If someone gave you flowers...

Would you remember?

Coz I didn't. And I felt bad. Haha.
I have a memory problem. I hate acknowleging it but I really do. I think I'm like my mum. We get up from the couch and then head to do something, and we get distracted from doing that something because we see something else along the way that needs to be done, then we forget about what we were originally going to do... and then we walk around aimlessly, wondering what it is that we originally wanted to do. It's rather frustrating.
Like me, I walk to the kitchen to get some cili sos to eat with something, then I see plates piled in the sink. I stop, stare at it and then start washing it because I really cannot tahan seeing so damn many plates in the sink. So I first start putting away the clean dry dishes from the strainer into the cupboard, then I start washing. Then I have to wipe up the sink when I'm done. I turn over and look at the stove.. There are some stains of food from 'college kids' cooking. (Mum and dad, don't freak out) I wipe it off. Then I see that there are water stains on the counter, and wipe those off too. Oh, the Brita water filter isn't filled with water... so I fill that up. Then I head back to the living room to continue eating. I sit down, pick up my spoon... realize that I don't have my cili sos. So I put my bowl down with a sigh and go back into the kitchen to get my cili sos. Except that one of my housemates calls me to look at something. And I forget all about the cili sos all over again. Haha.

But anyway, I digress.

I guess I remember different things that people do for me, with me or say to me. And most of the time, it's not the type of presents they got me for Christimas or whatever.. it's other things like.. Annie, how she would always tell me "Suling, you know your opinions matter a lot to me. If it's anyone that I would listen to, it's you." or Hui who would always be my comrade right next to me (all the time) whenever we go out in groups. I don't know why it's always like that, but it just is. We stick to each other, and find one another across the sea of people when we lose sight of the other. My brother, whom despite us getting into petty arguments (most of time, I know I'm the one who starts it) would still do huge ass favors for me like moving all my apartment furniture on his own to his room. Or Dong, who would always always be willing to do any big or small favor for me, who's the person I can turn to when I need a break from everyone. Laila, who would always try on clothes with me without buying them, who would never ever judge any bad behavior or mine. Jovi, who despite so many years, still bothers to read my long ass complaining emails, whom I know when we finally meet again, we'll just pick up where we left off like that *snaps fingers*. Yuyee, whom I always think as that person who would run in the rain with me without an umbrella. Satvinder, whom always always drives me around when he cans... whom doesn't mind linking arms with me in the mall.

It's things like these I guess that leaves impressions on me. Imprints in my memory. Whatever you want to call it. Small things that span over a long period of time, know what I mean. Things that you know you can count on. That it's not that you expect that person to do, but that you know they would try their best to do if they could. It's not the flowers, or anything like that.

Then again, ,maybe I'm just making excuses for my bad memory and just justifying what I remember to be "more important".

Oops.