Today was a huge birthday party celebration in our kindergarten. We were celebrating four teacher's birthdays together: Ndn, Stfn, Mym and Mks; out of these four, only Ndn was actually having her birthday today. The rest had already had it several days ago.
I had hunted far and wide for Stfn's choice of gifts and finally obtained just what Ndn had told me Stfn would love: home made bath bombs with glitters and the DVD of 'The Fast and The Furious'. In addition I also bought two similar bath bombs with glitters and tiny hearts for Ndn too and a bottle of wine and a small vegetarian recipe book for Mks.
I was very excited!
When I reached the school, I gave the present to both Ndn and Mks in private. Mks was so happy and gave me an affectionate hug!
Then to the real party in the hall!
After the singing of the birthday song for all the four birthday people, it was first Ndn's turn to get the gift. Mch presented her chocolates and a music CD. Then it was Stfn's turn. I brought little Nn and gave her a beautifully wrapped gift to present to Stfn. She opened it up happily and found it was just an empty box! Then I produced the real gift box. First she opened the bag of the bath bombs.
"Oh, I want to go home right now to take bath" She exclaimed. Then she glimpsed another gift box in the bag.
"Another gift?" She frowned. She tore a part of the gift wrapper and on discovering what it was she shrieked with joy and started shrieking and dancing exclaiming "Oh my God! Oh my God! I can't believe this." She ran to me and hugged me tightly.
I was so happy to see her happy. 'Well, you have to thank Ndn for this." I told her. She and I were genuinely pleased.
Mks received a gift coupon of Saturn which is a big electronic goods store and a popcorn glass, while Mym who is a new English teacher in the baby group in place of An received a tin of her favorite biscuits and a chocolate bar.
I sensed a bit of a stunned silence, shock and surprise in everybody's demeanour when Stfn opened her gifts. Everybody seemed to be hurriedly calculating the cost of her gift which appeared to be more than the allotted 20 Euros, whereas the other's gifts seemed to cost less than 20 Euros excepting Mks of course. It is true because Stfn's gift costed me 27 Euros and of course because I make a lot of effort in deciding what the person would love the most spend a lot of time in hunting for the right thing.
I was very very glad that Mz happened to be absent today otherwise she would surely have exploded with jealousy.
Later Stfn told me she was a complete fan of "The Fast and the Furious" and had all the four of its series. The latest one to release was the fifth one. She somehow promised herself that she wanted to receive this DVD as a gift from her family or friends and not to buy it herself. She was so sure she would get it as a Christmas gift but she didn't and she was hugely disappointed. A number of times she had came across this DVD in shops but managed to remind herself of her promise at the last minute and refrained from buying. "And imagine! I get it now from you! I still can't believe this. I can't thank you enough."
"Oh yes, you can. But what I want is something you won't be able to do."
"What's that?"
"I wish I could see you what you look like when you come out of your glitter bath." And we all laughed so hard till our sides started aching.
In the evening they have a big plan! Ndn, Stfn, Mk and Sbr together are going to an old fashioned restaurant.
I had hunted far and wide for Stfn's choice of gifts and finally obtained just what Ndn had told me Stfn would love: home made bath bombs with glitters and the DVD of 'The Fast and The Furious'. In addition I also bought two similar bath bombs with glitters and tiny hearts for Ndn too and a bottle of wine and a small vegetarian recipe book for Mks.
I was very excited!
When I reached the school, I gave the present to both Ndn and Mks in private. Mks was so happy and gave me an affectionate hug!
Then to the real party in the hall!
After the singing of the birthday song for all the four birthday people, it was first Ndn's turn to get the gift. Mch presented her chocolates and a music CD. Then it was Stfn's turn. I brought little Nn and gave her a beautifully wrapped gift to present to Stfn. She opened it up happily and found it was just an empty box! Then I produced the real gift box. First she opened the bag of the bath bombs.
"Oh, I want to go home right now to take bath" She exclaimed. Then she glimpsed another gift box in the bag.
"Another gift?" She frowned. She tore a part of the gift wrapper and on discovering what it was she shrieked with joy and started shrieking and dancing exclaiming "Oh my God! Oh my God! I can't believe this." She ran to me and hugged me tightly.
I was so happy to see her happy. 'Well, you have to thank Ndn for this." I told her. She and I were genuinely pleased.
Mks received a gift coupon of Saturn which is a big electronic goods store and a popcorn glass, while Mym who is a new English teacher in the baby group in place of An received a tin of her favorite biscuits and a chocolate bar.
I sensed a bit of a stunned silence, shock and surprise in everybody's demeanour when Stfn opened her gifts. Everybody seemed to be hurriedly calculating the cost of her gift which appeared to be more than the allotted 20 Euros, whereas the other's gifts seemed to cost less than 20 Euros excepting Mks of course. It is true because Stfn's gift costed me 27 Euros and of course because I make a lot of effort in deciding what the person would love the most spend a lot of time in hunting for the right thing.
I was very very glad that Mz happened to be absent today otherwise she would surely have exploded with jealousy.
Later Stfn told me she was a complete fan of "The Fast and the Furious" and had all the four of its series. The latest one to release was the fifth one. She somehow promised herself that she wanted to receive this DVD as a gift from her family or friends and not to buy it herself. She was so sure she would get it as a Christmas gift but she didn't and she was hugely disappointed. A number of times she had came across this DVD in shops but managed to remind herself of her promise at the last minute and refrained from buying. "And imagine! I get it now from you! I still can't believe this. I can't thank you enough."
"Oh yes, you can. But what I want is something you won't be able to do."
"What's that?"
"I wish I could see you what you look like when you come out of your glitter bath." And we all laughed so hard till our sides started aching.
In the evening they have a big plan! Ndn, Stfn, Mk and Sbr together are going to an old fashioned restaurant.
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