AN ADIEU TO MY 26TH AND THE CURSE OF MY 27TH

Someone once predicted that after the age of 27 and I am not married I will be single for the rest of my life. On the other hand, someone also said that I wouldn't live past the age of 27...

So therefore, I have one year to settle down, get married, explore the world, have kids, write my last will and plan for my retirement. In short, I'm doomed. lol. But oh well, there's always a twist to every curse, like it always does in movies and stories. Even if my life is most definitely not a movie, in real life there's always a PLAN B and FAITH always wins. :)

Here's to my 26th.. it has been one hell of a roller coaster ride. But to every failure there is a new beginning, to every pain there is compassion, to every heartbreak there is love, to every anger there is an understanding, to every tear shed there is forgiveness and to every defeat there is hope.

As I am about to flip the book of my life to the 27th page, I face it with a new beginning full of compassion, love, understanding, forgiveness and hope. Taking every single lesson 26th has taught me.

I don't need the lyrics of a song or poetry to help me feel, I don't need my parents to make things right, I don't need my friends to make me feel better, I don't need a man to complete me. All I need is the courage of conviction, an indestructible and unwavering faith plus the luxury of having family and friends who despite of my flaws and fickleness, loves me and accepts me just as I am.

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To all the people who mattered, who once mattered, who will matter and who will always matter I THANK YOU for your most unfathomable loyalty, love, compassion, and respect, which has given my life the color and the luster that has made my existence worthwhile.

Muchas Gracias, Merci beaucoup, Grazie mille, Domo arigatogozaimashita, Xiexie,
Maraming Salamat po.

Here's to the last moments of my 26th.

Fare thee well and good riddance, you have taught me adeptly. :)

Here's to family, friendships, love, has beens's, meant to be's, liars, haters, broken hearts, what-ifs, deception, self-doubt, prince charmings, happily ever afters, courage, faith, hope, trust and pixie dust. :)

...and the end of all curses. Past, present and future casted.

Here's to my auld lang syne and more. CHEERS!