Unriddle

I guess everyone knew this was coming.

Farewell

We moved out the day before yesterday.
Our neighbours wished us all the best and we bade farewell.
"See you again somewhere."
Yes, we'll see you again somewhere.

And good neighbours for eight years we were, we couldn't help but feel unwilling to part.
I remember the times we stayed over at each others' house just for the thrill of it, although we were pretty much separated by a mere pillar.
I remember the shows we roleplayed along the corridors for the cleaners and anyone who would bother to look.
I remember the Sundays we went out together for family bonding activities.
So naturally, we weren't ready to part. My ten-year-old neighbour cried.
After all, we were neighbours for eight years.

We'll see them again somewhere, I hope.
On the bright side, one of them is studying at Hwa Chong Junior College.

Alright.
So we moved into a 5-room flat just a few blocks away from our previous home.
Walk out of the elevator and you'd see our mahogany painted door fitted with a silver-beige gate. 
Ironically, our neighbour is the housing agent who sold us the flat.

She greeted us with a smile of pearly white and welcomed us to "visit any time" and promised to impart some of her cooking skills to my mum. That was a really warm greeting.
She has two sons, one of whose birthday coincidentally fall in the month of June and the other saw the light of the world in 1996.

I foresee a strong relationship in the making.
I just hope I can part gracefully, for the second time, when we move out next year.

Second Chance

Have you done something wrong before?
Or perhaps you did it correctly, but it did not appear as such.
And even in this, there are various reasons why it didn't happen like how it was supposed to.
But you don't have to bother explaining, because no one will bother to listen.

But ultimately, I'm sure we all regret our doing.
Yet, how far can 'I'm sorry' go to get others' forgiveness?

You might be entrusted to organise a large-scale event.
Foiling the event will just yield you nothing but the loss of trust.
Without trust, you'll be fighting to survive.

People go with the flow. Once you're out, you're out.
It's all about capabilities and talents these days.

If you don't meet it, that's it.
No one bothers about what you say; What you say bothers no one.
After all, this is a competitive world.
This is the real world. A world so real.
It's reality, and reality is always cruel.

Sometimes in life, we are given chances.
There's a first chance, but there will always be a last chance.
And your first chance might very well be your last.

So have you done something wrong before?
I'm sure we all have.
To human is to err.

But will there always be a second chance?