我二十一岁的生日。。。 My 21st birthday…

时间过得真快,不知不觉我21岁的生日已是4、5年前的事情了吧?
唉。。。岁月真不饶人啊。。。

Time really flies, it must have been 4 or 5 years ago that I celebrated my 21st birthday?
Sigh… time really waits for no man…

以前家里很穷,从来没庆祝过生日。。。
还记得应该是13岁生日时,吵着要妈妈给我庆祝生日,还擅自去蛋糕店拿蛋糕回家,说妈妈会付钱(当时吃一片蛋糕对我们来说都是一种奢侈!),结果给姐姐们臭骂一顿。。。
虽然当时家里真的很穷,没什么多余的钱,但妈妈还是让我庆祝了,这就是母爱的伟大!

We were very poor when young, so I had never celebrated my birthday…
I remember  it must have been my 13th birthday I think, I pestered my mum to throw me a birthday party, I even went to the bakery to bring home a cake and said my mum would pay for it (it was a luxury for us to eat even a piece of cake then!), and I was severely scolded by my older sisters…
Though we were really poor then and could not afford anything extra, mum did let me celebrate, that is the love of a mother…

我小时候不是很帅,但是很可爱,而且看得出很聪明。。。哈哈哈。。。
I was not very handsome when I was a kid but very adorable, but can tell that’s a very clever and smart kid from the look… hahaha…

其实以前想庆祝生日最大原因莫过于想要礼物吧。。。穷人家的小孩嘛!
所以在纽西兰当团契的弟兄姐妹为我庆祝21岁生日时,我当然很感动又高兴收到那么多礼物。。。
现在,能够的话,我也会尽量帮我所疼爱的人庆祝生日。。。你们能说出有哪些吗?哈哈。。。

Actually the biggest reason I longed to celebrate my birthday before was nothing less than wanting presents… poor man’s kid, of course!
So when our fellowship’s brothers and sisters celebrated my 21st birthday for me in New Zealand, I was of course very touched and happy to receive so many presents…
Now, if I could, I will also try my best to organise and celebrate the birthday of my loved ones… can you think of some examples? Haha…

看我的小床铺满了礼物。。。羡慕吧?
See my small bed strewn with presents… envy me?

当时跟我同住的三位弟兄也很照顾我。。。他们都大过我。。。
My three flatmates at that time took good care of me too… they are all older than me…

二十一岁留影。。。
My 21st portrait…

怎样?跟现在的我有什么差别吗?哈哈。。。
How? Any difference from my current look? Haha…