Mar 13, 2005

How to Prepare a Surprise Visit

Ingredients:

- Yourself
- Your friends
- Your lenient boss
- Your company's well-established Human Resources (HR) system
- Your object of surprise

Add:

- Your parents' immediate visit

How:

- In order to make it happen, do not get surprised yourself! In other words, you can't afford to be overwhelmed with the surprise you create on your own.
- Be sure to get the right friends of your object of surprise. Apparently, calling them at the very last minute while they were confused with the surprise plan itself might, well, cause the hectic schedule.
- Never create any hints that would evoke any suspicious assumptions from your object of surprise. If you can't pick up the phone because you are on your way to surprise him, get a better excuse rather than saying "Sorry, dear. I was asleep, didn't hear you call", while the truth is that you did not get a seat on the bus all the way from Cengkareng to Blok M.

Result:

- Let the pictures speak for themselves.


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* goodness! can't this woman just sit still when her pictures were taken? hehehe ...


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* ... and jembi can only do 'nyureng'


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* the music fest that made my trip a feast


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* their so-called candid pose!


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* oh oh oh! being surrounded by these two angels who helped my arrival went, er, "smoothly" :P

Credits:

- Twinnie, being my object of surprise
- Imesh, for having to endure the beautiful world of Blok M Plaza
- Fina, you getting married soon, hiks!
- Rio, or shall I say, Rio Mercury :)
- Kenny, being confused with 'Clive' and 'Linney'
- Kathy, being my kirsten DURST
- Jembi, whatever made you wearing the orange shirt that evening
- Esther, finally a nice ayam bakar to indulge myself in!
- Heru, the silent observer
- Helly, for providing such a blast to bash
- John, almost silent words to talk to
- Aldi, more donuts coming in, ok?!
- Agus, do not sell your mobile phone yet!
- Anri, the truth is revealed :)
- Giri, after all these empty years in between.

and last but not least,

- Java Jazz Organizing Committee, going home from a concert at 2 am is kinda cool!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

... and The Academy of Lovely Surprise Visit Foundation declares the verdict:

SURPRISE FACTOR: 02/10.
LOVELY FACTOR: 11/10.

Congratulations!!!

-Twinnie-

Anonymous said...

not many people still remember who the heck mercury is, they might as well think of it the chemical thingy poisoning people in sulawesi!

anyway, it's been great having you hear;).

rio mercury, taken from one of the best rock vocalist ever, the one and only, my lifetime favorite: freddie mercury of queen!

Nauval Yazid said...

Twinnie,
heran, pura-pura surprise dikit napa! :D

Rio,
it's been great having you thear :P
ternyata beneran cuman elo yang punya kebiasaan aneh bin ajaib itu, ckckckckck ... salut! :D

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