Celebrating 28

Today is my birthday and I want to celebrate with you!

Your party favor: 28 fun facts about me, divided into seven categories of four facts each.

Books that will stay with me forever:

1. The Velveteen Rabbit

2. Gregory the Terrible Eater

3. Harry Potter (especially HP and the Sorcerer's Stone and HP and the Deathly Hallows)

4a. Bridget Jones's Diary

4b. Persuasion (it's all about the intertextuality)

Lessons I've learned:

1. Before you can find love with someone else, you must love yourself

2. It all works out in the end

3. Don't pray for what you want; pray for the strength to handle whatever God gives you

4. Not everyone wants an "A"

Best birthday gifts I've ever received:

1. Perfume Pretty Barbie

2. Money tree

3. My grandma's diamond earrings

4. Gold angel pendant

Activities for the perfect day:

1. Holding hands with my Lo Gung

2. Chatting with my mom and dad

3. Playing with my dog

4. Reading a good book until I fall asleep

Current and abiding obsessions:

1. Coldplay

2. Soft things

3. Kentucky

4. Finding the perfect ________

Places I'd like to visit:

1. My great-grandmother's hometown in England

2. The street where my Lo Gung was chased by dogs as a child in Hong Kong

3. A Paris flea market

4. Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian

Miracles I'm not expecting, but would still like to see happen:

1. My grandma attending my wedding (she died when I was 14)

2. The reincarnation of my dog Roscoe into the puppy I eventually get

3. Being able to converse with my in-laws in perfect Cantonese

4. Naturally red hair