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I cant imagine I am already 26. I remembered vividly that the youngest age I could remember of myself was at 4. I was then a very chirpy kid, who always like to pull out the weighing machine from beneath the wardrobe and weigh myself. The weight coincidentally read 44LBs. I remembered my childhood full of giggles and laughters. These were also shown in my childhood photos.

But i din know why i grew up as a melancholic person. Perhaps tats too strong a word to use, but my face and definitely do not emit happiness. Or put it simply, ppl around me wud not feel liveliness or happiness, even though i do smile a lot.

I used to scan many of my bday pics and put them up on my website. I have photos of myself with my birthday cakes at 1 yr old, 2 yr old, 3 yr old, 4 yr old, 5 yr old and 6 yr old. I actually dun remember i celebrated my bday every yr with a birthday cake when i was young, until i saw the pictures. The most grand birthday celebration was my 6th bday. It was held at my dad's newly owned warehouse, and many guests (abt 80) were invited. They include my neighbours, relatives, tuition teacher (and her students), parents' friends and of cos most imptly, my dad's business partners (perhaps tat was his main purpose?). And u can imagine the amt of bday presents i got for that yr... and those presents were really not simple ones, but v big and expensive items.

There is this old folk saying that if one has too grand a birthday celebration when young, he wud be left with nothing to eat when he grows up. Haha, seems quite true... after my 6th bday, i dun recall anymore bday cake other than my 21st bday. But bday presents continued to pour in though...

Also, my dad used to bring me to Mandarin Hotel Chatterbox restaurant to eat the 'special' chicken rice every birthday when i was a young teenager. Remembered the price was raised from $14++ to $18++ to $21++ which was my last update in 1995. Haha... i guess the price shld be $28++ now?

Anyway, i may be talking a lot abt birthday in this entry but birthday doesn mean a lot to me, really. Tats why i often forget abt my fren's bday also, and i wud not bother to celebrate or buy them presents. Still, i m grateful for the early well wishes (SMS) by Ruslee, Kin song and Justin (NTUBS ex VP).