I hate to admit it. But we are all growing old and it's scary.
Just today, one of my RSAF ex-colleagues, Peter, called me up to tell me his wife is expecting their first kid in February next year. Being the blur sotong that he is, obviously he's getting worried cos he's not the parenting type (honestly, none of us ever are till we get our first kid; it's one of those baptism by fire things).
So there we were yakking away (me teasing him mostly) and he said something along the lines like, "Wah, last time we meet up is to go dancing and drinking, now we have coffee to talk about kids". Yes sir-ree! We certainly have come a long way!
Next thing we know we'll be talking about where to hold our kids' weddings.
Shite... It really is worrying to realise you're not getting any younger. It's just one of those aspects of life that you never really bother about until it just falls on you like a ton of bricks out of the blue. Then you start thinking about how you are going to see your kids through to university, will you be able to retire in Florida, will you live long enough to withdraw your CPF, etc, etc.
Just today, one of my RSAF ex-colleagues, Peter, called me up to tell me his wife is expecting their first kid in February next year. Being the blur sotong that he is, obviously he's getting worried cos he's not the parenting type (honestly, none of us ever are till we get our first kid; it's one of those baptism by fire things).
So there we were yakking away (me teasing him mostly) and he said something along the lines like, "Wah, last time we meet up is to go dancing and drinking, now we have coffee to talk about kids". Yes sir-ree! We certainly have come a long way!
Next thing we know we'll be talking about where to hold our kids' weddings.
Shite... It really is worrying to realise you're not getting any younger. It's just one of those aspects of life that you never really bother about until it just falls on you like a ton of bricks out of the blue. Then you start thinking about how you are going to see your kids through to university, will you be able to retire in Florida, will you live long enough to withdraw your CPF, etc, etc.
But it's okay, as long as I can age with style like Sean Connery... :P
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