the moment - kenny g

this song really brought back a lot of sweet memories for me. one distinctive memory that i can recall right at the moment is the memory of me everytime i finished my piano lesson and walking to the shopping mall next to the learning center on my own. i did that on my own every week after i finished my lesson.

that mall, namanya menara-deli-sinar plaza. 3 malls combined into one, but it ain't that huge. setengahnya one-u doang.

everytime the instructor released me from the class, i would hold my superbig bag to the mall walking around without any direction. to cd shops, to eat, to supermarkets, to anywhere without any direction at all but somehow i enjoyed that very much until my mom finished working and came to pick me up. i could still feel the crowd that used to go around there. the smell. the noise. all the maps of the stores are still sitting quietly in my brain too. ah... how much i miss those times.

but it's changed a lot now because the contract of the malls is almost over. it's almost over 20 years and most of the shops have moved to a newer mall. oh btw, i used to grow up with that mall too. my mom's office used to be in there, but then it moved out to the next to it. jadi dulu juga sering banget main ke sana bareng nyokap :) i would persuade her with anything just to get her buy me something i want. remember polly pocket? there used to be a huge polly pocket exhibition too in the middle of the mall, and i did anything my dad asked me to do in order to get it. i still remember the price, Rp. 35,000 for a pencil case. i bought the violet color one. and everytime my dad drove pass that place, my breath would stop and my eyes wouldn't stop looking at it until it really disappeared from the corner of my eyes.

as i grew to be a teenager, i used to hang out there a lot both with my JHS and SHS friends. we always promised to meet "di depen texas yah, di depen pustaka obor!" itu udah pasti. i also used to eat there a lot with my family when my grandfather could still walk. we used to eat at asian delights. ikan salju, sup apel, tauco udang, uda pasti punya. sobs. i really miss all those moments.

mau turn back uda jelas kaga mungkin. seasons change everything.
at times like this, i really would love to live my life up to the max. i want to spend every moment i have with my loved ones. i want to laugh and take a lot of pics with them so that i won't regret anything in the future. now lemme recall some random memories.

makan bareng keluarga di asian delights.
makan bareng eve di tower cafe pas aku rehearsal, smntra temen2 lainnya makan di tempat lain haha
makan bareng ii di ngga tau resto apa namanya.
ditemenin ii main di small arcadenya dulu pas aku masih kecil banget
kalo mo nonton selalu hrus berjuang ngelawan para calo dulu dan harus suffer dulu dengan semua bau rokok yg bener2 pengap banget di ruang tunggunya
nemenin adekku main di timezonenya dan makan di fountain bareng.
milih2 vcd yg harganya noban2 bareng si maimo
duduk ngafe di MPS bareng sese, maimo ama eve.
milih2 kado di art decor.
makan sweet corn bareng adekku, itu favenya dia.
makan di nelayan pas aku baru balik dari KL bareng bokap n adek2.
beli sampo yang ada kepala mikimininya bareng nyokap.
makan texas yg enaknya bukan main sendirian.

hah... i really miss all those moments. thanks, kenny g!