"On this day 5 years back, I was 19 years old, set out into the world for the first time.
On this day 5 years back, I was at the airport, saying my goodbyes to my loved ones.
On this day 5 years back, I thought 5 years is a really, really long time.
On this day 5 years back, I turned, and there you were.
On this day 5 years back, I thought you'd always be there..."
So it's our 5th year anniversary today! Im telling you A LOT has happened in the past 5 years, and I mean A whole LOT. Let me tell u some of them:
- My cousin, Zalina went away to UK to further her studies.
- My cousin, Ammani went away to Sydney to further his studies.
- My brother, Firas went away to US to further his studies.
- Zalina came back for good after FINISHING her studies.
- My dad got hospitalized in 2007.
- My mom got hospitalized twice for minor surgeries.
- I got hospitalized once for Hepatitis A.
- A couple of my cousins got married.
- A couple of close friends got engaged.
- My bestfriend Sabrina is getting married this September.
- I've had 5 birthdays here.
- A lot of my friends have already graduated.
- A lot of my friends have already started work.
- My best friend Farah Hanani is now a doctor.
- My aunty gave birth TWICE to beautiful little boys, Yassin and Muhammad.
- And of course a couple of heartbreaks here and there too.
I'm telling you, in just 5 years time, a lot can happen. People can change, promises can be broken, lies can be told, hearts can be hurt.
1. First of all God blessed me with a loving and caring family, who bought me tickets to go back home as often as I can, and they also came by here a few times.
2. Then God blessed me with friends here whom I truly love and appreciate everything they have done for me. Every laughter shared, every shopping trips, every vacation took together, every cravings fulfilled;) You guys kept me sane :) oh and God blessed me with this house whom I get to share with for 3 years with my bestie~ :)
3. God blessed me with best friends in Malaysia who were there giving me endless support. God blessed me with u. God blessed me with the weekly emails. God blessed me with a reason to come home to.
4. God blessed me with all those wonderful people I met while travelling alone in this country. There's pakcik Bandung who helped me get a place to stay. Pakcik Jakarta who sent me to the airport in the middle of the night. And pakcik Birthday, who treated us all to dinner :) maybe I do have that lost puppy dog face on sometimes:-"
5. And then, God blessed me with love for a couple of years :) God blessed me with your phone calls and love letters and parcels and your trips to Jogja :) I can't thank you enough.
6. Somewhere along the way God blessed us with Rempah Asia :D the closest to Malaysian food that we can get. A place for us to hang out, especially Sunday mornings :)
7. God blessed us with Parsley. Heaven knows just how much money we Malaysian spent on food there, sampai they can tear the whole place down to build a whole new one :)) they should call us to officiate the new building nanti :-"
8. God blessed us with Air Asia having flights from Jogja to KL, so that we dont have to go through Solo anymore :)
9. Not to forget Amplaz. God blessed us with that mall yang dah survived earthquakes and a fire incident too :))
10. God blessed us with internet (JMN, SMART, FLASH, etc.) Although line macam sampah most of the time, but at least we get to stay connected with our family and friends back home.
So that is how I managed to survive living here for 5 years. Ofcourse things aren't alwayssunshine-y and rainbow-y here. To think bout the things we have to deal with over the years such as the st*pid international programme, immigration, earthquakes, volcano eruption, outstation to sucky places, not so nice doctors, groupmates from heyl, failing exams, being hospitalized for a lot of different diseases, etc. But together, we survived.
So here's to my batchmates, Bachelor in Medical Sciences class of 2006 Gadjah Mada University,
thanks for the memories and may we cherish every single one of it. Cheers!
