A big tree, a few buildings, clustered around a dusty pitch. He walks, soaking in the salty breeze, under the hot Colombo sun. Deserted, utterly deserted, is the scene in front of him. He walks in, through the doorway of the furthest building. Takes some time to look at the plaques and the pictures, note the familiar salty grime on the tables. Take the stairs, their look out post, the warning centre. Things haven’t changed one bit, even the garbage can is exactly where it used to be, all those years ago. Garbage can! He remembers that failed recycling drive… Does anyone talk about recycling anymore? Do they really talk about the environment like they used to? Or are we all just worried about something that they say is going to come, and abusing that fear for their own gain? His moment of thought brings him up another flight of stairs, he now looks at a deserted hall, rows and rows of chairs, neatly arranged. “Hasn’t changed one bit” he thinks, looking at the stage that he was scared to climb back then… He walks out the double-doors, into the dirty balcony, and stares out at the ocean, gleaming like silver in the midday sun, and breathes in a lungful of wet, salty air…
WANT.TO.GO.BACK!
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P.S: just testing out Windows Live Writer… pretty cool shiz! :)
Where is this? School?
ReplyDeleteSounds like what I felt going back to school on the first week after graduation.. (:
yep, the old one... the one I haven't been to in... oh about 2 years! :'( :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Maks! :)
I was reminiscing about school today too... Realized my school friends and I used to laugh so hard and uncontrollably that we'd crumble to the floor! Haven't laughed liked that since (except on those rare reunions) sigh, good times...
ReplyDeletei havent been to my school in a while - well.. since December - and when i went back that time - it was like OMG they're renovating the hall - and OMG where's the gigantic tree that used to be here, and OMG - .... some stuff has changed - ... but the memories are still the same. still the best ones of my life.
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there you go, making me miss school again.:P
i remember going to my primary school when i was in my AL class after 7 full years.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed to see how small the school buildings /garden / the trees are...
I jumped effortlessly over the little culvert behind my old class room which I had to jump with great effort those days..
@The Puppeteer: Yep, good times... *sigh* we'd stay off the floor though, due to the aforementioned 'grime'... ;)
ReplyDelete@Black: Sorry!!! :D yes, I guess so too... definitely the best memories ever! :')
@Kirigalpoththa: that's quite a lapse of time! I guess you would've gained a lot of height and the proportions would've all seemed different... :)
Thanks for the comments guys! :)
Wow.. great post Chavie.. and I so envy to hear that your old school was near the ocean.. -__- Wish there was an ocean here too! lol
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me.. I too returned to school a couple of times after A/Ls, some years ago. And must say every time I went, our school had gotten a face-lift. New buildings have replaced old ones, old stairways have vanished and there were more buildings, more cluttered high rises than the spacious 2-storey classrooms, old trees we used to play around were no more.. and on FB I saw pics of our main hall painted with a.. funny color! @_@ And I hear from my cousins and nieces that our school has constantly undergone renovation and face-lifts like a ritual to the point that.. I may not recognize it anymore! lol
But ya.. schools always give tons of fond memories.. ^__^
Aww.. You really miss school just as much as I do. If I was just given ONE one more year I wanna get back to school. Am going back down memory lane and laughing at all the shitty stuff Ive done. Especially stripping inside a Tuk tuk with fellow partner in crimes and attempting to steal a lingerie at Triumph. =D Hehehehe.
ReplyDeleteP.S BTW I like that cliche' Windows live writer. Thats HOT. =D.
ReplyDelete@Harumi: I guess progress always comes at a cost doesn't it? And I know what you mean by 'funny colour'... my school had all it's outer walls painted in this most unsightly shade of dark yellow... :/ And yea, as Black said, everything might change, the fond memories will always stay the same... :)
ReplyDelete@GG: Yes, I'd do too, without hesitation! :D If they gave me a chance to go back even now and put off my future for another year, I'd do it in a heartbeat... :) LOL about the trishaw/stealing incidents! :D Shivers run down my spine when I think of what would've happened if we had got caught doing all the illicit stuff we did back then! hehe ;)
and WLW is Pretty cool indeed... I still haven't figured out how to add labels though... :S
Thanks for the comments guys! :)
Nostalgia eh? It gets to all of us.
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@Cadence: True... and it kills me to think that those were the best years of my life and I wasted most of them doing nothing! :(
ReplyDeletefunny how we always want to get out when schooling.. and miss it when we're finally out..:)
ReplyDeletesigh.. I miss school big time... the carefree life..
@Lady D: Indeed! Most mornings I would wake up dreading the day ahead, and having to going to school, and do the homework at school (that I was supposed to do at home), getting caught with only half the homework done etc. etc. All 'cept the last year, when we loafed around the library to our hearts content without staying in class! ;) :D
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how in such a small time our perceptions about school life change... :)
Thanks for the comment Lady D! :)
O_O wow.. can you believe, ours was also painted in the same color?! lol
ReplyDelete@Harumi: NOOOOO!!! :O I think some evil organization hell bent on making student life miserable is selling the same paint to all the schools!!! :S :)
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