Back to School again

Back to School again.This photo taken by Lena, a whiteboard somewhere in d school compound. The lyrics of the classic edelweis song:

Reminds me of Primary School days..and also RedCrescent... where we had bunch of classics and other multi-lingual cheerings during gatherings/events :-P

I drew some numbers for lucky draw.. and the first draw.... was my own number... Erk... I am my own luck? a bit paiseh tho. Then one of the numbers hit this aunty's number... she is form 1965 batch. She said to me "This is my first time ever winning lucky draw"... wow... and its very flattering that I drew that number for her.

Sarang Burung tiada lagi

Last month's story nih.. huhu.. outdated :P

It was one of the school alumni's event for this year. We managed to collect roughly around 50K from this event and the money goes to alumni fund, specifically to run a mini scholarship program for the school students. With the help of this new fund, we are now able to sustain the program for at least another 3 years. Kuddos.... to the committee members, co-organisers.... and especially to those who came and supported :D

The celebrities... they were so sporting and down to earth. They were invited by our alumni president and came voluntarily with no fees etc... and Ning Baizura even brought 7 boxes of her stuff (mostly dresses) to be put on jumble sale selling from as low as RM5, rm10... oh ya she sang 4 songs by random requests, haha one of it "Madu dan Racun"... and one classic mandarin song, which was sung sooo beautifully it makes me wanna cry :-) ...There's Fauziah Nawi, Tony Eusof, Zizan Nin and Farah Alia. Their presence sure did pull some crowd.

us, the commitee members and the celebs. PhotoCredit: Lena

Talking about crowd... there's diversity to it. Different range of age and very Malaysia =]

Photocredit: Nurul

Oh ya, for my own stall. Hehe... Kak Ilah and my sis, Mely (the saviours) who came to help with the sandwich making. Kak Ilah, so dear of you and Mely came back all the way from KL to help... someone from TcBoy who sponsored the tuna came to help with the mixing too. huhu terharu.

And the sandwiches! the loaf! Oh my.... I never knew RotiBoy had such delicious fresh.. erm... very nyam nyam ness sandwich loaf.... (before this I only knew their mexican bun is super nyam... figured now I love the wholemeal bread loaf...) Thanks to Nam.... she got 40 loaves of sandwich sponsored for this event. my saviour. Thanksss dear. U rawk lalink :*

so, RotiBoy + TcBoy = my sandwich :P


The whole event... many people to thank and credit... they all work very hard... expecting nothing in return... Some forked out quite a sum of RMs.... just to make sure this event run smoothly... all in the name of charity. that's the spirit :-) Some things we gained: experience, new friendships, understanding, team spirit.... erm basically seme soft skilss la kot :P hehe...

Of cos... sure ada salah silap.. error sana sini... it's our first time organising such a big event, and the alumni learned a lot from this one... okay... now we have a reference point and a benchmark for any similar events in future :}

p/s: I kinda.... miss my sandwich... hehe... talking about missing thingss...

ouh.. and i miss those days in school.. when we used to have all these canteen days... ingat lagi siap ada skali tu, named as Foodthon... and our class masa tu form 1.. jual Air Sarang Burung Layang-Layang... fuyyyooo ada keles you....

Haha pecaya la sgt.. ntah amende la kitorang taruk dalam ayaq tu kasi nampak mcm sarang burung... wkakakaka.. laku beb.

(so skarang dah nampak kan kaitan title dgn entry kali ini... sekian, terima kasih :* )

Tummy Happy

The Pixxie ~ all homemade cookies... no matter how busy we get... we try to stick to making our own cookiess.. ehehe.
Still on raya mood + a lot of work back at the lab = blog abandoned :P

So Selamat Hari Raya.. again... and next week...Deepavali... looking forward to it :D yahooo...

so my tummy is now very happy... but....
3 months of no gym/work out + no photography assignments = muscles gone into thin air...

I have a mission to be accomplished somewhere around mid nextyear... so now... i am hunting for a new gym and have to start working out again... ayaaa... waaarkhh.. cahaiyyokkk2 u can do it!

till then...
:*

Ghaya kali ini....

Hehe.. Hari Raya pun dah lepas ye.

and tahun ni beraya.. lepas makan kambing je, terus rasa ngantuk... Why oh why? Dah la saya ni peminat setia makanan-makanan berasaskan kambing-kambing sedunia...

dan waktu raya begini... pastinya berpeluang meluangkan masa bersama keluarga, sanak sedara dan kwan-kawan dengan lebih lagi. Alhamdulillah, bersyukur sangat tahun ni dapat beraya dengan baik, dengan rezeki yang dikurniakanNya :-)

tahun ni, rasa seperti Ramadhan terlalu singkat.

 

Raya kali ni, belajar perkataan baru: YaYa abeYo. Meem dok ulang-ulang kalimah ni tiap-tiap malam sambil ala-ala menari... sampaikan semua warga rumah pun terjangkit sebut-sebut sepanjang ari. Baru tadi kami discover..... rupa-rupanya... ia bermaksud "I Love you" mwahahahhahaa... eeeeee gundu boyy eeeee... geyam!

Raya kali ni... takdak baju raya... karena janji manis dari tailor tidak tertunai... huhu... untuk mengobat hati terluka, maka belilah kasut baru highheels 2 inch. mungkin jauh di sudut hati, rasa mcm tak cukup tinggi lagi sbb tu nak jadi lebih tinggi?

Hehehe....

Selamat Hari Raya Semua....

 

Akhir kata,

Ya Ya Abeyo...

 

Dark Ages...

Earth Hour.

Errr.. Off Lights only or all power supply eh? When I first heard about it, first thing that came to my mind "How about the computer servers?" Then I was concerned about the road lights.. then the security alarms... list goes on... I guess not everything can be turned off even for an hour, unless we really have a power tripp.

Worry not... I am in full support for this campaign. (Questions pop out coz I happen to have a habit of over analysing things... hehe...)

During the earth hour (8.30pm-9.30pm), I turned off everything- lights, fans, tv, fish tank oxygen and even the fridge. Errr.. so what do I do for one hour? Hmm... tick... tock.... tick.. tock... Let's check out the neighbourhood...

only one neighbour's house and ours were in complete darkness. Few houses away, I think there were 2-3 more houses in dark... Erm... were they supporting earth hour or they just happen to be out of home at that time?? Hmmm... wonder... Btw... all other houses were terang-benderang, with even some houses with porch lights on. Well... it's up to individuals i guess. Fortunately, the campaign call had been answered and supported by some of my friends, Nurul being the most semangat, hehe.. Kak Ilah, Zue, Jane, Joni, Marli, to name a few.


cameras don't use electricity... therefore mine entertained me for at least 30 minutes... Hehe.. I had 2 candles lit, they were the main victims of my experiment, alongside other items around the source of light.

I was testing my remote flash setting... Klik Klik Klik... by the time a nail clipper became my model, I knew I had enough. Last item... the grandpa clock on the wall... showing the time - 9.09 pm

20 minutes to go... lets Visit the World before electricity... hoho... to the kitchen and get some chores done, with the help of the second candle.

I turned on the power (the fish tank n fridge 9.30 pm sharp), the rest after 10 minutes.

I heard some places organised some "celebrations" for this earth hour campaign. I hope nothing fancy though because it will defeat the purpose of saving resources. How about lighting a candle? Opppss :P~

Got this from the Net:

Are the emissions from these candles worse for the climate than simply leaving the lights on? After all, candles emit carbon dioxide too.
The answer: It depends on what kind of candles you use, how many of them you burn, and where you get your electricity from.

and This:

Hank the Eco-Geek tells us that it takes about 40 candles to produce the same amount of light as a 40 Watt light bulb and puts out a lot more CO2, so lighting candles during Earth Hour isn't exactly doing much for our greenhouse gas emissions. But he also points out that we don't tend to light 40 candles and make do with a lot less candlepower, although I am now a bit embarrassed by the picture of our dinner table last year. While the source for his information says burning candles is carbon-negative, Hank concludes that it is roughly carbon-neutral if you don't burn too many.

2 candles (1 lit a bit later) compared to the total power turned off in my house... I think it can balance out to be carbon-neutral... Hehehe...

Last but not least... whether or not we turned off the lights for an hour during this campaign, we should practise saving resources.

I met Ratatouille

Appointed as an emcee again, this time in Bahasa. I was like… alamak!! I was indeed afraid as I have tendency of speaking extra speedy especially in Bahasa. Another issue was, most people who emcee in Bahasa use bahasa bunga-bunga, with melodious intonations, which I am not good at. I was informed, that particular event did not require all that, therefore thought it would be a good opportunity to improve my public speaking in Bahasa Baku.

For a first timer, was worried… cuak... hoping everything goes on well.

At the podium…while waiting for VIP’s arrival… That was the time I met Ratatouille

Fyi, it was a 5 star hotel… Suddenly I saw this tiny thing moving very aggressively and fast on the carpet. At first I thot… well.. must be my tired eyes.

Then later, there it goes again. Confirm! It’s a RAT… baby rat. It was having fun running around in front of the podium and towards the VIP table, which was still vacant at that time. Then it went running below the stage and in and out. Why was I the only one seeing this? How am I supposed to Emcee with a bebeh rat running around the podium area. What if it jumps on my feet while I was talking? Ohhh tidakk! Went to the hotel people, informed them. They looked shocked. Later some of them came to check it out… but all they did was, look whether there was a rat or not. Then, seeing none, they blah! Then I knew, I was all alone in this!

VIP arrived. Start emceeing. Dean’s speech, followed by V.C’s speech. While VC was giving speech, Ratatouille popped out again. I nearly choked. I looked at the audience. They were all hooked up, looking and listening at VC. The rat was running towards me… Ouh noo!!! But lucky me, rat-babe did not come too close. Gosh… help me stay poised. I tried to hide my scared, horrified face. A rat running around gleefully… and yet… no one else notice? After a while, Ratatouille ran to the other side of the ballroom and disappeared. Nasib baik, did not cause any drama. Hohoho... sorry, for the story has no climax :P

Maintained cool…and finished the job, then the dinner… wait… did my dear Ratatouille prepared these? *still a mystery*

Following day, event continued, while one of the Deans was giving speech, he mentioned, quote “I am distracted by this mouse running around in front of me….” Unquote.

Thank god… I was not hallucinating!

The Pink Sandals

I joined the school's alumni event recently. Instead of writing about the event or our tasks, I am going to write about my beloved sister's pink colored 1-half inch high heels sandals. Let's get pinky ya.

I was told that we can wear anything, and I wore something usual, with the pink sandals. I didn't know we were going to do hard labour.... and after some time.. I really start to feel pain and discomfort. but work must go on, we had to continue distributing the food to the participants. I even stood barefeet once a while.. cannot tahan di.

Then, I saw one of our member's son sitting at the corner. He is about 20, looking all macho and relaxed; and there's another boy around 11, another member's son, running around and looking so... well, young! :P . They just came back after a short tour around Pisa. Something caught my attention! the 20 year old guy's slippers, wow.... the answer to my pain and agony. Then, I made a bargain.

"can we change shoes... U can take mine... haha.. you can even wear em if u want (trying to be funny), i cannot tahan la walk with this sandals"

I was expecting a horified expression but all he said was "Ok, sure" and gave me his sandals. Yahoooo... saviour!

When we were busy sorting things out, I saw him walking to other direction (washroom maybe)... wearing my sandals.... (Fyi, My feet are large size, so a medium sized guy can easily fit into my sandals). I was like... alamak... maybe emergency sampai don't mind wearing my sandals. its Pink wei...

Then after some time, we had to load a number of boxes of mineral waters into a room nearby, and he helped out... . Was he going to ask for a trade back? No he didn't, without complaining, did the job... and later continue moving around in my sandals.

Ok... I felt super guilty... so finally, I asked for a trade back. I told him my feet are no longer painful so we'd better switch before he has to go through one too :P~
Hahaha.. I don't know why I am making a big deal out of this... I just felt it was cool. Like he did not even complain, and all he said was "Ok" and "No Problem" or just smiled. I think he is Cool... good boy ;-)

For all the trouble, I said to Dr.Ooi that she owes me an insurance for my back :P~ (must be careful what u joke about) Not to be supersitious, but then, I really had come close to need one, as after we had our lunch, I tripped and fell in front of a restaurant. Sakit giler... it was not like the funny-funny fall but a FALL fall... errr...if u get what I mean. It was definitely not a good day for my back. I fell because my heels tripped on the badly maintained pathway. Again... it was the heels :P~

On our way back, Chris advised me not wear so much of high heels, since I am already tall (for Malaysian standard), so don't really need one. (oppss)

So.. after all these thing happening to me yesterday... Where are the pink sandals now?
Hihihi (blushing).... Right under my feet :P~ Huhuhu... bukan degil, but don't have other options just now, left all the flat ones in campus. For comfort, I prefer the flat ones actually, but at times, heels make me feel more err... taller?? :P To stop wearing high heels completely? huhuhu.... i dun think i could :P

Flat heels sandals are just not sexy :-(