Wednesday, October 27, 2004
This is absurd...
....I haven't blogged officially for more than a week now.First came the busy stuff, and then came the lazy stuff. I don't have any blog ideas trickling down the faucet of my brain. And now I'm bored. *sigh*. Blogging for me ain't like what it was in the early days.
I guess one of the reason I don't blog so much is because of distractions. Oh yeah. My room is full of distractions. There's the TV. Then there's the PS2. Then there's stuff scattered around the room. Then there's this PC itself. Distractions are everywhere. It's totally different from Alor Gajah. I rarely get a chance to use an internet-enabled PC there, so there's a lot of time and space for me to think of blog ideas. Back home, I don't have to worry about anything. Thus lethargy sets in.
Frankly my writing skills rust quickly when I'm home. "There's no need for me to excercise my mind at home, right?" That's what I would say. Then I'd rather distract myself with other things. In the end, I can't even develop a good paragraph. I guess I can only work my best in a situation best summed by Calvin: "Last-minute panic."
Oh well, the faucet is dry again. Later.
Monday, October 18, 2004
A short reminder to myself
It's 2am right now. I'm back at home, surfing as usual. I'm supposed to blog about pop-culture pressure or anything about my classmates, but instead I'm looking around and poking around Blogger's innards, trying to figure how to work the templates.
I'm posting this as a reminder later to actually blog about the aforementioned topics and some more. Apparently I haven't followed any of the plans I've laid out before. But things happen: favors asked, PC's not performing well, there's still lots of unpacking, and I want to touch the PS2 again.
*sigh*, shit happens.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
I couldn't say goodbye...
Today my plan was that I was supposed to go to Multimedia University, Melaka Campus (MMU); my old Alma Mater, just for the sake of saying goodbye. It didn't work out. It even failed miserably.
[From dictionary.com: alma mater, n. 1. The school,college or university one has attended.]
It was a split-decision plan concocted yesterday. I thought that I didn't have any exam paper today, and besides, Ramadan's coming to town. I guess it would be a great day to say goodbye to my past. It turns out that I do have a paper today. I didn't properly check the exam timetable. Sadly, the plan had to be scrapped. Stupid me for not checking the timetable properly.
The thing is, I feel that I need to say goodbye to MMU. I spent 2000-2003 there. It was the place that I grew up as a man. I had a lot of memories there, both good and bad. Lifelong friendships forged, love found and lost, enemies and peers come and go.
I've been dreaming of the campus for a few days now. It was my past, and I need to close that chapter of my life. I have to move on, and to do that, I have to say goodbye.
I imagine walking through its hollowed halls. The climb up the stairs, the air of acedemia, the flurry of students walking around, the breeze through the field, the coldness of the computer labs, the dizzying heights of the hostels, the serenity of the mosque, the tall ceilings of the CLC, the rooftops of the faculty buildings, and the peak of Bear Hill.
I am moving away, and I want to close that chapter.
But, as someone said to me, if there's no proper goodbyes, it'll be likely to see it again.
Probably in the future, I might attend MMU once again. Maybe not as a student, but as a teacher or something. There are no certainties for the future, but it will come anyway. And I'm ready for it.
Yeah, I know that I can just go to MMU later, after my break, or even next year, but it will not be the same. I am (probably) leaving Melaka. I am most likely to go to Shah Alam. If I do it later, it does not mean that I have closed the chapter. It only means a visit to MMU, not closing a chapter.
Jeez, I'm too melodramatic when it comes to this. Luckily people never see me in Real Life. I could just go on about it. If people only knew how much I love the campus....
Gtg. I'm getting dizzy. I need to relax before my Literature exam (which is a cheesecake for me. Confirm A.)
Monday, October 11, 2004
"Now that's value for my travel miles"
Today was my Grammar 2 test. Tough, but manageble. But I'm not here talking 'bout today. (Oh, need to mention, this is my FUCKING FINAL WEEK HERE IN AG, SO SAYONARA FUCKING AG!)
Okay, now that's out of the system, let's talk about yesterday.
Sunday was the closure of my mini-reunion with the Inner Circle. In my original plan, I opted to leave KL in the morning, but somehow, lethargy came over us. Heh heh. So we just hung around until lunchtime.
Off to Pudu we went, hoping to find a ticket back to AG. We were at Pudu around 1.50pm. "Tiket 6.30 petang dik." "paling awal 6.30 dik." "6.30pm."
Aw shit. All the tix for the noon was sold out. No way I'm gonna spend 4 more hours in KL just to wait for the bus. That means....
YES BABY! KTM Komuter adventure all over again. I really need to get out of the city. What better way than this? Besides, I've done this twice already, so it's cheesecake.
I said my goodbyes to Dato' Seri and Mie. We had a good time on Saturday. Tiring, but good. After the goodbyes, I boarded the commuter train. I officially left the city at 2.28pm.
The train ride was booring. Hey, it's Sunday and people are coming and going. Besides, I need to see the world once in a while.
(Somehow, I regret that sentence.)
Got to Seremban, and off to find another ticket to AG. "What!? 6.30 lagi!?" Now this is really something. And it's only 4pm. I really don't want to sid down and relax. I want to move. I didn't buy the ticket, instead, I wondered around the bus station. Then I saw it.
A bus to Tampin.
I took it. It's the old-skool type of bus, kinda like Tai Lye. Cost? $3.40. Wow, for a trip that costs that much, I guess it'll be a long trip.
Make that a long and fun trip.
For I had the time of my life, travelling through Negri Sembilan. I never had the chance to see N9 up close, and this was my chance. I could see the small towns, the greenery, and the looming hills and mountains. I was a fairly long trip. When we were close to Tampin, I tried to find the roadside marker stone to see how far was I travelling.
50 miles. o.O Plus, it was Route 1. Yes, THE route 1.
Holy... I never had so much fun riding a bus. And travelling thru N9 for a bonus.. Just wow.
But after the fun trip, it's back to reality for me. I had to find a bus back to campus. It was easy, as the bus frequently comes to this town.
Once I arrived in AG, I have to take another bus to campus. Once I stepped inside the campus gates, I checked my watch, it was 6.30pm! 4 hours of travelling from KL to campus! And I reached campus by 6.30. If I had bought a bus ticket, then I would have boarded the bus now. Hah! Take that!
All in all, it was a fun day. Of course for you people, this looks like nothing. But I care not about your thoughts. This is my personal fun, my personal victory, my personal happiness.
Argh...Tired of typing. Chiss, I wish I could type like this for the reply mail...
Friday, October 08, 2004
In the City...city of lights
Kuala Lumpur is a magical place for me. Every time I reach the city limits, a smile flashes thru my face. The billboards adds a splash of colour, the greenery of the city creates a contrast to the concrete jungle, and multitude of faces tells me that the city is alive.
Yes, today I am in Kay El, my city of dreams. I'm here for a quasi mini-reunion of sorts with my MMU buddies. Basically it's a shoddily planned reunion, but who cares. As long as I can see my friends, everything is fine.
The day started with a weird bang. I accidentally woke up at 5am (can people "accidentally" wake up?) to see my roomie blasting the sound system with punk music. Did he not sleep? Whatever. I continued sleeping and woke up again at 7. (yes, I missed Subuh prayers. Smite me.) Prepped everything and went out of campus by 8.30 to send one unholy package back home. 24 kilos for 17 bucks. Will arrive at Arau on Tuesday.
Then I waited at Alor Gajah bus station to catch a bus to KL. I went in to a ticket stand to ask for a bus. That ticket stand also sells newspapers at the front door. I took one paper, put it under my arm, and asked for any incoming buses. There was none, so I went out of the ticket stand and walked to another. I bought a ticket there and promptly walked to the convenience store.
Then I remembered something. I didn't pay for the newspaper.
Jeez, I couldn't believe I did that. What did I do afterwards? I went to the far side of station, far away from the ticket stand. I don't want him to recognize me. Hehe, anyway, he couldn't have. It was a busy day and people came in and out of the stand. I was just another innocent consumer who happens to forgot to pay for the paper. :P
Well, back to the city.
I dunno, every time I come to the city, I just smile. I guess there's that magic the city gives. The City of Everything. Everything here is new, yet it's still old. skycrapers reach the sky, but there's still the small shops in between the buildings, oblivious to the race for the skies.
Consumerism is the keyword here, as countless shops fills the city. I had to refrain myself from buying (or looking!) at anything, or risk emptying my wallet. But in the city, you can see everything, and sometimes at the back of your mind, you really want that stuff, even if it's useless. Magic of the city, I guess.
Back to the reason why I'm here. Apparently, all of my MMU buddies (the inner circle ones) are here, and what better way to celebrate it with a reunion. Although it's not like we haven't heard from each other since July (the convo), this is just another excuse to meet each other. We're planning to paint the town red tomorrow. (Yeah right, as if we're party animals.) Basically we're gonna go around Mid-Valley and stuff.
Oh well, gotta go. My dude's table and keyboard's killin' me. I wonder if he got Carpal Tunnel Syndrome....
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