Reminisce

I came home from facial last night, had a late dinner, and slouched in my couch.

My mum suddenly excitedly came to me with a photo album. Yellow, slightly tattered at the corners, and definitely smelled of old, ruffled papers. Once in a while, she'd come up with something interesting for me to ponder over. Last night, was one of those nights.

"Hey, you look at this. Don't you think that my friend's face shape is just sooooooo different? She must have did something to her face!"

Yeah, her friend, is now my beautician.

They have been close friends for a long while. The thing that brought them apart - marriage, kids. Now that their kids are older, do they have time to sit down and talk. It's really that hard, I guess, for a typical person to upkeep friendship. Though this is something I don't really like, it's also something that I prepare myself mentally for.

As I watched them talk over coffee and toast two weeks back, each knowing each other's preferences, I thought of the coffee talks I have with my close friends. It's like watching life fast forward to 30 years on, and this is how it'd look like.

One thing I really found true-er and true-er now, is as a particular person once said," What you do before you are 30, determines what you would do after 30." Both of them have always been in the beauty line. The skincare regime has kept them youthful. I could see for myself one thing - maintenance, for a woman, is really important. The both of them didn't look "ah-sor". I really hope I'd be somewhat like them...aging gracefully.

Of course, spiritual and emotional health are more important, but nowadays, we look to holistic needs. All encompassing needs being met. Sounds a hefty feat.