another out-of-subject post, just a little story of mine.
so, upon reaching my college yesterday, i was very shocked to know that two of my comrades were down during the re-sit test last week.
failing to pass the re-sit test would cost nothing but a fortune.
frankly speaking, i'm not very close to them either, but, they are still my friends. both of them had occupied my memories and hardly erasable. they may not know about me much due to my quietness and stand-alone style. plus, we only had fun together during a volleyball or a soccer match. however, our first meeting in this place was quite interesting i would say.
firstly, the one with the name, shark.
shark? what, is he a member of a gangster or something? nope. in fact, he's the most cheerful guy i've ever meet. so how do we first met each other?
well, as the second intake of this jad program, i had some confusion on which class that i should be in as no clear instructions were told so i asked some lecturers. they said, "for the time being, just join any class until further notice". so after i mistakenly went into w class, i was told to change into a class named x. there are 4 classes in total, w, x, y, and z. simple huh? then i met this guy. with a giant spectacles on him, we chatted. i was like, "man, this guy, keep calm will ya?" as he was very noisy and i got annoyed by it. during an engineering class, rozaimi sensei introduced an apparatus called calipers. various type of calipers were explained and we were given the chance to see and hold these things by ourselves. so, this shark guy took a vernier caliper, and he told me, "how about i use this to pick my nose? wouldn't it be sensational?". and i was, "you're crazy", at then, with his big voice, he told everybody in the class about it, the class burst into laughter. "you sure are crazy". the first impression is never a true fact. as time passes by, i became to understand a little bit about this guy. he's very patient, confident in many ways, good at making jokes (main point), sometimes he's moody but it would never affect others, he knows how to control himself, he's very playful though, but, i can see his efforts in every situation. shark, i know you wouldn't read this ( i won't let you do so anyway), but let me let you know, you're a good person man, i always respect your decisions and your actions. eventhough we're not best pals, we could have been so. you're a great person, i won't be surprised if you'll be more successful than us in jad in the future because i know you can do it. if it's you, nothing is impossible. i'm very sorry because i was not helpful during your hard times, i wish time would turn back, and i'll help you with all my might. take care in your future career, and always, do you best.
and ams
ams? what kind of name is that? well, of course i won't write the full name, it's copyrighted!
so how do i met this guy?
a week after staying in jad, in an evening, i was so bored that i asked my roommate, sani (not anymore), if he would lend me his tennis racket so i can try my luck on tennis. i wanted to join those guys playing soccer but i was just too shy, and hated from being ridiculed by my asis's batch-mates in asis, i only play soccer during inter-class and inter-dorm matches and i sucks at soccer to be honest. i do played soccer before, but there's an incident that made me stop playing as i don't have the cut for it anymore since then and that would be another story.
so, that evening, i went to the squash court and started hitting those tennis balls. was quite hard at first, the ball always went flying off into the bushes behind the court. upon the time i started to have some grip on hitting those balls, ams appeared outside the court. he seems interested, yep he does. so he told me if i have extra tennis rackets. he told me he played tennis before and was quite good at it. so i told him that the racket was not mine, and i don't even have one. it was sani's. so he asked me if i can help him borrow a racket from sani. i did so we played together. i thought he was the seniors as he is so tall and i still didn't fully know my batch-mates yet. the balls we were using back then was quite new and i was quite surprised as sani lend me those. it seems expensive, well, it's tennis! so we hit and hit and hit and fwam! a ball went into the air and disappeared into thin air. and then a second one! oh great, how much would this cost!? sani will be irritated won't he? so we started searching for the disappeared tennis balls. we went into the bushes, up onto the ceiling of building behind the court, walked along the kpm's fence, looked underneath some cars and ended up with nothing but sweats. it was almost maghrib, so he said, "let's give up. here, i found some balls over the rooftop just now, let's exchange them with this". i was quite scared on how sani would respond, but in the end everything went just fine. thank you sani!
well ams, do you still remember this? to be honest with you, you were my first friend that had done something fun with me in jad. it was quite boring to hit those balls alone. apart from being lonely all the time. but thanks to you, i came to realise that, if i stay like that forever, then nothing will change. what's with the shyness? there's no shyness when it came to making friends. thanks ams. you had thaught me something valuable that i won't be able to realise it myself if i didn't meet you in the first place. good luck in your studies man. i'll be looking forward to know your upcoming progressions.
well then, shark and ams, good luck in your lives. we're not close, but we're still comrades. insyaallah, we'll meet again one day as i'm sure our path will be crossed in the future. until that time, sayounara.
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