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May is over soon

Last weekend before the month ends and before we head to Spain. Itinerary not exactly ready, luggages not packed (but bought yesterday at Taka sale and with the vouchers! We only paid $1.20 for two American Tourister!), mentally not prepared for the long haul flight and things to clear at work.... I wish I'm more excited. But the good thing is my dad's fine now and I believe I would enjoy myself in Spain :)

Time.

Why is that as you grow older, you'd find it very hard to keep track of time? How often do you find yourself saying, "It's 6pm already?! / It's Friday? / It's May?!" and wonder where did all the time go? When we were younger, all we have to take note of are the school holidays, examination dates, CCA days and friends' birthdays. In those days without mobile phones, if you say you'd meet at a certain place at a certain time, you'd appear at the said time, perhaps just a little late. No texting of sorry, will be 15mins late or sorry, still stuck in meeting, etc. But now, with technology advancing and us getting older, 'time' is not as straight forward. You need to take note of the meetings, work trips, deadlines, dental appointment and so much more. Mobile phones have became a need. People seldom talk because there's whatsapp and facebook. People rarely people-watch because their phones are more entertaining, be it in the train, on ...

When I was young

I had wanted my dad to be smarter, to teach me the things I didn't know. I had wanted my dad to be more reasonable, to not use violence (well sort of) as a parenting tool. I had wanted my dad to be anyone but himself. But now, all I want is for my dad to be healthy...