Khailee

How I spend my birthdays

2005
SanFrancisco: Went to uni, took a slow walk home, helped Michiko with her statistics assignment, went to watch Snow Patrol with a stranger off craigslist.org, played guitar and went to sleep.

2004
Sydney: It was cold, and I listened to music, cooked some food, organised photos i took, played guitar and slept.

2003 – 1984
Nothing i remember well. Except that when I was very mini, my mom and dad took extra care in organising house parties with games and prizes for my equally mini friends.

2006
This year I will spend it just like any other birthday – watch it go by.

It’s not that I enjoy wallowing in my own misery – coz it isn’t anything like that. I’m being my happy and peaceful self, with no reason to get excited.

Birthdays mean different things to different people, and i guess it doesnt mean much to me, that’s all.

But this year, I have a birthday wish…

You see, I can NOT live a happy, productive life: sharing my habitat with large reptiles.

I can’t even take a shower in my own bathroom! I walked in on 2 large jungle-style lizards mating jungle-style above my shower space, with a smaller, pervert-kid lizard watching the action from the bathroom door.

And then there is the psycho serial fish murderer – another repulsive reptilian (whose dastardly deeds are seen here and here) I finally caught on camera.

Now you belive me huh? I wish for these harmless, yet annoying stuff to stay out my comfort zone. But if it is truly out of my control, I may have to adapt to it. Eventually sleep with the spiders and watch TV with a python. It won’t be easy.

The same can be said for other things in my life now. But for now, I will play guitar and go to sleep.

* Special thanks to Bright Eyes for your company tonight.