To a vivacious, young lassie who has too much explosive energy in her small frame.

Meet Miss Abigail 'Fally' Chew. She thinks she's very cute. I'm not sure if I agree :P

Well, well, let's see what we have here. Today is my little sister's 13th BIRTHDAY! My oh my. These years have indeed flown by all too quickly. She's officially a teenager! (oh, you have no idea how many childhood days I have whiled away wondering how Abigail would look/be like when she's finally 13) And now, here I am, sitting at the computer, calmly blogging as she turns the rosebud pages of being a young lady. I smile. I'm sure she'll cringe when she reads this later. Hehe.

So, on this very special occasion, I figured I'd do a little tribute to my bouncy, explosive sister.

1. Miss Photogenic. (Kononnya ;D)

Right. This little sister of mine - she happens to be very, indescribably fond of taking pictures of herself :) Hehe! (But I'd have to admit that she is the only one out of us three siblings who can pull off the very many different 'creative poses' Asians have fabricated!) Let me describe to you a typical scenario which happens every night.

Bored that I have AGAIN drifted off to Dreamland all too soon and she has no one to converse with, she lolls around in bed, trying very hard to think of something which will entertain her until she too, joins me in Dreamland. A thought bubble appears on top of her head. ELEASHA'S HANDPHONE! She creeps around my room. OBJECT ATTAINED! And there's pin-drop silence for the rest of the night. And all's well with the world. Till -

I wake up the next morning to discover that there are NEW, sometimes disconcerting pictures on my phone of a certain type. I shudder. And go on a deleting spree ;)

[the above story is slightly exaggerated]

2. Miss Giggles

Abigail is a strange specimen. She laughs too much. ALL THE TIME. Sometimes, I wonder how her little kiddy self can contain so much laughing gas. What makes it even queerer are the mundane unfunny things which trigger her laughing bouts. Which mind you, last a long time. There was this one time when she sat - laughing uncontrollably over these two lines.

Whaddya have for lunch?

I had fruit.

Do not ask me what's so funny about it. I have no idea. But I notice that she finds the last line especially hilarious. She happens to love cartoons like Phineas and Ferb & Shaun the Sheep because they make her laugh - a lot. As for the reason behind it? Je ne sais pas.

Just yesterday, the name Horatio tickled her funny bone and she decided to come up with an awkward dance sequence for that name. (Which I admit, quite unabashedly, was rather laugh-worthy!)

3. Miss Darling-after-all

Aww. So innocent looking, squashed between her two elder sisters ;)

When all's said and done, I guess both Sarah and I are incredibly fond of our cheeky little junior for so many reasons it's hard to list it all down

1. as I have to finish this blog post before midnight (which is in approximately 15 minutes)

2. there would just be too many things to write about

So, excuse me as I attempt to fit her warm, loving self into a paragraph.

Despite her repeatedly telling me that I should go sing in Oscar's garbage can, she is the most supportive, sweet little sister one could ever have. She deals with my ramblings every night, switches off the air-conditioner for me when I'm too exhausted to do so, animates my school powerpoint presentations in her higgledy piggledy manner, gives me great big hugs and keeps me grounded with her shrewdly honest comments. She is able to break the awkward silence in any occasion with that contagious laughter of hers and extinguishes any form of mounting pressure with her ridiculous sense of humour.

An incident which comes to mind: During my most recent school examinations, I was really stressed and could hardly think of anything but my papers. Stressed and pretty much disillusioned, she plastered a big smile on my face when she drew me a card which read 'ELEASHA ROCKS HER EXAMS!!! *smiley face* *smiley face* *yet another smiley face*' It was a simple gesture - but it gave me the strength to get through that week of examinations.

And I think that's the perfect embodiment of Miss Abigail 'Fally' Chew. She's really, after all, a good little girl who is perfectly content with being quintessentially her - now - forever. And so,

BLESSED BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL! WE LOVE YOU! <3