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    Today is my twenty-first birhday. 21 is a significant age to American people because this is the qualified age for drinking and gambling in the U.S., but I don’t seem much excited about these. I greeted the arrival of my birthday with a rather placid mood. There was no any form of celebration like the past years and I didn’t expect any. Mom gave me a hundred dollars and he gave me a brooch made of white gold with 3 pieces of ruby on it. That’s quite a birthday gift! One amusing thing is that I have no idea how to put on a brooch since I’d never had one before. I was a little embarrassed when I told him about it. xixixi......
    I still remember how eager I wanted to grow up when I was a little child, because in a little child’s eyes, Only when you are a grown-up you can have control over your own life, you can direct yourself to a future that you want, not your parents nor anyone else. Growing up means that I will be able to travel around by my self, wandering leisurely from place to place, savoring the spectacular sunrise on the mountain tip, listening to the pleasing melody of the waves at the seashore in a fresh spring morning, and let the beauty and the enchantment of the mountains and rivers shape my temperament and purify my soul......; And growing up means no one will scold me for not finishing my homework, and I will have a lot of money to buy as many toys, clothes, and interesting stuffs that I want. Well, we know that things just don't always happen the way we want and there's a difference between reality and dream. As I grow up many of these fascinating dreams faded away and now I am in my 20s. I no longer have the eagerness for gaining ages because I am in my golden period. I begin to realize the rapid passage of time and the preciousness of youth. That is because you can do a lot of things just because you are still young. But youth is just like a flower in the pot that withers so fast and we are never able to retain and regain it.
    Oops! I haven’t made a birthday wish yet, I think it would indeed be lovely to have one. This is the 2nd time I spend my birthday with him, and I wish I will have him to share this wonderful time with me for every birthday forth.