Born To Be

Kim Kardashian shares the same birthday as me. fortunately, I'm not as old as her, hahaha.

I was born in this world 17 years ago.

Where have all the years gone by? When I look back on my life, I reminisced on the things I had gone through, good and bad. Frankly, the bad things that have happened scarred me but what the heck, life goes on. It's true. And I can't help but to follow suit. God, if I'm stuck reminiscing the past, who knows? I might be half-dead. Or half-alive, whichever suits you more.

I can't hold on to the nostalgic moments of my life, nor can I grab hold of the near future. I can however, firmly grasp on to the present, and have fun. Live in the moment, and that's not a despicable thing to do. It's what makes me a human after all.

So when I woke up yesterday morning, it didn't click on me right away. My mind was spewing significant-but-rather-insignificant thoughts and just as I was about to turn on the shower head, it hit me.

I'm seventeen. Finally.

I had no expressions on my face, but my head was gurgling with all kinds of notions. I was going to school with covered-up excitement, almost as if it's a 'go and just get on with it' birthday. But when I stepped into the school grounds, I can't help but feel overwhelmed that my birthday is being celebrated with happy wishes from my dear ol' friends. I was blushing with embarrassment when they sang Happy Birthday right outside the school auditorium. Graduation Day is tomorrow so we were having a full rehearsal. The best thing has yet to come; free calls on my birthday! Double yay (:

Of course, I was smitten, but it was really overwhelming. Honestly, my heart just flutters whenever someone cared to wish me a Happy Birthday and tell me to have fun on my special day. And even though it is a special day regardless, it was still much more awesome when you have friends around to make you laugh and be there for you.

It's not harsh if a friend has forgotten my birthday. It's just life; sometimes people forget things. The same thing goes to me. It's nice to know that on a yearly basis, I get to spend my day with hugs, laughs and pure fun. Of course, no one wants to have fun only once a year; but this one certain day means the world to me.