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Two Cakes and a Canine Genius

Last Monday I turned 24. It was my first birthday in Singapore, my first birthday at work, my first birthday away from home, and most importantly, my first birthday with two cakes (although I only got to eat one of them).

My two birthday cakes

The first cake came from my coworkers, who threw me a surprise lunch at the office. I went to work expecting nothing, so I was caught completely off guard when they all started singing “Happy Birthday” at noon. Aside from cake we had pizza and a yummy salad that Haydee, one of my coworkers, made herself. They also gave me a large card that they had all signed.

While I can definitely report that my first cake tasted delicious, I can only say that my second cake looked delicious, because I was merely able to enjoy it—and the rest of the birthday dinner my family had prepared for me—over Skype. I chatted with them after I got home from work and “blew” out my birthday candles via web cam. Even our dog Biscuit joined the chat. Check out this picture and tell me she doesn’t look smart:

Biscuit the Dog Genius

I swear that dog is a genius! She had her front paws on the keyboard, and somehow she managed to shut down the computer in the middle of the chat by pressing ctrl-alt-del TWICE. Next thing you know she’ll have her own blog, “Biscuit, PhD: The Secret Life of a Canine Genius,” where she’ll write about the digestive repercussions of snacking on dirt and share the best yoga techniques to make gnawing at that hard-to-reach itchy spot at the base of the tail a breeze.

07 Oct 2007 Family / Pets / Work

21 Comments

    • tin 10/7/07 @ 19:58

    • belated happy birthday! :) the cakes look yummy! :)
      go teejei!!! :)

    • Kimmie 10/7/07 @ 20:16

    • Congratulations on turning 24! May you have many more happy birthdays.

      Your dog is amazingly cute.

    • katherine 10/7/07 @ 20:59

    • wow! dalawang cakes… yum! :D

      ang bait naman ng co-workers mo… i guess they already love you.. hehe.. ;)

    • Britney 10/8/07 @ 12:37

    • Happy belated birthday! That first cake looks scrumptious!

      Aww Biscuit is sooo cute, and you’re right, he does look smart.

    • Angel 10/9/07 @ 13:38

    • 2 cakes for your birthday? Naks, love ka na ng officemates mo.

    • Arian 10/9/07 @ 17:44

    • Hi, I’ve been visiting your cute site for a while. Heh.

      Belated happy 24th birthday. Your cake looks sweet and so is your dog XD

    • Sara 10/10/07 @ 05:01

    • Happy birthday Nikki! Your dog is indeed adorable (though I can’t imagine how she clicked ctrl+alt+del once let alone twice).

    • Imdolien 10/20/07 @ 11:10

    • Aww, that’s really sweet of your coworkers and family. I’m always talking to my family for hours on Skype and they have this incredibly bad habit of telling me/showing me what they have for dinner, and I as a horrible cook am totally jealous.
      I came here looking for an illustration portfolio, and I was certainly not disappointed! I love how cute they are. I’ve just discovered I can (sort of) illustrate, so I’m just working on building up a few things. But I like how you have a continuous style, which is something I would like to develop.

    • Nanda 10/21/07 @ 06:24

    • Happy belated birthday! It sounds like you had a really nice day. And the story about your dog is so cute. It made me laugh out loud! He seems so smart ;) And he looks cute, too!

    • Anna 10/22/07 @ 18:04

    • Awww, your dog is cute! I’ll have my first birthday away from home next month… I guess it’ll be fun, because my parents are going to throw a party through web cam and I’ll make a party in Uni halls. Ohh, I want to get two cakes, too! ^^

    • Brandy 10/23/07 @ 00:07

    • Happy Belated. =)

      Looks to me, that you have a very clever dog. Any dog that can successfully CTRL+ALT+DEL to shut down a computer, deserves a bone. And look, she’s even using the right position too. Before we know it, she’ll be on social networking sites, trying to find a male dog.

    • Brandy 10/23/07 @ 00:08

    • Happy Belated. =)

      Looks to me, that you have a very clever dog. Any dog that can successfully CTRL+ALT+DEL to shut down a computer, deserves a bone. And look, she’s even using the right position too. Before we know it, she’ll be on social networking sites, trying to find a male dog.

      BTW. Have you ever considered getting her a MySpace? People often create those for their pets. lol.

    • Brandy 10/23/07 @ 00:09

    • Sorry about the double comment. I didn’t realize that I hit enter the first time, before I was finished my comment.

    • Paula 12/2/07 @ 02:31

    • Happy late birthday, those cakes look great! and LOL at the picture of your dog and what he did! I’ll look forward to read his blog! :P

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