Surprise!

After her bout of prolonged fever on Saturday night, Jo slept in on Sunday morning and had to miss going to Sunday School :( She was disappointed but little did she know, come that afternoon, Angeline and the rest of the JC Kinders Sunday School teachers would stage a surprise celebration at Angeline's home. I was part of the conspiracy but played an insignificant role of guaranteeing that Jo would be present.

What actually happened...
After Church, I picked Jo up from home and left for Angeline's place about 2.30pm. Having parked the car, we walked up to her gate and pressed the bell. We heard lotsa commotion going on but no one came to open the gate and door. After Jo pressed the bell a few more times, thinking it's spoilt, Angeline finally appeared with a smirk saying,"Sorry ah, so busy eating and chatting..." Jo walked through the main door... and was spontaneously greeted with loud popping sounds and colourful paper streamers from party crackers fired by the SS teachers! (Earlier commotion was Angeline giving instructions to teachers to find the missing party crackers and subsequently directing everyone into their standby position!) Jo was truly overwhelmed as she totally didn't expect this at all. Her frens presented her with a generous birthday ang-pow and a funky vase filled with colourful "stuffed" flowers, decorated with pretty personalised handwritten notes ... beautiful and ideal for her since it doesn't need water and upkeep :)

And keeping up with tradition, her dear frens specially ordered her favourite butter cream chocolate cake from a bakery @ Sunset Way. We also celebrated Viola's birthday at the same time.

Thanks to our wonderful host Angeline, there was enough food to feed an army. Spizza pizzas, steamboat with every ingredient you can think of, followed by home-made scones (baked by Angeline) served with jam and cream, Thai desserts, and fruits (grapes and Christmas-tree-shaped watermelon!). Not forgetting the endless supply of icy cold Snapple drinks. Totally decadent!

Big thanks
Jo and I are truly touched and encouraged by the love, care and concern showered upon us by the lovely ladies and gentlemen from JC Kinders, including those who were not able to attend the lunch. Thanks a million and God bless!