December Birthday Blues

All you December babies please stand up!

My birthday is coming. It's actually on Christmas eve's eve. Yup 23 Dec. Like, tomorrow. I like the fact that somewhere it may be snowing, somewhere except Malaysia.

I have a love hate relationship with my month of birth.

Hate

• Christmas. How am I suppose to compete with Jesus Christ! He's like the cool kid where everyone celebrates his Birthday. 
• Holidays. In many classes around the world, when it's your birthday or even the month of your birthday. The teacher would gather all the birthday babies in a row and the whole class would sing. If you're really lucky there would be cake! But not for December  babies. School here is on a month long break, right smack on December. And every friends family has vacation planed.
• 2 in 1 presents. I feel swindled. "Since your birthday is near so I'll give you one. 2 in 1." That is, if they remember your birthday when the school re opens. Probably not because then the limelight would be on the January babies.

But I'm not that dark. There is always silver lining when you look hard enough.

Love

• Magical time of the year. Everyone is cheery and nicer even though the weather in Malaysia is still hot humid and wet.
• Everyone is happy. Holiday seasons tend to do that. And the year end bonuses is a perfect cherry on the cake. 
• Somewhere it's snowing. Someday I want to celebrate my birthday in the snow. I missed the chance several years back when I was in Nagoya. The day I left Midori-ku was the day it snowed as I was told by my host mom. 
• I still have my family. My most memorable birthday was my 12th where I had a decent party and 3 of my friends came. But there was cake, mee hoon goreng and sparkling juice. Woohoo! Quite the party right? And my 21st Birthday. Most Malaysian girls get a key symbol in the form of a necklace or earrings as a sign of freedom. I got an oven. I was genuinely happy as it was a gift I wanted. Screw symbolism, give me something I can use.
• Family dinners. It's quite Malaysian Chinese of us. Any celebrations? We eat!

I was never the cool kid whom every one scrambles to wish Happy Birthday or the sweet young thing  that receives tonnes of presents from her suitors. I was the quite girl who stood in the corner and sang along to someone else birthday all the while too shy to wish anyone or too socially inept to find a good gift so I don't give any. Sure, now I'm more vocal but Birthday is still a touchy subject for me. 

So here I am wishing my self Happy Birthday and clicking online for the next birthday gift for my self. As I prepare for dinner with the family.

So here's a toast to us December babies. Happy Birthday to us all! *clink*

P/S: What is you Christmas/Birthday wish this year? Do share in the comments bellow ^^