I Miss The Past

I went to West Mall today to get my ranks sewn on my no 4s today in the afternoon. Bloody expensive I must say but well-worth it since I simply could not be bothered to go to Beach Road, so far away. Especially important to have the ranks sewn nicely since I have CO parade on Monday morning. Avec ma soeur. And an umbrella. When I went out of my house, it was raining damn heavily. The umbrella was a necessity but when I arrived at West Mall, the rain had either stopeed or it hadn't even rained yet. The walk around West Mall with me sis drew stares... Unnecessary stares at my trusty umbrella. I think they were all wondering why I was walking around with an umbrella on my hand. It rained just now for God's sake... Maybe next time, I'll paste a board on my umbrella - "It was raining just now" just to explain the presence of this ramrod straight stick clenched around my hands. Sigh. The things people do when they have nothing else to do.

Anyway, had the opportunity to have a very small lunch (more like a snack) avec ma soeur at McDonald's and ordered drinks and fries. Ordinary yes. But when I poured out the fries from the red box thingy, the quantity appalled me. It was large-sized yes but the quantity did not justify its price - it was more like for medium fries. I remember a time when the large fries filled up half the tray, now it's like a quarter. Sigh. This downsizing was also apparent at Long John's which I went to on Monday, KFC and even Burger King! Sigh... Albeit in different manners. Long John's chicken and fish - they are like 1/3 the original size now. Bite-sized I might say? A terrible pity since I loved Long John's - I guess I won't be there as often as I would like to. KFC? It's the chicken. I remember a time when the chicken was so huge that you wouldn't be able to finish a 2 piece chicken meal alone... now even the thighs and breasts are what... kinda small. Pity. And the burgers - the Colonel's and Shrooms burgers are damn pathetic... You can finish each one in like 2 bites. Sigh. And Burger King - who can deny that the burgers have somehow shrunk save for the Whooper burgers? A huge pity since I remember a time when their marketing campaign used to feature the sizes of their burgers as the main attraction. And I would always leave Burger King feeling totally full.

And now all of that has changed. I totally understand the fact that businesses are finding it hard to survive in a more volatile market controlled by major and expensive currencies like the US dollar, British pound (which I still think is insanely expensive) and the Euro, but is there a better way to solve this rather than downsizing their own products in order to cut costs? A price hike would be worse off I understand because I would never pay more than $6 for any meal at a Fast Food restaurant but... sigh. I miss those times when Fast Food was so filling. Now it's just like a snack, albeit damn unhealthy. Now I will eat Fast Food like prob once or twice a month.

I miss this. I miss that. I miss so many things. I miss school. I miss wearing the school uniform. I miss my classroom. I miss HOMEWORK of all things. I miss morning assembly. I miss being late for school. I miss lectures. I miss all my BMT friends. I miss all my course mates. I miss all my school friends. I miss being the only child. Sigh. But the good things was that I had ma soeur to complain to today. That was nice. And she told me to get a girlfriend. I should - I know. So that I can talk over anything in the world with her - I think that would be my motivation - to just have someone I can talk to about anything at all at anytime I would like. Provided that she can tahan my eccentricities and nerdy exterior. One of my raison d'êtres for university. Hmm... My ultimatum? If I can't find one during Uni, I shall remain a bachelor and have my own pad somewhere in the city. Or overseas. Whichever is better. :)

That is to say that I basically really miss the past. Reminiscing makes me cry sometimes. Just last night I found myself tearing a bit when I looked through some of my BMT pics. I've lost contact with so many of them - sometimes totally forgetting their names. It's the same with some of my school friends. But missing the past is just like mourning over spilt milk. Useless. Futile. What can I actually do other than just imagine what the past was like? Dream up a time machine?