I also still remember my best friend at that time; Uderq used to be very annoyed with me every time i talk to Puan Emma. It will definitely sounds peculiar to most people now because, i tend to get this 'blushing-blushing' sudden attack whenever the conversation took place. For those who never met her, she is one of the most 'motherly' figure i ever met, other than my mom.
Puan Emma left UTM for England in 2002 with her husband and 2 kids to pursue her PhD. In 2003, i graduated and since then, i never heard from her again.
In 2005, Puan Emma started writing to me after so long. Her emails changed me in some way or another.
At the age of 24, i was at the peak of my career; struggling to become 'somebody' in the surveying field and moving forward to inspire myself in becoming the youngest partner of a company before the age of 30.
During those times, i recall myself as an extremely business minded and reasonably sophisticated person in most things; from the way i talk, walk, dress, poeple in my circle, etc. This, FORTUNATELY made me sounds and look older than my actual age. In working world, i felt glad when people mistook me as a 27 years old rather than a 24 years old. I always thought when you are older, people will take you more seriously too. UNFORTUNATELY, when it comes to general human relationship, i somehow turned out to be 'unpleasant'.
Well, despite of my 'cold-cold' attitude, Puan Emma's emails made me feel like otherwise. Through her emails, i felt that i can escape from being that 'unpleasant' person to someone else.
On 9/20/05, Naz. A.R
Assalamualaikum,
Dear Puan Emma,
Thanks for your email. Don't worry about replying if you're not really in the comfort zone. I just love writing to you and share all the stories I have in mind.
I reached home from work quite early today; bout 6 p.m. The company just hired a new staff last week; a female graduate from UIA, same age as me and who happened to sit next to me. The good thing about this new girl – she is friendly but the few annoying things about her; she's too friendly that she kept on dragging me into her chat sessions – which I found very distracting. Other than that, she likes to peep on me especially whenever I'm on the line talking with someone. But of course, since I was once the winner for 'Anugerah Pelajar Paling Berbudi Bahasa' back in UTM (hahahaha!), I opted for the silence war rather than open confrontation - sigh
Did you know that we have the first batch of Diploma students in UTM KL? Quite an interesting group for I have personally got the chance to interact with them since the last few months. Oh ya, I got a new nick name – Sis Naz – LOL! Next, we are going to have this friendly match this Saturday. It'll be the ex-students versus the students where the guys will play football and the girls will play the volleyball. We can't play netball – the ex-students ramai dah expired and tired of running here and there J It's not an official event so I don't think Puan Zu knows about it yet. Wish us all the best!
Last month me and few friends went to UTM Johor, visiting friends who are still pursuing their degree. The first night I had the chance to meet up with the first year. There was this student, a Chinese guy named Justin – quite handsomelah, hahaha! But too bad his like 6 years younger than me. He approached me personally together with 4 of his friends later that night asking my opinions on the Qs course. At that time, he was thinking of changing to another course. According to him, he never applied for the course and got frustrated when he got the offer. I was not really sure how to answer him at first. Finally I decided to tell him about my study years in UTM and where my life headed to after graduation. I shared with them about my interview with Shell and how I flopped during the 3 rd stage interview for being unable to further elaborate on the pros and cons of having national parks – duhJ . And I shared with them about how I managed to sustain only for 3 months while doing my part time master with ITM, since the course structure was a bit ridicilous and seriously boring. We talked a lot about old days; how we worked hard to meet up assignment's datelines, how we lied to the UTM's guards whenever we came back late after supper or midnite movies, how our friends helped us to sign the attendance sheet if we couldn't make it to class that day or too lazy(Ops!), how nice Dr.Maizon was for giving us the longest break.."20 minit - cukup ka?"...hahaha!, how most of us tak sampai hati nak ponteng kelas Pn Emma (hehehe:P) because you're so nice, how we most enjoyed En.Saidin's class because his so funny (talking about when he asked one of us to draw the tandas duduk and squat toilet and later the guy who drew it turned out to be sketching just the legs - standing and squatting...hahahah!
FinalIy, i told them the whole industry is like Siti Nurhaliza. She sings well and look oustandingly beautiful. But what made her looks great? What made her sings so well and that her songs are so popular? So I relate the whole Siti Nurhaliza's issue with the song composers, the make artists, the sound engineers and the other hidden talents. Later I told them that the Architects and the Engineers are just like Siti. What ever they designed are so obviously transparent that people can instantly notice and acknowledge their talent. And as for the Qs, we are like the song composers, the make up artists and etc. We help them in ensuring that the project is a realistic mission and etc. Or else, it might turned out to be Siti Nurhaliza with too much make up or Siti Nurhaliza with Petaling Street's accessories, hahaha! They seem to understand about the whole idea and all of us suddenly broke into laughters. I think it make sense. The discussion went on for more than 3 hours and Justin later decided to go on with the course. We both still communicating until now. I think his doing well in his studies and every personal achievement he made, he'll sure share the news with me. Wah, I'm such an inspiration to the young ones, LOL!
Oh dear, it's raining heavily outside. Anyway it's good to have rainny days in KL – the normal days were too hot. I'm staying with my sister in Bukit Antarabangsa; it's our parent's apartment. Next year, it'll be three of us – the brother in law – yikes! So once you're back in Malaysia and whenever you're in KL, you are most welcome here. There's this great satay stall in Jalan Semarak that you should try – ask Puan Zu – better than satay Kajang!
Until next time, take care!
Best regards,
Naz Rahim
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