reminiscing
was reading idah's blog and somehow her entry was exactly the same like what i had doing the past few weeks. the content differs tho. i was reminiscing too much abt what happened in my life abt 5yrs back.
i was looking at nur's brissy albums, and i've been browsing my pbase album, and i dunno how many times i click to view my albums on my hard drive to remember the times i had in brisbane.
i reckon, i am missing that place too much now. been more than 2 yrs that i'm back, but never once did the memories i had there, escape me. i miss everything abt brisbane, the weather, the people, the stress, the assignments, toowong village, queen st mall, torts, aladdin's kebabs, portmans, sportsgirls, wkend markets, the river, southbank. basically, everything. everything abt brisbane.
it has always brought smile in my face thinking abt brisbane. the place itself has taught me a lot of things. it definitely helped me in knowing myself better.
i truly remember the nite, a few nites before i departed for spore for good. it was still fasting month. and after mahgrib, we went to 3 monkeys with the west enders (very seldom of me and tasha to meet and hang out with them tho). and there was this crazy man who came very very very close to me. tasha and wiyah were already freaked out by him. he then sat beside me. the man was just communicating with me. and he didnt talk to the rest, it was just me. but hell, i was also freaking out inside. it has always been told, that u have to kinda entertain and then ask them to leave politely rather than snubbing them.
then muhaimin and another guy came to join us and i spoke in malay asking him to sit beside me and once he was seated, i actually held on to his hand. the crazy man continue talking to me until he realised that there were just too many ppl in the group and he did say something like all of us were noisy and he didnt like it. and then, he just left like that. i think, all he wanted was just a stick of ciggy, but i aint got any. and he came sitting next to me. seram beb. after he left, all of us basically laughing to the whole thing and was glad that the man didnt do anything to us, the girls, especially.
that is just one of many examples on how we can actually care for one another even tho we are not really close to each other. i love the thought that we look after one another when we are far away from our family. i miss all of that too.
ohh, who can ever forget that rich italian hot chocolate at milton? it's just so rich and creamy that u feel as if u are eating nutella. yes, it is that thick as a drink.
i can never forget that i simply cook whenever i was stress. i can never forget that i reached my peak at 85kg when i was there - complete with a triple chin. i can never forget the nite that i decided to shave my hair. i can never forget the overnite stay in the school library comp lab. i can never forget that i sat at the same seat in the library for almost 60hrs. i can never forget the man-made beach at southbank which i just love going after classes to just relax, be soaked in the sun while reading a book and listening to my md-player. i can never forget how much tears and laughter i had while i was in brisbane. every single bit of it are all fresh in my mind.
brissy dear, i may not be there with u anymore, but that doesnt me, i stop loving u, and definitely i never stop thinking abt u.
i better stop now as the tears are actually swelling up in my eyes. trying hard not to blink now.
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thanks to everyone who has been giving me the feedback whether i shld keep my hair long or not. it all depends at the end of the month after i get my pay, hehehe if i want to spend money for my hair, i wld do something to it. hehhee... but dont worry kak ely, i wont go gondol again.... hehe