Surfing

“ Ready?! ” Anton screams..

“ YES !! ” I replied, with very much enthusiasm on what I will encounter in the next few seconds.

“ Okay!! Now paddle... STAND!! ”, my dearest instructor scream on top of his lungs.

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Unfortunately I could not do as he told. I tried standing, but the excitement just made me clumsy and topples right into the sea water! That was my 1^st attempt with the water. As I merge from the seawater, the first I had was Anton’s (my surfing instructor) pearl-white teeth. That fella was having fun watching me topple!

Anyhow, on my 3^rd attempt I managed to stand up on the board and did a little surfing. Woohoo!! Pro right? It was magnificent to feel the board under my control. But of course, that feeling only lasted for like .... 5 seconds? Hahaha! Subsequently, I drank loads of water in my attempts. Needless to say my worthless attempts includes bumping my head, scratched my knees and so on. All in all, during the 1-hour surfing session I managed to stand up successfully for 3 times! My family who were on the beach was laughing and teasing all the time while they watch their pitiful young princess performs a monkey-show. _{* How supportive right? What could a girl asked for more?*} But what the hell?! I had fun!!

During the post-surfing-trauma, my family and I decided to analyse the reason for my failure to surf properly and we came out with a conclusion. I was just too overly clumsy. So the next time I’m in Bali _{(which is 1 month from now)} I shall definitely trim up my skills a little more!

Sweetest date

“Will you go out on a date with me?”

In Malaysia, we rarely used that word, do we? Instead, we usually opt to more humble words like hanging out, lepak and sort. I used to wonder how those dates really felt like. Those kind of dates that we constantly watch in the movies where the Romeo picks the Juliet up at her door step, bring her to the beach or waterfall, have a picnic, eat simple but worthy food, converse through the hearts, watch a movie and laugh about it later and then he send her back to the doorstep and gave her the sweetest peck one can ever have. To my own surprise, I actually went through with such marvellous date and caught totally off guarded. The details? Hehe. I shall engrave it in my memory and labelled it with a HUGE ‘Private & Confidential’~~

Never thought that such fairytale will happen to me..

Never thought that it will turn out to be way out of my expectation..

Never thought that it will be you..

Never thought that this will be the path we walk..

Lightning

The lightning flashes and I twitched, closing both my eyes and ears, awaiting the inevitable thunder. You held my hand, looking at me in the eye and smile. Then you said, “You must smile my love, because the sky is taking a picture of you. And the thunder is the sky’s camera clicking.”

I smiled. And you patted my head, praising me.

“Did you know, I smiled not because I want the sky to take the best of me?”

“Did you know, I smiled not because I want to overcome my fear?”

“Did you know, I smiled because the look in you just stole the best of my heart away?”

You would never know, cause’ to you, I might meant nothing.

In the end, I still smile. Cause having the memory forever remembered is the only picture I ever needed of you.