Inception

Assalamualaikum and a Happy New Year everyone. May Allah bless us all with happiness always, Amin.

I remember that I've always secretly hated every time New Year comes around. Because the start of a new year also means that school would be starting in a couple of days. New class and classmates, new schedule, new topics to be learned, new secondhand books (haha). I dreaded the days where I would have to go shopping for stationery, new uniforms and whatnot. But I would only complain (to myself, I don't really whine about these things to people) for a few days because then school would turn out to be not half bad.

This New Year is the second one for me where I don't have to worry about going to school.

But the truth is, I miss those days.

Yes, I know. It happens to everyone. I could just imagine an angsty teenager typing furiously in her blog about how she hates her life and how badly she wants to be a grown up and live by herself already. If I could track her down, I would calmly explain to her how being an adult isn't really everything and that she should be grateful that she's not responsible for paying bills and stuffing herself with food. And then I would give her a satisfying slap in the face. Okay, I know I won't do that. But I would be tempted to. Haha.

Second semester would be over before April. You heard me right. Or read it right. I feel like I have just started to enjoy being with my friends in Puncak Alam. But no, test 1 is coming pretty soon. And then test 2 will blow its horns and later on, the dreaded flames of the final exam would come and burn us all. I realize that I have just created a really bad metaphor. But anyhoo, I can't believe I'm almost done with this place. It seems like it was just yesterday. No really, it's been only 6 months. If anyone out there intends to make close friends while they're taking foundation, think twice. You may never see your friends ever again. Well not for a long time anyway. Foundation is an educational masterpiece that makes us students crumble with the stress of too much homework that should be done in such little time, and also tortures us with the fact that we have only 15 weeks to cover a whole bunch of topics that people normally cover in 2 semesters.

No sir, I ain't here to complain. Not at all.

People are all rushing to make new resolutions, since it's the New Year, when half of them know that they wouldn't complete one single thing on their list by the end of the year. It's typical. I guess it's also a case of self-assurance. Making resolutions tend to make people feel good about themselves. It's s sign that they want to change. Or at least, try to. My resolution isn't the most original, but it's safe. And totally me. My one and only resolution is not to have any resolutions. I know that no matter hard I try, I can't really change by the end of the year. I just hope that I'll be a better person and not take anything for granted. It's not really a resolution ; I always remind myself to do those things, new year or not.

Well, Happy New Year. Again.