An apple and the cinnamoN: December 2012

I’ll be going to Manipal soon! Wee~ Atiq n Ninie, here I come syg! This will be the first time I go to Manipal.

*pictures are coming up!!*

We waited for the bus near the ‘Ramluv’ Hotel. I could not wait to ride the sleeper coach bus! So, after walking for quite a distance, meeting some doggies, crossing the hectic road, Alhamdulillah, we finally settled down in the bus at around 8.30pm (which is supposed to depart at 7.30pm). Pity on Nik Khaidir, he had fever so he could not go for this Lagenda.

Due to the Khaidir’s condition, we got extra sleeper. Ain chose to be on the single bed so I got the chance to stay on the double bed ALONE! Haha…I felt like I was staying in a bungalow! After the bus moved, i performed the Isyak prayer. I thought of Solat Witir but, my head was spinning around and I had cold sweat so badly. Thus I decided to lie down.

It was an adventurous, long 10 hours++ journey to Manipal, a new environment, a new excitement.

As the bus stopped by some stations, I woke up. Nearly to arrive, I decided to take a few meaningful glimpse to my CNS note….huh…I had brought them all the way to Manipal, so I got no choice except to at least have a few glance on them, rite? So, I read a few pages of Spinal Cord slides. Just a few….haha…

We arrived at the Tiger Circle at around 6.10am. We quickly grabbed an auto and headed to the New International Hostel. I called Ninie to pick us up. She told us that she wanted to ‘seludup’ us at first, knowing that the guards were a bit strict. But Alhamdulillah, without Ninie, we managed to ‘escape’ from the guards. Such a sweet escape, Belgaumies!!! I met my lovely Ninie at the lobby and later we headed to her room.

Ninie owns such a sweet, cute room. She loves to cook J I waited for my cutey Atiq to come, and soon…. Tada!!! She appeared! I was indescribably happy and touched that I felt like I was having a reunion with my KMBian girls! Oh ya, Ain Zaffira was there with all of us J I immediately perform Subuh prayer and prepared myself for the 7.30am match!

*thank u so much for the awesome breakfast, roti jala n super pinky comforter! Haha… n thx Atiq for ironing my cloth!!!

I booked an auto, thinking that the auto that was supposed to come failed to do so. But as the autos called by Atiq arrived, I offered the auto to a sister nearby…

“Akak, akk tgah tunggu auto ke?”

“Aah.”

“Oh,akk amek lah auto ni. Saya tertahan auto ni.”

“Eh.tak. akk tgah tunggu suami akk.”

“….Suuuuaamiii…oh..ok..sori2.”

Gulp. ‘Suami’? (Husband) Haha..such an unfamiliar word to be heard in Belgaum, but so familiar in Manipal, they say.

Ok, after we got surprised by the magic word ‘suami’ (husband), we headed to the court. We thought that we were already late but actually, *krikkk, krikkk*

At the Nehru Court, there were only four of us and four dogs. We stared at the dogs, and the dogs also stared at us. Haha…

I found out that the ring of the basket was a bit different compared to usual one. And even the court measurement is not according to standard. We realised that we gotta work harder.

In the afternoon, Ninie kindly invited us to have our lunch at the Medan Selera, an Indian restaurant that serves Malay food. This was the first time I ate the fish!!!!!! Subhanallah. It was simply, AMAZING! Nyum3 J

*we also had oyster n honey chicken n my fevret, kuew tiaw!!!!!!!! Walla~

After that we headed to the library and the campus shop. Well, the library is huge but unfortunately public could not enter.

At 4pm, we experienced an adventurous 30minutes journey to the hanging bridge. It was situated at outskirt of Manipal. We crossed the hanging bridge and later we rode the ‘sampan’. This was again my first time having a ride on the ‘sampan’!

*I touched the water… Tenang…aman damai. Subhanallah. Tenangkanlah hatiku sebagaimana tenangnya sungai ni…

*dah macam ala2 Venice kan? :)

After that, we headed to Frutz, an ice-cream shop. I bought this ice-cream… Rupee 85= Choco chip + musk melon in cone! So huge!

*See? The choco chips are ‘gedabak’!

It was time to go home. Tiara joined us at the Snack Shake near the Tiger Circle. We had a marvellous dinner there. Thanks Atiq sweetheart for your kindly treat! There was a lovely dish there named ‘potato lovers’… must try if u are in manipal, ok?

I was waiting for the bus no.29 to arrive. I was about to go inside the bus, I gave a farewll hug to Atiq, and I cried. At last, I cried. I hugged Ninie, then Tiara….and I kept on crying. They knew the reason I cried. In the midst of the hectic studies, I definitely need a warm hug from someone. I was so grateful that Allah had given me the chance to have friends like Atiq, Ninie and Tiara.

Tiara said, “Ayush, you can do everything, You are going to make it.”

As I was in the bus, she texted me,

“Ayush, u gonna be just fine ok. Jgn risau. Sleep well!”

Tears rolling down…

On my way to Belgaum, we passed a lot of Belgaum’s morning haze! So cold!

I did not aim for a win in this Lagenda, but I do hope for self-progress. Well, after the game, these were what I learned…

*As a team:

1) Should practice MORE!

2) Passing

3) Grab our ball tightly

4) Find the free space away from our opponents

5) take care of our ‘diamond’

*As for myself:

1) Be MORE CONFIDENT while doing fast break, control the speed n just shoot!

2) Just try the 3-pointer or rebound!!!!! (should be more risk-taker sayang!)

I realised that honestly, my tawakal to Allah was less on that day. This was one of my mistakes. Because in everything that we do, we have to put tawakal to Allah. We only strive, but all the tawakal goes to Allah.