Priority

There's a sort of taken aback kind of feeling upon the realization that I've been living at home away from home for nearly a year now (it'll be a full year come 16th January next year, but hey, who's counting?). You know, a kind of 'whoa' moment, as in 'whoa, have I really been here for nearly a year now??'

It strikes me as rather a surreal and somewhat humbling experience, being secluded in the middle of no man's land, which has strangely become a quaint and comfy setting, for the sole reason of chasing a boyhood dream... Sacrificing the worldly pleasures of family and hometown nostalgia, for the greater good of wisdom and experience...

Whoa, I really have been here for nearly a year now;

Not to say that I don't miss 'tok' and 'wan' at all, (dok buat apa tu?), but things have been going smooth in the middle of the jungle. Everything is falling in its rightful place. This might surprise some people, but truth be told, I am highly adaptable to new environments and settings. Really. Need an all-weather, go-anywhere, versatile kind of guy? You're looking at him. Laaa... send me to Austria for a year. I'll do great. God-willing, next two years...

I even gained two or three kg's (5, to be exact), from the last time I checked, since coming here. How can a person possibly gain weight while living in the middle of the tropical rain forest? That, is a clear sign of excellent adaptation abilities.

I've been keeping busy during this whole while, with everything from assignments and exams to drama acts, and swimming. Keeping busy is one way to adapt to this new setting. It's amazing how everybody here is always busy with the same thing at the same time. If you can't beat them, join them...

There were the moments; the usual, the unforgettable, the cherished, the memorable; nothing too regrettable... There were the Mondays, there were the Fundays. The Fundays were awesome. The Mondays were, well, simply Mondays. Nothing exciting ever happens on a Monday.

Another brilliant way to adapt to a new environment is to be among people you can trust and count on. Good friends are surprisingly easy to come by in the middle of the jungle. Fundays are spent with friends. Buddies stick together even on Mondays, through thick and thin. Thanks a million for making Tronoh a livable place. It may be the middle of nowhere, but it's a place that we all share, and that's what makes things interesting. A place is only as great as its people. This place is out of this world. Wouldn't have it any other way.

It amazes me how everybody is always occupied with the same thing at the same time in this funny little place, and currently, the big thing in everybody's mind is tests, quizzes, and the final exam.

Whoa... I've been here for nearly a year now...

3 weeks left 'till the big exams, but who's counting? 3 weeks left 'till a whole new year... 3 weeks left 'till the end of a well-been-through foundation period, and 3 weeks left 'till the start of a whole new chapter in a quest filled with challenges and obstacles. Where did all the time go?

3 more weeks to make it or break it. All the time in the world will never be enough to prepare for whatever life throws at you. I'm making the most out of the 3 weeks that I have.

Life has a way of cramming everything that is to be done within the shortest period of time, but no matter how busy it gets, the priorities will never change...Someone once told me that someone told her that a well-lived life takes God as the number one priority, family as second, and work as third.

Work comes third. No matter how busy it gets, there are bigger and more meaningful things...