Originally posted January 19, 2007.
[reposted because of this]

Scene: on our way home from BTC

Yan: I just realized that we now live in a world where we can't be overly friendly.

Gen: You think?

Yan: Yeah. I was lining up to use the rest room in Yellow Cab, and some little girls, about 5yrs old, were playing by the door. I tried chatting 'em up; they were so cute and giggly. Out of nowhere comes the yaya, all bitchy and pissed that I was talking to her charges. She shot me a look that said, 'perv!' The hell?

Pensive pause.

Gen: You know what, I think my childhood was...

Yan: Perfect?

Gen: No, not really. It was...

Yan: Great?

Gen: Yeah, I suppose. Coz when I was a child, I played in a world that was still...

Yan: Innocent?

Gen: Yeah.

Yan: So true.

Gen: No, no, that's not it. Innocent is not the right word.

Yan: What is it then?

Gen: More like naive. The world was so naive then.

Yan: Yeah...Naive.

Disturbed silence.