WOW.

I remember sometime last year I wrote something about me turning 22, and how my mom got married at the age of 23, and how I'd still be at school when I'm 23.

23. Twenty-three. I'm saying it out loud right now, and as I hear my own voice bouncing off the wall, it feels... unreal. Really, it doesn't feel any different than being 20. or 21. I'm still a student living off my parents.

Yet somewhere out there, and not too far away from my vicinity, a 23 years-old young couple just got married, starting another milestone of their lives, building a life together. To that, my response, thoughts, feelings, can all be summarized into one word: WOW.

I'm still baffled. She was my classmate in high school, sat next to me, so very nice to talk to, but we've never become really really close, which I felt was a pity. She'd always have her lunch box and she'll be in her seat doing homework whilst her boyfriend will come over and sit next to her and just be with her. So sweet. :)

5 years after high school, we're all a bunch of 23s. She's finished her studies, working, had a few relationships and got married. I'm still... studying. And I'm still mentally unprepared to have any solid relationship. Or unwilling. Or perhaps haven't found the right one. Or maybe not the right timing. Or merely don't wanna commit. Or something.

Guess what I'm getting to is that, seeing my friends getting married, one by one, scares me a little. No, scratch that. A whole lot actually. Everyone's moving on...in general..not just the marriage life... which makes me, who's still on the same spot, feels like I'm going backwards. Especially when I still don't quite know where I'm headed to in the near future. Career wise, I mean.

But ah well. Here comes the part where I'm gonna console myself. No two beings are alike, and so everyone has a timeline of their own. My time will come, eventually. :) Meanwhile, let's just sit back, enjoy a cuppa hot tea and some Hershey's.

And get back to study. heh.


p.s.: Congrats dear Huey Lu, may your marriage life be merry and your love for each other never falters. Warmest wishes, from me. :)