moving forward and backwards
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
I went down to the coffee shop near Siglap Centre yesterday for lunch, wanting to eat the usual mee pok and wanton mee. Man, that place brings back memories. I will always remember the old days when Joel and I regularly went there for a nearby bite before going back, with the looming A levels all wrapped round our minds. The A Levels may not be a desirable thing, but whenever I think back of said times, I can't help but feel nostalgic, because back then, I had a purpose. I may not have embraced it, but it was a set, definite and important goal nonetheless. Now that I have crossed it, I feel somewhat aimless half the time. Sure, I wouldn't want to go back to unwillingly studying for the As, but well...
The times when I went to the roof deck to memorise physics definitions, when I was hard at work tackling math papers, or when I was trying to decipher how to accurately get marks for GP. Or the times when I'd sit around in the living room with my two brothers, all of us studying and making casual remarks about anything under the sun.
I will also remember the incredulous look that the old China lady at the coffee shop gave me when I asked for another bowl of noodles on top of one I had already eaten. Not forgetting the LAN shop nearby, where I first played L4D against non AI controlled undead.
Tomorrow I'll be going down there again, this time to return Mr Phoa the two physics guidebooks he lent me in J1 when I was struggling very hard with Physics. I'll meet him at the exact same place we did when he gave me a free and short bout of tuition, at the outdoor tables at MacDonald's in Siglap Centre.
I need to get these holidays going. I only have two months, and they're going to pass by in a flash if I don't sit down to plan how I want to spend what may be the last long break before I embrace the slogging hard work of adult life.
Labels: nostalgia, thoughts
posted by joseph at 12:03 PM