Birthdays

I have always believed that birthdays are special and that they are a good way of identifying which friends truly care about you. I never remind or hint to my friends that my birthday is coming. I feel that if they were friends who couldn't be bothered finding out and remembering when my birthday is, they obviously don't care enough or are not the kind of friends who would consider me one of their closer friends. Of course, that would be fine with me as long as I do not consider them my close friends as well. I'm not that unreasonable and I'm not perfect. I also have my fair shares of forgetting friends' birthdays but the ones I hold close to my heart, I make a point to remember their birthdays and do something for them for their special day. This is why sometimes I treat my birthday as a kind of test for my good friends, or at least the friends I consider to be close to and the ones who reciprocate my feelings. I always hope that they will make the effort to remember it and at least wish me happy birthday on the correct day. This is also why I get quite annoyed when friends ask me repeatedly about the date of my birthday. It seems as if they cannot be bothered to remember. Well, this year I did get some early birthday wishes, due to a fault in my friendster profile. It's fine because I'm glad that they did send me wishes, no matter that date and time. I would feel quite insulted and upset if my good friends forgot. I realised that this seems quite weird but that's just the way I feel. Of course I don't go out complaining and accusing my friends of forgetting.

Well for this year, I went out and bought myself some earrings. Haha...I kind of got carried away, probably because I was so deprived from shopping for so long. I ended up buying 6 pairs of earrings, both long, dangly ones and small stud ones. It wasn't that expensive because I got some at a discount and I only paid $13 for everything. It was a great feeling to have bought something nice for myself after such a long time.