B I R T H D A Y

What does this word means to you… or affect you? beside it makes you wiser than yesterday.

Birthday can mean everything and may not to some people, but one thing for sure… it is a very special day to me.

Spend an hour or two to be with yourself and think what have you done or given yourself the last one year… did you treat yourself good? did you appreciate yourself?

Talking about celebration….what do you normally do during this special day. Whether you are alone or with someone special, you should celebrate this day. Celebrate doesn’t mean it should be a big one… depends on what makes you happy. It can be as simple as go for a movie or go for a vacation.
When you are busy celebrating your bid day, just remember to… perhaps…thanks to someone up there who give you another day to live.

What to Give in Return

What would you do when your friends, colleagues or anybody have given something (in a form of gift, cash or anything) during an occasion you are celebrating?

When come to think about this, I realize that some people seem not to take this matter seriously. From my experience, they (the receiver) just receive with wide-open hand without having to crack their head what to give in return.

We (the giver), actually do not ask for anything in return, but for a courtesy sake, can't the receiver just acknowledge it by giving back something practical that makes everybody happy - rather than giving a thing (you should know well) that some people will not appreciate. I'm surprised that some people out there, after having mixed around with so many people from different background (you readers should know who I mean) still couldn't think of what practical and what not to give in return.

In my opinion, the simplest thing to give in return is food - but remember, not anykind of food. The best would be either cake or chocolate. Open your mind and think, do these cake and chocholate really cost you a fortune (unless you are buying it from the Loaf?? MO?? or Shang?? - I don't think these places (MO/Shang) will hole your pocket for a whole cake). Try to put yourself in the giver's shoe. Don't you want to have something good?

Well, different people have different piece of mind. To me "try to be as far more practical as possible" because it is not that the giver is asking something in return but we as a receiver want to feel good and happy when we know that the giver feels good and happy to receive our returns - aka "win-win situation".

Just take a minute or two of your precious time to give this matter a thought.

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