It was supposed to be a break. But I guess getting away from studies for 7 months sounds more like a holiday away from the responsibilities of the world. Well, you can call it one sweet holiday. don't get the wrong idea though. I didn't just laze around but did lots of stuff that I've always wanted to do.
As I've posted before in this blog, I worked in a car workshop for a month and in the process learned a lot about cars. I didn't manage to learn everything but just some important things about cars. It also increased my hands-on skill by ten folds. More importantly, I learned that in the same field, there can be people with totally opposite characteristics (as in my first compared to my second experience).
I managed to read many books during the 7 months as well. I don't know why but there were quite a number of book fairs last year. So, I managed to get my hands on the Twilight Saga books together with quite a number of books by famous and not-so-famous authors. Since I was busy with SPM last year, I knew I had to use to the time after SPM to read all the books. Well, I read everything except for the odd sequal books that my mum accidentally bought.
After I stopped watching it in Form 3, I never thought that I would start watching Naruto episodes again. I had already watched all the Naruto episodes but I was way behind in the Naruto Shippuden episodes (when Naruto, the main character, grows up). Since I knew that I was going to have a lot of time during the holidays, I decided to watch the episodes. And currently, I'm just 10 episodes away from the latest episode which is episode 269.
I even managed to hone my cooking skills. I managed to learn how to make pizza. Well, I started off with using bread slices as the base. First, I tried with just mozzarella cheese. Then, I slowly added tomato puree, sliced sausages, mushrooms and onion. I only didn't have the chance to use dough as the base. I even managed to learn how to bake a cake. I baked my first cake-with my mum's help-on Father's Day.
During that time, I also watched many movies. And since I have Astro Beyond and PVR at home, I just recorded the movies which were played during unsuitable times and watched it when I was free. Treasure Island, The 4 old Batman movies, Lord Of The Rings trilogy, The 7th Harry Potter movie and the list goes on and on.
Towards the end of the holiday, I embarked on a new project. I had decided to build my own hurdles, like the ones I used in training. After some online research, I got the measurements and started to draw a sketch of what I was going to build. Then, I bought the PVC pipes and started working. It took me more than a week to build 10 hurdles. It could've taken less time if it wasn't for certain delays. I was totally satisfied with my work once the 'project' was completed.
If there's one thing I regretted during the holiday, I would have to say running. The only thing I had planned to do after my SPM examinations was to train hard. But because of my injury (adductor tendonitis), that was the only thing I couldn't do. Even now, my right adductors are in the process of healing but it has gotten a lot better than last time. Sadly, cycling just didn't satisfy my lust for extreme and aggressive sports.
I might have not be able to run and therefore not been able to have maximum fun, but I'm grateful enough that I did have some fun at least.I learned quite a number of diverse skills which I think will be important in the future. And now, my holiday has come to an end and it's time for me to embark on a new journey in life......
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