Today I met Hui Nah and Joycee for dinner at a cafe in Serangoon Gardens called Ice³. It was a pre-birthday celebration for me and a farewell dinner for her as she'll be flying to meet Cris in New Mexico on Friday. I was pretty excited to meet them because I knew they were giving me the new man utd away jersey. The jersey that I had been pinning for so long! Remember my entry on how I had to satisfy myself by secretly taking a picture of myself wearing the jersey in the changing room? Well, I now lay my hands on an authentic man united away jersey given to me with much love from Hui Nah, Joycee & Jane and my big sister! Woooohoooo!



The michievious Hui Nah brought me from 7th Heaven to the pits of Hell when I opened the "prank" present she gave me. It was exactly the same feeling I had few years back when I told Huiling my wish was for J to wish me happy birthday. Instead of getting J to wish me, she got someone I didn't really like in the CG to pose as J and hold a note that read, "Happy Birthday! Love, J." Hui Nah gave me a box and I excitedly unwrapped it knowing that they got me the jersey I wanted.

The box opened to the Man United badge, and as I lovingly touched the badge, I thought to myself, "Yeah! I am finally laying my hands on the jersey!" To my horror, I realised that the badge was "coming off". That was when I realised she "DID" the jersey herself!





She painstakingly pasted everything on a white T-shirt and it looked so real, I told her NIKE will be proud of her. In a bid to duplicate the jersey, she had the real jersey colour-photocopied, printed the words and pasted everything AT WORK! Despite my initial "shock" at the "pirated" t-shirit, I am actually quite touched by the effort she put into this surprise. As usual, prankster at work and I fell for it. But Kudos to Hui Nah. Only she can think of such brilliant pranks/surprises. I marvel at her creativity. Really.

Joycee and her couldn't stop laughing at my expression upon realising it is a "fake" and they had a great time imagining for me the different scenarios that will happen if I ever wear the "fake" jersey out. Hui Nah happily related everything to Cris over the phone, and that Uncle Cris was so entertained. Tsk. Talk about finding joy in someone's misery! :P



They eventually gave me the real jersey but not before narrating everything to Jane who was so tickled by it when we walked Joycee back to her place. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

Thanks for the present Hui Nah, Joycee, Jane & big sister! Love ya all! :)

Staring into the Abyss,