Birthday Reflections 2025

 Lol, same as last year, I’ve remembered to start my Birthday Reflections for the year   two days before my actual birthday so I’m at least maintaining my organisational skills; go me! XD

I’ve tried my hardest to enjoy this year, because when I turn one year older come Thursday, I’ll officially be in my late thirties! Being thirty-seven last year I could get by with saying that I was in my mid-late thirties but once you reach thirty-eight, you’re   definitely in your *late* thirties … XD

Living the disabled life seriously sucks, but what can I do but wake up and face the new day as positively as I can? Unsure why mother’s so bloody DETERMINED to   brand me a negative person, but hey. Positive people say  that the glass is half  full while negative people say  that the glass is half empty but I’ve only  ever just  said that’s half a glass. What does that make me, practical?

Several years ago, some random   church uncle urged mother to take me to see a psychiatrist and get me drugged up. I didn’t mind, but asked the psychiatrist   could he not please not put me on   anything that makes me dull and unresponsive?  I’d rather keep my wits about me, thank-you very much. The psychiatrist put me on some mood stabilising drug and later on some anti-depressant even though I’m not clinically depressed. When I pointed that out to him, he replied nah, it’s for anxiety. Just curious: are all anxious people put on anti-depressants too/has someone created an anti-anxiety drug? Only the psychiatrist moved really faraway   and mother wasn’t confident with driving me so far to see him so she   demanded my GP find me a closer psychiatrist. I didn’t mind, and am actually quite content to sit in the swivel seat and turn myself around while mother disses me like I’m the spawn of Satan, but apparently mother doesn’t like her coz she defended me once while mother was dissing me? Personally, I’m not fussed:  I just take it all like water off a duck’s back. XD Actually, mother doesn’t like this psychiatrist coz she defended me after she majorly dissed me; I’m not fussed: if mother wants to find some new psychiatrist to keep me   drugged up, that’s her choice. I’ll just ask not to be put on anything that makes me dull and unresponsive since I’d rather keep my wits   about me.  Actually, I’ve been told I   get rather dull and unresponsive during Winter. XD I can’t help it: I   HATES the cold! So send me your warmest thoughts, please~ XD Else take me out for the Winter equivalent of shaved ice; um, black sesame dessert soup?

 

 

Would love to stop being a burden on society and rather actually contribute to society by getting a paid job but that’s unfortunately not looking likely coz I’ve not got any formal qualifications but am unfit for study since I   suffer from memory loss post brain-injury. I’ve only got one functioning hand with which to type with and do so at 31WPM. Willing to do ANYTHING as long as (1) I   can do it whilst seated and (2) it gets me properly paid. Somebody please help me find paid work!

Mostly I’m just grateful that I’ve not got blasted physio (the bane of my existence XD) on my birthday, even though I’ve got it the day after … *sigh* There’s really no   rest for the weary …

But hoping the cold season will come and go quickly and I’m looking forward to celebrating my birthday for the whole MONTH, especially since the vet for my two fluffy unicorns has planned a trip to    Australia Zoo with me near the end of the month!

Hmm … I’m not really a reflective person, you might say … just contact me for a meal catchup! XD

Next post here … lol, I lead a boring life and don’t really   have much to write about … you may not hear from me again until December arrives and I pen (well, type XD) a Christmas wishlist for Santa!

Anyways, until then~

Cheers,
Em.  ^^

 

 

Birthday Wishlist 2025

 Let the monthlong celebration begin! :D

Hmm … I vaguely recall that was how I started my Birthday Wishlist post last year too; too bad, I’m repetitive like that. Call it one of the many disabilities I’ve been left with post this stupid brain injury and feel free to stop reading and spend your time on sth else more interesting instead. Actually, not until you’ve got me a birthday present first! XD Here’s what I’m after this year:

(1)               Books – books will always be the first thing I’ll ask for. I’ve always been an avid reader; despite the blasted brain injury leaving me such a shamefully slow reader I’ve always loved reading books ever since I learnt to read and I’ll be damned before I let the cruel and unfaithful God take away my love of reading too because hasn’t He, in His infinite cruelty, taken away enough already?? >< My favourite genres are fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction but I’m willing to give anything bar Mills and Boon a try. XD

(2)               Minions – everyone who knows me even slightly should know that I can’t get enough of these little fellas! I mean, they’re yellow, jellybean-shaped  and oh-so-stupid that they’re simply incapable of being evil no matter how hard they try; what’s not to love about them?? More minions please – banana!! :D

(3)               Singapore trip – this can be the expensive thing I’m asking for. In wish lists  past I’ve tried  asking for an outdoors electric wheelchair since I’ve not been back  to Hong Kong for more than one DECADE and that’s practically what I want to do more than *anything*: go back and visit all my beloved family and awesome friends but have had  to forego asking for one  since I actually had one OFFERED to  me for FREE only for mother to turn it down since she said she wasn’t physically strong enough to bend down and help me with things! >< Grr I can’t explain how frustrated that makes me when I try so fricking hard every day to do the things that you take for granted but you won’t even help me out a little each day just so that I can see all my beloved family and awesome friends in HK! >< But the reasons why I wanna visit Singapore: (1) I’ve only been there once, back in 2005, just over two DECADES ago when I first graduated high school and (2) last month Singapore just opened a MINIONS WORLD and it’s wheelchair-accessible! This obviously relates to my second wishlist item asking for more minions; visiting   Singapore again and holidaying @ MINIONS WORLD would be outta this world!!! Also, you can get iced MILO and iced LEMON TEA from Singapore @ Macca’s; surely that’s another reason for a Singapore trip!!

(4)               Kit Kat cereal – here’s the food item in my wishlist; I believe all wish lists should contain @ least one food item! Mother usually has me eating healthy cereal like Weet-Bix and All-Bran and I used to  ask for  a  box of Frosties/a pack  of fun cereal (think that’s what they call the little singe serve of boxes of Coco Pops, Fruit Loops, etc.) but  while I was grocery shopping with a carer earlier this year I saw that  Kit Kat now comes in CEREAL format and I want to try one because obviously, chocolate  cereal can’t  be wrong!! XD

(5)               Pet – yes, I will forever be horribly guilty of the manslaughter of poor Silver and Bronze (the two goldfish Pole’s family got for me back for my 21^st birthday in 2008); how was I to know that goldfish are so pathetic that they require a heater in their fishtank during Winter lest they freeze to death and perish?? But it’s been over 1.5 DECADES since they perished and surely, I can be trusted with live pets again?? Just make sure the fishtank comes with a heater, please! Else Luke MacCourt, will I EVER receive my pet rock from you?! When you first told me about them, I thought you were pulling my leg about them, that pet rocks and drop bears are cousins but when I got home I randomly googled ‘pet rocks’ and literally discovered webpages about them! Like, they don’t require food and water like live pets might but you can give them like different surfaces to rest on! Luke, I realise you’re busy being a dad and all; your own dad has told me how you’ve made a start on my pet rock and painted it yellow (in homage to the Minions <3) so hurry up and bring me my new pet!! XD

(6)               Teddy – all my teddies are loved and all are named (even though one’s called John Doe and the other John Doe2 XD) but I’m always after more teddies! Bears are the original teddy but I’ve got exotic ones like a soft toy PEARL MILK TEA and last Christmas a friend gifted me a little DRAGON teddy so I’m always after more to add to my teddy family! My poor writers group gets sick of me writing stories about them. XD

(7)               Cake – trouble over getting birthday cake has been a long struggle. My current life motto’s eat more cake: fat people are harder to kidnap. XD Back when I turned thirty, I’d asked mother could I please buy a birthday cake only for her to IMMEDIATELY snap back, “No way!  I didn’t get cake for my last birthday, so why should you?!” I had to explain that the 30^th birthday wasn’t just any old birthday but a special DECADE birthday and she couldn’t jolly well deny me cake!!  >< In the end? Mother lemme buy one little *slice* of cake. Were it not for friends who understood the importance of special decade birthdays and the need for cake, I’d have missed out entirely! O_o ><

When the next year approached, after making sure mother had cake for her birthday I tried asking politely again: please can I have a birthday cake?  Mother refuses because she says she’s gonna MAKE me a birthday cake! See, after her retirement from nursing mid-last year she has been making cakes/other baked goods. Personally, I would have preferred a store-bought cake from The Cheesecake Shop (the last time I had a birthday cake from there was fourteen years ago – nearly 1.5 DECADES) but since mother says she’ll make a birthday cake for me, okay: will you please make me a cheesecake?

On the night of my birthday, we’re tucking into small slices of my birthday cheesecake. Me, after a mouthful. “Um, mother, thanks for this birthday cheesecake you’ve made me. It’s interesting … but could you please explain to me why the cheesecake is SALTY? Um, aren’t cheesecakes meant to be SWEET??”

Mother looks horribly embarrassed for a split second before doubling over and howling with laughter. “Oh, you caught me out! I was hoping that your inferior tastebuds wouldn’t spot the difference, but they did! See, I started making your birthday cake for you after I’d booted you to bed. It was already late; I was very tired and I didn’t realise that the recipe said to use UNSALTED butter and put SALTED butter instead! I was hoping that you wouldn’t realise, but you did! Bahaha!!”

I was hoping after that she’d just lemme buy a cheap birthday cake from Woolies/wherever but she still won’t; apparently all store-bought cakes come filled with preservatives and other really bad stuff and they’re not good for you? But they taste great! Plus, amazing cake bakers like Yu Lam and Lana Banana know how to make cakes where even the INSIDES are beautifully decorated! Really, though, I’m not too picky: I’d just like a yummy birthday cake, please! ^^

(8)               Blanket – Autumn arrived today, the days will begin shortening and it’ll start getting colder. I’m a complete cold frog who completely HATES the cold; in fact, a friend once observed, “Em, come Winter you get rather dull and unresponsive.” Like, should you ask me, “How are you, Em?” I’ll prolly just answer, “Cold.” XD

Would someone please get me a new Winter doona/blanket for my birthday? The current one I’m using during the night isn’t a blanket, I’m pretty sure … it’s more like a bedsheet? Besides, it’s fraying so I’m pretty sure it’s really old; when I’ve used my leg to kick it open and cover my body, it’s gotten caught on some thread before! To be honest I’ve absolutely zero idea where one goes to buy a blanket but I’ve seen on some Facebook page where there are MINION QUILTS for sale! How about you get me a Minion blanket and thus satisfy both the Minion part and the blanket part of this wishlist??

 

Lol I’ve only asked for eight things but I already don’t know what more to ask for! XD Suppose I value catching up with peers for meals out, etc. Unsure why the parents are so against me going out and catching up with others over a meal; mother especially seems to try her stinking hardest to keep me socially isolated. I wish she wouldn’t but the only way I can think around that’s if you contact me first? I’m best contactable over Facebook Messenger and not SMS since I don’t usually get mobile access unless I’m out so please reach out, drop a line and say sth like, “Hey, heard it’s your birthday soon; let’s do lunch/dinner/whatever’ together!

Oh, and as always, I reserve the right to add to this wishlist, so should you come up with anything I might like, please tell me! Else just get it for me. XD

Next post here … well, if I’m organised it’ll prolly be a movie review since I’ve seen two/three movies over the Christmas/New Year break but if I’m not, you’ll prolly not here from me again until September, when I share about how I spent my birthday this year! XD

Until then~

Cheers,

Em. ^^
P.S. Now go, everyone scatter and secure me birthday presents! XD

P.P.S.  (9) Automatic tap and soap dispenser - when I was last back in HK (2012), I discovered that taps and soap dispensers had become automated! After getting some soap and washing herself, my right hand chucked my left hand into the sink and said you've gotta try this; it's so cool! Think mother found an automatic soap dispenser for me from Priceline and Uncle Calvin found an automatic tap from EBay for like thirty bucks? Someone please get me these two practical gifts!