Amazing You: week 40 | TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY (28 Sept

Nish Halim

Settling down with the new home & nasi lemak celebration. Alhamdulilah!

Izlynne

Today was a good day for ibu. Ibu was very happy because she made her friends happy. Ibu also made new friends and ibu met her AmazingYouProject team members for the first time and ibu is still reminiscing about it.

Today was a good day for Hope and Strength. Well, it was announced that school is off for two days.

Today, might not be such a good day for my Faith. He was the last person to get the notice that school is off. Well, it does show on his face.

Imagine the script going through his head, "Tomorrow is Monday but I can't have ibu all to myself? Why? Why? I thought Monday is school day?"

Anyhow, today was a good day.

Chech

You and books are separable. Yes, separable. Unless you want to push the bedtime. You are more synonym with all sorts of art, as well as, of course, Lego. Like daddy, you are also into movies. Which was how you met Greg, the wimpy kid.

I was not ecstatic about the character initially. Mischievous, sarcastic, and well, wimpy. Not a role-model material. It was better for me to put myself in your shoes though. Looking back at a seven-year-old Chech, I had to chuckle. Among other things, I was crazy about Transformers, Jam, ThunderCats, Ultraman, and even Kesatria Baja Hitam!

Imagine my parents' concerns then. It has been natural for humans to notice the surface first and foremost. Therefore, they, like all adults, who did not prefer to spend their time in front of the television for the aforementioned children's series, merely saw the violent Transformers, the sexy Jam, the illogical ThunderCats, the ridiculous Ultraman, and the even more ridiculous Kesatria Baja Hitam. At first.

After a while, my parents started to see beyond the surface. The fact that Transformers taught me about creativity. Jam, originality. ThunderCats, adventures. Ultraman, fun. Kesatria Baja Hitam, the feel good factors.

What has Greg introduced to Khalish? Aside from the importance of being true to yourself, he has found the reader in you. I did read the first 25 pages the way it often was, but you continued to read the next 50 pages on your own. Little by little, you are conquering your first novel.

Books and you are still separable. Yet, I love it that both of you are now closer. Thanks to the so-called mischievous, sarcastic, and well, wimpy kid. Today was a good discovery.