Fever at 37.4 now.

I suddenly thought about what we used to do at home when we were just children or teens. I had little freedom when I was a teen. Weekends were spent at home and holidays too. Then I remembered one of the times when my relatives would come over to my place for a gathering. They were relatives from my Dad's side of the family and there were many of them. I remember we took out our slide projector and my dad gave everyone a slideshow of pictures he took of us and the rest of the family. There were many different sets. One was taken during my parents's wedding and my uncles had so much to comment about their hairstyles and all that then! The others were family outings to Istana, botanic gardens, Penang, Lake Toba, etc.

It was good family time. To sit in the dark living room with everyone, drinking tea, having supper (cakes and puffs, usually), with all eyes fixed on the wall where the slides were projected. We would laugh so loudly and so heartedly whenever someone cracks a joke or makes a funny comment about the pictures. There was hardly enough space to seat everyone so we would grab a chair and share it, or squeeze on the sofa or just stand at the back. The the children would always want to sit on the floor in front so that they could raise their fingers up and create shadows for others to see.

I suddenly had the urge to view the slides again. The projector still works but its put deep inside the storeroom and my brother has packed it so tightly with his things that there's absolutely no way to retrieve the projector without risking my house looking like a war-zone. Nevertheless, I will take them out one day and go through them one by one. It'll sure bring back some good memories.