Archive for October 17th, 2006

So People Don’t Really Change Much

October 17, 2006

Another wedding last Saturday.  Old friends, classmates.  Nice to see them again.  Some look exactly as they did when we were in school.  And that is a mighty long time ago, in case you’re wondering.  Some still dress the same.  Some are still with the same partners.  Some have mini-versions of themselves.  Some still have the same careers, some have had quite a few.

It’s quite astounding, to think that so much time has passed since we sat in the same lecture theatre, lunched at the same canteen, mugged for the same exams, laughed at the same jokes.

We are now older, hopefully wiser.  Survived mid-20’s crisis, hopefully ready for mid-30’s crisis.

It’s nice to know that everyone is still the person they were.  The joker, the smoothtalker, the adventurer, the entrepreneur, the idealist, the practicalist, the grown up, the never grow up.

Sometimes I wish time would stand still.  But when time has passed and the good still remains, it’s even sweeter.