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Time and Tide Wait for No Man

I have known this saying for over forty years now and it still remains as true as it was then. Why this title?

I had lunch with a group of good buddies, all over fifties at Sushi Teh, at the former Big Splash at East Coast Park, Singapore. The discussions were over multiple topics and boisterous for each one of them. They ranged from living in Australia versus in Singapore, racism, globalization, money to Facebook. There will never be enough boredom when we get together, where laughter rang out loud, and each one contributing their experience.

Time did pass, and two hours whizzed by without me noticing. If I had not gone to this lunch, I would have missed the fun and the laughter. The two hours will still go by and I could be sitting by twittering my fingers and getting precious little done.

The lesson is when you feel like doing something, do it. The worst sin is to think too much over the consequence or what else could I do, if I had not done that. Such "academic excellence" which works well in a university does little to make life worth living when one reaches fifty. To partake in such an atmosphere of sharing and laughing is simply living the good life.

Indeed, time has passed, and so has the tide. Life goes on.

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