• Ramblings

    Memories

    April 13, 2011

    Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they’re also what tear you apart.

    So true.

    Unfortunately for me, it seems I only recall those painful ones, the ones that still tears the heart apart. At first I thought it could be that I was just emitting negative energy, I am sure there must be happy memories too.

    Then I realised most of my memories were of the sad ones. There are so many sad memories that I struggled to find the happy ones.

    The best way to deal with this, I guess, is try not to recall any memories at all.

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  • Interests, Hobbies, Geekdom,  Ramblings

    Trying To Buy Back A Piece of My Childhood

    December 12, 2009

    Amazon finally delivered my copy of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary. While flipping through it, I noticed one of the first LEGO Star Wars set is that of the Landspeeder set.

    The Landspeeder is a significant piece of vehicle in the Star Wars galaxy. I remembered when it first appeared in the movie Star Wars Epsiode IV : A New Hope, Luke Skywalker was driving one. As a young kid, it left such an impression on me that I told myself I wanted the Landspeeder toy. However, we were very poor then, and my parents could never afford any Star Wars toys for me.

    I was very disappointed then, and I remembered one fine day when I was playing downstairs in the grass patch, I found an abandoned Landspeeder toy. The figurines that came with it were missing, but overall the toy was pretty intact.

    I remembered spending hours playing with it, picturing myself as Luke Skywalker. Very fond memories.

    SW-LandspeederMISBSomehow as I grew up, I must have misplaced this toy, and it was lost. I decided last night to search through eBay, and to my surprise, there are a few copies of this toy, almost in mint condition for sale. I am still considering if I should bid for one as it costs quite a tidy sum.

    It is like trying to buy back a piece of my childhood.

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  • Ramblings

    Superman

    November 28, 2009

    HBO was showing the movie Superman, the classic movie where Christopher Reeve was Superman.

    Even though the movie was released in 1978, that is 31 years ago, I remembered vividly the day where my whole family went to watch it in the cinema.

    I remembered my mother telling me about it days before. I remembered waiting in anticipation for it. I remembered feeling overwhelmed by the giant poster of the movie at the front of the cinema. I remembered I was quite confused at the end of the movie, wondering how Superman made Lois Lane alive again, as I was very sure she was killed.  I remembered walking out of the cinema feeling very happy, and my parents asking me if I liked the movie, which I did. I remembered telling my parents that from then on, my name was Christopher. That name stayed with me till now.

    I remembered walking happily along the road to take a bus home, with huge trees on one side of the road. I remembered the cinema was called Odeon, which has being torn down, with a modern office tower (right) now replacing it.

    I realised the long lasting memories we have are always the ones that are filled with happiness or sadness. Events that fill one with happiness, or sadness, will always be remembered because of the huge impact on one’s life.

    I should really write more about such memories, though I have many, many reservations about writing about the sad ones. It is like I am afraid. Revisiting sad memories will open too many cans of worms.

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  • Ramblings

    Things That Bring Back Memories

    August 28, 2009

    Thought of starting a series of posts regarding items that bring back memories for me.

    Pineapple Water

    I am not too sure how pineapple water is made. It does have some pineapple taste in it, and always contains slices of pineapple. On a hot and humid day, I always feel refresh after drinking it.

    Many years ago back when I was in primary school, my mother always bring my sister and me over to the Queenstown Library, to encourage us to pick up the reading habit, which I did. After each session, she will bring us over to the Margaret Drive hawker centre to buy a packet of pineapple drink. I will be happily drinking it, the library books in my hands, as we walked to the bus stop to take a bus home. These sessions were always something that I look forward to, and whenever I drink pineapple water now, it always reminded me of the pleasant memories I had of the library.

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    Perhaps it is not too early to start writing down such memories. I will never know when such memories start to fade.

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  • Ramblings

    And The Wind Blew

    January 20, 2009

    The wind blew.

    He stops momentarily, the wind temporarily transporting him to a place where the beach seems to run forever. The waves of the ocean rushes onto the beach, again and again. The saltish breeze sweeps through his hair.

    A dog was running eagerly between his legs, barking happily at the waves. And there was someone else standing there on the beach with him.

    He sighs. It has been windy lately. And the wind brings back bittersweet memories.

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  • Ramblings

    Memories

    August 17, 2008

    As part of a New Year’s resolution I made, I had to travel to a part of Singapore that I have not being for more than 2 years.

    As the train passes station after station, I discovered that there are less greens than I remembered. Where once there were lush vegetation, now stands tall concrete buildings. Where once there were open lands, now stands yellowish brown construction sites. Buildings that I remembered were being constructed now stands tall and filled with life.

    I remembered the scenery. And more.

    A friend once told me, at the end of the day, the things that anchored you to a place are your friends, families and places which you have lots of memories of. In a fast moving place like Singapore, the places that you had fond and bitter memories of, are temporary. So what is left are friends and families.

    At the end of the trip, the memories that came flooding back, both bitter and sweet, reminded me that I still remember them. And that no matter where I am, or who I am, those memories will forever have a place in me.

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  • Ramblings

    Those Were The Days

    August 1, 2008

    This song sure brought back a lot of memories:

    Those were the days.

    Once upon a time, there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
Think of all the great things we would do

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way

La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La

Then, the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If, by chance, I'd see you in the tavern,
We'd smile at one another and we'd say

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days

La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La

Just tonight, I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass, I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days

La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La

Through the door, there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same

Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days

La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La

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