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Birthday

I’m 39 years old today!

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Some people has said that I look a little bit younger than my actual age. In fact, the reaction people made when I told them my age made me felt like I’ve just confessed a big lie. Of course I didn’t lie, I just didn’t see any opportunity nor reason to talk about my age. But yeah, I was born in 1971 and the eighties happened in my teenage years. My first perfume was Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson, I bought it in a supermarket near my high school in 1989.

When I was a teenager, I used to think that 39 is soooo old. It turned out that when you’re 39, you don’t feel much different than when you’re 29 or even 19. I still don’t get a lot of things and have so many things to learn everyday. Where is that wisdom and maturity? Deep inside, I still have no idea how the world works. Sometimes I feel like I’m still a confused twelye years old. The worse thing is, you might still feel the same, but your body is not the same anymore.

Most people will get to 39 one day. Everybody, everything, will get old. Sometimes it is hard to accept. When fine lines started to show around my eyes five years ago, I used to worry about them.  But worrying over fine lines won’t make them disappear, and maybe would make them even more pronounced. So I’ve grown to like them. Now I can say that my face has more character! I also got my first white hair this year. It’s a single strand on the front part of my head. Sidra doesn’t like it and pretends that he doesn’t see it. He’s still in denial, I guess.

Of course the white hair is just a beginning. More of them will come. There is already more back pain and physical limitation now. There are more lines around my eyes and on my face. My body has started sagging and the texture of my skin is changing. But I hope that they will be well accepted in my life. Well, I should work on the back pain issue because pain is not nice, but at least I’ve tried to prepare myself.

I’m getting old, or older than before, it doesn’t matter. But the past few years has been one of the happiest time in my life. The two love of my life are on either side of me, they tell me that they love me everyday and I tell them the same everyday. I wish to grow old(er) with them and be together as long as possible. The  sad thing about life is that there is no forever. Even if you’re lucky, like, really, really lucky, you can never have more than a hundred years to be together.

Until then, I’m hoping to age gracefully like the people in this lovely blog. Maybe in ten years I will be eligible to be featured there!

Birthday

Birthday

Happy 39th!
Happy 39th! - from Sidra

PS:

  • Stay tuned for my birthday giveaway post later today!
  • This morning I found out that my autumn dress is one of top 50 finalists of the BERNINA ‘Party Through the Decades’ International Competition at Burdastyle! Please check them out HERE and submit your vote to your favorite finalists!

53 Responses to As time goes by

  5. Dear Novita,
    I love your post, your courage, your style and your creations. Thank you for sharing it with us all and have a wonderful birthday with your beautiful family.
    Sarah

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  7. Selamat ulangtahun Novita! 😀 We say it “selamat hari jadi” here, although that never makes sense linguistically. You absolutely don’t look your age, you’re so blessed! :) May you have many many more wonderful birthdays to come, and please keep making and blogging! Your writing style is just very sincere and likeable. :))

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    • Thank you Aneesah! Maybe ‘selamat hari jadi’ means congratulation for the day when you ‘menjadi (manusia)’ or something like that haha

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  8. Novita-san, happy birthday. You look very happy in this post. You mentioned about the wrinkles showing on your face about 5 years ago and it did shock me a bit. I take it as a mental note to be ready for that change. So, thank you for mentioning it.

    I wish you well and many happy returns in the days to come. But above all I wish your back gets better and better.

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  9. You moved me to tears as I read your post, I absolutely agree with you!! You are so young and BEAUTIFUL inside and out!! ~What a beautiful family they are so lucky to have you too!! ~Happy Birthday~ Novita and many, many more!!

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  13. Happy birthday Novita~~~ A very sweet post!
    i love your thoughts! have a wonderful day with your family! And keep on creating!!! I love your style!!

    PS. Gorgeous beanie on you!!:)

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    • Thank you Jo!
      The beanie was actually belong to Sidra. I made it a couple of years ago, but now he thinks it is too ‘cute’ so it’s mine now 😀

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  15. Happy birthday! I must admit I was shocked to hear you’re 39! I seriously thought you were near my age (28) hehe you are a beautiful woman you know that? my best friend in high school was indo and you remind me of her. Hey keep up the loving and the sewing! here’s to aging gracefully!

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  18. Happy birthday! and no kidding, 39? I would love to look as young as you by then… But as I read abt your fine lines (where are they?) and your grey hair (I’ll take your word for it) appearing just lately I realize I don’t stand a chance:)) you look 16ish to me and, I’m sorry, I don’t think you can age gracefully simply coz you don’t age!;) but with such a beautiful family to console you I’m sure you’ll find that undeniable fact quite acceptable;)

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    • Haha no way 16! Anyway, I’ve tried taking picture of the white hair (really!), but apparently taking picture of a single white hair against darker background is just too difficult!
      Thank you so much Magda!

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  19. Hai ..

    Saya Marla dari Bandung , saya seneng ngintip Blog nya , keren mba ..
    btw..Happy Birthday truly you look younger ..:)

    salam

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  20. A very happy birthday to you!!–祝你生日快乐
    We are the same age, and you look stunning!!–我们是同年龄，你看看惊人

    Enjoy the day and have a blessed year.

    Hugs,
    拥抱

    Yvette
    伊韦特

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  24. aww, happy birthday! I seriously thought you are just a few years older than me! (like, early early 30s :) ) you do “age” gracefully, if at all! i agree with you — our body doesnt perform well as we age, but sometimes, life just does get better! :)

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    • Thank you! Yes, it feels that as we grow older, our body doesn’t synchronize too well with our mind. But on the other hand, good times usually come later in life :)

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  25. You made me smile and also moved me to tears with this post. I absolutely agree with you. You are a jewel and I love your writings. Happy Birthday Dear Novita!

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