Happy birthday to me

 

I AM BORN

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night.  It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

David Copperfield                     by Charles Dickens

 

這位19世紀的大文豪在他自傳體材的小說，開場白裡說道：
午夜時刻，鐘敲12點，分秒不差，他哇哇墜地，來到這個世界上。