!Saturday, April 17, 2010
Pencils getting blunt. Rubbish piling up. Drafts getting crumpled.
Staring blankly at the white sheet of paper in front of me. Not even half a page written. My mind wasn't cooperating the time I want it to. There was a urge to bang my head on the table. Hot air blowing into the room. The sun wasn't a pleasure this time. Sweating every second. I knew this wasn't the right time to work on it, but time didn't allow me to stop. I stood up and walked towards the door. The air became warmer. I could feel the afternoon sun burning on my skin. I headed for the window and failed to draw the curtain gently. Innocent, I thought. The curtain didn't do me wrong.
Minutes later, I was sitting in front of the television, with a cup of fresh milk in one hand and the television remote control in the other. A pack of cookies was nicely sat beside me. What a pleasure, I thought. Even though I knew I was trying to get away from my problems for a couple of hours. Finally switching to the channel with my favourite cartoon on, I sank into the sofa, enjoying my fresh milk and cookies.
My mind was shut from the paper work. It was a wonderful Saturday afternoon. Watching cartoon, drinking fresh milk, eating cookies and laughing at hilarious jokes that only a four-year-old child would laugh at. What more can you ask for?
Cartoon show ended. I searched for the remote control and hit the off-button. I was reluctant to get up. I just wanted to sit there all day long and spare my mind for a day. Staring at the chocolate chips on the cookie in my hand, I thought about how to spend the whole weekend. I wanted to watch movies. I wanted to go shopping. I wanted to have lunch at home watching television. I wanted to stay up late for a night, going on Facebook, browsing friends' profile and spamming their wall. I wanted to have dinner with my long time buddies. I wanted to chitchat with my old classmates at the "mamak" eating "roti tisu". I wanted to sleep and wake up late when everyone at home has had their lunch.
I looked up at the fan above me, mind wandering. The cookie in my hand was dropping crumbs on my t-shirts. I ate the last cookie and started to doze off. By the time I woke up, dinner was ready. The scent of dinner probably woke me up. The television was on, but it was showing "Monk". Dinner was pleasant. I've always loved having dinner at home.
Going back to my room, instead of sitting in front of the paper that I left more than half blank, I turned facing the computer and switched on the monitor. Yes, I was about to go online. Finally, I decided to do other things. Not writing out a draft on paper, but just typing on the keyboard. And here I am, blogging. Though I didn't manage to do other assignments, but at least I managed to submit a post. As I told myself, this is just a beginning, a beginning to the World of Assignments!Labels: a new beginning
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dance with me ;
- 11:22 PM
Alyson Ng Yee Peng