It was my friend Dred’s 30th birthday last Tuesday, so we came up with a surprise just before midnight – ask 30 people to write 30 notes and hand them to her with 30 lollipops.
The idea of finding 30 people to do this was a bit daunting, but luckily Dred is the supervisor of a huge team, so that took care of almost half the number. Since Dred is a very friendly girl (the most cheerful girl in the office, as my boss once described her) and we have a pretty huge office, we were able to fill up the rest of the slots.
We even got a couple of big bosses to write notes, and there was also one from Hollywood – a note from “Matt Damon” – who quoted Dred’s favourite line from his latest movie Interstellar. LOL.
We asked most of the people to drop by Dred’s desk one by one and hand her the notes with lollipops themselves.
Dred said she was very happy. #SurpriseSuccess!
We decided to go somewhere special for lunch and opted for Yum Cha.
They have really delicious dim sum there!
In the afternoon, her team had a surprise for her too – cake! I happened to be refilling my water bottle from the cooler when this happened, so I volunteered as tribute to take their group picture. They were surprised when I did so, like it hadn’t even occurred to them to have a group photo. I have one question for you people: WHY???
Later on, Dred’s bosses allowed her to leave work early, so we both went to the mall and went shopping. She found a sparkly top for her D&D outfit, and we both found great bargains at Pretty Fit – they were selling sandals discounted at 70% off, or only $21 a pair! Yay! 😀
Finally, we made our way to a restaurant, MOF, where we split a sumptuous teriyaki salmon dinner and a sundae.
The next day we audited the notes and found out that there were only 26. WHAT?!?! Who are these 4 people and how dare they not fulfil their assignment?!?! So I quickly found 4 more to take their place, because you can’t just leave projects unfinished like that, right? In the end, Dred was happier with one of the last-minute notes, so I’m glad those original people messed up LOL. Everything happens for a reason, am I right? 😛
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