The Long and Winding Road

Way back in high school, our school is situated on top of a mountain. Of course we also live on top of a mountain but this road will be about 400 to 500 meters at an average angle of 25 degrees. It gives me a lot of memories seeing a picture of this road because I had to cross this 4 times a day in my whole 4 years of high school. I remember it was still dusty for two years then it was then filled with concrete afterwards. Every day right after the sun rises students come and cross this road like runners of a marathon trying to beat the time for the the flag ceremony. Then again at around 12 noon students dash their way home for a 50 minute lunch break. You will see the same scene again at 1 pm. After 5, the story begins. At age of puberty or teen age, me included, we become more attracted to the opposite sex. Here you will find couples walking home together. Some even bolder, holding hands. Some other will settle a dispute, and have a brawl in this road. Some will create a mile of dust by running their motorcycles as fast down and up this road, (although it seems it is very difficult to climb this with a conventional bicycle). For those years I was amongst the crowd of going up and down this road, same question we ask, when can we stop coming up and down this road? It is even worse when typhoon comes, the regular umbrella would have one broken strand and still use it for the rest of the school year, or maybe a raincoat which is a standard issue to the employees ( father's use) but now an apparrel to the son or daughter. It does not matter too if your bag is a philex bag because around 30 to 40 per cent of the students have the same. And for the boys and even some girls the standard miner's boots are a part of this philex fashion. And to top it all skull guards are part of it too. This had been a part of my memory lane. I do not wish to cross Wall Street, or go to Planet Hollywood, or maybe a walk on the moon.... I just wish that I could walk this road again