Of Coincidences and Conscience.

Bumped into a few people from different phases in my life
Saw A at gym. (Sis's friend, who is also now a friend of mine after Taiwan trip)
Then walked into YN, also at gym (Choir senior whom i was close to for a while coz of U.S trip)
Stared into A at Watsons (Coursemate from NIE)
Saw YD at NTUC (someone i knew from NVAC)
Also saw LZ ysty at Queensway (Blockhead from Kent Ridge who used to knock on my door to force me to go for block meetings. haha)
Actually I always have this paranoia if I'd ever bump into people i didn't want to see. I think its pretty tragic to walk around knowing that there is this one or two persons you'd want to hide your face from. Its important to have a clear conscience ya?

Seeing people from your past is a bit like stumbling upon a familiar smell. Have you ever smelled something (be it a shampoo, perfume, shower foam, air freshener... or whatever) and you recalled something that happened during that period. For instance, i'd smell a certain shampoo and remember i was having this exam paper; or i used to use this brand of shower foam/perfume when i was spending time with a particular friend. (I used to have a Pri school classmate who liked to smell my hair- the brand i was using was Ginvera ahha... wonder if she'd still think of me if she smelled it again)
Anyway, seeing these people brought back different memories of my past... And interestingly enough they don't overlap and are unrelated to one another. So over the course of 2 days, quite abit of my personal history was stirred up... haah!

Anyway, think i am feeling slightly poignant again because i have just finished reading a book (freshly picked from the library just a few hours ago =p)
Its called Separation Anxiety by Karen Brichoux (also the author of COffee and KUng-Fu... which i'm writing down so that i'd remember to borrow it haha)

The plot is structured such that both the past and present of the heroine's memories are featured simultaneously. The heroine wanted to "break-up" with a friend since she has known since she was six. Bundled with memories of her family and with her friend, we learn more about her and walking with her through secrets, realisation and self-discovery.
ANyway... i am crap at writing book reviews... so guess i'll end off with saying i enjoyed the book and it is definitely more meaningful than those thrashy ones i normally occupy my eyes with. (else i wouldn't have devoured 233 pages in... 3 hours?)

And you know how hopeless romantics always wish to have this lovely childhood friend/boy-next-door/best-friend type who knows you inside-out, whom you know you can depend your life on, whom you'd immediately turn to when you need a shoulder to cry on... *Major Awwww*
But of coz, that's only a fantasy. No such thing in real life. Not in my own life at least. Not that I mind really... I'm old and pragmatic enough not to feel any regret for this sort of thing... ahah
Well, I'm contented to reserve my romantic streak for fiction from the library. haha
Ultimately, there are some men you gawk at, and some men you MARRY. I observe a pattern from my colleagues' partners...

Digressions.
Told Muah that if i ever have children (which i seriously doubt i would...) I'd teach him/her CONFIDENCE. Realised that with confidence, so much can be achieved... and he/she can live through life a much happier person.
Next thing i wanna teach is EQ. She said you learn about EQ from the experiences in life... which is true ya? Well, one can be damn brilliant or wildly efficient, but with no EQ... its bound to get people's backs up...

So my kids will be armed with: Confidence coupled with EQ.
Studies can come later.
That is because I would a tai-tai and my children can lead a comfortable, leisurely life. They can be average students but still be successful in life because they have Confidence and EQ and also money from their dad's reserve to have them start some businesses. haha
Then again, i think my children should be pretty smart to begin with because my partner must have dazzled me with his intelligence in the first place. Smart parents usually produce smart children right? haha

Too much digressions.