as we break the silence;

as we break the silence and create sound waves together,
whether it is entertaining or irritating;
as we grow up together,
having fun or going through life's lowest point;
i dare say we've never grew apart and we never will.

from being born 18 days later than yours truly, to feeding on the same source of milk, to staring at each other innocently while most probably thinking 'who is she? why does she like to look at me?' even when as babies and we couldn't recognise each other, to going on family vacations together, to playing around with whatever we could find and nibble on together, to hanging out with our grandfather together, to fighting for chips with each other, to taking bath together, to sleeping together, to sharing the same kind of baby bolster that I believe we still have it now, to leaving long hair together, to collecting shells from the beach, to committing innocent crimes together and to having English grammar spelling test once in a while together by our mothers. Those were 10 years ago.

Now 10 years later and less,
we've had lots more being shared.
still, from playing around to laughing our heads off, to doing random things, to spending the night away staying up late just to update each other on our lives, to book shopping, to reading each others blog everyday, to calling each other, to comparing school work, to buying the similar outfits every now and then, to co-incidently getting the similar pair of shoes, to snapping photos when no one's around, to people watching, to going to colleges for further enquiries, to going for college interview on the same day, to complaining how tough add maths paper was, to digging each other's stuff and finding the other's 'treasure', to going crazy over something, to sitting next to each other at every family dinner, to making noise, to watching out for each other, to writing about each other, to planning the same outfit for family events, to planning on studying together, to fantasizing our future together, to being there for each other, to enjoying plane rides together, to still falling asleep in each other's company when we're too exhausted to stay up, to remembering each other's bizzare childhood dreams (more like me alone), to comforting each other when in need, to assuring each other that we'll be fine and God will take care of the rest when in trouble, to determining our ambitions together, to randomly taking each other's picture, to teasing each other, to bore each other with stuff like introducing more books than I can ever contain *ehem ehem*, to sharing secrets, to making our parents get upset at us, to attending fashion shows together, to sharing one cup of starbucks together, to sharing the similar hairstyle, to staying up past 12 just to wish each other a very happy birthday, to -

as you can see, the list is never ending. I could go on and on but you would've probably fallen asleep by then. (:

but,
for the finale;
it is to getting you into a skirt and dress. looks like i've succeded in getting you into a skirt. (:

I dare say I've enjoyed it all and can't wait for more to come.

Happy 17th Birthday, Justine!

From being a young 16 year old girl,
to a fine, sophisticated 17 year old young lady;
from everything we've shared together,
to everything we're about to go through together;
all I have for you is,
I love you dear cousin! (:
(this didn't require a chocking hazard xD)

You've certainly been a very good friend, loved one, closest cousin, my counsellor, my best friend and so much more you've been throughout the years. As well as being my childhood playmate. I hope we'll always be this close although we might be parting ways and leaving our very own lives. But, i'll be a call away. And perhaps fly over to the States for a visit. If you ever suceed in being a geologists, and me as a chef; as promise, I'll invent a special easy-to-cook receipe for you alone so you can prepare it on your research trips. And if i get into being what I aspire to be, I'll tag along with you and you with me for road trips, shall we?

I hope you've had a very awesome 17th birthday! God bless you always and forever.

Now to count the minutes to tomorrow, where we'll meet up and celebrate another closest cousin's birthday together!

Yes, co-incidently or rather surprisingly amazing, we're all September babies.