I have the bestest best friend in the whole wide world!!

So I turned 21 yesterday, but I believe the magic only started today =) Because I received the best birthday gift ever today after coming home from an wonderful afternoon, which I believe aside from God's gift of salvation, trumps all the other gifts I've received throughout the years.

My best friend put together a packet of handmade goodies from which I could almost literally feel the love oozing out, and I am so overwhelmed I don't know what to say.

I was initially going to play the CD in the pack while doing some stuff online (writing this blog post for example) and then proceed to read everything, but I put in the video CD instead, which was a recording of birthday messages from the people I treasure most from all over the world - KL, London, Madison, Melbourne, and I just started crying bucketloads of tears. Just looking at all these gorgeous faces again, and to know that Siyan, despite her busy schedule, took time aside to put this together, made me feel like the most special girl in the whole world.

And that was just the start.

Look at all these goodies!!

There was a gorgeously put together compilation of notes from everyone in cell back home, SEWED together so delicately I'm almost tempted to wear gloves while handling it so as not to wreck it,

there was a pretty photo collage of all the wonderful people in my life, thoughtfully decorated with little paper doilies at the back of the pictures,

A mixtape that came in a beautifully hand-painted cover tied with a lilac flower ribbon, with the playlist carefully written inside (which I haven't really looked at because I don't want to spoil the magic)

and probably my favourite of the lot, a handmade, intricately stitched CD holder with the cutest Twitter-looking bird in front and my name on it! My fav because there's so much intricate needlework and I know Siyan spent heaps of time on this =) Plus, it holds the CD that just wrecked me. Mind you, I haven't even watched the other video, which I believe was of all the gorgeous people at cell back home. I'll be reduced to a puddle of tears after this ;p

And of course, I can't wait to read this! Because the words inside come in an aerogramme, which holds so much special meaning and memories of the special phone conversation with Siyan in form two in which we were both gasping for air at the end of a 3-minute long laughing session,

From my most awesome friend indeed!!! =D

I love you soooooooo much, Loh Siyan!! You're an irreplaceable gem in my life, and I wouldn't trade anything in the world for you!!

Here's to you, the bestest, awesomest, incrediblest fwen in the whole wideeee worllddd!!

Sandy asked me just now what I wanted for my 21st. I told her about this package, and I said there's nothing else I would want for my 21st (except for contributions to my inexistent yet WV fund, in which I aim to get enough contributions to sponsor a child), because I don't think any other material gift in life will ever trump this. These are things I am going to pass down to my grandkids, and if I ever put together a fire-pack, the ones where you put all your most important documents together in case of an emergency, this entire package will be the first things to go in there.

Thank you Siyan for making my 21st a truly special one from a thousand miles away =)

Now excuse me folks while I go back to crying and basking in all this love! =)