I feel sweet. It is not the sweetness from the sugar consumption though.
My life is full of little sweetness although I’m not romantically in love. It is actually the little surprises made by the people surrounding me. Today is my 2nd day back to work.
FA: How’s your time slot for 2.30pm today? Any experiments planned?
Me: Not much. I’ll be around at that time. Why?
FA: I made an apple cake. We can have it for coffee break.
So at 2.30pm, I appeared at our floor’s kitchen and saw a few others (from three other labs that I just become a bit closer with this year) there. FA brought out a cake and then they wished me “Happy Birthday/Happy Belated Birthday”. And I received three hugs too. I was so surprised because I didn’t tell them my exact birth date (which was last Saturday while I was having my adventure in the Country of Land, Culture and History, but FA guessed it correctly and they decided to have a small post celebration for me). Even if I did, I should be the one bringing the cake and invite them as this is usually the culture here. I did that to my lab mates last year. At that time, I haven’t known FA and the rest, so naturally they were not aware of my exact birth date. According to them, FA specially made this apple cake for me because few weeks ago, FA told me, “You look so sweet and cheerful. I’m going to call you my sweet apple.” So this time she baked me an apple cake (resembling my little name). I feel so touched that FA was so thoughtful in spending time baking a delicious cake and arranging the surprise celebration for me. I’m also really grateful to the rest who came to join despite their busy schedule.
While writing this, JH came in and told me that they were happy to see me back from my trip especially FA, who had been complaining about the silence of the corridor during my absence. Oh…another dose of sugar here!
I didn’t expect I would build a friendship with these middle-aged workmates from other labs, who do not seem to share any similarity or background with me.
Ah, I don’t need sucrose/fructose/aspartame in my diet anymore (even though I have sweet tooth) if I’ve already gotten the supplement from my pals.
♥ every page of my imagination
