Date: 28-February-2016, 10:40 PM
Location: Singapore
This is your father writing to you from the past. Somewhere in the messy, fuzziness that is a space-time continuum, I know you exist. Hopefully, you are hale and healthy, and you don’t hate me already. It would be really cool if I can start this post by saying, “If you are reading this, then I am probably dead. So here is your mission to unlock your inheritance…” That is so wonderfully cinematic; an appropriate and absurd way to start a message to a kid that has not been born yet. If I ever stop being absurd when I grow old, please knock some sense into me, will you?
Hopefully, the earth in that parallel universe is more healthy and peaceful. Hopefully, you read this from a spaceship as you become the first person to land on Mars. If not the extraordinary, hopefully, you are doing something that a twenty four year old me finds mundane but you still enjoy it and find it extraordinary. Hopefully, at least one of the thousand thoughts that are crossing through my head come true. Hopefully, I stop using the word hopefully.
You might be thinking, why this man is writing to you, while you listen to your AI assistant read this out. Maybe at this moment on February 28th 2016 at 10:12 PM, I wanted to talk to someone without hearing their opinions. Considering the cost of living these days, maybe this will be my only inheritance to you. Or I could have just been inspired by Phil from Modern Family.
To be frank, I am a strong (relatively?), independent person who has been set loose on this wild, beautiful and complex world. To tell you the truth kiddo, I have no idea what I am doing or where I am going. Am I proceeding closer to making sense of “it” all, or am I just running further and further away from the truth? One day, I hope to look at the whole picture and say, “HA! I knew that all along!”
Maybe, this is just me using the unborn you as an opportunity to write a blog post. If you find that offensive, then tough luck kiddo, because in life people are going to do what they want, whether you like it or not. I have been told by many, that I am really good at advising people. I am sure you’ve felt and been annoyed by the ripple effect of that statement in the continuum. I hope, by the time you read this post, you are old enough to either miss my advice or better yet, you are a major fan of it.
So, here goes… HA! Rejoice my offspring, there won’t be any wise words from me this time. However, I hope to write more as I continue to figure my life out. I will try to keep the advice to within 200–300 words per post. Maybe one day, when I am done, I can collect these set of truths as the greatest gift given by me to mankind.
PS- Yes, I know you want to say it. “You are a narcissist, dad.” Its true. I agree.
PPS- Also, I really like calling you kiddo. I am pretty sure it is going to annoy you after a while.
Location: Singapore
This is your father writing to you from the past. Somewhere in the messy, fuzziness that is a space-time continuum, I know you exist. Hopefully, you are hale and healthy, and you don’t hate me already. It would be really cool if I can start this post by saying, “If you are reading this, then I am probably dead. So here is your mission to unlock your inheritance…” That is so wonderfully cinematic; an appropriate and absurd way to start a message to a kid that has not been born yet. If I ever stop being absurd when I grow old, please knock some sense into me, will you?
Hopefully, the earth in that parallel universe is more healthy and peaceful. Hopefully, you read this from a spaceship as you become the first person to land on Mars. If not the extraordinary, hopefully, you are doing something that a twenty four year old me finds mundane but you still enjoy it and find it extraordinary. Hopefully, at least one of the thousand thoughts that are crossing through my head come true. Hopefully, I stop using the word hopefully.
You might be thinking, why this man is writing to you, while you listen to your AI assistant read this out. Maybe at this moment on February 28th 2016 at 10:12 PM, I wanted to talk to someone without hearing their opinions. Considering the cost of living these days, maybe this will be my only inheritance to you. Or I could have just been inspired by Phil from Modern Family.
To be frank, I am a strong (relatively?), independent person who has been set loose on this wild, beautiful and complex world. To tell you the truth kiddo, I have no idea what I am doing or where I am going. Am I proceeding closer to making sense of “it” all, or am I just running further and further away from the truth? One day, I hope to look at the whole picture and say, “HA! I knew that all along!”
Maybe, this is just me using the unborn you as an opportunity to write a blog post. If you find that offensive, then tough luck kiddo, because in life people are going to do what they want, whether you like it or not. I have been told by many, that I am really good at advising people. I am sure you’ve felt and been annoyed by the ripple effect of that statement in the continuum. I hope, by the time you read this post, you are old enough to either miss my advice or better yet, you are a major fan of it.
So, here goes… HA! Rejoice my offspring, there won’t be any wise words from me this time. However, I hope to write more as I continue to figure my life out. I will try to keep the advice to within 200–300 words per post. Maybe one day, when I am done, I can collect these set of truths as the greatest gift given by me to mankind.
PS- Yes, I know you want to say it. “You are a narcissist, dad.” Its true. I agree.
PPS- Also, I really like calling you kiddo. I am pretty sure it is going to annoy you after a while.
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