how i got my dslr as a gift will mesmerize you. it did for me.
how do i start, by the way? i bet it was my birthday and i was feeling a bit wierd. my sony camera was damaged and i was just borrowing iyna's cam which i am not used to and so, some of my shots were not that great but tolerable.
i did not order cake because i knew ro would be coming home early morning which he does every thursday.
it was my birthday---this thursday and i was not expecting him to come home and so i just ordered pizza for us and it became our cake as well.
i busied myself by doing altered slides for my friends since we would meeting the next day. i tried to distract myself thinking that this may be the saddest day of my life. somehow, nita ( my scrapbook friend) seemed to call me the past few days asking me if there was anything new... i was wondering why in the world she would be asking this to me. i told her nothing new, what is new to tell?
at 8:oo pm, i texted ro asking him if he was in conivance with nita. something i dont know perhaps? he replied back telling me he was toxic and he doesnt know anything. i told myself hmmmp, this is really going to be a pissed off day for me.
after few minutes, i heard the car horn. what!!!!??? ro is here already and he just texted me that he was busy and toxic! what is the matter???
he came up and told aedan to hold the "gift". he was telling him loudly so as to let me hear him." be careful, aedan!! it might break." i hurriedly went out and lo and behold, he handed me a dozen roses... somewhat surprising coz he never gave me flowers for my birthday and a small cake since we just had a pizzacake for me.
okay this is it. my birthday is about to end.
while we were eating he kept texting and texting. such wierdness. and he kept going to the window. i wonder why but i did not bother to ask nor minded him.
few minutes after those endless text messages, he hurdled me to the door. at first, instinct told me what the heck is he doing??? why was he pushing me to the door??then there was this man there holding a big sando bag with stuffs inside... !!! ro told me " get it and open it".
i saw boxes... 4 boxes.... my god. the nikon d60!!!!!!
i could not believe my damn eyes! i could not... he bought it. he bought it! my dear lord, he did not tell me... and all along, he was texting nita about why the delivery took so long to arrive!!!
nita called me up immediately and ro was laughing his way!! everyone knew about the surprise except me! they were holding the secret since tuesday!!!!! god!
i was so happy with the camera. it was a dream come true for someone who adores photography in a way. and it came with a 18-105 mm lens!!! not the kit lens!!!
it was the surprise of my life. more than anything. the emotion was draining and the transition was tremendous.
next day, we met up with nita and the gang. i bought my nikon with me too. as we were eating at shabu2x, au got hold of a strap and started telling me that if she was me, she would not use the nikon strap because the newer the strap, the higher the reselling price in the future. she also asked me if i would have any plan of buying a strap. i said no, not this time. au said, okay then this is yours.... ! what? i told her... are you giving this to me? she said yes and nita blended in giving me a tripod ( which she got from the car and poor me, i did not realize the notion why in the world would she be bringing something like that when in fact she did not bring her cam with her). i could not believe my mind and eyes... then sym handed me the remote control! what???? then mitch sy gave me the lenspen!!!! my god.. this is the jerry's essential kit III!!!!! and ro knew all about this again!!!!
the surprise emotion never left me the whole night... it was something i could not really comprehend. happiness, thankfulness, luck. but most of all, gratefulness perhaps for dear friends who makes you feel loved.
nothing is better than good friends sharing your special day with you. and even with the numerous greetings over the cyberworld and text message, it was so touching because people remember you and thats what important.
the might-be-saddest-day turned out to be the opposite one instead. it turned out to be one hell of a beautiful day for me...!!!