Suddenly I thought to myself : in a few decades from now, what would happen to all the teenage trend junkies roaming the streets, the hip hop fans in their oversized clothes, the boogie queens in punk fashion, and the other trend junkies with the Angelababy look?

If all those sporting these fashions and looks in Causeway Bay and Mong Kok become grandpas and grandmas, would you think that it's an advertising gimmick, or a quirky video footage for online circulation?

Does the word "trendy" carry a sell-by date? Would sticking to the same style of clothing regardless of age be looked upon as some kind of principled behaviour worthy of respect?

If yes, why would we sneer at the ladies who are well past their prime but insist on wearing sexy clothes despite the fact that their skin has long become loose?

Those of you who speak with a slur and cynical drawl, and use all the wrong words and undecipherable codes in your illegible online posts, has it ever occurred to you that when you grow old, what would become of you? Add your wrinkles to your slur and drawl. How cute is that?

Don't think that the you 10 years on would have nothing to do with the you now. If one day someone old and shrivelled but dressed like you showed up before you and, in a rage, gave you a punch, the reason could be your failure to take good care of yourself over the ten-year span.

Don't be the one to blame like Nobita. By then you may not have Doraemon on hand to help you.

By Ying-hing Ong

*Translation from Chinese article.