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The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. -Horace Walpole

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Location: Singapore

Tutor at NUS.

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Hmm

Some years back, I went to Sentosa with 2 friends I now no longer am in contact with. I remember swimming, all alone, at an isolate beach, and there was a storm approaching, and it was a nice experience, the feeling of being all alone, treading the water, looking at the dark clouds approaching. I remember that before that, I had went to Sentosa with a friend whom I now am also no longer in contact with, and we had left our belongings at the beach and we had simply swum, with none a thought to what might happen to our belongings. And I remember that before that, I had went to Sentosa with a group of classmates, all of whom I now am no longer in contact with, and it was a very fun day, perhaps one of the most fun day of my life - definitely one of the most memorable one. It was a weekday, there were in our area only us, and I swam, and we played some games. I remember also making a female classmate then cry, because we were playing a what-first-impressions-we-have-of-each-other game, and I had told everyone what my first impressions of her were. That was 10 years ago.

I went to Sentosa with two friends yesterday, whom I still am in contact with today. It was a relatively simple and spontaneous outing, one of them having said two days before that he would be taking leave, and the other being a relatively free person, as I was. There was a light drizzle, there was no sun, but overall it needed to be done. We each have our own baggage, and I can say for my part, that I had wanted to let go of things for a while, to suspend myself in the water, to float free.

I'm going to Japan in 9 days, for a month, on a partially subsidized university visit. I had wanted this, but it has also the unfortunate side effect of compressing my usual school term. I have, as a result, a large volume of work to clear in a small volume of time. I should have anticipated this, but I guess I was too caught up with enjoying myself in various ways. In any event, this is the main baggage I'm carrying now.

I wonder if I'd still be in contact with those 2 Sentosa friends, a few years from now.