22 was the glory year of my life—not that perfect, but I achieved some of my goals in that year of age. So the fact that I had to finally moving on from my favorite age was kind of a sad thing. It felt like when I finally turned 23, I had to leave all the good things behind. I wasn't mentally prepared myself from that.
So I wasn't really feeling my 23 year old self on its first day. I woke up, I knew my family would give me the not-so-surprising surprise which they did. Then I just did my daily routine as the usual. I got some birthday messages from friends and family which were lesser and lesser as I'm getting older, but I knew life is all about gaining and losing, so it doesn't really matter.
But things got more exciting when I received a call from an unknown number at work. I never really accepted a call from stranger, so I rejected it. Then it sent me a message, said that it was from Gojek and someone sent me something. When I went downstairs to see who was this person, it turned out to be Chika— a really good friend of mine who I thought I was having a fight with, cause it had been ages since the last time she actually talked to me. She bought me a cake, I blew the candles, then I went back to work. Short surprise, but left a big impression on me.
I also got a surprise from my co-workers. It was kind of 'formality' in our office to make a birthday surprise for the workers, but I still felt blessed to celebrate my birthday with new people. I knew they were the people I gained in life this year.
I pretty much spent my first day of being 23 years old with them. (I hope I'd be able to spend the rest of my life with them too.)
This birthday probably went a little bit special because it was a start of something. It's not the time yet to talk about it, but I will when everything goes as I plan.
Until then.
I also got a surprise from my co-workers. It was kind of 'formality' in our office to make a birthday surprise for the workers, but I still felt blessed to celebrate my birthday with new people. I knew they were the people I gained in life this year.
The last surprise that I got of course from the Bintaro squad. I actually legit thought they wouldn't give me a surprise that day cause they had been so busy, so I had my expectation lower. I was ready to get some sleep when someone knocked on my window.
I pretty much spent my first day of being 23 years old with them. (I hope I'd be able to spend the rest of my life with them too.)
This birthday probably went a little bit special because it was a start of something. It's not the time yet to talk about it, but I will when everything goes as I plan.
Until then.
