off much deprived limelight

You could never have seen a desertion like it in its sister venues. The silence echoing in the distance was almost pleading for sounds to ease the phantom humming. If smiles could ring out loud like laughters do, mine would have reverberated through the entire building. A skip up the stairs turned into a small run but only to stop ahead and wait on the company of mismatched oddities.

Many an exclamation of 'ooh!' and 'aah!' were followed by familiar citing from texts memorized back in secondary school. To think that the contents of Sejarah Malaysia could be retrieved from memory three to four years down the road was amazing. Perhaps a walk through back then could have resulted in an improved final grade. But that is of a time when the education system was still flirting with the idea of interactive learning, leaving arguments of that to fade with every passing minute.

...were from Pakistan

a bunga mas!

Brit-ish humor

What's sad is the clear signs of a legend trying hard to remain current, even to the extent of being commercialized. And why? Simply to garner more interest and with it, hopefully an increased number of visits and subsequently end of the month sale telly reading more than RM300. Do you see the cycle? It may seem worthwhile but is it really? I'd much prefer originality than attempts of mimicking progress. History does not change even if its fitted with fancy lights and supposedly modern-looking mannequins. Instead, it's only tainted with 'trying too hard' and then disregarded. This is one of those places where patrons intentionally visit to ogle at the ancient hence to transform that defeats the whole purpose. Holden Caufield would not be impressed.

reflective surfaces and cameras

That, that is how things are run around here. Sadly.

It is however, the place where a four year date began. Only four years will tell if a stroll down these alleyways could lead to a reunion of these mismatched odds. Perhaps even with the company of many more significant others. And I won't forget because of an 'adopted' pebble =)

Four years from today? It's a date.

minx wrote at11:25 PM
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