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life
To this
day I still marvel at the wonders of technology, and how a friend is just a
click away, even though she is currently separated by a 13.5 hour time
difference, and how we’ve grown up so quickly. Merely five years ago we were
still frolicking in the compounds of a certain institution, running out of
school early, going late for morning assembly, and half a decade on some are on
the cusp of graduation, some have found jobs and are setting foot into unknown
waters. Birthdays and the ways of celebrating them have changed too. There were
the ‘surplise you are 18!’ celebrations at the end of J2, to the oh wow you hit
the big two-oh and then the huge 21st birthday parties that accosted
your Facebook newsfeed relentlessly. Now at twenty two it’s no longer all
unicorns and rainbows, there’s been a shift and as we move on to a different
phase of life, gifts have started to change.
Turning 18 warranted a Barcadi
Breezer or a drink of some sort because you could legally start drinking, and
the 21st birthday would usually involve a big ticket item like a
watch or jewellery or something along those lines. Now at 22, I’m thinking of
what to buy/get for my friends and a lot of the ideas that come up are things
like namecard holders, or something for the office, or something for their new
flats (chuazy if you read this just act as if you didn’t) and I wonder what it’ll
be like celebrating birthdays as we get older. Probably with a meal, good
company and fine wine.
Then
there will be the deluge of engagement parties, the hen nights, the wedding
invites, the housewarming invites, the baby’s first month invites and every single
celebration will be starkly different. I hope my friends invite me to celebrate
these little milestones in their lives with them : )
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
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