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The Good Old Days You will always go back to the old days hence the words "the good old days". It does not mean the present is bad, just the the old days were always better maybe simply because life was more simple and values, priorities, demands and lifestyle were different. That is why people collect antiques, remake old movies and redo old songs as retro or simply just listen to old songs in its original version. When you are young you look forward to be older but when you got old you wish to be younger. Ah, irony of life. The good old days will never return but you can go back to the good old days. How? By visiting places, attending events and meeting people of that era. I have been doing exactly that for some time now visiting places of the past,  attending some events and meeting people. Not just meeting people but also connecting them. Inevitably, some of the most memorable times had to be in school. I have written previous articles on that which you can find ...

21 - Forever Young

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When we were in school we can't wait to get out of school and go to work probably thinking that the working adults are having lots of fun. In lower secondary we can't wait to be in higher secondary if anything just so that the boys can wear pants instead of shorts. We say we are going to be 16 instead of saying 15. Then we look forward to be 21 because we saw folks being liberated or so they thought and they throw "function" (21st birthday bash). Soon you will realize that you are 39.99 and you will tell people you are not yet 40. Irony of life. Way before that your dad stop giving you pocket money and your first currency crisis started and till this day it has not ended. We are veterans. Battle-hardened. Today it is different. In the old days or if you were in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia you are alright. You lose your job in the city, you can go back to your mother in the village and eat off the land. Here, your mother will have to...