My journey to be a lawyer at age 28

Hello everyone,

I hope all our readers are safe with your family and together let's stay at home to fight Covid19 virus. Wash your hand frequently with soap or alcohol based hand sanitizers.

             2020 is not a good year to start with. Covid19 which started from China has spread throughout the world. Psychologically, we might feel depressed with the enforcement of the lock down or the movement restriction order from the government as we need to stay home for a certain of period. But I believe all this measures are to protect us from the dangerous virus. So stay at home and take care of the social distancing from others.

               Back to main topic, this year I have started my second bachelor degree in LAW at the age of 28. At the same time, I also working full time in IT industry. Working and study as part time is not an easy task. You need to sacrifice your rest especially sleep and keeping that hectic schedule for 3 years at least. BUT.. This post I want to give an encouragement to other people out there and to one who reading this, there's nothing impossible to achieve. You just need the courage to face the challenges and keep strong.

                One of you might asking why the hell I am starting my second degree in LAW at the age of 28? Becoming a lawyer was my dream since I was in a high school. I studied really hard to strive all the subjects in the national exams for college entrance. I did well in the end:") but at that point of time my parents insisted me to enroll technical course which at first I really against it. I started my first bachelor degree specifically in IT and managed to graduated (read: I don't really know how I can survive every semester and I even insisted to do my final year project alone instead of group). After I have completed my first bachelor degree, I have started working in oil and gas company. From there, I learnt lot of things and met lots of successful and smart people all around the world.

                Particularly on 2018,I received an offer to pursue Master's degree in Software Engineering. I took the offer since I was doing automation job at my current role and might be the knowledge that I learn from the class can help me with the daily jobs. After going through one semester, I started to think this is not something that I want to pursue in my whole life doing IT. But I do admit having knowledge of IT is really help me in creating good profile in my career path.

                 There was this one time, my manager told me a story about his friend which he started his career in IT and he changed his career to Legal in the company. He started with his study as part time and he passed the CLP exam and he became a lawyer in the end. Then, it started me thinking what have I been doing in my life? Then I started to think a way how to pursue my study either through public or private institutions. I made a few connections with Legal industry and found a a best way to pursue my second bachelor degree. Now I am proud to say that I am one of the students studying Bachelor Degree of Law from University of London.

                 Since this pandemic occur all around the world right now, the class has been postponed and everthing were conducted online based which is good. I will start my induction soon and class soon and the thought of that make me feel so happy. I couldn't imagine I actually in the process to achieve that dream even tho I had to go through very hard way to find this path. So to my dear readers, there's no age limit to achieve your dream or sometimes you might think it is too late to start or begin with but it is not! I hope this part 1 post will inspire some of you to chase your dreams.

"It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have - Drew Barrymoew"


Stay safe!

-Diba

Let's Learn Chinese!

你好吗？

It means How are you? 

I hope my readers are just fine. Dont worry about me.. I am good and fine~

Not many people knew that I actually had the chance to learn chinese back in primary
school. It was a good experience to learn chinese with a good and strict teacher.
Since high school I like to be friends with chinese not only they are friendly and nice
(read they are also teach me mathematics till i am good at it) but they can also
converse daily in chinese, english and malay language. Sometimes I told myself

"If they can master more than two language why I can't do the same thing?"

"If they can achieve that why I can't? "

It almost and near to 2020 vision and we need to change the mindset. So what are the
good things once we learn other foreign languange especially chinese?

We tend to be more flexible and open to other cultures. 

Our memory will be improved and performed in the academic areas. 

It boosts our brain and make minds more keener. 


Back in my university time, I also learnt arabic language (read computer language is
not included in this post lol) but it was until level 2 learning period since i am
in science and technology areas. You need to learn until level 4 / 5 / 6 if I
was not mistaken if you take human sciences and islamic revealed knowledge courses.


Anyway, Lets learn a new language and get to know more people from other countries
without feel any hatred or racist. After all, God has created us from different races, cultures
so that we may know each other and accept the differences together.
Lets spread the love everyone~


"Where there is love

  there is life - Mahatma Gandhi"


You can refer to this link for more research related information.
https://www.actfl.org/advocacy/what-the-research-shows.


*Now my macbook showing 1.43 am and i am still writing. I better go to sleep else I will feel sleepy at the office tomorrow. Good night guys*

TAKE 5. HAHA :)

WASTING MY TIME

WITH THE...

........hmmmmmmm.....

but 

one thing for sure...

-one of my principle of life when it comes to :

p/s:

i maybe brag and nag sometimes,

(maybe i don't get a chance to meet you always)..

that's how i'm showing or expressing my feelings to you:

---->i really do care about you.<----

HAHA

 (*deepinsidemyhearteuuwwwww*)

well, that's the truth~

nite uooolllllsss!

mood jiwang on!

out of my mind..

well, ya! i do..kinda.. feels like this, actually. hohoho.

HAHAHA!

misunderstanding

hmmmm... you know what?

and 

OVERDOSE!!

    STUDY WEEK  ----->   FINAL!

grrrrrr!! stressing out people!

                                    

HEAR ME OUT!

i want you to know that...

    

BUT...

JUST...

*********************************************************************************

(:strongheartlady:)

Korean fried chicken

Assalamualaikum.. Let me tell you something Farah is the one who introduced
"Korean Fried Chicken". When I taste it is too delicious, it's just like "ayam madu"
in Malaysian cuisine.

My Korean Fried Chicken :)

This step I got from the you tube video ;) credit to maangchi.

Watch this video for clear steps in making korean fried chicken

Ingredients (for 3-4 servings):
3 pounds (about 1.5 kg) of chicken chunks, salt, ground black pepper, potato starch powder, flour,sweet rice flour, egg, baking soda, canola oil (or vegetable oil), garlic, ketchup, hot pepper paste,rice syrup, vinegar.
See my site for pictures and descriptions of ingredients:http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients

Directions:
1. Rinse chunks of chicken in cold water. Drain.
*tip: You could use chicken wings, too. About 24 wings will be 3 pounds.
2. Add 1 tbs ground black pepper and 1 ts kosher salt.
3. Add ½ cup potato starch powder, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ cup sweet rice flour, 1 ts baking soda, and 1 egg.
4. Mix well by hand and completely coat the chicken. 
5. Put 6-7 cups of canola oil in a wok or frying pan and heat it up.
6. After it's heated for about 7-8 minutes, test if the oil is ready by dipping a sample chunk of chicken into the oil. If the oil bubbles, it's the right temperature to start frying.

Fry them using the double-frying method:
1. Fry the chicken chunks for 10 minutes over high heat.
2. Take them out of the oil and shake them off in a strainer. Let them sit for a few minutes.
3. Fry them again for another 10 minutes until all pieces look golden brown and are crunchy outside.
*tip: If your skillet is not large enough to fry all the chicken at once, divide it into batches like I do in the video.

While you are frying, you can make the sauce:
1. Put 1 tbs canola oil and 4 cloves of minced garlic into a heated pan,
2. Add 1/3 cup tomato ketchup, 1/3 cup rice syrup, ¼ cup hot pepper paste, 1 tbs apple vinegar and simmer the mixture for about about 7 minutes. Keep your heat low and be sure not to burn the sauce.
3. Turn off the heat and wait until the chicken is done.

Chicken is done? Then coat your chicken with the sauce:
1. Reheat the sauce.
2. Put the freshly fried chicken into the sauce and gently mix it up with a wooden spoon. 
3. Sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds over top and serve hot or warm.

Okay for me and farah, we use chicken from " AYAMAS ". So you don't have to make the coating or
make the chicken crispy because AYAMAS chicken already crispy. One more thing when
you make the sauce you can replace rice syrup with honey, hot pepper paste is the korean paste.

I think that's all. It's so simple right? All the best.

p/s:again credit to  http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients and my best friend farah munirah.

DiGi WWWOW - Blogger of the year

Assalamualaikum.. Do you know the blogger Eqbal Zack? Well, he's my physics tuition teacher during high school.. Now, he's kinda famous blogger. He even appeared in newspaper,buletin utama TV3 and now he's nominated in Digi WWWOW Awards - Blogger of the year. So if you kind enough please click this link and vote for him :)

Vote for Digi Awards Eqbal Zack Blogger of the year :)

Thank you very much for your help ! :)

p/s:Cikgu EQ tq for teaching me physics. Because of you maybe I'll be not offered studying engineering UIA.
I have the spirit and passion to study physics because of your techniques. hihi.

From Shah Alam with Love

         Helloooooooooo, dear readers!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! I t has been a long time since I last posted here.. Whoa.. I think it has been more than a month.. So, did you miss me? hahaha.. You don't have to answer that.. Hehehehe~ So what have I been doing all this time.. Well, I came back to UiTM and I was pretty busy with all the assignments and presentation.. Urgh!! Yesterday was my first presentations in months... I haven't done any presentations after I finished my foundation in Tesl.. So, yesterday was my first presentation in seven or maybe eight months.. WOW!!!! Imagine how nervous I was.. I was so nervous... bu I tried my best.. I did okay, I guess.. still my nrvousness showed.. OH MY GOD!! I wish I had done better.. Why oh why? I wish I'm one those Teslians (what we call tesl students) who are outspoken and are just so good at speaking infront of people.. Waaaaaaaa!! So many challenges.. I need to improve my english.. While I was presenting infront of the class yesterday, I kept repeating the same thing.. I should atleast try to explain in a different way.. *sigh* I need help.. Hehehehe~ I hope that I can speak infront of a crowd without feeling nervous.. Please pray for me.. Thank you.. Peace out! (^_^)v

From Shah Alam with love,

Farah Munirah a.k.a Mun/Famun/Famunrojo

                                                                                                                                                           

        

      OMG!!!! I'm going back to UiTM this Wednesday. This degree thing is scaring me. Waaaaa!! Am I ready? Huhuhu... I'm so scared and nervous and I might be more terrified because of this one person. Sigh. Making new friends?? Well, I'm not good at that. I hope I survive this time. Wish me luck!

Status: Nervous and scared... (and hungry.. please feed me.. kekekeke)


      Aaaanywayyyy... Before going back, I'm planning to finish watching Warrior Baek Dong soo.. I almost finished episode 8. Hehehehe.. 8 more episodes to go! That drama is great. I love it! You guys should check it out. It's AWESOME!!! Hmmm.. and maybe.. just maybe.. I could finish watching Heartstring too.. Though I think Heartstring is kinda boring.. But I already watched it 'till episode 11.. Why not just finish it, right? There's only 5 episodes left, anyway.


     Aaaarghhh!!! i'm still nervous and scared!!! WAAAAAA!!!! HELP!!!


Edit: Wait!! This just in.. I just found out that Warrior Baek Dong Soo didn't have 16 episodes!!! WHAT??? I don't really kno how many episodes there are.. Hope it's not over 20..
Source: picture- weheartit.com

If I Never Met Her Part Two (Repost)

 Characters:

Gu Hara as Gu Soo Yun

Choi Minho as Kim Hyun Su

Lee Taemin

as 

Kim Junsu

The story:

'Hyung, don't you think you've been spending too much time with her?', asked Junsu. His face looked concerned and worried.

     'What?', I said. 'Too much time?. I don't think it's even enough'.

     'You've really fallen for her, huh?'. Junsu smiled at me.

     ' Maybe'

     'But don't you think it's kinda suspicious how she always try to change the subject when we ask her why she's here?'.

     I thought about how she would always change the subject whenever I asked her about this. It did seem very strange now that Junsu had brought it up.

     'Well, maybe she just doesn't feel like talking about it', I replied.

                                                                

***

     One night, as I was sleeping peacefully and without a care in the world, I became furious when Soo Yun interrupted my sleep but I quickly calmed down.She told me that she wanted to sneak out of the hospital with me and go down town to have some ice-cream. If she had said this to me two weeks ago, I would have probably thought that she was crazy. I mean, who in the right mind would be selling ice-cream at this time of night? Knowing her now, I got used to her crazy and wacky ideas. Without hesitating, I immediately agreed to sneak out. We got dressed and began putting our mischievous plan in action. 

      I didn't know how we did it but we successfully got out of the hospital without being seen.

I know. Amazing, right? We laughed uncontrollably as we walked down the street. It was nice getting out of the hospital for once and smell the air. I was glad that I agreed to sneak out of the hospital with Soo Yun but I was still puzzled by the idea of getting some ice-cream at this time of night. It was almost midnight! I mentioned this to her as we walked but she didn't answer me and laughed as if I had just told her a hilarious joke. Then she pointed up ahead. I could see not believe my eyes! There was an ice-cream shop up ahead an it was still open. Soo Yun laughed and said, "Why are you so surprised? Ice-cream shops usually stay open until midnight, you know. Where have you been all your life?". 

      We ordered two chocolate ice-cream with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate chips on them. Yum! My favourite. And apparently, Soo Yun's too. We sat on a bench at a nearby park and enjoyed our ice-cream. It was a beautiful night. The stars were shinning brightly and the moon's glow illuminated the night. It was certainly a beautiful sight! Soo Yun asked me when was my birthday. I told her that it was on sixtieth of September. 

       'No way!', she shrieked. 'Mine is a week after yours! September twenty fourth'. She shrieked again in excitement. She seemed so excited. I could see the sparkle in her eyes. I couldn't help myself from smiling as I watched Soo Yun clapping her hands gleefully. 

       'Wait a minute!', she shouted. 'Tomorrow is September sixtieth. What time is it?'. I stared at her, puzzled. She gave me an impatient look and grabbed my right hand. Luckily, I was wearing my watch that night. 

        'One minute 'till midnight! Come on, let's count together'

        As the clock or should I say my wrist watch, stroke midnight, Soo Yun shouted, 'Happy Birthday, Hyun Su-ah!'. Then she put her hand in the pocket of her jacket and to my amazement, pulled out a camera.

        'You brought a camera?' I asked her. She smiled and pulled me close to her. My heart jumped. I don't know why but I suddenly felt a bit nervous. 

        'Of course', she said coolly. 'I want to record this special moment. Now smile for the camera!'

        I found out later that she already knew when my birthday was. That was why she wanted to sneak out so late at night. It was to celebrate my birthday.

            

***

         A few days later, I checked out of the hospital. Soo Yun was saddened by my departure. She wanted to spend more time with me but she cheered up when I promised her that I would come to the hospital to celebrate her birthday. I had it all planned. We were going to have a picnic in the park where we had chocolate ice-cream together on the night we sneaked out of the hospital. Then I was going to surprise her with a silver heart-shaped locket that I customised specially for her. I put a picture of her and I in the locket and engraved our initials at the back. The locket was supposed to symbolise our new friendship. Then before her birthday ends. I was going to tell her that I love her. But unfortunately, I never got to and she never got the locket.

        It happened on her birthday. I thought hat I would surprise her by coming to the hospital early in the morning and make her breakfast in the kitchen with Key. As I walked down the hall smiling to myself, thinking how happy Soo Yun would be when I gave her the locket, a group of nurses and a doctor rushed pass me. Panic shown on their faces. I watched them carefully. Then a nurse shouted, 'A patient is unstable at ward 128!'.

        I froze. Ward 128? Soo Yun! I ran as fast as I could. Tears were streaming down my face as I ran. There was an uneasy feeling in my heart. For some reason I felt like I was going to loose Soo Yun. I ran faster at the thought of loosing her. My legs were practically screaming in pain and my lungs were bursting, demanding for air but I didn't stop. I couldn't. I had to get to Soo Yun as fast as I could. I need to see if she was okay. Oh, God, please make her be okay.

        I finally reached her ward and without hesitation, I quickly opened the door. There were a few nurses standing by Michelle's bed. Their faces were grim and dark which made me panic. I looked around and saw a woman sitting on a chair beside Soo Yun's bed. She as crying hysterically with her face buried in her hands. Then I saw Soo Yun, lying lifeless on her bed. She looked as beautiful as ever as the sun's rays from outside the window illuminate her pale face.

         'Time of death, nine a.m', said the doctor, looking at his watch.

         I lost my best friend that day. She was not just a friend. She was my family. And she was the first girl I ever loved. I will never be the same without her. Never.

***

          I opened my eyes and realised that I as still in the graveyard. The sky was pitched black now. I probably had been sitting here for hours. I noticed that my face was wet with tears. I was crying. I iped them dry with the sleeves of my jacket. I noticed that there was someone standing in front of me. I looked up and saw her. Her beautiful face illuminated in the moon's faint glow. Soo Yun? Is that you?

          She was smiling at me but I could see that she looked different. She looked much older and her eyes did not sparkle like Soo Yun's did. She was not Soo Yun. 

          'You must be Hyun Su,' the stranger said. 'I'm Soo Yun's mother'

          'Oh..,' I said and quickly stood up and bowed. 'Annyonghasaeyo'

          'Soo Yun told me all about you. Before she died...'

          Soo Yun's mother paused a moment, fighting back tears and continued, 'She wanted to give you this'.

Then she pulled out a small rectangular box and handed it to me. 

          'I'm sorry, I have to go', she said before bursting into tears. As she walked away, she shouted softly, 'It was nice meeting you!'.

          ' Nice meeting you too!', I shouted back. I looked at the box in my hands. I t was blue in colour which was my favourite colour, and was tied up with a red laced ribbon. There was a card slipped under the ribbon. I took it out and read it. I recognised Soo Yun's handwriting immediately. On the card, she wrote:

  Dear Hyun Su,

     I made this myself. I hope you like it. I know it's a bit too late for presents but I really wanted to give you a birthday present. Happy Birthday, Hyun Su-ah!

 P.S: I had to stay up late making this present so you better like it. And there's someting I always wanted to   tell you. I don't know why but I a lways get the butterflies when you're near me. I guess I'm falling in love with you. Hehehe...

                                                                                                                                             XOXOXO,

Gu Soo Yun

                                                                                                                                             

     I smiled. Although she didn't say much in her card but every word meant the world to me. I untied the ribbon and opened the box. It was a hand-made picture frame with sparkly glitters and rhinestones glued on it. Inside the frame was a picture of Soo Yun and me which we took at the park the other night. Suddenly, my eyes were filled with tears. i didn't try to hold them back this time. I just stood there and cried.

     I stared at Soo Yun's gravestone once again and for a moment, the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. For a moment, all my cares were gone. For  moment, I stopped crying. For a moment, my heart stopped crying.

      If I had never met Soo Yun, I would have never known what it was like to have a friend. If I had never met Soo Yun, I would not have been who I am now. If I had never met Soo Yun, My heart would have not ached this much. I stood by her grave and whispered 'I love you too... Sarang hae..'

     

If I Never Met Her Part One (Repost)

     I wrote this story a long time ago.. I posted this on this blog before but at that time I didn't have so many followers like I do now so I thought maybe I should repost this and share it with my new followers.. Heeee~ Hope you guys like it. Enjoy~

Characters:

 Gu Hara

as

Gu Soo Yun

Choi Minho

as

Kim Hyun Su

Lee Taemin

as 

Kim Junsu

Key (Kim Kibum)

as 

Chef Key

The Story:

        The sky was the colour of yellowish orange as I stood by her grave. There was a sudden chill running down my spine. I was not sure whether it is because of the cold evening breeze or the fact that I was standing in the middle of a graveyard with rotting corpses buried in the ground and their souls hunting the graves in my presence. The thought of dead corpses and vengeful spirits did not bother me at all. I was in my own world now, trapped inside my own innermost thoughts and emotions.

        I stood staring at her gravestone, wishing that this as all just a horrible nightmare and that I would wake up and find her smiling at me mischievously. I smiled at the thought of her. Realising that I was still standing by her grave, I sigh. I still could not believe it. It was all too overwhelming for me to handle. It almost felt like I just met her yesterday and in a blink of an eye, she was gone. Gone forever and never coming back. Never.

       I gazed at her name, Michelle Johnson, that was engraved on her gravestone. Trying to hold back tears and with much failure, I sat down on the cold, hard grass and leaned against Michelle's gravestone. Tears were streaming down my face. I did not bother to wipe them dry even though the salty liquid felt cold as ice on my skin. I sat staring at the setting sun. The sky was getting darker and the clouds were a hint of grey and orange. For a moment, I felt as if the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. For a moment, I felt as if all my worries has fade away. For a moment, my heart stopped aching. 

       I closed my eyes as the wind blew on my face, slowly drying all my tears. Its breeze felt cold but welcoming. Suddenly, I had a flashback. Images of the past were replaying in my mind and in my wake, I was taken back to the day where it all started. Back to where I first met her- my first love.

       

***

        'Hyung, don't you think you're going to fast?', asked my younger brother, Junsu. His face looked worried  and concerned as he drove his car next to mine, trying to persuade me to stop. 

        I shrugged and said coolly, 'Junsu-ah, let me tell you something. There is no such thing as "too fast" in racing'. I hit the gas and said, 'See you at the finish line, little brother'. I looked at the rear-view mirror and saw that Junsu's car was far behind. I smirked as Justin's red sports car vanished from view. I was winning!

        Suddenly, the car hit something hard and lost control. Panicking, I immediately hit the break but the car would not stop since it was going too fast. I couldn't jump out because the car was taking up speed. I probably wouldn't make it alive if I jumped out. The car was spinning uncontrollably now. I panicked. I couldn't do anything to save myself. Everything was beyond my control. I was dead for sure.

        It all happened too fast. I saw my life flashed right in front of my eyes as the car crashed into a tree. Pain shot up my head. I could feel some sort of warm liquid running down my forehead. Could it be blood? I tried to move but my whole body was in great pain. Every inch of my body was aching. I could barely move a muscle. I opened my eyes and looked around me. Everything was blurry and unclear. My eyelids felt so heavy that I could barely keep them open. Then I heard the sound of a car pulling over. Junsu? Sounds of footsteps and Junsu's panicked voice came nearer. I could hear Junsu calling my name and asking me if I was alright. Then everything became pitch black.

       I woke up with a nasty bump in my head. I looked around and saw that I was in a room which looked like a ward. Am I in a hospital? I tried to remember what happened and images of the accident played in my mind. So I made out alive, I thought to myself. I looked at my body to see if anything was badly injured. There was a cast on my left arm. It must have been broken during the accident. I noticed something written on the cast. 'Get well soon. Love, Junsu'. I smiled. He must have been really worried. I felt a little guilty and regret for not listening to him earlier. If I had listened to him, none of this would have happened. I continued reading the messages on the cast. There was another message next to Junsu's. It was written in pink ink. 'Hi, I'm your new roommate! Nice to meet you. Hope that we can be close friends from now on. XOXOXO Gu Soo Yun'. Who the heck is Gu Soo Yun? As I was puzzled by the strange and somewhat rather annoying message, a voice beside me said, 'Did you like my message, Hyun Su?'.

      I turned to look who as the person the voice belonged to and was surprised to find a girl about my age with flowing dark hair and sparkly brown eyes smiling at me mischievously. She was indeed the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and yet in a way she looked a bit strange. Looking at her smile somehow made my heart beat faster. I did not return her smile. Instead, I gave her a cold look which I am certain can make any human's skin crawl. She did not seem to be disturbed nor terrified by my cold expression which was odd because most people do. Instead, she just shrugged and smirked, obviously, mocking my coldness. I was taken aback by her response. 

     I glared at her with crossed arms and said rudely, 'And who are you supposed to be? My personal nurse?' She looked offended by my rude remark and forced a genuine smile. 

     'No,' she said. 'I'm a patient like you. I'm kind of like your room mate since we're in the same ward. Don't worry, Hyun-Su ah'.     

     Although she tried to hide it, I could see that she as very annoyed and irritated by my rude behaviour. Feeling a little guilty, I apologised for my impolite behaviour. I was actually quite surprised of myself since I have never apologised to anyone before except my younger brother, Junsu. I have never even apologised to my parents. Ever!

     She smiled at me and took my right hand and rushed me out of the room. I realised that the room was quite big and the furniture looked expensive. This must be the first class ward, I thought to myself. My parents must have arranged this. There was no doubt about it but why was it that they didn't put me in a private ward? Why am I forced to be in the same room with this girl? Wait. Why is it that a girl and a guy are even sharing the same room to start with? Oh whatever. I had enough problems to worry about. I wonder if omma and appa had even visited me yet. I sighed at the thought of them. I was in a hospital with a broken arm and a crazy girl in front of me taking me to God knows where and my parents were no where in sight!  

    They were probably too busy managing their stupid company to even bother come and visit their son. I was not hurt at all by my parents actions. To be honest, I got used to it. 

    'Where are you taking me?', I asked, demanding for an explanation. She didn't answer me and kept walking. She led me to the hospital's kitchen. Finally, she let go of my hand. The kitchen was crowded with people. No one even bothered to look at us or even noticed the fact that there were two patients in the hospital's kitchen. They were too busy doing their cooking and washing dishes to even care. The delicious aroma of the food they were cooking diffused into the air and into my nostril. My stomach growled viciously reminding me that I haven't eaten since I woke up.

    Noticing this, Soo Yun laughed and ordered us two plates of eggs and toast. I smiled sheepishly in embarrassment and said, 'You know, this is not a restaurant where you can order food as you like'.

    'Well, to me it is', she said and gestured me to sit next to her at a table near where we were standing.

    While waiting for our breakfast, we talked and got to know one another. Apparently, Soo Yun was friends with the head cook and everyone else in the hospital. She told me that she has been staying at the hospital for a long time. The hospital was practically her home. Unlike most people, she loves living in the hospital. I found this both interesting and strange at the same time. I asked her why she got in the hospital in the first place- what kind of sickness does she have. She didn't answer me. I noticed that she would always change the topic whenever I brought it up. I thought it was rather strange at first but after a while I stopped asking. I guessed it was very private to her and I didn't want to invade her privacy. I found out that she was also from a rich and wealthy family and apparently our parents were going to work together on a big project.

I knew there were something fishy about me having to share a room with another patient and not having a private ward.

     As we were deep in conversation, the head cook interrupted us. I found out later that his name was Chef Key. Chef Key smiled at us and said, 'Breakfast is served!'. Soo Yun and I smiled at each other and ate our breakfast. 

     That was the start of a beautiful friendship.

 ***

      It has been almost to weeks since I first checked in the hospital. Soo Yun and I became closer with each passing day. We spent every waking moment together. We would eat together, play games together, make fun of nurses' uniform, make prank phone calls and e even tried unsuccessfully to cook our own meals in the kitchen. Save to say, we practically did everything together.We were inseparable. We spent

so much time together that my brother was beginning to get a bit annoyed by us. Well, who could blame me? This was the first time I ever made a friend. A real friend.

     Growing up in a rich family, I didn't make any friends. Real friends that is. It was't that people didn't try to be my friends. It was just that many people only wanted to be my friends because I came from a wealthy family so I pushed them away. I was a bit overwhelmed when Soo Yun became my friend. My best friend. We become so close that my brother came to visit me one day and had a talk with me. Soo Yun was not in the room since she went to the kitchen to visit Chef Key. 

     'Hyung, don't you think you've been spending too much time with her?', asked Junsu. His face looked concerned and worried.

     'What?', I said. 'Too much time?. I don't think it's even enough'.

     'You've really fallen for her, huh?'. Junsu smiled at me.

     ' Maybe'

To be continued.....