三天後是“而立之日”，禮拜二先過農曆生日。 和媽媽不在同一個屋簷下，所以特別期待她每一次做的菜。 以後和我在一起的人無需很會煮飯。但每年的農曆七月廿七，一定要捧上一碗豬腰豬肝雞蛋麵線……呵呵。

Initially, I thought the shopkeeper was joking when she asked me to “stop touching” the Happy 30th stuff and look at Happy 21st party accessories instead. The clarification was repeated at least five times, but she insisted I was kidding. I don’t understand. Unless I was trying to sneak into a club or a casino [...]

There was no party in 2008. Although I attributed it to the Chinese saying, 逢九不慶生－ no celebration when the age ends with 9, I guess laziness played a major part. And, there was this apprehension. No, I didn’t want to be reminded that I was turning 29. For the following year sounded scary. Most of [...]