In my school, the birthday "surprise" tradition consists of bringing -or dragging, to be presice- the birthday girl (well, 'girl' because mh school is an all-girls-school) to the volley court or post office building (next to my school), with eyes-closed; and here comes another cliche: singing happy birthday, giving birthday cake, pouring her with flour / other things (but i guess it is prohibited now in my school).
It's just another overused tradition. What is the point of surprise when you already know what comes next?
For me, birthday presents should be intimate. It should depict the person most, or at least suit him / her. Personalized presents are usually better as long as it doesn't end up in trash. And if you can't think a better plan than the overused surprise, maybe you don't know the person well enough. In this case, this person doesn't deserve to get the special present (yet). ;)
My latest birthday surprise was simple, yet perfect. It was REALLY a surprise because it was long after my actual birthday. They gave me self-made chocolate cake and java jazz ticket pass! 😄
Unfortunately, it wasn't captured well because it was during school time so we couldn't use a more proper device (school forbids us to use any electronic device during school time). Here's the only photo of the presents I have, with only half the cake (the other half was eaten ☺).
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