Undecided

well as my birthday is approaching
my parents is going to give me a digital camera as my 21st bday present~
n i am now confuse which brand should i choose to be my digital camera~~
haha =X i need one that i can use for almost 2-3 years~~haha
as the trend of technology stuffs is keep changing so i cant afford to follow the trend haha~~
n now i hav 2 brands in my mind~
one is Canon n one is Sony~
n some of my frens told me Sony is good n some told me Canon is good too~
haha im a Sony lover actually~ but one of my fren told me that Sony is juz nice in their camera style n their functions is not as good as Canon~
well it's really hard for me to make up my mind~ haiz~~
can anyone give me some suggestion?? i really need it~~ ^^
undecided ><>