– seen on my birthday card from dini and budin
i turned 36 yesterday, in manchester.
boy, that must be old. i hold on to the adage age is only a number, but then i am sure that was conjured up by old people. like the size-doesn’t-matter axiom that is perpetually spouted by people with small dicks.
a lot of people i know tell me that i don’t look that old (yeah, it’s really difficult to have to pay these people. hehe.). my friends of my generation (i am a few days too late to be a child of the 60’s) probably wouldn’t know the difference. on the other hand, i have heard that some people don’t think i act my age. no, i don’t go around singing negaraku when prompted by the ah pek ice cream seller. not that i have, but i don’t. far from it.
so, am i that old then? do i feel old? biologically, there are certain things which i have to be careful of as the point of no return was like 6 years ago. my risk of dying from the usual causes of death have now increased a wee bit, if not exponentially. then again, being young(er) doesn’t necessarily equate a degree of quasi-immortality either. watch out for that bus when you cross that street, kid. otherwise, i sincerely don’t feel any older one bit. i feel the same as i did ten years ago. i still listen to rawk. i still talk the same way. i am still single.
why is that, then? am i living in denial by hanging out with people who were born on the day i was boarding that plane in subang to LHR to do my A-levels? i guess it boils down to my life circumstances.
after most of my batch mates leave the country on graduating, i had housemates who were a few years younger than i was. when it was my turn to graduate from medical school, i started work and despite maintaining contact with my erstwhile college mates, i then had a newer circle of friends who are much younger. they then graduate, and my next circle got even younger, and so forth. to the point that there is / should be a glaring generation gap. such is the price of living my life the way i do.
is it because i am not married that i don’t suscribe to the striped, tucked-in baleno polo shirt image and elba slacks, talking about golfing at saujana and comparing notes on which bukit bintang health spa that has the best hooker from beijing? then again, you could still be clad in helmut lang and prada and talk about golf and compare notes on which which health spa that has the best hooker from beijing. i simply digress.
i do sometimes wonder whether i am trapped in some sort of temporal limbo, where whilst i indulge in my love for loud music, the occasional bumming around and PSPs, i manage to play the part of the man with a job, paying exorbitant taxes and saving up for that down payment for a detached house in the suburbs. i wouldn’t think many of my contemporaries who moved on to married life with the two and a half kids have this problem, if you want to see it as such. i have currently no responsibility to care for that child, who will one day go to school, wanting a sony PS6 for her 12th birthday and go to imperial college reading material sciences. and that is only daughter #1. rest assured, i will carry that burden when the time comes, when i will readily and valiantly forsake the want of owning a mint 1973 strat (until i have a mid-life crisis, that is).
after the trick birthday candles, the moistest and most luscious chocolate gateau, the logitech gizmo, tomes by plato and machiavelli, thornton chocs and cards, one thing for sure, i do know the 36 years have made me wiser.
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on a lighter note, a few friends and i would be trying our luck in procuring tickets for the sold out fall out boy gig in nottingham this saturday. check out the video on the sidebar. just think oh carol, i am bloody fool. thanks to wong for the heads up.
hepi bday brader. semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki dan rig semakin ketat orait. yaergh~!
i dig that kuih hijau salut kacang gula melaka kat dalam tu big time… aduh…
hepi birthdey kawan…..
i used to have the same feeling. in some ways, all my friends returned home after studies too…and i’ve been having new younger ones everytime. but then, with 2 kids and ever buldging mid section, plus… a less able body, thinning hair, wringkles etc etc… i do finally feel rather old lately 🙁
anyway, have fun !
happy birthday man! nampak skema lah.. kekkekekekke
happy birthday! keep on rocking man
Focken’ puff, siout, dressing up like one of them soft-as-shite, public schoolboys.
(It actually looks quite good sebenarnya… hehehe… jeles. Nampak mcm omputih dari Oxford)
Happy Birthday, dude.
rambut baru?
pickyin: did i saw u at s.ayuthaya on saturday?
happy Birthday dude!
dont mind the age lah, im also in my 30’s and still listening to stuff when i was 17 ! 😛
btw, whats with the preppy, Ralph Lauren look lah ?:P
kunci: yeup i was there. i have a stalker???
haha. fake, dia borong satu kedai RL hari tu kat Chesire Oaks. And got himself a preppy toy. 😀
Happy Birthday man. Lain kali kalau ada number +34 tu, angkat. Macam nak tefon mintak hutang.
serih: mana ada kacang gula melaka daa. been in the ‘states that long eh? 🙂
atok: cheers! gunalah oil of ulay for those wrinkles…
pyin: selekeh kena complain. preppy kena complain. hehe. 😆
faley: will do, will do.
the neon: i wanna see you try saying that to ed o’brien when he has breakfast at that cafe in abingdon.
kunci: rambut pendek sikit. waa. blogger spotting eh you?
fake: the thing is not only i listen to stuff from the time when i was 17, i listen to the things current 17-yr old kids like as well…
aF: someone’s been talking. btw, that’s a ted baker shirt with a v-neck from muji eh? tolong siket.
Happy Birthday, sweetie!
You know the first time I read your blog – I thought you’re 18 hahahahaha so to me, you will always be 18!
And no – you don’t look, act or speak like a typical 36 year old 😉
pickyin: ..err stalk? Tak kot.
bro, hate to say this but;
…kau dgn baju panas kau tu nampak mcm ‘batu’ dalam ‘jem mutiara’ lah! lengkap dgn ciri2 pustakawan… hehehe!
‘happy 36’, big bro!
hadiah?! itu hari nak kasi Marshall takmo! hahaha…
been reading your blog for awhile.
lansung tak bunyi cam org tua 36 yo.
(that’s a complement)
🙂
Happy Bday Mr. Kudo.
Keep writing bro !
Ya Rabbi… compliment !
🙂
lmsn: stone gossard tu memang AKU pun. tak paham2 lagi la mc cready wannabe sorang ni.
joe: err… thanks. 🙂
happy birthday kudo!
heyyy happy birthday dude!! kalau tau awal2, boleh aku kumpul gang nyanyi “happy besday” over Yahoo-voice muahahhahaahh!!!
p/s: What logitech gizmo?
p/s/s: Gila nampak kurus skarang! :+:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUDO!
Someone asked me my age the other day and I said since this is the Year of the Dog, it being my year and all… guess? Wahlauu…. he guessed 24 you! (Nasib baik tak 48! HAHAHA)
Maybe he just wanted to bodek me… but for someone who boarded that plane with you to LHR way back when… I feel gooood.. *grins*
Many happy returns of the day! May the coming year in your life be filled with all that you wish for! 🙂
happy bday bro…
resolusi hari tua lu mmg dasyat… having a mint 73 strat… now that’s vintage!!..
Otanjoubi omedetou! Age is just a number, eh 😉
its true.. you dnt look THAT old..
happy birthday to u..
happy Birthday..
so, you’re like a doc working in Sheffield?
angieC: steady kak. steady. hehe. 😆
iJun: usb mic.
del, alee, norzu and lin: ta!
yasmin: yes, i am.
eh you pun january boy ker?
happy belated, bruv. many happy returns.
guess who turned 29 today? woo hoo! 🙂
errr….forget the last comment.
i forgot that we actually had a double bday celebration (of sorts) last year!
d’oh! happy bday to ya, too! eh luangkan masa and come to the GIG @ sheffield on 18.3.06. it’s a saturday.
Happy Birthday dude.
Nah, you’re not that old yet.
.lol.
thanks bruv, you’re too kind.
the gig? we’ll have to see. just promise to play “this is my heaven”. 🙂
dude, it is my duty to tell you about the sicket ‘tallica cover ever! check out: http://www.myspace.com/rodrigoygabriela
bloody ‘ell, mate. he’s even coming to the UK for some gigs!
dude ada dua orang lah!
gabriela kicks both our asses and then some! 🙂
saw them on tv playing “one” at glastonbury or something last year.
awesome, eh?
might check ’em out.
happy birthday bro… but its true size does not matter, its wat u do with it 🙂
dick analogy to age never sounded better 😉
really? no comments then. hehe. cheers, dude.
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