On Being 22

It's time for the quarterly update i suppose. This year's 22nd birthday was indeed a different one from last year. Well perhaps its the after 21 syndrome, after a big party last year, this year was a series of small scaled meet-ups with different groups of friends. Guess it's part of the growing old stage where presents no longer become important and note my wishlist this year was non-existent.

Sadly, to date, I have not received any presents(not including 2 red packets). At this point, do wanna thank my family for being there for the past 1 year, esp my mum who bore the labour pains to give bith to me 22 years ago. Next is my baby who planned all the birthday meetings with my different friends though the elements of surprise was gone. Next is probably people whom i met, peeps who called me / SMS / MSned me on this special day. Special mention to Andrew who called from Melbourne ,Janice who sent me a Santa claus post card from Finland, Eugene who messaged me from UK. Glad to hear that you guys are still alive and kicking ,having fun.

It's also during this day that I realise how many close friends I have lost contact with. I am rather sure that this friend do remember this day, i do not know whether he choose not to remember or simply he has forgotten about it. It kinda saddens me that this friendship has come to such a stage. Perhaps,it just takes more effort on both sides, or perhaps, in my opinion, it takes more than 1 hand to clap.

Life in school is hectic, manage to scrap through my exams last sem, and i better pull up my socks this sem but certain things are just not within my control. Read yuwei's entry and I also heard about it. Indeed life is not about getting good grades or even trying to please others. It's time i reflect upont this to cherish the people around me and derive joy from the little things in life. These will be captured in snapshots in my memories and these are the things that will last, i suppose.

P.s: Hope to blog more often and pen down my thoughts else they will just disappear into thin air. Thanks all for bearing with me all these times. Love ya guys!