On one fine and easy Sunday, I found myself listening to one of Japanese' renowned animation drama soundtrack; "One More Time, One More Chance" on repeat whilst contemplating about life.
That afternoon, I was randomly craving for the local instant noodles I haven't had in ages; so I decided to make one since it took less than five minutes. In the middle of the cooking process, suddenly I was reminded of the taste of the exact same instant noodles my grandma used to cook me back then. Then I thought to myself; how could an instant noodles a la my late grandma felt that good compared to mine or basically anyone's?? It's amazing how I could still vaguely taste the sweet slash salty-ish taste that seems to be only my grandma could make. And then I was reminded of this egg dish that my housemaid used to make. I couldn't even recall what she called it, but I do remember the taste. It was sweet, and it looked a little bit like an omelette but it wasn't, like it's somehow seasoned with ketchup but then again I wouldn't know for sure.
Hence, I walked down the memory lane to the moments where I thought would last forever—but don't. A family gathering in Puncak; where even the distant family members came as one and we played games together in the morning, had the roasted corn at night while doing the karaoke of Koes Plus or Frank Sinatra's songs. Sleeping next to my grandma at night while brushing my fingers off her wrinkles and her long white hair. Playing along with my cousins and nephews a day before Lebaran at my grandma's old neighborhood; where we used to climb the fence of nearby kindegarten so we could sneak in without getting caught. Trying out my new rollerskates and actually fell on my first attempt, and fell again on the second, and I kept on failing until I wasn't anymore—and I remember how I was in love with my rollerskates and I would wear it anytime, anywhere, including to the hospital on the day where my little brother was born. Driving around in motorbike with my father only so I could fell asleep since it was a little tricky to put me on sleep at night because I was this little kid that seemed to have infinite amount of energy; which my father and I, that time, referred it as "berpetualang". Watching Power Rangers for the first time with my little brother and saw the excitement on his eyes. Piggybacking my grandpa and grandma while strolling around the neighborhood in the morning; then watching their favorite Warkop DKI and Wiro Sableng's episodes afterward. Getting bullied on this bus that carry my friends and I home back then on our kindegarten days just because I told them I love pink, and a friend of mine thought I have no right into liking the same color as her.
Those random thoughts that popped up made me think a lot about no matter how time flies; how years and months and days and seconds passed by, somehow every feelings that we have had were still there under our unconsciousness. They still linger on; those moments last. We never forget a single thing we have had, a single moment we have felt, a single taste we have tried. Somehow, all of our past experiences were ceased to vanish—yet, they were eternal and we bring them with us to the future and they became a part of us; that if somebody ever try to unfold every layers that made us who we are now, they would find fragments of those feelings and moments there.
Anyway, here's the song called "One More Time, One More Chance" I mentioned earlier: