parallel universes

Out of sight but not out of mind.

My female owner has been thinking and reminiscing about Singapore recently. Besides the Taiwanese drama which sparked off thoughts of her family, the recent hub of activities in her Facebook (of which she posted my photo as her profile. Yay!) where friends added her (seeing the smiling face of the aikido senior who used to comment that she rolls like a pancake was so nostalgic) and closer friends still, commenting on the photos she put up, lead to a pensive state of being.

Often, she would wonder what she would be doing if she were still in Singapore. It’s not just thinking about the usual social activities which she would engage in - like aikido, badminton, dinners, bridge and even playing with us. Being overseas has resulted in some people talking more to her than they would have, if she were still in Singapore. While she is warmed by their concern, it inevitably also deepens her sense of loss.

It’s also about what job would she be in. For one, she would have probably resigned (again) and joined another organisation where she would be interacting more with people with real needs and issues, rather than doing meaningless paperwork, conducting questionable training courses (she’s the questionable element in the equation) and developing collaterals which get thrown away anyway.

It’s like the Sliding Door concept – she’s trying to figure out how her life would be in two parallel universes. The thing is, she would never know.