Thursday, June 28, 2007

When every thing is for one last time

So probably are another 8 more days before I leave Singapore and when I realize that I have mixed feelings.
And suddenly every activity I do becomes one for the list of nostalgia feelings. I shop in the nearby Super Market and realize that this might be the last time I come here in this life time, I will not be able to see the courteous and well mannered three Chinese ladies in the counter of this Super Market. I may not be standing in a Queue where one could be Chinese, one could be a Malay, one could be a Indonesian, one could be our very own Indian, one could be a Caucasian, one could be from Africa, one could be from Australia... Singapore is truly a cosmopolitan city.
When I realize that this could be the last time I am picking tomatoes, Bananas, Coconut, Grapes, Juices and my favourite "Shop and Save" bread it is really an amazing feeling, where you feel sad and happy. Sad because that these scenes may never come again in this life time and happy because I was given this opportunity to relish such experiences for a short time.
The times I felt bad after pressing the Walk Lights for the Zebra crossing on the road, but not waiting for it to turn Green but cross the road since there were no vehicles around and once I cross the road , I find the green light for Zebra comes up and therefore all the Vehicles stop , but there are none to cross the road, yet no Driver of the stopped Vehicles jumps the Signal. Its so lovely so see such disciplined people.
Coming back to the "..one last time" .. How do you feel when you know that a thing which your are doing/performing/conducting or any other "..ing" is for the one last time, the situation the environment and the ambiance may never again come in your life, its like a Scene in a Movie which never comes back and you can see it only for the one last time, after that you can only imagine about it and relish under the imagination.
So some of the things which I may doing for the one last time ...
1. Walking to my Tennis court in my condo for the one last time...
2. walking to the pungool park for the one last time ...
3. jogging on the pungool park for the one last time ...
4. walking around my condo for the one last time ....
5. travelling in the MRT for one last time ....
6. seeing a mixture of people an MRT for one last time ...
7. running down the escalator to catch the standing MRT Train for one last time ...
8. seeing my reflection on the Glass walls of the MRT ....
9. walking back from the MRT to home ....
10. Walking into the House where you are staying for the one last time ..
11. Walking into your very own room for the one last time ... ooh I cant see it barren, it will be while I leave ....
12. Watching the two High Definition Channels in my Sony LCD TV for one last time (at least till such a thing comes to India) ....

but the hardest of all is the one which is yet to be mentioned ....
its the changi airport ..whenever I am there I don't feel like I am in an Airport ...its almost like a second Home ... I can sleep , run , eat and do whatever I want there ... but I hope I miss this Airport for only a very short time ..

But once you feel that you are doing a thing for the one last time , the whole experience of doing that thing changes , you feel interested in each and every moment of that action , even moving a finger !!

1 comment:

Aravindh said...

dei goyya.. etho singapore la panna koodatha thappa pannitu pora maatiyae eluthiruka.... who knows u may come back after a while .... soo keep the options open la ;)

btw, seeing your reflections on the mrt glass window for last time ellaaam too much feelings da... i like the way u felt :)