Why??

Why do holidays come to an end so quickly??

SIGHZ...

I am not ready yet.

Lost

I am utterly useless when it comes to driving around KL these days... all the roads have changed so much that I don't recognise them anymore!!! There are so many new highways, express ways and one-way streets...

I wanted to get to Damansara the other to meet my friend for lunch... it's probably about 20 mins away from my house BUT BUT BUT...

I GOT LOST... REALLY REALLY REALLY LOST!!!

I was already within the area but somehow I managed to miss a turning and before I know it, I am on a highway and I had to pay the toll fee before I could turn back... then just when I thought I found the way... I missed another turn and this time it took me a while before I could do a U-turn to come back... only one my 3rd attempt I managed to get to where I wanted... and it took me more than an hour to get there!!!

SIGH....

I need a satellite navigator!!! At that point, I wished I could hear the irritating voice telling me "In about 400m, turn right and then bear right..." or "You have reached your destination".

A stroll down memory lane

Gone are the good old days when I was still in secondary school... time flies so quickly that I forgot how it felt to be young, carefree and stress-less...

Had a sudden urge to reminiscence about the past... so I took a stroll down my memory lane...

The metro buses that I used to take after school in the hot sun... where I usually fall asleep on the bus because the bus drivers used to wait until the bus was full before it starts moving...

The hawker centres that I used to have my lunches after school if I didn't want to go down to my dad's shop...

The traditional grocery stores @ kedai runcit that I used to walk by on my way to my Chinese lessons at the temple...

The Kong Siew free school at the temple where I would go for my Chinese lessons after school... hahah.. I remember that most of the time, I would be there too early as lessons doesn't start till about 2.30pm but school ends at 1pm... so I would do my homework and then sleep at the back of the class while I wait for my lessons...

Chee Cheong Kai @ Petaling Street... I probably walk here almost every other day either on my way home or to lessons or to have lunch or to go to my dad's shop... it is pretty much part of my life when I was growing up... of course, back then it wasn't as nice and there was no roof cover!!!


The famous longan drink stall... It's so hot that I used to stop here and have a drink... this stall is now so famous that it has stalls in proper shopping mall and I think someone told me that the owner is a multi millionaire leh... well, I guess the profit margin is really high... one bowl of longan drink is now about RM1.50 I think when it used to be only RM0.60!!! Talk about inflation...


Some of the familiar sights as I walk towards my dad's shop...




And of course... Sang Kee Restaurant...

I used to resent having to help out at the shop and having to eat at the shop all the time... but over the years, I guess I realise that it is part of my childhood, and I do miss it from time to time... while others seem to find it interesting (it was featured in a tv show and various local newspaper articles!!) I supposed I took it for granted...

Oh well... I have to admit when the main cook is on form, his dishes are really quite good... and whatever it is, I grew up here and the shop served my family well...

10 years down the road from when I graduated from secondary school in 1999... what have I accomplished? Where am I now?? Have I moved on with time?? Have my surroundings moved on??

And where will I be in 10 years time?? Only time will tell...

Home Sweet Home...

Back in KL for the next 2 weeks...

It is good to be back... because as we all know it... there is no place like home!!!

It's also one place where I can hide from everything...