N Friday, February 23, 2007
before i go off to one of my friends' 21st birthday, i prob make a remark about the craze surrounding the seemingly important day in everyone's life..
i have got a few friends who booked chalet and set up a party and invited everyone whom he/she has met in some point in his/ her life.. seriously, they are really nice and popular people and they can afford such a thing.. i am not really going to criticise them for going all the way to spend such money..
i also got a few friends who want to keep it low key and celebrate with a few very close friends.. they prefer to keep it quiet..
my queasiness is that what is the big hoo haa all about some empirical figure and stage of our life that requires people to be joyous about? i feel that we are still young and unless we are making a big fortune or business outside such that we can afford to spend money without our parents to worry about anything, then probably we can really go all out to celebrate..
to me 21 is just stage in life where it reminds ourselves to be more mature and mindful of others around us.. after the mini-celebration to pamper ourselves, i think it is time to start thinking about our future, where i find that most of my friends fail to think about.. it is saddening and parents have to start worrying again after all the fun as we have to feed off from our parents again.. times have changed where we can easily find a job just by inheriting a family business..
my friend's mother put it just right:
No money, no honeyi bet people will be starting to ask wat i will be doing this 21st birthday.. for me, no chalet, no party, just a good day of rest, relax and perhaps a good meal.. i had enough of work already.. haha..
' the world continues to spin' , 5:04 pm