Monday, 8 July 2019

Eighth

I don't know where to start. I hope there's a way for me to organize everything so that it'll be easier for me to let people know. But I'll just start from the very beginning. This post is everything about me, my life and everything. I hope I won't cry whilst writing it because I'm in my living room and my mom is obviously in front of me. 

If I were to recall memories from my childhood, I guess I only remember a bit from when I was in the kindergarten. But I do remember things clearly starting from age 11. I was a very talkative child, I remember talking a lot in the car when me and my family were on our way to the village. I asked a lot of dumb questions, obviously when the car was moving which led me to get motion sickness since then until now. I was curious about literally everything, I can't name it there's just too much. But I loved my life back then. I had no idea what life was if it wasn't about being able to buy anything I wanted to. I lived thinking that way. I don't really know about our financial state, but because I got whatever I wanted to have, maybe we were well-off. My father used to sell anchovies at night market. I can't remember exactly but I would say my father at least went to the night market to sell them at least twice per week. I used to follow him sometimes. But I was ashamed of it because in Sekolah Agama back then the ustazah once asked what everyone's father does, and when I proudly said my father sells anchovies, all of them laughed. I was ashamed and I thought maybe it was a bad thing to tell them what my father does. So until now, I don't really like talking about what my father works as. I am not immature, I accept whatever that my father does and I know how hard he works to let us live, but I think it's better if people don't know. 

Although I was publicly shamed by my dumbass classmates (too bad I can't remember any of them because if I do, they'll definitely get dragged to hell by me), I know that we were quite rich. We would get RM3k per night, so twice per week would be 6k. Back in those days that amount was hugeeeee. But I know we had to pay some debts and stuff. Still, we had enough to live. Things started to go downhill in 2010 if I'm not mistaken.

So like, I knew things weren't going well since my dad's shop were robbed. Starting from that, the business went completely downhill kot. Then my dad had to pay debts and all then and eventually close the shop. Stop everything and begin from zero. That one day I was out at my friend's house. I went to Maya's house to play or something idk. I was walking with Maya after playing in her house, maybe to the nearby park to play some more lmao kid me was so active. While walking, I freaking saw my car, my gold waja I'm sure that car was ours because I memang jenis hafal plate number. And then, I realized that the person driving the car was neither my dad nor my brother or my sister's boyfriend. SO I TOLD MYSELF FUCK. My car kena tarik. When I came home I noticed the car was really gone, and I asked my mom she said yes. Holy cow, I don't know la but I was just a kid but it broke my heart. I guess circumstances makes you become mature. 

After that, comes a series of very sad, sad story. I don't know how to tell this story but so many things happened. Bila nak cakap pasal takdir kita susah, ramai je yang lagi susah. But that does not mean that we suffer any less. The damage is here even until today pun. Dad eventually got a new job, lorry driver at PG. And he only comes home during the weekends. We didn't have a car since the old one kena ambil dengan bank. We only had motorcycles. So kalau nak pergi mana-mana, we only expect people to help. Like, my aunties and uncles were very understanding. My atuk also has a car so he would come to our house to bring us out sometimes. My aunties most of the time, even during raya, they came and pick us up at home. It's not like we didn't have any effort to get our car back, but my dad's debt was crazy gila. There I said. Duit gaji was only enough for us to continue living. No fancy stuff. I used to get my pizza every week but since that happened, no pizza. Maybe once in 3 months baru dapat makan pizza. All the things yang I nak beli memang tak dapat. Beli yang betul betul penting. If I nak kasut mahal, I tak boleh beli benda lain dah. And memang I boleh kira berapa kali I beli new clothes sepanjang 2011-2015 dulu. Cakap pasal kereta, cause we didn't have cars. My dad works quite far from home, my brother also works far. Nobody is at home except for me, my mom and my sister. So honestly, nobody was available to send me to school on Saturdays for koko, or for camps. That's honestly the only reason why I skipped koko and school capms. Sebab tak ada yang nak hantar. And if you ask me why didn't I tumpang anyone, dude muka I ni memang dah cop suka menumpang orang dah tak terkira berapa kali I tumpang orang. Rasa macam I selalu tumpang orang. So I reached that point where I don't want to burden people anymore, I stopped la join semua activities tu. Because I pun tahu malu juga.

I don't know where this is going tapi I dah malas nak sambung hahahahah that's it. 

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Seventh

I kept on thinking about everything. And I think I found the key to everything. I am an adult now, I can think wisely. Honestly, things are just very simple. You just need to make a very simple and relevant judgement on your own.

1. Delete people who delete you from their life, but still, be nice.
2. Appreciate people who love you, and don't take them for granted.
3. Meddling in someone else's problem is not going to help them with anything, so help only when you're asked to.
4. If you've hurt someone, deal with it. Don't try to justify that you didn't hurt them. Apologize or if you are a coward (like me), stay away from them.
5. People who make you wonder where you stand in their life do not deserve to know anything about you. Lose them.

I will live with the fact that I hurt people. That only proves that I am a faulty human. I make mistakes and nothing is going to change that. I have been toxic to someone. Should I live in guilt? Yes but there are limits. And for people I have hurt before, you should not try to make me feel guilty. That's a very hopeless act because I'm self-centered. Only I matter to me.

Saturday, 11 February 2017

Sixth

It's 9.18 p.m and still too early but here I am laying in my bed, feeling all sorts of emotions. At this very moment, I'm listening to Urban Zakapa's Wish, and my heart hurts. So much. It hurts. I am sad right now. I want to cry. Not sure if that will ever make me feel better. People hurt me and they probably don't even know that. I am just terribly sad. But I don't drag people into my problem when I have one. I'll eventually find a way to deal with it. I am sorry for being weird. You might even think that I am a psycho but actually, I am just sad. I don't know about the things that are making me sad, but it just hurts. My heart hurts and I can really feel this. This is so frustrating. Nothing works at the moment. I am sad and tired.

Friday, 10 February 2017

Fifth

Assalamualaikum. Have a blessed Friday everyone! 

Today I only have one class and that is Literature. I'm starting to love literature, or actually since the very first day Sir taught us about profoundness. Through literature, I learnt how to look at things more than what they solely are. Profound I shall say. And at the end of analyzing a poem/short story, I'd be left jaw-dropped, finding myself thinking more and more about life. Literature touched me, at heart. It's not about pretending to be profound, it never is. It's about knowing something and then having it stay in your heart and mind. Literature teaches me to think, it indeed is a blessing. Not everyone can take profoundness, and I'm also still learning to perceive how profound literature is.

And today, I stared at Sir and silently my heart whispered, "Thank you Sir". This very person right in front of me. trying to convey the meaning of things that we students would never have an idea of, is the person who interviewed me on my very first life interview ever. Fascinating yet? I am just beyond thankful. Thank you Allah for giving him the chance to do this, and me the chance to learn. During my interview, I stuttered a lot. And I wasn't fluent. I still don't know how did I make into this program and now suddenly I have to teach people English? Coming back to all these after I'm almost finished with my foundation studies, I can only smile. Allah is beautiful for creating my fate this way, and others those ways. I hope they too will find happiness in this fate Allah had set for them.

It was all planned, in the very beautiful way of all. One fate crosses with another to create who I am now. Back then, English was only for the purpose of passing exams. I would never use English in my daily life, only rarely in class. I got As for UPSR and PMR, but what's the point of getting A in the subject if I can't use it? As far as I remember, I only use English literally not verbally. In 2012, I was a hardcore fangirl and have an account specially "created" for kpop shits. There, English is the communicative language. My friends are from all around the world and I had to use English to communicate. Gradually, I started to get a hand of English(Thanks to them for letting me learn!). Then in 2014, I started to become close with GZBs(who are all good in English). I practiced with them most of the time. And I noticed that my grade for English was quite good in examinations, so I gained interest in English. One time, I got 90% and probably the highest in the school. The year of SPM, I started to look for courses that I could apply after school. That's how I discovered TESL. Interesting. I am now 65 days away from completing my foundation studies. Alhamdulillah.

Even if I had gotten a better grade in SPM, I would still choose TESL. I didn't want to continue doing things I don't enjoy. And if I could recall the memories of being a science student, it was all about learning and memorizing theories that my brain could never work for. Formulas, and whatever they are. Now they're gone in my life. I'm doing something I love. I hope nobody will compare me and another person because this is my area. That is why I am doing TESL and you are doing something else.

BTW, Guardian Knot is a short story by K.S Maniam. We just learnt in in Literature class today, and it is indeed very eye-opening. Try to look for the short story on the net! You won't regret it.

Friday, 3 February 2017

Fourth

19 years old, tight budget, 200 miles from home but I am doing just fine. When I have my semester break, I would be at home. Actually I CHOOSE to be at home rather than going out.

This post is just about me missing my primary school so much. There are a lot of memories that I still keep in my heart. MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!! I miss my friends :( Things have changed when we entered high school. We parted ways, and for some, we never talked to each other again anymore. Until now, I haven't had the chance to apologize to some people who deserve my apologies. I am terribly sorry to them. One day for sure, I will gather my courage, reach out to them and apologize. I am not ready to face them now, I guess. I hope they don't remember how bad of a person I was, but if they do, then I can only say sorry(although I know it's not enough).

I think it's very irresponsible to hurt people and then escape, hoping that they will forgive us as time passes by. For me it doesn't work that way. I remember every single thing that people did to me, and carry it within my heart. But I do forgive them though. So there goes my overthinking, what if the people I've hurt before are just like me? I don't want to keep them scarring because of me, that's the worst.

I was a rebel kid, with very quick temper. I used to get angry easily, without any reason sometimes. I would curse on people. I was very attached to my friends that I thought nobody could ever hurt them, so if people hurt my friends, I would get really angry and curse them and fight with them(when it wasn't even related to me). Thinking about it now, yes it was very immature and stupid.

2012 was my turning point. I started to change myself. I reflected on myself a lot because I was lonely. I guess loneliness helps you change. That's how I changed. When you reflect on yourself, you will start to blame yourself instead of other people. It wouldn't have become that way if you had not acted so, and so on. Yeah I drifted away from people, was on my own trying to figure out life. I was very young to be that stressed and sad honestly. I'm glad that it was just a phase. After that, I became a new person, the person I am now. People hurt me, but I hurt people too. Life is fair, God is fair.

Since 2012, I tried my best to avoid people (but of course I couldn't avoid people from school). So how did I live? Secretly and quietly. I blocked people on twitter, so that nobody would see what I tweet. Who was on my twitter? My internet friends, only my internet friends. I met them through a common interest; ukiss. They were my friends. Apart from that I also have close friends from my class(but not to the point where I would let them know my twitter account). I lived that way until 2014, hiding from people. I didn't even care about people I swear. My instagram was only active starting 2014.

That was then, and now I am all good. Of course I have problems too, but now that I am becoming an adult, I must know how to handle it. There are times when I feel depressed, and again, I would separate myself from people to reflect. It works for me. But constant depression and overthinking exhausts me you know. I really want to approach people, to be honest. But I'm just afraid that people would hate me, so I stopped trying to appear friendly to people. 

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Third

Hi! It has actually been 2 weeks since I'm here in Dengkil. I failed the interview for IPG but I don't feel sad because this place is also good, anywhere is good as long as I'm willing to learn. And most of the people I met suggested me to proceed with TESL in uitm rather than IPG. I also believe that this place is where I belong, Allah knows everything. This is one of his plans I believe. So far 2 weeks here were great. I had a great time with my housemates and classmates. So far so good, but we don't know what's gonna happen in the future. People here are nice, I feel appreciated here. Much better than when I was in school. The lesson was quite easy so far. We're learning English from the basic, which most of us are already good in. I'm enjoying my life, I do miss my family but not to the point where I need to go home. I'll be back at home next month insyaAllah.

Saturday, 21 May 2016

Second

Hi! so the result for UPU came out on May 16, I was not at home but my friend checked the result for me. And I got Asasi TESL in Uitm!!!! Alhamdulillah, I went for the interview and I'm glad I passed heheh. I'm so busy preparing the documents and also my personal stuff. It was hectic for the past 2 weeks lol hopefully things will be alright! I'll manage it well with my parents, insyaAllah

Friday, 15 January 2016

First

Nothing much to rant about, except for the fact that I'm doing great lately!! :)