hmmmm.. Life Story.. is it a too-heavy name to quote? hahaa.. I’ve only lived the first 23yrs of my life! let’s try not to compare with others.. where u can tell me they even have to worry abt 3 meals a day.. but lets just isolate my own story this 23yrs.. to most of the ppl.. mayb.. 1st few yrs of their life.. will be a happy childhood and the kid sure duno wads gg on in life.. yea.. i vaguely remember every single part in my first 10 yrs la.. but for me.. at the 10th year, i went thru my first greatest pain in my life..
Part 1 – (1982 to 1992)
— Newly-Born —
September 30th.. Childrens’ Day Eve.. haa.. i was born..
— Innocence —
well.. yeah.. innoncent and happy childhood.. of coz i hav it too.. haa.. else duno how abnormal wil i be now.. hehe.. stil remember my kindergarten days.. where i used to play with those pencilboxes with a gal sitting beside me, if i nv remember wrongly, she’s called Jing Yan.. we built our pencilboxes into a square and looked thru tat and talked to each other treating tat as a “window”.. and we are neighbours.. hahaa.. how innocent… hmmm and i remembered tagging along with my mum everyday.. when we take buses.. the bus conductor wil check our 25cents or 35cents bus tickets (omg..now the fare is how many times of tat!?).. hmm.. my mum will always carefully fold the ticket and slipped it on her blackstrap watch.. and tattime we were stayin at amk.. so we hav to take a bus to my kindergarten.. coz after tat we moved to yisun.. i.e. where i’m still stayin now.. =D
— Vague Memory —
haa.. i remembered at a point of time, they put me up at someone else’s home.. think bcoz both my parents are workin.. at that hse.. i cant remember much.. coz i dun like gg there at all.. the family had 2 kids.. the mother din allow me to watch tv unless i finish my dinner.. and i will hav to eat in the kitchen.. until evening time, my parents come and fetch me.. tink tattime dad drivin a car or taxi leh.. then home we go! hahahaa.. aniwae.. at amk hse, i remembered having lotsa fun with my bro.. we played “teacher-and-student” games.. i realli cannot remember exactly what name is our school name.. but i remember we had real report cards drawn! and other than tat.. he will always play with his transformers.. and his ballpoint pens to fight with each other.. haa.. and his own invented game.. using calculator to play tennis..and wad do i play with during tat time?? haaa… oh.. tat will be after my pri 1.. oneday.. i tink i juz plucked a tooth at the sch clinic.. my mum fetched me home.. she got me a barbie doll!! hahaaa.. my very first barbie doll.. followed by the other 3 dolls.. and one Ken.. hohoho.. my collection.. until now stil in storeroom.. =D
— Familiar Environment —
hmmmmm lets move on to Yishun.. ok.. i was enrolled into Naval Base Pri. Sch.. came to know to 2 of my oldest friends.. Peiyu(the gal always with a hairband) and Jiesheng(i remember his yellow pencilbox!).. 1989 till now 2005.. SIXTEEN years.. woohooooo.. but not forgetting Dez(Chen Longge).. he was one of my classmates then too! but we basically din reali remember each other’s existence very well la.. hahaa until ltr on then got back in touch.. oh.. and Siyin, Peiyan (tis 2 ‘glue-together sisters’).. hmmm will tok abt this ltr la! Back then.. everyday my mum will bring me to and fro frm sch.. and all the parents wil wait for us at the canteen.. if raining, they will bring us slippers to change.. so that the white sch shoes wun get drenched.. keke.. how sweet rte.. and i will get to wear my pink raincoat.. hahaa.. and my hand wil be clinged on to my mum’s .. while tat hand of hers wil carry the umbrella.. wooooooo tat familiar feelin in rain…. after sch, we always go to the coffeeshop to eat vegetarian mifen.. tats when i “cultivated” my love for vegetarian food!
— Cultivation —
During my Pri. Sch daes.. my mum tried to cultivate me in many areas.. at home, she wil hold a wooden ruler to make sure my bro and i does our homework and sleep at the rite hr.. though i noe she will NV beat me at all.. coz frm young, i nv been caned/beaten before.. hehee.. and oso.. she brought me to many classes.. arts at Nanyang Academic Fine Arts.. chinese calligraphy at Outram Park.. music at Yamaha.. english at Lorna Winston Study Centre.. but surprisingly.. onli the chinese calligraphy lasted the longest! all the way until my Poly yr2.. hahaa.. but i’ve one regret.. last time english no good.. din get to continue at Yamaha! else now i tink i shld be able to play piano le.. hahahaaa… all these places werent easy to find lor.. esp the NAFA.. had to walk thru a forest route via the old Plaza Sing.. which is the 3rd storey of Yaohan.. exit to the carpark beside Times bookshop.. tat forest route is quite like a forest lidat.. hahaa.. walk up those stone steps.. and can even see squirrels on the trees wan.. keke.. Lorna Winston Study Centre is at Novena.. beside United Sq.. one place where it started my interest in reading.. coz the teachers there categorized books in color stickers.. green, red, orange, blue.. haaa.. according to your level, you can read certain books..=D then for the calligraphy class.. it was first at Outram Park..then ltr on.. moved to Waterloo St.. from young, we been to many places.. coz my dad drives a cab.. he always brings us out to many places for good food.. but now i duno where any of them is.. haa.. i onli remember satay beehoon, duck rice with herb soup, and wad many many more.. dun remember le.. haha
— Havin Fun —
tok abt my days at Navel Base.. were quite active.. even fell down and left a forever scar on my chin.. haha.. tattime bleeded so badly.. my dad carried me on his back to the clinic.. scared to my wits.. hahaa.. i participated in sports day.. took part in a the Charity Elephant Drawing event with few of them.. our click de.. oso took part in Choir! wahahaha.. performed on stage during those occasions.. wahseh.. makeup until lips red, cheeks red, whether it’s boy or girl! hahahaha.. everyday during recesstime, we play catching.. i stil remember Jiesheng always call us 母老虎 as we run.. then we call him 死杰胜! hahahaa… reali cute.. now come to tink of those daes.. hehehee.. i wasnt the top of the class la.. with geniuses like Jiesheng ard.. 1st position is always left for him.. hahaa.. i tink the most i was 6th in the class.. i werent one of those brightest students.. but stil can manage la.. coz even if i score 100marks for 2subj.. there will stil be ppl scroing 100marks for 3subjs! hahaa.. aniwae is ok la.. i dun belong to those spotlight ppl.. keke.. even until now.. hahaa.. guess tats my character le.. hehee.. until Pri4, we all seperated le.. 3 of us go to different classes.. at Pri4.. i got to know another good fren..Ronald.. hahaa… we had our Readers Corner.. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book we used to snatch.. hahaa.. besides him, i basically dun remember any one else in my 4.1 class.. hahaa..
— First Loss —
hmmmmm on and on i can go on.. but I still cannot avoid toking abt this.. it also happened in my Pri 4.. i seldom wil wana tok abt this.. my mum left us.. on 12th August1992 night.. i remember all the pain she went thru.. i remember how the doc diagnosed lung cancer as TB..@#$%^&*^%$#@.. i remember tatnite i only covered my face with my hands.. and sat there by myself.. my aunt told me onli recently.. everyone cried, but i din.. hmmm weird huh? how can it be.. i din cry? i tot i did? i did la..i dun remember purposely holding back my tears.. coz why shld i? haa maybe i was juz too scared .. i totally hav no idea wad response am i supposed to give.. i remember i was wearing orange tatnite.. i remember i was stil thinkin.. shldnt i change to somethin black? my relatives keep pullin me away, but now come to tink of it.. why did they pull me away? i tot a family when faced with such traumas, shld stand closely together.. hm
mm but maybe my dad oredi din hav any spare energy to take care of me tatnite le la.. so i shld juz let them take care of me, let him be assured i’m ok..
… Coming up.. “First Turning Point”
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