They Are Gone! OMG!

I love Kota Raya! I love the busy crowds, i love the food there, i love the fact that you can spend as little money but could spend a whole day there, and the most thing i love is simply because when i was younger, i used to meet up with my ex boyfriend there.

During that time, Kota Raya was like the place to meet up because all buses will stop there. So normally my ex boyfriend and i will agreed to meet at the front door of Kota Raya at a certain time and whoever reached first would have been standing at the stairs and eyes kept wandering among the crowds, looking out for the other. And i still remember what i would say when he was late, i would have shot him a dismayed look and said bitterly, "YOU ARE LATE!". And if i was the one who was late, i would have ran as fast as possible to the front door and apologised. Of course he would have gave me a not-to-worry look and said "It's ok, i just reached too."

Since we have not much money to spend during that time, what we used to do were just walking around in Kota Raya, then proceed to Sin Ma to read some free comics, or grab a show at the Rex theater situated at the top floor of Kota Raya, or went walking around in Petaling Street, sometimes in Popular bookstore, sometimes just wandering around until night fell. Then we would just went for some delicious food from the stalls in Petaling Street. By the time the date was over, we would have to go back to Kota Raya front door to catch a bus back. And the cycle continued for a couple of years until he was old enough to get a car license.

Yesterday i decided to visit Kota Raya again to buy manga comics. Like i said Sin Ma used to be the place for all the comics available in the market and you can basically get any comics there. To my horror, whole Sin Ma is now closed!! I was dumb folded! So i walked around Kota Raya trying to see if any of the shops might have shifted from Sin Ma to Kota Raya. No Lucky!

Walking around, i notice so much has changed. Kota Raya is still crowded but the crowd has changed to a composition from foreigners and they are mostly from Indonesia. Those shops that are familiar to me are all close. Even the cinema is no longer there. I feel like i was walking down the memory lane that is getting blur and changing. For a second it was some part of my memory and feeling was being snatch away and refill by these new images i was seeing.

Anyway i continued my search to Petaling Street and i found a comic shop. After some time of shopping, i didnt get anything good. I wanted to buy those comics that i used to love so much when i was younger but could not afford. Now that i could, i am trying to fulfill this dream of mine to own them but they are no longer available. At the end, i went home with a white christmas tree in my hand and a sense of loneliness.

Anyway, luckily the xmas tree looks great! At least that cheer me up a little.

Meryy Xmas and a Happy New Year too everyone!