Nougatine

Everytime I return from Melbourne, the land where I'd first learnt to have positive dreams, I have to tear myself away. I fell into a deep, long, dreamless sleep right after I returned home.

So much has changed. Federation Square was ground zero when I was a student. Docklands never existed. Melbourne Central looked totally different. Fun Factory, Legends and Charltons (all now defunct) were the coolest places to play pool in my day and Asian nights were commonplace. Today, the city is plagued by violence and most of my friends whom I used to hang out with are married with families.



Armed with a copy of Cosmopolitan and Madison on the plane ride home, It sparked me to think that perhaps I was never meant to play Happy Families. The movies that made me tick are still in the same league - vague, with bitter-sweet after-taste. I watched Love Connected, Eat a Cup of Tea, Wolverine the Origin, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past on the plane. Bliss...

In another ten years, all would be different again. Perhaps, it is time I grew up too...