Jun 28, 2007 20:04
I am having a happy birthday and I think the biggest reason is that I spent the whole day working. I believe this is the first birthday in many years that I'm actually engaged in some useful activity, and I find it to be very invigorating. I was working so hard and so absorbed in what I was doing that I quite forgot that it was my birthday. Only when Ivan and the cast managed to surprise me with a card and a cake in the middle of one of the scenes we were rehearsing was I suddenly reminded( with a pleasant jolt) that I am turning, have turned 36. It was really rather brilliant of them, and made what is usually a mawkish moment quite wonderful and heartwarming.
I always make it a point NOT to celebrate my birthday. But when Selena called and wanted to meet after her rehearsal, and when Glen and Tommy wanted to buy me dinner, I didn't say no. It would be silly of me to refuse all invitations, not answer SMS's and hide away in Boon Lay. Why, people might think that I actually mind turning the big 3-6. As a matter of fact, growing older has been a pleasure for the past few years especially. I suppose that sooner or later I will begin to dread aging, but in the meantime, I will continue to enjoy and look forward to the benefits of maturing, of gaining in confidence, and hopefully, wisdom.