Picadilly
The exams are over.
Well, there is still art, but you don't have to mug for art.. so yeah, I still have to do that pre-art-exam-running-around frenzy again this time round. That's today schedule actually, so I'm leaving it as it is right now.
When Mdm Chandran haphazardly returned the papers she took form the first and second row, we all just rushed out. I really had to thank her for that second earlier, if I had remembered correctly, I was supposed to go to Plaza Singapura to get Hillsongs United - To The Ends Of The Earth (yeap, I know how slow I can be..) but Darrell and me just left for Eugene's house instead.
Sometimes when I get home and open the front door, I don't know why, but I expect to see my great-grandmother sitting on the sofa, fanning herself while watching television, but the seat would be empty. I think I'm really used to her just being someone at my home, her authentic and religious ways influencing the rest of us. But her stay was temporary cause she had to move back to Toa Payoh with my grandmother (whose very very fit) to look after her.
When she was around, no one dared to sin, to give in to temptations or raise their voices. She would get up the earliest, pray everyday at 3pm and 5.30pm, not to forget the in-between praises to God while she's sweeping the floor, watching TV, or just happy to see me or my brother reaching home. Now that she's moved back, it's abit uneasy no longer to have someone to cast an example to you. She's prospered so much because God was with her all the way. Bless her.
My brother is really horrible, he has no urgency for his exams at all, and goes to his friend's house to study? Like a believe that Kevin friend of his actually WILL teach him Math. He's been so lazy, my Dad and me can only stare at soft-hearted Mum who allowed all this to happen. I remember when I was younger and if I lied, I would be stuffed with chilli and left to stand at a corner, and my mum and my aunt once got punished by my grandfather by hanging them above a hot pit. I know it sounds rather inhuman right now, but like how my family turned out, we believe in physical punishments, a young boy does not have the intellect, and he has the choice to shut the message out totally. It's time for a major discipline shift towards my brother, and if no one is going to be harsh on this shift, I'd personally see to it. Mum doesn't even know her soft-heartedness is smearing his future with black paint.
I'm glad he still listens to me, I'm just doing this because I don't want to see him behind bars one day.
Before I go, here's a song by Vi3... their no longer exist, but this is a one-time hit I just couldn't forget. It was the theme song of my romance novel 'Crushes' before the whole document file got washed away by a reformat my Uncle did. It's bad luck la.. haiz. Later.
Vi3 - Eyes Closed So Tight
[VERSE 1:]
All those nights, that we kissed
Are the nights that I miss
Holding hands, I's your man
For sure...
We were young, but secure
What we had was so pure
Innocence, every since
We spoke...
[B-SECTION:]
Why do we fall in love, when love will only tear us apart?
Back then the world was ours, everything was so right...(but we were...)
[CHORUS:]
Kissing with our eyes closed so tight
So young, and feeling so right
Never thought that we could do wrong (ohh we were...)
Kissing with our eyes closed so tight
So young, and feeling so right
I can't believe that those days are gone
[VERSE 2:]
So much pride, as my girl
Thought I showed you the world
Memories, you and me
So real...
Gave my heart, and my soul
Made you sunshine from cold
All those days, far away
From here...
[B-SECTION]
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE:]
We danced so close, we held on tight
I never knew that love could feel so right
We danced so slow, we danced all night
Assuming that tomorrow would be bright
We kissed goodnight, you walked on by
The vision of your shadow caught my eye
My life stood still, you went inside
I never got to say my last goodbye...say goodbye...!
[CHORUS (2X)]