Aina Zulaikha: Belated Birthday Story

Assalamualaikum,

"Music is better and lights are brighter when you were near"

Wish U Were Here - Cody Simpson

So, as you might know, I was born on July 27th, which is exactly a week ago. Yeah, I'm finally 14, bebeh... Ok... Probably, growing up is not that exciting. No, it's never exciting. I know this might be overdue. I tried to post this thing earlier but failed. As busy as a bee, they say. Especially since it's Ramadhan. Whatever it is, I'm still gonna tell you about my day anyway. And so it begun.

So, my birthday fell on a Friday in the month of Ramadhan. Because of that, I felt so anticipated for this day. Not because of the presents, wishes and such, but because I felt so blessed to celebrate it on that very day.

Speaking of wishes, I got my first wish from my best bud, Sharmine Amyrra. Got a text from her at 10 o'clock on my birthday eve. Yeah, sorta like DD's midnight birthday call... Totally a good start for my birthday.

*please ignore Bangi*

Then, my mum during sahur. Dad gave me a card and a Parker pen. Also, my mum literally bought me BTR. Well, she gave me the money when I said I wanted to go to Speedy. *I didn't even say I wanted to buy anything* So yeah, a card, a pen and an album...

It's the UK deluxe edition. 6 bonus track and a poster. Yeah!

Then, Sharmine Shaqirin (My Aisha) sent me a bbm chat and tweet. I swear I cried like a baby when I read it. It's like a wish from a sister to a sister. A long-distance sister.

School was a blast that day. Foong greeted me with a happy birthday as soon as I step into the class. Before Malay class started, everyone sang Happy Birthday for me. Then, when Puan Noraini came, they sang it again. Yeah. Two birthday songs. Sharmine and Foong wished me like 10 times that day. Shaza was really excited when she came back from her morning duty. 'Happy Birthday Aina!' she said.

After school, my mum and I when to Mahkota Parade to do some clothes shopping for eid. So, when I was there, my twitter mention was stuffed with wishes. Nearly cried in the middle of Parkson because of their sweet wishes. Well, what makes it even sweeter is that I've never met them. These are the people who I knew through twitter. This show that they acknowledged me. These are true birthday wishes. Frankly, I was actually wondering, who would wish me a happy birthday, considering I deleted my facebook. Yes, I did not get as many wish as I did when I had facebook. But I feel like this year's wishes are much real than any other year. They came from friends who I talk to almost everyday but we've actually never even met. It might sounds cliche but this is the gift that I was hoping for this year. A memory that I will not forget.

Also, Yasmin tweeted me a birthday song by The Click Five. It was so sweet. Lurf my Yasmoon so much...

So, I got a bit bored and asked Jojo Wright for a birthday wish. I wasn't really expecting this but these people actually spammed Jojo to wish me a happy birthday. Again, I tried to hold back my tears. It was really really sweet of them to do that for me.

And guess what?

Yes... The amazing Jojo tweeted me. So, that was basically what happened on my birthday. One of the best birthday in my life. Yeah, I didn't get any reply from the boys (BTR) but I'm still grateful for what I got. Alhamdullilah...

As always... Goodies... :)