Life happens like a flash of light. You expect life to be slower and even presume that it's slow, but think back on your life. Think back when you were a child. Back when everything seemed so unassuming and appearance didn't matter. Back when it was cool having those 64 limited edition Crayola crayons. It's vivid yet it feels so old. You haven't expected yourself to become the adult that you are now.

          Think back when you were in grade school when boys thought girls had cooties and girls started to have crushes. I recall my mother telling me that boys during that time tease girls because they like that certain girl. Now I know that those advices that little girl's mother's make are nothing but a bunch of soft sugar coating on bitter truth. When recess and art class was all you could think of whenever you were doing math or science. Think back when you thought that your subjects during those periods were the hardest thing you could possibly get.

          Truthfully, junior high seemed to be the turning point of people’s lives. It’s the time where boys finally find out that girls don’t actually have cooties. All those girls that were teased and pushed during elementary school become every school boy’s fascination and desire – relationships started to bloom. Remember when that turning point of your life was. Remember when you wanted to feel like an adult but was restricted to do so because you were just coming of age. Think back when you wanted to be someone in the social ladder – back when you were just trying to figure who you were.

          Rebellion is one of the many words that can describe high school. It’s when the social ladder that you tried to climb during junior high, finally matters. High school is the time when you find out that being at the bottom of that ladder meant you’ll be alone and have no friends while people on the top of the ladder have friends more than they can count despite their horrible personality. It’s when you start finding out about alcohol, , and heartbreak. That one boy that will make you fall head over your heels through his sweet words will be the same boy who you will give your first kiss to and who you’ll experience your first heartbreak with.

          Think back on that first heart break and wonder what had been wrong with your perfect relationship. Your mind was full of delusions and false feelings. You day dream about that boy and even feel lucky for being in the same galaxy, planet, continent, country, and most of all class. You stare at the back of his head while he wrote down the quantum formula written across the board and you find yourself wanting a cliché story with him as your leading man. And when your story had met its end, you ask how it happened and why but in reality, you were still thankful that you breathe the same air as he does because let’s be honest – no one forgets their first love no matter how painful it is.

          College meant leaving. It’s when the parents finally sets you free to figure out how to live, to eat by yourself, and to experience full isolation. To have that sense of freedom in that brief moment, unaware of all the responsibilities that have suddenly been put on your shoulders. It’s when you can finally go out and party with your friends and know what a real good time is without worrying about your parent’s questions the following day. Think back when you meet that nice boy in college, the one that seemed like he could be the one but turns out he’ll be another reason for your trust in the world to falter.

          Think back when your innocent little bubble that your parents had protected you with has finally popped. When you figure out that the world isn’t fair, that if you want something, sometimes playing unfair is the way to do it. Remember the times when you look at your test papers and ask why couldn’t you just have the questions you had back in grade school. And by graduation, you wouldn’t have noticed more than a quarter of your life has been drained away by time.

          When you’ve reached adulthood, you start to remember all your past years and ask yourself ‘how can time go by so fast?’ You’re stuck with piles of papers that you don’t remember having. Meeting people you’ve never met and trying to be their friend for the sake of your job. And this is the climactic point where you start feeling that absolute loneliness. You’ll notice the couples that will hold hands and say sweet nothings to each other – and you start to wonder when will you ever get your happily ever after. This can go on and on, making you try to remember your past that time had eaten away. 'Time is a great teacher, they say – too bad it also kills its students.

My name is Park, Sandara and I want to tell you my nostalgic story.