rain

stepped out from the car.
raining.
under her umbrella she walked towards the bus stop..
before crossing the road, she looked both ways. and think.
two ways. both could bring her to her destination.
the bus stop.
the sidewalk.
rain.
she thought.
.
time. 9.31am.
29minutes.
she chose to walk.
.
under her umbrella
she hears the sound of cars,passing her by occasionally.
the silence around her.
the sound of her umbrella, obstructing the path of the falling raindrops.
loud and heavy.
thak.thak.thak.thak.
listening.
she walked.
.
the empty sidewalk.
so quiet.
.
under a tree,
the sidewalk covered with its flowers.
small.pink.
like a carpet over the hard cement floor.
complemented by the green,ever so green grass.
like a dream.
she regretted for not bringing along her camera.
.
the rain created puddles of water.
worried.
what if the water splashed onto her
when a car drives through it.
.
raindrops.
now finer.lighter.
tep.tep.tep.
the rain gets heavier.
.
her jeans
wet.
her bag.
wet.
shoes?
socks?
wet.
regret?
no.
she walked.
.
lonely.
it was.
then one girl came into her sight.
another in the far distance.
she looked.
the road.
a boy,cycling in the rain.
.
9.52am
raindrops became finer then it was
tip.tip.tip.tip.tip.
almost reaching the class.
.
9.58am
she looked out from the second floor hallway of D09
rain stopped.
the clouds that was covering the mountains disappeared slowly.
*****
i don't know what made me decide to walk all the way from Padang Kawad to SoLLaT...
maybe it was the rain,
or maybe it was due to the fact that i haven't been exercising at all for more than a week now..
(kaki gatal..haha)
it was kind of foolish,walking alone in the rain.
those people in the cars n hostels must've thought that i lost my mind
'raining some more want to walk to class, it's not like today got no bus service also...sot.'
.
it's been a long time since i took a long walk by myself...
to not think about the many problems i currently have, not worry about a single thing,
and just,walk.
come to think of it,i've never really did this before...walking in the rain.
well the hiking experience during Pimpin Siswa is not counted...it was terrifying walking into the woods at midnight...not at all relaxing.
.
it's like life you know?
sometimes there are choices
ways to accomplish a task using an easier,more convenient way...
but think about the things you might miss out..
sure,i COULD take the bus, and reach D09 in..what..10minutes tops?
but if i did, i wouldn't have found that nice carpet of pink flowers that appeared randomly on the sidewalk...(it was so pretty)
and if i did,
i wouldn't have remembered how big USM is,although it's not as big as the others universities around Malaysia...
.
foolish?
maybe.
but i had the time,so why not take the time to appreciate things around me,right?
when are you ever going to walk like you can today, after you've graduated from USM...
.
sure,
my bag,pants and shoes may be wet
and i'm drenched in sweat from all that walking,
but i can cross 'walk in the rain' out of my to-do list that i have to accomplish before i die...
now,
i know what it feels like to walk in the rain.
and never to do it again,unless necessary..
crazy mehh..who likes to walk in the rain everyday...
nevertheless,
it made me proud of myself,
for taking the road less taken..