My brother took his family and my mum, who is currently visiting my brother there in the US, on a nostalgic trip to Pittsburg where my dad did his Masters, and my sister and I followed with my mum some 40 years ago. Oopps! That long ago? Old, am I? LOL! *wink*
On the way to Pittsburg, they came across a signage that said "Kent State University", and my mum recalled that it was the university where I did my Architecture degree there some 20 years ago.
So, on the way back from Pittsburg, they decided to stop by Kent to pay a visit to Kent State University specially for me. I am touched.
When I saw the photos of my alma mater posted at my sister-in-law's photoblog, tears just fell.
Don't ask me to explain why I cried. I couldn't tell either if the tears that flowed freely as I look through the photos of the School of Architecture (Taylor Hall) were happy tears or sad tears, but it was a feeling of nostalgic, an overwhelming feeling of emotions that I had gone there, studied there, graduated there and memories of the good old times passed by quickly through the photos that I saw.
I was surprised myself how photos of those good old times could have gotten me all so emotional. Signs of menopause, am I? LOL! *wink* No, I am just being the very sensitive person that I always am. I cry even on hearing news of the death of people I don't even know.
Could you believe it that it had been more than 20 years ago that I had left school? I had made it into this tough world thanks to the loving guidance and care of people around me who cares for me - my parents, my grandmother, my siblings, my in-laws, my nieces and nephews, my hubby and my son. Everyday I thank Allah for I am blessed with people who loves me.
I wished that I had been in time to tell my brother the address to the house where I had stayed during my students days there so that he could have taken some photos of it to add to my nostalgic feeling, but I could not recall what was the address. *sigh*
Maybe I should take a trip down memory lane myself someday?
Thanks, Nik Ai, for making the trip and for the memorable photos. Thanks, Ma, for suggesting to Nik Ai to make the trip.
On the way to Pittsburg, they came across a signage that said "Kent State University", and my mum recalled that it was the university where I did my Architecture degree there some 20 years ago.
So, on the way back from Pittsburg, they decided to stop by Kent to pay a visit to Kent State University specially for me. I am touched.
When I saw the photos of my alma mater posted at my sister-in-law's photoblog, tears just fell.
Don't ask me to explain why I cried. I couldn't tell either if the tears that flowed freely as I look through the photos of the School of Architecture (Taylor Hall) were happy tears or sad tears, but it was a feeling of nostalgic, an overwhelming feeling of emotions that I had gone there, studied there, graduated there and memories of the good old times passed by quickly through the photos that I saw.
I was surprised myself how photos of those good old times could have gotten me all so emotional. Signs of menopause, am I? LOL! *wink* No, I am just being the very sensitive person that I always am. I cry even on hearing news of the death of people I don't even know.
Could you believe it that it had been more than 20 years ago that I had left school? I had made it into this tough world thanks to the loving guidance and care of people around me who cares for me - my parents, my grandmother, my siblings, my in-laws, my nieces and nephews, my hubby and my son. Everyday I thank Allah for I am blessed with people who loves me.
I wished that I had been in time to tell my brother the address to the house where I had stayed during my students days there so that he could have taken some photos of it to add to my nostalgic feeling, but I could not recall what was the address. *sigh*
Maybe I should take a trip down memory lane myself someday?
Thanks, Nik Ai, for making the trip and for the memorable photos. Thanks, Ma, for suggesting to Nik Ai to make the trip.
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Credits:
Nikai: Proposer and driver.
Ma: Seconder and storyteller about you when you were here. (saucy!)
Eli, Sarah: Photographer.
Eli: Trip planner.
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