Memories of the past...

A friend asked me why I put:

"memories of the past,
illusions of the present,
hope for the future"

in my sidebar.

I guess it was what I came up with after Sep 2003:). Where the past was so transient and dear to me and I was holding on to it so much, the present seemed like an illusion. (all the weights, the stripping in the army, the studying, the bridge building, the hazing (or tekkan in Singlish). And I was hoping for a better future.

I guess that future has arrived. So, maybe the present is an illusion, but at least, it's a oasis in the desert, not merely a mirage that does not hold. Let's see how long the hope lasts.

Carpe Diem.

lip
ranting