In 6 days, I will turn 25 years old. Every birthday nowadays seems to resonate with meaning; with opportunities missed, lessons learnt and a new wrinkle! Seeing as I have client dinners every night this week and will be heading off to Asia for a month, I thought I should write down a few things that I wish I knew/want to know/want to remember now that I have lived a quarter of a century.
1. Mentally, you are the same person as you were when you were 16. The only difference is that you learn restraint and when to keep your mouth shut.
2. Your friends are so much more important than you ever gave or will give them credit for
3. You don't get any more confident as you get older, you just get better at pretending
4. There will always be things that you regret doing or not doing, so stop thinking about it and move on
5. Sunbathing with baby oil will come back to haunt you
6. Women are at their most beautiful when they are in their 30's
7. Men are at their best in their 40's
8. When people hurt you, its most often because you put yourself in a situation where they can
9. Waxing regularly almost eliminates the pain-factor
10. The men who you run away from are the usually the ones that will make you happy in the end. The men you turn into a giggling mess around are the ones that you should avoid like the plague
11. Having curves is sexier than being very skinny
12. At the risk of sounding like a cliche, you CAN do whatever you set your mind to. Seriously.
13. Don't start smoking
14. Don't drink on an empty stomach
15. If you ever quit your job, take 3 months off and go travelling. You never know when you will next have the chance.
16. Love shouldn't hurt and relationships should be easy at least 75% of the time
17. Never buy uncomfortable shoes, even if you love them. No matter how sexy they are, you won't be if you can't walk.
18. It is possible to have wrinkles and pimples at the same time - unfortunately
19. Writing down what happens in your life is something you will never regret. It can (sometimes) prevent you from repeating the same mistakes
20. Never believe that you have the upper hand in your job/relationship/friendship. Life is guaranteed to come and bite you in the ass. But sometimes it can feel goooood!!
Little Nic is growning up ... and her humour/wit has definatly matured in time.
We all wondered if her little girly/hissy/princess fits will also have died with age. have they darling? >:)
Congrats on turning 25 Nic -> it does get better as you age. I do believe in so many of the items u reflected upon :-
4. There will always be things that you regret doing or not doing, so stop thinking about it and move on - AYE.
9. Waxing regularly almost eliminates the pain-factor - AYE, and god bless wax (if only the blessed results were permenant ... even laser's don't seem to do permenant removal.)
11. Having curves is sexier than being very skinny - Double tripple AYE.
20. Never believe that you have the upper hand in your job/relationship/friendship. Life is guaranteed to come and bite you in the ass. But sometimes it can feel goooood!! - Very interesting thought Nic.
Have a safe one and an exciting 26th year.
-PK :: lurking in the shadows on Nic's blog-
Posted by: PK | March 14, 2005 at 02:09 PM
PK - good to have you back! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes. Will be blogging from all over Asia for the next month so see y'all soon xxxx
Posted by: PrincessHalfu | March 16, 2005 at 05:12 AM
Happy Birthday again Princess-
was great to speak to you on your birthday.
Safe travels and look fwd to seeing you in TOKYO!!
Tanoshimi-
mwah
xo
Posted by: glittergirl | March 16, 2005 at 09:41 PM
I came across your site by accident, while googling 'puffer fish.' You are stunningly attractive! .... e-mail me
Posted by: Mike | March 24, 2005 at 11:38 AM
Sorry Mike, am incredibly flattered, but this aint no dating site!
Posted by: PrincessHalfu | March 27, 2005 at 02:11 AM
A mall isn't a dating site; the supermarket isn't a dating site; Aunt Ethel's birthday party isn't a dating site. But people meet in all kinds of strange places. That's how the world works.
All I can tell you is I'm Harvard educated and handsome, with the pics to prove it.
Posted by: Mike | March 27, 2005 at 05:06 AM
The 'forementioned:
http://www.geocities.com/stintering/
Posted by: Mike | March 28, 2005 at 01:35 AM
Thanks for taking a chance....
Posted by: Mike | March 29, 2005 at 05:22 AM