Provided you have a big family like me, usually you will have a childhood buddy who's also considered your close relative under same generation whose age not different much with yours. Because of that, parents are really happy to make the two children go to the same school, the best if they can end up being in the same class. Parents say, 'can look after one another'.
So I have one cousin. He's actually five months younger than me. I had a love-hate relationship with him long long time ago.
Since Primary School till Senior High School we'd gone to the same school. His mother used to ask me how he was doing at school, or whether we got homework or exams or not on the next days. There were periods I felt like a babysitter to someone whose body twice than me. Somehow, his mother didn't really trust him for he's actually rather naughty and lazy. Very often also, he made me waited for him after classes ended in a car for more than half an hour in hunger while he was playing with his friends. I wished I didn't have such a responsibility. It was hard to accept that I was asked the same questions over and over even when I thought we'd grown up and could take care of our ownselves well enough. There was such kind of happiness when I knew we're finally apart. We went to different colleges.
Looking at another point, he and I had shared a lot of things. We played games, from the most ancient (hide and seek, dragon ball's cards, rubber jump, etc etc) to modern ones (computer games, badminton - he one time accidentally smashed me on my head till I cried and did not want to speak with him for days, table tennis, etc etc). We had common friends. My friends are his and his friends are mine. We're like one. Whenever I went to a birthday party without him, I'll be asked, 'Where is he?' or on the pre-exams periods, we all used to stay at school till evening and my driver brought us the same lunch box set meal, gave it to the school's security guard and he would immediately know it was meant to both of us.
I guess I just miss him. I dreamt about us last night. In the dream, we're rushing to an exam place. However I was late to get in to the car because I took a too long bath. Furthermore, I hadn't studied at all and I didn't have a confidence for the test. On the way, I suggested that we both pretended to get sick and to attend another test scheduled another time for those who are not able to make it. With that I will have enough time to prepare myself. However my dream was kinda mixed with my current place, Singapore. All I thought was going to what doctor, Redhill branch? Tiong Bahru branch? Bugis? And many more.. and I don't remember anymore where we're situated actually.
It's been ages and I feel kinda old every time I remember those moments. Perhaps along with the maturity itself, I now look at it as one of the best things ever happened in my life. Funny but it's so true. My younger sister had one as well and I once pitied him that she could end up like me. In fact her best buddy turns out to be the loveliest cousin I ever had.
So I have one cousin. He's actually five months younger than me. I had a love-hate relationship with him long long time ago.
Since Primary School till Senior High School we'd gone to the same school. His mother used to ask me how he was doing at school, or whether we got homework or exams or not on the next days. There were periods I felt like a babysitter to someone whose body twice than me. Somehow, his mother didn't really trust him for he's actually rather naughty and lazy. Very often also, he made me waited for him after classes ended in a car for more than half an hour in hunger while he was playing with his friends. I wished I didn't have such a responsibility. It was hard to accept that I was asked the same questions over and over even when I thought we'd grown up and could take care of our ownselves well enough. There was such kind of happiness when I knew we're finally apart. We went to different colleges.
Looking at another point, he and I had shared a lot of things. We played games, from the most ancient (hide and seek, dragon ball's cards, rubber jump, etc etc) to modern ones (computer games, badminton - he one time accidentally smashed me on my head till I cried and did not want to speak with him for days, table tennis, etc etc). We had common friends. My friends are his and his friends are mine. We're like one. Whenever I went to a birthday party without him, I'll be asked, 'Where is he?' or on the pre-exams periods, we all used to stay at school till evening and my driver brought us the same lunch box set meal, gave it to the school's security guard and he would immediately know it was meant to both of us.
I guess I just miss him. I dreamt about us last night. In the dream, we're rushing to an exam place. However I was late to get in to the car because I took a too long bath. Furthermore, I hadn't studied at all and I didn't have a confidence for the test. On the way, I suggested that we both pretended to get sick and to attend another test scheduled another time for those who are not able to make it. With that I will have enough time to prepare myself. However my dream was kinda mixed with my current place, Singapore. All I thought was going to what doctor, Redhill branch? Tiong Bahru branch? Bugis? And many more.. and I don't remember anymore where we're situated actually.
It's been ages and I feel kinda old every time I remember those moments. Perhaps along with the maturity itself, I now look at it as one of the best things ever happened in my life. Funny but it's so true. My younger sister had one as well and I once pitied him that she could end up like me. In fact her best buddy turns out to be the loveliest cousin I ever had.
he misses u too he told me :p
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