Surprise surprise!

Friday the 19th of October - got up and went to school like a normal day, apart from Jo was more worried than usual about being on time. When we got there I was invited to join the usual Scrabble festivities which take place on a Friday morning as Jo mysteriously disappeared with 4 of my class. Ten minutes later King told us all to gather at the football field where we all walked together to the community hall.... only to see upon entering the room balloons galore and a massive banner saying "Happy Birthday Megan!" with a cuddly teddy bear on! The children loved the balloons and being able to play in such a huge space. We played pass the parcel and other games, then started on the cake. I had 'Happy Birthday' sung to me by about 90 people, that was fun but a bit embarrassing! The day before some of the children had been busy making cakes and Pastor Henry's home and a grand total of 10 cakes were brought to the party. In addition to this there was also one special cake (I think shop bought) with extra decorations and that! What a start to the birthday festivities of the weekend to come!
 

This is me with some of the girls from Class B, infront of my banner!

My tasty cake (there were also 10 more cakes cooked by some of the children at Pastor's home, in a steamer! Never had so many cakes at a birthday ever!)

Here are some pictures from our adventures in Singapore!

This is our luxury coach we took to Singapore, after missing our original bus due to numerous setbacks. This one had massive reclining chairs and TV screens to watch films!

On our first day in Singapore we took a trip to Universal Studios, on Sentosa Island. The Transformers ride was AMAZING. There is a point to 3D technology after all! All the rides were based on films and TV shows, including Shrek, Battlestar Galactica and Madagascar.

This picture is from our wild night out in Singapore! Moments from this night include Jo being scared by a waiter and screaming when he asked her if she wanted another drink and lying on the kitchen floor of the hostel at 5 in the morning, much to the amusement of the rest of the residents. A birthday sambuca and free drink tokens adds up to a fun filled birthday night out!

Singapore Zoo! Today was my actual birthday and with proof of this I managed to get a badge and free entry to the zoo, result! It was pouring with rain today but we still managed to have fun. There were plenty of monkeys, much to Jo's delight. My favourites were the naked mole rats, manatees and this lovely pygmy hippo here!

 

Dongle related aggravation: I just wrote about 5 long paragraphs for you to read, then the internet crashed, so now I've decided on the photos and small captions approach. Maybe this is better that my boring ramblings, you decide! Anyway I had a fantastic birthday weekend, definitely one to remember.