Went to school today to have Math tuition and talk to Mr. Newton, and ended up chatting to Suzie, Phanu and Jarir in the IB room while I was taking a break. I'm not that close to any of them, but we ended up discussing where everyone would end up in twenty years... Apparently, they can see me as a lawyer, Phanu as a architect (who may or may not be married to Kylie) and Suzie in business. We then went over everyone in our IB photo and talked about each of them- who would they be? What would life take them to?

And we, four people from somewhat different cliques and with different ideas and dreams, discussed what would become of people, what we thought they wanted, what their futures would hold and what we wanted for ourselves. Here's some of the things that were said:

WY: I'm doing law since I'm not sure what I want, and I think my parents want me to be a lawyer. Plus I can go into journalism or anything I want with a law degree, so why not?
Jarir: Become a poet!
WY: Haha I wish! But I need to feed myself, don't I?

WY: I can see Allison as a mother.
Suzie: I know, there's something incredibly motherly about her, isn't there.
WY: Yeah! She'd make a good mum.
Suzie: I can see May Li as a mum!
WY: Yeah I know! Fussing over kids, somehow; she'd be one of those mothers with two or three children and adjusting their hats and coats, making sure they weren't cold...

Phanu: Can you see me married?
WY: Well duh.
Phanu: To Kylie? :D
Suzie: You're going to the same place for university, right?
Phanu: Yes yes :D :D
WY: It'd be interesting to see what the next few years hold. University is the time where people change, their ideals shift the most. If you stay together in university then you'll probably be happy for life...
Suzie: So the answer is "MAYBE".
WY: I'm not going to get married! I can't see myself married. :D

Of course I haven't written down everything that was said; there are some things that should be kept to ourselves, interesting as they were. But this shows something: The future's pretty much out there, isn't it? It's time for us to grasp it, grab hold of it, because the things we do in the next few years will mark the path we walk down for the rest of our lives. After exams, we'll all be gone, spread out to different countries, different continents, different jobs, and there will only be a silver of our laughter haunting the corridors for eternity.

There's one thing for sure, though. While the future is uncertain, we still have our now.

Which means this: I should be studying.

Meh.