My Important Event

It happened 2 years ago, on the month that I was waiting, July. I had been looking forward to the coming of July because I would turn to seventeen. People said that seventeen was the most special birthday.  I was already planning for my birthday dinner since 2 months before. My parents and I decided the place, the decoration, and the details of the event. I also designed my birthday invitation by myself.  After deciding all of those things, I had a pre-sweet seventeen photoshoot. It was really fun and unforgettable moment, because I took some photos that were used for my friends’ signature at my birthday dinner and for my documentation.  Actually I was really confused who was going to be invited. Why? Because that place could only accommodate 50 people. I should decide which friends from elementary, senior high school, church and my relatives that I really wanted to share my birthday with. After that, I distributed the invitation to my friends and relatives. My friends said that I was so lucky, because there were many of my friends who were celebrating their birthday in July; however, none of them was having the party on the same date as mine.

Finally, it was July, 25^th 2014. It was my seventeenth birthday! I woke up in the morning and I felt that I just couldn’t wait for the evening to see my friends and my family at my birthday dinner.  But it turned out that it was a really busy morning. I had to go to the restaurant and checked the decoration and preparation, ordered some balloons and had my makeup. I almost had no time to think of anything else because just after all those things were settled, it was almost 6 pm. I had to go to the restaurant where my birthday dinner was taking place. 

When I arrived at the restaurant, some of my friends had been there. I really appreciated my friends’ willingness to come and I was very happy. But deep in my heart I was also disappointed, because some of my friends said that they couldn’t come. Anyway, my disappointment was not for a long time because all of my friends came. They just wanted to give me a surprise. And they were successful because I was really surprised and of course, very happy. I never expected that I got a surprise and gifts that I really loved. My friends knew me so well. At the end of my birthday dinner, we took pictures together and went out of the restaurant to release the balloons.

Life has changed. After I turned to seventeen years old, I felt some changes happened in my life. I felt that I became more  mature and I had more responsibilities that I should do. In other hand, I could control my moods and emotions and also everything pushed myself to be more independent.