10/09/11 Pre-Birthday
I was 40minutes late for work. I have no good excuse to be late actually. Well, if you really needed a reason then I'll admit that I was late because I couldn't decide what to wear. When I finally chose something, dressing up and putting my face on takes more time than necessary. And so I was late. No, I wasn't dressing up to impress the children at the math centre. I don't think they care. D;
I was invited to my friend's open house, so I thought of heading straight for their house right after work. However, when I reached work, I was immediately called to take over a group of students. "Ah, it's a busy Saturday". So I was sitting in front of the students, attending to them when needed, but my head was in the clouds whereas my hands were fidgeting under the table replying to text messages. I kept glancing over at the clock. "Two o'clock come faster!"
One hour left till two o'clock. I was thinking of excusing myself early from work so that I could join my office friends go raya. Work ends at 3, but I promised them I'll try to leave by 2. Unfortunately for me, I had one last student to attend to. Apparently he has a lot of work to be completed in class. The clock reads 1:45pm. I'm becoming restless. The boy is tired and bored. All he wanted to do was go home. All I wanted to do was leave. 2:00pm, "Come on, 10 minus 6 is?" "Ahh, my head is falling to pieces" 2:15pm, "10-6 is?! It's the same equation as before!" "I can do this!" "Yes you can!" 2:30pm, "It's the last question~!" "I'm done!!" "Come on, let's go!" And off I go running down the stairs. When I reached my car and called my friend, she said they'll be late. So I felt bad for pressuring the poor boy.
I went to Que's house in USJ4. Hang around for about half an hour before I leave for the second destination. I believe that I have a very good sense of direction (when not under pressure); after I've double check the address with Google Maps, I confidently drove to Puchong and reached there safely in 20minutes. Met up with my ex-colleagues there, we chat around when they proposed that I join them on their raya journey to Klang. I was contemplating at first. But then I thought, since all of us are still on good terms with each other at the moment, why not join in the fun? We said our goodbyes and began our journey to Klang at 4:30pm. 5 cars heading to Klang, it was kinda difficult. Especially when one car goes missing. But it was an interesting drive. Plus I had a nice companion in the car, so it was fun.
We reached Klang by 5:30. We ate some more, talked and laughed some more, and excused ourselves to the last house around 6-ish. Next stop is to Taman Melawati. I find it insane because why drive down to Klang then go back up to KL? The traffic was quite insane too. Not to mention we got lost as it gets dark. We finally reached the last house at 7:45pm. I had to excuse myself by 8:30pm. I reached home by 10pm. I was already exhausted, but honestly it feels good to travel around like that. I've never done anything like it before. Driving to unfamiliar places in uncomfortable traffic in a convoy. It's an unforgettable birthday eve adventure. What better way to turn 20 if not hanging out with a group of adults doing adults stuff. (:
11/09/11 The Birthday
Woke up in the morning feeling kinda down because I had a restless night. Couldn't sleep well despite being extremely exhausted. It was a quiet morning, just me & Ma. I helped her out with our small open house preparations in the morning, although there wasn't much that I could help with. I just sat there talking and watched her do her thing. By noon I went to meet my girl friends at Sarah's open house. Catching up on stuffs here & there. Then we went to Wana's house to do a mini celebration for me. There's a chocolate cake. With two candles. They sang me a happy birthday. & I didn't make a wish because there's nothing else in particular that I would like to wish for. (:
Went home & rest for a couple of minutes before entertaining my relatives who came over. Talking to adults & playing with kids, I'm getting better at those. (: Said goodbye to my cousin at 9:30pm and went to bed by midnight. It was a nice day spent with friends & family. So much love.
I received a lot of birthday wishes; through text messages, Facebook comments, phone calls, and even Whatsapp, I appreciate each and every one of them. I feel the love, man! Because I always feel lonely. Even if I'm surrounded by happy people around me, I tend to feel a little bit left out on my own. So I'm happy to see the thoughtful wishes from everyone. I feel at ease to know that I am not forgotten. Yet. (:
12/09/11 Post-birthday
I forced myself to get excited and look forward to the first day of college. I sucked at lying. The whole time I've been thinking about the fun times I had working in the office. Because the lecturer was discussing something on organisations, so my mind wanders off elsewhere. On a different note, I sat next to my friend whom I saw posting on her FB status this morning saying that she's not feeling well. So I accompanied her throughout the class. Weird thing was, I gradually felt queasy and I couldn't contain the sickness feeling anymore. As soon as class ended I rushed to the toilet just to found myself puking into the Kleenex I was holding on to. I stole a cubicle from a girl & just stood there calming myself down. When I'm done, I was as fresh as ever! I went running up & down the stairs happily.
Around 12pm, 8 of us went to Subang Parade to catch a movie at the new MBO Cinema. It was a little celebration for m birthday as well. It was alright, hanging out with them after four months. We had lunch at The Chicken Rice Shop, where I exposed my foreign friends to Chinese-style chicken rice & taught them a couple of Malay sentences. "Abang, cili lebih!" "Abang, tolong kemas!" After having our lunch, we played Scrabble. Nerdy indeed, but it was kinda cool in a way. (: We left at 2pm to catch our movie, The Smurfs in 3D!
It was my first 3D movie experience & I love it! I enjoyed the movie a lot as well. I'm only freakingly annoyed with the 3D glasses. I can't seem to put it on properly. Fail. We left soon after that. I had an enjoyable time, I seriously did. Although my morning started all crappy, it ended pretty awesome. (:
I think I had the best time of my life when I was 19. Hope it gets better. Turning 20 is awesome. (:
