17

I watched "17 again". You know, starring Zac Efron as Mike. How I wished I'd be 17 again. It was so nice back then. It was perfect. Problems were never too hard to handle. Addmath was a pain in the ass but you can always choose to skip the goddamn question :) Because you can always calculate how much marks you could afford to lose to get atleast a C... Or a D. That's the good thing about exam-oriented education system.

School was great. My shoes were always white and clean. My school uniforms were well-ironed. My ribbon around my ponytail was clean and when it yellows, I throw them and make a new one. My breakfast was served every 6.30 in the morning. Pancakes, egg sandwiches, fried-rice, tuna sandwiches, scrambled eggs or anything with carbo. At 7 am sharp uncle starts the car engine and I would kiss my cat goodbye. My bag was never heavy because all the books would be in the school locker and under the school desk. Every Friday, I had cheer practice with coach Jude or gymnastic coach Mr. Chong. Some weekdays and every Saturday, we had tuition classes at Pusat Tusyen Martin at Pudu. After school, no one went home. We stayed back most of the times. Sometimes we hit the malls, sometimes we went to extra classes, sometimes we practiced cheer, sometimes we just loitered around at the Condo in front of SBS, and ate maggie and ice lemon tea, sometimes we went to our friend's place, sometimes we just blasted the radio at the tarmac like we own it. During recess, we ate accordingly; Wednesday is Nasi Tomato with Ayam Merah Day, Monday and Tuesday is usually thosai day, Friday is Nasi Ayam Day. We would sit at any table, and anyone's table (sorry!). We would eat and talk and eat and talk until Pengawas warned us 6 or 7 times.

By lunch time, (If I didn't stay back at school) bibik served Tom Yum quite often. And I never got bored of it. Sometimes she makes her own Indonesian dish. At night I watched TV, played Gameboy for hours, talked on the phone, and surfed the web. Kadang-kadang ada sleepover kalau malam tu study group. Study lah sangat. Sebok menyembang, lepastu lepak mamak. Our hotspots to lepak was KLCC Starbucks, where all the kids used to loiter around. Eek! I don't know why!

Life was so good back then. 4 years is just temporary, a friend said. And 4 years I will try to live as happy as possible, even at the suckiest moments. Because I chose this path, with a hope it will in turn give me the most valuable lesson and experience. Amin!