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On Saturday - 19 August, 3 pm, we went to TAZA for gathering before going to Bau.  As usual, B. Ed TESL Co 2 is famous for taking pictures everywhere.  So before departure, we took a group photo.

And again, we took picture when we were in the bus.

We as the irritating brats (usual ba…), shouted and screamed and laughed loudly in the bus, ignoring the other passengers’ needs for peace and silence.  We however were only excited for around 20 minutes before our energy is drained (except for Jaime - the one with the hat and jacket - of course who kept on talking till the end of the journey, which I personally think is a feat hard to challenge by anyone) and soon we all enjoy the scenery outside the bus…QUIETLY. 

And then, I saw…

and…

The typical scenery in bus.  And I, as a sakai, didn’t miss the opportunity to capture those moments.

An hour later, we arrived SMK Lake, Bau!!!  SMK Lake was having a ‘Kursus Kepimpinan Pengawas’ at that time and those prefect trainees all went out to greet us. Oh, so sweet of them!  The next programme was listening to a motivation talk, and again, my class escaped. :-p  We took group photos instead…again.

After taking many other photos, which I think are not appropriate to be posted in the blog, I saw a group of IPBL dancers taking pictures.  I ran quickly towards them and got ready for my picture to be taken (the thick-face me!).  Suddenly, one of them shouted, "Let’s do dance pose!"  And all of them posed gracefully.  Hey, wait a minute!!! I didn’t have a dance pose!!!  So I simply made a pose and the picture was taken.  Suprise, I kinda like it.  Although mine didn’t look like a pose at all.

Then the motivation ended.  People started to come out from the hall.  And I saw my brother - who just finished attending the talk.  He didn’t dare to escape from it, he’s new bah… Anyway, here’s a picture of me, my bro and my roommate, Lydia.

And soon it was time for our bath before dinner.  We took one last photo group together.

 

After bath, we wear the free shirt given by college.  I was surprised that the quality of the shirt is actually quite good.  Before I signed up for this short trip to Bau, I was told that we would be given free shirt, cap and tracksuit (we never get a tracksuit though).  I expected a ’see-through’, white t-shirt but instead we were given a collar shirt with average quality cotton shirt, although the design was a bit yucky…

After dinner, we proceeded to the hall to watch performances by IPBL lecturers and students.  I’m proud to state that my classmates were involved as well.  They are:

• Sabri and Mul who were in charge of the video and photo taking
• Emmelina who was involved in the dancing performances
• Alex who was in the band - providing live music with his bass guitar
• Fel and Hakim who sang their heart out that night with their sweet voices

Here are pictures of Fel and Hakim singing.  If you looked closely, you can see in the background - my bro with his keyboard and Alex with his guitar.

The performances were quite long and I took my time looking at the signs pasted on the wall in the hall.  There were many inspiring thoughts but one really catched my attention.

Yeap, it’s really something to ponder about.

At 11pm, the performance ended.  We took one last group photo in Bau with the yucky design but average quality shirts.

Tired but satisfied with the day, we jumped into the bus and got ready to return to IPBL.

* When we reached hostel, it was quite late and typical of us, we all got very very very hungry.  And then, the guys messaged us to ask any order since they were going to McDonald.  Ah, life savers!!!  So we ordered ‘hundreds’ of burgers and the guys faithfully used their motorbikes to buy our orders.  On the way back however, stray dogs got attracted with the delicious smell of burgers and they got chased!!!  Luckily, they got back safely, no physical harm (not so sure about mentally though)  and most importantly, the food arrived safely and were now being process back into the toilet bowls.

The next day, 20 August 2006, at 730 pm, we went to TAZA again for a BBQ session. 

Yum yum…the sausages were ‘hangus’, so were the chicken, but I don’t care, I was really hungry that night!!!  After the bbq session, we went to TAZA to see performance again…

On the trip to the toilet in TAZA, Mdm Angelia stopped me on my tracks to give me some last minute changes that I needed to do for Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate.

My classmate, Olivia was involved in a short sketch.  She was the Bidayuh girl (in the picture)  I think she danced the best among the dancers in the sketch!!! Bravo, Olivia!!

And we were entertained by other performances.

Aiyak..got other pictures to upload but I reached my quota liao. :-(  Anyway, we went back to hostel at 11pm, just in time to watch The Apprentice.  Another two memorable nights to remember.

This morning (Monday), I woke up and reality hit me square in the face.  Holiday has started!!!  Wow…Happy Holiday everyone!!!

I read in all motivation books that we should be thankful for everything that we have.  However, it is a lot more easier to look at something negative than to look at it positively.  That is what we are.  We seldom be thankful for all the small gifts from God.

But hey, being part of B. Ed TESL Co 2, even a blind person can see just how blessed I am to be in such a community.  With only 23 students in a class and after being together for more than 3 years, we all share a special bonding.  I give thanks to God everyday for the gift of such special people in my life.  No words can express the feeling we have, allow me instead to bring you to our world…using pictures.

This is our first class photo with our tutor, Dr Chua.  It is also the stepping stone to take more memorable pictures.  This picture was taken on 27 March 2006.

11 March 2006 - Fiza’s birthday!!!  We celebrated at the cafeteria and next, photo taking!  We discovered that a lot of us have loud voices - the noise we made during the celebration can be heard a mile away.

28 March 2006 - Anis’ birthday!  Due to transportion limitation, we again celebrated her birthday in cafeteria.  We ate cakes and had fun!  And I’m not in the picture.  You see, they took the picture when I went to the toilet.

Our second class photos with Dr Mary.  Boring in showing formal and solemn faces, we decided to make naughty faces in this picture.  Can you all feel the fun we all had in taking pictures? By the way, Dr Mary is a great lecturer…6 Apr 2006

09 Apr 2006 - It was TESL Gala Nite.  Only TESL students were invited. :-p UKM lecturers were here as well.  We ate, we laughed, we shouted and we danced.  Looking back at the pictures during that night always brighten up my mood.  After that night, we all started to stress like hell…exam just a few days away.  We party hard, we study hard!!!

Yeah!! We just finished our exam, so it was time to have fun again before we started our long long 3 months holiday.  We went to Damai Beach with the seniors (we miss you all!).  Our seniors will leave for UKM when the new semestar start, so we planned a holiday together with them!!  Ahh!!! Thanks to Emm’s strict budget, we managed to go Damai for two days, one night with minimum cost. 

Ahhh..seniors..how we miss you all!! See you all soon in UKM!!  The trip to Damai was on 3 - 4 May 2006.  Then, we all went back to our respective hometown for the dreadful and boring Pra-pratikum in school.  No? Ok ok…maybe only me.

We were back from holiday!!! How we miss each other.  So we took another class photo with our beloved ‘father’ - Mr Tingang.  Picture was taken on 21 July 2006. See how Mr T smiled so joyfully!!! Sheer happiness!!

27 July 2006 - We just finished our English Week performance.  It was great!! All of us were involved in dancing, acting…  It is a musical sketch and wow…i never imagined some of the guys in my class can actually dance so well. Hihihi…

My brother and me.  Taken after the English Week performance.  He’s new to the college but i think he get along very well.  Wow, he made quite an impression to my friends when he surprised them by playing the keyboard and drum.  Hey bro, I’m proud of you. Hihihi…

Ahh!!! The Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate 2006.  The committee members.  The competition was from 1 Aug to 4 Aug.  The finals will be on 29 Aug 2006.

It was Lydia’s birthday!! So we all went to her house and celebrate on 6 August 2006.  Another memorable night to remember.  Another kg to gain…

07 Aug 2006 - We celebrated classmates’ birthday from July to August.  We bought a huge cake.  Hihi…

On the same day, 7 Aug, we got our allowance, RM 1175.  Feeling very rich (but not for long), we went to Hartz (Satok branch) to eat buffet together!!!  Oh, i’m getting fatter.  Eat + happiness = FAT

Our latest latest picture. 10 August 2006. Taken when 5 guys from our class participated in Futsal competition. We got second!!!  Actually they wanted a female team as well.  My friends and I quickly signed up for it.  So excited to kick the small ball around.  But other class - no gals wanna join. So the Futsal competition for girls was cancelled.

So we became the supporters.  At 5 pm, almost everyday, we will shout at the top of our lungs to give them support.  We believe that we supporters had played a large part in helping the team to enter final. Hihihihi…

Basically, that’s how my class looks like.  Tomorrow, we will be going to Bau and next week, my class will participate in the National Day parade.  Busy month.  Be prepared for more crazy photos from B. Ed TESL Co 2, a class like no other in the world.

Nowadays it is easy to get internet access in college.  I was very excited but imagine my surprise when I knew that the college has banned Friendster… F***

Hence, my long absence from writing blog in friendster.  Oh, how I miss publishing my life experiences with my friends all around the world.

I’m currently still in Kuching, and I am now in my sis’ house.  I was excited when I knew that my sister got a laptop with an Internet access!!  So the first thing I do is to write a blog to explain my absence.

It had been a long one month in Kuching.  So many things happen in this one month.  The experience going back to my sis during weekend, having a brother studying together in college, adjusting myself to my friends’ changed behaviour.  But overall, I have been doing fine.

Of course, the peak event in my life during this one month is none other than getting involved with Yayasan Sarawak World Style Debate.  We are lucky to have one great lecturer guiding us and giving me the opportunity to be in once-in-a-lifetime event.  Since I was in the final last year, I was not allowed to join the preliminary rounds.  But I still get to enjoy myself by being one of the committees.  I was also allowed to join the Masters’ Round and me and Emm got second place!!!  Haha…such memorable days.

I don’t have any issue to share with you all today.  I’m still overly excited knowing my sister house can online. Haha!!! I will look eagerly for every weekend where i can access the web and communicate with all my friends!!

Lastly, peace to you all.