5th March 07

An even bigger disaster happened than my computer dying. Sometime this morning while i was sleeping so try as I might there's nothing I can do about it. Today I turned 21. 21 in itself is not a problem, it's 22 I'm scared of. ( i might be expected to grow up). I was a little bummed about it cos had I been in Scotland I was going to have a joined birthday party with some friends, but at the same time relieved cos I don't like doing the whole 'birthday' thing. But then the sweetest thing happened. Last night my roommate woke me up. (A dangerous thing to do.) I tried grunting and moaned at her but she was persistent so I eventually dragged myself out of my bunk just in time to see a cake floating towards me in the dark, followed by around seven friends that live a few floors below me. I was totally taken aback as they forced me to sit down with them and have a carpet picnic, at around 1130, of cheesecake. I soon forgave them for waking (even though they had gotten a little muddled with the numbers and the candles said 12 instead of 21) me after I realised that the cheesecake (which I don't generally like) tasted amazing! They also gave me a Chinese something-or-other that they told me said 'happiness' on it cos they think I smile a lot and they like it. As if that wasn't enough, this morning went to my mandarin class, and met another group of friends who all gave me a round of applause and announced that we're all going an Italian place down the road for a wee party meal tonight. How nice is that?! I didn't think they even knew it was my birthday. The people here are so lovely.