a year older

Birthdays are one of the most dreaded days of the year. They never turn out the way you want them to. You always end up expecting more from others, from this day, from yourself. You keep wishing that something special happens just because it's your birthday. But you know in the end, except for the fact that you turn a year older, (which you don't even feel), birthdays are just like any other day of the year.

But occasionally, yes, they rarely turn out the way you want them to-- they end up becoming something better.

I didn't expect much from this day since it's kind of a pattern that odd birthdays are usually less eventful than even birthdays (well, in my case anyway). So I was preparing myself for a day of lounging around at home, abusing the internet and DVD player, annoying Lafi and trying not to act my age-- which Lafi thinks I did a very good job, since he told me to "Act my age" on more than one occasion. But Mel orders me to be in PHAn by 1pm, so so much for my being a homebody on my birthday.

I guess this day truly started in the afternoon. Nothing extremely surprising happened, except for Mel's gift which completely floored me because I was not expecting anyone to give me this. But today left me feeling surprisingly contented, from Shaq calling me up at 12mn to greet me, to Lafi running up the stairs to greet me, to Missy and Bim screaming at me from the second floor of PHAn, to the mini coop and flaming wings, to texts from people whom I haven't seen in the longest time (upsca, pugad, hk, family, high school), to a text from Drew :P, to donuts and pugad and to mass and dinner with my family.

And well, it's the sum of all these little things that made me wish this birthday lasted just a little bit longer. :)

So to all those who greeted me and surprised me via phone call, text, personal greetings, ym, multiply, friendster, lj, mail-- thank you so so much!!! You have no idea how much that all meant to me. Thank you for making this birthday not so sucky after all. In fact, so not sucky at all. <3