Esok, Segalanya Pasti Berubah ! (1)

(This story was published in Fokus SPM magazine : April 2006)

Aku merupakan pelajar tingkatan tiga di salah sebuah sekolah kerajaan yang terletak di Kuala Lumpur. Sebagai seorang pegawai kerajaan, papaku selalu saja sibuk. Dalam seminggu, mungkin tiga atau empat kali sahaja aku dapat melihat batang hidungnya. Mama pula asalnya seorang suri rumah. Walau bagaimanapun, sejak kebelakangan ini dia selalu saja tiada di rumah kerana terlibat dengan pelbagai program persatuan yang disertainya.

Kini, aku kesunyian. Abang dan kakakku masing-masing sedang melanjutkan pelajaran di California Institute of Technology dan Universiti Melbourne. Oleh sebab kurang mendapat perhatian daripada ibu bapa, aku mula menyertai satu kumpulan pelajar nakal. Aktiviti kumpulan ini termasuklah merokok, ponteng, dan bermacam-macam lagi aktiviti yang melanggar peraturan sekolah.

Di sekolahku, aku diminati oleh banyak pelajar perempuan kerana aku seorang yang kacak dan bergaya. Namun begitu, aku tidak penah menyimpan perasaan terhadap salah seorang pun daripada mereka. Bukan kerana mereka tidak cantik, tetapi aku tahu mereka tidak ikhlas kerana mereka hanya mahu mengambil kesempatan atas kekayaan papaku. Jadi, sebagai seorang yang suka bersosial, aku selalu berdating dengan pelbagai jenis perempuan. Oleh sebab itu, aku mendapat gelaran playboy.

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Writing Short Stories

Perhaps lots of people don't know that I was a writer when I was still studying in secondary school. I used to write lots of short stories in my native language, Malay Language when I was 15 and 16 years old. Some of my essays were also published in a magazine and won a consolation prize in a national competition. Furthermore, some of my stories were published in an educational magazine and my school newsletter. Therefore, I used to get an extra pocket money whenever my stories were published in the magazine. The language styles used in the stories are very simple and easy to understand. Those are not really a very excellent piece of art I could say, but I am still happy with my stories that I wrote by myself while I was still studying in the boarding school. My family always say that I like to daydream. Well, it's true, but it did bring some benefits to my life when I was gifted with ideas to write stories. I'll upload the photos of my stories being published in magazines, but not now because I couldn't find them...I'll upload once I found them. Anyway, I'll be writing my stories here, part by part. Of course, the stories are in it's original language, Malay Language. Hope you will enjoy reading them.

Short but Meaningful

After planning since three weeks ago, finally the reunion for batch 2002 of Sekolah Kebangsaan Serdang was done in Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur. Even though I expected more to come, but still the attendance was not disappointing. It was Facebook that connects all of us together after some of us separated as soon as we finished primary school education. Besides, I am proud to be the organizer for this event. Thanks to Lila also who had helped me informing those who do not have Facebook account and searched for our school mates in Facebook.

At 8.30 am, Fatin Dyana fetched me. Munirah and Sofia were also in that car. Then, we dropped by Fazrina's house to fetch her. After that, we went to KTM Serdang station. There, we waited for other people to come. Some of them actually went straight to Mid Valley by car. The five of us reached KTM Serdang station at 9 am. As I had expected, we were the earliest to reach there. So, we waited until other people came. While waiting, we talked about lots of things among the five of us. For some of us, it was long time ago since we last met each other. Around 40 minutes later, Lila came with Fazira. After buying tickets, we all went to Platform 2 to go to Mid Valley. There were so many people waiting on the line. This was due to to three reasons :

1) They were going to Jom Heboh in National Stadium of Bukit Jalil
2) They were going to PC Fair in KLCC
3) They were going somewhere...

Due to sea of people (too hyperbolic...) waiting for the so-not-punctual trains, we all decided to stay until the number of people become less. So, we missed 3 trains. Afiqah, Azriyana and Hanisah came around 10 am and joined us waiting for the train. At 10.30 am, we boarded the train even though still there were so many people waiting. As usual, the train was packed with human beings just like sardines in a can.

We reached Mid Valley around 11 am. Amri, Sazila and Adalillah were already there and there were buying tickets for some of us who wanted to watch New Moon. Then, all of us went to Food Junction at the top floor of Mid Valley. We sat at a very long table and started talking among us about lots of things while waiting for other people to come. Some of us bought brunch because they were too hungry already since they didn't have breakfast. I had breakfast, so I ate later. Ezalin and Syarina came around 12 pm and joined us eating and chatting. Sabri, Izzati and Azzarina later joined us as well. Lots of old stories of lots of our school friends were opened back. Some of the names that they mentioned made me think for a while.."Who is this guy?" I remembered faces easily, but names...urgh...hehe...it's kinda difficult. I remember some of the dialogues,

"Weyh, korang ingat tak Azhan ?",

"Azhan ? Siapa tak ingat. Hahahaha...Azhan yang lembut tu..."

"Weyh, ingat tak dulu Sabri kena gosip dengan Raihana.."

"Tak ingat la Farhan ni...Farhan mana ni ? Kelas mana dulu?"

"Ala...Farhan yang muka cerah gile tu...bibir tebal color pink..."

Macam-macam cerita dibuka selepas lama tak jumpa. It was so fun !

Besides talking and laughing loudly like mad people that made other people looked at us in one kind of expression, we also took lots of photos. Besides that, December 6 was also birthday for one of my friends, Adalillah.

We were in the table for a very long time. I think around 1 something in the afternoon we separated and went to other destinations. Some of us went to watch movie, some went to PC fair (including me), some went to eat (Hadzir who just came when we left), and others did their own businesses. Even though it was a short meeting, but I considered that as a very meaningful reunion because period doesn't count. What determines the meaning of something is the value of it. Better shorter than never.

Oh yea ! Since my phone wasn't working since last Sunday, I bought a new phone when I went to PC fair. It is Nokia 2700 Classic. It's grey-black in color. I think it's same with Thanges's phone...

Steamboat with Family

It was so hard for me to wake up at 5.30 am today. The weather in Akasia was so cold that I had to completely cover myself from head to toe while sleeping throughout the night. Furthermore, I usually wake up around 6.45 am and above during this semester break. 5.30 am is really too early for me. However, I really need to force myself to wake up because I need to be ready by 6.45 am at Akasia's bus stop. I was shivering when I showered this morning. The water was so cold !! Usually I bathe with hot water at home. Then, when I talk to Hema, I realized that something is wrong with my voice. It sounded differently from usual. Sore throat !

Today, I sat for TOEFL examination for a very long time and I only got 10 minutes break. The exam started at 9 am and ended at nearly 1 pm. The place was so cold and I really regretted that I didn't bring my sweater. I left it at home. I was shivering in that place as well. In fact, I went to the ladies two times before the exam started to get rid of the air-conditioned room. I felt that I'll be sick later with the sore throat that suddenly attacked me this morning. When I saw two Korean guys wearing short pants and seemed to be fine with the air-conditioned place, it made me think for a while. "How can they withstand the cold temperature of the room?" Haha...of course they can easily handle that since they are Koreans ! I don't want to comment on the exam because it's over. So, close the book.

After the exam, I went back to Akasia with Hema. Since Hema is on diet, she just accompanied me to eat lunch at Sup Utara Restaurant. I ate porridge. After that, we went back to our room and laid ourselves on our beds. While relaxing, we talked about lots of things and lots of people until we got tired and fall asleep. I'm not sure at what time I woke up later but Hema was packing up her stuffs to go back home. Then, she left me alone in our house around 5pm. After she left, I did not know what else to do. I tried to sleep, but I could not. Besides, according to Islam, it's not good to sleep after Asar time. So, I just sat on a sofa and do nothing. My RM 18 watch dropped this morning, and became malfunctioning. Then, my sister's phone that I borrowed last night ran out of battery. My phone has been malfunctioning since the second day of Eid until now.

I was actually waiting for my family to come as soon as possible. So, after packing my things, I waited for them at the guard house at 7.30 pm. I waited and waited, but they never appear. One hour later, they reached Akasia at 8.30 pm. With my stomach growling for food, I smiled to them and told my dad to go to Plaza Alam Sentral. Actually, I asked all of them to fetch me in Akasia because I wanted to treat them steamboat with the first salary of my life that I just got yesterday. I chose to eat at Thai Fusion Steamboat because I've tried it before with my housemates and I think the foods are quite nice with cheap prices. Since I'm the one paying for the foods, I'm the one ordering everything except for their own drinks. Sadly, I just treated myself with plain water because of my sore throat.

I felt extremely happy when I saw my family members seemed to enjoy the foods very much. The bill was below the budget.^_^ Alhamdulillah, I managed to treat my beloved family with the first salary that I've ever gotten in my life after helping my mom's friend with her company's administration at her international company.