Yesssshhhh. Exams are over.
Here come the holidays.
Freedom.
For the span of one week at least, then, it's back to the old grind.
The exams have thoroughly screwed my mind, to the extent that many memories that matter so much to me have been somewhat purged.
Now only the significant events remain. =(
However so, this will not be a detailed account of my 17th.
Unlike my nicely documented 16th. (fyi, the one here isn't complete, and censored)
Similar to this. This one will also be not complete. and many significant points taken out. =)
For this is a public blog!
Before I start, I need to explain something I did before that nice day.
Minutes before 12, I went to FB, and turned off birthday notifications.
That means, my birthday won't be broadcasted on that awesome social network.
No I'm not crazy.
But instead I think, that well, although Facebook is a very revolutionary tool, and I really want to invent something like this, for the masses, but well, it has brought friendship to a less personal level.
(I'm going to try my best not to borrow from Ashwin's Speech from ISKL Forensics 2011)
Well, facebook has generalised everything despite being easy to keep in touch.
But consider this.
Your friend, a very sincere one, remembers your birthday by heart.
The other one takes the trouble to look it up and write it down on the calendar.
Or even the phone organiser.
And then you have many others, who see a facebook prompt on their top right corner.
they then drop by to wish Happy Birthday.
Or even the better ones get a last minute something.
So you tell me, how can you tell, who was sincere and true?
and who depended on Facebook?
on the last day even?
So, I urge that most of you should remove your birthday prompts. (you can do this under accounts>privacy settings>set the birthday to ONLY ME, as in you, not me, lols.)
That way, you see who are true. =)
But of course, another touching event for me would be that, although I removed the birthday notification. I had enough sincere friends to post on my wall. Which sent it to top news. (Something like ___ and 10 other friends wrote on WC's wall) and then they showed the messages. Thus creating a snowball and everyone who was online also posted on my wall.
See, I didn't need the Facebook Prompt. =)
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Now, about my 17th.
I had a very very great 17th.
All thanks to my friends.
Besides the fact that I can now drive. (or at least, am eligible to) Many other nice things happened.
All my friends sung that song for a total of 8 times that day.
Never gets old.
I had a surprise birthday cake. (thanks to 2 special people!)
I had presents.
But the precious presents are the notes, and cards.
They mean so much to me.
Cause these things, I shall try my best to keep. For the future, because I'll look back and smile.
I felt very very special on that day.
It's a feeling everyone loves.
But the most precious gifts are my friends.
They made this birthday nice.
They made me feel that, all the things that may have happened, was all worth it.
That staying as honest and true, and trying to help, really isn't for nothing.
I really did not expect a nice 17th. Because the usual milestones are 16, 18, and 21. after that, we all feel a little too old.
Special thanks to Susan, and Seen Yen. You both made my day.
A day to remember.
(Yes, I'm a very sentimental ass) XD
Thank you all so much.
(and happy birthday to my best friend Gee Keat, Sel, Fiona and Jeniffer Love Hewit) :P
I mean it.
To all my friends too, you made me feel, that, life, is worth living.
Not that I've been very cynical about life. Just the world.
Haha.
Other things I shall not accumulate into the same post.
Some other time then.
Happy Holidays.
One week.
It's gonna go so fast. =)
Ciao~
