July's Good Fellows That Nobody Can Deny

As the mid-year point blows past and Matthew Heng's birthday approaches at the end of June, a strong realisation dawns that a month of bountiful birthdays is upon us. That's what July is all about every year.

From Matthew to Yvonne, Jerome to Rachel, Joann to Joyce, Adriel to Joachim, Desmond to Gracie Pup (Karen Pereira's dog). On average, that's one birthday every three days.

After spending nearly half a grand on gifts, drinks and dinner treats, my wallet is sadly now light as a feather. But there's hardly a sting to it considering how joyous it's been spreading love to loved ones the past few weeks.

One can't help but wonder, however, what it was about the month of October years ago that resulted in so many of our parents giving birth to children the following July.