After this past week’s Bible study, we had a surprise birthday party for Jisup and Josiah. Jisup’s birthday was on Friday and Josiah’s last Sunday. We prepared the cake and candles in the kitchen during the Bible study time. The plan of attack was to bring out the cake as soon as Jisup finished the announcement. The surprise was pretty much perfect (except that Josiah noticed that there was a cake in the kitchen when he went there in the middle of the Bible study). But anyway…
So, Karen and I lit the candles on the cake in the kitchen and brought it out through the hallway of my apartment. I had my camera in hand, ready to take a good shot of Jisup and Josiah. The plan executed perfectly (well almost): lights went out; Karen brought out the cake; and everyone sang in unison in perfect pitch (maybe not) “…Happy Birth-day to Youuu!!!” People clapped and rejoiced.
And then, the real surprise came: Karen blew out the candles. Silence! Bewildered faces (I could see them even in the dark)! And then, guffaw! I think Jisup and Josiah were truly surprised by what Karen did! I believe Karen was surprised by what she did too. But good job at surprising them, Karen!
my theory is that Karen wanted to eat the cake so much, and so was frustrated at Jisup and Josiah’s slowness in blowing out the candles, she decided to speed up the “candle blowing” process for them.
This act of Karen’s is a real relief for some of us who’ve had more than our share of such moments.
Interesting. I’m not quite sure what to say about this either… What did people do once Karen did that?
Wish I could have been there in person to see Karen rob the bday boys of their candle-blowing rights! Maybe Karen has some deep-seated issues…
By the way, is ‘michminn’ who I think it is? I heard that the pesto pasta was really yummy!
that’s so funny! i wish i could see in the dark to see people’s faces!
So sad that I missed it…
Karen, you blew it!