Important Strangers

Strangers again. Ah yes, indeed everything started as strangers. A friend, a close buddy, a bff, a boyfriend or girlfriend for that matter, or an individual who eventually becomes your siblings from another parent. Someone important to us, and it starts with a stranger someone you have no idea what background they are from, or what are their interest or behavior and the list goes on.

Mine started back when I was primary 4, I had a grandaunt who supposedly was my caretaker during the day when my parents were away for a few years since I was very young. She lives with us. I was very attached to her, she taught me many things - speaking teo chew, origami's(I was very good at origami, can fold flowers and sophisticated objects), some chinese wrods. All of these I lost touch when she left for Kl.

Sometime later, in primary 6, this girl who used to be in the same bus as I am. Well, like most people who get to know each other, with a simple word - "Hello" . Thus afterwards she became my first girl who I ever had a crush on. Eventually time pass and we no longer take the same bus and lost contact.(Mind you, back then we dont get handphones like kids at our age do nowadays) She was pretty important to me, at least I thought so.

Then came this guy who happens to sit next to me in tuition, who later became one of my first close friends for the next few years in the same year of primary 6. We gamed the same thing, same interest and so on. We often used the house phones like it was our handphones, and could spend up to hours talking over god knows what we were talking about back then. Gay as it seems but that was our only way of communication. Got screwed many times for expensive phone bills.

Alas, secondary 1, this girl who I knew through online game(I was an online-game freaked till secondary 5) who became my first ever girlfriend. Well I didnt know back then what was a puppy love. But I was sure we had quite some fond memories. Webcam those days were bad. Really bad. She's from australia. So yeah well, it was a long shot. hahahaha. Something happened, we bloody lost touch and I tell you I was bloody sad over this. Effort in trying to keep in touch was in vain. What a loss.

Then came secondary 2, an acquaintance through my close friend then who so happened to add me in their msn chat box. This girl, whom I have a crush on and so happen was my friend too. Well, I suppose telling this now wouldnt hurt? I thought him how to get her number and even how to court her! Yeah, I didnt know how I was able to know all those stuff back then. Do not ask. I dont quite remember how they turned out, but in the end I thought he was over her and she eventually became my girlfriend. The thing about guys is, they dont bother to remember most of the little details. Thus losing my first ever close friend all because of a girl. What a silly thing to do now that I look back at it. Well, we didnt last for long hahaha. But hey, that was my first ever heartbreak! Hmmm

At the same year, I happen to be close to friend in school too. Well long story cut short, we fought(like sissies - a little kicking here and punching there). Then eventually we became good friends like brothers, more of him as my lil bro back then. Yes, and I loved him as one too. I dont know if I can say he's a stranger to me now as we drifted apart since leaving secondary school. Having a bro is nice you know. I have bloody 4 sisters , one as my real lil sis, my couzie jie and my two more lil couzie sisters. My only couzie bros are 2 who are muchhhhh older then me who lives in singapore and another 2 more younger ones who I barely see them or mix with. You know there are times when you have stuff that only guys can discuss and telling your sisters is a nono?;]

Then the following year, a stranger who magically got my number(which later i found out that was given by a primary friend). It was again a long shot a distant relationship. At that age, you never know how to differentiate between infatuation and love. So yeah, confuse little boy as I was went on for awhile and eventually ended again. Pffftt dont laugh. I was only a kid!

Well, in secondary 5, I got back together with the girl from secondary 3 again! Confusing much? And yeah, this time I was sure I loved her and not infatuated. A 101% comfirmation. Yeah pretty much going on I'll skip the details. I think you guys can guess we broke up again! This time, without even a single reason. We skipped 3 days of communication due to credit technically.(back then prepaid was our option as children no postpaid) and it just ended when we start communicating on the fourth day. Yeah, another pathetic heartbreak again.

There are many more important people to me who are strangers now. The next year 4 years up to today is pretty recent. It cant be a history just yet. Perhaps I'll write them in the next 4 years. All these past important people in my life, strangers to one another and when we look to the present , we are strangers yet again not knowing where they are, or how they currently look like, how are they doing, or any personality changes from the last time we have met. They could be an entirely a new person sharing the same stranger skin when first met.

Heck, if we looked back at the person you were 10/15/20/etc years ago, the doppleganger of you back then could be a stranger to the current you.

I miss this long hair! it didnt ever grow back the same way it did! Damnit!