The Tuesday that ignited Nostalgia.

Lunch at a nostalgic quaint little chinese eatery with Alaric at Lucky Plaza was what i needed for the start of the week, well almost start. Considering Monday was a moody nonsensical me trying to get over St James, i could always count on a bowl of palatable yun tun mian to perk up my otherwise monotonous tuesdays. Coupled with a glass of homemade barley and great company, it's almost feels like a temporary paradise from all the routine-like rat races that we're always busy with.

Followed by a quick bus down to Bras Brasah and boy was it a book-crazy season, what with examination papers being sold at such manageable prices for all the overily-anxious parents with their potential-A-scorer students. As well as $1 books and the like.

Whatever happened to childlike innocence? Has that diminished along with age? Have we all become skeptical old fools, or have we all just become mature pragmatic reality-check givers?

We were told to "go ahead son, give it a shot" when it came to things that were new to us, whatever happened to that? now when we take risks, it's like "go ahead, but beware of the consequences".

Maybe i'm taking it purely out of context, but haven't MOST of us become neurotic freaks? Maybe age is always the factor.

Love was always about the puppy-ness ("oh look, little Glenda's got the case of the puppy love with little Benjamin"). The innocence, the demure look on a female, the sunshine smile on the lil' boy. Instead, now, all grown up, we're limited by so many factors on love: distance, age, sexuality. We can't even make a relationship work without saying "okay, so is there a alimony? how financially steady are you? Are you with child? Are you down with hepatitis?"

Perhaps these restrictions and practicality truly guards us from risking our all for what we desire. a necessary evil, i dare say. Afterall, the fire is truly bright and warm, but when in contact, it burns and stings.

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