Zulaiha. It is a common Malay name that people often heard at schools, malls and maybe on papers. It is also a name possessed by a 18 year-old girl, who is not as famous as Taylor Swift, or who ever on posters, but she is just an ordinary and modest girl, whose journey as a human has started since 12th June 1991. Born in small town in Johor on that beautiful Wednesday, She is the fourth out of five children in the family. Her parents named her Siti Nurzulaiha and later called as zulaiha, siti, nur, zul, jul and mico by family and friends.
When she was a small little girl, she was taught by her parents to be not a burden of people around her. There was an incident happened when she was 9. She left her shoes in school and then asked her childhood friend to accompany her to go there. They had to walk from their houses to school, that approximately 10km away, and after that, went back home by foot. Along the journey, they were nearly kidnapped and so on. When she came back home, her strict father awaited her with a cane. You could guess what had happened next. She had troubled her friend, she should pay for it. She could still remember vividly that unforgettable day. Being the youngest daughter is not always easy and could get have many privileges. Things that she possessed were not first-handed, and sometimes she could only have third-handed clothes. They are from her sisters. Her parents taught her not to be a materialistic and brand-conscious girl. Money is not like leaves and normally things that people want are not on the street, then, she tried her best to appreciate them.
Talking about her personality, she is neither angel, nor devil. The first impressions of people about her are “she must be arrogant”,”she is under estimating me” and whatever bad things. Even her friends sometimes are afraid to talk to her. Her small and single lid eyes maybe make her look like an arrogant, that is how she concludes. Maybe when she smiles, it looks like she is smirking. Or maybe she really thinks she is smiling but the truth is, she isn’t. Close friends and family know her best. She is not friendly to strangers, or even to new friends .She could be friendly and happy-go-lucky to the person who approaches her first. If communication is a compulsory subject in SPM, she would fail. Zulaiha could be an insane and witty girl if people know her better. She could never lose her sarcasm, like she always said “none of my friends has defeated me in tongue fighting”. However, she did it just for fun. She became prefect from she was in standard two until in form 5, and yet, she has a little confidence in herself. it maybe contradicts with her witty characteristic, but it is her ~afraid not to be accepted, afraid to fail, and afraid to be isolated.
Her passion is always art and maybe this keeps her mysterious. Since she was 3, she could draw, but it is not better as now. This is the talent she possesses. Sketching human figures, mimics, situations and stories are her area of expertise in drawing. She has a shelf of comics for her to improve her skills. Now, she has stopped collecting comics, and turned to funny videos. Collecting comics involves money, while videos not. Just download them through hostel Wi-Fi for free (she becomes so stingy lately). Music has also got her attraction. To quote, music is a food of soul. She feeds hers by listening the music she loves, for instance, music by Jason Mraz, Faizal Tahir,My Chemical Romance and many more. They are all entertaining and mind relaxing. If possible, art is the area she would choose for her future. Unfortunately, parents’ blessing is the priority. She once broke her mother’s dream to have a doctor in the family, when she filled the boarding school application form wrongly and went to technical stream. Well, past could not be changed, but future, yes. So she moves on.
She is now on her way to success. She has just realized that her success that she has achieved before is just a tiny little thing compared to what’s future has store in herself. Keep faith in myself, that is what a sentence she needs with a little courage to overcome the obstacles she might face. Receiving government scholarship is a bonus for her to help her parents, her study and herself. If she succeeds to fly to Germany for study purpose, that is maybe her beginning point to become a successful engineer. Let’s live the dreams!
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