Friday, December 30, 2011
Really love toapayoh a lot, it's more than just a place where i live in, there's so much memories and feelings that go into this cosy little town.
I went to toapayoh swimming complex to swim this morning, and as I was swimming I started to think of that night with huiqing and zhixin, and meeting 6.6 and just everything about toa payoh. As I was swimming i can see toapayoh's landscape from the pool, the HDB Hub and the central tall hdb flats.
My mind flew back to the countless sunday mornings that I had learning swimming at the place where I was. The friends that I've made during lessons (ok actually I only remember one lol), and how i had to squeeze with crowds of people, always worrying that I will knock into someone as I swim. The times in p3 where all of us in kcs must go for swimming lesson, and how I will be damn afraid of going into water because I've forgotten how to swim after stopping my very first swimming lessons at kallang swimming complex. Which was why I went to learn swimming again in upper pri. Then there was also this period of time when toro and gang came to film 任我遨游, but I totally didnt see him although we swam in the same waters lol ): But when they were filming the very first episode with thie bikini girl, I was there having lessons, and my friends, bro and I managed to squeeze into the background and so our tiny faces appeared on tv, and I appeared in the same show as toro hehe^^ and all these resulted in my current blog url and my hotmail account!
I dont know why, but somehow just the name of toapayoh gives me the feeling of home. So even things like toapayoh zone in soka makes me feel like im back home, especially when in fd context. All the different toapayoh houses that I've went to for fd meetings. And how hcf hanged out in zhixin's house and the basketball and badminton court downstairs. It's also nice that you have a good friend staying around you too. I vaguely remember one sms we had that day that referred to a place in toapayoh, and we could naturally understand each other, but its not something that non-toapayoh people will (oops so exclusive).
When we met with huiqing that night, I was brought back into this nostalgic feeling. Both zhixin and I forgotten that she was no longer staying in toapayoh, but married and living in punggol. She told us that toapayoh's houses are so expensive, a 3 room flat cost around 600k, while a 4 room flat in punggol is only around 200k. Super big difference can! But I was really sadden when I heard that, because I want to continue living in toapayoh even after I get married with my own apartment. It not just have a good centre location, but there's so much feelings to it. Haha i remembered how during my first SS tutorial, we had to share about our own background, and since my family background was quite straightforward, I shared with everyone on how much i love toapayoh instead!:D
Then there's also the thing about kcs and 6.6. Precisely because it's a neighbourhood school, most of us stay around the area in toapayoh, although I'm one of the furthest already away from tp central. So whenever we meet up, it's interesting to see how friends come from their homes and meeting up impromptu and we can go to each other houses and go home easily. And most are walkable! Whenever we want a quiet place to sit down and hang out, so we always go to the skygarden and crap and have a hearty talk catching up.
That day when I was talking to meijun about our chingay group, I realized that there are 4 alumni of kcs in my chingay group! Damn cool la! I still feel a lot for kcs somehow, which was why I was damn excited to see kcs get the improvement award for this year psle! Every year when I flip through the newspapers trying to find kcs name, I never did, until this year when I saw and started shouting lol. Although it's very likely that kcs did badly the previous year so could have big improvment...
Suddenly remembered how 6.6 used to go out so often after sec 4, in fact it was the only thing I remembered during that long holiday. I can't really remember what else I did. And also how we would have msn convo, and someone will notify the rest in that convo when I finally updated my blog with my trademark super long and detailed blog post on our outing, where I will record down every joke and small action. Haha I should go back and read it someday and have a good laugh at myself lol.
Today, when I finally met up with them, I really felt a lot. I can really feel that everyone has grown up, and the us now is different even from the us last year. There's still the bond between us although we havent meet up for super long, if not we wont bother going for the gatherings. Especially how last minute tonight's one was, and on a weekday night some more. Still got 8 of us which is quite a decent number. And when yichin told me that kahkoon wanted to ask for an outing before he flew, I felt quite touched leh. Together with the random 'who's free for a drink tonight' on our fb group. I might be naive, but I think it shows that people care enough about the class to want to meet up.
Although we are not very close to every single one, but it still feels nice hanging out. You get to see how everyone of us has changed, and talk about other classmates. Tonight I felt like we were all more matured as compared to before, from the way we interacted. But when the guys went crazy they still did things like marching at the skygarden, while me and shermaine stood at the side watching them from the back. Haha feels like a movie angle that will bring nostalgia. It's like how they are bringing the side of their childish playful side with their childhood playmates lol. Which I believe is something that is more difficult to bring out among new friends in uni, because there's the 形象 that you need to take care of.
I believe that knowing someone from young helps to add a deeper layer and meaning to the friendship although you might not keep in constant contact with him or her. Because there's the notion that you've seen the person grow up so you know how this person is like, and that both grew up together. There's the feeling of '那些年，我们一起_____'. Which is how I felt too when I met huiqing. Although she's older than us and supposed to take care of us, but you also see how she started with her first few jobs, and changed to other jobs along the way. Especially her change after she got married, she seemed to become more 稳中. And I know she feels very glad too that me and zhixin are still so close after 7 years, because she's the one who brought the 2 of us together, and we are one of the first few people whom she took care of from sec 1. From the 年少无知的小孩子，to the 'ladies' which she always used to address us.
Wah so much nostalgia but I need to stop cos it's 2am and my dad is scolding me ): tomorrow, I shall write another post to wrap up this fruitful and eventful 2011, then my new year resolutions!:D
Can I fly over the rainbow like the bluebirds?
12/30/2011 12:41:00 AM
