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willzark Happy 25th, my dearest Ipin - Aileen. A year does fly so fast as I remembered vividly how we celebrated your 24th birthday. Grand Budapest cake, Korean lunch, a stroll to Hong Kong island beautiful alleyways. So many things happened in between and now here we are - one year later, celebrating your birthday in a Japanese Izakaya in Soho.
Sometimes I do ask myself: "How do we even get to this stage?" It just feels like time cruising by, slipping through our hands. During those in-betweens, I have experienced joy and love - something that was hard for myself to believe, even until now. Throughout my life I've experienced so much rejections, bitterness, that "being loved" is something unfamiliar to me.
Till you came along. You remembered all the small little things, like my desire to have a Diptyque perfume, which till this day I truly treasure. You know my likes and dislikes, my weird quirks, my hard-to-deal-with side. Yet you stuck around. And I'm glad you do. It's also not about the way you treated me. It's also how you treated others. You are always attentive, caring, and do not bring people down. Which is really something I admire. I always say that the way you treat other people reflect a lot about yourself - and for you it does reflect a wonderful thing.
For your 25th and even your future birthdays, I won't even wish you success. Because I know it's not just a "wish". There's really no doubt in my mind that you will achieve the things you dream of, regardless of what hardships and struggles may come your way. You have made a big decision, something that is proven to be a very good one - and I can't wait to see the day that you finally become the person you wish to be today.
I hope as you pursue your passion, that you don't lose sight of what's important. The relationships you have built. Your family. Your friends. Yourself. The experiences that build you to become better. The memories that you will create along the way. I hope that as you climb up that mountain of ambition, you can take a look around and see - wow, the journey towards the top can be very beautiful too, albeit it's a steep climb. Remember not to give in, to persevere, and to have faith that every step of the way you have people believing in you - even though you don't believe in yourself.
Our relationship will face something difficult, with a lot of uncertainty going forward. I wish that we can weather the storm and I can be by your side celebrating all the things you will achieve in the future. But regardless, I want you to know no matter what happens to us in the future - good or bad - that you will always have a special place in my heart. And that I will always support you in everything that you do, the good ones of course.
Closing in with this small poem from Nikita Gill:
Know that I love you not only because you walk with my angels, but also how you dance around when I was not at my best. That pretty much wrap things up! I always enjoy our time together, and with the remaining days you are here in Hong Kong, let's make the most out of it. Love you loads.
Sometimes I do ask myself: "How do we even get to this stage?" It just feels like time cruising by, slipping through our hands. During those in-betweens, I have experienced joy and love - something that was hard for myself to believe, even until now. Throughout my life I've experienced so much rejections, bitterness, that "being loved" is something unfamiliar to me.
Till you came along. You remembered all the small little things, like my desire to have a Diptyque perfume, which till this day I truly treasure. You know my likes and dislikes, my weird quirks, my hard-to-deal-with side. Yet you stuck around. And I'm glad you do. It's also not about the way you treated me. It's also how you treated others. You are always attentive, caring, and do not bring people down. Which is really something I admire. I always say that the way you treat other people reflect a lot about yourself - and for you it does reflect a wonderful thing.
For your 25th and even your future birthdays, I won't even wish you success. Because I know it's not just a "wish". There's really no doubt in my mind that you will achieve the things you dream of, regardless of what hardships and struggles may come your way. You have made a big decision, something that is proven to be a very good one - and I can't wait to see the day that you finally become the person you wish to be today.
I hope as you pursue your passion, that you don't lose sight of what's important. The relationships you have built. Your family. Your friends. Yourself. The experiences that build you to become better. The memories that you will create along the way. I hope that as you climb up that mountain of ambition, you can take a look around and see - wow, the journey towards the top can be very beautiful too, albeit it's a steep climb. Remember not to give in, to persevere, and to have faith that every step of the way you have people believing in you - even though you don't believe in yourself.
Our relationship will face something difficult, with a lot of uncertainty going forward. I wish that we can weather the storm and I can be by your side celebrating all the things you will achieve in the future. But regardless, I want you to know no matter what happens to us in the future - good or bad - that you will always have a special place in my heart. And that I will always support you in everything that you do, the good ones of course.
Closing in with this small poem from Nikita Gill:
I will not have you
without the darkness
that hides within you.
I will not let you have me
without the madness
that makes me.
If our demons
cannot dance,
neither can we.
without the darkness
that hides within you.
I will not let you have me
without the madness
that makes me.
If our demons
cannot dance,
neither can we.
Know that I love you not only because you walk with my angels, but also how you dance around when I was not at my best. That pretty much wrap things up! I always enjoy our time together, and with the remaining days you are here in Hong Kong, let's make the most out of it. Love you loads.