Slowly going over the hill

Now it's not as if Wii're past our prime, or that our 'market share' has gone down the drain (yes, yes, Wii've heard that guys' shares goes up as they grow older, girls' go down) but it's surprising how time really passes by (and rather quickly, that) even when you notice it.

And knowing how our memory is (still haven't gotten a post about Christmas 2006, whoops), Wii needs to either jot it down somewhere. But what to write? Thanks to our unofficial photographer (Wii've got to get another pendrive specifically to get stuff from you now otousan), our iXus, Blogspot and Flickr, photos of events are well marked down for perusal anytime Wii want to take a walk down Memory HTML Online.

Of course, pictures don't tell you the work and effort taken to put things into motion - logistics, getting people together now that we're all working in different sectors, gift-choosing with the associated 'damn-him-hope-he-hasn't-got-it-himself-yet' mindset*, the MMS-ing/emailing of birthday gifts to all parties involved, the surreptitious and not-too-subtle signing of the birthday card (something Wii love, the way its done), the guessing of where the birthday cake was bought (no really lad Wii wouldn't have minded a Bee's Confectionary chiffon cake haha), the male gusto of birthday song singing (that puts other tables, if not the waiters who have to sing it, to shame), camwhoring...

Does all this make the celebration special?

Nope. You guys do. The extended family that one gets to choose.

Here's to you guys joining us in going past the Golden Hill of 25. Until then be good or Uncle aycee will spank you all and won't give you treats.

*The entire meditation goes thus: 'damn-him-what-does-he-want-what-does-he-have-what-does-he-need-what-does-he-like-has-he-gotten-it-already-how-much-is-it-hope-he-likes-it-why-can't-he-just-say-what-he-wants-hope-he-hasn't-gotten-it-himself-yet' and is followed by a mandala of a black spiral made out of question marks. Not that it works for us, because ours is a variant where the 'he' can be replaced by the 'Wii'.