24

I've always loved the number 13. I love the fact that it's unpopular, that it's "cursed", that people ask me. "Why would you pick that number?" whenever i insist on the number 13 on my jersey. Other numbers just don't seem as appealing. I swear i play better with the number on my back. I love the number so much that when people ask me what type of tattoo i want, it's a toss up between a Man U logo and the number 13. Prolly the only two constant loves in my life. I mean other than family and all that kinda stuff.

Main reason for loving the number? It so happens that my birthday is on April the 13th. Which in a really roundabout way brings me to my point that i turned 24 recently. On April the 13th. This year i celebrated my birthday by getting a last minute "invite" (order) to fly down to KL to participate in a company marketing thing. That was on my birthday eve. So i figured okay, maybe i can meet up with a few friends and celebrate a little.

Which we did, at a coffee place with a slice of cake. I guess the days when we drank (and puked) our livers out are over. I think the days of the big birthday parties are over for me. Which is not to say i don't like to hang loose sometimes. Just not all the time la. Let the younger generation paint the street roads and drains. I know i've contributed my fair share.

So once that brief celebration was over, went over to the marketing the next day and found out it's a job i have to commit to for 4 friggin months! Awesome birthday present, "company's name". So then spent the whole day in a conference room before rushing off to the airport for flight back to Penang. Awesome birthday or what.

So how does it feel to be 24? When i've been back the past week or so my coach and 2 of my mom's friends have observed that i'm "fatter already", went for basketball training after months and my thighs started to sore after 25 sit ups and 2 sprints, and people always mistaken my older brother as the younger one. So how do you think i feel?

In spite of all that, i've got plenty to learn. If one thing working life has taught me, it's that experience trumps brains. At least that's what i think. Unless you're me, then you've got neither experience nor brains. Well at least i'll always have one thing that's always on the up.

My age.