I remember being very thrilled and happy when i reached 13yrs old. "I'M A TEENAGER NOW!!!" i loudly exclaimed. And i went on to teasing my younger brother abt how he still needs a few years to be a teen, and i actually call him "pre-pre-pre-teen" LOL. I'm such an ass back then, no? :P
Of course u get other stuffs when u're a teenager, ZITS for example. Goshh how i hate those pimples and all the trouble it caused me. >.< By the time i was 19yrs old, the last age to be a "teen", i was thinking how innocent i was back then, thinking being a teenage is cool, but really it's just...normal. HAHA!
By then, the age of 20 is just the transitional age from a 'teenage' to a full 'adult'. In our country you are only fully legal by the time you reach 21; at age of 21 you can go to clubs, for example. xD and you also can register officially as a voter. There's alot of things you can do at the age of 21. So at age 20, it's like in the middle of being a teen and adult.
Of course i was thrilled at finally being legal. It felt like the whole world is out there, waiting for me. Waiting for me to leave my mark. I felt like i can do alot of things, achieve alot, see alot. People around me were growing at the same rate as me; up until this point, the majority of the people i know in my life are my friends, my schoolmates, my university coursemates, and a few senior university mates. We are all young, perhaps some not too ready yet to face the world, but we know, right there and then, we are THE FUTURE.
Now having entered into working life again, the people i'm surrounded with are different once more. Now i find myself among more "mature" and "experienced" adults, who have so much backstories to them. Some of them are even married already, and/or going to deliver a baby soon. Suddenly, i am one of the youngest again.....it did take me some time to get used to hearing "you're so young!" again...
Of course, being surrounded by such 'adults' is a whole different experience altogether. Suddenly the reality sinks in; you're in society now, you're in a dog-eat-dog world. You obviously can't fool around anymore. There's more to things than just the surface. You're not only living life for yourself, you're also living life for your partner, your future kids and family. Everything you do now maps out your future. You and only you, are solely responsible for what happens to yourself. There'll be no safety arms of your own family, because at this transitional stage to being an adult, your roles had changed; now, you have to protect your parents and take care of them in their twilight years. You are no longer a kid; they've done their responsibilities bringing you up. Now is your time to take them on a safe and comfortable journey to their end. Circumstances force you to change sometimes, you know?
Growing up fast is all i wanted when i was young; now i rather resent having to grow older. I want to be in my peak young years for as long as i can so i can do alot of things. Maybe there's pride in wanting to achieve something at a young age, but really it's more than that. I don't know. I only know that, to achieve this, i will need good health. Because health is really one person's greatest asset; without it, no matter how great you are, you can't achieve more even if you had wanted to. So start to live healthy so you won't regret it in the long term.
Now i just really miss the times when i was still a teenager. A period of time where you can be carefree and not give a shit about the world, while still kicking ass. xD Now it's a period i can never relive again, but one i never regretted.
In the end, it's still the COOLEST being a teenager. =)
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