down memory lane

i don't know about you, but sometimes i feel that i am forgetting the simple things and pleasures of each and everyday. don't know whether it is due to me being in a foreign place, or simply not having enough time. shall dedicate this post, then, to the re-capturing of those happy memories that seem so distant now:

- taking a bus (or mrt, but its too ex!) to nowhere, accompanied only by a good book and nice songs
- falling asleep in front of the tv (especially if its a late night soccer game)
- sitting at mac'donalds, sipping lemon tea and talking about the good ol' sch days with my friends
- knowing you'll do almost anything for that special someone, because you'd think that God put an angel on earth just for you, and you really badly want to be her angel too
- cycling at east coast park
- waking up to my mum's voice (or nagging)
- waking up early for breakfast and enjoying the company
- long walks to nowhere (from orchard rd to city hall to suntec to raffles place, stopping at one fullerton to look at the great view across the waters )
- enjoying a cup of coffee at coffee bean in serangoon gardens
- then popping over to chomp chomp for great fried oysters and hokkien mee
- suan-ing my mum about her height, and how i inherited my 'ugliness' from her
- walking hand in hand with a girl i like, oblivious to the rest of the world
- playing soccer every scorching sunday morning (Alvin, if you're reading this, we need to talk... hah)
- then going straight to far east plaza for the superb chicken rice
- lazing in my bed on a sunday afternoon, because its too damn hot to go out and because i'm too lazy to go anywhere after soccer
- the 20-min the car ride back into ocs every sunday night, when i always realize that my parents truly love me, because i'll be out the whole weekend with my friends, and that 20 mins will probably be the only time spent with my parents, yet they still shower love unconditionally
- going with my mum for her medical checkups, because she's probably the only person in the whole world who knows me inside out, and i haven't been as concerned about her health for the first 16 yrs of my life
- the day that i knew my mum has almost fully recovered from cancer
- when i got 2 As and a B for my 'A' levels and my parents thought i was the smartest guy around
- winning 'best debator' even though we lost the debate to rgs
- the day i got my ATA (O) and realized that i am truly independent henceforth
- throwing a surprise birthday celebration for a friend that is 4 days late
- leaving the airport for ann arbor and realizing that my sis had tears in her eyes, even though i really hadn't been as close to her as i should have
- happily digging my ear in my own room and flicking it all around (haa pls dun judge me after reading this... i dun do it now!)
- going for every single movie screening in one day because we were so bored
- sipping root beer float from californian lemon
- commissioning day
- the day njc lost the quarter-finals to rjc and all my friends came to hug me because i was sobbing on the ground
- training from 5pm to 8pm 3 times a week with my njc soccer team, and playing friendly matches every sat morning. hanging out at king albert park after that till the last 74 bus arrives.
- the day my clerk and other colleagues from an army camp told me that i was not only their officer, i was their friend
- sleeping on the bus ride home
- round island night cycling trips
- going to geylang for beef kway teow, then changi village for nasi lemak, then tiong bahru market for fried ice cream, then jalan kayu for prata, and finally sembawang for hokkien mee, all in one night
- lazing in the sun
- seeing a person whom i see every morning when i take the bus/mrt smile at me, and smiling back at them, even though i don't know him/her and will probably never will
- singing power station's "i will never try to break your heart, 我不愿这样,让爱情不由自,阻险入一场,两败邹伤的战" with my ocs buddy, xi qian, as we're navigating the hills of taiwan.
- getting into a car accident, and my dad not being angry at me for a single bit
- being dragged to play cs with my friends, though i hate the game, but love the company
- the day i bid farewell to my literature teacher in catholic high, and her telling me that i did a good job in council as vp, and that we should keep in contact even though she is going to australia to study (mrs heng, if you're reading this, yep that's you)
- my coach telling me that "elephants can turn faster than me" when he scolded for not marking my opposition properly, thus enshrining me forever in the team as the "guy who turns slower than an elephant"
- being given a chance to play for singapore cricket club in the national football division 1 league, but never pulling it off cos i am not good enough (thanks raymond)
- eating 2 half-boiled eggs with lots of dark soy sauce and pepper, and toast
- new year's day countdown in nyc
- spending 12 crazy days hopping across 5 states
- getting lost, when i was little, in the departmental store, and waiting for my parents to pick me up from the counter
- smiling to myself as i travel down memory lane again

*smiles*