Memories

Humans grow mature when they lose something in their lives - no matter big or small, influential or negligible - and then begin to miss or reminisce about it.

You see, I have not been a fan of technology, and ergo I possess simple technological devices that are devoid of apps considered advanced. I have no camera or a phone with a camera. The only way I remember stuffs is by remembering. 

My brain, therefore, is my camera, and a video recorder.

Everything that transpires and deserves to be kept is being saved in my brain. I could remember details that were happy in my lives. And though I could not remember vividly, I could feel the emotion that I experienced. And that contributes to my fluctuating emotions daily.

I'm not sure whether not capturing anything in hard copy is a wise decision, but I'm soon opting for a material means of collecting moments of joys. Perhaps, time has changed, and people have to move on, or risk being left behind, and breaks ties with contemporary people.

Exam + Starwalk

I'm busy this few days, so I gonna make this short.

I've finished my exam last week, the very last exam I sat in a secondary school. The trial wasn't important to me because it practically covers the entire semester syllabus (which is preposterous to require us to master 5 months syllabus in 2 1/2 month time), and so I didn't care much about it.

Next, Starwalk on Sunday!

My friends and I went to Penang hotel for a night stay on Saturday. Together with my friends, Kuan Chiet, Chun Yee, his brother and Ming Tai - and yes I'm the driver - we went to Northam and had lunch before we wrapped up the night. The thing I like the most about Northam beach cafe is the scenery. I love the view of the beach, but when we reached there, it was night, and the weather appeared unfriendly and later it rained.

Anyway the dinner was extremely pleasing, although my wallet would have protested.

The night was fine. The hotel was horrible. The room was small, the bathroom door cannot be locked, and the air-conditioner was not cold.

I slept for approximately 4 hours and woke up at 4.00am so that I had enough time to prepare myself for a 7km walk. Reporting time began at 5.30am but past experience told me that the process was time wasting even though it was actually a simple one. Anyway, when it kicked off, the crowd moved forward with a pace even tortoise would laugh till the history of its lifespan had to be shortened by half. Too many people were there and most of them were busy taking photos instead of actually walking.

The walk was fine. The problem with non-competition is that lots of people were there to literally just wander, and not pacing. Me, Kuan Chiet, Yun Sheng and his friend decided to hold a competition ourselves and drill through the crowds as fast as possible.

The route this year was bad. We walked through streets so small crowds had to squeeze each other to cross it. The heritage site were not interesting and most were not accessible as they were only within viewing distance not on walking path. Traffic police were not in certain streets where roads were busy.

Anyway, we finished the walk in 1 hour and 8 minutes, which was about 8 minutes more than it took me last year. Horrible.

But, after all, the walk was fun. And I'll most probably return next year, if possible.