London - Kuala Lumpur - Kota Kinabalu
LONDON
I was born in Westminster, the heart of London in 1985. Thus for the following almost 11 years of my childhood, I was a Malaysian kid growing up in the UK. With all my childhood days getting happier day by day, dad informed us that we were going to Malaysia for good. for a kid to leave her school, her beloved bestfriends, all the familiar places she knew from growing up. Well, it was hard. Very hard!
The last day at Heathrow airport was really sad for me, the day before my bestfriend dannielle had dropped by our house to say goodbye. We promised to be friends forever, and over the years, from air mail to fb, we still are :)
me & dannielle at our sports day
KUALA LUMPUR
We arrived in KL somewhere in March 1995. I was adapting. Adapting to being made fun of by my cousins (still had the difficulty of pronouncing malay words perfectly), adapting to having tanned skin (heheh, we couldnt stay away from the beach & the outdoors!) and most of all, adapting to not having my bestfriends around anymore.
Eventho we had come back in March, I only starting going to school in August '95. Why so late? reason being that my mum insisted I go to Convent Bukit Nanas (advised by our relavites -also former CBNers) and it was so hard to get into. So i had lots of time to learn Bahasa Malaysia in my own free time. I cried every single time I missed my old home/school/friends and this was the start of my life phase where i learnt to grow up, to mature, to learn.
While growing up in KL, I made new friends, some that I shall treasure for a lifetime, some just turned out to be my lost siblings :) and it was in Uni years that I met my soulmate. KL holds so many of our love stories, KL is also where we later got engaged and married..which brings us to our next city:-
KOTA KINABALU
After 16 years of school/uni/work life in KL, as of July 16th, 2011, I have moved to Kota Kinabalu, the Land below the wind to start my new life with my not-so-new hubby :) and to put things short, it hasn't been that hard to adapt.
from KL to KK
I guess its because I've been flying over to KK over the past 2 years for both work & personal reasons, but KK is still a city (eventhough not as full of skyscrapers in KL), and I am such a City girl.
starting a new life in a new city
Well this is just the beginning of something new, new environment, new family members, new friends and learning to be independant now that my mum & my lil sis are more than 1000km away from me (T_T). Life will stand still & be boring if we didn't take that big leap.
p/s: can't help gazing at the beautiful sea everyday. it still mesmerizes me. kengkadang bahaya pasal tngah driving pun tngok laut. erk
4 c.o.m.m.e.n.t.s:
sama lah kita. pas kawin merantau ke tempat baru. at least dekat la tu kat KK je pun. aku lagi la jauh.. tak dpt nak balik raya T_T
btw, what r u doing now in sabah? have u quit ur job in kl??
moved to kk aween? waa..congrats! treasure this new life to the fullest, nt jadi mcm pengantin baru jugak sebab semuanya baru..
same mcm n, lps kawen pindah jasin..almost everything baru...and that time, husband and pc la best friend. tapi lama2 jadi best :) good luck dear!
lan: oooo, korg kat aussie eh? hehe, boleh banyak timba pengalaman baru ;) itulah kan, dalam my hati pun dah mind-set, at least im still in malaysia. hee. enjoy beraya di perantauan! take care lan & wife
atie: hi there. yep, i quit my job in kl, it was hard but had to be done. currently im just at our new home , being a 'housewife' for the time being while waiting to further my masters at universiti malaysia sabah (ums). still waiting for their reply :)
anne: yep, im in kk :) contact me if ur ever flying over here ok! itula, i had almost a year long distance marriage to prepare myself for a move & Alhamdulillah things are great! mmg btul, pc dah jadi bestfriend, hehe, dah tu semua kawan2 kte ada dalam ni. thank u anne!! hugs to madina yang comel ;)
Post a Comment