NoThIn' BeTtEr

It's Saturday and it really has been a long day. Woke up this morning wishing that I could have more sleep to compensate the hours that I lost over, let's not call it studying but somehow preparing for my two final papers consecutively.

However, as I greeted the morning with much sleepiness still in my head, I knew the task that had awaiten me, that I was supposed to cook lunch for the day. Yikes, me cooking? I know it sounds totally weird but yep the task still awaits me.. but don't get too excited and start laughing at my mere attempt of cooking because it was really a simple meal,haha, spaghetti boloignaise.

As much as I can say about my cooking, it's not really that bad when it comes to Western food. Believe me, some people are still craving for the brownies that I made at my Raya open house and many had asked the recipe of the now popular triffle. My attempt fails me when it comes to the Malay dishes. Really not proud of this, but what can I say..I have not been practising. My bad..

Anyway, there are just so many peculiar things that happened today, but I guess I will have other days to talk about that.

I'll be going to Penang this Monday and I am every bit excited. Not really at the prospect of going to the post camp but meeting my friends in their hometown and you know just travelling alone. It kinda makes me nervous, not that when I drive home, there is anybody accompanying me but this time it feels like a real holiday, without any parents and friends to go with me and just going there(some place outside KL)to enjoy myself, though there are still lots of things to prepare for the post camp(mentally and physically).

The real reason that I am going to Penang earlier than the post camp dates ( by British Council) is none other that to enjoy myself totally before I indulge my whole soul to the post camp. (there are a lot of serious thinking required and discussions too).

The need arises of having this holiday as my brain has really not stop functioning for at least some time since taking this short semester. Not that I want it to stop functioning anyway because then it'll mean that

I'm brain dead.

No, been quite exausted actually with the overwhelming chores and responsibilities since my eldest sister gave birth. Not that I am of much help with the new baby actually, but there are other two older babies screaming for my attention every minute that I'm home. Phew, tell me about being a mother..

So with this very limited given time, I am escaping for a week at least of the never ending responsibilities. Thanks a lot to my dad for allowing me to go for this trip though my mum opposed it at first. But since the higher authority(MY DAD)* wink* has given me the yellow light(which means in my vocab: speed faster than the green light coz u'll never know when the lights are going to change and u might be knocked down by some other vehicle any second), almost happened to me (many times actually) but I managed to stop the motorcycle once by honking and putting up one hand(which indicated that he has to stop, he was speeding before the red light turned green,his fault). He almost flew off from his bike trying to stop as I sped safely across.My friends who were in the car screamed out of fright and I was just laughing at my attempt to cheat death, did I?And to imagine the whole thing happened in a matter of seconds. It happened again last Thursday. I calmly told my friends that it was a usual.

Besides those things, I think I am a pretty much safe driver. Survived an accident once.

That, I call lucky that I'm still alive( I totally went over a highway divider and drove on the opposite lanes. I only realized that I was on the opposite end when I saw an oncoming car in front of me) then I swerved the car back to the lane that I came from(which means that I went over the divider again). Lucky for me that there were no cars on the other side of the three lane highway which was usually filled with lots of vehicles. Everybody(motorcyclists on the other side that stopped to watch, as if watching an action movie) was actually waiting for my car to turn over(they told me later) but somehow I managed to control it and my car bumped into another divider(the very left end of the three lane highway). Imagine from the very right lane of the highway to the other side of the highway and back finally to the very left lane. What an adventure! Had a hard time to drive again but my parents forced me to, the very next week. Thanks to my hero Abang Shazrin who helped to calm me that day. I came out from the car in one piece and crying obviously. That happened in the first year of me in UIA.Phew what a memory...

Right, back to my story. So you see, that's how I am when I'm talking, jumping from one story to another. Apologies for the action-pack commercial break. I was just going to explain the very reason I'm going to Penang earlier is because as soon as I come back from the post camp which is on Sunday night of the 26th June,the very next day is the long awaited attachment which I somehow have to attend. The truth is I'm not really up for it but as I have bragged about it to my family especially my 2nd sister like a thousand times and since eons ago, I don't think it would be fair to dissappoint them.

Originally, there were three different offers from three different firms which was Zain & Co, Shearn & Delamore and Shooklin, but somehow I chose Shooklin as it was on the same buliding of my sister's office. The main reason was so that I can follow her to work and not have to drive and thus eventually save some money on petrol. That'll be 4 2 weeks and I only have that very teeny weeny short, exausting weekend to get ready for the reopening of semester 1, and what do you know, it's my final year already.

No more fooling around, yeah right, as if...Just maybe less fun.. oh no which reminds me that I still have a date with my two good friends since childhood that very short weekend. We've been friends for 10 years already, Siti, can't believe it. But really can't wait to finally meet Asry who is now a chef. I should learn some cooking skills from him at least,haha.

p/s: Yan sorry for dissappointing you yet again, sometimes feelings just can't be forced. I believe it now. I don't mean to hurt you and I know that it is very painful, I've been there.You are one of the best friends I have in life, for that I will alwiz cherish you. Thanks for everything