truly touched

i've never cried so hard in my life before... okay, so that's a bit of an exageration. lemme complete the sentence. i've never cried so hard in my life before while reading a story book. i was on the third part of Dave Pelzer's MY STORY. the part about his adult life compared to the abusive childhood that he received.

i was feeling down yesterday after losing miserably in a scrabble match representing my batch with four others. i was the only one who got last place. two of them won and will proceed to the finals tonight. i lost becuse i was fated to pick out the relatively rare letters found in words like Q, W, Y, X. what's mored disheartening is the fact that i was IGNORANT of the word QUAY. i had all the letters but i had never heard of the word before. it could have been my winning streak. i felt so bad and STUPID for not knowing it since i asked some friends who said that the word was common knowledge. ape la Awla ni..

well, after that charade, feeling quite depressed, i just couldn't put myself into revising the day's lectures anymore that i resorted to finishing the third and last part of the trilogy. the first part i'd read on the bus ride home, the 2nd at home burning the midnight oil and now the third one. Many had said that the third part was quite mundane in comparison to the first two but i have to contradict them. i kept on reading till 4am. i couldn't put it down. there were parts where i was so emotionally touched that i cried my heart out having to put the book down just long enough to obtain a tissue to wipe my runny nose. i was crying compulsively, with my heart going out for david. he went through so many obstacles yet he never quit and was determined to go on living. knowing how child abuse affects ones life, he went on to help others.

one can learn so much from this book. i am definitely going to buy the book, unless, kakyung, u wanna buy it for me =) ( i'd borrowed the book from sibah. rm49.90 for three books is undoubtedly a bargain)

having slept so late and feeling tired to bits, i had to forego my plans of fasting for today since i knew only coffee would sustain me for the rest of the day. i just could not afford to sleep in class anymore than i already have.

alhamdulillah i'm still wide awake. maybe i'll qadha' my sleep this evening.

gtg, i have to rush for a seminar on dieting by my classmates at 2.00pm.