Growing up

It feels good to be young again. Sneaking into chalet compound without paying, climbing over the gate just to get to the "out-of-bounds" swimming pool, finding my way in almost complete darkness, lying on the deck chairs with my Ben & Jerry, looking up at the starry sky and talking about past, present and future.

Thank You.

Ah, it felt like I am back in JC. Climbing over school gate and avoiding the surveillance cameras just to get out of school for breakfast. Hmm.. Those were the days when we were young, carefree and reckless. Those days seem so much better.

Since when did we become so cautious, so afraid? Now everything is like a careful and calculated move in a chess game, where every wrong move results in dire consequences. We used to have nothing to lose. Now, everything's at stake.

Now, you look and think before you leap and sometimes you don't leap at all because no one might be at the bottom to catch you. And in life, there's no safety net. How did life become so scary all of a sudden?