I found this rather frightening photo of myself in JC1 in the Temasek JC canteen, still in my ACS uniform with my pal from ACS, Gerald. The frightening thing, I realise, were my glasses. I mean, we make fun of all those folks with bell bottoms and thick dark rim glasses, until we realise we were actually like that once (in the 1990s). Horror. But it brought back memories -- memories of days lived with hope. Had I known that I would end up one day where I am, would I have felt so much hope? That's an interesting one to sleep on tonight.