Ten Little....

Gosh, did not realize weeks have passed since my last entry.  There's a reason for that which I hope to update you all in another post.  But in the meantime, I want to tell you about a terrible discovery I made recently.....While fussing with my hair in front of my bathroom mirror, I thought I'd pull out that one little white hair which I had, over a period of the past two years, learnt to accept as an inevitable part of the aging process.  But as I ruffled my fingers through my head looking for that piece of hair, I chanced upon not just one, not two, not even three...but TEN little white hairs!!! Never before since Hideo Nakata's The Ring, was I struck with such overwhelming horror and repulsion!  My immediate reaction was denial...denial that I could have TEN white hairs lurking about on my once pristine head of hair.  Next came fear ...fear of what part of my body would break down next and fear of facing my own mortality...then finally and reluctantly, came acceptance....acceptance that life does indeed run on a fast track and youth was but a fleeting moment in time.  As I come to terms with this latest soul shattering event, for some strange reason, a popular children's song 10 Little Indian Boys kept playing in my head.  Maybe because of the numerical coincidence with my ten white hairs.  So, I now ponder about my deteriorating physical condition aloud to the tune of this song....

One little, two little, three little white hairs,
Four little, five little, six little white hairs,
Seven little, eight little, nine little white hairs,
Ten little snow white hair

When did my eyes get so old and crinkly
When did my cheeks get so soft and flabby
When did my lips get so thin and wrinkly
With ten little snow white hair

When did my knees start to sound so creaky
When did my neck start to feel so achy
When did my back start to fail completely
With ten little snow white hair

When did people start calling me aunty
When did I start wearing pants and ditched the mini
When did my b**bs start to sag so lowly
With TEN LIT-TLE SNOW WHITE HAIRRRRRRRRR!

Just a bit of nonsense to get it off my chest.