We will never see today again

My son Andrew's class in Sec 1, 2010 

          We live in an ever unpredictable world, gone are the days of old, when we would be happy just to have a small flat and a mode of transport like the bus. Then came the MRT,car,  then came the low cost airlines, then came the strengthening of our country's currency, and we suddenly find ourselves to be urbanites, travelling to many once considered far flung and expensive places like Greenland, Norway, Alaska, Uganda, and Namibia for work and play.

          Lest we forget where we have come from, we are reminded by the regular social studies lessons and history lessons which our chilidren learn, and we once again are reminded of our humble past.

         Like the bombings of Boston, or the latest earthquake in Sichuan China, or even the latest death tolls of the H7N9 bird flu. I am constantly reminded of the transience of life, that nothing ever stays the same for long. We need to constantly adapt to the new age, else we slip into job and technology obsolescence. 

        It is always heartening to pull out the old photos of my family and friends, and reminisce the 'good old times'. For they will always be that, happy memories which we will never see or experience anything quite like them.

       So seize the day.