Waking up to a few songs

Today was like a Godsend, totally perfect. My morning class was cancelled and also the evening class. I was just left with the afternoon class from 2-3.30 pm. Waking up didn’t feel this good in a long time, let me tell you that. After waking up, I played a few tunes, just for fun. Needless to say, it did brighten up my mood. It started with ‘How can I tell you’ (Cat Stevens), ‘Runaway’ (The Corrs), ‘Twist & Shout’ (Beatles) and coming to an end with ‘The Colour of Love’ (Boyz II Men).

There was much pleasure in singing along to a song that I never experienced before. It must be because I had just woken up and lay awake with no idea of what to do. I sang all the song as best as I could, maybe even croaked some of the words. I blame it on the morning blues, or in my case near afternoon blues. Waking up just before noon on a jobless day is almost an achievement. Well, that true in the case of an undergraduate student trying to hone out the rest of his future.

Thinking about the future is enough to give you the shivers. Honestly, it creeping under my skin and spreading like a virus. Signals being emitted by the virus are very frequent and sometimes in the most bizarre and scary ways. An anecdote is still to be found and this thing is very contagious. Every time someone asks me “how long to do you have to finish?” I get all hot and bothered. It’s not like one can see me sweating profusely or my eyes twitching at an abnormal pace. The thought keeps lingering on and on and on.

Let me tell you that I have finished my first law case review. A shout out goes to the people who helped me in this endeavour. So, I would like holler out a big ‘thank you’ to najia, aisya and not forgetting lubbie. I would also like to state the immense potential of Lubna in being a teacher/lecturer in the future. The tone of voice, demeanor and many other cues fit the profile. After having said this, I know there is going to be a reply from the potential future lecturer.

Season of change

As of last Monday, I started my final year in university. A lot of things were raving through my mind just thinking about it. Feelings like excitement, uncertainty, fear and many others rocket my boat of thoughts leaving me pondering. I quipped to one of my lecturers that after another 9 months I would be a “free man.” She promptly replied in the following “not really, better find a job.” The dilemmas coming ahead are simply beyond me, that’s for sure.

On Sunday, I got my hands dirty along with others parts of my body to clean up my messy room. I even cleaned the fan of its many years of dirt and soot. Surprising how much of dirt can get accumulated over a period of 4 years. It’s been a blessing that I haven’t shifted room like the others due to my ‘international’ status as a student. Praise the Lord! That’s all I’m saying.

A subject that I am supposed to check is business law. Although, being the son of a lawyer, I still have not found it as an edge in understanding the subject. I can’t comprehend for the life of me how my father did it. Then again his standard of English is far better than mine. I hope a major part of that will rub off against me in due time. I managed to retrieve the law case that I am supposed to review, and it’s like Greek to me. I swear, this is the first time that the English I have read made little sense to me. Hats off to all those budding law students who are laughing at this poor soul holding your sides as you read this. I am making it a point to get all the help from my law buddies whom I have befriended. I think it must be a sort of blessing in disguise.

Oh you law experts, here I come to be a small thorn by your side with my wisecracks and rib tickling humour. I have to be subtle because pleading and begging in a blog would sound desperate.