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I Am Now 22 And More To Come

24 May, 2009 | 22 comments | Published under Blog | 261 views

Young John Raul As I write this I’m listening to Adam Lambert’s rendition of Gary Jules’ Mad World on YouTube. The song is nice, soothing and sad – and if my good friend Tom would listen to it, he might add it on his "Freezer Tunes" playlist. :)

Now to the gist: the clock just hit 12:00 AM! Drum rolls…I’m officially 22 years old! But whoa, the memory of my 20th birthday is still very fresh in my mind. Time flies, huh? It does.

Speaking of which, this year’s birthday is probably one the simplest natal day that I ever have. I don’t have plans of what to do today: don’t have any money to go/hang out or start a celebration and I’m clueless if my parents are going to do something special because they just spent a good amount of money recently from their modest income to send my two brothers in college this year – one of them is a senior college student and the other one a freshman. Anyway, who knows? I might get a surprise! However, it’s a thing I’d less expect. Life goes on.

However, despite the drought of celebration (I’m thinking about eating  my favorite chicken curry with lots of potatoes, fruit salad, etc), I’m happy because I got plenty of greetings and blessings from my online friends. Brad of Tech Webcast, for instance, sponsored a condenser microphone to help improve my tech news show, Tech Conclave. Hopefully when it arrives, I’ll be able to use it for the upcoming episodes.

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I’m taking Tech Conclave (and all the other shows that I participate or co-host with) seriously because I believe that it brings a lot hope in realizing my dreams, helping my family, finding new friends, and reaching places that I can only think about for now – as well as meeting that special person dearest to my heart and rather one of the reasons why the show exists and I put so much effort into it. I’m also thinking of recording my karaoke songs and hopefully they’ll sound good enough for me to be able to share to the world. lol

My wish this year is that I hope my family’s health will remain stable and good, that all the relationships and things I’m involved with will improve, and I wish that the global recession will end so that I’ll not be choked anymore with all the bills and I will have more freedom. I don’t want to stuck here forever and I’m looking forward to reaching new places.

To myself: happy 22nd birthday! Thanks for being so productive, objective, dutiful, and persevering and hopefully one day you’ll find what you’re looking for. Everything that you do is a legacy that will remain in me.

22 Comments »


MacBros
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Happy Birthday John! Hope you have a great time. Maybe you’ll get a surprise.

When you get older, these things won’t matter to you as much. LOL


John Raul Joven II
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@MacBros

Yeah I agree John! (I just want to eat chicken curry :P at least on this day).

Thanks for your greetings and for being mindful of me on this day.


brad
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@john happy birthday mate hope you have great day thank for your hard work you have done for me thanks for being tech webcast be fun and there more to come


Alfred
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22 is not an important birthday. 20, 21… those are a big deal, but 22 is the beginning of apathetic birthdays. The best thing about being 22 is that when someone asks your age you can do a double peace sign and give an obnoxious smile like a Japanese tourist getting a picture taken.


Charly
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Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Jooohn!! Happy birthday to you!!! Keep up the great work!


prince2 training
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Mad world is also my favorite song. I couldn’t help but quote “the dreams in which I am dying are the best I ever had”, so sad. The true happiness can only be found from sadness.


emo
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Happy Birthday John and thanks for useful info, keep posting.

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