I had a pretty good week.
Last Sunday, a friend of mine finally delivered his 4 year promise to play me Schubert’s Serenade on his violin before he graduated, which he did, and in public too. We found ourselves at Italiannies OU after looking for a place where he’d be able to play without throwing up out of nervousness, and in retrospect, it was a good spot. If you’ve been there, it was by the indoor waterfall which added a nice touch to the whole scene.
On Tuesday I bumped into Fara and Mun at the Shah Alam Court Registry. Never mind the depressing place, but it felt like a mini UIA reunion, so that was nice. Ely called in to say she was at my office at the very minute I was away, but though we didn’t meet, the call was enough to make me smile.
On Thursday, my closest, funnest, best-loved friends from high school paid me a visit at the office to have lunch with me. I had less than an hour to spend with them, what with the ordering and waiting for the food to come and of course Zuhr prayers, and parking’s a bitch in that area (excuse my French), but they came anyway. Teck Fann leaves for Japan soon, so this get-together was so necessary. I practically skipped out of the office library to join them.
On Friday, my sister called me up to tell me she finally got her final exam results. After fretting and worrying for days on end, she landed herself onto the Dean’s List with a whopping score of (I’m not sure I have the authority to say). But Alhamdulillah. I made her pray solat shukr; this is nothing but Allah’s rezeki.
On the same day, we won a case in the morning. It felt really good to hear the judgment being read out, brief as it was, because I did the written submission for the case, all 37 pages of it. My boss depended on me to get it done, and skimmed through it briefly, amended it a little, said it should be alright before telling me to file it. Anything could’ve gone wrong. I could’ve structured the whole thing badly, I could’ve cited the wrong authorities, I could’ve made out a weak argument, I could’ve done something that made it fatal to our case. I mean, it was my only the second submission I’d done so far. Alhamdulillah though, it looks like I got it right. I went with my boss and another lawyer that day to get the decision, and after we left the court, the lawyer who came with us turned to me and said: “Well done.” Free breakfast at Mont Kiara afterwards, so Alhamdulillah!
Friday night was the firm’s bowling tournament, so I came to lend my support for my team. It was quite a vision seeing lawyers in their office clothes, blazers, skirts and pearls playing - I doubt I’ll forget that in a hurry. But seeing everyone loosen up and cheer their teammates on was fun.
Yesterday morning, I had an exam that I wasn’t prepared for in the least. It later turned into an open book test which helped me out a lot. The evening class and evening exam also got cancelled later so I went out with my roomie and 7 other friends to catch a movie. I should probably tell you that I live a life of substitutions; the only time I have for anything movie-related these days are usually trailers, so going out yesterday was a breath of fresh air and equals to a much needed break.
Today I got up early to make breakfast with my mum, and later on cooked lunch. I don’t even remember the last time I slaved over the stove, so today was a first in a really long time. Best bit is everything turned out fine, so Alhamdulillah for that again.
Despite it all though, despite all these wonderful blessings I’ve received in such a short span of time, I’ve found that it really is possible for a single moment, a word, a thought, a look, a person, to undo everything. Just everything.
You know that struggle, when you try your best to focus on the good things to at least try to even the bitterness out, but you can’t because that bad aftertaste in your mouth is just too strong and lingers about?
Enough said here.
