Road down Memory Lane

Hark! I'm hijacking my aunt's com for this all the way in Lumut! Let no one know!

It's amazing to be truthful. I haven't been back to my mother's hometown in around four years, give or take. Roads have changed, buildings been built and I learnt just how different the trip back can be when you're older.

I distinctly remember hating the journey but liking the end. The three hour plus journey would be unbearably long to me, and sleeping in the car only helps so much. Not to mention the roads were rather rough on sleep time. *grimace*

This time around, I was alone in the backseat of my mother's SPACIOUS car, with pillows about me and a lovely airconditioning system. No little kids, no babbling parents (my mother was happily driving in relative silence with my uncle guiding) and it was bleedin' brilliant!

I actually noticed the scenery. Amazing and shocking to be sure. It might be an after effect of actually taking an interest in art and all, but I appreciated the scnry passing us by. I noticed the sunlight glinting off the waxy, green leaves of the oil palm trees instead of just thinking the continuous scene of trees to be monotonous. I saw the contrast between the shaded areas and the light. I noticed the glint of light on tin/zinc roofs and the houses that were old but artful. I even saw a little wooden bridge leading to a path hidden by overgrown bushes in full bloom. It was...pretty. It was art. It made my trip bearable. It also drove home the fact that a lot has changed over time. The bridge we crossed over the river has been reinforced sometime in the last few years. The old building in Bidor was repainted and trees cleared to make open spaces. The schools we passed were well kept and the roads were tar and not rocks. It was quiant. But also sorta... sad. Everthing was changing. Even so far from the city.

I was also thinking that the scenery was PERFECT to use in my black and white photographs. Then I remembered that I didn't bring the bulky camera with me... and proceeded to mentally kick myself. T__T