Haven't been moving "furnitures" for quite some time, i'm worrying my old " Cold Place" grow cockroach that bites furnitures so went back and took this piece :p By the way, i hae a thing with writing long posts so bare with it if you don't mind :)
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As april the 9th comes nearer and nearer, i started thinking all over bout special days like this.Birthday.
Birthday,the day you were born.The moment you broke the physical bond between you and your mum and became an individual. People rejoiced for your presense as God gave the world another beautiful creature. Birthday,the date for a significant comparison and mark of growth.
17 years on planet Earth. From two funny looking cells to a tremendous weird looking foetus than a naked crawling object with hair at its ends to a 6 foot tall guy today.17 birthdays,(16 to be exact -dated 8/April/07) Obviously both hands are not enough for counting the number 17 but the ones with huge fancy celebration and big fat parties,well, not even a hand full.maybe just the middle finger.haha.
Celebration? Why? Since when did the tradition of joying for birthdates started? The early civilisation of Mesopotamia? Sorry for not providing sturtured and strong info here. Why do people all over the world celebrate birthdays? For me, there's just two type of birthdays, celebrated and uncelebrated. I feel very amazed by which some parents and some true loyal friends would sacrifice time and energy to the extend of making the birthday person jolly as a baby. What defines birthdays? Happiness to some, presents to some other. All in all, its just your day if its your birthday.However, theres also people who just go by their days as any other day. No greetings and no hand shakes. No special treatment or extra advantages. People of these have no time for complains whether its fair or the other way. Yea, they are the ones that ought to teach me gratitude. Why do i have to be so greedy?
Honestly, despite that everyone has a birthday till everyday's a birthday, i still feel mine as extraordinary"ly specail. I don't expect people to throw me surprise party or branded presents ( they wont anyway) but all i assumed is the realisation of the importance of the day to me.i've gone through a lot of birthday dinners for other ppl and they couldnt ask for more as to be happy for what there is. But, i just dunno. Maybe i'm looking forward to...no idea. All i think is that a birthday isnt just a day. Its a birthday day! Theres no religious or force law stating the compulsarism of celebrating birthdays. I just think that a lil attention should be given to the birthday person? Making him feel as happy as possible for its the only day which is counted as his or her day?
Since i was a kid, i havent really had a birthday party or even a gift. Holding the camera that i borrowed for today's photographing session, i smile to the thought of parents buying me a camera for birthday. It seem so impossible and mile. Some of us get a camera just because they say it look nice,lol. Had my parents gave me anything for birthdays? hmmm.Maybe a few cakes at the age of 3 to 6. Actually i started getting presents when i was noticeble among friends. The first gift was... couldnt remember but i knew that stared at it for a long time. "A birthday present? cool..." thanks! Really can feel the warmth that lightens weakly in my young figure. I felt appreciated. Think thats just the most wonderful word->appreciated. People celebrate birthdays and sign cards to show that they treasure that someone. I tried treasuring, but sometimes things just go one way.Yea you might say the joy is at the giving but still, the return is also important to show your initiative is not just a waste.
" A birthday few years back,i remember doing my ITS homework,an English tuition that i just enrolled where they place me 2 grades lower.That's not the point but that night, i sat in my babysitter's house which is right opposite mine, glancing every 5 minutes to my parents car and observing whether theres is any, any at all..any present for the poor fellow. Well, they did strat the car engine a lil while later. i though they could be bringing me out for dinner,better than nothing tho i prefer present as a kid.What happen next? they drove away... soundly,just like any other days. Later in the evening, they came over and ask me home. Dad said, your friend called home and wished you happy birthday.It was till then that they actually knew it was my bday. But still, no special gifts or a hug or a pad on the shoulder. The heart was a blue breeze. Young fellow was freeze,on the warmest special day of ones year, he grew colder ..."
Guess thats why i look big towards my birthdays.All i want is just appreciation, a sign that you feel that im not of no importance and that i've done my very best to be your friend or as a person. Even if not on other days,would it be hard just on a birthday?
Btw, I deeply do not understand the tradition of treating others on ones birthday. Thats like the opposite way round. People get their stomach satisfy as you dig dipper into you pockets(or you parents'). That just show that theres not much treasuring.We're not making the bday guy happy and satisfied on the day of his year but taking advantage of getting a treat? Maybe it's just not my "thing", not criticising anyone practising this "tradition".As long as you feel happy, why not? lol.
Hope that all of us will spare a lil more effort and time for our dear friends to make them feel appreciate and happy on their Birthdays, and any other days!!!! Chanquishhhhh
dated 8 April 07
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