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      <title>Memories are my only witness</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[The transcendent nature of hearing a strange old robotically buzzy 20 year old song as the bus crested the hill on Punt Rd and, a little later, I stepped off and walked to the office; it fit the cold morning air so well.&#xA;&#xA;When did I first hear this song? I’d bought the CD in Singapore and listened to it on this train trip to Kuala Lumpur in early 2004, in very different weather to this wintry morning:&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://elsewhere.polydistortion.net/pics/malaysia/2004/02/06-15:35:41.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;the view out of the opposite window on a train, with a single person sitting to the right. You can see a pole outside, and some greenery.&#34; /&#xA;&#xA;I learnt so much on that trip, and saw so many things:&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/1990909/in/photolist-CCicf-CCiej-CCigh-CCii4-CCijQ-CCina-CCiqB-CCitp-CCiuP-CCivZ-CCixe-CCiyF-CCizM-CCiBG-CCiEW-CCiHo-2e5CeQB-CChZi-CCi24-CCi3o-CCi5C-bcNP-bcPc-bcNF-bcNL-bcNX-bcP2-bcP5-bcP8-bcPf-bcPk-bcPo-bcPu-bcPK-bcPS-BkcM5-CChyP-CChAN-CChCK-CChGf-CChKz-CChM3-CChNX-CChQx-CChTD-CChWk-bcQ2-bcPY-bcQ4-bcQ7&#34; title=&#34;IMG0263&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/2/1990909a5b612dc37z.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;480&#34; alt=&#34;IMG0263&#34;//ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;As we get older, it’s harder and harder to fight the pull of nostalgia. What would I have done differently? Plenty of things, but also nothing.&#xA;&#xA;#music #memories #Malaysia &#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;This was a post from a href=&#34;https://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/&#34;Cos/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;You can follow this blog on the Fediverse at code@cos@apintandaparma.club/code or a href=&#34;https://apintandaparma.club/cos/feed&#34;subscribe in your RSS reader/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The transcendent nature of hearing a strange old robotically buzzy 20 year old song as the bus crested the hill on Punt Rd and, a little later, I stepped off and walked to the office; it fit the cold morning air so well.</p>

<p>When did I first hear <a href="https://youtu.be/sbFeaxz9ybM" rel="nofollow">this song</a>? I’d bought the CD in Singapore and listened to it on this train trip to Kuala Lumpur in early 2004, in very different weather to this wintry morning:</p>

<p><img src="https://elsewhere.polydistortion.net/pics/malaysia/2004/02/06-15:35:41.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="the view out of the opposite window on a train, with a single person sitting to the right. You can see a pole outside, and some greenery."/></p>

<p>I learnt so much on that trip, and saw so many things:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/1990909/in/photolist-CCicf-CCiej-CCigh-CCii4-CCijQ-CCina-CCiqB-CCitp-CCiuP-CCivZ-CCixe-CCiyF-CCizM-CCiBG-CCiEW-CCiHo-2e5CeQB-CChZi-CCi24-CCi3o-CCi5C-bcNP-bcPc-bcNF-bcNL-bcNX-bcP2-bcP5-bcP8-bcPf-bcPk-bcPo-bcPu-bcPK-bcPS-BkcM5-CChyP-CChAN-CChCK-CChGf-CChKz-CChM3-CChNX-CChQx-CChTD-CChWk-bcQ2-bcPY-bcQ4-bcQ7" title="IMG_0263" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/2/1990909_a5b612dc37_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="IMG_0263"/></a></p>

<p>As we get older, it’s harder and harder to fight the pull of nostalgia. What would I have done differently? Plenty of things, but also nothing.</p>

<p><a href="/cos/tag:music" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">music</span></a> <a href="/cos/tag:memories" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">memories</span></a> <a href="/cos/tag:Malaysia" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Malaysia</span></a></p>

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