Officially 23

March 24th is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year.

March 24th is the 365th and last day of the year in many European implementations of the Julian calendar.

March 24th was the day I was born in 1987 at 5:04pm

It was a subdued Birthday. Not what I really had in mind. Maybe next year I will plan something major. Just made me realize today that I needed to break out from the constraints I've put myself in...turning 24/24 will be amazing. Mark my words :-)

Happy B'day to me !

Thoughts on Turning 23

I will turn 23 on the 24th (lol got it? 23 on the 24th? ahahahahaerm). Not excited about it one bit but it can’t be helped. I seriously feel old. I mean 2 years ago I took delight at seeing people’s faces when they find out how young I was to be doing what I do. But now, they ask me and kinda just… nod.

However, after reading Growing Younger, I realized one shouldn’t be afraid of growing old. There were a lot of things I’ve learned the past couple of years that made me the person that I am. If I was stuck at being 13 for the rest of my life then it wouldn’t be so fun, would it? So I have no choice but to embrace my age and just make the most out of it.

And so, to be dramatic and shit, I decided for the sake of this post to list the things I would want to tell my 13 year old self if we get the chance to meet each other and maybe give her a pat on the back with a grin on my face. I bet she’d be soooo freaked out at how awesome she’d turn out to be.

You’d fall in love. Unrequitedly. And you’d have your heart broken real bad but don’t go slashing your wrists just yet. Things will be fine and you’d write a lot of songs/scripts/poems because of them.

• Never ever let people tell you that you can’t be whatever you want.
• I know it’s passe and all but your parents only want the best for you and you’re just too much an adolescent to realize that.
• The Backstreet Boys will eventually be unpopular, hard it is to believe. Watch out for a group called Jonas Brothers.
• Worry not, you won’t look like that forever.
• Appreciate all the souls you meet in your life. People will come and go and you have to get used to that fact. What’s important is you leave your mark on them so they won’t forget you.
  
• Never ever let go of your faith. In the end, it’s all you that you have.

Sucks to be 13, doesn’t it? So much angst, so much identity crises, so much questions left unanswered. Boy am I glad I’m 23 now and done with the whole puberty thing!