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My Mnemonic on The Rules of 10.... =)
 

"Beauty only exists in perception."

Experience is the best teacher in life.  Frankly speaking, every moment that has happened in our life teaches us to think, why it happens to us.  The story of my life has its own chapter which involves love, family, friends and also other people.  Perception can be a good thing or a drawback and both can give a big impact in someone’s life.  Perhaps, this Eureka moment that I have experienced can be categorized as a bad chapter in my life.

            I am Nur Dina, a 98-kilogram form five student, also known as a “Big Fat” princess in the class back years ago during year 2004.  People loved to tease about my size, saying nasty things in front of me as if like I am just a puppet, not a Barbie doll.  I can be considered as a “Bullet Proof” person coz by hearing those “wonderful” sayings especially by the boys in my class made me feel nothing anymore.  Every single day I went to school as if I was prepared to hear something awful being said about me.  

“Hey Dina, how many plates of rice did you eat this morning?”

“Dina, I am so surprised because you can still find your size for the school uniform?”   

Those skinny girls will look at me as if like I am such a jerk ogre.  Well, silence is golden and it really affects my life.  At that moment, I really thought that a fat girl like me will never be happy because people will forever make fun of me, and it is common to say that everyone loves beautiful things.  Therefore, I have made a strong determination to change their perceptions about me.  I told to myself, 

“If they really want a stunning, elegant, and an attractive legendary princess in the class, then they will get it soon.”    

            Day after day, time passed away, after three years, I finally achieved my endeavor.  During those years, I totally lost touch with my ex-classmates because in my opinion, it is not worth trying to appreciate those who did not even know how to value someone in life.  However, my best friend told me that they will be a grand reunion at the end of the year for the students of the 2004 batch.  She persuaded me to go there with her.  

“Dina, this is the moment that you have been waiting for.  Show to them who you really are now, and make them regret with what they have said to you back years ago.”    

           

For me, it is not about trying to show who I am now.  It is all about my pride and dignity.  I was used to being bullied and those teasing words are still fresh in my mind because we as human beings will never forget the moments that give us some challenges in life.  Then I decided to attend the reunion simply because I “missed” my old friends so much.  The day came, and as what I had expected, those people were puzzled to see me. 

“Wow.. What a tall, skinny and attractive person.  Who is she?”

Those girls were busy whispering with each other.  Moreover, the boys are “marketing” themselves towards me.  But I was being myself, standing next to my best friend and just smile cynically.  As I opened my mouth and said, “I am Dina, the “Big Fat Princess" that you used to called me back years ago.”  Those shocked and riddled faces really made me want to laugh as loud as I can as if like they saw a ghost with no head.  As silence break the situation, they apologized to me of what they had teased me back years ago.  All I can say is that, they finally got the Eureka moment when they realized that the girl that was standing in front of them is actually the fat girl they used to tease back in the school days.  As a lesson in life, do not look at someone through your head; look at it through your heart.