Last Tuesday I turned 17! (eeep! :D) I've been dreaming of turning 17 ever since I was 5. Since last year I started to plan out my sweet 17 party. It's a garden party, with bunch of flowers, polaroid pictures everywhere, and iced pink lemonade on the corner. Everyone would wear pastel outfits and I would be wearing a floral dress. It was all completed concept. A month ago I started to feel unsure my party idea, so I decided to just have a family dinner on my birthday. I talked to my mom about this and she 'forced' me to do something special, because it's 17th. About a week before my birthday, I was watching this Korean show (yes I liked a few of Korean stuffs :P), and there's this girl she went to charity by donating her blood. There's almost nothing special about giving some of our blood away, but the way she expressed her joy after the charity which inspired me to do one.
So, on August 20th 2012, as the last day on my 16 year, we went to give presents to our brothers and sisters at the HoHi orphanage. It's a small orphanage. There were only 12 smart and funny kids. Not like any other usual routines on the orphanage that involved crying and full pity, I decided to just have lunch and play toys with them. The joy after sharing with them are indescribable. It's more than receiving a million bucks, or even winning a lottery. It's a peaceful and joyful feeling to know that while blessing others, you were also being blessed :)
Emma
