As promised in the last post, here is the post on my girlfriend's birthday. Just a foreword: It's nothing extravagant, so don't expect me skydiving with her and landing on the Eiffel tower ok!
But honestly, I feel that guys who are born rich are really lucky because they never have to worry about money. Money in Singapore can really do miracles. Money is king, no money no talk. Especially if you own a car, I read an article that states that the money that you use to buy an average HDB flat can be used to buy an island in another country, YES THAT'S RIGHT A FREAKING ISLAND. If you are able to own a car you are considered rich already.
Back to what I was trying to say, I feel that guys shouldn't just buy tons of branded stuff for their girlfriend because it really doesn't mean anything. Yes your girl may be extremely happy because it's branded stuff but if your girl truly loves you, she wouldn't be pestering you to get branded stuff for her because the harsh reality is, she loves your money more than you (Go think about it). I don't mean to say ALL girls or ALL guys are like this, I am just saying some are like this. For that matter, I sincerely apologize if you feel offended by this but I am not targeting at anyone at all. I am just expressing my opinion which if you are offended, please exit this blog now thank you. Nonetheless it would obviously be a great boost if you are rich and can afford the luxuries for her(:
What you should do:
- Secretly plan dates/surprises for her (Girls love surprisesssss)
- Find out what she likes and take note of whatever she mentions that she likes
- Eg: A month ago during your casual chat she mentioned that she likes to eat this particular brand/flavour of chocolate and you can surprise her by getting it when she is having her period or feeling down for whatever reason (girls love it when you remember the small little things)
- You can also take note of her twitter posts, I realize a girl usually likes to post little thoughts on social media especially on twitter, so you can just stalk once in a while and take note of what she likes and dislikes
- Impress her with pickup lines, cheesy ones also can (Use with caution and do not overuse to the extent that you are getting irritating)
- Cook for her ( You can refer to my first post for ideas on what to cook for your girlfriend)
- Unexpectedly pop up and surprise her!
- Eg: You know she is going to be at the library studying until 4.30pm so you camp there at 4.20 or 4pm if you are really kiasi (LIKE ME HAHAHA), and just surprise her with her favourite chocolate or something
- Buy flowers for her (Try hand-pick the roses/flowers that are the most beautiful ones like the ones that are on the verge or blooming or already blooming so that your girlfriend can get the best because she deserves nothing but the best)
- I like to get sunflowers, pink/red roses
- Try not to stress too much on how many you should get, no need to spend hundreds over dollars just for flowers, chances are she'll smile at it for a while and throw it aside(put it in a vase or bottle of water and wait for it's funeral that's all, but still get it if she likes it)
- Be nice to her pets especially dogs, why shouldn't you be nice to animals anyway?
- Give her unlimited amounts of XOXO
- Cuddle her to sleep
- Listen to her rants
- Be there for her especially when she is down or having her period
I actually planned this like quite a few months ago in my head but only when I reached the last month or two before I started actualizing it (research on the prices and where to get what etc). So the main surprise in in the first photo below.
Would like to thank the following:
- Wilna (for sacrificing her time to assist me in the transportation of the helium balloons)
- Lipin (Gf's sister for being my spy, granting me access and keeping a secret)
- Her family for playing along
The birthday present
I did my market research on the price of helium balloons + delivery and what types of balloons should I get, I contacted a seller which I eventually chose based on their website. I chose to self-collect because I feel that delivery is really quite expensive and I do not see the need as it is quite near to my location. After a few rounds of friendly discussion with the store owner, I decided to take 15 normal helium balloons of assorted colours with 3 of it being heart shape ( 2 red 1 pink ) as seen in the photograph below.
As for the present, I really had a hard time sourcing for this particular Charles & Keith wallet that is a new design, Called outlet A, outlet A told me outlet B have it, called outlet B and was informed that they do not have it at all and referred me to outlet C, when I finally contacted outlet C, I was really annoyed because they don't have it either. So not wanting to give up that easily, I went down to one of the outlets and asked and see it for myself, turns out they really don't have it. So I gave up and ordered it online at their website. Delivery was rather fast, it got delivered within 3 working days( they told me at least a week if I'm not wrong). I then went to get some nice wrapping paper to wrap it up which I also had a hard time deciding because they all look so nice.... ( Eventually got the pink one because she likes baby pink) Reason for this present: Her previous wallet is very tattered and is actually spoilt so I decided to get something that is practical yet she likes it.
I made a pack of goodies for her which had sachets of hot chocolate powder, M&M peanut butter chocolate and sour candy if I didn't remember wrongly. Placed it together with the present. I wrote a letter and printed a pocket-sized photo of us together, laminated it and placed it together with the letter as shown. Remember to trim the sharp edges off so as to protect your girl from getting cut. Oh yep initially I wanted to place ribbons on the present because it looks kind of plain but I decided to place her favourite lollipops at the corner to replace the ribbons as it's more practical(:
The Surprise
This part is where it gets REEEALLLLLY tricky, I had to enlist the help of her sister and eventually whole family LOL! I contacted her sister a week in advanced and explained to her of my plan. The plan was for her to open the door for me to enter and place my surprises right after my girlfriend leaves the house to meet me. I camped near her house and literally waited for my girlfriend to leave house and as soon as I heard her leaving the house, I rushed in and place all the surprises because I told my girlfriend to wait for me at the bus stop where I had to lie to her about why I was late when she arrived first. It was literally like rush hour in her house. Everything was perfect and according to my plan but something terrible happened and almost ruined it *Wipes sweat*. After I was done, I rushed down and literally ran but the thing was, I ran FROM the wrong direction, because normally I should have came from the opposite side of the traffic but instead, she saw me coming from her side. I had to nervously lie by saying that I had a diarrhea and ran overshot the bus stop. ( It was a bad excuse but it was what my goldfish brain could think of at that tensed moment) I CANNOT BELIEVE I ALMOST BLEW IT!!!
But she believed me I think and I brought her to Westgate's Paradise Dynasty to have the coloured xiao long baos and dinner without telling her where we are headed for. After we are done with the dinner, I finally managed to convince my girlfriend to enter the playground at the top, We played it BECAUSE WE CAN AND WE ARE KIDS! We climbed up the the confined spaces and slide down. But there was one that was really funny because after we painstakingly reached the top, we realized there was no slide. OUR WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE. We had to climb down miserably but we did take photos hehe.
After playing a while we went home because she still has school the following morning =(
Good times always flies... Anyway on the entire journey home, I was so excited to see her reaction and her smile! Her whole family had played along by not telling her of the surprise that I had prepared and they even closed the door LOL! When we reached home they were all smirking like um chio if you can understand. I walked her into her room and she literally was surprised and I can tell that happiness took command of her because she was shocked and literally froze for a second there before demanding to know when I did it HAHAHA! At that point I was so happy because my plan WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! *party poppers popping*
But I didn't get a cake like last year ( You can check out the cake that I customized for her in my instagram: @Benjaminyql). So when I decided its time for me to leave because they have to study for their exams and do their homework, her Dad said "Ben lets go get birthday cake together". I was like HELL YEAH! So that's how the future son-in law and father in law bond HAHAHA (we do go out together with her family to movies sometimes too) But honestly I am willing to do anything just to see my girl smile because that is one of the sweetest thing a guy can and should do.
Okay I think I typed quite a length and repetitive post so I'm gonna stop here and let you enjoy the photos(:
This was how it looked and supposed to be like right after I'm done with the placement and stuff
Tip: If she does not seem to like it at all/have any reaction then either one of this is true.
Tip: If she does not seem to like it at all/have any reaction then either one of this is true.
1) She's not a girl
2) Refer to 1
This was how it looked like when we actually got home
The helium balloons!
My girlfriend and me(:
Another photo of us =D
Birthday girl serving the birthday cake
A photo with her whole family!
Couple shot @ the huge-ass playground
Another selfie of us (:
How to know if I look like a kid:
*Inside Udders cafe*
Me: Can I try the blah blah blah ice cream(Alcoholic) pls?
Staff: Are you above 18?
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Here's the information about the balloon store if you are interested to get it for your girlfriend/boyfriend ( Girls enjoy the presence of balloons but I would suck the helium and say I love you to my girlfriend)
ThatBalloonShop
Each Helium balloon is $1.80 (Bulk purchase will earn you a discount)
Self-Collection extra $5 (Collection point is at Westmall)
Delivery charge: $30 Nett
I purchased 15 helium balloons in total
-13 regular assorted helium balloons of various colours
- 2 red heart shaped helium balloons
- 1 hot pink heart shaped helium balloon
Total for mine was $32 for the balloons alone if you wish to know
*Note that they do not have a physical store therefore I cannot provide you with the address*
*Thing to note is that the Helium can only be sustained for 6-8 hours so you should gauge it properly as I didn't and most of it were like 'dying' which sucks, I don't want that to happen to you*
For more information you can click here (:
For business enquiries you can also contact the owner directly on her mobile: 8126 5189 her name is Pang Kai Xin and she's very friendly(: (stated on her website so it's open to the public)
If you need ideas or suggestions on how to improve you can actually whatsapp me if you know me or you can just use the askfm function and we could sort things out to see how I can help you(:
Once again just wanna thank you for reading, if you could, please leave some comments or questions in askfm, would really appreciate it if you could also share it if it helped you in any way or you found it somewhat interesting. Thats it for now thanks again! =D
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