Childhood friends...Revisited.

Bila ku lelah,
Tetaplah di sini,
Jangan tinggalkan aku sendiri...
Bila ku marah,
Biarkan ku bersandar,
Jangan kau pergi,
Untuk menghindar...

- Sheila on 7's "Buat Aku Tersenyum" -

hehehe..i guess, kalau dah niat dalam hati tu, if u already have the intention to do something, if it's granted by God, no matter how u tried to do the opposite, u'll end up doing what u intended to do..what am i babbling about..? well, last night, i was kneeling on my knees next to dad as he was showing me locations on a map...it was quite a while before i could get up and when i did, there was this pain shooting around the regions of my knee...once upon a tok kadok time, i injured my knee and had to wear a cast for 2 months (my olde friends know of this..it was waaay embarassing) anyways, after that incident, i was advised not to strain it (well, also to keep a low weight count so that not much pressure will be on that knee..but, never mind about that..;p)...so, it was this pain that i went to bed with, vowing that if it doesn't heal by the next morning, i'll get an MC and a much-deserved one-day holiday, hehehe...

alkisahnye...i woke up this morning feeling fine so decided to go to work..i had earlier on set the alarm at 6 a.m and woke when it rang..but thought, oh what the heck, i'm driving to work today, i'm not keeping my mom from going off earlier, i can afford to be late, right..so? zzz *snore, snore*...i reset the alarm to 6.15 a.m...and just as i was turning over in my supposedly-2 minutes -of-my-sleep-fuzzy-brain, i took a look at the alarm clock, expecting a few more minutes of snooze...7.11 a.m...oh, ok...7.11.....what?! 7.11??!!!! omigod!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i overslept by an hour!! and nearly missed Subuh at that!..so i rushed through, pray, shower, primp...but, even then, i was thinking, hey, i'm sure i can make it to the office by 9.00....

left the house at 10 minutes to 8..without any breakfast, mind you!!...called my colleague and told her that i might be late..hehe, she was ready to discuss the previous night's Diari Akademi Fantasia with me on the phone, but i told her that i'll talk to her later...and vroomed off..a few minutes later, i remembered that i only have about 2 bucks in my wallet..hey, no worries..i went to the nearby Petronas with the ATM and took out some cash..on my out of the Kedai Mesra i spotted chocolates...yumm!! i know, i know, i can hear some health freak screaming..so early?! but, bought myself a bar of Twix and munched on it while driving...takpelaa kan..altho' sometimes ter-swing out of control sikit...

i took the KESAS highway as i found out earlier this year that it's not congested in the morning..so, as i was happily speeding my way through, i was suddenly attacked by this pain in my tummy...whoops....luckily, there was an R&R by the highway, so i rushed out to the ladies...well, long story short...i made my way slowly to the nearest phone booth, called the same colleague..."Eh, I EL today ye..."....and made a u-turn back home...so much for going to work...

*sigh* kenapalaa jadi begini....

anyways, had some stuff sorted out this morning...and in the afternoon, i went to the local library in Shah Alam..now this library and i go all the way back before i even knew the virtues of a pair of spectacles...(as a matter of fact, the main culprit in my being bespectacled!! *hysterics..* )..when we first moved out to Subang and i was about 8, my mom used to take me the library in Shah Alam every Saturday afternoon..i guess, to develop the budaya membaca...well, developed it did, hehehe...for the next 7 years, i made weekly trips there, spent hours looking and choosing books to borrow, while my mom squeezed herself into those tiny chairs made for kids..she'll be like "cepatlaa.." wearily, like she's resigned to the sad fact that her daughter can't make up her mind for even 2 books...heheh, siann die....what started out as 2 books per week, the numbers climbed when i was old enough to have my own membership..my mom roped my whole family into having a membership, tapi i sorang je yang meminjam pun, ehhehe...by the time i was in Form 1 or 2, i was able to borrow 15 books in one visit...i remembered having to distribute the tower of books evenly between me and my mom as we struggle to make our way to the car...

at that time, i didn't have anyone to play around with in the neighbourhood..so i turned to books as my constant companion...i read all the time..some of the books i loved reading so much that i would borrow them again and again...and again, and yet again...i think it was in Form 3 that i stopped going...i guess, kononnye, i had to study for the PMR exams..besides, i think my mom pun dah penat spending her saturday afternoons at the library, and had found more exciting pursuits...so, the other day, i told my mom that i would like to visit the library again, just to see if the books i used to read a decade (!!!!) ago still exist...my mom was going "dahlaa tu, cukuplaa pergi library tu..." it was soo funny! she laughed as she told me she remembered at that time, i had my nose in a book practically EVERYWHERE i go, with my big round spectacles, and my pulled-back hair in a ponytail...i must have looked like a model nerd! ahhahaahahha......i remembered bringing books almost everywhere, in the car, yearly train trips to Singapore, even to restaurants, on our family's weekly Saturday Night makan..i even angkut a backpack full during a trip to Europe when i was 13!! buat sakit belakang je...but it's worth it :)

so today, as i walked into the library, the smell was so familiar that i couldn't help smiling..the llibrary still smells the same after all these years..the scent of old books..made my way to the Remaja/ kanak-kanak section (the key here is: selamba, ye puan2..) straight to the first set of shelves..and voila, i saw them...my childhood friends...they're all still there! i couldn't believe it! i was soo happy that i smiled all the way to the registration counter to register myself as a member, yet again...think i'm gonna borrow some large-printed books tomorrow...:)

*smile factor* - Band 8, Band 8!!! yaay! alhamdulillah... :)