Sunday, April 30, 2006 | 4:12 AM

Was looking through all my photos, and am suddenly struck by this revelation that it is really hard to compartmentalise and pack all of them into certain folders. Simply because they are a lot of different things to me.

I tried this sometime ago, and it was hard. I tried it just now and still it was.

It is same with people, isnt it?

You cant expect people to behave the same way you see them everyday, simply because they are made of 18 years worth of experiences and of which gave them different parts of themselves. You never know, one day, in the middle of something, someone's behavior changes suddenly and you may be shocked coz you never know the person would behave this way.

Have you taken a step backward and taken a look at all the connections and interactions you have with the people around you recently?

But I just cant leave my photos in unnamed photos. Neither can I leave myself unsure of people.

So I can only hope that the next time I look at a flower under my folder, I can remember when, and where I took it. And if I was alone, and if it was raining.

And at a class photo, and wonder, that flower which I took, when did I take it during the outing. And how was everyone when the picture was taken.

The problem with pictures is that they may say a thousand words, yet they almost never tell the complete story.

And we forget.

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