Turn Over a New Leaf (Updated)

Third semester started three weeks ago. Before I came back to college, I have made a promise not to be the old me who was a sluggard. I want to be someone who is independent and does not rely too much on my roommate who used to be a 24/7 adviser as if she was a mother of mine for the past two semesters.

I managed to wake up early in the morning without having to be woken up by my roommate in previous semester. But it lasted for merely several weeks. Then I started my habits back. It went on till the second semester ended. During second semester’s break, I felt danged stupid. Really, really stupid.

"Indeed, laziness is one of the reasons why Malays hardly develop."
I do not want to be a typical Malay like other typical Malays who I abhor for how they behave. If I keep on being sluggish, it means I am just like them. Sluggish sluggards.

Thus, I made new resolutions right before I set my foot back in UiTM. No more waking up late even on weekends. No more deliberately escaping from praying five times a day. No more complaining over this and that, including annoying lecturers. No more this, no more that. And some other rules I have made to comply with in my daily life.

Basically, I am turning over a new leaf which means I am starting to behave in a better way. Change is good even though it is not easy. Discipline is demanded to change. I used to lack of discipline. I oversimplified almost everything. Come to think of it, I was actually terrified of accepting changes made by myself or anyone who was close to me. I don’t know why, seriously.

Alhamdulillah, up till now, I have managed to wake up at 6 in the morning. I will take my bath right after I wake up and perform a prayer after that. Then, I spend 15 minutes on Facebook and Formspring before getting prepared to buy breakfast in the dining hall. Oh by the way, I have managed to eschew eating rice for three weeks! A slight change on my body is barely seen but I do feel healthier. My body seems lighter. I thought I would die for not eating rice in a day. What a silly thought, huh? Then I fill my days with attending all classes without playing truant and spending my leisure in the library.


There is another thing I would love to share with my readers. I know some people who hardly accept corrections for they think that is the way they are and I am to accept it. Yes, it is who they are but if they know someone whose behaviors are exemplary, it is not wrong to emulate the person, you know.

For instance, I have a friend who folds her clothes untidily. Clothes untidily folded are like a blot on the landscape. And I have another friend who folds her clothes exceptionally nicely. In fact, everything she touches will turn into something that makes people gaze in awe like walla! So one day, this friend of mine who folds clothes exceptionally nicely wants to help our friend who does not seem to know how to fold clothes. Nonetheless, she refuses to let and says, “It is my way of folding clothes. What has it got to with you? You have your own way, and I have mine. We stick to ours and never bother about others. Okay?”

That is just an example, okay. It has got nothing to with any of my friends. However, the scene is common, isn’t it? It happens everywhere. Some people are just too egoistic to be corrected whereby the correction does not bring any harm to them. The correction will simply make them a better a person if they accept with open heart! Am I right?

It is indeed not wrong to emulate others. It is not wrong to change ourselves as long as the change we intend to make does not lead us to darkness. Changing to a better person does not make us not be ourselves. We are simply developing and moving a step forward.

We are not gonna keep being a bunch of trash, are we?