It was months in the making, being planned by mastermind sister, Selena for her brother, n8. Everyone was in on it and made their best efforts to keep it a secret. Well, in the end, it totally paid off! The evening went on without a hitch and n8 was totally surprised and had absolutely NO idea!!

Myself, Treeesh, Tazemaster and the Big Black Machine all rolled up together to n8's place where he thought that we were picking him up to take him out to a club. When we got to the lobby area of his condo, The Big Black Machine and Tazemaster staged a fight forcing n8 to panic and worry that his buddies were going to get him in trouble with building security. The fight led up to the doorway of the party room and n8 was in full-stress mode hoping that the guys would stop fighting and keep it down. Then, TBBM opened the door to the party room with all the friends/family shouting SURPRISE finding n8 running for his life! TBBM dragged him back to the party where n8 was showered with hugs and kisses from friends and family who were planning this evening for so long. The video below demonstrates how it went down:



It was a Casino themed night, with all the games - Blackjack, Roulette, Wheel of Fortune, etc.. All house winnings would go towards n8's home decoration/birthday fund. Everyone had a blast, especially the Man of Honour, N8. He had everyone who mattered to him in one room at the same time. 3 years back, his family did a similar Surprise party for his 30th birthday, however -- I was in Malaysia attending a wedding and missed celebrating n8 completely. However, I did call him from Malaysia -- that counts, right?? This time I definitely made it up and was there to party it up with him.



There were a few contests. One raffle was to guess how many poker chips were in a bottle. Tazemaster and 2 others tied the answer, so there was another draw. There was a game to win a bottle of rum, where standing from a specified distance, you do a coin toss that has to hit the bottle and stay the closest. Of course, there was controversy, but in the end everyone was still happy. There was an inevitable dance-off between me and old time pal, Shelley, whom I used to hit the clubs with on the regular going back 10 years! You can view the video below and decide who won the dance-off!



There was so much preparation that went into this evening, but it looked like it totally went smoothly. After the party, we went up to n8's apartment and hung out there chatting it up with each other. Quite possibly the best party for 2008!