February 23, 2008
4:50 PM
The Concept of Time versus Space
Time vs Space is truly intriguing.
I went to SPH last night. The exact same place as I did 2 years ago. For all I know, I might have been sitting at the exact same spot, only this time, the people around me are different.
Same space, different time.
How would I have known 2 years ago, that 2 years later, I would return to the same place, only you aren't going to be there? But then again, 2 years ago, I saw you but I didn't know you, until weeks later. I wouldn't have known that you, whom I saw in this place would turn out just to be my banana peel along my sidewalk of life.
Then there was somebody else, who could have been there two years ago, is at the same place as I am now. You know me and I know you, but somehow we just don't acknowledge each other's presence.
Fascinating, isn't it?
More than 8 months ago, I saw you. Not where you were supposed to be, but you were there anyway. At that time, I didn't know and wouldn't care about your existence, you were, as I was, just as insignificant in each other's life.
How would I have known at that time, I would see you 3 months later at some place where we would least probably meet. I remember you, I saw you looking at me, even that flitting glance, I knew we will meet again.
Indeed, another 3 months later, you were, as I was, walking down that flight of stairs, that red carpet. This lends verisimility to the fact that I will meet you again 2 months ago from today.
Yet, I knew your existence, but you didn't know mine.
Imagine a line between us called Distance, imagine the world as Space. Over time, Distance became shorter, as Space shrank.
Coincidentally, I did meet you again 2 months ago, and you were 1 out of the many people to be in the same Space as me. That was when you knew about my existence.
Yesterday, Distance was nearly non-existence physically (I don't mean anything, if you know what I mean), but psychologically, no.
Back to my reminiscences of what happened 8 months ago.
There was this other person too.
I didn't know your existence and you didn't know mine. We could have seen each other, but just a glimpse wouldn't have any impact on both our lives.
Who would have known that 8 months later, we would share the same timetable for Thursdays and Fridays?
This is hilarious.
I wonder what I would think 2 years later about 2 years ago from 2 years later.
And then, there was someone else too.
How would I have known that 2 months ago from now that when I reluctantly plopped myself next to you, I was in for deep shit 2 months later, and still counting?
The three people out of the five that I have mentioned, I am really pleased to have you with me right now. I love all of you, when 8 months ago, I wouldn't care if you lived or died.
I LOVE YOU, YOU, AND YOU.