:: See you next week! ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

Finally, the time I have been waiting for has arrived. Today (November 4, 2011) is the day where I will be packing and getting ready to go home. For people who study far from their hometown, this moment is a moment they have been waiting patiently since last week. 

Despite feeling all excited, I also feel nervous because I'm gonna be driving tomorrow. Like I said in one of my previous entry, this is my first time driving home and surely I feel the nervousness because, well, we are just a group of friends who don't know a lot about cars and the fact that I'm the only guy in the group might add a little pressure on my shoulder. Okay, I know I'm exaggerating facts but you never know what will happen.

Will be spending a week at my hometown and even though I have been provided a lot of assignments by my lecturers, they are not gonna stop me from having a great and relax time at home. When I say relax, I really mean relax. Haha. Bubbye books, bubbye lecture notes. See you next week!

:: #13 Wordless Wednesday - Blood testing ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

:: Driving me home ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

Yay! Last weekend I managed to squeeze through my busy schedule and went to Sunway Piramid with my besties to catch the latest installment of Paranormal Activity, entitled Paranormal Activity 3 (PA3).

For those who favour this Paranormal Activity series, you guys must have known how the story evolved, starting from Paranormal Activity 1. This time around, the story is all about how the haunting begins in the family and who responsible to cause all the disturbance. If you think that PA2 is the scariest, well, think again. PA3 is totally gonna scare the hell out of you. I don't wanna to overwrite here coz I don't want to give out any spoilers so, to feel the creepiness that I'm talking about, go to the nearest cinema and watch it yourself.

Okay, moving on to something more important. Next week is Hari Raya Haji, which means that Pudu Raya and Stesen Putra should be packed with people. Fortunately for me, I don't have to go that far to look for the ticket. In fact, I don't need the ticket. This is because, I'll be driving back home. But I'm not alone guys, there will be two other girls accompanying me. You're now assuming that I own a car, aren't you? Well, to answer that question, that's not my car that I'll be driving in, but it's one of the girls' car. I'm just the co-pilot.

~ Thanks Mr. Google ~

Why I'm bringing this up as if it's never been done by human before? It's not like driving back home is something that you can be proud of and make you famous. Well, there's a reason behind it. I never drove outside of Kelantan, which means I never drove from one state to another. So, this is something big for me as it marks the first time I'm driving so far, from Puncak Alam to Kelantan. I remember the moment I told my dad about this and he was kinda disbelieve at first of what he heard but then I promised him to drive slowly and cautiously so that he can stop worrying about the fact that I'm gonna be driving. 

So far, I feel confident to drive. I'm gonna get a good sleep the night before and gotta read something about changing flat tire and stuffs. You know, just in case. ;P

:: House robbery ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

One thing that people need to get used to if they are residing in Puncak Alam is hearing a lot of burglary cases. There has been so many cases reported for the last 2 months and since the housings here are located at the remote area, the burglars seem to see this as an golden opportunity that shouldn't be missed.

Me and my friends, we rent a house at Perumahan Alam Suria and our house happen to be at the last row of the housing area, which famously known for having many robbery cases. The recent case was reported, a couple of weeks ago, if I'm not mistaken. As I'm typing this entry (at 12.15 am, Friday), my housemates, together with the Rukun Tetangga here are searching for the burglars, that has been seen by the watchmen running from somewhere.

One of my neighbors said that they had tried to go after the robbers but the drizzling rain and the dark of the night made it hard to see. I am not sure how the robbers look like but it is said that they were teenagers, maybe Indonesian teenagers I don't know, and that they had tried to break in to one of the houses here, twice but failed. It's 12.55 am right now and they are still searching for the culprits. 

I got a news from my friends, saying that my neighbor's son had been beaten up by the robbers last night. More updates coming up.

:: Putting my first footprint ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

This weekend, we all are going to Pangkor Island to conduct an orientation course for the newcomers a.k.a. juniors SLASH freshmen. This outdoor event is organized by the student's association of my course, named MELTECH. If you don't know what MELTECH is, that means either you're new to this blog or you totally don't care about what I'd written here. Go check this out.

About 100 students are going to participate in this annual event and I'm excited because I've never been to Pangkor Island before and this time, I'm going there with my friends so, apart from being rejoiced by the activities that we are going to do there, I'm also feel extremely overwhelm to put my first footprint there. I've already made list of things that I need to bring. Haha. Can't wait.

About the event, it is named MELTECH Scene Investigation (MSI) Volume 2 and we feel like to keep that name as the official name for our orientation course since it's done annually. Usually the event takes place somewhere in Selangor or Kuala Lumpur but this year, we feel like doing something big, something different and memorable for those newcomers (and also for us, the organizer) so we chose Pangkor Island as the venue. Since this is the first time we're doing this outside of Selangor, our concern are totally on the security aspect and the welfare of all the students who join. We really hope that everything is going to go as planned and may Allah save us from any harm before, during and after the event. Finger crossed! :)

:: The togetherness ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

Happy Sunday guys!

Last night was a hell of a night. That is, my class had an open house and we decided to make a potluck open house. So the event took place at my house and we started setting up the place right after Asar because we need to get the barbecue place ready, so that people can start digging in before midnight.

There was a lot of food prepared by us and we ate like there is no tomorrow. Haha. Honestly, I like doing this kind of stuff, you know, make lots of food and have people come by because it's really lot of fun. Well, to show you how fun we were, these photos will prove it to you guys. 

 ~ Getting busy in the kitchen ~  

~ The girls with grilled sausages ~

 ~ BBQ-ing is fun ~

~ The abundant of delicacies ~ 

 ~ Me cooking in the kitchen with the girls as my assistants ~

~ My favorite part of the night ~

 ~ The whole crew ~

~ Medical Lab Technology United ~

See. I told you it was fun!

:: Make use of the experience ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

~ A microscope is medical lab technologists' best friend ~

The new semester has begun, which marks my 5^th semester this year. I still have two more years to finish my life as a degree student and it won’t hard to make you believe how fun and stress out student life can be.

From 5 subjects that I’m taking this semester, two of them are subjects that I’m already familiar with, thanks to my diploma years. My expectation towards these subjects is high because first, I already knew what the subjects have to offer. Second, I don’t wanna look stupid by failing the class that I already took during my diploma years. It’s gonna be interesting to see whether or not I can make use of my experience and knowledge for both of this classes.

I’ll be keeping my finger crossed. Help me Ya Allah. ;D

:: #8 Wordless Wednesday - Welcome Back! ::

Assalamualaikum to all my readers.

P/S: Can I have one more month of holiday?? Please. T_T

:: Craving for it ::

Salam to all my readers.

I have received a lot of guessing from my readers regarding the second Wordless Wednesday picture, on my previous entry. Hereby, I want to announce that, none of the guessing is right. The picture was actually taken a year ago and there was no GCB inside of the package but a fries and a Double Cheese Burger instead.

The picture reflects my inner voice that is craving for McDonald (McD) burger and its food. It is sad to admit that there is no McD franchise here in Tanah Merah. In fact, I have to travel more than 50 km just to get a taste of McD. It's been nearly two months since the last time I ate the burger. I'm not bragging or anything but during my days at Puncak Alam, we used to eat McD like, at least once in two weeks, or maybe once a week. It's not that we're so rich and high standard that we refuse to eat anything beside McD but the McD restaurant is situated only a stone's throw away from UiTM Puncak Alam. This is the main factor why we prone to say Yes whenever one of us say "Hey, makan McD jom!"

You can also say that I put the blame on McD for making me chubby and stout like this. I tried avoiding McD but the force was too powerful that we couldn't resists the temptation. I guess none of us couldn't stand not stopping by when you drive pass the building everyday. It's like there's a black hole in there. Haha. So guys, now you know why I said the picture means a lot to me. :)

:: a mixture of singers and models ::

Salam to all my readers.

Sorry for the long hiatus. Been busy with my final exams and had not have any ideas to update. But today is different. For this semester, I only need to sit for 3 papers for the final and two has passed urmm, not very nicely. I screwed up one paper and I believe that I am not gonna do well this semester. Well, since when I go out of the exam hall with a happy face. *sigh.

Okay, lets talk about something else, but seriously, I keep thinking I am going to f*il this paper today. God, I am so scared! The carry mark for the final is only 30% but the one that determine whether I am going to f*il or not is final practical exam, which went, urmm, quite bad too. Wait, I thought I told you guys to talk about something else. Pfftt!

Living in a place like Puncak Alam is really get on my nerves sometimes, especially during the weekend. It gets worst if you don't have any transportation to move around. Trust me, you do not want to live here alone. Anyway, in order to kill time, I keep myself busy watching shows like American Idol and America's Next Top Model (these two are my favourite) which is currently on their latest season. I watch them on YouTube. I love to see great singers perform and models walk the runway and pose for pictures, wearing a garment by well-known designers around the world. Seriously, there is nothing more fun than watching these shows.

~ American Idol 10 ~

My favourite for American Idol this season is Pia Toscano, Jacob Lusk and Stefano Langone but sadly Pia and Stefano had been eliminated due to lack of knowledge on 'how to choose a great performer' among the voters. It is obvious that Pia is going to win if she stays. Now I'm just hoping that Jacob can make it to top 2 or at least top 3. Oh, fyi, Pia has released her first single, entitled 'Don't Question Why', 2 days after her elimination. Do you see that people, composers are fighting over Pia. She's simply the best! =D

America's Next Top Model on the other hand, is airing its Cycle 16 now and my favourite among the bunch are Alexandria and Brittany. Although Alexandria acting like a b**ch at the beginning and towards the middle of the competition, she knows how to pose in front of the camera and act like a real model. She is not really see eye to eye with Brittany most of the time but they started to befriends with each other in the episode 7 if I'm not mistaken. So here it is, the summary for American Idol 10 and America's Next Top Model Cycle 16. Haha.

~ America's Next Top Model Cycle 16 ~

~ L-R, Alexandria and Brittany ~

Anyway, I am going back home tomorrow morning (yay me!) and I better get packed now. I hope to see a pile of durians the moment I step into the house coz I am craving for durians like so bad. Okay guys, until then. Ciao!

:: MELTECH 12th Anniversary Night (Part 2) ::

Salam to all my readers.

If your are having hard time loading to this entry, do not blame your laptop. Blame this entry instead because there are lots of photos in here that I wanna share with you guys, which is taken during the MELTECH 12th Anniversary Night. I purposely insert all these photos, just for one reason - to show off! Hahaha. Enjoy the photos guys.

~ me, deputy of program director and one half of the emcee ~

~ fellow guests ~

~ the fantastic crew ~

~ the fantastic four ~

~ with the king of the night ~

~ and this is the queen of the night ~

~ the stars :) ~

~ with fellow friends ~

~ my classmates, degree part 4 ~

~ with my beloved juniors ~

:: MELTECH 12th Anniversary Night ::

Salam to all my readers.

Finally, it's over! Last weekend, 1st of April to be exact, was a memorable and unforgettable night for me. For the past 4 months, I have been waiting for this time to arrive. Maybe to other people, it just a simple and ordinary dinner but to me, as the director of the event, it indicates how good I am at organizing an event.

MELTECH annual dinner got several modifications regarding to its objective and purpose of organizing it. Usually, we have an annual dinner just to celebrate those who are in final year and to mark as the last event of a particular year. For this year annual dinner, I have decided to make it more meaningful so I changed the purpose of the event from annual dinner to celebrating the anniversary of MELTECH.

The event took place at Intekma Hotel & Resort, which is located somewhere in Section 2, Shah Alam. The theme, like I have said in a couple my previous entries, is Glam Night with Roses so people who came that night all put on a rose whether on their chests, or just make it looks like a bracelet or simply put it on top of your head. The event went, well, a lil bit late because of some mishaps here and there but looking from the face of the students and VIPs, I think they all enjoy the night, which give me quite a relief feeling. Even our dean said during his speech that he is amazed with the transformation we did on ourselves and went like, "Mase kat faculty, kamu semua nampak penuh 'kemakmalan' tapi malam ni, saya macam tak percaya bahawa kamu semua student saya,". Haha. See, who says student of health sciences don't know how to style?? :)

I wanna take this opportunity to address my gratefulness to Allah for giving me such an amazing journey and this experience is not something that you can get in class. It is not something that your teacher can teach you. I have gone through lot of difficulties in order to make this event a successful event and thanks to those who have been helping me, especially my team. You guys are my backbone and I'm so thankful to be working with wonderful and helpful people. If I be given a chance, I would love to do this all over again. It's so exciting!

I know you guys are eager to see what I'm wearing and what transformation we did on ourselves so, enjoys some of the pictures I include in this entry. I will be posting an entry full of pictures taken from the night so, stay tune for that ok. Until then, ciao!

~ credit to hana for this photo ~

~ with my friend, Suhaila ~

~ ta daa, the director of the event, poses like he owns the place..hahaha ~

:: Gunung Tok Wan ::

Salam to all my readers.

On the previous entry, I talked about how tiring and how suffering I was to climb the Gunung Tok Wan, and how I nearly give up from continuing my journey up to the peak. This second part of the journey, I'll be talking more about our journey down the mountain and how dangerous the journey was.

After spending sometime on the peak of Gunung Tok Wan, we decided it is time to go back before it's getting dark. We were quite regenerated so the way down the mountain was less tiring. The only challenge we encountered were when we climbed down the steep slope of Broga Hill and the weather was really extremely bad. It was hot and dry, as if the sun was on top of our head. The steep slope made it even harder to climb down.

~ snapping while waiting for friends to reach the peak of Broga ~

~ finally, the peak of Gunung Tok Wan ~

~ the first team to arrive ~

We were all thirsty and tired and the only thing we knew was to reach the bottom as far as we could coz the heat was unbearable. So we faced all the hardness down the hill and as soon as my foot touched the ground, I was like, "I'm not coming here again." Well at least at this hour. So officially, we started off our journey at 10 or 10.30 am and finished at about 4 pm.

Now I can proudly say, I've made it to the peak of Gunung Tok Wan!!!!

:: The Tiring Journey of Tok Wan Mountain ::

Salam to all my readers.

Yesterday was so tiring! Really, I'm not gonna lie. Me and other 40++ students of MELTECH went to hike at Gunung Tok Wan, 3.1 km further than Sheik Muzaffar made famous, Broga Hill. I don't know the exact location of Gunung Tok Wan but if you can make it to the top of Broga Hill, surely you can see the signboard of Gunung Tok Wan.

This mountain I'm talking about, it's not an ordinary mountain. Well, at least for me. A week before this event, me and my buddies went hiking at a hill (I already forgot what's the name of that hill) at Kg. Donglai, Sg. Congkak and although it was slippery, muddy and stuff, there's nothing compare to my hiking moment at Gunung Tok Wan. Apart from the slippery thingy, this time, it challenged more of your inside. The way up to Broga Hill was challenging and quite dangerous I must say, regarding to its steep slope.

We started off our hiking at approximately 10.00am and the track before we reached the foothill of Broga was totally fine with me but the way up to Broga was quite challenging since I am fear of heights. The slope was so steep that I climbed up the hill without even looking down and I started to feel dizzy. My mind was telling me not to look down and fortunately I managed to get on the first hill. The moment I touched the ground of the peak, I feel like, "Thank God I'm still alive." It was a so nerve-wrecking experience.

~ at the first peak of Broga Hill ~

~ the peak of Broga Hill ~

~ the scenery taken from where I'm standing on the peak ~

We thought we have made it to the peak of Gunung Tok Wan but as soon as we realized that it was the peak of Broga Hill that we were standing on, all of us went like "What!!!!". It turns out that Gunung Tok Wan is 3.1 km further. We continue our journey and along the way to the peak, there were moments where I feel like giving up and turn back. The route was sooo long as if there was no ending. After about 2 hours, we finally reached the peak and wtf! The peak was nothing like what we have imagined. It was dirty and there was no beautiful scenery that we could see.

I think this is all for part 1. Stay tune for more actions and dramas. Until then, ciao!

:: Glam Night with Roses ::

Salam to all my readers.

I am two weeks away from my big night. It is the night where all students of Medical Lab Technology gather under one roof and getting to know each other, have fun and put aside their worry about test or assignments which are await to be finished. It is the night which I call as 'Malam Anniversary MELTECH 2011'.

As the program director for this big event, I have got so many things to settle within this short two weeks. This blog might be abandoned again for quite sometimes, until everything is done.

For the past a couple of weeks, I have been thinking of what theme I'm gonna do for this year. I have come out with Fairy Tales theme, Masquerade theme and a theme that my friend suggested, Back To School. When I first expressed my thoughts that I wanna do the Fairy Tales theme, most of the students, especially guys were taken aback and insisted me to choose another theme. After some deliberations and suggestion, I have chosen 'Glam Night with Roses' as the theme for this year dinner.

~ the poster ~

I know, I know, you guys probably scream and be like 'What the hell with the theme' or 'What's with the roses' but seriously guys, I think this is the most suitable theme as you can wear anything you want as long as it looks glam and not like you are going to class or something. And of course you have to pin a rose flower on your clothes. It's as simple as that. It is hard to please everyone in the course so if there is people who feel like this theme is lame or against to what I have picked for, you are welcome to express your thoughts and critics.

I would like to end my entry here but before that, to all bloggers, if you have any idea on how to make a dinner more lively and to keep it off the track of the ordinary dinner event, do type it in the comment box below. I'm new to this sort of thing so really need your support and ideas. Thanks for sharing. Until then, ciao!

:: Friendship Week ::

Salam to all my readers.

Hey guys. Finally I manage to get my fingers dancing on the keyboard again. You guys won't believe how busy my life has been this few weeks. I've been going back and fourth from my home to faculty. So many things to settle. Apart from the things are MELTECH's stuffs. We're organizing an event called Friendship Week, where students and other people can buy stuffs like cupcakes, teddy bears, lollipops and chocolates from us, beautifully packed in 3 different packages, and they can dedicate it as a gift to their friends.

~ cupcakes, choc and teddy package ~

~ some of our products ~

This two weeks event is conducted by our own Entrepreneurship Bureau and it's getting a wide publicity and attention from students of UiTM Puncak Alam. Actually we are not a newbie in this kind of event coz MELTECH have been organizing Apple's Week and Cupcake's Week in the previous administration. The only thing different is Puncak Alam is 100x bigger than UiTM Jalan Othman so the Publicity Bureau needs to work harder in order to get more buyers.

Time is getting late and I have class tomorrow morning so, gotta stop rambling now. I have lots and lots of stories to tell you guys so, keep this page in view okay. Until next time, ciao!

:: Homestay: The Review (Part 1) ::

Salam to all my readers.

Hey y'all. I'm back with so many stuffs to talk about. As I promised, I will share the moments of my homestay program which me and my MELTECH's students went to last week. Okay, lets go straight to the point. But I warn ya, there is gonna be lots and lots of pictures in this entry.

Total students who joined the event is 120 and we started off out journey to Bukit Gantang, Taiping at around 10 o'clock in the morning with our sleepy faces, as some of us didn't manage to get some sleep the other night, busy packing things. We arrived at the main site of Bukit Gantang homestay at 3 pm and we were happily welcomed by the villagers as they stood up in line waiting for us with wide smile carving on their faces. Soon we were divided to foster family and each family got 5 to 6 foster children. Wanna see my foster family? See the picture below.

~ me and my new family ~

~ the cheerful villagers ~

On the first night there, we and our foster families went to a hot spring, sorry I don't know what they call that place, but it is a hot spring. At first, I thought it was a big lake with hot water coming down from a pipe or anything but it was not like what I had imagined at all. The place is divided into two area, the first area is where we fill up a bucket with hot water and put our feet in it whilst the second area is a pond, and you can swim or just immerse your feet in it. Basically we didn't do anything much on the first night, except for this, we went home and got to know our family better.

~ the water in the bucket was hot ya know! ~

The next day, which is Saturday, was where the opening ceremony, blood donation, health exhibition and free medical check-up for the villagers took place. It started in the morning and ended at 2pm. Quite a hectic and packed schedule I must say, coz people keep coming to our exhibition like there's no tomorrow. There were also students from schools around Taiping that we invited to play some games and participating in colouring contest. It was fun to watch the kids having some fun with the stuffs we had prepared.

Okay, I think this entry is long enough for you guys to read, so I shall stop writing now. But this is not over yet. Stay tuned for the second part of this wonderful and exciting weekends. Until then, ciao!