It sells for so little
But it's all we have left in this place.
It is the very last inch of us.
But within that inch
We are free.

First the hairline fractures and the tiny cracks,
then the wall comes tumbling down.

Busy busy BUSY week.

Hence the short post.




Preconception has always fascinated me. I like to give the example of Samuel's class photo.

Samuel has a photo on his desk, a classic snapshot of a group of ungainly primary school kids with their teacher. We tried to guess which one of them little Samuel was, but failed at every guess.

He was the teacher(temp) in the photo.

As with the case of the moonwalking bear, and Samuel's class photo, we went in with a preconceived notion. It is often this preconceived notion (more often than alcohol in my humble opinion) that causes impaired judgement. It is thus dangerous to enter almost anything with certain preconceptions/stereotypes. Be it when meeting new people, solving a problem, or even looking for love. At the end of the day, we're all after happiness, not some ideal. It ought to be as simple as that.

Having said all that, I think I should clarify that it's probably impossible to refrain from making the mistake even when we know about it. But by being aware of it, hopefully we'll be just that little bit more cautious.

We had a primary school gathering last night. It's been 10 years, and it's amazing how little most of us seemed to have changed. At least from what little I could discern.

Quite a few of us are in NTU, especially NBS. It's almost like coming a full circle. Circles are considered sacred shapes in many religions and ancient civilizations. I too subscribe to the belief that such "full circles" are magical, and rich with hints of fate or destiny at work.

But of course, there are those who are going overseas, or in different Unis. Then it's interesting in their cases to note how different our lives turned out in spite of our similar points of origin.

I was a little reluctant to attend initially. I mean, it has been TEN years, or half a lifetime in our cases. "What on earth would we talk about?"

I suspect everyone who turned up had had similar fears. And I would like to salute everyone who had the courage to show up. The courage without which none of all this would have happened.