It's already 24th January... marking the end of my wonderful holidays. I'm going back to UTP in the morning. Don't know what time yet... Like my mom said, Sesudah subuh, sebelum zohor. & that would be around 10-12 usually.

I already finished packing... except for laptop's stuff and other technology things... I found something interesting about packing....

Hari tu... mase kemas-kemas bilik....
terjumpe sehelai kertas yang ada sajak bahasa melayu yang temanya pasal Bumi.
Sajak yang Eira cilok dari majalah Kuntum rasanya.

Dulu... mase sekolah rendah kot Eira baca sajak ni...
untuk pemilihan wakil sekolah kalau tak silap. Tapi tak dapat pun wakil skola.
Oh Eira dah terbuang kertas tu... tapi somehow masih ingat lagi sajak ni...
Meh tengok how good is my memory..

Bunga berguguran
Daun kekuningan
Tanah kegersangan
Pokok kelayuan

Anak kecil kepanasan
Di panah pancaran ultraungu
yang menyakitkan

..........

Generasi zaman ini
semakin melupakan alam ciptaan tuhan
.........

Bercerita? Ni slalu.

Ber-Forum? Of course. Memori paling baik punya! Masa Form 4 dan Form 5. Jadi Pengerusi Majlis aka emcee. Pernah pergi peringkat Negeri dan kalah dengan jayanya. Haha memang tak harap nk menang pun... tapi yang penting a very good experience for me.

Lots of love,
jmunawwarah

My 21st birthday was 6 days ago. One of the best birthday so far.

For once, I had my 21st birthday party. Man... even masa kecik pun tak de party... dah besar gajah tibe-tibe ade party lak? haha Well mama wanted to have the party since she had one during that age. So... Eira pun macam excited la to have one kan...

Our usual celebration would be the family dinner and of couse we have cake as well... but small one lah. Itu pun dah buat Eira happy. What more if i have my big family and friends to celebrate it? Extraboganza happy la.

Though I'm quite sad that my hair was a mess that day.... seriously! But then buat muka tak malu, letak je gambar kat facebook. Hehehe.

I would like to thank my friends who came.... Niksu & boyfie, Nisa,  Nadiah, Emy, Azura, Asiah, Taufiq, Risha & Syazana... You guys totally brighten up my day. Even if tak ramai my friends yang datang... the fact that mereka yang actually datang ni antara my closest friends and korang punya attendance je dah buat i lupa kat mereka yg tak datang. Ermm faham tak? heh... Oh, saya sayang kamu semua!

Family memang ramai yang datang. My tok mak, uncles and aunties from both parents side, tok chik & their grandchildren, tok su & family, Pak Cik Joey and also my eldest cousin, Yong Noi. I'm totally happy!

A part from my birthday... it's like a family gathering and i like it. Though since it's my birthday and I'm quite busy entertaining my guests... tak dapat nak lepak2 dan berborak with my cousins... Sorry cousins!

Did i mention that i had a big cake? Well yes I did. Didn't expect the cake to be that big... honestly. It's a "key cake". Which supposedly represent freedom from the parents... though i honestly didn't get it until i'm married. haha. It could also represent a car key, house key.... mane la tau my parents nak kasi kereta baru ker.... haha (in my dreams la) Oh saya dah boleh mengundi mase pilihan raya tau... haha (no big deal anyway... i'm not really interested with politics)

I've got a lot of presents than usual... Thank you. I really appreciate it.

I don't know what else to write dah... so let's post some pictures... though you could really look at my facebook for the pictures...

Hari ni, Eira bersemangat nih nak tulis pasal OBS. Berhari-hari fikir nak tulis tapi susah betul nak jadi realiti semangat tuh. Setakat kat otak je tangan tak bergerak, memanglah sampai tahun depan pon tak tertulis.

Bukan ape blog, busy dowh. Bile nak menulis, mama panggil angkat baju lah (ari hujan), kene tolong mama memasak la, tak de rumah lah. Haihh mood menulis ni datang ikot suke hati jer. Bile free, tak de pulak dia datang. Tapi tak pe. Hari ni Eira bertekad nak tulis. Bukan ape... kalau tak tulis, takut plak memori tu hilang. Certain things are meant to be written... haha ye ye je tuh.

So mari!

1. When did i go? Where?

18 - 24th December 2009. Outward Bound Malaysia, Lumut.

2. 3 words to describe Outward Bound School (OBS) program?

Exciting. Tiring. Unbelievable.

3. Explain no. 2

Exciting  -  Aktiviti yang best. kwn2 yang ok. pengalaman yang menarik.

Tiring  -  Mestilah penat. Berkayak, ber- whaler, buat star jump (jumping jack), membasuh whaler, etc

Unbelievable  - Macam tak percaya boleh kayak lebih 10 km. (x sure jarak sbnr but lebih 10 km laa). Macam tak percaya ktorg belayar pusing satu Pulau Pangkor. Kalau suruh buat suka-suka, tak buat la kot.

4. Ceritalah dengan lebih lanjut.

Ye blog... nak ceritalah nih. Oh instructor kitorg Abg Mukhrim.

17th Dec 2009 - Balik UTP. Tumpang Nizam with Haikal, Fiqi & Ainil skali. Gi JJ, x dpt tgok Avatar. So lepak Old Town. Tumpang bilik Ayien tuk tido.

18th Dec 2009 - Gi OB. Opening ceremony. Isi borang, kasi handphone, duit dan mp3. Back to basic dorang kate.  Mlm, ice breaking.

- Our group/ watch paling skit rasanya. 16 people. 15 dak PE, 2 dak Chemy & 1 dak Meche. Erkk serious tak berkembang kehidupan sosial ktorg nih.

19th Dec 2009 - Blaja pasal whaler. Ape tu? Macam kapal layar. Ada sail sume tuh. Tapi dulu gune utk tangkap whale. (jahat betul dorg makan whale!!). Kalau yang ori punya whaler kena dayung sendiri. Kalo moden nye pakai enjin sudaaa. So tau lah skit2 dia nye part2, components dll.

20th Dec 2009 - First Expedition. Whaler-ing to Pantai Syawal. Distance about 25km. 8 orang pendayung. 1 kapten. 1 instructor. Lagi 7 tuh pencacai bdak2 panggil. But actually pencacai ni ade gak function dia... ada yang jaga sail, yang menyediakan lunch atas whaler, pemberi semangat (kadang2) kat pendayung2 nih dan juga ada yang jadi pengganti pendayung yang berehat. Eira tergolong dlm pencacai yg jaga sail... hehe

First time lunch atas kapal. Sangat lega la Eira bukan yang mabuk laut. Tapi once lepas makan tuh, pening2 la skit perot tak biase makan dalam keadaan beralun-alun. The journey took about 4-5 hours kalau tak silap. Once dah dekat darat, ktorang dibahagikan kpd 3 group : yg pasang khemah, yg cari kayu api & yg memasak. Camping sume tu mcm biasa lah... Pantai Syawal ni satu je la... tak de appropriate toilet. Kalau nak membuang, pergilah bawak cangkul dan menggali. Kalau stakat projek kecil-kecilan, pergilah cari tempat tersembunyi. haha. Menahan semua orang... hahaha

21st Dec 2009 - Back to base. Perjalanan balik pendek skit. 2 jam perjalanan. Dengan tamatnya ekspedisi pertama, maka kami semua telah mendapat HAJI PANGKOR. woot woot.  hehe. Maksudnye, kitorang dah pusing satu Pulau Pangkor tu dengan whaler.

Balik ke base, kerja2 mengemas pun bermula. Angkut sume barang whaler masuk stor, membersihkan tent sheet dan sebagainya.

Petang tu pulak, kitorang belajar teknik2 berkayak. Then instructor kasi practise kayak kat laut. Persediaan tuk esok nih.

22nd Dec 2009 - Second / Last Expedition. Kayak-ing to Teluk Segadih. 2 people per kayak. My partner is Haziq. Distance... more than 10km... maybe 16-18km... i believe. Kayak-ing sure was tough. Lenguh2 tangan. Air laut masuk mulut. Tangan sunburn. Lapar dan dahaga. haha... tapi antara pengalaman yang menarik. Seriously if korang suruh eira saja2 kayak 15 km tanpa sebab yang munasabah... ermmm dlm mimpi pon tak jadi kenyataan kot. Tapi I'm totally glad that i managed to complete the expedition. Yey for me. I would love to do it again... haha

The journey took about 4 hours kalau tak silap. Apa yang menarik pasal berkayak ni... since kitorang berkayak kat laut, obviously kapal-kapal dan bot duk lalu situ. So bile kapal besar lalu, kitorang akan buat formation rift dan stop together. Ini tuk kasi bot tu nampak la ktorang pun gune laut. Then, pengalaman membantu mereka yang kayak nye terbalik... capsize term dia. Kayak kapten ktorang capsize so since my kayak berdekatan, kitorang antara yang membantu la... An interesting true experience.

Sampai Teluk Segadih, buat apa yang kitorang buat mase first expedition. Pasang khemah, cari kayu api dan memasak. Oh tapi sebelum buat semua tu... pekene lunch dulu. Perut memang kelaparan lah masa berkayak nih. Teluk Segadih nye tempat nih macam sangat convenient lah. Ada toilet... memanglah tak kan secantik hotel... tapi so much better daripada nak kene mencangkul lubang kan. haha.

23rd Dec 2009 - Back to base. Perjalanan mengambil masa about 2 hours macam tu. Penat tapi puas! Bila sampai base, kerja mengemas bermula. Mencuci kayak, menyimpan barang dan membasuh tent sheet. The usual stuff.

We had BBQ night. Then we have to do some performance. hah gila bosan. Ade 2 group je kot... mcm tak meriah lah. Whatever it is.... this BBQ night marks the end of our program. Macam sedih plak. haha

24th Dec 2009 - Pagi tu kitorang check out. (bajet macam hotel laa). Ada closing ceremony. Dapat badge OB. Now we are considered as EXBOUNDERs. heh. Sempat mengambil gambar then kitorang pun bersurai.

Eira, Haziq and Azri tumpang Raihan tuk gi station bas. Original plan nya nak balik naik KTM. Tapi tiket tak de. So baliklah naik bas dari Medan Gopeng. Nasib baik dapat tiket kul 1pm. Sampai la rumah awal.

So OBS pun habis. =D

5. Aktiviti tambahan?

Batch kitorang ni batch last kat OB tuk tahun 2009. So kitorang dapat pengalaman special skit. Since dah akhir tahun and OB pun akan bercuti, kitorang tolong dorang bawak naik 2 whaler ke darat. Dapat cuci dan memberus whaler tuh. Serious tak tau kenapa, eira suka dowh basuh whaler nih. hahaha. Dia macam pengalaman yang luar biasa. Enjoy la ramai-ramai basuh bot sambil Abg Mukhrim siram air kat semua orang so that semua basah. haha. Enjoy! hehe.

Satu lagi aktiviti jumping jack aka star jump. Ni aktiviti kalau kitorang lambat. 1 minit lambat bersamaan dengan 50 jumping jack. Kene serentak. Kalau tak sama mula dari awal. So first day tuh, lambat 1 minit. 50 jumping jack boleh jadi more than 150 jumping jack sebab kene repeat 2-3 kali. Haih tertarik otot-otot betis. Semenjak peristiwa tu, kitorang make sure datang 15 minit awal. Hebat ah kitorang. Tapiiii... hari ekspedisi kayak tu slack abis.... 2 minit lewat. Kalau ikot jam ktorang on time... ikot jam instructor kononnya 2 minit lewat. Melompat lah kitorang lagi. hehehe.

Oh teringat aktiviti Eira dengan Ainil mase tak boleh tido kat Teluk Segadih. Kitorang berbaringan di tepi pantai sambil tengok langit.... tunggu meteorite (kalo x salah terms). Ktorang dapat tgok 5 calit meteorite kat langit. Berbangga la time tuh. haha

6. Benefits / advantages?

1. Belajar untuk be punctual kalau tak nak jumping jack.
2. Team work sangat penting.
3. Be responsible
4. Getting to know my course mates well.
5. Do things that seems unbelievable.

7. Disadvantages?

Perkara yang eira kesalkan masa join OBS nih:

1. It would be much better kalau group kitorang ni bercampur. Bukan semua PE je. Bukan ape... tak berkembang dowh kehidupan sosial kitorang. But anyway... still fun jugak.

2. Pembaziran makanan terlampau. Dorang nye sistem makanan, diorang akan kasi makanan ikut group. Banyak tu dia kasi, banyak tu la korang makan. Tapi usually mesti terlebih makanan. Which dorang tak amik balik... dorang suruh buang. Sedihlah kan bila asyik buang makanan. Orang kat Africa susah nak dapat makanan and kitorang plak asyik buang-buang je.

8. Pictures?

Ada-ada. Jap upload.

Whaler : Pendayung-Pendayung gagah. haha


Ayien, Zaki (kapten) and Abg Mukhrim (instructor)


Stewardess kapal : Ainil & Fiqie


Team pasang khemah.


Team cari kayu api. Maaf gambar Nizam je yang ade dari source Eira. hehe.


Team memasak.


The girls. Not in the picture : Ayien.


Petronas Scholar Batch 9/09 OBML.
Not in the picture : Farid, Ifwat & Abduh

At last! My blog entry for OBS is done!

lots of love,
jmunawwarah

Hey peeps.

I'm going back to UTP this evening for OBS camp in Lumut.

...and i thought we could go back tomorrow instead where we don't need to sleep in UTP. Hehe. I thought wrong.

Tumpang my course mate, Nizam. Also tumpang-ing Nizam are Fiqie, Haikal and Ainil.

I'm quite glad that for my batch for this camp, a few of my course mates are listed and i'm comfortable with them as well. At least i won't feel like i don't belong or something.

Pep talks from me and to me:

I'll have fun and enjoy myself. I will keep myself optimistic & accept any challenges that i'm suppose to faced. As much as i love being in my comfort zone, i do believe that i need to go out and experience the world. I want to be tougher so that i could compete in the real world. Look at the bright side, i might gain new friends or getting to know more about my course mates as well. This camp will let me exercise my body... in a way i hope it'll burn calories. haha. Whatever it is, let's have fun EIRA!

P/S: Dear friends, it's important for us to think positive and be optimistic. Never say never. Challenge yourself. Never say that you couldn't do it... just do it and see whether you succeed. Failure is not an option. Choose success instead. =D

I'll miss you guys. =p

lots of love,
jmunawwarah

Dear blog,

My first week of holiday is almost over. Erm actually I still have about 2 days before 1st week is over. It doesn't matter anyway. I would call this week as the WARMING UP week. Overall, it seems fine to me.

Monday
Woke up at about 10pm. Get ready to go out with Mom. Went to hair saloon and coloured my hair to lighter brown (originally is darker brown). Oh actually i cannot really name what colour is my hair now. It's like reddish brown or lighter brown or honestly i'm not sure. haha But i'm okay with the colour anyway. Oh mom belanja me of course. Hehe sekali sekala she said. Obviously if i were to go myself... means i won't la. Expensive kot.

Tuesday
Woke up late. 12.30pm i think. Watching TV. Online-ing. Reading.

Wednesday
Went out with the brothers to Summit. Watched Ninja Assassins... it was okay, i guess. Had Prosperity Burger, McDonald. =D Take picture to renew passport in Kelana Jaya. It's a wonder why we still go there when we could actually do it somewhere near home... Probably bcause Kelana Jaya / Petaling Jaya is still the best! haha

Thursday
Woke up at 1.30pm. Haha Itu pun because mama kejut once she went home from work. Hehe. Well... hujan... sedap tido. Watch TV & do the normal stuff.

Friday
Woke up early. Man... i slept for 5 hours je. Went out with mama. Planning to go to PC Fair at KLCC. But then, jam macam orang gila around KLCC tu. Kereta langsung tak bergerak. Cannot find parking. We gave up. We had lunch at A&W near Amcorp. Went to JPJ to make road tax for mom's client. We waited for 1 hour & a half. Lama kot. Nak tertido dah... Then went home.

Had dinner with the brothers only. Ayah had company's dinner and Mama had her school reunion dinner. So we went to Mc Donald Kota Damansara.

Okay seriously... no more fast food for EIRA. Dah la da gemuk, makan fast food ari ni sampai 2 kali. Lepas tu malas nak bangun pagi tuk pergi jogging... pastu complain rasa dah gemuk but not doing anything to kuruskan badan. Hah!

Well... i've got nothing to say about that. haha. It's true la... i'm fat. damn. haha

Tomorrow still free. Might be going to PC Fair... depends on whether i'm rajin or not. Then on Sunday, going to play paint ball with ayah and the brothers. Saje je nak menyibuk. Jealous kot asyik dorang je pergi main. Just for fun cos i know i'm not that good in this type of game... Nanti belum pape dah jatuh dulu... hoho that is sooooo me.

The plan yang asyik cancel this week would be..... JOGGING. haha. Malas nak bangun la. Tido lambat la. Tak boleh nak bangun la. Hujan la. Macam2 alasan. But i do realize that i need to work my muscle a bit before the OBS camp... hurmmm gimana ya? Hehehe Eira... Eira... (sila geleng kepala tanda disappointed.)

Next week, i'm still free... Bila mau jumpa rakan2? I'm free... haha

I would like to share my current obsession with you guys... though you guys please don't like him back. Cos he's mine. hahahaha (monster laugh)

Nak tau saya suka siapa sekarang?

Oh, I showed my mom one of his picture... and i said "Ma, meet my boyfriend Taguchi Junnosuke." haha
Mama kate dia tak approved. Dia tak nak budak nerd. Erkk (well i did show her a the picture yg dia pakai spec and all... should show her yg gambar hot...) But that picture sgt hot ape... meh eira tunjuk...


I like this picture the most! hoho. I really have this thing with guys with spectacles laa.. well that depends jugak kot. hoho.

Another one...

Heee... i truly like this guy. Haha am i obsessed or what?
Nop, i'm not.

Just having the "fan girl" mode now. Ignore it.

I hope you don't like him so that i won't have any competition. haha
But please approve la... so bley kasi recommendation kat my mom. (joking2x)

Well now i feel a lot of better after showing my favourite guy currently.
Remember guys, don't like him okay. He is mine.

Hope i'll see you guys soon. Rindu korang!