"Surprise, ssuurrpprriiisseeee", we all screamed.
She was shocked. Pleasantly so. Thrilled. Turned red in her face trying to control the multitude of emotions that ran through her - joy, excitement, love, delight... and all of us smiled/laughed approvingly, feeling thrilled ourselves for having been part of a 'surprise' b'day party. The party rocked.
Happy B'day CP! May today bring you lots of joy, fun times, good wine and lovely moments the entire year.
Why do we love surprises? Because we didn't know of it, and it is new ground? Because it is an offering of love? Because we are being given the spotlight, the hot seat? Because we know we are going to enjoy it? WHY?
"The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms."
- Murakami, Kijo
Ps: There is a place called Surprise in Arizona. (http://www.surpriseaz.com/)
Ps2: My darling Wiki has the following to say of “Surprise”
- Surprise (emotion)
- Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humor that puts a twist on familiar subjects.
- Surprise, surprisal, or self-information is the information-theoretic quantity , where p is the probability of occurrence.
- Symphony No. 94 in G major, "Surprise Symphony" by Joseph Haydn
- "Surprise" (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Surprise (Zoey 101 episode), an episode of the TV series Zoey 101
- Surprise, Arizona, a city in the USA
- Surprise, Nebraska, a city in the USA
- Surprise (Paul Simon album) 2006 album by Paul Simon
- Surprise (Better Than Ezra album) 1989 album by Better Than Ezra
- (T)Raumschiff Surprise, a German science fiction parody film by Michael "Bully" Herbig
- HMS Surprise, name of various real and fictional Royal Navy ships
- Military Surprise, a military strategy to strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared.
- Surprise!, an award-winning short film by Veit Helmer
- Surprise, an animated short film created by Pixar Animation Studios for Sesame Street
- Surprise Records, a record label
- Fundamental Surprise is a surprise that indicates a personal or group mindset which became irrelevant or misleading in interpreting new realities. It is caused by disparity between the fast growing rate of complexity and disruptive changes in our reality and the sluggishness of reframing our mindsets.
- Surprise Moriri, a South African footballer
Surprise in its happy Avatar is quite nice. Specially on birthdays when people u dint bother to wish or dont know too well wish u. The best surprises are from people u dint expect them from. Doubly surprised! ;D
ReplyDeletelife is full of surprises... some good and some bad!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell I cook well... thanks to bein gout of home for past 8 years...
ReplyDeleteand having a mother who had always let me know what to do... and esp when i sat on my chair and read books in the gallery to the kitchen...
Kind of a bonding with my mother thing..cooking is... mebbe next post is going to about that...
anyhow... where do i reply to your comments .. my blog or yours...
because i have never been commenting though I have been blogging
# Smita: Yup! sigh... its a long way off to my b'day, and even longer to yours!
ReplyDelete# Cool: Yo Bro! I esp used to hate Lata ma'am's surprise quizzes. She used to specialize in giving them on the very day I decide to bunk classes :(
# Teens to Toons: I dunno myself! Perhaps you could comment on my blog here, and reply to my comments to your blogs on your blog itself? That seems to be the trend.
now thats ok...
ReplyDeleteLol! I didn't know there was so much info on the word surprise out there! Now thats a surprise!
ReplyDeletePersonally I love surprise birthday parties! I had one a few years ago and it absolutely rocked! One of my best birthday parties ever!
at least ur surprise worked......we smuggled into our friends house to surprise him on his bday......but as a rule left all our shoes at his doorstep......so much for the surprise.....
ReplyDeleteWow...I am surprised at the number of things the word surprise means...
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for writing this post...it was indeed a very special birthday and a party I shall never forget...your post has etched it in cyber space. :)
# Teens to Toons: Okie-dokie
ReplyDelete# Nutty: Good surprises in life make the monotony acceptable, ain't it?
# Zee: Ha ha! That is funny. :)
# Chaits: You deserved it every bit of the way babe! And kudos to A for planning it completely.
Love the definition of surprise. The best part is that u've left all the other things related to the keyword along with the meaning. Now that is really cute.
ReplyDeleteSpeaks volumes about the kind of person you are. You seem to be very happy and chirpy.