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Saturday, February 27, 2010,2:36 PM
the past two weeks have been rather eventful. it's been two weeks right since i last blogged? okay it doesn't matter.
yusri the clumsy idiot
last monday there was this incident when i was walking to the toilet, where along the way one had to walk past this door and go down a flight of stairs to the toilet. the thing about the door is that it's really in the blind spot corner - when you turn left to and left again into the flight of stairs the door can just open in your face. that was what that happened to me. i was looking to my right when i walked past the door which was on my left - and the next thing i know some hard thing slammed right into my skull. for a split second i felt i was asleep or something like that, but when the pain suddenly shot through i sort of 'regained' consciousness. the girl who swung the door open repeatedly apologised, but i said it was fine. it wasn't fine actually, but i don't think the weight and the force of the swing cracked my skull or anything like that. i can still think properly so yes.
the very next day, in that same toilet which i was heading to when i got slammed in the skull, i was taking my abolution. i was washing my feet from the tap, and then i heard someone come in to the toilet so i looked back to see who it was. well, in the process of twisting my body, which was already in an awkward position (my right feet off the floor and under the tap as i was rinsing it), my left leg couldn't hold the weight of my body. coupled with the slippery nature of the floor, i actually slipped and fell slowly onto the floor as i tried to grope around for something to hold on to. but in the end i still fell, on my left knee at that. anyway i didn't know who was it that walked in, but when he saw the fall he smiled and laughed politely, but i managed to help myself get up on my feet. luckily the joint hurt only for a day maximum. if anything i really had a wretched start to the week.
yusri the smart-looking person
i admit i don't dress well most of the time, and it's true. although for the past academic year, i've been conciously trying to do something about it - no more drifit tshirts to class, no more wearing slippers more than shoes for the whole week - that sort of thing. well the past week was islamic awareness week, and i signed up as a facilitator. apparently the dress code involved wearing a tie and geeky spectacles. so i opted to wear shirts to sch (for the first time that i did wear them without the intention to go out after that), and with that i put on my funky purple specs as well to avoid wearing geeky specs. i think it was sort of groundbreaking - i think freaking everyone had to say something about the specs or the whole look - positive ones mostly haha. though i don't have that many shirts to wear really, but in any case apparently the specs make me look smarter. but well, i prefer to look abit dorkier than i really am i suppose. haha. anyway yes, my glasses are real ones.
yusri the cheapskate shopper
have you ever looked through your wardrobe and actually think how much of the things you bought were on sale? i've come to realise that for all my tops and pants - at least 90-95% of the were bought either on offer (like buy two for a lesser price etc) or carried discounted prices. i just bought a tshirt yesterday for $10, and its original price was $49.90. i'm not really crazy about bargain-hunting, but i do try to look out for things on sale. call me a cheapskate or anything - all i can say is i'm not of the upper class so this is what i do best.
yusri as the one who lives up to the meaning of his name.
my name means ease. ease of what or ease with regards to what i'm not sure really. i do try to take things easy, for those who know me really i can be easy-going. a lot of things in this life is not easy to do or accomplish, but i try to tell myself in many cases that it is easy and that i can do this. i recognise that i am a person of limited abilities (especially when it comes to hands-on skills), so i try to pacify myself with the fact that i should really take things slowly as they come - because this is how God has created me. there are very few things which i find easy to do, but i would rather choose to focus on them and think of them as making up who and what i am today. maybe i am not meant to do other things, which incidentally i am very poor at. but i believe in the goodness of the Lord - and i am thankful that my life in general, has been one that is full of ease.
there's still a little bit of your song in my ear.
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