Oct 9, 2010

not growing up?


i'll be 21 tomorrow... am happy and quite confused. is my being 21 mean that i have to be this responsible and mature person? i mean, we live in a world where perception of us means a lot and i just am not confident enough that i'll be able to act the way they want me to. don't get me wrong... in my own universe, i know i am a mature person... in a twisted kind of way. i don't always know what's right from wrong, but i know when to say sorry and when to stand my ground. i am a bit spoiled but i have learned to share my blessings. sometimes i can be emotional but... well, i don't care. haha. i guess what i'm trying to say is that i'm not sure if i can be the guy that they all expect me to be, but what i know is that i try my best to be the best guy that i know i can be. you can't pressure a guy, or any person for that matter, to be a certain type at a certain age. all these pressure nonsense about growing up is all crap. so to all of you people who expect men of maturity by 21, sorry for the disappointment. afterall, growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional! or something to that effect...

photo taken from http://www.explodingdog.com/title/growingupisaggoodthingtodo.html

12 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy! This is your day par!

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  2. @mokong bukas pa parekoy pero salamat. ang aga mo. hehe.

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  3. Happy Birthday!!

    I "hate" growing up coz growing up means being more responsible & that's not what most of us want to do haha frigg if being a bum will help me pay my bills then I'd be a bum forever! jk

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  4. Happy bday parekoy! sana nandun ka sa Blogger's EB bukas para matreat mo kami ahahaha...

    Tanda mo na...lol...

    Ingat!

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  5. Happy bday brader! Salamat sa picture greeting ang pogi mo pala ahahaha.

    You're just 21?! There are a lot of good things that will come your way, so just enjoy the moment and just be happy okay! Happy Bday again to you...

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  6. Growing up is a choice- and living with other people's expectation is not really good.. It will ruin your life, career and many more.. You can't think for yourself, you have to regard everything from them, waiting for them to decide on what is good for you, even though you know that you can decide for your self.. Living in this world doesn't always mean we have to ask permission of the perception that we have should be from the people we rely on. I would be gad if you could come up some great lesson from this comment. I am 13 years old, when i started to be independent, not knowing how hard it would take for me, still i strive to learned from everything i needed to, it's been 7 years now, my journey in this world is such an awesome thing to have. Admittedly you will face ups and downs, but that's a part of our lives, if you cannot face it, then probably you are dead.. thanks man!

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  7. hapi beer-day, papasara ba ang session rd?

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  8. @emmaleigh haha. sign me up for that job :P

    @jag sorry parekoy. siyempre birthday ko kaya hindi ako nakapunta. bakit naman kasi tinaon pa talaga na eksaktong araw ng birthday ko? hmpft! ang daya!

    @jepoy salamat parekoy! sabi sayo eh, lahat ng pinanganak ng october mga pogi! nyahaha. salamat sa greeting idol :P

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  9. @tim wow... ang haba! parang nobela! haha. pero sasagutin ko yan para sayo parekoy. you being 13 years old and learning to be independent is exactly what i meant when i wrote this post. it is the fact that being a certain age doesn't get you the maturity that is expected of you but it is the circumstance, the experience that makes a boy turn into a man. some, like yourself, find maturity at a young age because the circumstance requires them to act a certain way. me, being the "pampered kid," isn't as fortunate as yourself to be able to face the circumstance to make me act as to what is socially perceived as maturity. don't get me wrong, i've had my fair share of hardships in life but i thin i don't have that defining moment yet. i guess what i'm really trying to say is that, in short terms, to each his own. no one should impose a person to act a certain way because of his age, but rather let the individual experience life and learn maturity according to how he reacts to the circumstance given to him and at his own pace. sana naliwanagan ka kasi ako parang nalito! nyahaha. kung nalilito ka pa rin, pagusapan natin to ng masinsinan! hehe. by the way, i hope i can be as mature as you are one day.

    @imriz wala akong permit eh. di bale, maluwang naman ang bahay, kasya lahat ng bisita! hehe

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  10. age is just a number! HAHA Old enough to know better but too young to care.

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  11. maligayang kaarawan oktubre pa rin naman eh =) hihihi

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  12. Grow up, so that your mind can grow too.. not much to be childish.. nice blog

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