I found another person to philosophise with. Its a feeling of liberation when talking to Miss D.M.M. There are really only a few whom I can philosophise with without feeling like I'm boring the other person with all my theories and odd question

Self reflection is very important, I realised. it makes a person so much more sensible, especially after experiencing a crisis. Many people block out self reflection, probably because they're embarrassed at whatever happened and wouldn't want to be reminded about the incident which made them act the way they did. I used to be like that too. I moved on too fast, without forcing myself to think back on the reasons why these things happen. and well, when crisis of the similar sort happened, I just shrug it off yet again. That was the old Aileen. I guess I've grown up and learnt to deal with issues and self reflect so as not to repeat the same mistakes again.

With age comes wisdom. Well, you might not necessarily come to know of the secret of the universe, but you sure become a little enlightened each year you grow older.