Freaky Friday

So much for my passionate ramblings about time management in looking forward to a smooth-sailing semester, who would expect things to go to such awry extend that it felt like a huge meteor had just crashed on your path and throwing everything out of sync?

It was 31st of Friday, I had finished my one and only 10-11am lecture for that day and was expecting a leisurely weekend ahead and perhaps going to Ipoh with my course mates.

Walking back from lecture, I was dropped the bombshell news that UTP was going to close down on that very day!

At first, I cannot believed it at all. This is serious matter to begin with. UiTM in the local area had also been shut down recently due to H1NI. If it was true UTP was shutting down as well, such matter should be announced in the e-learning earlier. UTP had been monitoring and quarantined many students lately so I assumed things should be under control. It is simply illogical that UTP would mete out this big decision without at least notifying the students. 

Disregarding the news as rumours, I joined my friends for lunch. But the “rumours” soon gained momentum and everyone was talking about it, although it was only from words of mouth as there was no official announcement on the website. Yet, barely after an hour, almost everyone was convinced it was true, especially when the sources of grapevines were from lecturers and block O officers themselves!

While I was still in shock and confusion trying to digest the truth, or whether to believe it at all, my elated friends had already made fast plans on how to leave UTP. It’s all talk followed by immediate actions. I hurriedly shower and packed my lightest travelling load ever in less than 30 minutes, bringing only my laptop and some clothes. A whole bunch of us left for the bus station and bought the soonest ticket possible to KL.

By evening we reached KL Sentral after taking the monorail. Putting our luggage in the lockers, we went to MidValley and had a great dinner at Manhattan Fish Market. After having fun the whole night, we returned to Kl Sentral and bid farewell. Graham, Kerry, and Steward would be staying overnight to take the earliest bus to LCCT the next morning to catch their flight to Sarawak, while Jonathan, Chin, Mike and Su Fang stayed at my house for the weekend as they would be heading to Johor Bahru on Sunday.

Things happened so fast that I can’t believe I’m already home when I had just attended my IMSE lecture in UTP on the very same day. Nevertheless, the “Home Sweet Home” feeling has started to seep in and it feels awesome to be back at home with my family again.

To update the weekend, on Saturday, the five of us went to Sunway Pyramid and had a great time ice skating, shopping, and eating out in food franchises that cannot be found in Ipoh. Waffle World was fantastic! It does burn a big hole in the pockets so I suggest only to try it out once in a blue moon. I bought a literally cool T-shirt and a pair of slacks at an unbelievable discount in Padini and it was worth it.

On Sunday the foursome left early in the morning to Pudu. After bidding them farewell, I continued my sleep and woke up in the late afternoon. Engulfed by the sudden silence and absentees of my friends, it felt almost surreal that things had been so hectic the past few days.

As much as I want to follow my fellow friends to Johor, I have a few plans pending so I would prefer spending this week at home. Despite this uncalled “holiday” disrupting one week of my academic calendar, I realised that it is a blessing in disguise and an opportunity for me.    ;) 

That’s all for now, will update soon.