Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Now that you're Home...

It is really not easy..being away from home. But some of us just don't have a choice. We either have to pursue our education in another state, or abroad...or there's just no job in the hometown.
For Malaysians, it's holiday time now. We'll be celebrating Chinese New Year (GONG XI FA CAI to our Chinese friends), schools will be closed for a while, and some universities are having their semester break. In other words, it's time to sit at home and enjoy every minute with our beloved family.

ooops...There are tests after the holidays. Well, what does this entail? Yuppp! Time management so that there's a more balanced planning between fun and studies.

Whatever happens, home is just the place we want to be right now...

Hmmm...what makes home so special?

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Home sweet home.

Hehe^^.

im ^_^ said...

H.O.M.E...
just drop here to share my experience :)
Talking about my own home...
I close my eyes...
I can see my mama and abah...
My siblings and of course my room..
Well...this is my first experience staying far from them....
It's totally hard...
Imagine in mind...
When i came back home from classes...
My mama wasn't here to hug me like before...
It's so sad...
Then i started to cry like a little baby...
But now....I just feel more confident because i can take care of myself...
Knowing that i can survive on my own...
It's really challenging and completely unpredictable....
I've learned how to supervise my own house...My own room...
Doing the housework by myself...
It's really great...
The bottom line is...
Staying away far from our own home is totally great...
Initially...we'll feel painful...But then...
Who knows.....
^_^ naimah a.k.a im

Dr. Zue said...

Hi im. That's a very nice and meaningful poem. congratz:)...It's what we call 'blessing in disguise', perhaps. Staying away from our lovely family means we have to be more responsible and independent.

Hmmm...most importantly, when you reach home, be the first to give them the hugs and kisses! Isn't that what you miss? Have a good holiday and spend 'top quality time' at home okay..

im ^_^ said...

^_^ Puan Zue....
ThankS a Lot for responding my comment...
I miSs my mOm tOo much right nOw...
i am sure all mothers worry about their children if they are not with them...
to all my friends....
we have to take care of ouselves..
no matter where we are...
u wanna know something??
i think...
the best place ever in this planet is my family's home...
even it's not a super duper home...
but i feel more safe and calm there beside my family who loves me...
*love your home & family

T_T I WANNA GO HOME!!

^_^ iM

Dr. Zue said...

hi im. i know how it feels to miss home. well, i finally went back to my home - hometown last weekend, after so many missing months..come to think of it, do i have to be busier than a businesswoman??? I can't imagine how tedious my life has been all this while..huh!

When I was your age, I always thought that I could easily go home when I started working - you know, when you can afford a car..etc...but work entails its very own vicious schedules and responsibilities.

I'm lucky I now have a very loving home which I can come back to everyday, here, with a very loving and supportive husband and three wonderful children. Both my mom and dad have passed away;as much as I miss them so very much, they have been given a new home...till eternity.

Now, we live in reality and home in today's world will have to be reached sometimes by technological gadgets..or we'll suffer missing its safety and comfort...ya..im..call home now:)

im ^_^ said...

GOD!!!
i can't imagine how does it feels when we lost our parents....
but i am certainly sure that it is very terrible right, Puan Zue....
i am so happy to hear about your family....
live will be more beautiful if we have our own homes and families...
at least we have someone who cares about us....
someone who can cry with u....
laugh with u...
watching tv with...
have dinner with....
washing cars with....
i miss the time when my parents asked me to take care of my little brothers n sisters when they are not at home...
anyway....
send my regards to your family...
to all...
appreciate what we have now....
whatever we do...
wherever we are...
family first....

i'm going home tonight....
yahoo!!!

^_^ im

Munira said...

well.. i dunno about u guys..
but i'm not sure if i'm the right person 2 comment on this topic since i've nvr, in my whole life.. left home..
at least 4 more than a week..
some of the kids here have went to matrix or boarding school and such.. i've nvr been to one..
even now in uniten, i can still go home everyday after class since there's just no point staying in with my home being so near..
hmm.. makes me wonder what's gonna happen to me when i finally have to leave home one day.. cuz i know i'm gonna have to..

Anonymous said...

Home is a place which makes us feel relaxed with a family who are always worry about us and lovely relatives who respect us and we always have nice times with them.......
What if a person find all these pleasure in another country instead if him with other lovely people and new friends !
But I think home is a place after our hometown where we can find respectful , calm , kind and honest society to live with , peacefully.

By pleasure
Naeim

ara said...

I love my home!
haha...
who doesn't?
strangely bein said that, I don like to be home all the time...
i wonder why?
but now, i have the luxury of the bigscreen tv, astro, loud music, fast internet, and my parents and siblings. I dont know if I miss muc of school anymore :p
It's bad i know

Anonymous said...

Home...=l

IM words has made me remind when first time I entered Uniten.

When my mama said,Take care of yourself,Behave and always remember Allah wherever you are made me feel sad and I really did not wanna let her go..

I only have my mother.To be with her is a perfect for me..I dun wanna stay away from her..

Its good for all my friends that had a happy family...Appreciate it...Dun waste it...Take care of them as they care of you like Allah loves you...

I can not imagine if one day i will lost her..I hope one day i'll leave this world with my mom..Together~

H.O.M.E is My M.O.M....

My M.O.M is my L.I.F.E..

Dr. Zue said...

Hi Naeim,

Thanx for dropping by. Well, when we are far away from home, as in studying abroad, we'll find the comfort of home in the company of friends...and this is also a lovely and homely experience. May you find great hospitality in Malaysia. Study hard, yeah...

aswerah said...

Emm…I already don’t have time to come back to my hometown within for 3 weeks. It has been quite a long for me for not coming back. Before this, I always came back every weekend. On the third week I cannot wait already, because my mother’s birthday is coming soon, that’s why I want to come back home because I had buy something special to my mom. Uhu…I can’t wait anymore.. Starts from the end of January until I want to come back for semester break.. Everyday I called my mom. Ohh no, miss her so much and also my home. I can’t imagine how can I miss her like this.. Now, it’s already semester break. I reached at my home town…huhuh I am so glad. For this time of semester break I need to manage my time properly I because I need to make sure that my works are done as soon as possible so that I can study as well.

Unknown said...

To me,being home is the most pleasant feeling. I can see my parents and my younger brother smile. I can live with them, talk with them, share all the feeling with them. I feel so warm, so calm at home.
I am a Vietnamese student in Uniten, Malaysia. Studying far away from home is not easy for me and for anyone in the same situation. I feel homesick, lonely and unsure at first. However, my family always supports me. I learn a lot of things such as how to live independently and realize all the invaluable things I have at home from love, care to the simple things that make me happy like a small doll or a cute pair of slippers.
This lunar new year is also Vietnamese's biggest holiday. It's the time for the whole family to get together. This year, I celebrated new year far away from home. Yet, thank to internet, I could still know all the activities in my house. Talking with my parents and younger brothers made me feel like I being home. I did not cry like in the first time I celebrated new year far away from home. I know I have grown up a little bit.

Anonymous said...

Home sweet home...
wherever we go...
our home are the best for us...
i miss my home so much...
and my parents..
huhuhuhu..

Anonymous said...

home is where the heart is.. yeah.. i love going back home.. to see my parents n my only sister.. to help my mom cooking.. i love helping her.. wat i miss da most wen im away from home is my room.. i still remember da 1st time i hav to be away from home.. wen i enter da matriculation college in kuala pilah.. it was quite hard at first, i used to cry every single day.. but then, its da xperience tat teach me how to stand on my own feet.. :)

EAJ said...

it teaches us a lot to be away from that safe-sanctuary-so-called as home...

but yet, try not to loose it since it's hard to face the fact if u've loose it...

Anonymous said...

home,home,home....
i really love n miss my home so much..miss my family at home also..
but..what can i do right now..??
this is my responsibilty to be here,at uniten...to stdy..
act,this is my 6 times staying far from my family n my home..but,i still miss my home n my fmily very much...what can i say?...thats true..home sweet home..:)-Misz A-

Anonymous said...

home..
is the place i wanna be right now!
i wanna meet mak n abah tho i just went home yesterday..it's a precious time when my parents,sister n brothers gathered together, just talking and making jokes..especially when we're having lunch n dinner together,watching tv n laugh out loud!;D owh yeah, n not to forget my lovely kittens! hehe,i have 3 kittens by the name of Charplin,Pirate n Belang.they are soo cute! whenever i go home,they are the one who'll run to me n making those meowwww sound..:) ok, enough bout the cats.and right now,i miss my sis so much! she's studying in UIA kuantan and it's totally hard to see her nowadays..she's my bestie! we usually do everything together; watching tv,laughing,crying,sharing every single secret..n i'll text her everyday just to say how much i miss her.. :D

Anonymous said...

Why its home that we miss a lot rather than anything else, like our car, or simple thing like our hp? HOME for me not only a place, but it’s is a palaces. The thing that I really2 own… it is my home...
Whether how far I travel or how long it takes, that is my first and last destination I want to arrive. In my home I will be my self, my really2 are…
Jump here and there... hug my younger sister
Making fun of my younger brother…
Keep talking none stop with my father…
Even its is ordinary thing to do for others, but for me, I feel happy and that entire thing I can only done in my home. My own home…

I looking up and down, staying on earth and ground,
totally forget that I’m to far,
try to grab to the shiny star.
I’m thinking and still thinking..,
Why I hope for the that thing,
I know its is impossible,
So I start to mumble,
In the end, I walk to home,
Than I realized that I grab
the star on my own,
I know its is fake,
but I still smile and enjoy,
because I noticed that it is my brother toy


so…the thing that I want to say is, even in my life, I lost my battle on study, or losing my dream, I can still smile because I know my family will always be at my side

... said...

...Home sweet home,"rumahku syurgaku" and many more word that people use to describe how special home it is...for me,everytime people mention that word what is come to my head is the image of my father,mother and of cause her cooking...Back than when was in secondary school, i was wondering when i will leave my home, i feel like that becaus i feel tension when my mother babbling to me...but when i come to uniten feel very lonely eve there are many friend here...i also feel bored because there are no people babbling to me when i did something wrong...when i was back home i will smile to myself when my mother start babbling at me again...

im ^_^ said...

Dear doshite desuka....

I’m certainly sure that u really love your mama like I do....

So...this shows that we both need to prove that we are the best daughter she ever had...

Don’t let her look down upon us...

Make her proud of us...

I'm really2 excited when it comes to the time when I want to tell her that I’ve got good results in my examinations...

She will smile and hug me and she said I always made her proud of me...

Guys..have your mama did that to u???

Anonymous said...

h.o.m.e
This is my first time staying far from my home..This has makes me to be more independent..Now, I know that home is the best place in the world..
wish I was home
-zairin-

*MiLaH* said...

MY HOME MY HEAVEN

I stayed away from home for several times for example when I use to go to visit my grandparents in India....the miserable feelings will be still be there in my deep heart when it comes to home....more than that I’ll be missing my mother so much...but now when I’m in UNITEN I miss my home than before....home will be the perfect place to live in, no mater how far you go or how luxuries the place is. My home is the best MY HOME MY HEAVEN

I stayed away from home for several times for example when I use to go to visit my grandparents in India....the miserable feelings will be still be there in my deep heart when it comes to home....more than that I’ll be missing my mother so much...but now when I’m in UNITEN I miss my home than before....home will be the perfect place to live in, no mater how far you go or how luxuries the place is. My home is the best

SNAR said...

salam...

home???arghhhhhhhh....i really2 miss home rite now.ths week i stay at ilmu wif my housemate.damn!!i miss home very much mdm..i miss my mom,my dad,my siblings and also my cats.

But,when i called my dad,he asked me to be strong without them.He want me to be autarchy..

at home,i'm totally freedom.it is because i often brrowe my father's car to hang out wif my old friendsss..hehe.

other than that,i'm gonna miss my mother's cooking.here,everyday is upten..upten..and upten..=(..i miss my mother's 'sambal goreng'...huwaaaaaaaa....~HOMESICK~

if i'm doraemon now,i want go back!!hahaha..miss my family lorrr...i want hugs my mom!!i miss herrrrrrr...i miss dadddd..

last but not least,juz wanna to say tht 'my HOME is my HEAVEN'..whahaha...i miss home so muchhhhhh...XD..till then,wslm..

Amin Azhar said...

salam Pn Zue (:

HOME SWEET HOME~
tht wht comes in my mind when i see my house from my sight.. (:
yes2..theres alot of speacial about HOME..
my bed..auww~ so comfort me..
my toilet.. auww~ i can bath wther cold or hot..
foods.. auww~ theres lot of foods in my house...choc..junk food and more.. (;

but now..in my house..i only stay in my room.. coz in my house,we all use wifi..so i jst surf in my room...somtimes i hang out with my twin .. yeah..home = freedom..but somtimes we need to listen to our parents but then,we're getting matured and older day by day,they understand wht we want..

in short,home is the one of the best places.. (:

Mal said...

salam Dr.Zue ,

Home is such a special place to me.Home is where I was raised,played,laughed and cried.Home is a place where I spent most of my time with my family.My family is my everything in this world.Without them my life would not be complete.I agree with you about being far for home is not easy because I have experienced it myself.Previously I used to study at boarding school.It was so hard for the first month being away from home .But as time goes by i got used to it.Being away from home makes me more appreciate home.There’s no better place than home.