::went out on Fri to get the pinhole cam.. met Hafiz first at City Hall to get my ticket for his concert tomorrow.. he came at noon, passed me the ticket and we went on to look at some stuffs.. went to buy a roll of slide film first, got the velvia 100.. then went to Funan to look at some cams Hafiz wanted to get..
he had to rush back to his rehearsal at 1.. alighted at Orchard and made my way to Kino.. had a pleasant suprise that there was a 20% discount, so that makes it $9 cheaper.. had a 10% discount coupon for Pepper Lunch which was expiring, so decided to treat myself..
msged Gloria if she was free to help me out with the Jap text, but eventually figured out how to assemble it after staring at the diagrams long enough.. hahaa.. loaded an roll of film which I found in my drawer, an expired Kodak 200 Gold.. went for a walkaround of my neighbourhood the next morning..

wanted to evoke a sense of nostalgia, of something lost.. dug up some old memories I had of my neighbourhood..


the playground I used to play in..
it was upgraded from those old playgrounds with concrete structures and sand while I was in lower primary I think.. it has been resurfaced a couple of times due to kids playing with candles on it.. the sheltered walk way behind is relatively new, completed as part of an upgrading programme in 04-05.. and a fitness corner behind and hard court behind, completed around 2000 I think.. remembered a couple of big shady trees that used to be standing there..


abused..
walked further on to find another playground that was under repairs.. the slide and the metal spiral ladder had broken.. got a feeling its due to abuse though..
well, playground are getting irrelvant with computer games and the digital age.. no one wants to go through the process of checking the angle, patiently waiting a few seconds for the exposure, manually winding the film and having to wait for the lab to process it when you can just snap and see your pic instantly.. instant gratification..


the crossing..
anyway, since I'm ranting about my past, would like to resurface some old memories.. there's my neighbour/primary sch classmate/childhood friend Po Kiat.. remembered cycling/exploring around the neighbourhood together, the hilly bumps behind Xinmin, the slopes near Bowen.. hanging out at the fitness corner after sch.. well, if you're reading this, we ought to catch up with one another sometime..
and there was Xueli, who moved out in 98 or 99... quite different from another Xueli that I know.. she lived with her grandmother in the corner unit and was a year older than us, quite tom-boyish.. was my friend from the opp gender I think.. just lost contact after she moved..


reach..
wound back the film after taking one last photo above.. a sorta closure for myself.. represented some feelings I had in the past.. wasn't exactly tall when I was young, couldn't even reach the bar of the monkey bars without climbing up the sides abit..

anyway, had to scan in the negs myself cos the lab couldn't.. collected it at about 6 then waited for 161 to woodlands.. coincidentally met some of my juniors on board the bus, Alif and the twins Gary and Gerald.. they were going for OP 2007 too, so tagged along with them..
went to buy some bread before walking to RP, made it just in time for the concert.. their reportoire consisted of alot of classical and contemporary works.. the concert was well performed, though had some extra sounds by the audience.. there was a boy behind us eating crackers which was abit irritating.. met Shi Chie, Clement and suprisingly Desmond there..
went back to Causeway Point to eat after the concert.. had some talk about band, and some advice seeing they just took over from the prev batch.. gave them some ideas for M10 next year, having an an alumni item for the 10th Montfiesta would be a good idea.. revisiting some pieces from the prev Montfiestas would also be nice, would like to hear pieces like Procession to Peace and Persis again.. I'm sure my fellow alumni would want M10 to be a big success..

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