Tuesday, September 6, 2011 5:27 PM
33. Love Story ;

Anyone still plays hopscotch ?
Maybe I should rephrase my sentence .
Anyone remembers hopscotch ? Such a fun game it was .
Remember when we were young , and hopscotch was all about throwing your wallets or personal belongings onto those chalk-drawn squares .
All those gleeful laughter , joy and happiness .
How pure .
But children nowadays don't even play hopscotch . What a pity .
They play with Facebook and apps on iPads and iPhones . Generation gap .
I loved hopscotch as a primary school kid .
It was fun , because I had terrible aiming .
Every time I aimed for 5 , it overshoots and falls on 7 or so .
I remember being grumpy about my failed aiming .
I was always last in place , but hey , at least there were the memories .
We had 3 painted hopscotches in primary school .
But now , after it moved , I don't see anymore hopscotches . ):
I remember my pink OP wallet getting black and dirty at the end of the day .
I remember how hopscotch was the only fun thing we could do with our friends .
I remember hopping on one foot , careful not to step on the lines , or jump out of the box .
I remember squinting and throwing my wallet .
I remember squatting at the 10th box , and then my friend would hide my wallet , in which I had to find with my eyes closed and my back facing the wallet .
I remember hiding my friend's wallet under her butt .
Such good memories .
Recently , I played hopscotch with my cousins back in the kampong in Malaysia .
We used coloured chalks to draw them , really fun .
And then I realised how deprived of such traditional games the children nowadays were .
I guess they find hopscotch boring .
I used to be able to play hopscotch for hours .
Ah , when we were young . I talk like an old lady .
Young , when love was pure and all puppy-like .
Anyway , so I've been to my mama's friends' house .
They were married , happily married .
So their love story went like this :
Secondary school . They weren't in studying in the same school , but by chance , they met each other through a friend .
She fell in love with him at first sight . Oh , puppy love . It was sweet .
They kept in contact , although not much .
Then she went to JC , and he went to poly . She was pretty sad .
There were prettier girls there , and well , she knew that she had no chance against them .
She was tall , really tall , a good 178cm . She had big bones , so she looked tall and manly , but no , she was just like any other girl .
And she kept that stupid crush for him .
Thankfully , they were pretty fated . Both got into university , and just for him , she took up the same course as him .
IT .
All her friends knew about her huge crush , cos it was pretty obvious , from the way she acts around him . But he was entirely oblivious to it .
How long has this crush been already ? 6 years ? That's a lot .
And she never dated another guy .
Finally , as they enter the society , she found a job in the company my mama works in .
But he hasn't .
So she requested for him to be hired as well .
She told the employer , "If he isn't employed , then I'm not either ."
And they were both employed . She never told him about this .
After a good 2 years of working as technicians in this company , she finally had the guts to confess .
That was 8 years in total .
But he rejected her , leaving her devastated .
Ironically , she never gave up . Why ? Because she believed .
The next year , after a friend paired them up together , they were going out , at last .
That was 9 years .
At the 10th year , he proposed to her .
Romantically , in Tokyo , Japan , on Mount Fuji .
It was really sweet , she cried .
After 10 years of believing .
But their love story was a little not-so-perfect when she gave birth to a cute little ADHD boy .
Still , it was beautiful .
Personally I find her really brave .
Being rejected , seeing him with other girls , waiting for 10 years .
Yet , her dream was realised , because she believed .
Honestly , which girl in the right mind would wait for a guy for a decade ?
That's crazy .
I really gave things a thought after listening to her story .
Pondered for a while in the midst of showering , thinking , should I give up or not ?
Should I believe ?
But then , are you worth believing for ?
Who's gonna answer this question for me ?
Only you , yourself .
I've decided to give myself till end of this year .
And so , I shall believe , just for a little while more .
It's gonna hurt , but I'm prepared this time round .
You're prolly not gonna read this , but well , what are the odds ?
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knewSo close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said
Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said
Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes