4 - How I Showed My Gratitude

"The Surprise"

There are two types of person in this world. The one who gets a surprise and the one who made the surprise. I am mostly the latter. Making surprises are something I'd always love to do for the persons I care about. There's no benefit from it. Just seeing that person, the one who gets the surprise, happy is enough of a gain. The important thing is to make a person happy and make them feel loved. 

I don't consider myself as a friendly person. If I was, I would constantly greet and talk to persons even if I'm not familiar with them and I might also be able to have a lot of groups of friends. Sadly, that's not how I am. That's not how I socialize. Making friends was really hard for me, and that's why I'm thankful for my 'circle of friends' during high school. They befriended me even if I looked snobbish. I'm really glad because they made me feel that I belong, that I am special in some way. So, how was this connected to surprises? 

My Seatmate, My Bestfriend and I

A lot happened in my fourth year of high school. My best friend migrated to Canada and my seatmate, who is my closest friend in the class, was going to migrate to. The sudden move to Canada of my best friend made me realize that I haven't shown them enough of how much I cared for them. I regretted it, and that's why I gave them a special birthday gift in that year. I made a video dedicated to the both of them. It was a really hard work. I had to talk to some of their friends which I, myself, am not close to. Thankfully, some of my classmates agreed to help me out, and they even let me borrow another digital camera which really makes recording a lot faster. I even had to lie to my seat mate. When she found that I was hiding something from her, she ignored me for a whole month.

I wasn't able to have a video chat with my best friend while she watched the video but she told me that she cried. I didn't know what my seatmate's reaction was from my gift for her but I think she really appreciated it. In the end, all the hard work and staying awake until two in the morning payed off. Seeing them happy was worth it.