i think aging is a rather cruel process.

zapping away your health and in exchange, returning you with increasing illnesses. removing the joy of chewing, leaving you with a set of dentures. decreasing your face value by adding on MUCH wrinkles where even the most powerful make up is of little use. replacing tasty food with colourful pills. allowing you to look at the beautiful nature around you, only to take it away from you in time to come. so much for toning up cos aging will eventually just make your body saggy. no more Rapunzel Rapunzel let you hair down, more like a shiny shiny bald spot let me polish your head.

and i believe the list goes one.

so days back, my mum suddenly mentioned in chinese that she felt,
"lao chou."

when i asked her what that meant, she told me, that she felt ugly due to being old.

initially, i was laughing at her creation of such a word and found it hilarious since she often praised herself of being damn damn pretty when she was young. so when i questioned her about that, she told me.

"precisely cos i was damn pretty in the past. the drastic change caused me to feel 'lao chou'. "

yes shamelessness on her side. but that kinda got me thinking, aging.

cruel, isnt it?

damn i better cherish my youthful days. cos im pretty sure one day, i'll start feeling 'lao chou' too.

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