For my trip back to Singapore next trip, I’ve had to borrow a medium-sized luggage bag with wheels that I can wheel around as the one I have is too big. The next size down is a backpack for a long backpacking trip and now I can’t imagine using that anymore. It’s definitely a sign of age – I can’t do backpacks anymore. The shoulders and back don’t want to bear that kind of weight again and really, it’s kind of unglamorous for a 30-something year old woman to be carrying a huge backpack to work while clad in office wear (I’m heading straight to the airport after work next Friday). So I’ve decided I’ll have to get one for myself after this trip. Yes, the switch from backpack to trolley bag is another one of those age milestones.
\nOther signs of age: sales staff and wait staff call you \u963f\u59d0 or \u5c0f\u59d0 (Miss) and no longer \u5c0f\u59b9 (young girl). Parents get their kids to call you “Auntie” or “\u963f\u59e8” instead of “\u59d0\u59d0” (Big Sister). There are more fine lines on my face, skin’s not so taut and am getting more and more white hair.
\nWith my birthday coming up in two weeks, I can’t help but think about age again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For my trip back to Singapore next trip, I’ve had to borrow a medium-sized luggage bag with wheels that I can wheel around as the one I have is too big. The next size down is a backpack for a … Continue reading