Liyana~Last Saturday was my birthday,I got many wishes through smses,a call,and many wishes on facebook pages(even unknown friends which I added them mainly for Mafia wars).While I love to see people wishes me birthday but I also want a real birthday wish in person,because all I received was through social networking and a call,not rocket science there...means that I'm not meeting them all in person.What did I do whole day during my birthday on Saturday? Nothing special,at 12am on 5th September I've drawn a full Street Fighter 4 characters with me and a cake until 8.30am...not only I draw I colored it too,I don't know why I put so much effort and sweat and tears towards the draw,its not like someone gonna buy it or appreciate it...probably just for my amusement.For the rest of the day I sat in front of my computer surfing internet and do some more drawing and thats pretty much it,another year without cake,surprise party,no gift and no nurse stripper.The last time I celebrate my birthday was back in 2005 in Matang,Kuching and that also was impromptu birthday party,impromptu because my dad came and bring along a birthday cake and a birthday card from my mom and sister.After that my friend suggest we buy chickens to fry,not a huge party,no fancy balloons or plastic cups to fill fresh juices...and no fan! I mean ceiling fan,its a very hot night that time and also its dark,I believe it went blackout that day.
As Darwin said,we already grown and there is no need a party or worth mention about celebrate a party but deep inside me,a little inside me still want a birthday party and a big one,I mean I reached my mid 20s! Thats like a mid life crisis to me,so a huge party is a must when you reach this age.Too bad that Saturday nothing out of ordinary or special thing happen,just another typical day for me.
Yesterday Sunday I thought its gonna be same old same old,I've draw alot on Saturday and Sunday morning,I didn't get any sleep that night so around 10am I decided to get me some sleep...until I received a call at 11am,I saw the number at the phone screen and it was an unknown number.I answered it and I heard a female voice,"is this Ben?" she asked,I answered yes.I still blur that time and abit cranky as I don't like people disturb me sleeping,somemore I don't get enough sleep! I almost got pissed off when I assume its a random female operator call wanting to do a stupid survey.Thats when she introduce herself as "Liyana",not any normal generic Liyana in Malaysia,but Liyana the lead singer from the band Estrella...an indie band in Malaysia...my eyes wide open when I realize and surprise because I really really didn't expect she'll call me,I just want to try my luck last Friday and here it is,she called me,she mention she did read my request from myspace and apologize for read my message a day late,she wish me a happy birthday and I was in "feels good man" land for 10-20 seconds there,she also asked me how did the birthday went and I answered "it was ermmm..." and she help me answer "Boring" hahaha,as if she read my mind! We don't have any further conversation though,too bad my mind was again went blank and I was too damn sleepy to enter social mode.You will probably say someone try to pull a prank on me but I can tell,positively thats the real Liyana from Estrella because of her well,voice of course.The first one I told about the news was my sister,she didn't believe me at first and she thought I was drunk for mumbling something silly haha.
I was happy for few minutes and eventually went back for being moody again,the phone call from Liyana is not as awesome as the day I met her in KLCC month ago though.But again,I'm so lucky to received a call from her,I guess I can considered this a "surprise gift".