21 years on earth.
Not very long to leave a legacy, but not too short to leave a footprint on someone's life.

Turning 21, as I expected, wasn't anything spectacular.
No falling confetti. No fireworks. No sudden epiphany.
But turning 21 got me thinking about what I have done in my life, what I have been doing and I should do. So, did I manage to leave good foodprints in other people's life?

I hope so.
Well, people come and go in different seasons of my life.
But I hope to see people come, and not go at all.

I was reading today's Sunday Times and there was a short excerpt of a diary of a man whose mother chose euthanasia as a way to die as she was at the last stage of cancer. The whole family had to cope with her planned death.
It gripped me so much because for now, I have yet to go through a major death in my family. I began thinking about it and I was overwhelmed by a sudden wave of sadness. It wasn't a nice feeling.

Turning 21 probably means I have to be mature now to go through such things.
As a Christian, I believe death is just a temporal separation (because all of family members are Christian, including both my grandmothers) and we'll all reunite again when we go back to heaven. But then again, because we are humans, and we are given emotions, we cannot help but grieve.

Deaths in the family are unavoidable, but can it not come too soon?
I'm only 21!

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Being 21 also means, I get "adult" stuff.
Ok, no dirty thoughts.

"Adult" stuff means I get branded goods - entities that are far from reach for poor undergraduates like me.
But for my birthday, Johnson kor and Stacy jiejie (his wife) got me a Kate Spade bag!!! Imagine my surprise!
When I opened my present, I was like... WHOA!
Uncle Stephen and Aunty Susan got me a Swarovski crystal 'key-and-lock' necklace. Very pretty.
I got plenty of fantastic gifts!

Heehee. I shall blog more about my birthday gathering soon, when I get the pictures.
God gave me good weather throughout, until after I cut my cake, then came SHOWERS of blessing! Still, I'm thankful that it didn't rain before that.

Turning 21 is an experience that all of us should have :)