Today I was awaken by a call of my phone, at first I thought it was the morning call I had set the day before, then I noticed something was wrong with the timing--it was just too early,and it was not a morning call at all,it was an IDD. I called back and to my surprise it was my mum. I told her that I was still sleeping and was a little annoyed when I heard her reporting to me the content of the luggage and the endless precess of packing and weighing. She told me that she and dad were just too excited about the upcoming departure and could not help getting up before 5 a.m. However, I did notice there was something that she wanted to say but not really dared to.
Finally,what should come did come. She posed me a bitter and intermittent laughter the typical way when she made a mistake, especially to me. Actually,I could detect the fear of her. In fact, everytime my mum does something terribly wrong or may potentially hurt us, she will seem to be extremely nervous and laugh in a self-criticising way,saying"I have made a disgusting mistake"(in Chinese dialect, of course). This time was not an exception.
"I have made a disgusting mistake..."she began.
("Hey, don't mention that! Don't mention that!"my father said alongside,but it was so loud that I overheard it yet pretended to hear nothing)
"Your father told me no to mention it.."my mum turned serious which to me it was quite amusing, driving away all my drowsiness.
"Just 'MENTION' it...you must 'mention' it.."I almost knew for sure that nothing serious had happened that I laughed at heart while pretending to be menacing.
"I accidentally opened the back of your optical camera without recoiling the film and the whole roll of film was destroyed."she said miserably.
"Oh,never mind,never mind!"I always utter out these two words without letting them go through my brain.
And I began to brood over it.
"Never mind.."this was all that I had said.The whole momery that we had shared in Tsing Hua University was gone,all was blasted into oblivion,in a split second,and...it was never mind.
What happened to my calmness? The long trekking around the lake,leaning against the sun dane, sweating profusely in order not to break the curfew,the photo that we had together by the lake,J,D,and I.
All memories will be tracked back,I thought.Finally,perhaps.
Nothing is fading,my friendship is still alive,vibrantly alive,vibrantly riveted in my mind.
When I am heading to the adulthood.
Finally,what should come did come. She posed me a bitter and intermittent laughter the typical way when she made a mistake, especially to me. Actually,I could detect the fear of her. In fact, everytime my mum does something terribly wrong or may potentially hurt us, she will seem to be extremely nervous and laugh in a self-criticising way,saying"I have made a disgusting mistake"(in Chinese dialect, of course). This time was not an exception.
"I have made a disgusting mistake..."she began.
("Hey, don't mention that! Don't mention that!"my father said alongside,but it was so loud that I overheard it yet pretended to hear nothing)
"Your father told me no to mention it.."my mum turned serious which to me it was quite amusing, driving away all my drowsiness.
"Just 'MENTION' it...you must 'mention' it.."I almost knew for sure that nothing serious had happened that I laughed at heart while pretending to be menacing.
"I accidentally opened the back of your optical camera without recoiling the film and the whole roll of film was destroyed."she said miserably.
"Oh,never mind,never mind!"I always utter out these two words without letting them go through my brain.
And I began to brood over it.
"Never mind.."this was all that I had said.The whole momery that we had shared in Tsing Hua University was gone,all was blasted into oblivion,in a split second,and...it was never mind.
What happened to my calmness? The long trekking around the lake,leaning against the sun dane, sweating profusely in order not to break the curfew,the photo that we had together by the lake,J,D,and I.
All memories will be tracked back,I thought.Finally,perhaps.
Nothing is fading,my friendship is still alive,vibrantly alive,vibrantly riveted in my mind.
When I am heading to the adulthood.
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