Woke up extra early today at about 8.10am. Geraldine’s birthday today so Tiffany, Tasha and I are supposed to give her a surprise. Tiffany bought Geraldine a flashing tiara (Ger’s favourite thing) and we are to give her at the start of the day so she can wear it the whole day. We waited along the walkway to school for about 10 minutes before Geraldine strolled towards us. Tiffany made up an excuse that she’s gonna pass her some sushi but actually she was getting something more. She was not really surprised to see us but surprised that we got a tiara for her. We dared her to wear it the whole day but of course she declined the challenge. Apparently she had a guest lecture today and wearing a tiara to class will spoil her image in broadcast journalism. Still, she was happy to get her first surprise today.
In the evening, we had another “surprise” for her but in the end she found out anyway. We gathered down at her flat waiting to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to her from the ground floor but she took too long choosing a bag and in the end the gang got too cold outside and just went straight in. Ally and Louisa baked Geraldine a Chocolate Fudge cake, a really chocolatey one. After singing her the birthday song, she made a wish, blew out the candle and we headed for Baskin Robbins at O’Connors. I treated her to a tub of Baskin’s ice- cream. There are 3 flavours in a tub equivalent to more than 10 scoops of ice- cream. The rest of us got a big tub and shared it around. Had lots of people showing up tonight, more than I expected and of course Geraldine was really glad that her birthday wasn’t forgotten. How will we forget right….ha ha! May you continue to burn for God and continue to grow in His love in this coming new year. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERALDINE!
JOEL living for ETERNITY
11:59 PM
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