Sixteen

October came 'round again. The month October gave uncomfortable memories to me, but I know that I cannot say wake me up when October ends, so I lived through it anyway.

October so far is bittersweet. Bitter, because of some circumstances that I would not like to write here, and sweet, because I have received love from the people around me.

When October came, I cannot help but think about the past and the future. October is the month of my birth, whereas I came along to this world on the 11th of October 1998. Having birthdays make you think about your life - what you have done so far, and what you will do in the future. I know that we have got to think about that whether it's your birthday or not, but birthdays just trigger you to do that.

This year's birthday is different, maybe because I'm turning sixteen. When we held a gathering to show our gratefulness for my turning sixteen, people kept talking about how old I am getting. My grandfather reminisced on how he remembered me as a baby, and he cannot believe that it's already been sixteen years...

I can't either.

Yes, I am stepping into adultery. But I believe that age is just a matter of number, and mentality has nothing to do with age. You can be sixteen and be as wise as a grandma, or you can be in the age range of a grandma and still act like a child. It's all up to the holders of the age.

Age is just a matter of number, it's how you behave that count. Cheers to the years to come.