Ok la, I officially suck at being a consistent blogger. The last time I blogged, it was before raya puasa. It is now already after raya haji. I thought I could easily get away with it but someone reminded me that I've been absent for way too long (hehe hi Nadia).
I'd been preoccupied with so many other things since raya puasa, that blogging just didn't seem like much of a priority. My summer escape this year felt so short because I only spent 2 months back in Malaysia, and since I don't really go out in Ramadhan, that was one month gone. I spent the remaining month catching up with old friends, being clingy with my Setiawangsa babes, going to raya openhouses, while also running errands, being the driver, and everything else in between. It was quite crazy. I had plans almost everyday and I felt sooo bad because at one point, before I could even ask for my parents' permission to go out, my dad beat me to it: "Esok Fatin pergi mana pulak?" Yikes.
I came back to London around mid-August – way sooner than I was ready for. But thankfully I didn't have that long to be really sad and homesick because a week afterwards, my childhood friend, Najat, came to London for a holiday. We had a few easy days to ourselves before Raihan joined us from Bath and we went on a short trip to Edinburgh, Manchester and Chester. We had other things planned out as well until Najat flew back home. After that, Raihan and I spent a few days just lazing around at home to recover from our trip haha.
Thennn my sister came back to London, and then we went to Amsterdam pula for a few days. Came back to London and it was raya haji! And tadaaa, here I am. So there's my story in a nutshell – my justification for being away for so long. (Kena justify because I feel bad for abandoning the blog for so long.)
I'd saved my remaining free time for leisure reading, in between everything else. I always make full use of the opportunity during summer, because it's one of the things that I miss the most during term time when the assignments and workload start to pile up :( Maybe I'll write about one of the books soon enough. InsyaAllah.
There are a few other things that I want to share as well, so let's hope that I'll get to do that while I still have the time! Please don't marah me if I don't get down to it soon enough. Ampun maaf dipinta.
Till then, guys. Take good care xx
