Past me and present me
Today was a train day. The van driver went to Galle to buy a new van, so on a Monday (those who know me also know that Mondays are the busiest days for me), I had to take the train to office and then back home. During the evening ride, I had my (not rare anymore) moment of realization. I found my usual corner seat, so I wouldn’t be facing the sea but could turn around and see it, but I would still have the wind blowing through my hair. I took out Paper Towns and started reading. Then they got in. Now they were the people who I’m sure my friends and I were a few years ago. They made me realize 1) how ridiculous my friends and I may have sounded back then and 2) how much has changed since a few years ago. They were three or four possibly teenage girls. They were giggling nonstop and kept making jokes. When my friends and I were growing up (not that we are grown up now, but during our mid-teens), we would giggle and laugh and live in our own world. We were completely obliviou...