Where Cookie's Bit Crumble: The V-Day Surprise

Yesterday night, as I was crying my eyeballs out due to the mixed emotions that came so suddenly (like a batch of destructive tsunami waves that hit Batu Ferringhi), I have vowed to myself never ever again to let my heart out in the open, to be poked and played by insensitive idiots.

This morning, on Valentine’s Day, I quickly told myself (while shampooing in the shower) that I will not be having any expectation as to anything sweet to happen.

So there I was, in court, pondering on what time would be the most suitable for me to walk into the office without so much as having that ‘hopeful’ feeling above my head. In delaying the same, I suggested to myself to head to USJ Taipan to pay for my handphone bill. But that only lasted for 30 minutes. So in the end, I was in my room by noon. And as anticipated, there was nothing in my room that was out of the ordinary. Just stacks and stacks of files on the floor and on my table. *Sigh*.

Come lunchtime an hour later, I decided to reward myself by buying a book at MPH. Browsed the bookstore for nearly a good 45 minutes, then decided to buy two instead of one book as planned! Here are the books :-

Got into the office by 1.40 pm, and still there was no bouquet or anything in sight. ‘He must’ve thought that there’s no need to give me anymore flowers’, I sighed, and proceeded to open the plastic cover of the books that I bought, and began reading Andrew Leci’s ‘Once Removed’.

20 minutes into my reading, I heard a soft knock on the door. Not taking my eyes off the page I was reading, I asked my receptionist to come in. And lo and behold! A bouquet of flowers in her hands! For me! And I knew there and then it was from P.

I quickly read the card that came with it. It was written:-

I was so happy that I was grinning from ear to ear! Quickly I wrote an sms to P:
Me : Baby I just got the flowers! It’s pretty! Erm….what’s 40568308**?
Him : U should have gotten them this morning. You can figure out the meaning…

I looked at the numberings again, and this time I jotted down the numbers to a clean piece of paper. After a good few minutes of pondering, I noticed my hand phone keypad, with certain alphabet assigned to certain numbers. Quickly I deciphered it, and after getting the answer, I sms P.

Me : P…. I finally managed to decipher the code.
I love you too!!! *muahs*

Isn't he a sweetie? I mean, never once did I imagine him being THAT creative in surprising me. He's such a darling..... (For those still in the dark of what '40568308** means, it's just 'I Love You..')

Now I feel guilty for not buying him anything for V day. le sigh. So in order as not to be looked at as an insensitive girlfriend, I quickly went to the DVD shop and bought him 'Rome' the series, both the full 1st and 2nd Season.

Coming back from work and ready for yet another surprise (according to my darling P, but heck of course I knew he already made dinner reservations somewhere nice for V-day!), I quickly wrapped the gift and crossing my fingers (in my head, as I can't possibly do that while wrapping the gift, duh!!) so that he'll love the dvd set and in turn will love me more (bribery,bribery).

Dinner turned out to be at Ciao, the Italian Restaurant that I so wanted to go, and have been pestering P to come with me to experience the food there since last year! It was a nice set valentine menu (they only cook that set specially for the day, so u can't order anything else on their normal menu) which costs P about RM180++ per person! Thank god for the excellent food (if not for the slow service which I find irritatingly unbearable. I mean, how bad can it get, just serving the same thing to a dozen of lovebirds under the candlelight right? They managed to make a big boo-boo blunder with just that! *Sigh*, again)...

Anyhow, dinner then ended around 10.30pm, and now P's starting to wonder whether we should just hang out until midnight, or for him to send me straight home (see, my birthday's a day after V-day). In him being indecisive, i suggested we head to Bangsar so that i could deposit my cheque, and hopefully, to kill time until midnite.

After the cheque deposit chore, we found out that we still have an hour to spare! So I just told him to drive me back home, where thereafter i'd shoved the dvd gift to P. He was delighted, and I was too. He loved (i hope) the gift. yeay!!

After waiting for a good 20 minutes in the car in front of my house, midnite came. He kissed me happy birthday, and told me that he loves me. I reciprocate the same in return (the kiss and 'i love you', not the wishing of happy birthday), and went inside the house. I felt deprived, amidst me feeling amorous and wanting to just do it with my sweetie. *sigh* yet again!

At home, loads and loads of smses came in wishing me Happy Birthday. Thank you to all who've wished me, and I am so happy to have u guys as a friend/colleague/family member. The best sms was from P....

"I'm already home. Happy Birthday! I love you...... *mwah* *mwah* *mwah* *mwah* *mwah*

I love you too, baby!

Oh yeah, and i also love Andrew Leci's 'Once Removed'. It's hillarious! Am enjoying the book now as I'm writing this entry. Only managed to finish 1/4 of the book, and looking forward to more of 'em!!