Chain of Memories: Walking the Walk of Life

Chain of Memories: Walking the Walk of Life

     Yes, "I did it again", as the song implies, what ever you wish not to do something you always end up the opposite. Well walking another 3 hours or so, in the middle of the night without anything but a map is not pointless after all. I really miss the old long walks or climbs i did back in my mountaineering years. Climbing mountains without any guide, after work, in the middle of the night just lighted by whatever means of light we have. Ma it be the Moon light, which is actually full moon last night. Or a human contraption like headlights to make the night going. You won't make this night pass without letting yourself realized life is not about always on track. But also going beyond your line of sight and seeing obstacles as mere decoration to the life you will enjoy eventually(Sound really so Optimistic eh.)
     I just finished meeting and drinking beer with Charlie, an old friend of mine. It was a long night. I usually not good drinking beer or i should say i never really loved the beer taste but only the beer experience. Invitation like this from an old pal should not be missed. Its like growing beard but you should always remember what scissors or shaver is meant to be(do that makes sense, well it should be written since i really am growing beard right now)
     Really had a great time. Charlie is one of my best buds way back in HS. we usually go to their house on our half day school whether its Fridays or when it was moved to Wednesday. A typical all boys adventure with stuff from Movies, Anime, Building Paper Plane Dynamics or just eating out and playing whatever cards was within our sleeves, sometimes we study... hehehe. The pain of being in a Science School really needs a good break, and spending it in Charlie's house makes every pain an ease. Well i really wish to bring those memories back, Its really hard to track down people. Kevin the Hunyango, Alviz the Asymptote, Darwin the Great, Donnel Jose anak ni Rizal, Me and Charlie with occasionally present Jansen. They all end up in UP and me didn't made it Through. So the course of history is really meant to be away from all of them, a sad truth. But nonetheless, my life function well but really there so many things i can relate with the world Charlie was into.
     The night is into its climax and the beer in getting into my nerves. We drink in Beer Market, a new place in Clarke Quay. IT was a nice place for a good conversation or just being with your group and play anything with freedom(without violence). We are heading for the Bus but i am too presuming that i am right with this bus in mind. Say bye to Charlie and boarded the assumed right Bus.Confident as i make my to the land of the lost hahaha.
     I realized i am going the wrong way when it turns the other way. I was reaching my brother to my phone but to no avail. It was passed 1 am and i don't want to take a CAB. It may seem i am stubborn. But knowing i have a mini Map on an old phone my Kuya gave me. So i know i am not lost after all.
     10 minutes pass 1 am, here I am at Clementi Commonwelth Ave West. All i have i an incomplete map from the app in Kuya's phone. Go back where the bus came from... time starts now. Clementi Sta... Dover Sta... Buona Vista Sta... Commmonwealth Sta... Queenstown. Yeah hell yeah, I am hanging on it. Before Queen Sta. I took left via Queensway all straight to Holland road toFerrer Road to Bukit Timah to Thompson  Rd to Balliester Rd to Jalan Bahagia to our block. Though not accurate that mini map app(OVI map) did one thing right, taking me back home. hahaha.

at Ferrer Rd, A new Station! I hope they have water there :)

Mcdonalds and the rest of its Inviting Gang

      I am a Mcdo Kid, So when i am hungry... you might see me eating out in one of the Mcdo store anywhere near at my point of hunger(BTW, don't watch Food Inc. documentary. It was a really nasty how food in food chain was produce... hahaha, just wish my tummy to handle the issues). So I came across 4 McDo 24 hour chain along my walk. It was really inviting me to stop over and have my sleeping rest while dining in. Hahaha. Did took a pic at Ferrer Road just before Bukit Timah Rd. :) My head might be spinning but I am no Hungry. Yeah I am still thinking about my diet and the discipline i need to put on in. I lost maybe 2 kilos this month(I really need that weighing scale), and i need to lose more in the coming month to hit my target. Actually just want to put out my tummy tucked in, it's been there since college and i am curiously checking and doing something about it while i am at large, not working, Hehehe. And also, I need to save every penny in my pocket, that's why I am walking like crazy right now. So no eating or anything if not hungry!

A pose with Mcdonald's. I'm Lovin' It!

Ooops I did it again!

     One thing for sure, I need to urinate. walking that lng with Beer in your system will really makes you feel urinating. Yeah i keep it for more than 2 hours before deciding and finding something to "lubricate". Well i did it months before when i crazily decided to walk from Bugis to Toa Payoh in February. Too bad for the plants, they are always the victim of this ill mannered tourist. But i have no choice, i know ill get UTI keeping it that long. So when the opportunity strikes, the Mouse steals the Cheese! Yeah i conquered another dark alley!

PANINI Stickers

    I was in Thompson Road just before Balliester Rd. I came Across at 7-11. My head was dizzy and i said that i need to buy water or anything to drink or i might blocked out. So water water water water... oooh they have POCARI SWEAT, and it's on sale, so i grab two and immediately payed. Waiting for the cashier to finish i came across this NBA Sticker box, the NBA logo got me carried away to look more. It was a PANINI Sticker! This sticker brand really brings back memories. I once been a sticker collector. Exactly, i was in my first grader Kuya gave me(or did i get it from Him) a sticker album. It was a Thundercats Album, oh I love Thundercats, They are my first superheroes...or i should say Supercats. Then i completed it and bought another one, The Mask(A futuristic vehicles which tranforms into a killing machines)... But the latter went to its ill fated journey... the Thrash bag. I was stubborn and hard headed when back when. So as a penalty i later saw my collection shredded in painful manner. I really pity myself and how my Dad just threw something i treasure in my early child life. This is making me teary as i went teary walking reminiscing that fact. I really am not that kid who just ask for money so i could buy stuff. I almost give my tummy a tummy-ache just to get those. i usually do not eat in our recess just to compensate the need of my collection. It was tough, i started trading and selling too at that young age just to fill the gaps in my collection. Well enough of that, now i jusr wish to get hold of this stuff again so i can rest my case... hahaha. sentimental it seems, but life with this simple things thus make life complete most of the time. So hunting for one! The art of collecting. This is exciting!

Yes, this Sticker maker is still alive!

I wish i have a Phone with a good Map Apps.

    I stop wishing for those flashy phone since i lost all back in 2009. Leeting go is not an easy task until you came across  a life changing situation. But walking with anomalies on the map listed on your phone. Well I wish i have one, but nonetheless, it did something right... yes again, bringing me back home :)

I miss the mountains, I miss the long Climbs, I miss the long walk

    One of the best thing that happened to me is when i joined a Mountaineering Group. The love for nature, people and basically the love for long walk and conversation was really sufficed by this "wish I did it when I was younger" hobby. Cannot count how many did i ever climb. You will lost count when you are loving what you do. I miss those weekly climbs. Straight from work, we will assemble and populate the unsuspected Bus Shuttle! We are just loud and so excited every weekends that came. :)