5)A moment that I enjoyed alone

My hobby is what defines me.

My hobby started when I was in lower primary by my good Japanese friend, Nobu, who received Primary education with me before flying back to Japan at the end of primary six.

My hobby is none other than the art of folding paper origami of animals. This hobby has been part of my life since first introduced to me by Nobu. When Nobu first taught me paper origami, I was addicted to it like a drug addict to heroin. I could not stop.

However, what reminded me of the life changing moment in Primary two was when I flipped my photo album this afternoon out of boredom. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I recalled the fun I had with Nobu and the diversity of origami animals that we folded together when I stared at the pictures of us and our origami. Although that life changing moment happened many years ago, I can still remember what exactly happened as if it just occured today. I cherished the moment of joy when I folded my first origami without Nobu's aid.

It was another ordinary boring day at school. I stared at the teacher with a blank mind as I started to daydream, imagining the teacher as an old naggy grandmother. Nobu, seating beside me then, was as bored as I was. I started off our conversation with an insult to the teacher. Nobu giggled before joining me in insulting the teacher.

Soon, we started to chat with each other about Japan's culture before unknowingly drifting to the topic of origami. His words sparked an interest in origami. Noticing my interest, he folded a origami sea gull as a gift for me.

I attempted to trace Nobu's hand movements in order to refold the sea gull. As I had expected, all my attempts to fold a sea gull was a failure. However, the beauty of Nobu's origami sea gull inspired me to persevere and attempt to fold the sea gull again. Although Nobu constantly offered his help, I declined it, feeling determined to fold a sea gulll by myself without any aid from Nobu.

After school, I was still unsuccessful. I continued trying to fold the the sea gull but still to no avail. However, I managed to fold my first paper gull successfully at the end of the day.

I felt as happy as a lark as I jumped for joy, feeling a sense of accomplishment, pride and happiness. Although my sea gull was not as beautiful as Nobu's, I boasted to all my family and friends of my achievement.

That life changing moment made me more determined than ever to successfully fold more paper origamis. Since then, Nobu and I spents hours together folding more paper origamis. We also participated in paper origami folding competitions to see who was better and more agile in origami folding.

Unfortunately, Nobu returned to Japan after his PSLE. We bade farewell to one another and both cried uncontrollably . Nobu and I did not contact each other much after he arrived in Japan despite all the promises and plans we made to constantly contact each other. What brought us further apart was the starting of my hectic Sencondary school life.

I will always remember the life changing moment when I folded my first ever paper origami alone. I will always remember Nobu for he has made a big impact in my life, bringing entertainment and joy to my life.

This ends my first post