there once was

yesterday we sat somewhere in the middle of the CBD, big buildings and offices towering way above us, the windows dark and the streets relatively empty on Good Friday. it felt like we were in our own city, sort of – with everything else around us blurry, sparse, almost silenced. there was a fountain outside one of the buildings and you said, let's try running through that one day, maybe at 3A.M. or something. i said, yes! you make me feel like in the movies sometimes, you know? you said, yes, i know, but it has to be spontaneous.

at night we went to marina bay sands, window shopped all the big brands we cannot afford. later we went to the iLight carnival outside and found out that tickets to the rides costed around $7 each. you said, i'll buy these tickets for you without hesitation when i am 28 and working. i said, thank you that it seems you see me in your life, without a doubt, even at 28.

later, we talked about what we did on the new year's eve that had just passed. we both had dinners with our own families and decided not to meet after dinner, but go to bed early and meet early the next day, on new year's day. in retrospect, i said that perhaps we should have met after dinner to watch the fireworks because it must have been a lot more spectacular, considering that it was the last day of sg50. you said, don't worry, we'll go watch the fireworks together on new year's eve in sg100.

i love it that you see me in your future and you say it without hesitation, without thinking much about it, as if it comes to you as a given. last night i also told you that to me, ~~this~~ was an adventure of a lifetime. you smiled and laughed sheepishly till your eyes disappeared. you also said that ~~this~~ was the point of time in your life where there was a 'before' and 'after'. i think so too. you must be the most impactful event in my life.