bird-day gift
i wonder if you have ever felt this way? you have known this person for a lifetime and you seriously realise that you are left with no ideas for his bird-day gift. you look at the calendar and panick: "how...how?"

i must say it gets more challenging as the years run by. every year, you try to do something new. and with every new idea gone each year, you're just left with the boring 'happy birthday to you'.

i'm referring here to my brother's birthday. he's turning er-hemz* a year older this weekend and i've yet to think of a brilliant idea to greet him. i hope he doesn't read this. maybe over the years, like i've mentioned earlier, it becomes a brain-nut cracker for me.

perhaps we've grown so used to each other, that we never really found a need to buy each other a 'bird-day gift'. that goes with best friends too. as the years of friendship pile up, we are soon left with the mundane ideas of having dinner treats, worst still, photo frames and cups and cards. maybe all these show how close the relationship has become, and how much we have taken for granted the presence of each other in our lives.

birthdays to me, are special days for loved ones to show appreciation. they are special 24hours dedicated to you, just to remember not to take every minute of your life for granted. God has blessed you, guided you and taken care of you for the past 525 600 minutes (1 year) of your life. it is time to reflect, be grateful and move along with that positive hopefulness of a better tomorrow and year ahead.

should i not be able to say 'happy birthday' in person to you, let it be through words over here :)