Explorasi Ilham SMF 16/17, Felda Residence Trolak

Some people were enjoying their sem break, some might already got a part time job, some might still be busy doing their fyp. In the meantime, I had a camp(?) nah no it's not really a camp but more to a short getaway for brainstorming session.

I went for this program called Explorasi Ilham SMF 2016/2017 that was held at Felda Residence Trolak, Perak for 3 days 2 nights. 

Sunday, 22/1/2017

I was feeling so sleepy to wake up that morning since I slept late the night before. Forced myself to, and had breakfast at Asam Pedas first before we headed to UiTM. We were leaving at 8.40 and reached my campus around 9.15+ and surprisingly I was the first who arrived! Haha I think Ayah was driving too fast that he got fined on the road lol. As I reached at the bus stop, there were so many people but they're all from SUKSIS. So I asked my parents to wait there for few minutes and I saw Kak Khaleeda was walking towards the bus stop so goodbye session happened and my parents leave.

While waiting for the others and the bus, we took photos, chit-chatting and get to know each other more.

Furqaan, Kak Khaleeda, Me and Aliah
We were coincidentally color coordinated!

See, we're getting along now.

And so we were leaving UiTM at 10.55 but before that,

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Pictures of course!

Sadly, there are some of  SMF fams that couldn't join us.

But it's okay, till next time!

I slept throughout the journey because I was so sleepy plus the fact that I ate nasi lemak during breakfast earlier. As I woke up, we reached RnR Sg. Buloh already. Was told to eat for lunch since it will not be prepared by the resort. That was at 11.30 where I haven't feel hungry yet so I just take-away a set of burger at Burger King. 

Finally reached the place around 13.50+ checked in, and getting ourselves ready to gather at the hall at 14.30.

Taking turn to get our room.

This is my room, a room for 4.

Basically the room was nice and comfortable most importantly, clean! The toilet also was okay there was a heater so takde la weolls freezing. Hekhek.

Then we gathered at Alamanda 6 hall for a session with Sir Fairus, the HEP coordinator also known as SMF advisor. The first hour we did some ice-breaking just to get to know each other well and followed by his talks. Sir explained everything we needed to know as a SMF and what we should do for the next semester programs. The talks ended at 18.20 and I bet you can imagine how sleepy we were that evening.

Seketul me.

This is Sir Fairus gaiz

Headache attacked. Dayyum I don't like that feeling where you feel like hantuk kepala dekat dinding so hard cuz, headache. Then I remembered I last ate heavy food during breakfast and didn't take my lunch yet. (Oh, I just ate the french fries at Burger King during the stop.) 

Had our dinner that evening and getting ready for maghrib. Then we gathered back at the hall for a session with our Deputy Dean, Dr. Tajudin. 

Dr Tajudin with our MPP, Amirul.

And that night, oh my god I kena bahan terox punya. We needed to sit according to our Exco, and Zafran and I coincidentally wore the same color. 

Ariessa even have our close up together hahahaha that was awkward. 

Dean, Zaf, me; exco sukan & rekreasi
 Kak Mal, Kak Fifiq, Sue; exco hubungan jaringan tajaan

We ended our session at 22.40+, had our supper and got back to our room. After showered and all, I ate my burger at 23.00+ and slept because can't stand the headache any longer. 

Monday, 23/1/2017

Rise and shine! Woke up for subuh and changed to sport attire as we got some recreation that morning. Zaf, Dean and I should be conducted the aerobic that morning as we're exco sukan. We literally did zero preparation for that so we just turn on the music and did the exercise. Lol.

That was me next to Zaf who's trying to do lompat bintang
hahahahah

Then we played dodge ball before having our breakfast at 8.00+

After having nasi lemak for our breakfast, we showered and prepared ourselves to gather at the hall again. This time, we did some discussions among our exco about our scope of work and stuffs. It's time for work people! Time to brainstorm ideas! 

Meet your secretariat girl here *wink*

AND GUESS WHAT PEOPLE 

Again, for the second time I kena bahan lagi because I color coordinated with Zaf.

"Zaf kau pahal asyik tiru aku ni?"

"Mana aku tahu do. Takpe, aku dah bawak jacket just in case."

HAHAHAHAHA

Ariessa took this candid btw

We were discussing in the hall until the lunch time. Had chicken rice for lunch and prepared for pond rafting at 15.00 wehooo. 

So as we reached the place for pond rafting, we were briefed about it by Jepun (this is what he asked us to call him) and also Pak Leh. We were divided into two groups and each group was given only 4 small bamboos, 4 big bamboos, 4 big barrels, 8 long ropes and 17 short ropes to build a raft. Was given only 45 minutes to complete everything after that whether or not we finished it we gotta ride it on.

That man with red shirt is Jepun
and the one with a hat is Pak Leh 

That was me acah je tolong Al padahal tak reti pun ikat that tali huhu 

All wet bebeh! 

It was raining when we were rafting but still, we carried on because it wasn't that heavy rain. So we finished the activity and got back to our room to change and getting ready for dinner and maghrib. Then again, we continued with our discussion in the hall and got back to our room around 23.00++

Oh before that, we had something like a debate session earlier before the discussion began. Here are some videos of it.

Tuesday, 24/1/2017

So here comes the last day of our Explorasi Ilham. Kak Mal woke me up for subuh and we got back to sleep afterwards. Woke back for breakfast at 8.00 and packed our stuff. We continued with our discussion and brainstorming session back until 12.15 and got back to our room to bring down all the bags because checked out at 12.30. We had our lunch before leaving, and of course photoshoooot twime! 

Exco sukan & rekreasi presenting

Oh ya, I slept with these 3 ladies.
Sue, Kak Mal and Dean.

This is the hall we used everytime
(excuse my selekeh tudung)

Formal first pls

Ok now informal

The bus arrived around 14.30 and we reached campus at 16.20+. Since it was a weekday, my parents couldn't fetch me as both of them were working. So I gotta be an independent girl, yes KTM it is. Went back by KTM with Aliah, Nadia, Adil, Furqaan and Sardin. The five of us stopped at KL Sentral while Nadia wasn't because she's going back to Rawang which was on the same pathway so no need to change platform or whatnot. As for Furqaan and Aliah, they took LRT from KL Sentral to their place. And then there was left Adil, Sardin and I changed to platform 6 since Adil wanted to stop at TBS, Sardin at Seremban and mehhh ofcozzzz UKM. (Adil & Sardin are both a man just in case if you're wondering, but just don't ask me why we call him Sardin lol) 

So we got into the train and oh my god I can't breathe. You know....KTM......in the evening....peak hours....people got back from office.....ya. Pls imagine how packed it was. While in the train, the three of us chit-chatting, Adil was standing beside me and hahahaha something happened. (pls jangan fikir the bad one ok!) "Sorry la Izz, aku harap kau tak kisah. Malam ni jangan sampai termimpi aku pulak." AHAHAHAHAHA I laughed real hard after Adil said that. Bongok la dil. 

Finally reached home at almost 20.00. 

In a nutshell, I gained and learned a lot during this 3 days 2 nights of brainstorming session. I really am looking forward to work with these people, my SMF squad. I hope together we can contribute something to our beloved Faculty of Applied Sciences. Make them all proud to be in this fac.

See ya guys next sem!

My SMF fams <3

P/s: most of the pictures are credited to our exco multimedia, Ariessa and Furqaan.

Love,

NIH

Welcoming 2017

2016 had been quite a roller-coaster year for me. I had gone through a lot and also learnt a lot. Life goes on, no matter what. Time passes away but memories stay; either good, or the bad one. 

Soooo it's a brand new year again! 

2017,

I hope nothing but to live a better year,

and

To be a better version of myself in every aspects. 

Resolutions? Nah, I have a long list of my resolutions for every new year, months, weeks or even days. Just let me keep it until it has become a great success. 

I miss writing so much. Rarely have time to write since I've started my degree life. And of course, there are lots of things and memories to write about. Well honestly there are 7 posts in my draft that I wanted to publish but I was so busy and tend to procrastinate and.......just me being lazy that eventually it stays in the draft. *lempang diri sendiri* 

To write more, might be one of the 2017-so-called-resolutions-list perhaps? 

Whatever it is, happy new year everyone! I hope each of you will have a wonderful year ahead.

Till then, I promise I'll try to write more, to keep more of my memories in here.

"so called the busy girl"
(acah je ni padahal bila free tidoq ja)

Love,

NIH

 

Attachment

Being overly attached to someone; is hard.

You want them to be with you 24/7

You crave for their time and attention 24/7

You want to feel loved by them 24/7

You want to hear their voice 24/7

You want to know their life update 24/7

Even when you have nothing to say, 

The silence during a call feels better as you know it was your favorite person over the phone.

Your view feels complete as you stare right into their eyes. 

Worse, you can still smell the person even after you got back from meeting them.

 

And

Even worse, you missed them literally a second after you got back from seeing them.

Overthinking kills. 

Above all, patience is the key 💓 

3.06am thoughts.

Love,

NIH

Quick update

• I miss writing. I miss expressing my thoughts through writing. I miss ranting on my blog. 

• Lately I was so busy that I have no time to even breathe. Lol metaphor sangat, but ya I truly am busy with my student life. Screw those sayings "degree will be much more relax than matrics" cuz no. 

• For the first time in forever I didn't go back home for a month (october-november) because my weekends were so packed!!! Faculty's event, college's event, camp, co-cu activities, this and that like everything was in a row and there's no such thing as 'weekend' anymore. I was needed 24/7.

• Had gone through lots of roller coaster emotions because of so many reasons lately. 

• But I'm still here standing strong- mentally & emotionally.

• I have 2 pending post about my journey during KPO and Ecology field trip. It had been in my draft for quite some times but I have no time to sit back, relax and enjoy editing them.

• Assignments, tests and quizzes had started to boom out my life. Stay strong, dear self! 💪 

• Always overthinking about some ridiculous stuffs but then there will always be someone whom remind me not to. And I'm blessed for that.

• I wish there will be a fairy who put a lot of cash in my bag. God I'm broke! Why does everything on earth needs money?!? Why can't everything be free haih it would be nice then especially when it comes to food.

• I can't wait for my mid-sem break.

• I am actually tired.

Love,

NIH

Genggam Erat Tanganku Sahabat 3.0 (GETS) at Kem Desa Selesa, Tg. Malim, Perak.

Firstly first, I joined this martial art plus minus a month ago. Me???? Joining silat??!? Don't laugh people, don't. I know it's kinda funny knowing me joining silat as yaa you know....me.... Lol. Okay but whatever it is, I have my reasons for joining this and let it just be between me and myself. Plus, martial art isn't a bad thing to join in as you get to learn how to defense and protect yourself when you're in danger. 

So, on the 15th-16th October I went for a camping organized by Persatuan Seni Silat Cekak Pusaka Ustaz Hanafi. It was a program for new members to strengthen the relationship among each other, hence the camp was named Genggam Erat Tanganku Sahabat. This camp was held at Kem Desa Selesa, Tanjung Malim, Perak for 2 days 1 night. It was a totally hutan I tell ya!


Day 1: 15/10/2016

Supposedly, the event started early in the morning but then some of us got co-cu class on Saturday morning. So there were two trips that day; 1st- 0700 hrs, 2nd- 1330 hrs. I went for the second trip since I got class that morning. We were gathered at Teratai bus stand and you know....malay being malay they never did what they said. Was supposed to depart at 1400 but nahhh. Reached the camp in the evening, the bus stopped somewhere by the road and we needed to walk to reached the camp site. At first I was like okay.......but then after about 10 minutes of walking we still haven't reach dang it was sooooo inland in the jungle.

That was me, feeling tired & sweating like crazay.

Almost reached to the exact site and we were told that we're needed to cross the bridge (pls don't imagine those nice pretty concrete or brick kinda bridge). 

This. Kind. Of. Bridge. 

The hanging bridge. Only 4pax at a moment.

I swear it was so scary eventho it wasn't that high but those unstable board...
+ the heavy loads...

Confidence overcomes the fears, I managed to cross the bridge safely. Haha. Then we were divided into groups before entering the bamboo hall to join with the first trip members.

At first, this was my group but then we exchanged
one girl with a boy bcs each group must have at least one man.

Since we reached there late in the evening, we perform our Asar prayer first and had some biscuits with tea before we started the activity.

The first thing was they wanted us to get wet. So there was something like perigi(?) or parit(??) ahh I taktau la apa nama dia but it contained water ((dirty water)). The boys started this activity first since out of many they were only 16 of them. Pupus barangkali.

This is how we needed to do it.
The one in the water were facilitators.

....and thats it *splash*

Next we needed to ran and completed all the task during the obstacle activity. Weh this activity I swear it tested our physical and mental endurance. It somehow like kembara halangan during my last time in PLKN.

Finished the activity late in the evening and prepared ourselves for dinner and maghrib prayer. The toilet wasn't that comfortable as ya yknow...toilet in the jungle. I planned not to bath for these two days but then we were all wet with muddy water so whether or not I like, I still need to clean up myself.

Oh and, if you ever wondered where did we slept in yeahhh you guess it right. We slept in the tent!! Actually one tent was for 4 person but then I don't know how or why but nobody was in my tent so I went in Naza's tent and there was only the both of us using that tent till the end. Blessed.

Our camp site.

Meet Naza!

This was where we had our foods.

That night, we had LDK where we needed to draw our flag presented it and did the group cheers. Overall there was 14 groups in total and guess what group I'm in? Ya, 14. So waited patiently and gave them all big applause every time each group presented till my group's turn to present. 

This is my group presenting.

Later then we were briefed about the night walk activity. Yaaaas night walk!! I was so excited and nervous at the same time because it has been so looooong since my last time doing night walk. Well the last one was during standard 6 camping, I guess it was urm about 7 years ago? Quite long enough.

Little do you know that we were told it was a solo night walk. Solo. I've never been into solo night walk before and yes I got a goosebumps immediately. I thought that it was a group night walk where we will be blindfolded and tied our hands together just like my last night walk experience. But it literally deflected my thoughts.

And so, the night walk begins around 0130hrs++ and ended at almost 0400hrs++. It took quite a long time because they needed to let us go one by one. Oh before that, during the briefing we were told  that our password was "hantu pocong" so if we ever hesitated and saw 'something' along the journey, just say "hantu" and if it was a human (our facilitators) they'll answer us and if it doesn't answer then errr yaa...you better run!

Jeng jeng jeng it was my turn to go inside the jungle alone at 2 in the morning. I zikr along my journey to the end. I walked in average speed and didn't even looked around, I watched my step carefully just in case there's hole or something I'd step on. Then at one point, I saw something. I freaking saw something with a white cloth was sitting down. I knew that must be our faci so I ignored him and walked ahead without even saying anything to him. But I guess he wasn't happy that I was not afraid of him and suddenly I heard steps behind me I was afraid but I tried to not turning back. As I walked even faster, the steps kept on following me and out of a sudden that 'thing' with white cloth on was right beside me and "BAHHH" me. I was so shocked and shouted immediately the moment I saw his face. He was wearing telekung tho. I kept on walking while hold on tears from falling. There were noises of ghost, dog and even cat. I spoke out the password two times at this one zombie-like-human but he wasn't answering mehhhh so I kept on walking until the end.

It was terrifying but a nice experience to boost up self confidence and trains our mind to be braver than before.

While waiting for the others, we slept.


Day 2: 16/10/2016

Woke up early for subuh prayer even though we had only plus minus one hour of sleep last night. Before started our water activity today, we did aerobic exercise conducted by Mr Amirul, the fitness teacher. He and his personality is so funny and cute. Then after finished breakfast, we started our water activity. Basically, we need to walk in the river throughout the journey and at certain points there were some task we needed to do. It was all-wet kinda day!

That's him, the fitness teacher
in red shirt with blue bag.

This is my group after doing our group cheers.

Here are the facilitators & secretariat for GETS3.0

We finished the water activity at almost midday, cleaned up ourselves changed to the GETS shirt and gathered back at the hall for the closing ceremony. Finished with the closing ceremony, it was a photoshoot session before we had our lunch and packed our stuff to go back home to campus.

That was me, holding a packet of mamee monster.
Behind that is the hall we usually gathered.

Meet Naza, my sleeping partner in the tent.
(idontknowwhymyfcelookslikeanegg)

Also, here are some photos of my group.

Thank you for everything we had shared for these 2 days guys.

And to all the facilitators thank you for all the knowledge you gave us. 

Also thanks for being understanding and patience with our 1001 different attitudes.

This was before we were leaving, while waiting for our turn to get into the bus.

#sisturkepenatan
#senyumpunmacamterpaksa
#tapiiikhlasok
#kbye

With that, our journey in GETS3.0 ended. We reached back at college late in the evening. Overall, I did had fun despite all those silly things I kept on complaining.

Some of the pictures are creditted to the multimedia ajk & Naza.
Oh and, if you're curious on what else were we doing there feel free to take a look on our journey here or search #GETS3 on instagram/twitter.

Love,

NIH