not exactly a comeback post, but i thought i'd just like to pen a few words about my 21st birthday.
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i've never believed in milestones when it comes to age, like u have to achieve something somewhat by this certain age. so when my 21st birthday came a-knockin, i wasn't too thrilled about it. what does it mean to be 21? it is just a number. & knowing me, i don't care bout numbers too much.
but today is a special day alright. it felt especially special not because i have reached the legal age to vote or watch people copulating on big screens, but because it marks the 8th year i've known my aunties. since the day we unwillingly sported obiang short-hairdos and the even more obiang uniform, played irc illegally during computer lessons, went to serene centre to eat upsized mac meals and baguettes from Tierney's Gourmet, going thru Love gained and Love lost, getting pissed drunk during clubbing (okay that was me), went thru our fair share of misunderstandings and bad tempers, to our very first overseas trip together.
it has been 8 years - and still counting.
tho i didn't party my birthday away, nor did i throw a bigbang party to commemorate my transition into a supposedly full-fledged adult, i'm glad that i had my closest friends around me, celebrating my special day as we've always did so for all other special occasions - without the flamboyance and angmoh hugs & air-kisses, just good company and good chinese food. (we prefer to eat with chopsticks thank you very much.)
simple, yet sincere. the sort of things that i value most in Life.
what do i wish for on my 21st birthday? u ask.
nothing more but a less-cluttered life, with only the good stuff that really matters inside. God, family, and my aunties.
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thank you auntie ilynn, auntie sylvia, auntie mandy (and associate member ah pek doron) for everything. everyday feels like a birthday when i meet up with you all, doing the same old things that we always do.
p.s. special thanks to auntie ilynn for the WONDERFUL book you got me (hur hur Tim Burton) and cd (altho i can't seem to play it on my comp yet cos it's copy-righted etc etc and i'm such a computer idiot. never mind i love it all the same.)
in a nutshell, YAY.
**
i've never believed in milestones when it comes to age, like u have to achieve something somewhat by this certain age. so when my 21st birthday came a-knockin, i wasn't too thrilled about it. what does it mean to be 21? it is just a number. & knowing me, i don't care bout numbers too much.
but today is a special day alright. it felt especially special not because i have reached the legal age to vote or watch people copulating on big screens, but because it marks the 8th year i've known my aunties. since the day we unwillingly sported obiang short-hairdos and the even more obiang uniform, played irc illegally during computer lessons, went to serene centre to eat upsized mac meals and baguettes from Tierney's Gourmet, going thru Love gained and Love lost, getting pissed drunk during clubbing (okay that was me), went thru our fair share of misunderstandings and bad tempers, to our very first overseas trip together.
it has been 8 years - and still counting.
tho i didn't party my birthday away, nor did i throw a bigbang party to commemorate my transition into a supposedly full-fledged adult, i'm glad that i had my closest friends around me, celebrating my special day as we've always did so for all other special occasions - without the flamboyance and angmoh hugs & air-kisses, just good company and good chinese food. (we prefer to eat with chopsticks thank you very much.)
simple, yet sincere. the sort of things that i value most in Life.
what do i wish for on my 21st birthday? u ask.
nothing more but a less-cluttered life, with only the good stuff that really matters inside. God, family, and my aunties.
**
thank you auntie ilynn, auntie sylvia, auntie mandy (and associate member ah pek doron) for everything. everyday feels like a birthday when i meet up with you all, doing the same old things that we always do.
p.s. special thanks to auntie ilynn for the WONDERFUL book you got me (hur hur Tim Burton) and cd (altho i can't seem to play it on my comp yet cos it's copy-righted etc etc and i'm such a computer idiot. never mind i love it all the same.)
in a nutshell, YAY.
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