Firstly, a big thank you to all those who remembered my birthday, especially those who got reminded via Friendster and sent me SMSes. A big thank you also to my family in CSA, especially Vanessa, who organised a birthday celebration after Mass last Wednesday, despite only finding out about my birthday late Tuesday night.

A huge thank you must also go out to those whom I shared Monday night with - to Jack, who organised it because it was as much his birthday celebration as it was mine; to Alvin, Wai, Alanna and Viv, who got me a fake Absolute Comics $20 voucher as well as the numerical equivalent in real cash (of course), which I’m bound to spend on comics anyway; to Greg and Mel who got me the next best thing to cash - a Kino voucher which I’m probably going to spend on a Marvel Comics Trade Paperback someday; and of course to Colin, who was a welcome face after not having met for so long.

Being 24 has been an odd sensation. On the one hand, you’re expected to display a certain level of maturity and a certain ‘grown-up’ attitude towards life. On the other hand, I definitely feel no different, and if nothing else, will probably end up pressuring myself to live up to what I believe people my age should act like.

Who’s to really say what being 24 is all about, anyway?