7 things I will miss

As of today, it will be exactly 7 days before I will head back to the land of denial which I'm not really looking for to live at. But for the sake of my studies, my ambition and my future, I will try to not think much of it and I will always keep reminding myself that it's just gonna be the last ever 9 months over there. The last 9 months. The last 9 months. Oh I hope it'll be the not-so-dramatic-9-months.

I've made some points of the things that I will miss everytime I'm away to perantauan. Although every summer I'll be back at home for summer holiday, I still feel that 3 months of holiday are never enough for me. So here goes the list.

1. Family & friends.

• This is a must. No one will go abroad without feeling homesick or at least teringat pada family or rumah or even your kucing. I am more to a family-guy which for me, family is everything. They must be in your top priority list whatever things you need to prioritise. Tanpa family, siapalah anda. haha. If u feel boring staying at home, who you might wanna be with? Of course you friends. So friends are good company and sometimes your life is influenced by them too.
  

2. Malaysian foods and delicacies.

• Two words to describe Malaysia - Food Heaven. There's no fuss to find anything you want to eat here. From rojak to sushi, everything here you can eat. And the most importantly, they are all Halal. Need not to worry "Eh tempat ni halal ke? Boleh makan ke?" kinda thing where every overseas student experiences that. Nama pun syurga makanan, basically there's no such thing you cant find here and eat. In my place at sheffield, to have nasi lemak for dinner is like "wow, hari ni kita makan nasi lemak!" Tu belum jumpa roti canai segera lagi. To eat putu-piring or rojak pasembur in the uk is like the 8th wonder of the world.
  

3. Driving.

• Driving is somehow one of my passion. I like to be in my car and drive while put up your music out loud. Driving is like a feeling that you can be anywhere whenever and wherever you want to be. The feeling of freedom I suppose. In UK, everything bergantung to its public transportation. Its quite tedious and expensive to own a car over there, and so public transportation is our main transportation. Everytime nak pegi mana2, kena book tiket awal la, then have to use debit card la, then kena pegi train station la, bus station la. One word - leceh. This is why I cant wait to have my very own car.
  

4. 24-Hours mamak stalls.

• One of the reason I'll miss 24 hours mamak is because I hate the fact that everything is closed at 7pm in uk.There's no such shops to be opened for 24hours. No. Nothing.Nada.Zip. There's no night life at all. What I mean by night life is not lepaking at night-clubs or bars, but when its 7pm, everything is turned off. closed. dull. boring. jalan sepi. What I usually do during this time is just stay at home or hang-out at friends house. There's no such thing as "Jom kita lepak minum2 kat mapley sambil tgk bola or whatever". In the uk, when it comes to night, either you stay in your house, or your friends house. That's all. There's no outdoor activities at night. The cold weather makes everyone wants to stay at home I think. Oh another thing, uk tv channels are boring and you dont feel to watch tv at all other than SkySports of course haha.
  

5. Weather and the time zone.

• I'm not saying that Malaysia's weather is perfect for me, but at least the weather is only cerah or hujan lebat. No cold and freezing winter. No dull or gloomy weather. And most importantly, no maghrib at 4pm. Its quite depressing when the day-time is shorter where it will turn dark at 4pm. I've been borned and raised at a place where only it turns dark at 7pm and to live at some place that's different from that is quite weird. I'm not a big fan of winter especially in uk. The most extreme depression weather I've ever had in my entire life. British weather is sucks. Everyone will agree with me by that - including the brits themselves.
  

6. Feel of belonging.

• To feel belong to your country is very important. You'll feel that this is your place, your beloved country and you can do whatever you want. You wont feel that you are like pendatang and menumpang di negara orang which you usually feel living in overseas. How you see all the Indons and Banglas over here is like what they see us in the uk. We are like pendatang for them and we dont feel belong to them. Life is not as happy as here if you know what I mean.
  

7. Kuala Lumpur.

• This is my favourite city. I was born and raised here makes me feel that this is my place. The place where you always want to be. Though sometimes the traffic jams made life not easy for everyone, I'm still like to live here. There's no such place like home and Kuala Lumpur is my home. Not Sheffield, Manchester, London or anywhere else. Enough said.

There are actually loads of things that somehow I will be missed but I think I just need to keep it on my own. Studying in overseas is a valueble experience and I shall be grateful of what I've got and not just keep complaining everyday. I know, my bad. Have a nice day friends! And bersyukur lah dengan apa yang dianugerahi pada kita okay? Selamat hari raya!