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| What i am. |
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| a wabbit ☺ unskilled and unaware of it ☺ humble ☺ louder than life ☺ passionate ☺ full of empathy ☺ irritated |
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| 8.3.06 |
Once upon in time, back in my sec school days, 3 of us girls decided to cut school. Mind you, this was during some ceramah thing, where all the students [those who had decided to show up] were herded into the open space under one of the school blocks. Only abt half the form 5 cohort was there since SPM was drawing near. It was a pointless day, and 3 of having regretted showing up decided to sneak off. Claiming we were going to the washroom, we grabbed our bags and crept to the side of the building.
Haha, why all this creeping about? Because the teachers and all were situated at the back of the hall.. and OBViouSly we're not able to just walk up to them, say " bosanlah, kami balik dulu" and head home. So yeah, there we were at the side of the building.
The escape route selected was the side of the surau, where the fence which was perpendicular to the wall did not quite meet, with a gap of about a feet. Haha, i remember this way was so frequently used that the last time i used it, i found not only my friend and myself once i got there, but about 7 other students making their way to that spot from different directions. We all just glanced at each other, smilling as co-conspirators.
Yeah yeah, so coming back. We then had to do a 50 meter dash across open space to the surau place. This was our biggest worry, cos the rest of the way was by the side of buildings. so..we DASHED and made IT~! Panting thankfully, we made our way to the back of the surau towards the hole , only to discover.. .. IT WAS SEALED!! the one foot gap had been bricked up!!
NO!! Panic.. what to do now? okay okay think.. then i remembered the side steps by the surau leading toward some apartments, where we could get out via the apartments MAIN gates, typicall double iron gates where the cars drive in from. So we rushed to the steps. Then suddenly .. .
"GIRLS~!!!! "
One of my friends turn back.. and till now i still remember, she said these exact words..
" oh no su! its Rohana! what do we do?!?! "
Moment of panic silence.
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then i whispered..
" RuN!! "
And we hurried down the steps, reached the double gates.. but it was padlocked and wired up!
Think Su.. think. you could push it open the last time tho it was padlocked. Just undo the wires.
FUmble * fumble** PUSh* and mercifully the gates opened. We ran across the main road to the library. Hehe, but not before closing the gates back. How irresponsible to just leave them open.. tsk tsk.
My point is concerning that one moment of panic. The feeling of having someone chase after you.. Natural reaction.. RUN. In other occasions, the reaction is to ATTACk, LasH OUT, Cry, Scream, Avoid,etc etc. . . From time to time, i find myself faced with this immediate desire when faced with a situation. But obviously, its not always the best thing to do.. and quite often, i just have to put the feeling away and think rationally about what to do and not just to react.
Haha, i just had another flashback to my younger days [i was probably seven], where i was standing facing the mirror on the inside of my closet door. While looking at myself, my brother suddenly pops his head out by the side and yells "boo!". I remember thinking it was some sorta scary animal/ creature thing and i screamed. But funnily enough, my first reaction was also to WHACK the thing that popped out at me. And that was what i did. It was like..
" AAaAh~! " (me) THWACK*** run** " Oow.. " (brother)
Oops. Sorry bout that.
Thinking to more recent days.. there i was holding the door of the cab open. Caught sight. Do i call out? Do i just wave? Do i talk things? Do i stop him from walking off? .. . Pop in cab.
Sorry bout that. |
| posted by su @ 10:08 PM |
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Sometimes things are just meant to be. Call it fate or a divine plan but the fact is that they are supposed to happen. These things may be neither pleasant and maybe even unbearable but these things need to happen. Serendipity is too much to ask for and even though things may not work out the way you want them to, they happen.
Knee-jerk actions are understandable even if they often make first impressions that set the tone for all that follows. It's the cause of the knee-jerk actions and the events that follow these snap responses that truly define thoughts and opinions because only these are not governed by the vagaries of surprise and emotional outbursts but rather more rational, thought-through behaviour. These count for so much more.
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Sometimes things are just meant to be. Call it fate or a divine plan but the fact is that they are supposed to happen. These things may be neither pleasant and maybe even unbearable but these things need to happen. Serendipity is too much to ask for and even though things may not work out the way you want them to, they happen.
Knee-jerk actions are understandable even if they often make first impressions that set the tone for all that follows. It's the cause of the knee-jerk actions and the events that follow these snap responses that truly define thoughts and opinions because only these are not governed by the vagaries of surprise and emotional outbursts but rather more rational, thought-through behaviour. These count for so much more.