There are few subtle signs that your youth is slowly slipping away. It doesn't make you automatically old; it only means that your priorities in life are changing and that things that seem very important to you before seem less. Errr yes, that translates you you getting old (retracting my previous statement).
I have crossed the threshold of youth and maturity. Though I didn't cry (like Zaw and Tepi did when they heard What's Up by the 4 Non-blondes, the official I'm-25-and-nothing's-going-on-with-my-life-yet song), I felt a pang of sadness as I am indeed leaving a lot of fun things behind. I will be turning 26 on November, an age that makes me feel so old when I am with my students. Yet it is an age which my classmates at the center would regard as too young. An age in limbo where society doesn't necessarily dictate what you should do except perhaps hold a job. Some would suggest you have to settle down soon and some would suggest to have more stability first before jumping into marriage. Some would suggest you pursue your chosen profession and some would suggest you still have time to change directions if you want too. There are many more suggestions, I for one, don't even dare to pay even a little attention to. For now, I'm satisfied with my growth and how I am maturing (without sounding self-patronizing) rather gracefully.
I know I'm getting older because I can spend a Saturday night at home without any booze and yet not feel sorry for myself. It would have killed me when I was younger. I know I'm getting older because I don't mind jogging in a new subdivision quite a short distance from my house by myself. I know I'm getting older when I can listen to and talk about sex as casually as talking about the weather without blushing and getting wide-eyed. I'm getting older because I don't relate quite well with new singers and new songs and don't feel left out in the process as well. And perhaps, for now, I don't mind getting old at all. I've seen a lot of good and bad in my quarter-century of a lifetime. And I know, for sure, the best is yet to come.
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3 years ago
4 comments:
OMG! haha me too dol.
Di na ako muna ka updated sa local and foreign showbusiness. Grabe sang una dapat ako gd na una sa balita.
I don't like taking pictures of my self anymore.
and naga-init na ang ulo ko when I see my cousins or friends sa jibao-an nga younger sa akon nga all they di is post their annoying faces on facebook. mayo lang kay may hide button.
I guess, 26 is the time nga pwede ka pa gd ka change sang career path mo dol. ambot ni...
grabe gd. nainit ko gne kay subong grab na gd ko ka palabasa.. as in.. matapos ko ang isa ka novel in three days nga sang una is 3 months ko matapos. LOL nainit ko gne nga dapat sang una pa lang sa library naga hinulam na ako books.
you get to enjoy life's simple pleasures na gd dol. maski nga makatilaw ka manamit nga kape sa aga.. okay na.. it's actually nice growing up dol.. ang law-ay lang is ang age bla aw.. pero ang growing up gd ya.. manami.. naga babaw ang panulukan ko sa mga younger generations.. daw ka superficial na gd sang kabuhi nila.. haha
o sya malawig na ini.
halong
baw kalawig man gd dol ha...pwede na xa isa ka blog entry tani...hehe...cge icontinue ta d ang secret world ta sa blogs... haha
dol kanugon pde pni tani isa kblog entry mo gd... lolz
you can die now.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
FYI, i didn't cry no. i was singing the song. lol
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