This post should have been made 17 days ago, but obviously, being a lazy person as I always am, I will create it now.
So, 17 days have passed since my birthday on 4th March and I am officially 19 now, and I still have not even started learning driving yet (don't ask me why). Every year during this time, a thought always crosses my mind, as to whether I really like having been born at this time of the year. After serious and careful consideration of various historical events and the birth dates of some personalities I find acceptable to my taste, I am proud to have been born in March.
Let's start on a less important note. Firstly the celebrities. Sharon Stone was born in this month (though I know nuts about her). Our oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon was born in March as well (and I like her because she's probably one of the most beautiful and decent actresses I have ever seen and has the brains too: she attended Stanford, my dream school.)
Carrie Underwood was born on 10th March, just 6 days after my birthday (but in 1983). Somehow, I admire her not just because she was born in March but also because she's a great singer, talented yet humble. And unlike Madonna and all those female pop stars of today, she's pretty much a decent and traditional family kid, which is something I look for in any artiste (ethics are important you know).
And of course, today,(or yesterday) is Ronaldinho's birthday. It's wonderful to know that such a great soccer player (one of the winners of FIFA players of the year and one of the 5Rs of Brazil) was born in March.
Unlike most people, I am not really a huge fan of celebrity worship or anything of that sort, but I can't help but admire these ethical ( well, almost all. I am not sure about Ronaldinho) people who have accomplished a lot and the fact that they were born in the same month as I was makes me admire them even more.
More importantly, some of the most important events in history have taken place in March. It was only a few days ago last week that Albert Einstein published his famous Theory of Relativity 85 years ago. A few days ago in 44 .B.C., Julius Caesar was murdered and the famous words come out of his mouth (though not in English): "You too, Brutus?" (Of course I am not a sadist to celebrate Caesar's death. It's just that Caesar is such a revered personality in history that his death is worth remembering.) The world's first heart transplant patient died on March 23rd.
And there is a reason why I feel more grateful to the Lord than ever before for having created me on the 4th of March. For exactly, 145 years ago, on the 4th of March 1861, America's greatest President (and probably one of the world's greatest) Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States. In spite of his many flaws which I will talk about later, he was probably the most trustworthy, incorruptible leader who was a servant of the people.
That's all now, but there's 1 week left to the university admissions results of 2 more US universities, and I am anxiously awaiting for that day.
posted @ 12:08 PM
