It's two days past my birthday. Kind of strange that these days it's the insurance agents who send birthday cards. Not that there were no well wishes; at least there were two SMSes, and a gift from a colleague of ten years - a wallet (haha! Fancy that I've never carried one all my life, and I got one for my birthday. Well, got to start somewhere, you know).
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Being born on the second day of the year isn't a very great feeling, really. It's too close to the New Year and everybody's busy celebrating the countdown on New Year's eve till the next day. Then it's back to work or school, so usually my birthday is largely forgotten by my friends and passed over silently.
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So what do I wish for the year 2006? World peace? The world seems to be going into pieces, judging from the increasing natural disasters, diseases, and ethnic violences (and that includes terrorism). So it's unlikely that a year will ever pass by peacefully. We like to say that children always make a mess of themselves, but we adults are no better. Look at the world situation and you'll agree: pollution, de-forestation, nuclear testing, and so on...
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Maybe I should wish for another flood (like that of Noah's day) to clean up this whole big mess we humans had made. Nah, that's not going to happen. The rainbow is God's guarantee. But if we don't wake up from our folly, I'm sure God has something far bigger in store for us. And I can assure you it's definitely not going to be a pleasant birthday surprise.
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*Sigh*
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6 comments:
Happy (belated) Birthday!
I sometimes wonder why God hasn't done something with all of us by now...we know it won't be a flood like in Noah's day, but there are so many other options and we would deserve whatever we got. But I also believe that God is quite an optimist and that He must still see some potential for us fallen children of his...perhaps He will show us a glimpse someday
Yo Nee san, you never got to tell me your Birthday!!!!!!! And out of gut feel, i bought you a gift from the recent BKK trip. I'm sorry i messed up your b-day, next year (God willing), promise you good lunch/dinner. :) K
But for now, the present awaits your collection and lunch to fill that belated b-day void. Thanks for being a brother to me and guide when i get lost in the forrest of bewilderment and enchantments of oneself. haha. God Bless brother and better later than never, Blessed Belated birthday. The world's coming to an end for sure, but we know where we're headed. That's most important and the best birthday present there is money cannot buy.
Happy birthday (way belated)
i nvr noticed you nvr carried a wallet leh.... no have meh? btw, why do you say you are a capricon... we are not supposed to endorse astrology!! hee
Did I? You mean the term Capricon is mentioned in my profile? I think Bloggers.com put it there because I submitted my birthday. I'd prefer Popcorn...
You should know me better. Any by the way, the Constellations are put up there by God to tell a story (Psalm 19:1-2), but obviously some diabolical dude (you know who) decided to blur the message by inventing Astrology.
Daijoubu ne, imotou-san!
haha popcorn! so funny! anyway i had said buy u a belated gift. I had smthg in mind but waiting for right time to give u...hee hee..am sure u dun mind belated belated belated gift, right? hahaha.
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