Hello 2024

A decade ago, this date in 2024 would be so unimaginable and futuristic, that it is hard to imagine how the world would be, compared to 2014. Yet, here we are. The world seems familiar, and a lot of things are like we imagined, but much too differs from our imagination. I still remember that in 2014, I was driving to work in a factory in the far edge of Selangor. And now, I still need to drive a car, there’s no flying drone carrying me to work or to buy groceries.

But the experiences have been not what I imagined, to put it mildly. I didn’t imagine covid or at a personal level, to have kids running around the house. I didn’t imagine that I would be leaving Malaysia and be working in the UK. But yet, here I am.

Here’s to more imaginable and unimaginable tales and adventure.

Similar Posts

  • Missing Shoes

    Muslims in Malaysia go to Friday prayers every week normally wearing a pair of slippers. Occasionally some dishonest person would come with a pair of old slippers, and leave a pair of newer ones. Colloquially known as “kena tibai”, which means got nicked. I think there’s two reasons for this bad behaviour. Firstly is the…

  • Why Do We Push Ourselves

    My daughter recently came back with a very long book, about 100 pages long. For context, she is 6 years old and normally only reads books that are 10 to 20 pages long, and even those are in big fonts. Recently her teacher let her choose her own books to read, and that is the…

  • Confirming Football

    Went to a Malaysian meet-up recently and it ended just before a Premier League game, and naturally most of the attendees stayed to watch the football. One of the attendants needed a lift so I offered one, and we left while people were still watching the game. The guy asked me whether I watched football,…

  • Poorly

    For those who don’t know, poorly means unwell, or sick. I think it is a north-west/Manchester slang (Mancunian) thing. Or maybe every British uses that, I don’t know. At first I find it appalling as it seems poor equals to sick, but now I believe it came from the sorry condition one is when he/she…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *