Pengalaman "Torcher"

Assalamualaikum.

Ya know, I would really love to type like those famous bloggers who type in funny BM languages. But I can't. Cos I'm not exactly awesome in BM. I mean, I speak BM fluently but when it comes to writing, I SUCK. Big time.

Last week we went to Cameron Highlands. My classmates and I, I mean. First time ever hiking up a mountain and it was TORCHEROUS. Gunung Brinchang, to be exact, is the second highest mountain after Gunung Irau. So proud that I pushed myself to climb up to 2000 metres! It was a group effort, actually.

le crazy classmates

At the top of the mountain!

Part of the team

Although torcherous, I must say I had fun. Especially when you go together as a group, and filled with a bunch of fun loving funny people. I'm proud of my batch, because although there're only 12 of us, and we're the most talked about batch by the lecturers (in a negative way, of course) and we're dubbed the worst batch in the history of all batches, we make things work. And some of us even hold high positions in the student body. 

I'm on my study break now, can't believe semester 3 is over! 2 more semesters and then byebye Tapah! wohooo! haha

p/s : The forest was absolutely beautiful! I'll upload the pictures when I'm not such a lazy bum. :)

The Pretty Reckless

Assalamualaikum.

Maybe deciding for your future is important. There are times, where life takes a toll and  you have to make a choice. And by choosing that one particular choice, you'd have to gamble it all and risk everything. The outcome might be exactly like how you wanted it to be, or it could be the total opposite.

But this is life. You may fall once, twice or many times but in the end, it's all up to you. Whether you wanna suck it up, not make a big fuss out of it and rise back up. It's either you're willing to go through the hardships, take responsibility for your own actions and live through with it. 

For the past few years, I've pretty much swallowed in almost all the negative things in my life. All the bad things that have come.... but I always tried to be optimistic and see the good in everything.

Maybe that kept me going. 

I'm encik Sabri's daughter. And what my dad told me, if you try to take me down, I'm gonna screw you up. 

Cable Beach, West Australia.

.... and that's my papa right there. 

I'm beginning to see the real future here, the real deal. And no one or nothing can stop me.

Till then. :)

Ummm, yes. Hello.

Assalamualaikum.

I honestly do not know where to start...

Life is pretty much the same. Of course, there have been down sides to certain things. Of course, I'm always in this stressed mode. Of course, I'm always busy trying to make myself busy. Of course, I always like to plan things.

Some random pokpeks :


1)

Nelson Mandela's autobiography. No, I don't read books from Sophie Kinsela or Marian Keyes. I'd prefer to read thrillers, fiction or facts. I'm 1/5th through the book (since it has 700+ pages) and all I can say is... definitely THE BEST BOOK ever written by a public figure/politician. I find myself so drawn into his life that it's definitely a page-turner.

2)

Mama being hospitalized. I left everything behind and went back to KL on Friday morning. Stayed with Mama the whole afternoon + evening. Slight conditions which caused her to be observed under care. "Observed" lah sangat the doctor is so crappy I felt like shooting him. Try putting YOUR wife/mum/yourself in the hospital bed and no one acknowledges you. Urghhh

3)

Possibly the only people keeping me sane in Tapah are my room-mates. And of course, some others. I'm so anti-social in UiTM I couldn't care less about how people don't even realise of my existence. OK, maybe they do. But I'm always MIA considering the fact that I usually do my own thing in my hostel room. And honestly, Actuarial Science is driving me up the wall now that I CANNOT WAIT to get my diploma over with, get out of Tapah and do a degree unrelated to this course. Well, that's the plan now. Hopefully I won't change my mind. LOL

Picture above shows what a total dork I am that I wouldn't care if you called me mental. But don't call my friends mental k. I think it's better for me to pose like that instead of this :

HAHAHA k random. But you must admit, this is CHEEESYYYYYY kan. LOL

4)

The Flapperwings Project on FashionValet.net. Sales have been good so far and I can't wait to make even greater things happen for FW. Plans are on its way, InsyaAllah.

Till then! :)

Part of January

 January 7


A day after coming back from Australia I shoot back to Tapah to meet deadlines that were sort of impossible, but with the team that I'm working with, it's impossible to NOT accomplish it. So we had a week to prepare for our Juniors' induction, trying to make sure that everything is approved by Saturday was seemingly stressful. On Friday, the day before everything happened, we were running around here and there, between classrooms and office to meet the rektor, lecturers, etc. But with a strong team of dedicated, talented and creative classmates, mission accomplished! Everyone had fun. :)

January 14 & January 15

Next was a programme that Bella, Mira and I have been working on since the beginning of the sem... 7 weeks to be exact. Moving Towards Excellence with UiTM Tapah. Since Bella is the Exco Informasi dan Akademik, she had the paper work done since last sem and it was just waiting to be carried out this sem. It was indeed stressful since the beginning, with rejected paperwork, undelivered notices and letters, crazy deadlines, everything was OFF but we stuck through it and we went through with the agony of everything. To add more burden to it, I was the Head Facilitator for English and Mira for Modern Math. We had to find facilitators, have meetings with lecturers, and basically handle mostly everything! 

This programme is actually a programme whereby us, UiTM Tapah students, would like to give back to the Tapah community. It was the biggest programme of the sem with the biggest budget given by UiTM and had the most support from the lecturers. 180 form 5 students from 4 schools in Tapah were invited to come to UiTM with the initiative to gain knowledge for English, Add Math and Mod Math. A total of almost 50 students comprising of facilitators + AJK's were involved in this programme. It was so successful that there have been requests from schools to organize more programmes like this, especially for the English subject.

Day One.

The English team

Day Two

I must say that I've learnt a lot during the execution of these two programmes. Being part of something big and being one of the main people behind it is tiring and stressful, but the experience that you've gained because of that is irreplaceable. Now these are only a small fraction of what I did in January, more to come soon!

The FlapperWings Project

I'm excited to see the sales report from FashionValet.net when they launch us in February!

And also, we've received an exclusive invite to open up a booth at this event this Saturday, free of charge. Wow we really do feel the love!

And did I mention that we were featured in a small column in InTrend Nov/Dis 2011 issue?

Baby steps, baby steps.... :)

January and February will be a busy month for FW as we're preparing for even more awesome things!

All in all, life is hectic, crazy, but I like it this way. I have so many things to look forward to and 2012 will definitely be more amazing, insyaAllah! It was hard at first, trying to find the balance between studies, programmes and FW, but I solely believe if you do everything for the right reasons, Allah will help you. 

Till then, Assalamualaikum!

p/s : I'll update more on Australia when I have the time!

p/sss : Currently in Kuantan, spending our CNY Break here. Amazing food, amazing family, amazing Maryam! :D ♥

An Outback Adventure (part 2)

Day Three


We were supposed to head outstation today towards Lancelin and the Pinnacles. But some misfortune happened: WE LOST THE CAR KEYS. We scoured to every nook and cranny of the house but it was nowhere to be found. In the end Dato' Burn (our host) picked us up and brought us to Perth city. We walked along Hay Street and William Street, through old London Court (a street that looks like medieval London).

And the rest of the day was spent at Target and Harbour Town (for outlet designer goods). Basically we spent the whole day shopping. I didn't bother taking any pictures though. LOL

Day Four


Since the car keys were still missing, Dato' Burn gave us a new Estima. So we passed by towards Joondalup and then all the way to Yanchep National Park. Which was astonishingly amazing, being compared to our Taman Negara in Pahang. Over there we saw wild kangaroos, koalas, ducks and free-flying birds.

And then we made our way to Lancelin. We visited the beach and had picnic lunch there. Since most of the beaches are facing the Indian Ocean, it was spectacularly beautiful. Lancelin, in particular, was just breath taking + super windy.

We also visited the Dunes, located next to the beach. People go there for sand boarding, which seems like fun, but since it was Christmas and all shops are closed, there was no way we could rent a board and we were all too lazy to climb up the dunes just to slide down. Plus the fact that it was too hot!

After lunch we made our way through to the Pinnacles.

The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier epoch rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime rich sands which were blown inland to form high mobile dunes. (Wikipedia)

Amazing to see God's creations, isn't it? From one thing turned into another.

And then we headed back home......

..... when the trouble started.

Since the highways are VERY windy it created a friction and also resistance for the cars to move forward, leading to it consuming more petrol than it should've. And since it was Christmas, there was no gas station  to be found OPEN. Since my dad isn't a debit card user, he had to pay manually to the counter. We were cruising for more than 30 kilometers with an empty gas tank. 

As my dad explains it, the Estima that we're using consumes less petrol compared to the old model (which was the one where we lost its keys). And thus, we made our way through by just gliding on the highway. :D

And so you can see the pattern now. God made us lose the car keys, so that we can get the new model. And when we were on our way back to Perth (after re-fuelling the car), Dato' Burn called and said he's found them. Earlier in the morning before we made our way to Yanchep I actually prayed solat hajat asking God if he could please please please help us with this problem. And I guess he listened. Because if not, my dad would've had to pay a staggering 3k just to replace the car keys. :|

The power of prayers, no? :)

And then we arrived home safely. Alhamdulillah. :D