I cant sleep. It’s 2.20am n im having difficulty trying to fall asleep. Wats wrong? Aint sure.
*sigh* I'm beginning to feel d stress of goin back. It doesn’t help dat ive been cooped up at home for d past 3 days. I'm goin insane. I'm all torn up n confused n.. *sigh*
I really shd turn on my laptop n get cracking on those programming practices. But I dun want to. Coz dat wld only remind me of wats to come.
See my to-do list on d left? I've not done any of dem. Cept for d part of spending time wif family, Nyayi, Adek n Nana. Slept over at bik jun’s last sun. I really shd get out n buy all those things I need. But I wanna do dem wif ma frens. Prob is we usually can't find a suitable free time. Maybe I shd juz do it alone? Nahh… that’ll b boring… I mean as far as possible I wanna spend more time wif ma frens u noe.
I need a new pair of shoes. I've got like only one dat goes wif everythin I wear. Pathetic? Maybe. But I dun believe in trying to match my shoes wif d clothes I wear. I find dat a waste of money. Besides d one I'm wearing now, I haf one dats for special occasions like raya n stuffs, n a pair of sports shoes. Dat is left back in Melb. Oh yeah, I haf a pair of sandals which I hardly wear. Dat too is down south. The one I haf rite now is still in an ok condition. Had it for long. But whn it rained d other time, water kinda seeped in. N I wanna get a new pair here rather den down under coz it’s cheaper to do so.
I need a new pair of jeans. Ok maybe I dun really need one. But d ones I haf down under r mostly blue n I haf only one black. N d black one looks real nice whn I wear wif dis pair of boots during winter. So I'm tinking of getting another black one to wear wif d boots. Here in sg, I dun wear jeans. Dun really like to. Coz whn u wear dem, it’s all figure hugging, d butt n all. But it’s more convenient to wear jeans whn down under. N whn I wear dem wif a jacket or trenchcoat, my ultra big butt won't b dat noticeable.
I dun really need new pantsuits. Dun really haf a use for dem whn it’s during winter. Might get a couple of new t-shirts or sweater though. I only haf one t-shirt dat I wear for sch. Pathetic huh? But like I said I dun wear jeans so y wld I need a t-shirt back den rite? But I do now. So will hafta get dem.
*sigh* I should start packing like by nxt two wks. So which means I shd get all d things I wanna bring back asap. This wkend is out of d qn, since it’s raya haji.
Speaking of which I'm really looking forward to dis wkend. Will b goin down to En-Naeem insya’allah. Can't wait. I like d ‘kecoh-ness’ of these events. The riuh rendah of everyone at d mosque. Most of all I like mtg up wif ma frens there. Tini will be there insya’allah. She msged me today. So will Faizal. Then therez Kak Jun whom I haven’t met since I came back.
Speaking of kakaks, I wonder how Kak Julie is doing in NY. If I'm not wrong, shez graduating dis yr insya’allah. Ahh… Kak Jules… U may nvr noe dis but u've sorta been my inspiration n voice of reason to carry on whn I'm feeling realllyy down back in Melb. I still remember ur words of advice Kak. ‘Never regret anything u do whn it comes to seeking knowledge’. These words of urs I will hold on to always.
Truthfully, up till dis pt, I've not regretted anything. It’s juz dat, it can get really hard at times. Ouhkeiiii I'm like crying rite now. Bleargh. Whr was I? Oh yeah. Yup. I've not regretted anything. Besides for my own good, I’m doing all these for my parents sake ya noe.
Back in 2002, whn I graduated frm poly, my parents were like, ‘so wat u wanna do after dis?’ Mom was pushing towards getting into NIE. Dad juz took a step back n let me decide. I took a look at my options n did tink of NIE. But, I dun wanna juz start to teach wif a diploma. I wanna b a teacher wif a degree. Greedy? Proud? Sombong? Meybe. I dunno. Which was den I decided on getting dis degree. I mean, after dis, I CAN still go to NIE n get a post-grad dip in teaching. Dat is if I still wanna teach. Else I can start working in dis industry. So see, this path is kinda advantageous. Graduate wif a degree n start working or get to NIE n teach. N dey were heppy wif dat decision. Dad especially. How I noe? Sis told me. She wrote me dis letter n gaf it to me before my flight last yr. One of d things she mentioned was dat Dad never told me dis but hez really proud dat I've decided to do dis. Hez always talking abt it in d car whn hez like sending her to sch n stuffs. U noe how much it made my heart swell whn I read dis? To noe dat I've made my parents proud. God. Okei I'm like crying again… So dis letter of my sis, I paste it over my mattress back in Melb. Whenever I need a little push or a reminder, I juz haf to read it, haf a gd cry n carry on.
Ppl ard us tink dat my family’s rich. I mean they r like, ‘Wahh.. anak gie blaja luar negeri. Mesti banyak duit, etc etc.’ Okei straight up, we’re not rich dammit. Dengan kuasa Tuhan, whn I was born, my parents were tergerak to open up an account which is like an investesment or somthin. I mean I'm not sure wat u really call it but it’s like whn I turn 21, d money’s all mine to use. So dey did dis for all three of us, me n ma siblings. N whn I dropped out of JC, dey tot there goes their dream of seeing me go to Uni n d money won't b used. Call it fate really. But maybe my screw up during JC was a blessing in disguise. Coz if I hadn’t screwed up, I wouldn’t go to poly. So by d time I graduated frm poly, I was 21, so dat money is all mine. It is wif dat money dat I'm able to further studies. Dat too isn’t enuf ya noe. I mean so far Dad has already spent SGD$30k. N I've still 1.5 more yrs to go.
Add to dat, I've a sister and brother who’s still schooling. I haf no freaking idea wats gonna happen financially. Sis is hoping for a scholarship. She wants to do medicine. N do u haf any freaking idea how much it costs to do medicine at NUS? I dun too, but it’s A LOT. If she can't get an overseas scholarship, she would haf to settle for NUS wif help frm Mendaki. But hey, I’m sure she can do it ya noe. I mean my sis is not at all like me. She really works hard. Shd see her burning d midnite oil during A levels. N den therez my bro. Who juz started secondary sch at RI *sigh*
Dad juz paid d coming semester fees 2 days ago. It cost him AUD$9123.70. In SGD, it’s close to 12k. Bleargh. N d AUD keeps getting stronger against SGD. Ouch. Still to come r all d future spendings like rent, groceries, etc. Which is y last yr, whn I was down south, I fasted almost everyday. Not only to pay back my debts (which, btw, is a lot. Like 3yrs worth of not fasting?) but also to ease Dad’s burden.
Okei I juz scrolled up to see wat I've typed. Like y am I pouring all dis out tonite? I haf no freaaaking idea. I guess dis is wat u do whn u can't sleep n u haf lots on ur mind =S
Another thing dats on my mind is dis sms-ing thing datz been goin on wif him. Dishy said dat I'm juz being paranoid. Dat maybe hez doing it bcoz I'm like a gerek person to sms wif. Maybe I am being paranoid. I dunno. I mean, I look forward to his smses but at d same time I dun wanna b hooked onto it ya noe. N den therez d qn of WHY he is doing this now. I mean, frm day one dat ive known him hez nvr done dis before. Known him for more den a yr but only got his number last Ramadhan. Whn we were trying to plan something for d channel. N during dat time, whn we sms, it was always business related, or rather channel-matters related. I've nvr known him to b d type to socialize wif d gerls. It’s bugging me A LOT. N I wanna noe y. I sorta hinted to him on Wed nite. Told him dat all d sms-ing is getting too familiar n routine, dat it’ll juz b another thing for me to add to my ‘missing loads’ list whn I'm down sth. A habit which wld b hard to let go. Something which is scaring d wits out of me. His only reply was ’Takmu sedih k’. Bleargh. Not sure if he got d hint tak.
Ahh.. it’’s almost 3.30am. I shd try to get some sleep..