This
is an entry that I had been planning to write a few days before but haven't had
the oppurtunity to. So, no man is an island. This is an idiom that I learned in
class last week - and it is quite close related to me so I decided to use it as
a title. This is quite a lengthy entry, so bear with me.
Why
do I choose this idiom?
Being
in college - or anywhere for that matters - you would always want to have
company, to talk to, to laugh with, to cheer you on, to be the shoulder for you
to cry on, to be the one whom you pour your heart out, or just to be there with
you through your hardships in life. It's not that I'm saying that you have to
always depend on other people. But with the other people in your life, they help
you to design your life's canvas, so that it would be more colourful. The more
people you have to help you in your life, the bigger the canvas that you need,
and more colours will appear on it.
My
family will always be there for me. Cheering me on. Correcting my mistakes in
life. The ones that know me, as me. And will accept me for who I am. My
charismatic dad, always silent but full of words of the wise men, never
reluctant to give me money or buy me anything. My lovable mom, so sweet and
demure, never tired to remind me of the goals that I want to and need to
achieve in life, taught me how to cook and become a daughter. My little
brother, who can always double as my best friend, always have some sarcastic
remark that he have to say about me, but can always triple himself to behave
like an older brother, looking and acting more mature than I am. My little
sister, with her always bubly character and constant talking in regards to a
K-Pop Idol group - which currently it is EXO - will always be the first one to
say that she misses me (though not directly) when she constantly asked of the
time I will be home and for how long whenever we were on the phone. This is the
family that I loved and will always will be in my heart, I miss you all so
much. (My eyes are a little teary when I wrote this. Dismiss the spelling and
grammatical errors)
As
for friends, there are a lot, so I will speak of only a few that are close to
me. During high school - before the boarding school period - I mingled with the
wrong clique, I think. The not-a-gossip girl me mingled with the ones that are
always up to date with the school's latest gossip - this senior is dating this
junior, this couple had just broke up, these groups get into a gang fight
because of this one girl, everything, in which I could just ignore. I lost
track of all the nicknames they gave to the people they are talking about
(rolls eyes). In MRSM Pengkalan Chepa, I did not mingle in just a group and
stick to it, in fact I tried to mingle with everyone. Therefore I was blessed
with a set of friends that I could depend on - studied together, have fun
together, and even got into trouble together. Good times.
Upon
continuing my studies in KMS, I found another set of friends in which I can
really rely to when I am in need of something - in which this set of friends
are closer to me than ever. Dieba, the mature looking Pakistani-Malay-Arab mix
girl is the closest to me - dearest roomate, BFF, tutor, fellow K-drama and
Running Man addict, err, hmm, there is more (thinking)... With her sometimes mature
but most of the times childish personality, she brightens up my days, everyday.
I can really rely to her everytime - having problems or not. She's just there
whenever I needed her. Just there. And next comes the twins, Farzana and
Farwizah. These K-Pop addict sisters are chatterboxes! My time with them will
never be a silent one - except when we are focusing on our studies. Whenever I
am with them, they always have a story to tell - make that numerous stories. But
they are a good friend to tell your problems to. A great companion to have.
Then
comes my quartet of teachers, who taught me (indirectly) on how great it is to
be a teacher and to pursue my passion. Each and everyone of them have their own
teaching styles and ways to engage themselves with the students. If I am still
a young child (make that 6-7 years of age) I would repeatedly say that I
want to be a teacher just like them. Though I am still keen on saying that, I
would have to say that I would love to be a teacher that can inspire the
students and educate them to be a better generation in the near future just like them (because
you can just be yourself. different people, different styles. I can't exactly
imitate the way they teach in class. Who can?) My colossal gratitute to Ms Nina, Ms Muna, Ms Ririn and Miss Hanim.
Which
brings us back to the title. In life, you can never truly isolate yourself from
other people and the outside world. Even Go Dok Mi needs someone else's help to
carry out her daily routines - postman, her senior who is also her boss in the
editorial company, the milkman who delivers milk every morning - though she
really does isolate herself from the outside world. (If you never watched the
K-drama Flower Boys Next Door, you will not get what I am trying to say. At
least for this paraghraph.) Therefore, you can never really do anything without
other people's help.
End!
