Legal Age...

"You are finally legal to do everything”, so said my cousin.

Yes, I am finally 21 years-old and legal to do everything such as going to the casino which I tried when I was 17 and was denied the access. So now, I can just go and flash my IC to them (hopefully I get to flash as it means that I look younger than 21 and they still need to reconfirm

whether I am allowed to step my foot in there or not) and walk in.

Some people usually take this number 21 as a big thing, but for me, it was, until a few years ago when I wish I could just be a teenager for life. That would be great. The older you go, the more responsibility you carry.

Well, some of my friends that I knew or people I heard about, they celebrated it quite grandly. For me, it was simple and nice as well as touching.

First of all, I would say that the biggest present I get was to get a place to stay for my 2 years tenant here in KL as a student of Monash University, Sunway Campus. I just need to spend RM2 for a daily trip from my aunt’s place to go to Uni and study. Quite convenient an I get to do some exercise such as walking. 10,000 steps a day leads a healthy life.

Secondly, my sister, cousin and niece made me a cake! So touching right, that my sister actually made me a cake. It was Oreo Cheese Cake in a heart shape, sprinkled with some heart toppings and with some round silver thingy and they formed an ‘S’ at the bottom of the heart which I did not notice until my cousin point it out.

This present was given two days before my birthday and it was a surprise with dinner cum supper of KL style Hokkien Char aka Tua Pui Mee, courtesy of my aunt (different aunt as the one I am staying with for my next two years).

Another wonderful thing about my birthday is that I get RED EGGS for my birthday!!! Back in Penang, I only get to eat red eggs when my parents’ friend’s kids are one month old and they give us a box of food. This year, it was different; I get to have it on my birthday!

One last thing that I got from this was a present from my cousin. She bought and brought back the present all the way from Australia and it has something to do with the field that I am studying. (She said that and I guessed incorrectly). It was a notebook cum file and the pattern is so nice which in the end, I don’t feel like using it until I really really need it.

So that was my 21^st birthday. Simple, nice and wonderful. Thanks to my loving family.

PS: I did not take any photos of the red eggs and also the present I got from my cousin. So do bear with the cake.