Lest We Forget

We sometimes get updates of friends passing on social media channels, while we may not be that close to some of them. Those news still hit us, maybe it’s because of our common photography community bonds, or maybe it’s due to my mid-life stage where I am right now. 

When my very old friend, in our 35th year of friendship (since our secondary school and Scouting adventure) days (and still counting), his Dad passed on recently, our fellow batch of old friends came down to support and gather, paying our last respects, indirectly also a gathering of old friends. 

How many more years of friendships can we count? We are all busy with our respective family, life, business or work. Have we make enough time and effort to meet and catch up with our old friends, or even other family and relatives? 

Life is ?

In our life journey, this question would many a times pop into our mind and heart? What is life all about? Life is not everything colourful, nor everything else black and white. Nothing lasts forever, everything is ephemeral, be it a rainbow or a person’s life journey (whether short, medium or long).

A few recent incidents recently highlighted how some friends may view friendship and even remember things/stuff. Am I forgotten, or am I more of a transactional usage? Life is much simpler in my secondary school era without technology and gadgets taking up our life. 

A More Disunited and Fragmented World

Our world is getting more messy, a more disunited and fragmented world. Our social fabric is turning into more individualism than collective community spirit. The world political situation is getting more uncertain, and also how it would evolve in the next decade. 

Embracing the Ephemeral

Embracing the Ephemeral, everyone has to face this inevitable fact and journey in life, whether we like it or not. 

Taking this time to write my visual stories, even though the world today are not only reading less books, they are also probably reading less elsewhere too. Instead, they might be showing off more on their social media channels, or watching more short form videos/reels that doesn’t go beyond a minute. 

Nevertheless, I will still continue to write, pen down my thoughts, feelings and emotions. There are still some of my family, relatives, friends and readers still reading my visual stories. 

* Photos shot with HONOR Magic7 Pro *

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