စိတ်ထဲရှိသမျှ

It’s scary how time flashes by. Times dissolve into a thick dark fog. Things that happened last week seem like years ago, and things that happened last year feel like yesterday. I suppose this is the side effect of growing older. Usually, at this time of the year, I would put ကြုံရင်ပြောပေးပါ (Kyone Yin Pyay Par) by Big Bag and a few favourite Xmas records on repeat, but this year I felt different. I wanted the door to the past to remain closed. Looking back on the year, the most liberating that I ever did for myself in decades, on the contrary to my forced live-a-sensible-lifestyle-Jonathan, was –  I welcomed the year 2022