Seniors.

Bismillah.

Orang kata bila dah habis sekolah, seniority ni dah takde. Kalau ada seniors pun, hanya sekadar pada nama. The juniors aren't obligued to call them 'abang' 'akak' or any names that shows seniority. But that's not what I am gonna talk about this time round. It's gonna be about seniors.

Ah well, since the course I'm taking is categorised as a short-term course (because its learning period is less than a year), I have no sunbaes (senior) around at campus. We have no sunbaes around for us to ask things around. Our sunbaes are all in Korea - already. And even after we'll get there, we won't have any sunbaes at SNU LEI (Seoul National University; Language Education Institute) because they'll be graduating from the said institute right before we get there. Again, no sunbaes for us to ask about things around.

To be honest, I'm kinda envy the KTJ (Kumpulan Teknikal Jepun) students. The have their senpais around! Bukan nak buat apa pun dengan sunbae sebenarnya tapi, at least ada orang yang akan tegur-tegurkan kita. Ada orang nak dipanggil 'kakak'. Ada tempat untuk dijadikan rujukan. Ada tempat untuk diharapkan untuk sesetengah perkara. Ada orang nak bagi tunjuk ajar.

Tapi, alhamdulillah. Sunbae di Korea nun sana baik-baik, ramah-tamah kebanyakannya. Selalu bertanya khabar. Khabar jasmani dan rohani. Khabar perihal pelajaran. Terasa dekat dengan diorang even though ada yang tak pernah jumpa. Jauh dimata, dekat dihati katanya. Ukhuwwah kerana Allah tu sangat manis. Sunbaes yang dah habis belajar pun ada yang try contact kami the hoobaes. Dah sibuk bekerja pun masih ambil berat pasal kami yang tak tentu dapat fly ni (nauzubillahminzalik). Siapa yang tak terharu bila dapat perhatian macam tu sekali? Serious rasa terharu - the fact that they actually try to reach out to us and not the other way round. Malu pun ada. Kenapa yang menghulur pulak beria-ia mencari tangan untuk disambut?





What type of senior will I be is a question to be ponder upon.