Little Butterfly : My Overseas Birthday

"I've learned that it's not what you have with you but who you have with you that matters most" - Anonymous

It was my first birthday overseas this year without the ones I so dearly love around me. Yes I did make friends here so far but we don't know each other that well yet. Maybe a week others a month or so. And I have realised that birthdays aren't about the big celebration to celebrate your ageing process, it's more about celebrating the year that passed with those who made it worth while.

I found that it was lonely without my family with me especially not seeing my grandparents and parents as well as my dear 2 friends. Also I normally have quite a lot of celebration events for my birthday which I missed this year. Normally one for general friends then one for really close friends and then one for my big family of course. I love it that way.

Friday at school the staff members spoilt me with a super nice cake, candles and a happy birthday song. The Kids also sang to me a few times. It was special.

I went out for a nice dinner with my South African Neighbour on Friday night to a Korean BBQ restaurant. As always it was really quite fun and Yummy. It's the closest to South African braai I'll get in my small little town. Went home quite early and then I opened a average bottle of red wine and poured myself a nice chilling glass. The red wine in SK is really not the same quality of the wine back home in SA. I'm not sure what they do to their wines but it's really not the best. I can get good wine but those bottles cost you around R300 and to be honest I'm not that desperate. The Blacklist kept me company. It was quite lonely I must say. And weirdly enough I missed not getting any kisses and hugs.

On Saturday I studied and the night I went out to celebrate a little at least with the people I met up to now. It started with a nice chicken and beer dinner just to get those tummies filled before we do all out. I must say it always helps and I was starving. There after we went to an international roof top party and definitely paid way to much to enter. We got a cocktail (long island) and nachos but the nachos was really only the chips and a little mayonaise which is not worth paying for. Anyway, so we left there after a little while. Most of the people left around 10:30pm to catch the last train. If you don't catch that train you will not get home and will have to find a place to sleep. Nice hey!! Well 10:30pm was way to early to end a good night and come all this way I thought. The four girls left quickly got a nice idea to go search for Thursday Party ( a bar/ pub) where the music is always good and the place is filled with quite a lot of foreigners and a few hotties as well.

We picked up a semi dance mood there is that pub and so decided to head to FF club. We got there and it looked great. Music was super load and good. There was a big dance floor AND there was a STAGE!!!! ANIA HEAVEN !!!!! Mainly because up there I'm free to dance on my own without any guy irritating me or a girl stepping on my feet with her heels. That probably hurts the most! The night ended really early Sunday morning.

What we did next is definitely an Korean thing. Since we didn't catch the last train and ended up partying into the morning hours but not late enough to be in time for the first morning train we had to crash somewhere to kill two or 3 hours. The Koreans have this thing and I think here might be the only place you will see it. They go to the nearest 24h Coffee shop, grab a seat and a table and sleep until the first morning train pitches up at 5:30. What did we do? Exactly that. We found a Cafe and passed out completely till everyone started moving around and out to catch the first train and we just followed. If in Korea, do as the Koreans do! It was quite a fun night to end off a nice birthday weekend.

Sunday I slept the whole day. I was so tired but isn't that the perfect way to spend a Sunday? Chilling?