How amazingly perceptions can change with age and experience. As I was hanging out clothes in the sunshine today, a young teenaged boy on the road across was turning around a gleaming red motorcycle that looked new. He was coiffed and combed and nattily turned-out. Had probably taken him ages to get ready and was obviously anticipating a lot of peer admiration and envy but the impression that struck me was quite the opposite. I wondered if young people who go around flaunting expensive new geegaws are aware how spoiled and shallow they actually appear. They obviously can't afford such extravaganza themselves, especially when they don't even look like they've done a day's labour in their young lives. But with the smug attitude of the cat that got all the cream, they exhibit luxuries with an affected casual nonchalance that's actually quite laughable when you really think about it.
When you're young and impressionable, all you see is what your eyes show you but experience reveal hidden aspects of the very same view.
When you're young and impressionable, all you see is what your eyes show you but experience reveal hidden aspects of the very same view.
Woof woof!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Now that's a reality check for the wannabes...its the classic case of all froth & no beer!
I have a serious dislike for such fellas...wait till my barks shoo their bikes away!
tha thei khawp mai..ngaihawm thei ka ti bawn
ReplyDeletehun leh kum pawh liam mahse mihring rilru ah hian danglam thei lo leh hlui ve thei lo a awm thin an ti! Mihring nun hi chu aw a lo danglam thin in a lo hriatloh theih thin fo anih hi. Experience hian nie a rawn sawi fiah leh mai thin!
ReplyDeleteHey calvy, I'm a b-i-g pooch lover too. Thanks for dropping by and leaving your paw prints :)
ReplyDeleteDyl, i ti lawmawm. Hei ka link nghal che ania.
azassk, hai ang kan tar rual hian ka finna leh hriatna te hi a lo tam ve zel hian Siamtu remruat famkim zia a tarlang thin e tiraw?
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ReplyDeleteA little funny and a little sad, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteCharming pic.
ReplyDeleteYou got it in a nutshell, pica. That's just what I was thinking :) The wealthier people are, the more conservative they get - right down to the colour of their cars, usually very sober and attention-deflecting.
ReplyDeletemesjay, yes it's tragi-comic. And thank you for the appreciation of the photogragh. I've always been fascinated by tiny, offbeat tracks in the middle of practically nowhere :)
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ReplyDeleteah they will grow up soon. not to worry. it seems to be a never ending cycle. the next generation will do the same.......plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.
ReplyDeleteLoch, great to have you back! Where have you been holed up all this time?
ReplyDeleteSure thing, pica, soon as I win a lottery. And I'll be the driver.
what was that thing you had on your facebook status a while ago?
ReplyDeleteI wish that when I was a teenager I'd known the things I know now.
You live and you learn, Mossy. C'est la vie.
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