Tuesday 27 November 2007

Not-so-sweet Sixteen

Hey i just noticed, this is also my 100th post!
so cool......my 100th post just happens to be my birthday post.......
haha
ok, happy birthday to me!!
so i'm 16 today, though it feels no different from yesterday, it's just a day to commemorate the 16 years i've survived in this world.......

so yesterday, to cheer myself up, i made a list.
16 things that I've achieved in the past year......


1. I jumped my best high-jump yet.
2. I let go of a cat
3. I got another cat
4. I started a blog
5. I studied for and wrote 10th grade board exams
6. I made a new friend
7. I got all-time disappointing low board marks
8. I saw snow for the first time and had a mega snow fight
9. I trekked about 32 km in one week
10. I learnt to live with silence
11. I got my eyebrows done
12. I learnt to accept myself as I am and not care about what other people think.....well, mostly.
13. I learnt the useful art of stress relief.
14. I got yet another cat, that makes two.......
15. I learnt to tolerate different kinds of people
16. I found an aim in my previously aimless life....

All that is just one year! man, i guess i'm an overachiever.......
hm, what can i say, i haven't yet achieved the art of modesty!

My mom was thingking of giving me 16 gifts, but the idea didn't materialise, she didn't have time to go buy stuff.
ah, well, tomoro morning is mega-shopping day.yippee! i will buy more books, and maybe a pair of jeans if i find them.....
hmm.....
so.
My 16th birthday has offered me no special insights, nothing yet, but hey, it's only 9 in the morn and the day is not over......
to date, I have 12 scraps, 4 facebook posts, 7 messages, and a lot of phone calls including 3 internationals.
see, this is what makes me feel all good and warm inside......
being remembered by people i love.
sigh.......
anyway, it's gonna be a great day, i'm sure....
after all, you turn 16 only once!

9 comments:

--xh-- said...

Many Many happy returns of the day. you have learned quite a bit in the last year - hope you keep the pace and find more and more happy moments. Wish you a happy and peaceful year ahead. enjoy your day.

Renovatio said...

Happy birthday hon, here's to another year of achieving a lot more :)

Mystique said...

2 xh: i will try my best

2 reno: thank u!!!

Unknown said...

Lol...

Wat to say...

I wanna say somethin...
Smart....
Funny....

But ya...

I'll settle for a Happy Birthday to you i guess....

Hmmm....
Also....

Nothin.....

Mystique said...

yup aiman..........
that'll do just fine.

Occasional Brilliance said...

hey happy belated bday... ws outta twn so cudnt wish ya... n there's always time 2 achieve something... u'll do gr8, m sure...

Princess Consuela Banana Hammock said...

tons and tons of happy wishes to you on the special day ... after all quoting you "you turn 16 only once "..... sweet sixteen is a time you enjoy the most ....so a very very happy birthday, and as for the achieving list ... hon ... theres a lot more to be done .... btu if you have truly learnt the point number 12 then you have achieved much more than your 16 years ...
once again with lots of love happy birthday !!!!
and enjoy!!!!

busy-writer said...

happy birthdayy!! :)

welcome to the sweet 16 club..hehe.

p.s-100 posts?!! OMG! :O m still on 24.

Mystique said...

thank you all very much!