Nostalgic epidemic...

.. or rather endemic? (I'm not too sure). I guess the Alumni emails now are filled with nostalgic writings from everyone (super seniors, seniors and juniors). All started with Kak Kim lah.. with her effort to spruce up the Alumni yahooogroups.. I'm not that interested to chip in my thots of the teachers, the seniors, the 'ghost' stories and what not.. I'm the one who read them all and trying to make sense of what is happening with the them in school some 20-30 years ago. Honestly, I do not have may fond memories staying there except for the band (which more of bad memories, rathen than fun), the dorm (which many or my good seniors are there) and the classes (where I got flying colors results every exam). I was the one with no 'pet-sister' and a loner. I tried so many times, but always, I was overshadowed by others who were more beautiful, smarter, more exciting than me. Talk about Farah Ilyana, Bibah, Fatimah, Suria among few friends that I envied most during high school. They got everything that I did not have that time - pet sisters, champions in sports, debates and music. One thing that I knew for sure, the schools had taught me to be who I am today. Resilient, tough, fair and honest.

Few days back, my husband suddenly, without notice, was mad because I was reluctant to send the Avanza for service (which will take a whole day). He asked me to ask my friend to drive along to the service center in the morning and then bring me back again to the centre in the afternoon, on a working day! I thought, no, I don't want to do that, I won't use any of my friend's few hours during working day to help me with the service. I would rather take a day leave and send the car on my own. Do I have friend at work? Yes, I do but because after last car service, he was complaining that I did not supervise thoroughly on the car service (I was sitting there the whole time looking at the mechanic! The tyres were bad, though), I won't ask them to spend their hours for me. Another day off for next week. Yesterday, I noticed that I had only took a half day leave for the past four months of work. I took another half day leave yesterday because the flu is coming and I could not tolerate anymore headaches. I headed back home and slept for few hours. It was a good decision. I slept a full six hours last night, and this morning had a good 'back-scrub' to start the day ;o). Life is just getting better for me. Alhamdulillah...