things i'd miss...

Salaam,

I was contemplating about a few things lately, it's for a fact that, insya Allah, I'd be leaving the one place I've called home for the past year, where I've made friends regardless of nationalities, skin colour, age and gender. My uni course has provided me with friends from all over the world that I never thought I'd be friends with (Tajikistan, Nigeria, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China, Cyprus, Bangladesh to name a few), while my personal life has extended my friendship that started with a 'teguran' from an akak who thought I was a Malaysian during welcome week at the Parkinson Building signing up for student union's clubs and soceity. It led to having a Malaysian housemate for a few months, getting involved so much with activities that the Malaysian society organized and becoming a member of the MSCL club, I even participated in the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 Night in Leeds as a dikir barat performer. The amazing undergraduates and postgraduates that I've come to adore each day... I gotta say, my one year here was filled with laughters, making new friends, getting familiar with the slang that most people mistaken me for thought that I am a Malaysian, getting invitations to go places because 'we are geng', expected to be at an event because 'we are geng', not forgetting the tears of saying goodbyes to these great people who have helped me, one way or another, to become the person I am trying to be now. I've realized a few things along the way.

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And now, time's coming to an end. I am leaving this place soon, and the heart is heavy. Even though, most of the people I am close with are already back home in Malaysia at the moment, but there are still memories here, a *something* that didn't get the chance to blossom because of the way things are and will be, ups and downs, stress and relaxation, exercise by walking, trying out new recipes for the sake of undefined territory, I even fell in love with nasheeds after being introduced by H* who happens to be a nasheed singer.

Boy, if only you knew how much I love this place, because I was a part of it. And saying goodbye doesn't feel like the right thing to do for now :(

Very sentimental tonight. Why eh?

I leave you with a nasheed performance from the guys during our Maulidur Rasul this year.

Tak mungkin terlihat cinta yang merona,
jika hanya renungan mata yang bersuara,
bukan atur kata...
::Lafaz yang tersimpan~::