THE NATIONAL UNITY ASSEMBLY & INTERGRATION FOR STUDENT LEADERS AND INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS 2009 (RIMUP) *DAY TWO*

Waking up the next day was a piece of cake, it seems that my roommates left the air-con at minimum last night.

16 degrees!!!

Well, all's done is done.. I got up to pray the Fajr, and then got into my activity shirt.

It was yellow, and nice!

That's me in the front...

My group as well as some other groups made our way to SM Teknik Johore Bahru.

First activity: SENAMROBIK PERPADUAN

aerobics?? I had a tough time catching up with the instructors. It was as if they were dancing more than exercising... But I had fun... moving along with the music and all.

Next, when everyone is all pumped up with adrenalin, we all moved on to:

SUKAN PERPADUAN & TEAM BUILDING

Well, it was all to introduce us to some cultures of other races.

I learnt a few...

1. CHINESE USE CHOPSTICKS TO EAT

2. THE KHADAZANS DANCE THE SUMAZAU. THE DANCERS ARE WOMEN AND ARE CALLED THE 'SUMANDAK'

3. INDIANS MAKE KOLAM

4. INDIANS PLAY A GAME CALLED KABBADI

5. CHINESE MAKE STRAW PAINTINGS

6. IBANS PLAY THIS I-don't-remember-the-name GAME OF JUMPING OVER TWO BAMBOO POLES.

Finally, my group made a piece of art using straws!

1MALAYSIA!!!

Later, wegot ourselves prepared for a protocol event.

THE ROYAL HI TEA

The Tengku Mahkota of Johore was there.

Boy, I wished I got a different table...

the people sitting around my table were all some goody-two-shoes!!!

I can't eat as much as I used to. Every time I attempt to go for some more food, those people stare......

and in the end, I was the only one eating!!! The others just kept on staring... freaky...

at the end of the event, my table was the only table which have leftovers on it - surprise!!!

 

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That night, another BIG EVENT.

A gathering with the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia!

I actually managed to shake hands with him in person!!! hahaha!

But unfortunately... hee- I dozed off during his speech. I'm ashamed of myself...

I woke up only to see him leave the building... and then... everyone returned to their hotels.

THE NATIONAL UNITY ASSEMBLY & INTERGRATION FOR STUDENT LEADERS AND INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS 2009 (RIMUP) *DAY ONE*

Our trip stopped at SMKA Johore Baharu. We stayed there for the night... and we weren't alone... contingents from a few other states also stopped there for the night. Perlis, Perak and Sarawak... and a few others... I only noticed them on the next morning. We continued our journey... We reached this place... our assembly place...

the commander gave a briefing about the event... and took a photograph of the Terengganu contingents.

Later, we were divided into separate groups. I joined Group I. And the event begins...

 Group I was sent to The New York Hotel.

I guess that's where I'll be sleeping for the nights. The Ice Breaking session went well, I can't find any photos of it though. Damn! I should have brought my phone along to take some pictures... anyway, I made friends easily within the first day...

SOM CAI

NES SANDRA RECCA

NORINTAN SHAKIRA

NURUL AFIFAH (whoa, she is a moody one.)

H'NG JAAN JENG

ANG HAN CIN

TAN XUE HUI

NUR FATIN AZRIN

WONG AH JHONG

TABEAH GLORIA SIEBERT

JAN-MIKE SCHIFFERS

NORHANISAH

Just a few names to remember them by...

Later on that night, everyone gathered at a place called the Persada Johore.
There was a presentation on unity and the Independence Day.
I knew that this will be the beginning of a very fun program....

THE NATIONAL UNITY ASSEMBLY & INTERGRATION FOR STUDENT LEADERS AND INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS 2009 (RIMUP) *PROLOGUE*

August: I was quite surprised when I was summoned out of my classroom by Ustaz Mat Lazim, our senior assistant of students' affairs... (nervous much!!) I had quite a fight with the Silat Club the day before... I thought I was going to be punished.

“Muhammad, would you like to participate in an event held by the Ministry of Education?” he asked. “Huh?” goes my reply, dumbstruck.

“It's a some kind of assembly intended for unity...” he replied.

Unity. A wonderful word, I thought... sounds fun. I'll give it a try.

“I'll go,” I said, giving him my personal informations to be filled in the entry form.

“Thanks,” the teacher said. “You're like one of the school's best students this year, you'll probably make a great leader in the coming years”. And then he left for his office.

“What's up?” my classmates asked. “I dunno...” I replied dully. still dumbstruck.

The coming days went on without any news about the program I'll be attending.

I played tennis as usual in the evenings, attend preparation classes at night and only thought about the program at bedtime; wondering when the event will take place.

Around two weeks later, Ustazah Roslina barged into my classroom calling for me.

“Muhammad!!! Take this checklist and get ready for the program. You'll be leaving at around 10 o'clock in the morning on the 16^th” she said.

After a few rumbling around in school and my dormitory, I needed only one last thing. A signature for my permission form. Mr Shafie didn't want to sign it as he joked around about the H1N1 pandemic in Malaysia. I couldn't change his mind at first, but later on that day, I met him and he gave me the permission form – signed.

“The participation is an order from the ministry now that Ustaz Mat Lazim sent your name for it...” he explained and strode off.

August 16^th... I waited for my school bus driver to fetch me from school and drop me off at the gathering place. I waited...and waited... and finally he came.

I hopped off the the van as soon as we arrived, thanked him, and sat down on a bench...

something wasn't quite right...

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

My school uniforms!!! I left them at school!!! I chased after the driver until he came to a stop at a T-junction. It was indeed a good thing that I involve myself in stamina building activities... I had to sprint for like, what? 3 minutes non-stop...

After all was under control, I came back just in time to get on the ride to the event location, Johore...

COMING SOON TO MY BLOG

MY STORY ON THE EVENT OF THE YEAR

be sure not to miss it!!!

hehe

A TRIBUTE FOR MY FIRST COMMENT

Yes.... finally I managed to add my own shoutbox to my blog.

guess what... it took me seven tries to add this little gadget..

I guess this is what I get for reading too little about IT..

hehe.... what a shame..

Anyway... I'd like to welcome my first commentor on my blog...

my dear friend, w_nurhakimah!!!

the good girl next door

my dear classmate.

well, at least now I know that someone checked out my blog...

empty nest

A few months ago...

Found this nest in the forest near my grandparents' place.

I wonder if the nest is still there...

a nice little photo for me to remember it by...

Teachers care...

I was just about to go for an outing with my mum yesterday when I noticed a letter in my mailbox... addressed to... ME! It was from the Yayasan Terengganu...

Well, at once I knew that it was an invitation to this some kind of award ceremony (even though I expected to NOT get the award...). Almost all of my friends already got the award, and it's already the end-of-year school holidays... In which it means... SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!!

So I carelessly called up my teacher to tell her about the letter this morning... And after congratulating me.. she asked me about HOMEWORK... it didn't ring any bells at first... but then...

OH MY GOD!!!!!! I totally forgot about Teacher Rokiah's homework that she gave me... it was 11 essays altogether... and in total, at least 3960 words!!! And I am not the kind of student who loves homework... Plus the fact that THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE ALMOST OVER!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!

This makes me realise that teachers do care for their students... yes... hard to admit it, but I repeat, TEACHERS DO CARE... well, I guess I'll have to start working on those essays...

oooohhh... nice and EMPTY pages for the essays...

happy birthday... old friend...

to my dear friend, Hajar...

happy birthday....

even though you might no even know about this blog...

you're still a friend that I care for...

071293

physics+art

forgive me for sounding as if I'm boasting...

but I'll have to take the credit for this piece of beauty...

inspired by my love towards physics....

found the original image in the internet.

It took me quite a while to edit it...

but the satisfaction...

it's what I am proud of..

hahaha!!!!

amazing people

my dad found a video...
NICK VUJICIC...

as seen in the picture...
no limbs....
just a toe...

but in he spoke in front of an audience with style,
he entertained...
and then he said... 

"Sometimes in life, when you fall down, and you feel like you don't have the strength to get back up. Do you think you have hope?"

he made me think for a while...

then he said...

"... it matters how you are going to finish... Are you going to finish strong?"

an amazing man, he is...
no limbs... but my words make no sense to him...
he can still have fun and...

a tribute to Nick Vujicic, everyone!!!!

check out his vidoe on youtube... keyword: are you going to finish strong? nick vujicic

ok, this is me...

name: muhammad
school: smkaka
age: still young
hehe, I'm a tennis player in the making...

yoroshiku onegai shimasu

assalamualaikum dan salam 1 Malaysia!!
watashi no namae mohammato desu...
I am new around here, but I think I'll be ok...
I just want to share the experiences I faced throughout life....
and as you see in the image, I am fond of 1 Malaysia.
why?
hehehe... sooner or later, you'll find out...

anyway... hope you enjoy my blog...
yoroshiku onegai shimasu....