Day 95 of OBO... Happy Birthday to Me!!!

It's my birthday today!!! I woke up to the entire mission team singing the birthday song for me... It was really touching... SMSes with birthday greetings were also flooding in... So after all that hullabaloo, I went to wash up and then went down to the dining hall for breakfast... Upon entering the dining hall, another round of the birthday song started... Well, after that was done, I had my breakfast and then went for morning prayer... My group did morning prayer today... It went rather well... So that's good...

After morning prayer, I went to witness the cake cutting ceremony of the King... It was awesome... The deaf kids from yesterday were there too... They were really sweet... Anyway, after the cake cutting, I came back to the centre to get ready to bring the deaf children to McDonald's for lunch...

At around 1200hrs, I met the rest of the group at the reception to get onto the bus that will bring us to Macs... We went to pick the kids up and then headed down to Macs... When we were picking the kids up, there was this particular child who wanted to sit with me... He just kept holding onto my hand and didn't want to let it go... When we reached Macs, he kept pulling my hand to get me off the bus... And when we were inside, he insisted that I sit next to him... Well, seeing these kids being so thrilled about going to McDonald's makes me wonder why we do not appreciate whatever we have back home... I guess it's only when we see such poverty that we will truly understand the real meaning of happiness... Anyway, after McDonald's, we sent the kids back to the orphanage... When we were saying our good byes, this child came up and hugged me and said that I'm really lovely... That really made my day...

Anyway, after that, I came back, changed and then headed off to Carrefour with the coordinator, who was also my schoolmate back in JC, to get my birthday cake and also did a bit of shopping... We headed back to the centre after that for dinner and mass... After mass, we had our normal debriefing and briefing... After all that was over, we went back up to our rooms to do our own stuff...

Well, that was pretty much my day... Although I couldn't spend it with the people I love, it was still a good one... That's 'cause I got to spend it reaching out to the poor kids... I guess that's the best present I can get... So ya... Anyway, I need to sleep now... So good night... Sleep tight... Sweet dreams... I love you darling!!! Miss you lots!!!