I missed the chance.

I had been through SARS — I knew the pattern,

that after every crisis, the market rebounds,

and property prices rise again.

But during COVID, I played it safe.

I thought, this time it has to fall.

It didn’t. It only went higher.

History keeps repeating itself,

but when we’re living in it,

we always believe this time will be different.

That caution was really fear —

fear of being wrong, fear of losing, fear of starting over.

Maybe growing up means learning to admit what we’ve missed.