Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Four
My dad asked Lily to fast with me and him tomorrow, the three of us.
Lily said she would get too hungry.
I asked Baba if he was going to fast tomorrow.
He said would get too hungry too.
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Recess today was less difficult. I had already sat on the top canteen when Fiq came by and said, "Recess kat bawah lah". I didn’t argue. We both went down, found our seats, and ate. I sat a few seats away from Fiq so that, when the rest came, I was sitting at the table next to them, but not sitting exactly beside them. 'Alone together'. One of my favourite oxymorons.
So, anyway. No one talked, and no one did anything much, so I felt pretty good. I mean, it meant that I didn't miss much yesterday, right?
After I finished my lunch (I’ve always been the fastest eater), I excused myself and headed up for the classroom early. Besides Zahidah (who never seems to go down for recess), I was surprised to see Anna there too. She asked me to play badminton with her.
(Btw, I don't know how I long I can keep up sitting on the top and having Fiq drag me downstairs.
Again, I have no idea what to do tomorrow)
"In the classroom?" I asked incredulously.
"Sure," she replied.
Okay, I thought, why not? Alright, so the ceiling is too low. And it does seem ridiculous to play in our small classroom. But it was a lot of fun. The shuttlecock would occasionally hit a couple of heads, and would smack onto the ceiling a couple of other times, but otherwise it was completely harmless. And a lot of fun, did I mention that?
Lesson after that was Arab. Zah announced that we would be having an Arabic debate between our own classmates. There are around 6 teams, and mine is the 4th. There’s Mas, Syahidah, Basirah, Amalina and me. There would be proper interventions during the debate, there are rules, bla bla bla. It doesn’t matter. The point is that I would be having an Arabic debate, and I’m scared! I am horrible at Arabic. I have no idea what to do for the debate. Luckily Syahidah is a top student, so she would be a big help, but still. I have to participate. With my kind of luck, I might get to be the 2nd 3rd or 4th speaker. I’m dreading it. Shoot.
Of course, it’s not our team’s turn for weeks to come.
But still.
Arabic!?!
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3:36 PM
