Saba-bah ii

And I'm back.

Where was I? Yeah, I used to live in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from April 2004 to December 2009. By the way from 2008-2009 I wasn't at home much cz I continued my studies at Sepang and after that here in India. So my last biddings of goodbyes to our home at KK was during the end of August 2009. Sad, right.

It is sad cz it was really an eccentric journey for me. In the year 2004 I was scheduled to sit for my Lower Secondary Certificate (PMR) and I was already in a boarding school by that time (MRSM Gerik, Perak.) If you ever went to a boarding school then you'll know the level of attachment between you and your friends. And it became even more dramatic cz MRSM Gerik only caters for Form 1 till Form 3, and 2004 was supposed to be my graduating year. So naturally I want to stay but my mom said the flight tickets will be so expensive yada yadaaa and it'll be such a hussle and all and there's also a MRSM in KK anyway called MRSM Kinarut (the original name of MRSM Kota Kinabalu) and it is 20 minutes from our new house so there. I was so defensive that after knowing the news I call my new school by the name of MRSM Mengarut. Yeah I'm immature liddat.

Anyway I had to say goodbye to my old school and I cried. Yeah. I was really sad that until my first days in KK I slept with my friends' photos under my pillow. Sounds like a psycho now to me but hey, they're like my second family and I was 15. Friends matters.

So I went to MRSM Kinarut/Kota Kinabalu. My dad on the way there tried really hard (or a bit too hard) to cheer me up by telling me that it's good to have new friends and a new school (the school's literally new, it's open for operation starting on 2002) and anytime I feel homesick I can call him and he'll come straight away cz it's only like 20 mins away, not a 4 hours journey like Gerik-Puchong. Oh janji manismu Ayah, ku ingati sehingga ke hari ini, LOL. So I registered and was appointed a room, and since there's no free room cz it's like the middle of the year I was put in a room with 2 juniors, both a year younger than me. I thought oh fine, I won't get bullied then. Yeah what do you expect? New kid, foreign language, timid (I think I am. I can be very timid at times), veryyyy vulnerable to bullying right. But it never happened. I didn't went to the morning classes and went on sorting out my things, expecting things to happen to me. By noon there was people suddenly coming into my room and asked, "Are You the New Kid?" Suddenly my room became the hottest spot of the afternoon. My poor 2 roommates got no room to stay and they only introduced themselves to me after the buzz was over, lol. My (nearly) whole batch was there and was asking me questions like how's your old school? What's your nickname? What does Keon means? LOL. You guys are awesome! They made me felt at ease during my first day. Then I went for lunch with them and I felt very welcomed. Sabahans can be really friendly and awesome and humble too. I loved them the first day I met them. Though sometimes they think my accent is funny but they accept me anyway. It's so nice to be there.

My first Sabahan word that I learnt was "minta puji." LOL I really can't guess the meaning of that. I was like, kenapa pulak aku kena minta puji? LOLOLOL. Apparently it meant the same as Poyo.