on 2nd june 2016 (wednesday), i was walking back to my hostel after i clocked out when the life of my left slipper ended. it takes me about 20 minutes to walk from my workplace to the hostel and i wasn't even halfway. well, i still needed to go back and i didn't dare to take the risk of walking barefoot because there was construction sites here and there, i can't properly see all the small nails or small pieces of glass on the ground. so, i limped through the rest of the walk. i kept telling myself 'it's okay, it's only today, i'll buy a new pair of slippers tomorrow'. i had this silly grin on my face as i remember this quote/saying 'it's just a bad day, not a bad life'. or should i say 'it's just a bad 20-minute, not even a bad day'. because i still had my meals which means i didn't starve. i still smiled and laughed with the staffs. i won't simply let this one bad thing ruin my day. every time i had a bad day or bad time, i'll try to think about 3 good things that happen to me that very day. it made the bad thing or incident not so bad anymore. God will not let you live the entire day as bad day. He's kind like that :) i'm even thankful for this broken slipper because i bought myself new slippers haha
(this pic is self-explained LOL xD)
oh and i would like to share one more of unfortunate incident that happened to me two years ago. it's still about slippers! LOL so, the story goes like this. on the 24th february 2014, my two friends and i touched down the land of johor for the very first time for our 6-month internship. it was a last minute notice (like seriously, why couldn't they inform us a few weeks instead of a few days ago? =_=) from the company that the place of internship was changed from kota marudu, sabah to benut, pontian, johor. with the rushing and all, i didn't manage to bring many necessary daily things from my hometown e.g. slippers. after we reached the hostel and arranged our things, we wanted to look for dinner as it was like nearing 7pm. like i mentioned earlier, i didn't bring slippers, so i went into the nearest grocery store and bought a pair of slippers. if you're a sabahan like me, please imagine a pair of selipar jepun xD. the unfortunate yet funny incident starts now! after walking like about 10 minutes in search for food with my new slippers, the slippers gave up on me. both of them broke at the same time. just imagine how surprised i was that time. the grocery store was now far from the place i stood and adding salt to my wound, the store was already closed. i took a deep breath and laughed out loud. my friends were anxious for me but i told them 'i'm fine. i'm going to walk barefoot'. and i did. i carried the short-lived slippers in my hand and walked barefoot as we continued our food hunt. people did give me strange stares but i couldn't care less because i needed to eat. i ate dinner with my friends and walked barefoot back to hostel. man, it was a bad day for me but when i think of it now, it was really funny.
i noticed that some bad days in the past turn out to be funny memories in the present time. and don't bad days make you appreciate your normal boring days or good days even more? because i do. i always try to appreciate the days i had and have, good days or bad days, because they are partly responsible for who i am today. and having days in life is such a wonderful gift from God because our tomorrow might never come. *sings If Tomorrow Never Comes*
p/s: i know this quote/saying can't be applied to everything especially serious and huge incidents (serious car accidents, losing your pets, losing a family member, losing a friend) but it kind of works for little things. well, at least it works for me. :)
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