On August twenty-three years ago, I was born into this cruel world. Yep, I had my birthday a while ago and wow, frikin twenty-three years old already. Where has the time went off? Just like any previous birthdays, I spent it far away from home as well as my significant other. First person that wished me happy birthday is this loving person that I been with for almost five years. He sent me bunch of messages and promised to spoil me with stuff that he knows I love the most, books! We never had cakes on our birthdays (maybe he has), so there is no such thing as blowing candles etc. And I don’t mind at all.
Once I got up, I turned on my laptop to continue my sweet-thesis-paper because it is almost the dateline to hand them in again. I worked on my thesis for about three hours and finally got them done at 9.30 AM and handed them in half an hour afterwards to my advisors.
Actually, I had no plans for the day, but since it was my birthday, I think it would be just fair if I spoiled myself. Self-love is important, right? First thing that I got in mind was ordering myself a food. Cos Hunny, I’m starving! After giving myself time to think what to get, I finally decided to try a dish from this nearby restaurant. I ordered a chicken salted egg rice bowl with sambal matah. I’m really impressed with myself to take such a decision cos it was super good and my belly was uberrr happey! Yay!
Next thing that I did to celebrate my own birthday was heading off to this nearby coffee shop. It really is that close even I can reach it on foot. I brought my laptop, a journal, and also a book that I’m currently reading. When I arrived, it’s still quiet, as always. Then I went to the bar to order coffee. The barista told me there is a promotion for single origin coffee. Basically, you only need to pay 1ok to get a single origin coffee of your choice. I never tried this kind of coffee before, so I think it would be fun to try another new stuff on my birthday. I said yes to the promotion and chose Papua Yahukimo beans along with Pisang Goreng as my birthday cake.
I spent my birthday all alone without bragging about it on the online world. There were only few people who wished me happy birthday, only closest ones. I am not hating on those who didn’t remember my birthday, cos it’s not always all about me in this world. We still friends, nonetheless. Birthday is just another normal day in life, so it is not really a big deal.
If you think that spending a birthday alone is miserable, it is not! Not at all, really. I’m quite happy to be able to have time to myself on my so-called-special-day. It allows me to reflect about many things in life. What had happened, what is currently happening, and also what might happen in the future.
With Love,
A x
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