My name is Maira

my birthday - my birthday

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January is my birth month, I was born on the twenty-ninth of January.

Today I celebrate my twentieth birthday.

The last time I celebrated a birthday was my seventeenth birthday.

At that time I did not have a special figure, so just missed it.

The following year, the birthday celebration was just dinner with my family or a treat for my best friend.

This year I was allowed to invite twenty people by my father.

My best friend from High School, my best friend on campus, my cousin's wife, rumi, adit, ferdi, susi, fais and maya from the metic gang, who will be my invited guest.

Not to forget, dimas, the most special guest for me tonight.

I celebrated my birthday at one of the cafes on Jl. Simanjuntak, the place is not too crowded, but the food is very good.

My cousin and best friend came fifteen minutes before the show started, followed by ayu, dita and bowo.

Afterwards I saw a sweet male figure enter the cafe, he was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, and brown jeans, as well as flowers in his hand.

Right, he was my lover.

I went straight to dimas, and introduced dimas to my father, brother alan, and best friend.

Metic gang friends are coming when the show is almost about to start.

Just a simple celebration, cutting a birthday cake, then eating together as one by one the people closest to me came forward to congratulate.

The event ended with taking pictures while accompanied by a performance from a local band, which alan kak gemari.

Throughout the event, I saw kak alan chatting with rani and chose to sit next to rani.

Nia comes with aunt rosa, kiki with wawan and of course mia with her boyfriend.

Dimas was seen chatting casually with my father, while I was busy joking and greeting my friend.

The show was over at ten in the night, so my dad allowed me to be escorted home by dimas.

"You are so beautiful today" dimas told me.

All the guests have gone home, stay me and dimas are still sitting in the cafe.

"Today is just beautiful", I asked tease dimas.

"Every day is beautiful, but today it's getting pretty" dimas replied.

Our intimacy was cut by employees who work at the cafe, he informed that the cafe was about to close.

I apologized and thanked him for helping today.

"I've given my father permission to know you to my family" dimas said as we walked towards the parking lot.

I looked at dimas with a surprised look.

"Keep what dad says", I wondered.

"Can", answered briefly

"Seriously, kirain will not be allowed to be with my father" I said.

Dimas just smiled and grabbed my hand.

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The next day I woke up quite late, brother alan who woke me up, because I was asked by my mother, to help me clean the house.

"Sir alan, please", I replied with my eyes still closed.

"I want to wash the car, besides this morning I have helped my mother wash a lot of clothes" said brother alan.

Alan still forced me to get up and carry me up to the chair in the dining room.

I took the food on the table and put it in my mouth so I could wake up.

"We cleaned the house first, it was clean in the grandmother's house" said the mother, when entering the kitchen.

"Later the same night I want to go to kulonprogo, you're at home just like kak alan" said the mother again.

I didn't answer my mother because my eyes were still half open.

"You went solo for two days, yes" said the mother again.

"That's three days off ma'am" I protested.

"Two days and one night", answered the mother firmly, then looked at me.

I don't want to argue, and put the market hawker back in my mouth.

My mother and I cleaned every corner of the house, which was not usually cleaned on a normal day.

I also helped because I happened to have a holiday.

Finished wiping all the dishes, mother called me and asked me to go to Grandma's house immediately.

When I got out of the house to go to grandma's house, I saw that alan's brother was still wiping my motorcycle.

My brain immediately thought ignorant, on a whim, I pulled my ankle trousers up, and immediately ran out of the house.

"Maira, look out for you when you go home, I've carried it early this morning" shouted alan from behind the fence.

I just laughed at alan's rant, and walked back to Grandma's house.

I saw the door of the living room of the house open when I wanted to enter the house of Grandma.

I also decided to stop by first.

"Assalamualaikum", said.

And answered by the grandfather who was reading the newspaper.

I then kissed Grandpa's hand and asked Kiki, it turns out Kiki is not at home, kiki again there is an event on campus, said grandfather.

I decided to go to Grandma's house.

"Not directly into the house even play first" said the mother from the front door of the grandmother's house.

"Kiki is not at home mom" I said to my mom with a manyun.

"Udah back there help wash the sheets" said the mother a little angry.

I walked lazily, then mom pinched my arm.

"Grandmother's granddaughter came" said the grandmother from the kitchen, then approached me and kissed my cheek.

"Sorry yes last night grandma did not come, very fitting the same schedule of the grandmother's arisan because" said grandma.

I put on a pouting face, then grandma pinched my cheek.

"In exchange, Maira wants what gift from grandma and grandpa" said the grandmother I greeted with a smile.

"What yes", I thought.

"Rara think about it first" I said.

"Yaudah will tell grandma yes if maira has finished thinking" said grandma.

I held myself hostage in my grandmother's house until almost eight p.m.

I did not go straight home, after cleaning and prefer to spend time with my grandmother.

I relax at my grandmother's house, accompany my grandmother to my favorite soap opera, and eat my favorite snack.

"Ra, what time is it, even still here" said the voice from the direction of the living room that turned out to be the sound of alan.

Alan then walked into the living room and looked at me with a stern look as I answered her words.

"What's the matter, said mom today to keep the house" I replied casually.

"Father same mother already want to leave" said kak alan.

"And dad is the same mom who left, I'm not coming" I replied casually, while eating my favorite potato chips.

"Yes, my mother, Cariin you" said alan while pulling my ear.

I immediately stood up and rubbed my ears, then looked at my brother alan with an unsettled look.

Alan sat in my place next to Grandma, then ate my snacks.

I immediately threw the seat cushion towards alan and ran out of my grandmother's house.

"Mother look for Rara", I asked when I got home, and saw that mom was tidy.

"You are, did you say earlier, straight home maghrib, this is already what time" said the mother while nagging.

"This is with mom" said mom.

I followed my mother to the kitchen.

"This is sweets tomorrow you bring yes, a gift for parents to dimas" said the mother while pointing a small cardboard on the table.

"Here it is", I asked.

Mom just glanced at me, and took a breath to start nagging again.

"OK on" I answered.

"Mom come on, we'll be overnight" said the father from the direction of the living room.

"Jaudah mother left first yes, tomorrow be careful on the road, greetings to parents dimas from mother" said mother.

She hugged me and kissed both of my cheeks.

I drove mom out, hugged Vienna, said goodbye to dad, and just shut the fence when dad's car was running.

I went into my room and saw my Blackberry.

I tweeted with dimas and my friends.

Shortly before dimas called me, he said, he'll pick me up at eight in the morning.

Despite the protests in dimas, at eight in the morning it was part, but dimas did not budge and still asked me to get up early.

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