connecting the dOts in life

Saturday, 25 August 2007

As part of my saturday morning routine, I went to the market with mummy this morning. As much as I find it uber difficult to crawl out of bed so early in the morning, trips to the market always leave me with something to think about. Maybe it's just the environment. Ok, it's not the most comfotable place to be at, but the people there always inspire me in little ways. And I like it because the people there just seem happy and contented. I'll miss saying hi to the kakak at the first vegetable stall, and the brothers who always make fun of my mum and I. ( Still remember the silly jokes they cracked haha)

So as we made our way to our final stop at the market, which is usually the vegetable stall, the guy handed me our purchase and said in chinese, " ni hen xiao shun hor, mei chi pei ni de mummy lai pa sha". Instantaneously, I felt sad as it suddenly dawned on me that I'll be left with 3 more times before the cruel gap of a year to do what we always do on saturdays.

In the afternoon, my parents decided that I will probably won't get any chance to have Kerala food in London so they brought me to our favourite Kerala restaurant. Ate so much as usual haha. Halfway through the meal, I found myself taking mental photographs as my brothers and parents ate. We had many happy meals at that restaurant. My mind just went click click click . I wanted to remember these moments, every single second.

At night, my family, uncle, aunt and grandma went to celebrate my brother's birthday. During the dinner, my relatives kept saying " hx, eat more of this, eat more of that, you may miss this over there". And I found my plate piled with so much food. I can't describe my feelings during that dinner. It was almost bittersweet.

I'm counting down, almost every single day. Don't wanna be emo, but there's truly so many people and things I'll miss.

These pictures I took, playing slowly in my mind like a silent movie.