My classmates TM 36A- KTQD 1994-1998.
So, we have graduated for 8 years. And at this time 12 years ago, we entered college. Time flies fast, doesn't it?
Those were the days, when we were more innocent, with big dreams, bright hope and lighter responsibility, when we come to school everyday to chat and have fun. They (and me) were young then. Not now, we are coming to 30-something, most of them are married, some have children. Perhaps some enjoy life, some are frustrated with life but they all know they could never be 20 again.
Isn't life crazy? When we were young, we thought we didn't have freedom since we lack many things: money, a stable job or sometimes, a lover. When we get older, we still feel lack freedom because there're many constraints tied us down: family, kid, wife, job, shattered dreams, old memory etc. And a mid-life crisis is often coming sooner than we thought and not everyone is ready for it. How can we find truly happiness and freedom in this life? Of course, this is a silly question because there's no answer for everyone. But perhaps, everyone should think and find his/her own answer. Before it's too late.
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
"Time, I've been passing time watching trains go by..." :)
ReplyDeleteAnh Linh đứng đâu trong ảnh ấy nhể??? :-?
ReplyDeleteKhông có, anh có ở VN đâu mà chụp ảnh hả em. Đây là ảnh bây giờ mà :P
ReplyDeletehôm nọ đi với đứa bạn thân, là lớp trưởng hồi ĐH dự đám cưới của 1 bạn trong lớp, tụi em cũng kêu nhau ới ời đòi họp lớp, nhưng mà thời hạn... chưa tới. Khi trước, chia tay, lớp em có nói là... 15 năm sau sẽ họp lớp. Đứa nào cũng phòng trừ rằng, lúc đó, chắc chẳng còn ai... độc thân nữa. Chả biết thế nào, nghĩa là năm 2017 lớp em mới họp lớp cơ!
ReplyDeleteÀ, đây không hẳn là họp lớp mà là lễ kỷ niệm 50 thành lập khoa chứ lớp anh cũng chẳng có lệ họp lớp nữa cơ. Lớp cấp 3 thì cũng tổ chức họp được vài năm sau khi tốt nghiệp cấp 3 rồi cũng hết.
ReplyDeleteYes, Desperado, "you better let somebody love you, before it's too late ..."
ReplyDeleteAnd freedom? Ah, "that's just some people talking .. your prison is walking through this world all alone ..."
:)
Reading those last lines of the entry, Suddenly I thought of the song at the end of the movie Dr Strangelove, "we'll meet again, someday ..." ;) Sorry for this may be inappropriate, but sometimes, we just happen to find the irony when we mix reality with imagintaion.
ReplyDeleteTroi, qua'n ca' Phuong Nguyen o Ho Tay bay gio nhin hoanh trang the. Hay la co' em gai cua minh tai tro :D
ReplyDeleteNhin` anh lop cua bac Linh co' may bac' bung to, trong cu nhu la 40-smt roi, ma` hinh` nhu di mot minh, ko thay vo con dau ca ...
1. Innocence seems not a quality to be used with more or less, though as an adjective it can be :-p. Is it alone not enough to express itself, pal?
ReplyDelete2. If someone are not mentally free, it's that person's own mental matter, not because of social bonds or duties, isn't it :-p
2. If someone is not... Định dùng "you" xong thay bằng someone mà quên đổi động từ :).
ReplyDeleteEm lại cứ tưởng anh đứng chụp ảnh :-"
ReplyDeleteỪ, công nhận có mấy thằng phát tướng nhanh thật. Rõ là cái hiểm họa của việc đi làm kinh doanh, uống bia quanh năm (hầu hết các đồng chí này đều làm nghề kinh doanh vì bọn tớ học Thương mại mà).
ReplyDeleteTrong số này thì chừng 85% là có gia đình rồi đấy. Các đồng chí bụng to cũng đều lấy vợ cả :D.
Mà quán cá ấy giờ nhìn như khách sạn ấy nhỉ, không biết có dịch vụ cho thuê phòng luôn ko :D
@HA: more innocent is different from innocent. I mean we were more innocent before than now. But of course, we were not really innocent, even then.
Regarding you second point, Vietpundit has quoted exactly from an Eagles song "And freedom? Ah, "that's just some people talking .. your prison is walking through this world all alone ...""
@Linh:
ReplyDelete1. Innocent, fresh, immature, inexperienced, ect. is expresive enough. For example, years ago you were innocent to have big dreams then, and now getting older you're experienced enough to never dream anything more. No adjective comparison at all, but clearly it gives comparison. Do you think there's anyone who's the most innocent? If yes, that person may be called a fool instead of a comparison being made :D. Anyway, you're grammatically right, so I withdraw ;).
2. I mean feeling free or not depends on how you make it mentally, no matter being all alone or being in a crowd. If you fail to take it mentally, it’s of course prison walking through everything all alone. Am I against the quote?
(Mình nghĩ là mình đã thấy comment của bạn today20 mà giờ mất tiêu, nhưng mình vẫn muốn đồng ý với bạn ấy rằng "Absolutely, the best way is being in a "cukoo's nest" and it's just a cheap theory" :D)
hihi, thứ 2 này lớp em cũng tranh thủ dịp thành lập khoa để họp lớp, nhưng mà ko hoành tráng 50 năm như khoa anh đâu ạ, vì em là khóa đầu tiên :D
ReplyDelete@Thuy: Em học khoa Đô thị nhỉ. Khoa mới toanh, là đàn chị dẫn đầu khoa, thích thế :p.
ReplyDelete@HA:
1. I don't know why you insist that we shouldn't use "more innocent". I was certainly more innocent when I was 20 than when I was 30 and. I was also more innocent when I was 10 than I was 20. If I used "innocent" alone in that sentence, I feel it's not correct to me and I'm not honest myself, that's why I don't use it, not because of grammar or smt. So that's the way I feel it and I express what I feel.
2. Today20 decided to withdraw her statement. Anyway, I don't understand this sentence ""Absolutely, the best way is being in a "cuckoo's nest" and it's just a cheap theory". Did you really say so, Grass?
1. OK, you are less and less innocent getting older. I did say I withdrew, sir :)
ReplyDelete2a. "... being in a cuckoo's nest", I mean someone would be mentally free if he/she was out of mind. Anyway, it's merely a joke, following today20's funny idea.
2b. As it (what I said) sounds "cliché", and hard to be applied in the actual life, I found it just a cheap theory. Am I clear?
(I've realised that I was so rude to disturb your memory of school-time this way. Am sorry and off topic now, friend)
Hix, dang buo`n buo`n tu du*ng doc bai nay cua anh lai ca`ng thay buo^`n ho*n mo'i chet chu'.
ReplyDelete@HA: Don't mention it. I'm sorry for my reaction too, friend.
ReplyDelete@Minh Thi: Sao lại buồn cơ chứ :P