what is the significance of being 21, besides setting up parties, inviting pple to celebrate with me and after tt, walk out after all the celebration and stuff?
i found the whole meaning of it within 1 week.. an acheivement huh? haha..
it is a mixture of everything that i have felt bout life so far at my current state.. being 21 means that you have to be more mature.. it means that we have to start to understand the social and financial pressure of being an adult.. and once we understand it, we have to find solutions to face it.. some of my frens were telling me that they dun think they will start worrying about money until they graduate and slowly find a job.. there is nothing wrong about that thinking, but i feel that prob that thinking will lead to one getting an 8-to-5 job and enjoying a secure life.. and more importantly, one may start worrying about kids' education later on in one's life..
i prob wanna talk bout social pressure first.. my mom (yes, of all pple my mom!) was urging me to meet more pple so that i can get a girlfriend instead of rotting at home and doing nth.. this kind of unnecessary pressure comes in when we are adults.. every time we meet relatives, especially those aunties that loves to sit in during house visits in chinese new year, they would prob dwell on the topic of how come got no girlfriend lah, what do you do in your uni life lah, blah, blah.... come on lah.. its not i dun wan to haf one, its just that u think now is like last time got matchmaking den anyhow intro will get 1 wife meh? den some more, give me a break lah, do you noe how expensive it is to maintain a girl or not? as parents, you all should noe rite? if i dun wanna maintain a girl, den i dun wanna maintain a girl lah.. simple as that, wat.. being 21 and above is not easy though.. yes, you have to withstand those bullshit comments from everyone else..
being 21 is not just about the freedom in making our own decisions.. it is not just about able to watch R(A) movies as well.. it is about controlling our own finances as well.. yes.. i am paying for my own expenses as of now.. including my HP bills and monthly allowance to my parents.. it is about the mindset, the thinking that we have currently towards to the topic of money.. it is a matter of how we can make money work for us.. if i say how it can be done, den it would be extracting the book 'rich dad, poor dad' and put it down here liao.. haha.. i am glad that i have some like-minded friends who are willing to think differently from the rest.. at least, i expanded my viewpoint and see how the society is being run..
why do i have this view point suddenly? i went out with my friends this week and spent quite a lot.. but at the same time, i feel that the money is well spent as they brought me to view things at a whole new different level altogether.. they talked about running a business, playing stocks, eat good food, linking up with big bosses.. we even talked about girls, future uni life and matters of the heart..
maybe being aware of those stuff as an adult prob makes my 21st birthday more significant..
