DrummyDrew: December 2007

This special friend of mine, Eden Ho was on the verge of falling into the 19 year old category and we threw an awesome party for her. The whole idea was a brand new, fresh, never-being-done one and the process of executing it really brought everyone of us closer and a good laughter. Main men James and Aaron aka Chef Khan were hanging out at Mr. Straight's place and got struck by this thought of pampering Den like a princess on her 19th. It was just another idea originally but when they came to realize that the plan was achievable, that one whole week was a stress bag. Location confirmed to be at James' crib, food and beverages in charged by Chef Khan, the rest placed themselves accordingly knowing what they are good at, decorating, planning how should the program run and so on. Its like a movie, we all have our roles to play - the chef, the butler, waiter, body guard, driver, dancer, bartender, any possible characters that'd appear to serve the princess in movies we watched.

First, Eden's mom was contacted to join the conspiracy, to smuggle her daughter's dress without her awareness. Then Aaron would inform that she dresses up casually as we would bring her out for a dinner(when the whole function was made the royalty style and us dressed formally). The whole daytime was spent planning and setting up the place upon her arrival. A moment of apology as I wasn't around to help out until evening. After everything was checked and done, everyone had to fit themselves in a proper outfit, girls into dresses and guys into tux. And Jon, Sam and I were off to pick the birthday girl. I was the driver, Jon the bodyguard and Sam the cameraman who had taped down the whole thing that night. I love it when that girl opened the door for me as I arrived, the reaction was splendid - 'What's wrong with you Andrew?!!' Still in awe, I walked her to the car and Jon was there to open the door for her. Then off we went to the "buffet dinner in some hotel so we had to dress up formally" story we made up. Her place is only 5 minutes driving journey from James' place but we took the long way to persuade her into the surprise we got her. Then an anonymous call alarmed that we had to head back to Jame's place to get her present we left there, it was pure drama on the way.

Got ourselves back to James' and they were all dressed up nicely to welcome Eden, camera flashing to capture every moment she reacted to our plan for her. Instantly, the girls shoved her into their arms and dragged her upstairs to do whatever they needed to - hairdo, change into a dress and makeup. It was me again to escort her down to the living hall after she's done, and we did feel like celebrities hahaha imagine people applauding and taking picture when you are pacing down the stairs. At the last step, the cousins James and Aaron each handed over a half dozen of roses and a mock tail to pamper her as the princess, with an addition of Timothy unwrapping a Ferrero Roche for her. Clapping continued as I walked her to the throne we made and the Chef Khan attended her with his masterpiece fine dine dish, all sorted and sliced so that she wouldn't need to move a hair to eat. Rest of the night were back to normal as we talked, ate, and DANCE! Apparently there was a playlist being arranged for the night of what song to play at the right time. The guys had to take turns to dance with the birthday girl and we all ended up shaking our heads and asses of to movable music like 'cha-cha', waltz, ballroom dancing stuffs. The party ended with words of appreciation from us and cam-whoring by the girls. I sticked around till late 4 when only James, Aaron, princess and I were around doing catchups and bringing back good old memories.

Being able to be a part of her life in the last month in Malaysia was truly beyond words, I would label the party as a success and the friendship we gained is already worth celebrating apart from her birthday. This is my group of friends who help me bring out goodness in life and slapped me awake that I don't really need alcohol to get high. *Note: the party was absolutely alcohol free! Eden Ho, you have been a good friend for real and I still can't wake myself to believe that a rascal like me would come so close to have this friend like you, have a great life in U.K wei! Same goes to the rest, you guys balance up my 'Ying' side (Ying Yang) of me. End.

the birthday princess - Eden Ho