I was fishing yesterday. Yup, on a Monday morning! Ooh, don’t envy me just yet, let me finish. I was ‘fishing’ in the office – trying hard not to fall asleep. My head kept bopping forward while I was at work in front of my PC and all because I had a late night the night before. Attended a friends’ wedding reception and later joined my other friends at a nearby pub. So yeah, to state the obvious, I didn’t have enough beauty sleep – not that I need one though! (Hah!! Vain glory!!)
So I was thinking to myself today, how during the past years, did I ever (EVER!) manage to stay alert and awake in the office when the previous night, I was partying myself away with friends at some pubs/clubs, with a glass in hand, losing count of how many shots of burning liquid I have thrown down my throat. Sure you get the usual dryness feeling in your mouth and throat after much boozing and making your lungs work like a factory the night before, but that can be easily help by just drinking gallons of water for the dehydration! And yeah, a pop of Panadol/ Ponstan is enough to take away the head ache! That was back-then. Now, I find it all together amazing how I used to be that kick-ass-fun-loving-gurl!
As much as I hate to admit it to myself, I guess age is catching-up with me. (To my dear friends who are reading this- yeah! yeah! I’m finally acknowledging it. Boohoo!). Hey, at least I have enough courage to say that to myself. As much as I tell myself that age is simply a number and it’s just how one perceive it, I must do a reality check once in awhile and face the fact! That I may not have the same agility, vigor and zest like I once had when I was in my early twenties. Nowadays, I can never do without my 6 hours sleep. I can no longer stand the throbbing pain in my head whenever I’m dealing with a hang-over from drinking (only) 3 cans of beer the night before. And I most certainly cannot stay alert anymore the next morning after a night-out drinking session, and needless to say, all I can think of then is my comfy bed at home and wishing I could just go home immediately!
“Enjoy first! Suffer later!” – oh how I use to say that a lot to myself and my friends before. Of course, I still say that sometimes, but always jokingly. Wouldn’t wanna have too much fun to the extent of forgetting about my well being now. I say well being and not health because I’m not dealing very well with the later-hehe. I have some bad habits that I need to curb and do away with. I’m a coffee addict and then some more (and no it’s not drugs). Which reminds me, I should be doing my medical check-up sometime soon. And I SHOULD seriously take some kind of exercise, once again. What I’m trying to tell myself, is that I should consider to start a healthy lifestyle – BIG TIME!
But you know what? I’m glad I had so much fun then! Yeah, maybe sometimes I do get carried away and do silly (and embarrassing) stuffs. But at least when I grow old with wrinkles, I can look back and say to myself that I’ve laughed, cried, shouted out loud, danced, sang and danced some more! and that it was wild and fun!
Okay! Let’s pull the brake here somewhere. Enough of me trying to sound so old now. Tell you what – I am still gonna continue having fun with my good friends (you guys know who you are! XOXOXO) and I shall still grab the world by its lapel and certainly will kick-ass! Just that perhaps I will choose to channel my enthusiasm differently. You know what they say, with age comes wisdom! (Yeah right! I wish I had more commitment in saying that).
With this, I will leave you with words from Kahlil Gibran:
Said a sheet of snow-white paper, “Pure was I created, and pure will I remain for ever. I would rather be burnt and turn to white ashes than suffer darkness to touch me or the unclean to come near me.”
The ink-bottle heard what the paper was saying, and it laughed in its dark heart; but it never dared to approach her. And the multicoloured pencils heard her also, and they too never came near her.
And the snow-white sheet of paper did remain pure and chaste for ever, pure and chaste—and empty.
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teasing???….emm well..kind of…sort of…JJ bah
…kepala still sakit ka? u just need more rest, drink more water take the meds…n sleep.
emm…i guess really “age is catching-up ” with u….u need to stay “extra alert” during driving….
Yea redgy my dear.. I could totally understand your feelings… I am going through that phase now.. not that it has never happened before.. I think I’ve started drinking early… and I got bored early… and then the habit came again.. and then NOW i’m going through that phase where things aren’t the same anymore.
Not that I’m saying things have changed thoroughly, just that I have been taking things slow lately. I amaze myself…so many times lately… Sometimes I miss the old ways of having fun.. but I’m glad things are the way it is for now…. We could still have fun right?!?!
Btw babes, you have a date with us this Saturday. I will text u soon!
make urself free ok! miss ya~
Again…age is just a number…
redge dearie… no wonder at mark’s bday last time u were just singing and not drinking… i tot u were having problems… but benny told me that u hd to work the next day…. so i said ok…but then…AListair had to work tooo…. 6am lagi tu… i like the ‘OLD’ you… u make the environment so happening la girl…dun like u control control….hehehehhe.. bah next outing!!!