Feeling Dinosaury anyone?

After my appointment in Subang Jaya I had lunch over at Burger King's; always loved the Whopper Jr :) and ok free flowing coke appeals to me also actually :) :)

Anyways was sitting at a window seat so that I can keep an eye on any coppers on a saman rampage; I paid for my parking but it expired about an hour before and I was too lazy to walk over to the parking meter to top up *reason: Malaysian sun*

And then as I settled down to chow down, I noticed that I ought to be the most "senior" person sitting there; the rest of them were college kids, lots of them... and they talk really loudly..seriously.

A table close to mine was occupied by a couple of kids, a boy and a girl, girl has the obligatory American accent and boy was tinkering with a very expensive looking phone while listening to some oldies (his words not mine) ie. Ronan Keating, Hootie & The Blowfish, Third Eye Blind. Enrique Iglesias .. y'know oldies .. it's not like I was eavesdropping but they were talking really loudly.. I really couldn't help myself, I tried in vain to tune out but the wifi there was super slow and so I gave up trying to surf ..

And then boy said; "you know what makes a guy jealous?"

Me .. "nearly gagged on a mouthful of my whopper!"

girl was saying; "errrmmm I really don't know .. maybe money, friends?

Boy said, "so what else .. it's primal .. really natural .. c'mon"

Girl sheepishly answered "you mean girls??"

Boy said, "yeah, of course it's always about a girl .. I got really jealous when you asked me about Roshan the other day.."

Girl said, "what do you mean jealous?" .. right about then I think it finally dawned on her that the boy likes her .. and I was truly relieved .. but then I smiled to myself that I was just like her 12 years or so ago .. and I seriously feel ancient .. ancient that I nearly gagged while listening to their earlier conversation .. I was once young too.. and though we may sometimes think of youngsters as lame .. but I think it's rather a matter of jealousy .. we wished our lives were that simple .. at the throes of a blooming relationship, at the beginning before we step into real life, the uncertainty that we feel about what lies ahead and yet the anticipation, the need for our affections to be reciprocated...yes, I finally understood though we may have evolved, and we tell ourselves we have grown up but I know most of us are still sentimental creatures, holding on our earlier years .. years that when we think about makes us smile .. well, hold on to those memories let it not be diminished by how "sophisticated" we've become .. remember we were once young too .. and once our train of thoughts were exactly the same and I'm sure we made some poor 30 something nearly choke on their food too :)