My Birthday

Friends who know me well enough know that I am not a big fan of birthday celebrations. People come up with all sorts of birthday celebrations. Honestly and seriously, I think some of those celebrations are just too over-rated. Imagine this... an extravagant birthday party with invitations, DJ, catering, dance floor, centerpiece for each table... It sounds more like a wedding reception to me! Funny enough, I know a person got seriously upset just because she did not get a birthday card which she "assumed" she would be getting in the mail.

I think that people nowadays do not really understand the true meanings of birthdays. To them, birthdays mean "It is all ME and ME and ME!" They expect the world to be revolved around them.

I look at birthdays from a different perspective. Every year on my birthday, I thank my parents. I thank them for bringing me to this world. I thank them for raising me in a safe and harmonious environment. I thank them for staying up late, teaching me math when I was struggling at elementary school. I thank them for bringing me to church where I have created a close relationship with God. I thank them for giving me my very first puppy when I was 10. I thank them for giving me my second puppy when I was 20. I thank them for giving me two lovely and supportive sisters. I thank them for providing me with an education. I thank them for teaching me to distinguish right from wrong. I thank them for passing me all the family values which make me become a responsible citizen. I thank them for their understanding and support when I decided to move to Ottawa in 2001. I thank them for their endless patience when I fell for the wrong guy whom at that time, I thought he was the one. I thank them for lending me their strong arms and shoulders to cry on when the guy broke my heart in my mid 20's. I thank them for telling me the truth, even the truth sometimes hurts. I thank them for their contiunous support, daily guidance and unconditional love. Most important of all, I thank them for accepting Joe and loving Joe as their son!

Baba and Mama... I can't thank you enough for what you have sacraficed and done for me all these years to make me become who I am today. It is my hope that one day when I become a mom, I will be able to follow your footsteps and provide nothing but the best for my child.

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