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07 Apr 2004

A Birthday Post

Wednesday  •  08:57 AM  •  538 words

Dear Self,

Happy birthday! I know you’re cursing under your breath to hear that but the day is still young and there’s still a chance for it to turn up to be a happy one, no matter how small the chance is. Try to be optimistic for a change. Someone might give you a nice present. Or even bake you a cake. Who knows.

I’m so impressed that you’ve lived this long. For someone who lives on dreaming of things that she wishes would happen to her but never seem to happen for real, who spends at least 6 days a week in front of her computer because she’s always too broke to go out, you’re not doing too badly at all. Way to go!

I’m glad that you have the trip to look forward to right now. I know you’re thinking, “After the trip then what?” Well, after the trip, you’ll go back to your life before the trip, which is not really much of a life, but that’s all you’ve got and you’re supposed to cherish it. Yeah, I hear you. Bullshit. You’re allowed to say that. After all, it’s your birthday!

Life sucks, doesn’t it? But you’ve got to hang on. Just grab anything you can hold on to. Don’t be too picky. Life might get better. I wish I could promise you that it will get better, but I can’t. All I can say is it might get better and you have to keep afloat so you could find out. Of course something that might get better, might also get worse. That’s just the way it is.

The thing about life is, you’ll never know what’s going to happen. Just keep thinking what you’re thinking, that you have to go through so much crap because one day, when you’re happy, you’ll be happy forever. There’ll be no more crap for you because you’ve been through it all. Wouldn’t it be nice?

I wish I could buy you a present, but, as we both know, we’re broke. If there’s still some flour in the kitchen, you can always bake yourself a cake. You know you’re good at cake baking.

Hey, remember when mum ordered a special birthday meal package from a caterer for you two years ago? That was good, wasn’t it? She was already bedridden the next year. And now she’s no more. Birthday is certainly different without her. But I’m sure she’s wishing you a happy birthday from wherever she is right now. She always wanted you to be happy.

It’s okay to cry. Just cry as hard as you can. It’ll make you feel better. Of course you can always wait until father delivers his “you’ve been a bad girl” lecture. That way you won’t have to cry twice. It would save you a lot of energy.

Now get off the computer, go downstairs, and face the evil father. After that, your birthday will be practically over. Remember that I love you just as you are, no matter what your father says. Take care of yourself. Life might get better.

Love,

Me

PS. See? No preaching from father! Only a 5 dollar bill. That’s quite an improvement from last year, don’t you think?

Quacks on A Birthday Post

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zee  •  Apr 7  •  09:46 AM

Happy Birthday, Firda!
I won’t say much… but here goes a hug with as much warm, healing, and loving energy as I can send. :o)

Troy  •  Apr 7  •  10:05 AM

Happy Birthday. I hope you get my gift in the mail soon.

snowflakes  •  Apr 7  •  10:06 AM

Happy Birthdayyyy!! :)
Dont be too sad, dont get too focus on the bad things.. I wish I could have your trips :P

Harris  •  Apr 7  •  12:31 PM

Happy Birthday, Firda!!!

Here’s wishing you all the best on your own special day.

chugs  •  Apr 7  •  01:25 PM

Happy Birthday !!

Hed  •  Apr 7  •  01:40 PM

Happy birthday!

-H

Mark  •  Apr 7  •  01:54 PM

I stumbled upon your site and just wanted to offer a kind word and wish you a happy birthday. To change your world all you have to do is change your mind. ;-)

Samuel  •  Apr 7  •  03:42 PM

Happy birthday !!!

I pray for you to GOD that HE will give you happiness on your birthday.

Cheer up.…

Neil T.  •  Apr 7  •  04:00 PM

Happy birthday!

sarcosos  •  Apr 7  •  05:39 PM

Perky anniversary!

sisil  •  Apr 7  •  06:38 PM

Singing: “… Selamat panjang umur dan bahagia”

Happy birthday!

Chris  •  Apr 7  •  07:20 PM

Hi,

I happened upon your site today from a Google search and seeing it’s your birthday, I decided to leave a HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish.

Hope it’s a good one :)

Hanni  •  Apr 7  •  07:21 PM

Happy Birthday Firda!
I hope that things are better soon.

rebecca  •  Apr 7  •  07:35 PM

happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Siri  •  Apr 7  •  08:22 PM

I hope you will have a happy birthday, you deserve one…

Susanna  •  Apr 7  •  09:45 PM

Happy Birthday!!

Chris  •  Apr 8  •  12:04 AM

Hope you’re having a terrific birthday, Firda.

Best,
Chris

Penny  •  Apr 8  •  12:13 AM

Happy Birthday Firda!

…my favorite ‘down’ thing to affirm to myself is.…one foot in front of the other (repeat as often as necessary).
~P

chartoo  •  Apr 8  •  12:20 AM

Cheers! ;-)

avianto  •  Apr 8  •  01:11 AM

happy birthday, Firda!… whoa, we are only a couple of days separated… may you have a great future ahead.

theresa  •  Apr 8  •  02:50 AM

Happy Birthday Firda!

Protty  •  Apr 8  •  04:35 AM

Happy birthday Firda!!!

I’m Protty, the italian dwarf rabbit of http://www.protty.it/
(with your layout in home page :-)

(a short english translation: http://www.protty.it/american_protty.htm)

I think that the first idea was better than the second (a living rabbit as a case modification…).

The first was a very good idea:

“a rabbit for my birthday after seeing some sad-looking ones in a pet shop. I thought if I owned one, I’d be able to make it a happy bunny”.
We rabbits can give happiness to the humans, maybe more of the computers. ;-)

Hey, my birthday will be on 27/04!

Thomas  •  Apr 8  •  06:48 AM

happy birthday!

webjones  •  Apr 8  •  10:08 AM

Samual Adams and I wish you the happiest of birthdays - and many happy returns.

Krista  •  Apr 8  •  11:40 AM

Hi! I just stumbled upon your blog as well and seeing that its your birthday… Well, happy birthday!

gerry leo nugroho  •  Apr 10  •  12:31 AM

Wishing you a very happy b’day firda…!!!

Jordan  •  Apr 10  •  09:41 AM

Happy belated birthday, Ms. F!

Mark  •  Apr 11  •  06:59 PM

Many happy belated returns, Firda

Pierre Dechery  •  Apr 21  •  06:39 PM

Hi Firda,

Well, happy birhday in the first place! I hope you can see those better days, though I know how difficult it is to see the outside world in a better way. Sorry for my english, I´m brazilian.

Maybe you´ll be a little happier knowing that I consider your blog a Webdesign and CSS masterpiece. Since I discovered it, a couple of weeks ago, I´m having a quite hard work trying to learn its code, and, in the meantime, inviting everyone around to visit it, and see its beauty. Its beatifull!

I´ll be reading more stuff here, so keep on doing it, and have fun!

My best wishes,

Pierre

P.S. : Maybe you would like to visit my site, www.pierredz.net. I mention this blog somewhere in it.

uyet  •  Apr 26  •  03:04 AM

Happy Belated B’day Mba Firda… wish u all the joy, happiness and success always *hugs* and met kenal juga :)

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