salam people!

i am still one sick female. and for once its not tonsillitis.

apparently there's a lot of phlegm and its blocking my respiratory system all over. if its not the chest, its the nose. so i have to regulate my breathing respectively. its been some time since i last caught a cold, so it was quite difficult to adjust. i mean, if its tonsillitis, all i have to do is dig into a tub of ice-cream! and i can psycho the brothers to never touch the ice-cream, meaning i have it all to myself! yeah. and the psycho-ing usually fails. blah. what do two little boys about getting infected? all the better for them - no school!

and being one stubborn girl, despite being #@%@#^%@ sick and having TWO papers to prepare for the next day,i headed for tampines mall yesterday for the RYC 2006 Launch. RYC = Ramadhan Youth Challenge. as usual, with the advantage of the concession fare rate, went there by 969 with the guys. who said that girls are always late! i waited for those heroes for nearly 1/2 hour - basket! and uztaz fairuz kept texting me to remind me that we need to be there by 10am. yeah right. we boarded the bus at 0945. star karat you!

we got freebies! well, one freebie - a cool looking long-sleeved tshirt with a sticker at the back which i jakunly tried to peel off. being the ever so slenger me, together with aisyah n aini, we decided to just wear the garment OVER our existing clothes. BIG MISTAKE! i was suffocating half the time under the heat. plus my already phlegm-blocked system. gaaaaah! and we still had to head down to BUGIS for street dakwah. had to hand out tiny booklets in attempt to raise awareness for the upcoming ramadhan month. i just have to say that i was lucky to have great company to survive the ordeal. Alhamdulillah. Thank YOU for blessing me with fantastic people.

the performance part of the launch was attractive so to speak. it was definitely arranged in an attempt to attract youths - which group of youths? hmmm.. honestly, felt quite out of place then. i loved it went the uztaz-s went on stage and sang. gaaaah. they were good. so went around mingling with the boys and people from MDM. met quite a few old friends, and started to bring up the past. sufyan nearly choked on his drink when i went up to him and said hi! gosh - the impact i had. he just stood there dumbfounded and stared at me for a good minute before regaining composure and answered my salam.

Sufyan: siollah. who are you and what have you done to my friend?!
Atikah: *laughing* i kidnapped her and sent her to outer space. she was a threat to world peace.
Sufyan: memang sah kau atikah! tak habis-habis dengan merepek kau! siollah, kau dah berubah siol.
Atikah: Alhamdulillah. bolehlah jugak.
Sufyan: sumpah siol. dulu kau nak pakai tudung pun susah, apa lagi nak datang event2 macam gini. wah, power ar. minah basket dah taubat seh. yes! there's still hope for the rest of them. oh btw, kau dah kurus siol!

sempat dia puji aku. heh. yes, he is one of the few people that calls me minah basket. dont ask me where it came from. it was those times when i was still leading a wayward lifestyle. and note his vocabulary. tsk tsk. it was a pleasant experience, meeting friends that have long ceased to cross each others paths. and of course, the meeting of new people that share the same faith. i fell in love with my facilitators - fadzillah and roqayah. they're people of substance. makes good company, without a doubt. and i was officially the underage girl of the day. the guys choked when the register guy said i needed to fill in an extra form for the underaged. baaaah. pecah rahsia aku. abang, saya pun nak belon!!! heh.

its late. i should go sleep.

love,

atikah