Marking off the years (on one calendar)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afunaToday is my chinese birthday. I didn't find out until just before dinner: because of the difference between the Gregorian calendar and the Chinese lunar calendar, my chinese birthday is not on the same day each year, so I have to rely on other people to tell me when this birthday is.
No celebration at all, though tomorrow (by coincidence), it's some sort of special day, so we get to eat sho wan ni, or however that's written, basically sticky rice balls with gritty sweet peanut filling.
Anyway, no cake or candles or anything, but I did find some leftover chocolate cake that had been sitting in the refrigerator for a while. I heated it up ten seconds in the microwave just for a change, and that rejuvenated... recumbent... revitalized... reMADE IT VERY GOOD. I may start heating more cake instead of eating it cold.
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the_cynic reminds me that in a week I'll actually be a quarter of a century old (on my "real" birthday). Somehow, that seems older than twenty-five. (Wow. I feel like I skipped years 22 through 24 somehow).
No celebration at all, though tomorrow (by coincidence), it's some sort of special day, so we get to eat sho wan ni, or however that's written, basically sticky rice balls with gritty sweet peanut filling.
Anyway, no cake or candles or anything, but I did find some leftover chocolate cake that had been sitting in the refrigerator for a while. I heated it up ten seconds in the microwave just for a change, and that rejuvenated... recumbent... revitalized... reMADE IT VERY GOOD. I may start heating more cake instead of eating it cold.
the_cynic reminds me that in a week I'll actually be a quarter of a century old (on my "real" birthday). Somehow, that seems older than twenty-five. (Wow. I feel like I skipped years 22 through 24 somehow).
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Date: 2010-02-27 03:16 pm (UTC)sho wan ni sounds absolutely delicious.
I will also be a quarter of a century next week! I've been debating starting a new tradition this year, of embracing and celebrating my birthday. I haven't actively celebrated since I was ten, sort of a combination of childhood attention-grabbing (look at me, I am abstaining!) and then, as I got older, modesty/not wanting to draw attention to myself. But I'm trying to cut down on my tendencies to be over-generous and not accept generosity from others in general, so maybe I'll start that with celebrating my birthday! No big plans, but I am going out to lunch tomorrow with a friend. It's a step in the right direction :-)
Happy birthday, and I hope your second quarter century is full of health and happiness.
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Date: 2010-02-28 02:19 pm (UTC)Happy birthday to you, too! Wishing you the best in pushing forward with a new tradition -- that's never easy, and whichever direction you choose to go, I hope you really really enjoy it!
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