Lanes

I went out with my mom today. We went to this part of the city which still looks the same way it did twenty years ago. As I was walking down the lanes of this place, I started remembering bits and pieces of my past. How it looked like before, where I used to play, what I used to eat, things I used to do. All the memories came rushing back to me, memories that I forgot I had.

Isn't it weird how you completely forget something and suddenly, out of the blue, you go back and everything comes back to you?

I felt that way today. It was almost like I could recall the emotions that I felt then.

Although the place relatively looks the same, there have been changes. Shops that used to be there have disappeared and been replaced by newer enterprises. Although the shoplots are the same, the people have changed. The things have changed.

Twenty years have passed, there should be some change. But the change made me feel nostalgic. If only this place was still open, I could have my favourite puffs. If that shop was still open, I could go in and look at all the hair accessories that I used to long for when I was a child, but was too young to wear them.

Sigh...

The lanes of yesterday that I walk on today...

If I ever get on a time machine, this is what I'd imagine it'd feel like...