international day

We had international day on the 17th and the 18th of april.. on the 17th was the food fest and singing performance..

we should start with the food fest.. in the Malaysian stall we had malay food.. chinese food and indian food.. for the malay food.. prepared by our very own aisyah and izyan and the pondok almira girls… ( who has now shifted to block B pogung baru ) made some delicious nasi lemak that was highly demanded.. they also made some kuih cara.. and some kuih that I’ve never heard of la… hahaha. when we went around 11 something… the kuih all dah habis wei.. so we just bought nasi lemak only.. it was that popular la.

nasi lemak... tengok la... see itself... my salivary gland stimulated la.. hahaha...

the chinese food was prepared by the second year seniors I think.. and a few third years were there helping too.. they had hainanese chicken rice and egg tart

some seniors selling the food.. look at the food.. can you spot the hainanese chicken rice??? yummy...

as for the indian food.. they had vadai… and chudney.. fffuuuuhhhh.. nice la… it was very nice.. maybe cause I am indian and I seriously am craving for indian food...

look at the vadai and the chudney man..

and we had like some seniors putting henna la.. hmmm.. they are so talented la.. :-D and obviously the henna interested a lot of ppl la.. its an unique art...

at times i wonder how artistic can they get.. and they need a lot of patience and concentration for it... hmmm...

THEN… the big event of the day..

our batch chinese performed by forming a band.. the band

members are :-

conductor ( or rather the person in chrage of the insrtuments ) : Ray Robson ( was supposed to play the drums.. but tak de drum set )
lead singer : Clemency Tan
Guitarist : Tony Tan
Nicholas ( Pharmacy '07 )
Pianist : Hui Min
Er Joo ( actually they played the keyboard and not the piano )

THE BAND!!!

the sad thing was they already announced the performance.. but the members were not here yet la.. haiyoo.. kesian ray.. he was the only one there.. and he had no choice but to entertain the crowd for a while.. first he sang a chinese song while playing the keyboard.. then he sang " if you're happy and you know it clap your hands song.. " we followed la.. then he sang "B I N G O".. and then thank GOD the rest of the band members came la.. Ray... seriously i respect your guts and spontaneity... its hard to be on stage doing that.. after they all came.. they tried out the instruments for a few minutes.. they all looked so good.. thanks to stacey who did the make up for the girls.. :-D

we are proud of you la ray... :-D ( mr. who can-never-go-wrong )

and at last they performed... yay!!! the malaysian students were making so much of noise shouting as a sign of support.. hahaha..

some of the supporters from our batch.. plus the band members... :-D

hmmm.. after the performance.. many of them went back… but some were still waiting for the nasi lemak to arrive.. and the day ended just like that… with a tired smile on everyone’s faces… hahaha..

Friday was the big day… international faculty of medicine presented 4 dances… firstly dikir barat…

fffuuuhhhh... dikir barat.... cekap gila...

Nasrul as the tukang karut was spectacular… the way he sang “ ado seko anak tupah” was like fuuuuhhhh… and the other guys involved from our batch were marvelous too.. making all the jungle noises in the world.. hahaha.. we followed suit.. ;) hehe… and then the traditional ewa bule dun have to say la.. even the coming in and going out was so nice ( although gobi’s hand alone was wrong when going out… hahahaha… I doubt anyone noticed it… ;) ).. oh yeah.. not forgetting the clapping.. so happy that you guys finished it correctly.. and no one overshot… hahaha… good job ppl… we should say thanks to the seniors who played the instruments and was in charge of the whole thing also..

nasrul... dengan gaya all.. bagus la wei...

Next performance was the indian dance… aaja nachle.. hmmmm.. my choreography and teaching.. in the end was nice la.. although we danced on the stage that was based with planks.. OH MY GOD!! You so do not know how unstable it was.. with all the turning and the jumping.. hahaha.. but we made it through. As usual.. our friends were screaming la.. I personally would like to thank all those ppl who helped me along the way.. you know who you are.. :-D

Hmmmm.. our last pose… :-D

The malay dance.. kurik kondi was nice also.. the dancers were dressed nicely with their traditional malay costume.. and they all look so handsome and pretty… hehehehe… thanks to the third year seniors who did the choreography.. congratulations.. your hard work paid off… :-D

eh.. amir.. confirm engkau tak jatuh.. fuuuhhh... oh.. yeah.. sudin is standing behind.. so u cant see him.. one of the best dancer la sudin ( he and his fav step yang over... hehehe.. )

And the last dance performed by the intermed students was the german dance.. this dance was choreographed by Stephanie.. and their dressing was so good la..

dont you agree with me???

Hmmm.. and no matter how they danced.. they always end up with their own original partners… interesting la wei..

And our very own irene… :-D

And in the end we took photos… and all the performers got food.. sedap wei… hahaha.. ok la.. and international night ended.. and none of the performers prepared for tutorial the next day.. hahaha… apa lagi kena from the tutor la.. hahaha…

p/s : photos by shenyew®.. thanks shen yew.. :-D

The Birthday Post

Not too long ago, one of us turned 19! The big one-nine! This is none other than our very own Woan Shiang, whose birthday fell on 7 April.

I am very sure all of us would remember this very date as we were all sweaty palmed and boring our noses into our books, waiting for the time to go into the much dreaded hall. Yes, you’ve guessed it, 7 April was also the day we had our Histology examination! Although there weren’t any after-lecture birthday announcements by Imran, everybody in the waiting room sang Ms. See the Happy Birthday song (awwwh, how sweet of them!)

Exactly a week later, we all celebrated Woan Shiang's birthday at this place called Arirang. It was an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu a’la steamboat dinner cum party. Yummy! The birthday girl was clad in a brown top and a pair of white pants. With some powder and some make up, the birthday girl stole the limelight of the night.

With good food, an excellent venue and great company, the celebration was in short, a blast!

Friends at the party

The birthday girl

Snow White and the 6 not-so-dwarfs

A celebration for one of the Sendowo-ians

This side

That side

What? Cooking men? They claim it was "sedap"

Here too?!

The end of the night

River Rafting Adventure Part 1

“daaayung sampan, dayung dayung sampan……”

Last Sunday marked a perfectly adventurous day for some of us. On the morning of 13th April 2008, Sungai Elo received a delegate of 59 students from faculty of medicine GMU, ready to hit the current. Batch 2007 was the dominating bunch, driven by our first-time enthusiasm for exploration. And also to release some steam from our block 1.4 exams. Yes, we need this once in a while. The rest of the participants were our seniors from batch 05.

So we gathered up in front of Narita photocopy shop at Jalan Kaliurang that morning. As usual, one always need to inform others to be there at a certain time, whereas in reality, the scheduled time of meeting is always 30 to 45 minutes later. Typical. Anyhow, being the witty brats that we are, the trick ended up being outsmarted and having no purpose whatsoever as people came late anyway. The bus came on time and we hopped on to start our 1 hour plus bus ride to our destination. yeayy. :)

Two buses came to bring us to that sungai place from Jakal. While happily minding our own business; some sleeping on the dangerously unstable moving bus, some eating their breakfast and some covering their nose from the constant inhalation of dangerous porpotions of carbon monoxide, the bus suddenly stopped. *the girls’ bus only laah, boys one happily leave us behind*
A flat tireeee *potong stim*

The best part was, at the roadside where we stopped, you can see a small pond with fishes occasionally flicking the water surface.

One girl said, “let’s river raft here lahh. Also can whattt” you kidding me right. Hahaha. -_-"

After waiting on the stagnant bus for quite some time, to everyone’s relief, the bus driver fixed the problem and we were good to go! The boys have already reached the place at that time since they were already way ahead of us.

we're here!

aisyah bersama ain :)

Upon arrival, we were served with hot tea (more like overboiled, possibly tongue-burning hot tea). The place is quite nice actually. The facilities included, of course, river rafting equipments, a bungee port and also what seems to be an abandoned swimming pool. Gobi ended up “merasmikan” the pool when he became the first, (actually the only one) to be pushed into the lumut-infested pool. Hahaha. Some of us were busy taking photos while some, observing the eye-soothing scenary.

yerp, Gobi was pushed in THAT pool.

bungee bungee!

Group distributions! Dinakaren (batch 05) was the head of our delegation. He assorted us according to our respective groups and informed us the schedule of the day.

roopa n i :)

Ain sedang bersemangat!

irene, farah n william

ruhana, farah, ain, aisyah, fatin, clem, tka n me!

clem, adeline, malina n aisyah

The journey to the starting point, was indeed very interesting. haha. We were transported (barefooted!) by a modified small lorry jeep thingy to the starting venue. Some of us jokingly complained on how we look like illegal immigrants being transported here and there. Haha.
We geared up accordingly to fulfill the safety requirements. They provided us with safety jackets, helmets and of course oars. Some of us looked pretty ridiculous with the helmet on. Wee pang called me a turtle look-alike in the asymmetrical helmet. -_-“. Kecewa.

Our chief instructor was so hilarious during the briefing session about safety precautions while rafting. *the seniors said his jokes were ‘surprisingly’ similar all these years. So that’s a bit potong stim for me*

“jika kamu jatuh dari bot, buat gaya memandang ke belakang.....jika nggak boleh, buat aja gaya pasrah“

And the funniest part was that he did it with the straightest face ever you can imagine. Aisyah calls it ‘lawak kering’. Haha. Don’t ask me what is lawak basah okay -_-“ I also don’t know. So anyway, we started off with a prayer, (semuaorang concentrate extra a bit, probably praying hard for our dear lives) and the adventure starts!

*gaspsss*

Every group was assigned a humongous rubber boat and an instructor to save us from drowning or to prevent us from wandering aimlessly in the water.

Yeahh. BIG help…..

They were the ones having most fun splashing water (coffee mix coloured water, mind you) to us, the first timers from other boats.

But it was all great fun. We exhibit amazing group harmony while rowing in unison in an attempt to lead the boat to the right direction. For my group,*promotelahh a bit*, Fazrul led the pact by commanding ‘rowing’ instructions like “satu, dua, tiga tariiiiiikkkkkk” (ehh, like tarik tali pulak), or “satu, dua, kayuhhhhhhh” as all other groups probably did also, Then he got bored saying all the cliché instructions he suggested we command each other by saying names of nerves and drugs. Haha. For a second there I thought we should have put a big sign on our boat saying “medic students on a rowing mission!”

We enjoyed the scenic view while trying to maintain control of the boat. Upon reaching rocky and dangerous sites, the instructor instructed us to be extra careful and to row forcefully forward.

Ok. Getting nearerrrrr..

Nearerrrr.

BAMM!

OUR BOAT GOT STUCKED!!!

On top of the big black rock in the middle of the river. *bummer*. Luckily everyone had their straps on or else, sayonaraa~

The instructor commanded everyone of us to shift to the front of the boat so that he can release the boat from the rock and we can continue our journey. Everyone cheered on as the boat was once again steered at the right direction.

A few times, our boats collided with other boats. Some groups eagerly rowed full-heartedly *semangat yang harus dicontohi* to get in front of others while some (usually the memang slow ones) will bagi alasan that they want to “menikmati the pemandangan” and just remain at the back. But seriously, one can simply be at ease just by enjoying the view, ones we rarely see back home.

Half of the race ended, and we rowed to the side of the river to rest for a while. Some of us happily swam in the coffee mix coloured water while some, enjoyed their refreshments on the boat. One photographer/sungai elo paparazzo came and took our picture with our ‘boatmates’. cheeeessseee ^^

We continued our journey with more challenging current ahead of us and completed the whole course around an hour later.

*apologies for the lack of photos during river rafting. unless we wanted get our cameras wet, photo-taking was not possible, and we have yet to receive our ordered photos from the paparazzos involved. more pics on part 2!

nope haziq is not the mentioned paparazzo

we want our photos! :)

to be continued~

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