What I’ve Learnt in 3 Months Long Holiday

Written on 4^th September 2011

Hey guys! How y’all been doing? Still celebrating the Eid? How was it so far? Mine? I think it better than my Raya in Kuching last year. Last year I only made it to 4 open houses, and this year 6 open houses. Usually, like Raya in 2009 or years before, I only go to 2 or 3 open houses. Thanks to a friend who bring me beraya around Miri which I met in social networking site.

Nak menyelit sekejap. Ada la my ex classmate ajak I beraya. Pagi tu dia cakap malam pukul 7 dia ambik. Sekali jam 7 malam, tak sampai sampai pun. Kalau dia ada text or call, cakap yang dia tak dapat ambil, I’m cool. Dua hari kemudian baru dia ada contact me. Ada la dia minta maaf tapi dia tak bagi sebab pun kenapa, so I tak reply la her text. Tadi pun dia ada text lagi, dia tanya pasal I nak join tak pergi beraya ke rumah Cikgu. I tak reply jugak. Bukan selalu pun I sekejam itu kan? Biar la. Ingat I ni mudah ditindas? I ada limit jugak ok? Dah la I terpaksa cancel my siblings time sebab tunggu dia datang ambik (I tunggu sampai pukul 9, y’all). Kadang-kadang orang yang kita kenal ni tak la baik mana pun, ada jugak orang yang kita tak kenal tu yang lebih baik.

Anyway, my month long holiday since June is almost come to an end. Next Saturday, I’ll be on plane flying to Peninsular Malaysia. I don’t know what to expect other than happiness and greatness out of that since it will the first time I am away that far from my family but I don’t think that’s the problem. Before this pun jauh jugak daripada family time study kat Kuching. It just that people telling me that Peninsular is ‘different’ than Sarawak. Guess what, I put no judgment until I experience it itself.

What I have done in that period of holiday? Not as much as those who working or travelling but I think I do it okay. At least, I don’t wasting time on smoking pot or taking drugs, clubbing and all those things that Malaysia’s community perceived as negative social activities. Yes, of course, I can do it a whole lot better but I take it as it is. I’m a human in progress, like what Leona Lewis sing in her song, better in time. I won’t do FML thing because I believe there is someone out there who want a second of life but never will have it, so I appreciate it as much as I can. *merapu*

Although I don’t take a driving lesson properly, at least I know how to drive a motorcycle. Maybe not as good as those Mat Rempit, at least I know and I take chances to learn it from my sister. I also learn how to cook from my mother. You all know how much I’m afraid of cooking oil or lazy of cooking, so this is kind of a big step for me. Dulu tak tahu nak masak Telur Mata Kerbau (atau Lembu? Konfius), now I perfectly cooking it. Siap meleleh lagi the egg yolk. Pergh!

I failed two job interviews on the holiday. The first one was when I applying for Store Assistant position at 7-Eleven. Semua gara-gara dorang tak confiden I boleh guna bas pergi kerja. Hmm.. Padahal okay ja I guna bas time praktikal kat Pustaka Miri. Tak pernah escape pun. Lewat sekali atau dua kali sebulan, tu pun sebab bas yang punya pasal. Anyway, I redha je la. Takda rezeki kat branch tu kot buat masa ini. Then the second job interview was at Brooke Inn as a receptionist. Bukan main panjang berjela bercerita dengan mak cik punya Inn tu, sampai sekarang pun dia tak call lagi. Maybe sebab I told her that I maybe akan further my study (walhal I memang confirm akan further study) and she was looking for a permanent staff. At least bagi la peluang untuk I selama sebulan bekerja, kan? Hmm.. Redha jak la. Sikda rezeki kat Inn ya kali, at that time.

Pastu I kena pecat masa baru sehari bekerja kat kedai jual waffle and those kind of things. I believe la yang I kena pecat, walaupun my supervisor cakap yang dorang tak accept part timer. Hmm.. Tapi memang salah I pun, kaya ball sampai takda rupa kaya ball lagi. Satu lagi, time seorang customer nak beli 11 bijik kaya ball, I bagi dia 22 bijik. Haha.. Time dia bayar, baru I perasan/ingat yang dia minta 11 bijik ja. Takkan nak minta balik kan? Huhu.. I diam diam ja la. Rugi betul kedai tu kalau I bekerja kat situ selama berbulan bulan.

Whatever it was, family time was the best of all. Walaupun ada masa kitaorang tak bersependapat, that’s normal, janji tak berbalah sampai ke penghujung dunia. Lepas ni, mana ada masa lagi nak bersama kan? Habis degree (Amen to that!) nanti mesti busy bekerja dah (Amen to that also!)

p/s : Banyak lagi yang I pelajari sebenarnya, baik time bercuti or tak. Hidup ini memang sebuah pengajaran.