Time runs away when you are not watching

By lim peh wrote this

Another year has passed, at least for myself. It seems like only yesterday when life was much more carefree, or worry-free. No worries of terrorists finding something to bomb, no worries about where and when you can afford your next meal/transportfee/bills, no worries of having more dangerous drivers on the roads, no of having bitching/espionage-loving work colleagues, and much more.

Gone are the days of…

…lying on the back seat of the family car without seat belts counting the street lamps that appear in the window above you…

…lying down on real cool marble flooring in the warm afternoon while listening to “marbles” that seem to roll in my ceiling…

…catching the elusive ladybirds and grasshoppers in the small forest behind my home before they levelled the entire area in the name of progression…

…buying Panini and Ultraman stickers, “Yes! Cards” and stealing “egg toys” from the neighbourhood mamak shop…

…running to school and back home, nothing seemed too far or too tiring…

…eating those unhealthy but cheap damn delicious muslim fried chicken wings in primary school, sometimes with feathers not plucked clean…

…played simple games in school like “One-Leg”, catching, police & thieves, pepsi cola 123, 5 stones, unlike today…

…having an actual computer at home, inviting friends over was simply a luxury, thrill watching and slotting that 5 1/4 inch disk to load the games…

…the days of visiting simple and good shopping, like Yaohan…nowadays more monopolization and price control hikes…

…the days of disturbing girls in school and discovering the difference between love and lust…

…playing basketball everyday and in between exam papers…

…hanging out with friends at new so called neighbourhood shopping centres and their fad arcades with coin hungry machines…

…trying to look older, sporting that “Heavenly Kings” pop idols made fashionable center-parting hairstyles…

…the days after secondary school life of avoiding and trying to defer national service, what a bad choice and waste of time…

…of needing anger management, angry over the slightest thing, fighting to solve problems was almost like a norm…

…still so much many more stuff it will take a long time to list each and every single one of them.

Today. Present time.

Getting tired easily, having a tough time remembering simple things and dates

No longer the iron man, injuries from the past are all coming back to haunt me. Lack of money to see a doctor is mainly the reason.

Hair loss. Bad problem caused by the fashion fad of center-parting in the past. Another thing that has come back to haunt me.

I am now more mellow, taking more time to think, rationalize, and decide on my course of action. Sometimes taking too long.

Having more worries for the future, as so much is happening right now, as one can read from the papers and news online.

Always a constand fear of losing something, be it physical, emotional or mental.

Grateful time has made it clear, friends who deserved to be called real friends. Over time, they showed their true self, and some, their true colors.

Last but not least, having a partner who has changed my life almost completely. If not, i probably would have been much much worse off, somewhere out there in some worse situation. I love you, dear. Thanks for everything so far. :)

I hope from now on, things be magical once again.
Like Magic Johnson says “It’s Showtime!“