Reminiscence

In the past few weeks, I've been thrown back in time. Recalling my past with a tinge of regret(?) or yearning for those good ol days mingled with a lot of memory lapses.

I haven't been good at keeping in touch, I just move on and realize that I left a lot of friendships behind. But then again, I don't really have many close friends. I'm kind of quiet and used to find it hard to make friends.

What I noticed over these past weeks is that when you meet a friend from long ago, she/he becomes a new friend again. People changed over the years and with a gap in between, the friendship isn't as it used to be. I just wonder - would the friendship chemistry still be there?

My journey down memory lane began with my secondary school alumni gathering. Ok, that wasn't so great 'cos it was just me and 3 other schoolfriends. We kind of er..didn't know the rest and the others who were in the same year as we were ..well, they were sitting at another table.

Then I received an invitation for ex-college meeting. There was about 8 of us. Apparently, the previous meeting had more people. We're now planning for a semi grand reunion during chinese new year next year. it would be 10 years since we left college. GOSH! That makes you feel so old, doesn't it? Yet in a strange way, I never felt a day older since i stepped out of college.

Kind of weird how when something starts, it doesn't stop after 1 round?? The next trip down memory lane happened today, at an ex-neighbour's son wedding. When I was young, I used to go across the street and play with the youngest daughter. They used to give me a ride to and fro from primary school. We really had good fun together.. until I went to secondary school.. Then later they moved house and we lost contact. The "funny" thing is that when I looked her up in frienster today, she had quite a number of 3rd degree connections with me.

Then this evening, I found out that my husband's parents' friends' daughters used to go to the same primary school as me and one of them is my age. Hmm.. small world huh?

It's good to get reacquainted again.