What U missed over these couple of weeks...

This past couple of weeks has been damn crazy, and I bet it is happening on every one of us. We got our midterms coming up, hari raya, assignments....open house raya :) I know I've been too busy to update my blog and that left me with a lot of stories to tell. Somehow, I'll just cut it short eh.

Before anything, I want to ask u, have u ever stalk somebody before in your life? Be it on facebook, friendster, blog pages etc.... and I want to be honest here by saying, I do "stalk" people. Sounds way creepy eh.... Yea, I used this modern technology to find people and get to know things about them. And most of the time, I found out some things more than I should know....but that helps to clear out some of my doubts. Here comes the issue of privacy. I kinda break people's privacy in doing so. However, it is not that wrong because they put their life on display on such sites. But what I would not AND should not do is to tell him/her that I know. I normally just keep it to myself. I mean, u stalked somebody, and u want him/her to know...? com'on, that's creepy. Well, I brought this up for some reasons. I don't know if I've been stalked whatsoever, but I know some people are. So, could it be my blog has been used by some people as the source for this crime (haha)?? For so long, I thought my blog appeals only to my own circle, meaning the audience is only my friends...apparently, I was wrong. I'm pretty sure u can do some simple link to what I'm saying here. I do not want to make it too clear for, again, some reasons. that's all on that. U know, if my blog becomes private....sounds good too eh? what do u think?

I had an outdoor lab yesterday. I was not that excited for that outdoor lab, as a matter of fact I was never excited for the labs for that course. We have to meet up by Medway Creek cause we're going to measure the stream flow.....(I seriously DO NOT see how this link to Geology)...and Ranjeet (cikgu) asked for a volunteer, a girl and a boy, to wear the wet suit and these 2 people will be IN THE COLD WATER to measure the stream flow. Nobody wants to volunteer...cause it was 9.30am and it's freezing! Soon enough, one dude volunteered...and no girl want to volunteer. I told Izzy n Lilliana....there's no way I'm going in, although in my heart I was actually excited to go in, but the thought of getting wet and freeze myself in the water....gave me second thoughts. Suddenly, a girl volunteered, I said to myself "shish, now I have no chance". U see, u gotta grab the opportunity while it's there. Damn it! So she tried to get herself in that suit...sekali she said, I can't fit in this suit, it's too small and she checked the boot size for the suit and it's freaking size 5. And I think Ranjeet immediately looked at me, and I have no choice but to say, I'll do it. But it's not a forced decision, I want to do it by heart~ SO I had to walk in the stream....dalam the rapids, almost tripped myself in the stream and the flow was quite fast....I got pushed quite a bit. Shish habes! But at least I contributed :) Ranjeet was like, "look at this brave girl"...and "Farisa, are u ok?"...."Don't fall ok"...yea, damn right he has to be concerned.. huhu. I'm like the smallest girl there...and I have to "battle" the strong flow just to get data. Nevertheless, it was fun cause I got to do it and others just get the honour to watch it by the river banks. hehe. Oh yea, the water temperature was 12C. It was ok...tp sejuk juge if I had my hands in the water for too long.

Fine, now it's my hari raya story :) Weeeee!
The craziness starts with hari raya kedua after we got home from Kak Unda's place....as u can see, both of us had our lovely baju kurung which so happened to be of the same colour. This is totally unplanned! SO, see for urself. As always, I will provide with laporan bergambar.

So, it started with some simple raya pics in our living room. The title

for this pic is, "nak rasa kuih raya? kami buat ni"...

We gave the some of them to Kak Azia, and it was a big hit at Eid prayer :)

and brought the kuih to Toronto too to give them to Aunty Rahidah

Starting to warm the vain poses...

This is still consider acceptable

Haha...korup pics. This picture has a title: Rolling pin drives me crazeee.

Yea, I had the psycho face on the last pic~

I chose to stop here and continue with my pics from Toronto Eid Celebration. hehe, those pics are too darn vain n "corrupted" to be displayed. This rolling pin picture can give u a general idea what poses we will have after that..... (hint: korup tahap tak tahaaannnn~!!!!!!!!!)

Well, we've received an invitation from MASAT to attend their first ever event a.k.a Eid Celebration. So, we went there. Seronok juge... I get to meet old friends, and juniors too. Ramai gels juniors, sampai tak sempat nak kenal semua.

Nathan Phillip Square. We were hanging out with Ashley at this time.

Here is where Toronto Fashion Week is held, if I'm not mistaken.

Some statue somewhere along the way to U of T


Where Mbn lives, reminded me of Med-Syd - my residence in 1st year.
It looks somewhat like this....just less greener. haha



Ah, breakfast! Mbn belanja gune meal plan card. hehe.
All u can eat breakfast tuhhh AND they serve HALAL food here! damn it...
jeles syallll


makan breakfast ngan Linda! This place has a Harry Potter feel to it...woooo

Ah! Raya MASAT! Taylorians reunited after 2 years!! I can't believe

Mr. Joy came! I was very delighted to see him :) There are plenty of Malay food!

Including air bandung which I brought back to London makk aihhh.

Makan ape ek? Oh, we had nasi minyak, ayam masak merah, sate,

dalca, etc...dah lupa.

Linda, Me, Omar~

Sekampung. Kalau laa raya di kampung kannn...

On the way to Aunty's house~!!

It was cold, mine u.

Shafiqah, me and Khadijah yg comel. It seemed like I'm getting attach to kids now.

Oh dear, what happened..haha. bukan kahhh I'm not good with kids? Now I can even

baby sit kids. oh WOOWWWW! that's major to me....

oh, makanan dekat rumah Aunty: rendang, nasi impit, LONTONG (which I've been craving for so longggggggggggggg, thanks Aunty!), sate goreng, ayam merah, tonnes of kuih, air macam2...

the backyard shot.

too small for u to see, sorry...

tak nampak kann...aishh!

After leaving Aunty's house, I went straight to Ashley house. We kinda promised to stay there for the night. AND we're going to NUIT BLANCHE (aka white night in english) where they displayed contemporary art all over downtown toronto! It's just for a night from 7am to 7pm. Guess what? I went out at 1am! It was cold, no doubt bout that...I even had my winter gloves on. It was a one of a kind experience. The only flopside is MY CAMERA IS NOT THAT GOOD FOR NIGHT SHOT. so, I couldnt shoot many interesting things...cos it will be either too bright (due to flash) or underexpose...sigh! I totally recommend this to u, but just make sure u get enough sleep beforehand...I didnt sleep well for 2 nights before that, so I got pretty cranky...haha. sorry Ashley! Here are the 2 shots that I edited to make it look good.....

This doesnt count actually, cause it's a window display at Umbra :P but I like it.

Here's my fave! I've been eyeing this eversince I got the book that shows all the art display.

I ranked this as No 1 MUST SEE~!! It's actually thousands of books stacked to make this.

Using the colour of the book's binder, the artiste create a picture actually, of a sunset by the beach...and this is suppose to represent a hut (I guess).... and ruined hut...

Ok, that's all for now. I'm just staying in for the Thanksgiving holiday. Mbn, Linda, Nasri and I initially planned to go hiking....but that does not work out hehe

Later.

Saya bukan Kim Possible...

haaa, for those u r curious bout kenaikan elaun petronas. here's a brief copy+paste conversation i had with En. Aznan. En Aznan tegur nak tanye pasal dah settle belom pasal tiket MAS yang korup tuh. Pastu, selam laa air sekali ngan soalan2 elaun since he walked on me the last time i did! This time, he had to answer :P Sometimes I wonder why I have to do all this haha... despite of course la kene bebel ngan En. Aznan by the end of this conversation. Tapi let me bear that, so I'm not gonna post the bebel part cos I'm sure u don't wanna read bout it~

Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:40 AM): pastu en aznan...
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:42 AM): saye nak tanye...
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:48 AM): buleh ke
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:16:59 AM): psal elaun naik
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:03 AM): naik?
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:17:10 AM): wahhh tepat sekali!!
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:17:15 AM): haah, nak tahu...naik ke tak?
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:22 AM): isyallah
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:49 AM): naik tu dah gerenti la
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:23 AM): buku naik
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:18:32 AM): ic nice nice
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:41 AM): 60/40 pun naik
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:56 AM): semua naik la
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:19:00 AM): 60/40 naik...meaning?
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:19:58 AM): sekarang 60% is 396
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:20:25 AM): 40% is 264
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:20:55 AM): yes.
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:21:32 AM): mudahan kita tak perlu tunggu lama
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:21:44 AM): tapi kita tetap kena bersabar
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:21:58 AM): ooo, so bila akan naik tu tak tahu lagi laa ye
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:22:44 AM): I do not think its gonna take long
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:10 AM): nice. tah kenape semua orang tanye saye bile elaun akan naik
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:12 AM): hehe
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:23:15 AM): bersabar la wahai anak-anak ku
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:24 AM): sabar2....


Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:25:13 AM): nak tanya satu, are you "kim possible" ? <--- paling tak tahannnn. Lawak dowhh

k guys, kanak2 petronas...minta bersabar n doa laa byk2 supaya by january dah naik. and janglahh pegi gedix spend what's left at the thought that elaun akan naik. Sekian laporan Cik Glammm

western, i love u

Feels like writing in Bahasa Melayu for a change.
Dah seminggu dah smpai London. Tapi, to tell u the truth, tak rasa macam dah settle down pon. Banyak lagi barang tak unpack! Our kitchen masih tak berasap, makanan pon takde. SO, for the past 7 days, kitorang makan kat rumah Kak Azia for the most part. Dah makan, tido lagi rumah die, then sahur pulak! Oh gosh! Ade 2 hari je makan kat rumah sendiri, tu pon 1 hari die bekalkan bekalan utk berbuka n sahur. Darn, I felt so bad cos being too dependent on people.

Dah seminggu ni...kelass pon ok. Most of my classmates macam sama je ngan tahun lepas. Tapi this year, takde klas pon ngan KF! ape kess! Baru teringat die different program, tp what the heck...haha, Izzy must be laughing at this! hah. sorry guys, this is totally an inside thing.....
This year, I will be a bit more active with my social life. IISA-klab bdak2 Indonesia- ade macam2 things planned out and since I'm the secretary..I have to be active AND I think I might change few things...for example, devote one day for a Malaysian Day :P And, I intend to be an active member of Outcrop Club too. Walaupon dah miss one activity hari tu iaitu Geopub..hah, time for some ethanol lerr (the way Megan put it).

Fine, lets not bore u anymore with my "amazing" first week....
n just skip to the pictures.
Ni pictures on the way to Canada. We flew from KL-NY-Toronto. And amik shuttle to London!

KLIA, as u might already know. Over skit ye baju tuh, siap dgn rantai!

Semua2 tuh baru tuh...

Boeing 777. This is one freaking huge aeroplane. 2 tingkat, I think this is the plane they usually use to fly to London, UK. NY plane is usually smaller than this. 1 tingkat je ...

First meal in the plane. Omelette with sausage.

Note: tu jam tangan baru

This is my breakfast. Sedap laa juga. Better than Izzy's Nasi Lemak. huhuhu

Nasi Lemak Izzy yang ok lerrr rase die... but cant beat my omelette!

Snack yang dimakan after baru bangun tido donggg

Gamba 2 Si comel. U know, we had one very similar picture we took in our first year.

That was on a flight to London....

Expected kann, kami takde keje lain on this 13 hours flight to Stockholm...

Makan lagi..Lunch this time. It's rice with steamed veggies and lemon fish

yang tak sedap! the lemon fish is a bit too sour for my liking

Makanan Izzy yang lagi sedap than mine.

cesss, chicken bbq with potatoes and veggies

hehehehe...

Stockholm, Arlando International Airport. Love the floor... We stopped here for 1 hr 30 mins,

and the custom check semua went ok and not that long, so ok lahhh.

Object of attention here is the hot European guy at the back! hahaha, me and Izzy

are always on cute boys hunt :P J is always welcome to join.

Kasut kami pada hari itu. Dua2 pon baru!

Cincin2 kami pada hari itu. That ring on my ring finger was given to me by my late grandmom.

She bought it in Mekkah. Yang middle finger tu, cincin baru....ibu belikan

Chicken Sandwich with 2 jenis air. Satu susu and satu air best...

and it's not apple juice....

Got milk? hehe

somehow stewardess itu rase klakar that we asked for milk and she keeps bugging us with

"sedap ke susu tu?" weirdo...but i know kombinasi air yg dipilih sgt pelikkkk... boo hooo

Cheers, susu... and that's Miley Cyrus on the cover of Cleo...

Cheers, air sedap! dah nak habes dahhhh... Gile pointless dowh duduk dlm plane lama2

Air2 kami yang pelik pada hari tu....

Dinner yang sedap! Black peppe chicken with rice and steamed veggies

Newark Liberty Airport....yeah! kami dah smpai NY after 20 hours flight...rasa lapar lagi! so kami makan lahh di food court die yg best laa juge. ade kedai asian cafe ke ape, situ ade mamat malaysian keje...die tegur kami almost everytime kami di sana....(3 kali dah). ni pizza cheese sodap...

and kami habeskan makanan kami dgn air ini! share je :P

ini perlu cos kami nak stay up seluruh malam sebab takde orang plak nak jage beg.

Since we have to stay up the whole night, we decided to watch some TV shows, luckily, I have the first episode of the new season of OTH. best dong tgk...tak peduli pon pasang speaker kuat2. hehehe. NY airport ade ramai laa juge orang walaupon dah pagi2 buta. but still, barang kene jaga, now kann byk kess orang letak dadah dlm ur bag. and after that, we kinda just take a look at pictures and start to remisnisce...termasuklahh gamba2 kitorang first year dulu. we look kinda dorky back then. haha, but this year....kitorang ade misi yang sgt banyak. tp misi tu semua berthemakan "all out", so go figure!

SO by 4am, kami lapar balek! maka, kene laa sahur bagi yang berpuasa...

inilahh makanan kami.

geez thanks, we know that already :P

dalam ni bukan coffee dong.... :P

haaa, ni sahur saye. agak lame ye name perisa tuhh...

thought might try this one out cos of the dorky flavour.

hehehe....sedap laa gak mee cup nihh. dah lapar, semua pon makan...

waiting for my flight to YYZ (toronto)

Now that I'm back in London, I felt so relieved from all the travel I had to do just to get here. My jetlag this year was pretty bad. After 3 days, I still have jetlags...which is uncommon to me cos my jetlag is normally just 1 day. But it's ok, i just cherish myself with all the much needed sleep. Now pon dah bulan puasa. We have so many plans for this month. One of them pastinye pegi makan wonder sushi yang sedap. Ade laa gak some parties yang mcm nak attend cos kawan2 yang buat. Then dah nak raya.... nak buat open house. dah ajak dah few people...suruh mereka buat some room utk dtg london...hehehe.

pengumuman: kepada kanak2 petronas, elaun kite akan naik! haha. ni bukan fantasy, tp benar. saye pegi chat ngan en aznan hari tu. just that, bile elaun akan naik adelah ragu2 lagi tp die kate pretty soon lah. and saye fikir akan berlaku this january. tp janganlah korang pegi spend all ur money laks...just at the thought die akan naik...tunggu laa dah confirm aite!

k lahh, saye ni rase sgt macam nak shopping yang macam2. sebab duit summer yg banyak. saye ade mcm2 dlm wish list saye... nak tahu ape ke? hehe, saye pon rase nak ckp sbb mana tahu ade orang rase generous pas bace sini and nak belikan saye perkara itu, i will feel very happy bout that. saye mahu: seluar jeans baru, boots baru - mahu suede and flat, bootie from la senza, a lot of sleepwear yang kiut, sunnies baru, clutch lagi utk tambah dlm collection, and ape lagi ek....high heels yg ala2 gladiator-the newest trend yg any girl will fall for it. hari tu kan, nmpak satu budak western ni kat kedai buku, die pakai cardi with a fancy top and high waisted super short shorts, and paired that outfit with a gladiotar sandals AND an oversized handbag....lolz, i was laughing sikit2 dlm hati. alamak, ni semua hot new trends in one go. ape donng, take it easy laa sikit. And pls take note, high waisted pants/shorts/skirts/jeans are not for everyone... tp that's the nature here at Western, everybody nak pakai new trends tu, konon nak jadi trendsetter lerr tuh kat sini. I dont care pon, cos i enjoy ppl watching :) plus budak2 western kann hot, be it laki or perempuan. U might think I'm just full of myself dgn statement itu, tp dtg laa sendiri n tgk.... mmg ONLY IN UWO :)

k guys n girls, ciao dulu yerr...mcm nak buat groceries je nihh! nak gi pasar tau. first time ni nak gi pasar...and nak gi kedai cina skali...

tired but rewarding

Pardon me for neglecting my dear blog for quite awhile, almost 1 month I must say. That's the longest time ever going on without posting anything. Well, I'm sure you are all very well aware that I've be freaking busy...With what? Duh-uh! Packing of course and shopping too! This time my shopping trip is more like buying people presents and food items yg segera and stationaries etc. No clothes, shoes or jewelleries for that matter. Hehe....percaya ke? lolz, I was hoping u wont. Hahaha. Yeah, I did buy A SHIRT, A PAIR OF FLATS and 2 NECKLACES! but that's it, nothing more. That shirt is to be worn on the day I left Malaysia i.e dlm flight lahhh cos I have to look all very dressed up and glam. hehe. And the flats n necklace would also be included in my flying-to-canada-wardrobe. Hah. I didn't even find any handbags of my taste, which is a huge dissapoinment. Well, bukan takde...tapi mahal. haha. I was aiming for Guess or UCB but, biasalahhh....if you dont have RM300-ish, don't bother yourself. So, to give myself a lil comfort, I thought of buying a bag at Aldo. haha.

Anyways, enough bout that nonsense. lolz. hush, don't tell the rest of the dateenz that I said talking bout fashion n shopping are nonsense, they will freak out! *grin*
As of now, I put on hold my packing duties and focus more on getting a ticket back to Toronto. This u might not know yet, unless u've been talking to me this past few days. Guess what? Our award winning airline, MAS that is, decided to cancel my flight to NY...OMFG huh! and they rescheduled me on Saturday. This is soo unacceptable, not if I got to know about it 2 days before flying. I'm a messed yesterday trying to figure out how the hell am I gonna get my compensation from MAS because I have to pay penalties if I want to change my connecting flight from NY to Toronto. Damn it! However, I have to give myself credit for fighting for my rights (ni EN Aznan cadang)...because MAS decided to pay for the penalties! YESS! I'm all very excited yesterday. Now I'm all very calmed, but I still have to inform SO MANY PEOPLE about this change of date. This is very tiring..... and expensive on the phone bills too!

So, I'm only concentrating on going back right now. I feel a slight feeling of euphoria this time...I just don't know why. All I know, Izzy and I have decided to go shopping for our back to school wardrobe. haha. Mesti ade sale yg best! OK, peace out for now.

This is my OBS story Part 2

I find that behind in so many things although I left the civilisation world for only a week. I got so lost in news, drama TV, and I got so many comments to attend to! arghhh. Tapi, I'm not stressing out cos of that. It feels good to just lay back without having TV shows to distract u or internet for that matter. Minus the news, I'm very pleased to say that I can live without other necessities. As cellphone concerns, I can live with that. I dont have cellphone back in Canada, so I pretty much can live without it!

Oh, I got myself a pair of flats! woooot! and rantai2...haha

This is part 2 of my OBS story~

For my second expedition, I went on a jungle trekking expedition. I have 2 friends that already gave their story and personal view on that expedition, but u still have to read mind cos my story is not as near as theirs. lolz. sama just in some ways :P

Day 4

After returning from the kayaking expedition, I was damn exhausted. We had to wash the kayaks and also our tents. That is a lot of washing to do! In addition to that, we also have our clothes to wash. Despite that, I still have the afternoon to rest. At lunch, I was so busy gossiping with Izyan, that I left my watchmates to fold all the tents. Sorry a bunch guys! I told Zinn and Kak Zai, I would return the favour. Yea I did some extra work to cover up for that.

Petang tu, we had mini-trekking. I was appointed the navigator. Finally I feel like my "knowledge" is going to good use. hah! Tak sia2 blaja map. Padahal, Peter was helping me all along, even on how to use a compass, syal malu gils! At that moment, I felt like I was just bragging on how much I know things, but when I was given a real problem to solve, I choked! Ciss, lucky that I have Peter :D

S0, the mini trekking went ok. I was able to lead them to the right destination, and Shasha solved the puzzle.

Day 5

Jungle-trekking day. I woke up very early that day, and I don't know why. At 5.30am, I already woke up and started to get ready. That morning, I got chills, I felt butterflies in my tummy! Never in my life I felt so nervous to go jungle trekking. But this time it's a different because I felt such a burden on my shoulder to lead my watch to the right path. Damn I was scared that morning. I tried to take my mind off from the thoughts of getting lost and succumbing to the time pressure and maybe fatigue as well can drive me cuckoo (just as kayaking did). I packed my bag over and over again, I did stretching over and over again, apply sunblock and yes, check my map with my fellow dorm mates, who had been to the expedition before - this is all to kill the time. Sangat2 lah gabra that morning. I was glad to get few tips from Kak Hana, but that do not keep me at peace pon. lolz.

Well, I know my watchmates would not blame me if I got them lost, but deep in my heart I still feel the blame and I have to take the blame - that is what I thought laaa IF we ever got lost. My watchmates are all trying to calm me. I even scare them with my "possible mood swings". Bodo gels.

So kami gerak in formation again. This time the formation is smaller, it involves only my watch. Compare to the kayak formation, this is way better in terms of managing people and keeping everybody motivated :P so the formation was Fifi and Benson (Parangmen), Me (Navigator), Peter (cos saye gedik nak Peter's help in case I got confused), etc etc...and Harun is the sweeper, again. The formation changed from time to time to accommodate those who are tired and when I have to help the girls when the needed a pull and descending the slope.

My first kegelabahan came at the first check point. Saye adelah teramat kelam kabut cos there were 2 paths. I can't sort that out! En Fauzi had to help me. When he told me what to do, I said to myself damn, I know that....this all means, I have to try to relax cos all that tension made my mind way off.

After that, I'm happy to say it was a great expedition. And hutan lipur ni ade banyak Tongkat Ali. lolz, the boys are all trying to identify tongkat ali. Peter even amik daun die and kunyah, lawak2... I dunno if that gives him the extra booze or not. The first peak was the highest, and I find the climb to the first peak was the toughest. At the top, we met another watch, Irau (Budi nye group). Trust me, it is not a pleasant experience to be trailing at another's watch's butt. Kite jadi slow, and I told Fifi we should move fast at some points (mcm kawasan landai or downslope), but since we are stucked behind them, we have to follow their pace. Darn! Tapi at puncak 3, Irau decided to stop for lunch. That was a good news! We decided to continue and probably catch our lunch at peak 4. Tapi at peak 4, rase nak teruskan jalan je cos if u had ur lunch, u consume time and u will feel so full to even walk, apetah lagi nak panjat or turun bukit. The descending from peak 4 was quite dangerous! I think we are going down an almost 90 degree slope (hehe, exaggerate). Seriously, u have to be extra cautious.

Sampai campsite, Tahan dah sampai. Ciss! But we arrived the same time as SIA. For that, I can be proud. So we had our much awaited lunch and damn it was the best lunch ever, walaupon tak dpt habeskan cos tamak amik nasi banyak. hehe. This campsite was definitely better than Shawal Beach in so many ways. It's more spacious and can fit 5 watches, unlike Shawal that can hardly fit 3 watches. We had a lot of water resources walaupon hanyalah bekas lombong...but it's better than a well aite?

Since we arrived at 1.40pm, we had the whole afternoon to rest. Boring ade laa, it's not like u can sleep petang2 dalam tent right? At 5pm, kami2 geng2 perempuan start masak. As usual, I just help to prepare the ingredients, I don't cook :P Since we had extra eggs, everybody got an egg and we have extra eggs that we made omelette. The cooking time was the best part lahh cos semua orang in my group just chill out and tengok the girls masak. Tah, rase mcm everybody tgh enjoy sangat compare masa dekat Shawal beach. It was tensed back then! Harun pon sibuk2 dgn lawak die, serious Harun, saye tak tahaaann gelak! Sape2 yang ade kat situ mesti nak gelak jugak. Paling tak tahan Peter asked for some tips on how to get a girl from Harun :P

The dinner was just ok...too bad we didnt bring a lot of food. I was already starving at 7. That night we just lazed around and start to think of our performance for the BBQ night. Tahu tak dah dekat 3 tahun tak buat perkara2 performance ni, boleh tahan dah karat dong...mula nak buat BUBU.fm, pastu BUBU talk show, tapi last2 we decided to do BUBU wayang kulit. It was a brilliant idea by Fifi. Not only it is unique, u can rest assured other watches wouldn't be doing it too. The title for our play was Che Mat's diary with Harun as Che Mat's voice over. Maka Harun kene kecek English Kelate lahh. Adoiii lagi tak tahaaaann! Harun kater die blaja tu dari Jeme. haha, figure that one already! Dah laa ade orang yg tak kenal Che Mat ingat ni watak reka2 je. Sorry lahh Che Mat, I believe after that performance, kamu mesti one heck of a big star. WOW!

Dah dah... dah malas nak tulis cos dah takde paper pon cerite apart from BBQ Night which saye akan letak pics je and kepulangan ke KLCC. Tetibe rase sedey laa juge cos tah bile lagi akan jumpe mereka2 ni :(

Dah hitam dah kami.

Bubu last breakfast together

Harun, ingat ke ape awak ckp bile buat aksi ni?? Lolz.

Bahagia basuh pinggan sama2. Boys lagi rajen sebenarnye bab2 ni

Krina, Syazwani and me

Pra-tonton tan masing2

Kesatuan Taylor's College

Dateenz on their way back to civilisation. Mind u, we do it in black and white :)

CK Lin...ni mesti CK curi my camera ni :P

P/S: SO SORRY, I WANT TO PUT UP MORE PICTURES, BUT MY INTERNET CONNECTION DOES NOT SEEM TO COOPERATE WITH ME! DARN. AND I CAN'T DELAY THIS ANYMORE (I'VE BEEN WRITING THIS POST FOR 2 DAYS) COS I WANT TO POST THIS ON 08/08/08. HEHE

This is my OBS story

Let me kick off my OBS story with a picture of my group : BUBU. What a cute name! And the people in my group are cute as well, especially Shasha n Che Mat! haha.

Pic description:

Standing at the back (L-R): Zinnirah, Afifi, En. Fauzi, Harun, Peter, Benson and Kak Zai

Standing in front (L-R): Che Mat!!, Judin, Fitri, Shasha, Ctod, Me and Neo

What a happy picture. U can say so cos this picture is taken after we are done with all the expeditions!

I prefer to go on day to day basis when I tell my tale. Ariff is using the same approach too, but oh what the heck! Some of the pictures I posted here are the same as my "OBS made me tanned" album on facebook. I do get a lot of comments there :)

Day 1

I left Kuantan at 4.30am for OBS. Such a bummer to leave that early. I thought I could just sleep in the car while my brother is driving. However, I couldn't. That's my nature folks, I just do not sleep in cars and this is due to several reasons which I don't bother to write them down here. We arrived in KL around 7.45am, quite early than I've expected, so we went to have breakfast. Apparently that restaurant is running out of Nasi Lemak (damn it), so I have to go for roti telur instead. I thought of having a heavy breakfast, just in case the bus didn't stop for lunch :P

Yea, I met up with all my friends at the Twin Tower. It felt so good to see them again. But I didn't instantly go and talk to them cos my parents are there and most of the mafias are guys, I don't want them to think otherwise pulak.

Somehow, Izyan and I got misunderstood and we got on a different bus than the other mafias. I thought of catching up some sleep because I know once I arrive at OB, tak tido punye. However, the only catching up I did was super hot gossips from Izyan. And I have mine to tell too!

K, this is way too much to write bout the bus trip.

Moving on....

Dah sampai OB, I told myself, tolong laah group best. haha. I guess that was too much to wish for :D I got in the first group, BUBU. When I look at my groupmates, I go darn, sape ni.... tak penah pon muka. I only know Afifi and Harun from the Mafias. I've seen Ctod (I thought eja Si Tot, but Mbn corrected me dgn Ctod), Neo and Zinn before, the rest.....total stranger! The fact that I was in the same group as Harun is what I called dejavu! Dah sangat2 kerap ni bergroup ngan Harun. But it's fine with me cos I know this group will rock no matter what! I have faith :P

Then comes the climb to our dorm! There are 80 steps to my dorm:Ledang. It was very tiring, and once I got in, it was dirty as well. We spent that afternoon sweeping and mopping the floor. In all, I'm very happy with the dorm cos it's better in so many ways than the BTN dorm.

Day 2

Ice Breaking~ I'm looking forward to this cos I can meet new people. Rupa2 nya my group + Tahan + Irau will be Group 1. Ok lahh. Layan je. We played so many games together. Paling tak tahan korup ialah game pass a rope from the front to the back. Game ini sangat mencabar moral dan akhlak because laki and perempuan kene pegang tangan di bawah kangkangan masing2. Teramatlah horror. I chose not to hold some dude's hand. Naseb baik Shasha n Ctod tak kisah. Seriously, that game amat corrupt! I dont have the pics but En Aznan does! nanti tgk k that pic dekat petronaswdc.com.

Petang: kayak intro! seronok seyh. Although it will be a lot better if I brought along my swimwear! At first I partnered with Harun. Somehow, we were chosen to do the capsize demo at the open sea where other partners just tepi pantai. Not fair tol. Fifi had that chance too. The not so nice part was of course, I couldnt pull myself up! I was very exhausted from swimming while holding the paddle and pushing the kayak to get to the rafting kayaks. Cess, so Harun had to give me a push. haha. But kayaking with Harun gave me one problem: I had difficulties in communicating with him. I think Harun pon perasan. Serious communication problem. lolz.

After the expedition briefing that night, Harun was elected as the sweeper. So he thought of going on a solo kayak. And Fifi immediately asked if I wanna kayak with him. Of course lahh I say yes cos I have no choice. Somehow Neo wants to kayak with Fifi too! cos she thinks her partner is not up to her standard. Ah, whatevs, Fifi dah ajak dulu, so tak boleh laa tukar dah.

Then comes this hilarious joke that only my group will understand...Lawak ini dipanggil Harun Salim Bachik... haha. After Harun was chosen as the sweeper, En Fauzi (my instructor) said "Korang tak boleh kayak lagi slow daripada Harun". Tetibe Shasha cakap, "huhu, kite kene make sure Harun je ade kat belakang skali, jangan Harun Salim Bachik pulak. HAHAHAHA. Aku tak leh bayang muka Harun Salim Bachik kalau berkayak"...tbc This might not sound damn funny cos I'm the one saying it, but trust me sangat kelakar...tunggu for the next part of Harun Salim Bachik.

Day 3

Kayak Day! Oh boy, I'm excited! This is my first kayak expedition :) and my first time partnering with Fifi.

Here are some pics. I'm lucky that my camera is waterproof. haha

The cute guy in blue is Peter. He was our Sea Captain. Together with his partner, Zinn...they are damn strong. They can go back and forth like nobody's business! Jeles yang teramat!

Getting ready with all our things~

Ck and Me minutes before leaving~!! U can see Fifi menyibuk kat blakang

For those who do not have sandals or refuse to tie their flip flops with tali rafia, u get to own a pair of imitation crocs that cost only RM10.90. Voila! I should have bought one for myself cos now my Nike sandal is ruined ! darn!

Fifi at work! Sorry fifi gamba gelap, cant see ur face :P I have to give credit to Fifi, if it wasn't cos of him, I dont think I can make it to Shawal Beach.

That's us. This picture is taken by Amar. Ade ke Amar nak celup2 my camera dalam air sighh. He said just to test betul ke waterproof!

During the time where I have to wait for others.

Throughout the whole kayak expedition, Fifi told me he wants to be at front all the time. That would mean, we have to keep up with Peter and Zinn. I kinda agree to that! If u stay at back, u somewhat feel demotivated. However, we still wait for others when we have to. The problem with that is, I get sea sick if I stop. Fifi was quite concern with my condition. Selalu encourage suruh muntah. cehhh it's not that easy dowh. Zinn ckp: Jolok je. errr....I tried, but my finger rase masin..ewwww.... somehow when YC capsized, and we were waiting for him to be rescued, I vomitted. Kluar kueh teow goreng...cos that's what I had for breakfast. lolz. After the lunch break, I don't feel like taking pictures anymore.

I think everybody had this: negative thoughts! Mine was worse. Fifi had to listen to my complains all the time. I wasn't me at all! I used harsh words to describe things, I was mad out of the sudden....it was bad! really bad! The current was so strong that we barely move at all for 1 hour! Finally I somewhat remember geometry..haha. Using math, it's easy to figure out how the hell u supposed to tackle the current. I attacked (huhu) at 45 degrees. And my oh my, it worked! Towards the end, Fifi was a bit frustrated n became negative too! I let him say whatever he wants to say cos I was like that too earlier. The stressful condition can only allow one person to be negative. haha. This time, I was very very positive cos I know dah dekat nak sampai dah!

After 9 hours of hard work, and I'm proud to say I didn't take a ride at all on the boat, we arrived safely at Shawal Beach! It's almost night so we have to kick up and start pitching our tents etc etc. I was delegated as the tent pitcher, so as all the boys. I refused to cook cos I dont like ppl to taste my food. lolz. Plus they say I know the knots for the tent. Haha ....cos I was a Scout. Kak Zai masak nasi yang sangat lahhh sedap! We had sardine and stir-fry veggies. We end the night with hot barley! Perfect! Although just the food part was perfect. The part when nature calls sucks worse than anything u can imagine. As for me, dah biasa laa juge. Time camping dulu mcm tu lahh. And time fieldtrip. But it's tough cos u have to find secluded place etc etc...siap gaduh2 lagi dgn boys. sighhh. not me, but ade lahhh...

Tido time was nice! dah lama tak tido begini. Believe it or not, takde nyamuk!! seriously takde! Sejuk plak tuhhh. hehe. Bangun2, makan breakfast....burger! and roti with jam! Burger tu sedap gils....mcm burger ramly tepi jalan. hahaha. Fine, this is the time u acknowledge the simple2 food that u have! when mcd is not around....burger cap ayam pon jalan!

Balek trip was fun! We took 1 hr 40 mins to get to OB from Shawal Beach. Sorry no pics! Too lazy. Dah laa kitorang amik kayak orang lain....cos we think our kayak is jinx. haha. sorry ctod n benson! That was Fifi's idea! haha. Kitorang at first target sea captain's kayak! The water was bit choppy on the way back. I had many occurence when I hit a wave and slammed the water, causing sea water to enter the kayak. The wind was strong too...there are some points when I had to just keep on paddling although we were way ahead of the sea captain just to battle with the wind. Before landing, we all rafted cos the sea captain wants to give our instructor a yell! sweet thinking Peter! Skali tengah tunggu semua orang tiba...nampak Harun dah sampai....tapi....kat blakang Harun ade satu lagi kayak.....Rupanya Shasha and Che Mat!! lolz, since mereka lambat and blakang Harun....mereka dipanggil Harun Salim Bachik...sorry if u didnt get the joke. Saye tak reti cerite balek joke orang.

Ok, this is way longer than I expected. Wait for my Part 2....where I go trekking, but I have to tell u first: I didnt bring my camera mase jungle trekking :(

Sorry for any grammar mistakes...tak larat nak check.

post-OBS

meeting old friends back after 1 year really gave me mixed emotions.
i thought i got over some of the emotions that i might have had, but apparently i'm living in those emotions all these while without even noticing them. i guess when i wrote this and when u read this, u wouldn't understand because i do not tell many about it. i was a bit secretive on this. but it's ok. i find that my reunion with some of my friends at OBS gave me something to remind myself of. something that happened 2 years ago, be it sweet memories or the bitter ones. either one, i'm happy to reminisce all the memories~ but truthfully the bitter ones really got the hang of me. sedih sangat. u might not know what i'm saying here, so i'm sorry cos i still can't say it after all these years. it makes me feel like i'm making a fool out of myself. so, let me just lie in those memories and try to suck it up. huh.

tapi, seburok burok kesedihan i was still very happy to meet them. some of them tak ckp pun dulu but now we are quite close like afifi. hah. who would knew. i dont really talk to him at STE, but at OBS, we were group mates, so i always hang out with him, even partner with him during the kayaking experience. oh my, afifi is strong. haha. i will write bout it with pics ok!
tapi itulahh, i can see some of my friends dah sangat berubah. bukan sorang, tapi ramai. i dont know if they think the same of me, but i certainly have my impressions on some people. huhu. takde lahh negative, just a simple plan observations.

so for now, just chill out cos my OBS story is coming up! i'm uploading pics to facebook at this moment, so i'll write bout OBS later. now kene basuh baju dong....

ps: trip to perhentian island telah dicancel atas sebab2 tak dpt elak. kesedihan memuncak....