I’d just spent the last 2 hours going through my previous posts from year 2010 and 2009, laughing at the silly things that we had done and the stupid conversations we had held. I laughed and laughed, marveling at the changes that had taken place since then.
Whatever happened to those childish moments?
Certainly some things hadn’t changed so much, even though I’ve learnt that I have become a lot less optimistic and a lot more clueless – even more blur than I was before! I still blame it on language disempowerment. Haha!
Anyway, I have my final paper on Monday and even though I have yet to finish reading even a quarter of what is supposed to be read, I thought I’d spend a little time to reminisce a bit. It’s supposed to be therapeutic. Lol!
So yesterday, I had one of the longest midnight chat of the year thus far. It lasted until 4.20 a.m. starting from about midnight. I don’t even remember half the things we talked about; in fact, I only remember the packets of Daddy mee and Mamee mee we cooked as supper. Heh! It’s a tradition now. =)
But one thing that I think we talked about was the times we spent in Sun-U Residence. It was the best time I had all year round. It was the shortest, but also the sweetest. It was the only hostel that felt like home.
Maybe it was because we had the TV. Or maybe because we had fresh meat and fresh fish, thanks to Siew Chee’s supplies. Or perhaps because we had an agreed, established routine.
Every day, at about 6.00 p.m, we would gather round to have dinner together. We would either make a trip to the poolside café or have a simple meal of porridge – plain porridge, fish porridge, meat porridge, every sort of porridge imaginable. There was a time where we had porridge for every dinner. We would gather in front of the TV, eat, chat and at about 8.00 p.m., we would dismiss and retire back to our own rooms.
And every night, as we sat down to complete our homework, I would always at some point, rise up from my seat and made my way towards the window to look at the sunset, the night lights, the sky, the people. I could see KLCC from my room’s window. That view was a true blessing. And during the days of our first evaluation exam, the first time we strained ourselves to wake up at incredulous hours of the morning, I would look out of my window and watch the sunrise. My room was amazing like that; it faces north, so I had a full view of the sun rising from the east and setting in the west. Occasionally I’d force my roommate to look out the window and we’d scrutinize the details of the landscape until she chased me back to my study table.
About five times a week, there would be a short, momentary chaos in our place during the evenings as we all ran into our rooms to fetch our laundry. We had this rule that the last person to throw their laundry into the washing machine has to pour in the dynamo and start the machine. It was a simple task but we were all lazy so every time the announcement came, we would rush into our rooms and start the race. Of course, Sheau Jiuan was the only person who never had to rush because she threw her clothes in every time she finished bathing. Talk about efficiency! Lol!
There was also the single room that was accidentally opened and which we used as a study room because the air-con in that room was functional. I recall the one time I squeezed with Yi Hui on that single bed, during which she deliberately kicked me down because I disturbed her too much. I also recall a time during exams where we each made a “Do Not Disturb” sign to prevent intrusion. Not that it worked at all. Haha! There was also a developed habit of recognizing when Yi Hui would use the toilet. :P
And the two most epic moments in that three months I spent in Sun-U Residence were when I successfully prank Siew Chee about leaving our room key in the room and when I waged a war against Yi Hui and Pit Yung from my room, throwing pens and papers and plastic knives from a hole on the wall. =D
It was a marvelous time. We were childish but life was astonishingly simple in the midst of everything. When I was first asked to relocate to Sun-U, I actually felt genuinely sad. But Amanda told me one thing:
You’ll find something good to say about it soon. I know you.
Well, she was right. And it happened sooner than I expected. :)
