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Marathon

Marathon, that was what we had this morning at 5.30, and i was at check point 3 waiting for the runners....

I woke up at 5, my alarm vibrating my pillow...ehheheheheh, and i thought to myself, another 5 minutes then i'll go and wash up and get ready, and as we know, every time we do that, we'll end of sleeping more than just 5 minutes, i woke up at 5.48!!!!!!!!!!! bodoh benar, i brushed my teeth, took my camera, score sheets, and a cap and ran out of the room, i hope bayu wasn't angry...because he was supposed to be at checkpoint 3 with me, anyways, i wasn't really that late, and nobody noticed that i was late...ehheheheh thank god!!!!

begitulah liku kehidupan saya selama beberapa minggu ini, umpama sebuah pertandingan marathon.........ku harus bersedia agar tidak ketinggalan jauh di belakang!!!!! (jiwang juga saya nie)

shift to another story

there's this guy, who is a pin in the ass, and he's in choir with me and we're going to be playing together for festival of faith, which i'm not looking forward to......i can't play with this guy, he's not coordinated, we're not bersefahaman.....i don't know if i can survive this week without getting embarrassed......bila praktise, okay, tapi bila sudah perform on stage, dia buat sendiri sendiri punya mainan saja, tidak synchronized sama saya......syok sendiri lah bah tu orang tu, sudah lah macam tu, minta puji lagi, bagus kalau suara dia lawa sangant!!!!!!!!!! bikin maradang saja if i think about it! anyways, akan ku include a few picts to menggambarkan apa yang berlaku pada saya pada minggu ini di dunia yang fana ini!!!!!!

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