I will cheat a little for my Nostalgic Moments post today, for there won't be a wordy post but a music video I found from YouTube. Sang by Faye Wong, Eyes On Me is the ballad that serves as a theme of a video game series, Final Fantasy VIII. Though I don't play video games, I've to say I'm totally in awe and fascinated by the overall technology that is able to bring these game characters to life. And most of all, this music video brings me back fond memories so how could I leave this out in my NM post?

As weekend is just round the corner, I wish you all have a wonderful weekend filled with books and everything nice! Enjoy!

Today, I'm going to talk about music for my second Nostalgic Moments post. I'm sure everyone must have at least one favourite band or artiste whereby their songs will forever live in your heart (mind) no matter how long it has been or whether or not if they are still performing today. Music plays a huge role in my life, both present or past. I listen to music whenever I'm happy, and I listen to music whenever I'm feeling down too. And music is definitely my best companion during those school examinations days as I find it to be one of the most wonderful methods to de-stress.

My mom had a song that made her cry whenever she listened to it, as she could relate to every word of the lyrics. I don't think I have a song that would make me feel strongly that way, yet, but I've to admit whenever I listen to that song, it makes me think of her (she passed away four years ago for your information).

Anyway, back to the topic. I think my first favourite band is a British female pop group called Bananarama. They are quite famous during the early 80s. "I Heard a Rumour", "Love in the First Degree" and "Venus" are just a few of my favourite songs by them.

I don't know why, but I felt a strong sense of bittersweet and nostalgic of the past hitting on me today and thus, this post was created. Perhaps this is a telltale sign of I getting old, but honestly I was more delighted on the idea of sharing them with you here than the sad reminder that time waits for no man (OK, so I do think of the latter quite often but let's not think about that at the moment).

Nostalgic moments. Where shall I start? Well, since I have no memories of my kindergarten days (except a photo of myself wearing a 'Graduate gown' that is currently kept hidden in my husband's wallet), I shall share my nostalgic moments of my Primary School days.

For starters, I was an introvert girl and my biggest passion is reading and writing. I read a lot of Nancy Drew and Enid Blyton books, and needless to say, I was a regular patron of our school library (at that time I didn't get to visit the public library due to the distance). When I was in Primary Four, I fell in love with Chinese essay writing and at one time, I even sent one of my essays to a local paper but was rejected. Not giving it up, I sent another essay to them. I can still remember a gist of the content today - it was about my first visit to a fast food restaurant and there I wrote about my experience of the visit and the food I had. Now I'm sure this idea may sound silly to you (come to think of it, I do think it sounds silly) but looking back, visiting a fast food restaurant was a big deal to me because my mom always made sure we had homecooked food (not that I was complaining) and thus, the fast food experience was considered special to me. Anyway, I was thrilled that my essay was published and I continued to send in a few more. I think the next essay sounds a bit more exciting, after all I wrote about my trip to Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

Besides reading and writing, I also had a passion for letterpads and stickers. I remember I had a classmate who also shared the same passion with me, and everytime the bell rang for recess, we would make a dash to the school bookshop instead of the foodstalls. We would rummage through the stacks and pick our favourites until I was sure the owner had given up on us. I wish I could show you some pictures of my collections but unfortunately, they were either used or thrown away during spring-cleaning (though it was more of the former). I googled and found the following picture that looks quite similar to my collections back then (mine is more on the Sanrio characters and mentioning of those, I too loved Strawberry Shortcake!).

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