so many smiles cause it's just so sweet

wow!
i got my second present yesterday, from kylie =)

i think i'm going to describe all my presents this year. cause well, this year i've been giving out a lot more birthday presents, and i've learnt how much effort and heart is behind even the simplest of gifts. yep =)

so after physics script checking i was talking to kylie before her higher chinese paper, and we went outside the audi since she (and a lot of other ppl) were freezing.

the first thing i noticed when i was with her was an interesting smell coming from somewhere, strong and sweet, and somehow very familiar. then she passed me a little translucent maroon bag, the really pretty kind that's closed with a drawstring, and made with silk-like see through fabric.

it was so pretty!

there was an assortment of little objects inside. at first glance, i only saw cloves, which explained the smell, some coloured plastic beads, and a folded up piece of paper. i took out the note first.

two pieces of A5 paper, scrawled all over in kylie's distinct hand with black pen blood (to use some of her own words). the first page had the lyrics of "100 years" by five for fighting on them. we spontaneously sang the whole song out together with doro, who was there as well, causing quite a few passers-by to stare at us. whee but who cares. it was nice =)

you know, 100 years is like the perfect birthday song for everyone born in 1992 this year. cause we're all turning 15, yep =) it's a really nice song yeah... and it makes us think... how many years do we really have left?

then next to the song she had written one of her heart warming messages, that i seem to find in whatever gifts and notes she writes. just so simple, and loving, and touching, and .... yeah. so meaningful =)

the following page had a list of all the things inside the little sachet, with their meanings.

cloves, to be kept with clothes, keeping away bugs and stuff. haha really useful in the hostel (i put the bag on my table last night. usually when i turn on my table lamp, flying ants and even beetles sometimes appear and fly around. but last night nothing flew up! yay!)
a little black folded star, to remind me of how she loves me (i love you like the stars... can you count them?)
a little wooden top, a mad crazy spinning-out-of-control world, a promise that she'll still be there for me
a rubber nut, like the one she gave me back in year 1, a hope that i'll find whatever i seek, whatever my heart desires
orange yellow and blue beads...
a tiny heart pendant, blue with a key hole in the middle, and a little silver star on the right side, reminding me that my heart is a special thing, that i should take good care of it, that i should never be afraid to love
a little clear plastic button, that had fallen off, but a symbol of a promise, once again, that she'll be there to keep me together

and it's just so sweet
so meaningful
how every little detail is there to tell me something
something more about her
something more to let me remember her
to remind me of how we're friends
to remind me of how she'll always be there for me

and i love you too kylie!

carried it around all day, the smell lingering in the air every time i opened my bag.

for remembrance, as a reminder

wow

thank you so much =)

it's truly one of the best presents i've ever received.
i'll always remember the little sachet of cloves and beads
from my best friend kylie