu sampe tong sampahnya mau”, “masuk ke kelas wawancara teriakin kakak osis nya suruh diem” and so on. I arrived home at 6 pm and i was drained and in need of sleep. But i still have to surprise Ivan (his birthday was on december 3rd) with my friends at Ancol.
He picked me up, not knowing he would be surprised by my other friends who were preparing the cakes and candles at Ancol. On our way, it was a blurry night and suddenly we...... crashed a car in front of us. And the car we crashed crashed a taxi in front of it. We decided to not run away and finished the problem. After a while of negotating, the driver asked for 500 rupiahs for the damage we caused. Then we went straight to ancol. When i got off the car, i was blindfolded and i had no idea why because they said we’re going to surprise ivan, not me. After a long walk, i finally heard my NJ and Adriel’s sound. All of a sudden i heard ivan’s surprised voice, and i realized they were blindfolding ivan, too. So it was both of us who was surprised by our friends.
Ivan thought they’d threw a birthday surprise on me, and i thought we were going to surprise ivan. All of them laugh and when the blindfolded was open....... Anggia, Natalie, NJ, aghis and adriel were standing in front of us, carrying baloons that shaped “17” and “18”, with two box of maquis pies with candles that read “tania”, singing happy birthday. It was really beyond my expectation, to be surprised on my favourite place on earth, the edge of the ocean where i can feel the salty breeze. It was quite a view. A wooden bridge with round lamps lighting up the pathway. I couldn’t thank them enough, it was the best thing a girl could ask for
We stayed there for a while, chit chatting and enjoying the cool breeze on a silent night. We also hid Adriel’s shoes while he went to the toilet, making him confused searching for his shoes but then just let it go after finding nothing because he got it “free” (we gave him for his birthday) . The night was full of jokes and laughter, a perfect night to remember. I couldn’t ask for more <3 Maybe next year, we couldn’t do this kind of thing anymore. We’ll be seperated by continents and grew apart from each other. But i just wanna live this moment while we still can.
here's a picture of me and the birthday boy
me with anggia and natalie (minus renata)
with my bodyguarddddssss
with Adriel who used to pick his nose back then
Adriel trying to act like a lifeguard but failed
P.S. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE ON MY BIRTHDAY, I LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
