#101

     Hello. My name is Izzah 'Atirah bt Hairi and often times I go by the name Tya. Don't ask me why for I might just say because why not? I was born on April 14th 1998, and I have been living here in Ipoh, Perak since 2011 though I was officially born in Mentakab, Pahang. I live with my family of eight and Im the fourth from the six of menacing souls of youths. This is the first time I have ever write something about me in English and it shook me to the core. You see, I don't just work wonders and I am never a professional in introducing myself. I can come very strong at you on the outside but fret not, I can be very soft on the inside. You know what's more interesting about me? It's that I can never be full enough to say no to food especially when it comes to burger and pizza.   

     However, I am a believer of the power of words through how they can change people and giving new perspectives and sometimes life to those who bother to seek for it. Growing up in a not so urban area of many small towns in Pahang since I was a tiny little me and now in Perak as a might-be-happy teen, I considered myself a nomad since not so many people had the chance to study in six different schools in five different places throughout their 11 years of a school student, I might just be lucky to be given the opportunity to always meet new people in a new place, yet I never had the chance to have and to live in the culture of English being spoken like it's the Mother Tongue and I am ever be grateful to Lord that I am one of those lucky people to be chosen to pursue her study here in CFS IIUM as a BENl student. Truthfully, I can be pretty good in Malay literature compared to English. Duh.

    Through my experiences of how I kept moving from one place to another, somehow it made me of who I am today. I keep my circle small and I don't easily let those I love out of contact. I am not easily interested in things as being ignorant is bliss. And as I blossom more to be the now 19 year old me, I've learnt that the true lesson of life is never try to be someone else as we are all different and being yourself is actually the greatest thing someone can do in this whole new level of era where everyone keep trying to imitate other person just to be known and be liked by everyone and the reality is that it is actually one of the biggest mistakes people tend to make because when even you don't appreciate yourself, how can you expect others to appreciate you? And that's it. Goodbye for now.