Well, in a little over 5 hours plus, it will be 18 years to the day when I was born. Each birthday seems to pass in the blink of an eye, and the next one is here before you know it. I guess tomorrow will be something special, they always say 18 years marks a special date in your life right? Apart from the bonus of being able to buy duty free cigarettes and alcoholic beverages ( which I don't drink, and I don't intend to after trying it out this time last year), I feel melancholic about the entire thing. What does a 18th birthday mean amidst the humdrum existence of daily life, the unhappiness, the late nights, the little upsets and the little joys?
Perhaps it means the ability to share another passing year with family and friends, the knowledge that you have grown just that much taller and just that much wiser- and the quiet ability to take a step back from daily life and engage in a celebration..
So if I were to look back at this day years later, I would tell myself: Standing at the threshold of my future, a new and ultimately potential-laden experience!
And of course, capture the special mood of this moment worth 17 years and 364 days of life
