last night of Liberty

Gonna make this quick, but I doubt it will be quick.

Speed/Velocity in a typical Volkswagen car

You see, tomorrow I will be a different person. Totally different. Something major is going to happen. I'm not going to suddenly transform into Superman or Batman (although that's quite cool) but I'm gonna change.

I've put this off for as long as I could imagine. If I could, I want to put it off even longer. But the longer I put it off, the more painful and the higher the collateral damage. Can you imagine it?

You see, many have told me that it's 'normal' and it's a 'rite of passage' but honestly, is it really necessary? Louis XIV (the Sun King) of France probably did not have perfect teeth even though he lived in the Palace of Versailles and ruled most of Western Europe. He probably could not chew well, but he received the nutrients he needed with whatever natural capability he possessed.

Fast forward to the modern times. Your grandfather definitely did not have great teeth. Sure they never did need good teeth, being part of South East Asia in the early twentieth century. If you lived to the Japanese occupation with the Rising Sun flying above your head, you would never have enough to eat. Having good enough teeth meant simply being able to chew the sweet potato that was not given by the oppressive government, but rather the sweet potato that you secretly grew in your own garden for fear of others stealing it. Who knows? Ramen with sweet potato could be a great dish back in its day.

Rewind a little. Did Beccaria require good teeth to be engaged in a typical French salon? Do the Imperialist Kings and Queens of England of the nineteenth century need a good set of 'tooth' to be able to enjoy delicacies from all parts of their Empire, so much to say that the "sun never sets" in the British Empire? Will future generations of rural Asian children be in want of braces to chew food? As far as I'm concerned, simply having milk and a piece of bread on a table with chairs would be their idea of luxury.

Today. In the past hour, my facebook wall and my inactive (but currently very active) twitter account have been flooded with my personal fears. So should I not make it out tomorrow, know that this was where the great Stanley Chia once wrote his feelings.

For he once said, "what was once your boundaries are now your comfort zones".

P/S: IF you haven't figured it out already, I am going to the dentist tomorrow to get braces done. Goodnight.