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A Birthday

Tell me about a birthday (your own or someone else’s) that you enjoyed. You should say: what the occasion was how you celebrated the birthday whether you usually celebrate birthdays this way and explain how you felt at this birthday celebration

·Whose? Where?
·Usually, birthdays are a bit boring：dinner with family＝no big deal but…
·Got together with friends + surprise
·Cake：lit candles, blew them out, sang songs
·Gifts cards：meaningful + considerate ·Next year?
Let me tell you about my last birthday. In November, I turned 20 and I celebrated with my classmates at school. I have been studying at university for 2 years now. I live and spend most of my time with my roommates who are also my classmates.
On my birthday, we had class and actually, our schedule was pretty tight with a test and some important lessons. It did not feel like a special day at all until night time．After dinner, my roommates surprised me.
It was about 9 pm and my parents had just called me to wish me a happy birthday. Right after I hung up the phone, my friends turned the lights off and brought a birthday cake into the room.
They had placed 20 candles in the chocolate frosting（＝sugary cream on top of the cake)．They also invited some other classmates of ours, and they all sang the birthday song for me, both in Chinese and in English. They asked me to make a wish and to blow out the candles．I cannot tell you what I wished for, otherwise it won't come true, but it had something to do with all the people in the room at the time.
I cut the cake into small pieces and shared with everyone. Naturally, one of my good friends spread some cake on my nose but I told them not to throw any cake around because I did not want to waste any of it.
In addition, I was given a very large card where everyone had written a message to wish me all the best. It was very considerate of all of my friends. My three roommates also bought me a gift. It was a small box, very well-wrapped with a red ribbon tied around. There was a gorgeous necklace inside, and I did not know what to say, or how to thank them: I was speechless. They promised me that we would be friends forever, and I felt that I could really rely on them.
It was my second birthday away from my parents. The first one had been a bit sad the previous year, but this one was absolutely wonderful and I plan to invite them all for dinner next year for my twenty-first birthday！I am sure that we will have a blast！