There’s this trend on social media that I saw in Instagram whereby people shared about an imaginary date with a younger version of themselves. I think I will try it out here haha.

I met my younger self for coffee this morning.

She was 30 mins late and was feeling very apologetic with many excuses. I was 1 hr late and walk in like a boss. Okay lah, got apologise but not as apologetic as my younger self and definitely no excuses because I just suck at time management and it has gotten worse. Hahaha.

She ordered iced milo with ice (with sugar) as it is a guilty pleasure for her and the drink is not cheap so she don’t drink it often. I ordered earl grey black tea latte without ice and without sugar because I drink it daily and should at least cut down on my sugar intake if I am drinking it daily.

She told me that she is very worried about not able to get into an overseas university on scholarship for her bachelor degree so she cannot escape the horrible environment at home. She is also worried about unable to pay for her university fees and have to go out to work after A levels. I told her that she ended up having both bachelor and master degrees from NUS. Not getting scholarship to study overseas is fine because she was able to survive through the horrible environment and came out stronger. It is still tough and is getting more difficult but the end is nearing. She doesn’t need to worry about the finances as much as she thought because things will always work out fine because of her tenacity attitude.

She told me that she don’t know if she is ever you find love or learn to love others since she was not loved. I told her that she found love and got betrayed/scammed and recovered. She came up stronger and went on to achieve more in other aspects of her life. She knows how to love others unconditionally by nature.

She told me that she is worried about having to stay with her parents forever. I told her that we are opening door 2 days later to our forever home. I already got the keys and I am inviting her to stay with me. It’s much bigger than expected and it is a private property so she definitely overachieved for her age and background.

She told me she is worried about finances. I told her she might need to only because she is always a spender. Just continue to save before you spend and you will be fine. Trust your instincts. I think at that point, she thought I was going to give her good news and comfort her more but some things never change as we are both brutally honest even as the time passed by.