today was really sweet

didn't expect the TP gang to celebrate my birthday in advance today. i mean, we always celebrate each other's birthday and i should have guessed that they arranged to meet today cos it's round the corner. but i totally forgot all about my birthday! it's like once u hit 25, you don't even want to think about it. heh. yeah right, let's see how things are when i turn 30. FREAK OUT!after the birthday lunch i went home to "study" the three thick manuals BB gave me last Friday. it's for tomorrow's training. i "studied" one manual then fell asleep. dammit. when i woke up, i went to TM for shopping..yes...again! apparently TM having some mad sale lah. then i bumped into Bygon and wife at Isetan. so we went for drinks at Cartel while they had dinner...chit chatted abit.

when the bill came...i took some bucks out, wanted pay for my share...then Bygon said: "to me...你明天开始做工才是真正的大人了！(to me you are an adult as of tomorrow when you start work) so today still my treat"

seriously...i was so moved by what he said. Bygon and i have known each other for some 12 years...and he's always like the big bro to me. (altho he always suan me haha) we belong to different TKD clubs...but there were no bad blood between us. no politics, just friendship. and his words also struck me...that, i am really truly going to be an "adult" tomorrow...although i am super overaged by 21 yrs old adulthood standard..but yeah..you know what i mean lah...

mum's been so sweet tonight too, she's like helping me iron all my office clothes. and she gave so much attention to every shirt she's ironing and did it with so much detail. i can see they're really happy for me that i've graduated with good results and found a good job. it is not the "i'm-so-glad-i-don't-have-to-pay-her-tuition-fees-anymore" and the "she's-going-to-earn-money-for-us-now" kind of happy... but truly proud of me kind of happy.

tomorrow first day of work. i must be motivated! PQ u can do it!