ok ok let this be the birthday post where i reflect on my past 19 ++ years of existence. this may bore you, in which case u can skip to the bottom where i list my birthday wishlist!! haha.

the regrets i've had so far:
-nvr developed a skill like singing or dancing or painting, instead chose to squander away youth in numerous playgrounds and with my barbie dolls and lego set and tv programmes
-nvr worked on my writing when it was the best thing i had to offer to myself, now i know that writing well is smth to be honed and not taken for granted
-i don't even have a decent handwriting to boast of! humans student leh. i've only got that ugly cutesy schoolgrader scrawl to call my own
-didn't deal with relationships wisely, who can say that they did 100% of the time- but i know i didn't say goodbye when i could have and should have
-the numerous occasions i put my relationship w my mum under strain... 4 months away from home and im really questioning why i used to put up a fight when she was clearly on my side all this while

of course, there r the happy things i won't forget:
-always in love and being loved, meeting that someone who is totally serious abt me
-the best friends and the good friends and the buddies and the da ge
-having my parents support whatever choices i make, esp those in studies and career
-the hamsters... hahahaha
-a healthy body and mind. haha this is getting corny.
-a good education in the premier institutions of learning
-getting this scholarship and being here. things arent always straightforward and sharp around the edges, but all things considered, it's a blessing
-good food: ive been fed well and taught to love it... too many favourite foods to list as i discovered over the weekend
-the joy of serving others even if it means doing things that i don't have to.. this is genuinely felt
-travelling... 2005 was definitely the year of taking flight

the much awaited, annually published birthday wishlist:
1. be more disciplined
2. be less bitchy
3. be less materialistic
4. be grateful
5. be happy!!!!

the end.