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Remember those Days?

Well, went with the YFC people to practice carolling and this time it wasn't too bad either. After that we celebrated May Hui's birthday. Played table soccer against two girls and thrashed them even though I was playing against two people myself. I scored like 22 times and they scored only 6 times...

This part of the post goes out to all you people who are sad, bothered or lonely....

Once there was an immature Sec 1 boy who missed his Primary Six friends who had all gone to other schools different from him. Because of that, he felt really lonely and rejected, and felt that there was nobody to stand beside him in times of need.

Well, his mom told him to take a bus by himself to his grandma's house, and he ended up sleeping in the bus, and the bus drove all the way to his primary school before he woke up. He got off the bus really quickly and decided to walk since he had forgotten to top up his card.

He passed the primary school, and remembered the stuff that had happened there, how he was so wild and crazy, where he did library duty for 4 years, and how he used to play in the bus bay with his friends. He passed KFC, and remembered the times him and his friends gathered there to eat, laughing and cracking jokes. He passed his old kindergarten, and remembered the times his was a spoilt boy who always cried when he didn't get what he wanted. He passed his old house, and remembered the gathering he and his friends had... Reaching his grandma's house, he looked at the sky, and above was a rainbow. He didn't know why, but then he had a great feeling of satisfaction...

Two years passed, and the boy had grown more mature, and had gained more understanding from his life. His family was facing difficulties, one of his brothers were giving his mother a hard time, and he was torn between the both of them. He missed those days when the family was so nice, so warm, friendly and welcoming. Now he dreaded going home.

He and his friend was caroling at someone's house, and he took a bus with her to the Bukit Batok interchange, and he decided to walk back on impulse (this time his bus card had $2o).

On the way, he passed Macs where the family used to eat every Saturday. He passed the basketball court where his dad used to play soccer and basketball with him and his brothers. He passed the market where they used to go out and eat so frequently and buy groceries together, where they had little competitions with the ice that they bought from the hawker center. He passed the playground where he used to have races with his brothers, and where he used to challenge them to do stuff they didn't usually do at home. Along the way, he remembered, and thus felt that sense of satisfaction once again.

Looking up in the sky, he saw that rainbow once again. This time he knew what it meant.

EVEN IF YOU'RE LOST, HURT, TIRED OR LONELY, DON'T FORGET THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY UP THERE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU.

Cheers and Smiles!

All the Best,
Ben

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