I Remember

I remember when we used to drive back home from visiting my grandmother's house, it was late at night so me and Miss. Short Fuse lay down opposite each other in the back seats so that our feet were facing each other, I used to tickled her feet and she hated it! By the time we reached home, I always remembered someone carrying me into the house...

I remember when Miss. Short Fuse was so angry one morning when she was 7 or 8 that she threw a kitchen knife at me (a small one), it hit the bridge of my nose and nothing else, she got toooooold!

I remember when i dared to try and wake up Miss Pain in the Ass one morning for school... she slapped me with her windmill arms in her sleep.

I remember when my mum played with me after she brought me home from nursery.

I remember glazing a hand made pot with PVA glue in Year 6.

I remember laughing hard during one cold sahoor during Ramadan, while still trying to stuff food into my face.

I remember my mum asking me questions like 'What day is it today' and 'what is 9 plus 14' in a bid to make me wake up for school.. it was painful thinking.

I remember when me Miss. Short Fuse and Miss. Pain in the Ass made a sort of victory dance when we heard my dad finished his PhD, it was odd cus I didn't know he was doing one at the time, nor what a PhD was.

I remember crying for so long when Miss. Hepburn's mum told my mum over the phone that Miss. Hepburn couldn't come to my 8th birthday party.

I remember being really surprised when I was awarded 4th prize for best 'Wood Project' when I was 10, I still have the prize.

I remember listening to 'Numb' by linkin park in the year 11 common room with Miss. Eyebrows and Miss. Nozi jumping up and down to it.

I remember drawing to pass the lunch hour, I always forgot to eat my lunch.

I remember when Miss. Short Fuse got so mad when I threw her pen down the staircase, that she threw my Harry Potter book down the staircase too...

I remember being so nervous during my Year 3 Quran Competition, especially when the panel asked me to recite a sura I didn't know. I got second place, a Saudi girl got first. It was a Saudi school after all.

I remember openly reading Harry Potter 6 at the back of biology class during year 13 to a punch of listeners, I couldn't have been anymore obvious, I somehow got an A in that module.

I remember when Miss Short Fuse and I, from as early as I can remember, would fight tooth and nail for absolutely no reason, for hours on end. we ended up with red patches on arms and legs as well as several scratches. Mum just carried on washing the dishes. She once looked up when Miss. Pain in the Ass knocked out Miss. Short fuse's tooth.

I remember when mum would force all three of her daughters to wear matching clothes.

I remember learning how to do wadou at school through a song that I've forgotten.

I remember dad making me start writing arabic from the margin as I had a habbit of wandering from the page, making sure my 'rih' was appropriatly round so it didn't just look like a straight line. I remember how he tried to teach me how to pronounciate the vouels like the Dumma, i couldn't stop laughing when he tried to teach me that! I was 4 :D

I remember not being able to sleep before my first day of uni, I remember being completely mad that year. I now cringe in embarrassment everytime I remember those times.

I remember when me and Miss. Short Fuse were playing 'restaurant' with a bunch of mixed toys, and Miss. Pain in the ass asked to join, I said yes as long as she helped clearing up, she left almost immediately after we all finished playing.

I remember how much fun me and Miss. Short Fuse had when we made crowns and wands with super octagons and played 'Queens and 'babies' I was the queen, she was the baby. We had a parade in the living room with random blankets made as capes, not forgetting to wake our wands and keep our crowned heads high.

I remember racing with Miss. Pain in the Ass to pick up the ringing phone, mum always made sure she got there before us.

I remember so much more.... but I can't remember now.