The Queen Bee

Plan 1:
To get the flower delivery guy to come into the office and surprise MN before we spring the rest of the presents on her.
Foiled! Because the flowers arrived 1.5hrs too early -- before everything was ready!

Plan 2:
To book a meeting room; get the cake, the card, the flowers, the presents and everyone inside; get Syed to call MN in for an urgent meeting with 'Management'; surprise her.
Foiled! Because all the meeting rooms were booked and apparently "meeting rooms are not meant for celebrations". Bah!

Plan 3:
To get Violet to call MN to collect "something" (the flowers) from the reception; meanwhile, everyone else gathers at her cubicle together with the card, cake and presents; while she's still puzzling over the "anonymously-sent" purple roses, we surprise her.
Success!

Purple roses ordered from our 'neighbour'

As seen with the competing bunch of white roses
sent by someone else earlier
(We think purple is the colour of the day: it's fit for royalty!)

The crowd gathered and sang the Happy Birthday song...

MN makes a wish

After which, she proceeds to attack the cake

... only to be foiled by a cry: "No, no don't touch the cake first. Open the card!"

"Okay, fine..."

"Coooool!"

Beaming with her very own special issue

Close-up of the cover

Inside the card

An Ode to the Queen?!?

"Now can I cut the cake?"

The first cut

Again, she was foiled by a familiar cry: "No, no, don't cut the cake! Open the presents before everyone eats the cake and leaves!"

"I want my cake!"

But she agreed, albeit reluctantly...

Opening the presents!

"What the?!"

More purple stuff: a body brush and shower gel
(Perfect for OT!)

Again, there was a similar package (white again!) sent by someone else
(We still believe purple is the colour for today ;P)

Cozy bedroom slippers:
perfect for paddling around the office... like MO??

All purpled and pinked with the shower set,
the purple flowers, the pink slippers and pink-and-purple towels!

"Can I cut my cake now??"

"Yeah!"

(True enough, the crowd started scattering once the cake was being distributed so we didn't manage to get a group shot.)

Later, at the Team MN photoshoot...

Hmm... but BB's in Taiwan on reservist!
What to do... what to do...

*Schemes*

Aha!

*Evil chuckles*

Tada! The almost-complete Team MN!

After the excitement:

The birthday girl finally gets to read her card :)