Take a long walk

Weather: Gloomy (imagining myself in London), dripping at the end of the walk

Humidity: Unsure, pretty humid I guess

My mind: Overwork as usual

Today, after having lunch with Ney and went to CCK, I took a walk home from CCK myself. It's a 15-20 mins walk, I brought along my book with me, The Book Thief and read it as I walk, I'm trying not to look at my phone as it distracts me very much, social media is killing my excitement. Okay, I realise I am quite into the Nazi era stories, last 2 months I just finished another book, it is a diary from a Jews survivor from the Holocaust. And now this book is about Hitler's era too, but this is more a fiction story than biography. 

I took the walk home is because Pastor Phil suggested we should take a long walk to refresh ourselves. So in the midst of jobless, I think this isn't a bad idea at all, and I have been starring on the screen all day long for God knows how long. So this walk comes in time of need. 

This book got me thinking about my literacy and how blessed I am literate. Ney's landlord and landlady are illiterate, they didn't get much education back then and because they wanted a better life, they moved from Malaysia to Singapore and started a family here, worked hard to support their two children. And because they cannot read and understand English, when official letter or documents came in, they would need someone who can to explain the content and sometimes filling the forms.

As a Malaysian, I am proud because we can understand at least 3 languages (if only you really learn them, not like once you born m'sian you can understand them). Though, we might not be an expert at all 3, at least we can read, write, listen and speak the simple ones of each. 

Never take your education for granted, you might think is useless and boring to go to class, but once working you will never regret the English lessons in your secondary school when your teacher asked you to do a presentation in English in front of the whole class and there, your first ever presentation started.

That's all for today.