I can tell just what you want, you don't want to be alone

3 groups of people left for the airport last 29th. Colleagues, a loved one and a good friend. The following day, I, left..

..too.

On the night of the 29th, some ex-schoolmates and I were to send off Mr Hospitality for his internship in France for 3 months. It was made a surprise. Initially, we were to leave home at 8.15pm but ended up leaving at 9.30pm. I sped the car, regardless of getting speed trapped or any other hindrances such as slow cars - I drove on the fast lane and we reached in 30 minutes. Could say it was the first actual actual time speeding THAT fast considering the fact I've been trying to play speed demon on the roads especially at the Penchala Link tunnel. Teehee.

We got there in a steady and loaded car and safely with trust in VW (as Twinnie calls it, Yell-owh Poh-loh!) and, akhem, the driver of course. We ran to the departure in time and left after half an hour. The drive home led us elsewhere, missing a turn and found ourselves at Sungai Buloh's far end. I did some packing earlier in the afternoon after taking half day off at work, unable to catch any sleep. But yes, it was the best trip I've ever gone for aside from Sydney and Seoul.

Through the past one month, I found myself more alive than ever. I made a new word when I was half asleep: Sleep dreams = sleep well + sweet dreams. I laughed to myself in the car more - Heard on FLYFM: "I don't eat nut chocolates. My father told me that I don't like nut chocolates. Because he said I'm a big NUT at home!".

Learnt new jokes. And some new ones: Apakah ikan yang paling rock? Apakah ikan yang paling besar di Malaysia? Apakah haiwan yang paling kedekut?

Told some old ones: What do you call a fish with no power? If this ---> is Superman, what's this <---?

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When we were little.. War was only a card game, the only drug we knew was cough medicine, wearing a skirt didn't make you a slut, the only things that hurt were skinned knees, and goodbyes only meant til tomorrow.. And to think we couldn't wait to grow up..

Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown - even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready.

We can only wish that we can turn back time, but why not hope for a better tomorrow?

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Maybe next year I'll have no time

To think about the questions to address

Am I the one to try to stop the fire?