could you believe that it's the holidays already? i've just started my classes for 3 weeks only! well, because of the outbreak of H1N1 influenza at the main campus, our mid term holidays have been brought forward to this week instead of in the coming 2 more weeks. they informed us about this change of holidays last friday through sms, just after most students had left campus to go back to the hostel so i guessed that it was a sudden decision made by the "higher-ups" in intec or uitm, either one. anyways, i won't be back in kuching for this holiday. neither am i going to go back during the raya holidays. only anticipate my homecoming this november the 14th. that'll be the earliest date i will set foot in kuching again.
i've been more and more careless nowadays. on my 2nd week here, i locked both my set of keys in my locker. i had to get the repairman to break open my lock in order to retrieve the keys. luckily, it wasn't that difficult to break the lock eventhough it was the most heavy duty lock that i've brought to intec. on the 4th week, which is this week, i lost my wallet and gained fame at the same time.
i was going in the library with my laptop backpack which the librarian thought was a normal backpack so he told me to put the bag outside. i told him that it was a laptop bag and i had my laptop inside but he asked me to just take the laptop out together with what other neccesities i need and bring only that in the library so i went out from the library to go to the locker room to keep my backpack. took out my laptop, the cables, my mouse, my wallet and my handphone from the bag. i remembered putting my phone into my pocket while i placed my wallet on top of my laptop. i checked that i have everything i need with me before i left the locker room to go into the library again. i made my way up the stairs to get to the first floor and found myself a comfortable spot. i settled down my laptop on the desk, plugged in the cable, took out my phone and sat down. it was then i realised that my wallet was missing. i searched frantically around the desk, thinking it might have dropped when i place my laptop down. it wasnt there. i grabbed my laptop, leaving my cable there, still plugged in and rushed downstairs to go back on the trail i came from just now. i didn't see my wallet so i continued back to the locker room thinking i might have left it in the locker. still, no sight of my wallet. as i was searching through the locker, the PA system cracked a sound, "saudari chong siew ai, sila ke kaunter pertanyaan segera. terima kasih."
a sense of relief washed over me. luckily, a good samarithan found my wallet and all my money was still inside. best part of it, i gained fame. my name was echoed in the whole of that quiet 4-floored library.
hah, i never would want to experience losing my wallet again.