Three Years Of My Life

I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt that I brought a friend to look at cars, and ended up selling my car. After I sold my car, I had to take taxi wherever I wanted to go and it was absolutely torturous for me. Luckily I woke up and realised it was only a nightmare. I think I'm slowly falling into a category of people who can't go back to public transport once they made the switch to driving.

I had dinner with a friend today. Me and him go a long way back. We were enemies in 2004, and 5 years later, who would have thought that we'll be having dinner and dessert, talking about the person who made us enemies then.

We had ramen at Santouka at Central. For those who like ramen, I do recommend this place, do try the ultra fatty 'pork cheek'. I know a gym instructor shouldn't be getting people to eat unhealthy food, but I'd say its worth the fat. =)

We took a short walk to Clarke Quay and had ice-cream, before I sent him home, all the way in Jurong West.

After he alighted, I thought to myself, since I'm all the way here, might as well make a trip to my alma mater (NTU, for the non-Singaporeans reading this, it means Nanyang Technological University) to see how much has changed.

I took a slow drive around the campus, going past the halls, all dark and quiet given that it is still semester break, and I even stopped somewhere and took a walk along the school compounds, passing all the lecture theatres and peering inside the tutorial classrooms which I went before.

It brought back all the memories of my 3 years in NTU. I've always hated school and dreaded going for classes because I didn't stay in campus and going to school was a 1hr 15min affair. But as I was walking along the corridors, I realised that I missed the place. I missed the old days when life was much simpler, I missed my close friends.

What I miss most was the time outside school during university days. Those were the best days of my life. They still are. I can't bring it back, but I can remember.

As I left the university and headed towards the expressway, a thought manifested in my head, maybe I should visit my old army camp which I spent 2 years of my life there since it's along the way home. I looked at the time, and reckoned that perhaps this episode should be left for another day.