I miss SP. Really.
Sunday, 6 April 2008

I was sitting in the car just now, on the way back home, after having steamboat dinner with my family. It was raining and I was looking out of the window. It suddenly strike me that I've been away from 'home' for a long time. No, not the one in Cheras that I'm currently staying now but I was referring to Seri Petaling. The place where I grew up and spend 18 years of my life, the place I call "mine".


I remember...
  • I used to know everyone staying at the same 'jalan' that I was staying.
  • walking to primary school, taking the short cut where the 'lalang' / grass is quite 'tall'.
  • I would wake up at 7:15am when primary school starts at 7:35am.
  • the first and only time I sat at the back of a guy's bicycle (neighbor). I was so shy when he ask me to hold his waist so that I wouldn't fall off when he starts cycling.

I used to...
  • walk (from my house) to Carrefour, Endah Parade just to have a break.
  • walk to tuition at the next road.
  • wait for the clock to strike 5:30pm EVERY weekday to go out and play with my neighbors, if NOT, they would come knocking on my door asking me to come out and play with them.
Yeah, as you will realize by now that I used to walk to everywhere I wanted to go in Seri Petaling.


I miss...
  • the Tuesday pasar malam. I used to be so disappointed when it rains on a Tuesday evening because that means that I wouldn't be able to go pasar malam later.
  • my previous house, my previous room.


Some things change...
  • the fun times I had at the fun fair that comes once in a while and play Bumper Car with Michelle. The empty field is now a The Store supermarket -.-
  • I remember how I used to walk (from my house) to my previous church every Saturday for Youth Fellowship and Sunday for Main Service.


Now, as I close my eyes and think back the rest of the memories I've not stated here... I've come to a conclusion that I really really miss Seri Petaling.




Back to where I was, in the car... I sms-ed one of my friend...

Hey CF, if it's not raining one of this Tuesdays... before I leave for USA, I might be coming back to SP pasar malam. Would you be there?
If it's not raining and if the time is right, I'll see you then.
I miss SP. Really.
Hey, I'm sure it miss you too...

I smiled when I received his reply. Although I know that it's realistically impossible for 'a place' to miss me, I understood what he meant. Thank You, CF.
I also miss the time I used to bumped into you and your friends at the pasar malam :p

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