Last night I had a chat with Didie. Didie complained that some juniors think she is a snobbish and an awfully garang senior. She said, they just judge her through her physical look. Well, I don't agree with them at all. I know this lady since the first day she landed in the States. Erm, that didn't sound quite right. I know her since a few days before she left M'sia for Penn State. At that time her family was quite worried because she had dengue fever. And later, when she arrived, I still remember her sick face when she was stranded in Philadelphia International Airport.

So here I attached some photos of her while I was there.





I must say that she is among the most hearty juniors I have while I was in Penn State though. She and Mahirah baked brownies for my birthday. She came to me when she had problems with Awie (actually that's how they two got together..heheheh). That I can remember clearly. Some people say that our face look alike. Okay, I really doubt on that one though!




See, if you want to know people, you've got to go beyond taking a glance on them. Make friends with them. Ask them questions about themselves, about their families and about their friends. Who knows, you could be in the same crowd or in the same circle of friends. Besides, this world is too small for another fight. No?

I guess it is okay to say it here. I realize that my juniors in PSU are growing mature and becoming more sophisticated. However, through my eyes, I still view them as 19 year old juniors because that was when I first met them. During that time, they asked me a lot for direction and guides to adapt in college life. Of course, I felt more than welcome to be their guide, be their senior and most important of all, be their abang. I felt it was like a responsibility for me to care and to nurture them. Yup I know, not many of them got really close to me after they reach sophomore year but a few still maintain such relationship.



So my attitudes towards them are still maintained even up till today. I still want to know what's going on in their life. How's the life has been treating them in the States. Who is the new person in their life. How's the family in M'sia. We often share those things back in Penn State because it was such a small community back then.

That is why I keep communicating with them even until today. The memory spent together cannot be easily removed. Eventhough the time still continues and the age is still rising, for me, they are still 19 year old. And I like to keep it that way. :)