Saturday, November 12, 2005
18 years ago, at around 3 in the morning, a baby boy was born in Makati Medical Center. He is now presently studying in the Ateneo de Manila with the course AB Psychology.
WHAT.
I'm actually 18. I can be sentenced to prison. I can drink alcoholic beverages in 7-Eleven without being reprimanded. I can do a lot of things I dreamed about when I was a kid (but of course, being in prison and getting drunk wasn't one of those in my kid wish list). Strangely enough, I can't believe it. The years have just went by so fast I'm left just sitting watching the time go by. From a little kid running around in Batman briefs and smelling like mangoes all the time, I have turned into a basketball crazy, dota-hungry, emo-senti madman. That is someone quite respectable in my book. At least I don't get pissed drunk and smoke like crazy.
Being 18 doesn't really change my routine in life. After all, I'm only a year older. That doesn't really amount to anything right away. But what it does amount to is the whole picture that I've spent 18 years on this place, on this earth, on this universe I call home. It just never fails to amaze me how many people there are on this earth and how masterfully God created and crammed birthdays so that it would fit with each person on earth. This is proof that God wants to celebrate each and every one's lives.
Now that I'm 18, it is becoming clearer and clearer that I need to celebrate my life. 18 isn't a puny number, it's a feat. I am lucky. Not everyone has been here as long as I have. Not everyone has experienced the things I've experienced. Not everyone has the same loving barkada, family, school, God and what-not in their lives. I should wake up every single day and celebrate my existence. Everyday should be a birthday. Everyday is a birthday actually, and even though it's someone else's, that doesn't stop it from being a special day.
It's amazing how everyone's so connected on this enormous world.
"CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON."
loved // Deens // 4:48:00 PM
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