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EWAN MCGREGOR???? That’d be a dream come true!

*Sigh*

I wish! Haha!

Syima, bini kedua ek? Haha!

Lunch time. Just me and my beloved Mak.

Mummy: Amrah, cuba awak fikir, awak penah tak hidup susah?
Moi: Erm, huhu… tak.
Mummy: Tengok tu. Allah tak pernah susahkan awak.
Moi: (gulp!) …

How true… when I look at my life now, I realized that my life has never been extremely difficult. Of course there were bumpy rides here and there, but there was never a time when I had to face extreme difficulties. None. Nada. Zilch. Nil.

8th September ‘02 - My parents and lil brothers were involved in a terrible accident in Madinah. They could’ve been killed (Nauzubillah!) but they survived! Doctors predicted that Afif would have a life-long hearing disabilities, but he’s hearing just fine now. No problem at all. And Anas… well… he is a miracle… and a hero. Someone who portrays what courage and confidence really mean. And Mak… even though she can never walk they way she used to, she’s still here, isn’t she? And she can walk a bit too!

I’ve never faced any financial difficulties. Whenever I need money, my father is always willing to give me some. My sister still gives me my monthly allowance even though she said she’d stop after I graduate. Kesian tak keje lagi katanya. Haha.

I’ve never faced real problems with my studies. Even though I didn’t graduate with the kind of grades I would have preferred, I still did okay. And even in school, when I took PMR and SPM and I was too lazy to study for them, I managed to score quite well.

My application to study in the UK was rejected and I instead got a chance
to go to IIUM and study the course that I truly loved and enjoyed doing and apparently,
did quite well. Not to mention I met some of the best friends I’ll
never find anywhere else in this world.

I have a great family too. Even though my parents are very strict but they’ve never controlled our lives. We always have the liberty to decide what we want to do in our lives. My siblings are basically cool. We had our cat fights but never got carried away. We all live near each other so even though my sister and brother are married, we still see a lot of each other. And Iman is here too! She fills our day with her tantrums, speeches, songs, imagination and arguments which always makes us laugh.

So, my clever mother was right. I had never faced any extreme difficulties. I’ve always been blessed… ALHAMDULILLAH…

Like someone said… ‘the best mother ever!’. Huhu.

Bestnye kalu dapat wat MA and PhD kat US or UK kan?

Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Bristol etc etc…

Sigh…

Tatau la kenapa tapi lately kan, asyik bad mood jek. Cepat marah, cepat upset, cepat bengang, cepat give up, tak confident, cepat bosan, cepat hilang sabar, takde semangat dan segala-gala yang buruk. Tak suka tau…

Kat rumah asyik bergaduh dengan Anas aje. Dia pun slalu suka cari pasal. Sepak baru tau! =p

Pastu, kadang-kadang, ngan mak pun nak gaduh gak. Kesian mak. (Hish! Tak baik betul!)

Skang kan, sampai baca buku pun dah cam bosan. I mean, come on! What’s going on?? I loveeee to read! I still do tapi nak pilih buku yang memuaskan hati dan membuka minda pun susah. I read a few lines of one book then I change to another. I’ve done that to a few books already. Haha. Pastu bile baca, otak mesti melayang pikir benda lain and I would end up having to re-read what I’ve read a few minutes ago. I did that a lot with the latest book I finished, Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day’.

Dulu every week tak sabar-sabar tengok ‘Heroes’. I could watch like six episodes per day and I would always be waiting for Tuesday mornings to get the latest episode of it. Tapi skarang, I have yet to watch the latest two and final episodes. Macam dah lose interest jek nak tengok. Another favourite show, ‘Ugly Betty’ pun cam malas nak tengok. Not that I don’t love the shows, I DO! Tapi entah… takde interest. Heheh…

Pastu kan, I would usually be so excited to get a call for an interview in any company that I’ve applied to tapi skarang, malasnyeeee nak pegi interview! Nak hantar resume to more places pun malas sangat. Kalau tak, everyday masuk Jobstreet cari kerja kosong. Now, dah berhari tak bukak Jobstreet.

And then, malas sangat nak kuar rumah. Malas sangat! Mak ajak pegi beli kain nak buat baju for my convocation last Saturday pun pegi dengan berat hati. Nak pegi Tesco kat blakang rumah pun malaaaassss sangat. Anas ajak pegi pasar malam pun tak nak. Lagi best duduk dalam bilik jek. Heh.

Pastu kan, honestly, I am not looking forward to my convocation this August at all. Pelik tak? Some of my friends dah siap plan nak pakai baju ape, nak amek gambar kat mane, nak buat ape after the ceremony etc tp I just couldn’t care less. It is just a convocation pun. No big deal. Not that I graduated with really flying fabulous colours pun… Cukup-cukup aje…

            
             WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME????

 
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Which Hero Are You?
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Niki??? She’s scary… Heheh…

I was hoping I’d be like Claire… =p

I read Mitch Albom’s ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’ in a single day.

It is that good.

And the lessons it carries.

Simply unforgettable.

Everyone in this world is connected to each other. What we do will affect people around us - either in good or bad ways. Sometimes we won’t even notice it.

And sometimes, when something happens, we may not like it but there is always a reason behind it. We may always question it yet the reason is always stronger than our questions.

There’s also sacrifice in our life. The sacrifice for something better. Or for somebody we care and love.

And yes, our lives, whether we notice it or not, have their purposes. We may feel like losers, failures yet all of us have achieved something in our own ways. And it is up to us to acknowledge and appreciate that.

Yet, for me, the best lesson Albom managed to instill in his wonderful, a gem of a book is that, sometimes, people do things we don’t understand and we may get angry over them but most of the times, those people have their own reasons - stories behind that. So the least we can do is try not to judge too quickly and do not ever make our own conclusions too abruptly. Just respect the fact that all of us have our reasons to think and to consider of. And sometimes, those reasons may not even be as selfish as we originally thought it would be… (This just reminds me of something… I’d rather not say what. haha)

Sigh… The book is so close to the heart. It speaks of life, experiences of life so eloquently, so beautifully. It is as if we are living the main character’s (Eddie) life which may be so different from ours, yet so familiar. Catharsis! I think that’s how Aristotle describes it.

Aaaahhh… I feel like I’m writing a review for one of my Lit courses back in school. Haha. It is just that I’ve been reading a lot since I finished school but this is the first book in a long time that has ever made me feel this way. So melancholic, it makes me examine my life again.

Oh heck, you won’t understand unless you go read it. Just read it. GO!

The thing I miss most about being a student is the ability to escape.

If things were not well in campus, I had home to look forward to.

If things were not good at home, hola IIUM!

No escape now huh?

That’s why I wish for something to keep me busy, to keep me distracted.

Like a job, maybe??

Please please let me find a job a.s.a.p. I’m going dumb from the lack of activity in my brain. Haha.