The day, the result was out

This was the story of how nervous I was waiting for the A-level results.

Waktu check result: 1 pm

Tarikh: 13 Ogos 2013

Pada malam hari sebelum result:
Tak boleh tidur. Seawal pukul 12 am aku dah masuk ke dalam bilik. Tutup lampu dan baring. Berkelip-kelip dalam kesamaran cahaya lampu rumah sebelah. Akhirnya tertidur jua, tapi pukul 1.23am aku tersedar. Cuak. Istighfar panjang. Dan beberapa kali jugalah aku terjaga kemudian tidur balik, terjaga, tidur. Sehinggalah aku terdengar laungan azan Subuh dari masjid di hadapan rumah. Okey, udah-udah lah tidur. Bangun.

Seawal pukul 6.30 am, aku sudah turun ke ruang tamu bawah. Memasang tv, lalu menonton Tazkirah Pagi di tv3. Kebetulan Ustaz di tv sedang membicarakan perihal 'berserah dan redha di atas takdir Allah'. Huh. Alhamdulillah, seperti mahu membuatkan hati ini lebih tenang. Entah pukul berapa aku kembali tertidur sehingga pukul 8 pagi di mana Umi mengejutkan aku bangun.

Aku kemudiannya bangun lalu bersiap-siap untuk menemani Umi ke sekolah. Berada di sekolah umi ibarat satu penantian yang sangat sakit. Dada aku terasa seperti sesak. Walaupun aku pakai baju kurung tapi aku terasa sangat panas sekali padahal dalam bilik Umi ada aircond. Jam menunjukkan pukul 12.15 pm dan Umi mengajak ku pulang.

Tiba di rumah pukul 12.45pm. Dada semakin sesak. Perut terasa seperti ingin memuntahkan segala isi. Serius aku tak pernah cuak macam ni. This cuak is the worst in my history of cuak. Aku terus ke bilik air, mengambil wudhu lalu menunaikan solat sunat taubat dan hajat. Aku takut dengan apa yang bakal aku dapat. Bukan takut gagal tapi takut aku tak melaksanakan maksud tawakkal. Aku sentiasa menzahirkan di bibir bahawa sesungguhnya aku sudah tawakkal dan apa-apa pun keputusan A-level, aku redha. Tapi aku takut jika aku tidak bertindak seperti orang yang bertawakkal apabila mendapat sesuatu yang aku tidak harapkan. Jadi aku mohon dilembutkan hati dan diberi kekuatan iman daripada Allah swt sebelum aku membuka laman web CIE.

Seusai solat dan dengan masih bertelekung, aku ke laptop. Aku memanggil Umi supaya menjadi saksi apa sahaja keputusan yang terpapar di skrin. Umi sudah berada di sebelahku. Aku memasukkan Id dan password di laman tersebut. Dengan lafaz bismillah, aku menekan 'enter'

AAB

B for Maths. High B. Very close

Kecewa, sebak, sedih, pening.

Aku menahan tangisan sebab Umi berada di sebelah. Aku menarik nafas panjang dan beristighfar.

Umi kelihatan tenang dan menyuruh aku bersabar.

Aku menahan diri aku daripada panik. Lantas aku mendail nombor Ms Barbara untuk memaklumkan keputusan yang aku terima. Dan beliau menyuruh aku menghantarkan print-screen results tersebut kepada beliau agar proses rayuan ke UCC dapat dibuat.

Aku redha. Serius. Dalam hati aku, nampaknya aku bakal ke Sheffield. Kemudian aku masuk dalam bilik. Aku menunaikan solat Zohor dalam tangisan. Basah kuyup telekung aku. Seusai solat Zohor, aku menunaikan solat sunat hajat 12 rakaat. Bukan untuk memohon supaya results aku bertukar kepada semua A ke apa, tapi memohon agar Allah tetapkan iman aku dan membantu aku untuk redha.

Susah tahu tak nak berlapang dada dan mengatakan, "Aku redha" like you really mean it. Aku tersangatlah lemah, jadi, aku sangat memerlukan pertolongan Nya. Tolong Ya Allah, bantu aku gembira dengan keputusan ini. And for once in my life, I experienced betul-betul tenang. Aku dah macam 'Tak pa lah, ni yang Allah nak kasi kat aku'

Dan Alhamdulillah, aku kembali tenang. Umi dan Abah masih memujuk dengan gigih. Oleh kerana penat menangis teresak-esak, aku akhirnya tertidur. Aku tersedar sewaktu azan Asar berkumandang. Seusai solat Asar dan membaca Al-Quran, aku dapat panggilan daripada seorang rakan. Keputusan beliau lebih kurang sama sahaja denganku. Jadi kami sama-sama sebak. Aku mendoakan yang terbaik untuk beliau.

Pukul 6.30 pm, aku mendapat text daripada pihak IUMC,

"Syifa: pack your things now, you're going to UCC Med School! Cheers, Ms Barbara"

Air mata mengalir weh. Alhamdulillah.. Alhamdulillah.. Alhamdulillah..

Sujud syukur padaMu Ya Allah.

And the rest was happiness. Umi mengalirkan air mata gembira. Abah pun nampak happy. Seluruh family mula bising dan congratulations dilaungkan..

This story is perkongsian semata-mata. Sometimes we learn valuable things from other person experience. So disini aku cuma kongsikan cerita pasal if you put your dependence on Allah, He never fails you. Kita ni yang kenar sabar. Aku sering ingatkan diri aku dengan "Hadapi ujian dengan sabar dan solat" which one of the verse in Al-Baqarah.. Dan "Setiap kesusahan ada kesenangan" in surah Al-Insyirah. Everything that you want, just anything, there are prices that you have to pay. It is the matter of how willing are you to pay for the prices. And that includes usaha, doa dan tawakkal.

Akhir kata,

Have faith in Allah.

Whatever He gave you is the best.

A reminder for myself too.

My A-level Results

I think it is okay for me to post about this here.

I have taken into account that only few people read my blog, and the people who read this may already know how my result was. So, I think it should be fine for me to spill it out here right?

Alhamdulillah.

My results were not as excellent as those brilliant kiddos in Ky. But it just suited me well, I mean my efforts.

Peeps,

I will be going to University College Cork in Ireland to further my degree in Medicine.

Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahuakbar.

This is really a gift from Him. I couldn't do this without His Guidance

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who always pray for me.

Umi, abah, siblings, Maa, Ayoh, cuzzies, family.

Kawan sekolah, kawan sekolej

Dan orang-orang random yang aku ketemu seminit dua sekali pun.

Kadang-kadang aku siap paksa lagi orang aminkan doa aku.

Ya aku sangat terdesak.

Tapi serius weh, terima kasih. May Allah repay all of your kindness.

Doa ni senjata tahu dak? Yakinlah.

"Ya Allah, aku syukur dan redha dengan jalan yang Engkau pilih untukku."

Terima kasih juga buat kengkawan yang tersangat jauh sanggup menelefon aku semata-mata nak ucap congrats. Eja yang di Aussie, sejurus jer aku dapat result cepat jer beliau telefon aku kan. Bagi Jebo di Germany yang dua kali called aku memang lah kan, dah kau guna GMT Jerman, tak sempatlah aku nak angkat pukul 4.59am waktu Malaysia.

Tapi seriyus, terima kasih semuanya. Banyak kali aku guna perkataan 'serius' menunjukkan betapa serius nya post aku kali ini. So yeah.

Tapi weh weh, ada beberapa kawan-kawan aku yang tak lepas requirement uni, sponsor semua tu, korang doakan dorang jugak yer. Doakan dorang dipermudahkan segala urusan dan seterusnya berterbangan semuanya. Amin amin amin.

Walaupun aku happy, aku tak nak lah happy sesorang. Penat lelah susah senang dua tahun bersama, tak kan aku nak gelak sesorang bila results aku okey. Semoga mereka mendapat yang terbaik. InsyaAllah.
  
Tapi tak lupa juga buat yang berjaya. Yang mendapat results sederet A bintang semuanya. Tahniah! Korang memang hebat! Dont forget to award yourself and your efforts. Gunalah duit raya rm20 tu, pergi drive-thru KFC ke apa. Penat tahu dak A-level dua tahun, dengan tidur malam yang pukul 3 pagi, lepas tu bangun pukul 6 pagi. Huih, penat penat. Tak tipu penat. Tu baru fizikal. Mental korang mesti lagi cekal kan kan.

Apa-apa pun. Life aku di bumi Shamrock baru sahaja hendak bermula. Doakan yang terbaik untuk my next phase ek! Amin.. 

Gambar grad bebudak MARA di KY. Sorry lah baru nak letak kat sini. Ngeh ngeh.

p/s: Bebudak A-level Edexel, all the best for the results yang kabo nye esok! Semoga dipermudahkan semuanya. =)

Muslim Overseas Camp

Alhamdulillah

Selesai sudah my most probably last event as Kyuem student for this year, which is Muslim Overseas Camp.

I can't describe how grateful I am for joining this camp.

There was a time in Ky when, I was really hesitate to join this camp because I have no offer yet. And I told that to Amni, 

"Meni, aku patut gi ke camp nih? Aku rase rendah diri laa weh, nanti program with uni representatives, aku nak gi duk kat uni mana?"

And yes, that feeling was very very hard and uncertain. However, atas nasihat from those great friends of mind, and also selepas lama gila berfikir seorang diri, aku finally decide,

"Tak pa lah, camp ni ilmu. Pergi sebab nak belajar, betulkan niat.."

And yes, I signed up for it. 

And tell you what I am not regretting it. The camp was the best camp that I'd ever joined. In Ky, I joined several camps which were Muslim Youth Camp, Muslim Leadership Camp and finally this Muslim Overseas Camp. Moc was held at Ilsas, Bangi. Although the place was very near to Cik Su Ra's house, I was not able to make myself free to visit her because of the programs and puasa. Tak pa lah kan. 

What I got from the camp,

I got a lot of knowledge from the whole program. Fiqh of travelers was my favorite. Kami didedahkan mengenai banyak perkara yang kami semua patut tahu seperti solat. Solat di atas kapal terbang, jama', qasar, khuf, tayammun, determining waktu solat, solat di tempat awam and ect. Kami juga diceritakan tentang how to handle our cooking utensils, can we share them with our non-muslims housemates and so on..

From Ust Ridha' talk, he use lots of provocations in his talk. He explained how to become Muslims by value.

And what caught my interest was during Ust Hasrizal's talk, beliau ada menekankan tentang, bagaimana kita sebagai orang yang berdoa sanggup berubah untuk doa kita kepada Allah. Contohnya, kita nak suami/isteri yang perfect, baik macam ustaz/ustazah tapi adakah kita sanggup berkorban kepada yang lebih baik agar bersesuaian dengan doa kita? Kalau aku buat contoh tentang diri aku, aku siang malam doa nak buat Medic bagai, tapi sanggupkah aku berubah menjadi pelajar yang lebih rajin dan taat kepada Allah agar bersesuaian dengan doa aku? It is all about pengorbanan. Mmm...

Dan pasal para fasi pulak, aku dapat Kak Aina dan Kak Syaza sebagai fasi. Seronok sebab dari Ky lagi dah memang rapat dengan mereka. Enjoy dengan perkongsian mereka especially cerita Kak Syaza tentang housemate beliau. Dan seronok juga jumpa kaka tersayang Kak Adah, Kak Ain dan Kak Tipah super seniors yang selama ini sentiasa memberikan kata-kata semangat melalui fb namun tidak pernah bersua. Kak Anah, kak Waida, Kak Syamilah, Kak Fai dan semualah.. Banyak dapat ilmu daripada mereka..

Semoga dengan program ini dapat membuatkan aku makin berusaha menjadi Muslim yang lebih baik. InsyaAllah.. 

KEEP CALM AND LIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH ^^

p/s: Sedih, mungkin susah hendak ketemu rakan-rakan Ky yang bakal menjau dan bertebaran di bumi Uk. Nabila, Jida, Mas, Aiqa, Fazi, Yana, Nani, Nada, Aisyah, Syifa', Husna, Ain, Mirah, Arfa, Iman, dan yang lain.. At least bebudak Kelantan still boleh jumpa dengan kerap.. Aku doakan yang terbaik buat kita semua.. Ukhwah fillah... Jaga diri, jaga peribadi, jaga iman.. =')

KYUEM: Maaa chaletsss

Bismillah

Living in Kyuem was very fun.

I am a 'nomad' person kinda girl. What that supposes to mean?

Well, if you were to know any of my girlfriends in Ky, you can ask them how often I went visiting their chalets. Haha.. And for the reason above, my chaletmates often complained on how quickly I disappeared from their sights tak kira pagi atau malam atau tengah malam.

Here, I will unravel my favorite chalets in Ky based on my own favoritism and regularity going to the respective chalet. But please bear in mind, I had never remembered the chalet's number, but I do remember where the chalet was. (op kos laa, klu tempat pun tak hingat macam mana nak pergi yer dak??)

1. L-28 (yang ni jer ingat nombor chalet. Kerap sangat kot pergi melawat. =P)

This was Amni, Nabila, and Fad 's chalet. These three persons were the earliest people I befriended in Ky. Nab's room, study table and bed always welcomed me as the second owner of the room. During As exam and A-level trial exam, I slept at this chalet for months. Because Nabuu always complained if I 'berkhayal' and tertido while studying. That kept me awake all the time. And Fad always offered herself to make nescaffe for me. What a conducive place, haha.. I usually returned to my (actual) chalet after Subuh. Many juniors thought I was originally from this chalet. Oh well..

2. Azie's chalet

Azie was one of my besties in college. The reasons why I went to her chalet because she was very smart especially in Chemistry. Usually we will stay up late to study and before sleeping in common room, we will watch one episode of The Big Bang Theory. Yeay! In Azie's chalet, there were Diyana, Amal and Ha. All of them welcomed me whole-heartedly. Eh, ye ke? Or aku jerk yang perasan... Hahaha.. And and and  in Azie's chalet, there was microwave which was used to cook maggi for us. hehehe..

3. Ema's chalet.

I also didn't remember the chalet's number.. But I also frequently visited this chalet. And the reason for me being here was to learn Maths with Ema! Usually I will do the exercises on her bed while she used her study table. And when I have a question, then I will go kacau her. And I also preferred to used Ema's common room during the weekends. Why? because the internet in Kampung Diamond was superbly fast and their common room's aircond was very sejuk. Yeay! Firah, May and Shu Wan were Ema's chaletmates.

4. Husna's Chalet.

Husna was my Chemistry classmates. Whenever there were any unfinished homeworks, I will go to Husna's chalet. And not to mention, Husna is the person who always listened to my problems. The nicest girl I'd ever met. The one who is always with comforting words and nasihat. Aku sangat-sangat kerap ke chalet Husna sewaktu sem 1 dan sem 2. Husna woke up very early in the morning. Like seriously awal. So, whenever I stay a night in her chalet, I can wake up early. Yayy!

5. L-50 or L55

This was Syifa', Masturah, Jida and Aisyah's chalet. I always go to their chalet during weekends. To learn Maths from Syifa' (the most brilliant Mathematian I'd ever known), to revise Bio and Chem with Mas and to revise Statistics 2 with Jida. This was the most kiasu chalet from my point of view. Whenever I went there, Syifa' will be in the common room to teach her anak-anak murid Maths, others will quietly kiasuing in their respective rooms. And the 'feeling' in the chalet was like 'you must study, you have to study'. Hahh gitu. Aura kiasu yang maha hebat. Serius tak tipu.

6. Ain's  and Dayah's chalet.

This was the best place to chit chat. Hahaha.. And Dayah, is the most hardworking businesswoman in Ky. I bought lots of things from her. =)

7. Last but not least Amalina's chalet.

The place where I study Chem and Bio paper 5. Amalina was very kind on answering most of my unclear questions. 

So tinggal la katil bilik aku yang tidak terusik akibat sikap tuan empunya bilik
yang suka merantau. kihkihkih,, Entah kali ke berapa upload gambo ni sbb
tak jumpa gambo len. Hahaha.

So, that's it. See, how I banyak berjalan jalan ke chalet orang len? Because I am a type of person, who cepat boring and mengantuk bila berkurung sengsorang dalam bilik. Especially in the afternoon. Mengantuk tak hengat. Hahaha..

Thank you to all my fwennsss for letting be your unexpected guest all the time. I love u so much.

Happy Ramadan.

KYUEM: #rinduuuuu Ky

Orang kata, kalau rindu luahkan.

Memandangkan belum sampai dua minggu jer pun aku meninggalkan KYUEM,

so, nak feeling-feeling ghinduu boleh tak?

Alaaaa, bak kata abah,

tempat bermain polis sentri lagikan dikenang, 

inikan pula tempat tido, belajar, bergelak riang, menanges terlolong, and bermuram durja selama 2 tahun.

Yer dakkk?

Surau as saad. Video night

Western night. Most people hate the spaghetti. But I like it.
They were not too bad

Tutorial group

Bangsawan

Cleanest chalet kotttt woot woooottttt

The basketball teams. Sapphire and Diamond

People I love in Spideys

Tu dia Anep rapping

Tempat melepak sementara nak tunggu
kelas bio and chem

Asyik maen water sprinkler jer

Happy faces after performing chromatography

Malas nak tulis panjang-panjang. Tengok gambo lagi best an an?

KYUEM: Wey dah habes laaa

Bismillah

Venue:: Home sweet home. Checked in.

I just had return from BTN in Kem Bina Negara, Meru Klang. So much story to tell. 

But hey, I do not have the time to update about KY.

Alhamdulillah. A two years journey had come to an end. I still feel lazy to update about my graduation day pictures but don't worry, I will.

My stats for this blog had increase unexpectedly due to all those Batch 16 to be. I think my blog is one of the blog that merges when they googled about KYUEM.

Well, dear Kyuemians-to-be don't be afraid. 

KYUEM is the best preparation place that you are going to experience.

You can trust me on that.

Just be prepare physically and mentally =)

Keluarga bahagia KY. Ukhwah para sisters. InsyaAllah till jannah

Spideys. Great people great house. Thank you Sapphire

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Will be missing Ky. I can't write longer. I can cry. Therefore, bubye

Hampir Habes A-level #3: What I don't like about you

Salam

I always said that I like Ky. But I do not like it as in really like. So I don't mind leaving Ky.

In fact, I can't wait.

Why? this probably helps you to understand why.

-because I always alone in chalet during weekends.. (I don't blame my chaletmates because they only lives around Kl, if I were them, I was going to the same.. But not every weeks kot. And people always said that 'you can come to my chalet', but I do not want to feel like an outsider in someone else's chalet. You probably don't feel the same. It was complicated)

-I love hanging outs with friends but certainly not for watching any 'korean' scenes.. I hate it when there were always someones in the tv room watching 'korean channel'. But I respect every person interests. It just me who can't tolerate with 'them'.

So sick.

-I hate carrying heavy bags every time I was going to return to Kelantan. I felt like I can be a man who lifts the heavy loads in the gym. And especially when some of your 'kononnya-kenal-sebab-satu-kolej-male-friends just watched we, the girls, angkat barang-barang ke bonet bas yang tingginya melebihi tinggi kami. Well, it was not their faults but they just don't gain my respect, that's all.

- I hate it when after performing isya' prayers at surau, and on my way back to chalet, the walkways will be full of unbearable scenes of the lovey-doveys. I can't even write down what were the scenes. "May Allah protects me from the syaitonirrojim.." Astargfirullahalazim...

- The internet was so slow. Especially when the college decided to upgrade the speed of the wifi. Good, they became slower.. 

-Lots of the people live in a clan. Assabiyah. They do not welcome intruders. 

Apart from all of that, and my ego that said, I do not like Ky that much, I will definitely miss Ky. Deep down my heart, 'I do not ever want to return here' but, this is where the tarbiyah pulled me. Where I learnt that hedonism is one of the biggest problem that our crowd (ummah) are facing right now. This is where I learnt that to take responsibility seriously. Kalau dulu, ditawarkan masuk ke dalam Muscom, I felt like, 'senang jer ni.', 'takkan yang ni pun orang tak tau' and 'ramai jer orang suka usrah' were all wrong. Masih ramai yang masih belum tahu yet faham. They were so good and excellent with their study but they do not even know how to pray. It shocked me at once. But then I learnt that the environment that we all grew up with were all different. Some people were not so lucky to receive tarbiyah at their early ages. And to think about it, if it was not for my chaletmates frequently 'balik rumah' on weekends, I probably do not frequently went to surau as much as I did. See, Allah always has better plans for you, Syifa.

So, here I learnt, despite all the knowledge that you have, there are always room for improvements. Enough is never enough. And always be modest with all you have and never feel bad to share even it is just a little. In Ky, I met different types of people. And I think, I learnt from everyone of them. Sahabat yang baik give you 'the words you do not want to hear but you need to know them' not just comforting words that make you feel happy again. Friends are more than just 'laugh together' partners. If she is the person who you always talk to when you are depressed and sad, and she always be there for you, she is the real friend. Sometimes, truths can be really harsh but in order for you to change, you must face them.

Therefore, if you asked me about Ky, I would certainly said that it is not a fancy place to live happily. It will give you hard times, culture shock, and boredom. But if you want to learn about life and willing to take the opportunity to change into a better muslim, here is the place. You may cry for the fate 'why am I here' at the present, but later on, you will realize that 'Oh, I learnt this when I was there'.

Thank you Ky for all the momentos.

I will miss you. 

I think I can write a book about you. Trust me.

Hampir Habis A-Level #2

Bismillah.

I noticed that I haven't post pictures for quite some time. 

Well, from today onward, most probably, I will post a picture of my Ky journey here. The places, the people whom I am going to miss when I leave this place.

I have been here for two years, I am very sure whether I like it or not, I am going to miss all the memories that 'we' had created here. 

Because that is one of the rule of creating memory, when you think about it, you are going to miss it.

Today is 31st of May. 

And on 12th June, insyaAllah, everything will come to an end. 

Them. They were the earliest people that I met in Ky. This was during our induction week dinner and Batch Anniversary 2011. 

=)

Hey there Numbers!

Bismillah..

I have statistic paper on Thursday.

I am currently doing the exercises with earphone stuck in my ears.

I love maths, it is the only subject that allows me to multitask while doing it.

How cool is that?

Well, as always, pray for me ok?

=)

Hampir habis A-level #1

Dearest, when I read this post, it was on the day that I finished answering my most frightening paper of all the papers I took for my A level which was Biology paper 4. Alhamdulillah, I think I have my made my best. Everything I have on my mind, I spill them out on the paper,, not literally. 

Alhamdulillah.

Yes people, when other candidates probably are counting their days to finish their last papers, I still have five more papers to face. And I don't feel bad about it. I will give my utmost to all the papers.

I have not more that a month to leave Ky. I am so excited. But I would probably sad on the day my friends and I have to bid goodbye. However, I really hope that we can all meet again soon in UK. Please pray for me... 

Well, I have statistics paper awaiting for me on the table. More post on sayonara KY will be coming out next. Hehehe.

Ya Allah, Alhamdulillah.

Trials

Salam

Lama tak menulis. Sudah hampir lupa posisi huruf-huruf di keyboard. Ah.

Trial A-level sudah tamat. Minggu ini adalah minggu muhasabah dan minggu pecutan.

Maaf, mungkin tidak dapat kerap menaip entri baru. 

Tetapi ingin sekali berkongsi satu ayat Al-Quran yang Dia hadiahkan kepada saya semalam,

At Taghabun:11

Sahih International

No disaster strikes except by permission of Allah . And whoever believes in Allah - He will guide his heart. And Allah is Knowing of all things.

Penat. Penat kerana tidak berusaha. Sedangkan masa adalah nyawa. 

Diriwayatkan oleh al-Bukhari,

"Dua nikmat yang ramai manusia sering lalai dengannya; sihat dan waktu lapang".

Astargfirullah...

Aku memohon keampunan daripadaMu Ya Allah..

Duke of Edinburgh #1

Bismillah. 

Status: This post is about my expedition when my friends and I went climbing a hill, Bukit Kutu at Kuala Kubu Bharu. So, for those who allergic to greenery scenery, rocks and height, just close this tab with no doubt. Should I warn you, this post is very long. Do grab some snacks and air kotak milo while reading ek. Hehe

Music: Daylight by Maroon 5

My team, Bronze 9, consists of 6 young, fragile, noisy but yet strong determination girls. We are myself, Azie (red shirt), Mas (light blue shirt), Jida (specky girl, with white tudung and brown girly hat), Tikah (black tudung) and Syida who was the one who taking this picture. 

Pagi-pagi dah muka mengantuk. HUH

We gathered at Azie's chalet as early as 6.30 am to make sandwiches for our lunch to eat at the peak of the hill. The journey by bus to the place where our task started was about 40 minutes. Then, after we reached the place, we walked passing by perumahan orang asli. There were so many dogs and they were quite scary. hehe.. 

What a beautiful day for hiking

The gap of masa pelepasan for each group was 15 minutes. My group started our journey was probably at 9.15 am. Each group will be guided by two experienced men, some of them were orang asli. As for my group, we got Rambo and Bob for our guide/guard. They were so so so baik and fun. Azie said, they were baik and sweet. But as for me they were baik, not scary baik. Dorang macam abang abang sikit, eh banyak. And we fought a lot during the journey. All of us. As if I asked, "Lambat lagi ke nak sampai?" and Rambo will say, "Sikit jer lagi dik, sikit jer. 5 minit. Tak tipu, 5 minit." And how on earth that I walked almost 20 minutes was his 5 minutes. I said to him, "Bang, jam rosak eh? Dari tadi 5 minit tak sampai-sampai pon!" 

This is serious. This Bukit Kutu was very steep. It was like I climbed a 140 degree steep hill. And what you need to persevere this task was you should really have enough stamina. Like seriously banyak gila stamina. I thought I had enough but I guessed I was wrong. This was my very first time going hiking. So, I do not have any expectation on how tired is tired and how difficult is difficult, till I tried it myself. Of course, Mr Boler already said, this will be tough, but yes, as I said I have no idea at all how tough is tough. 

Jida yang sentiasa lawa.

I think I should spill on this. I vomited at some point during the hiking. Rambo said I drank to much water and yet I did not dehydrated as much as I drank. So, I got a little 'semput' at my stomach. Haha. Thinking about it again, it was really funny, because all of my team-mates seemed worried and they asked me to pakai segala ubat, dari bam hingga minyak cap kapak. I said to them, I am okay and can move on. Rambo then asked Bob to carry my bag, which made my day. Come on, the bag was so heavy, 20 kg! But Bob said, "Eleh, ni pon berat? Kitorang selalu bawak yang 50 kg, tak da apa pon." Huh eksyen. Then I went, "Bagus lah, tolong pikulkan lama sikit ek." Hahaha. As we exchanged bag, I only carried his 500 g small bag. Yeay! 

But after enough rest, of course lah I carried my bag balik. I am not that weak. (*nak cover). During the journey to the top of the hill, we (our group) met a sweet old couple, we called them, the mighty pakcik and makcik. They maybe 50 or 60 years old maybe? But the fact that they still went hiking amazed me so much. The pakcik was very cool and kind. We joked along the journey. Whenever we met while we rest, I said to him,"Pakcik, kita kawan dua orang lah. Kita letih sama-sama yer." and he will laughed and said, "Kamu tu orang muda, patut lagi banyak stamina nya, Pak cik ni naik sikit je semput." And Jida will sambung, "Lebih kurang jer kita ni pakcik, kami ni dah nampak lagi semput daripada pakcik hah." He was so cool, that he always said, he let Makcik walked in front of him, so that if Makcik jatuh, he can sambut. So sweet. Hahaha. Unfortunately we had no pictures taken together with the couple.

One of our rest stop was a huge rock shaped like a cobra. When I said huge, it was humongous huge. 

Here, I felt like I already at the peak, I didn't know why but there were so many people resting here making me, "Yeay! Dah sampai!" till Tikah said, "Syifa, ni rest stop jer la". Uh.

See, there were so many not-Ky people when we reached here. I really thought
this was the peak. =.='

Bronze 9!

And we also sempat kejar, a Silver team tau. Sampai our guide, bragged, "Biar dorang pegi dulu lah, nanti kalau kita jalan dulu, malu pulak dorang nanti". And honestly I think, what made me still carry on walking and climbing was that I always believed to what Rambo and Bob said. If they said 5 minit lagi 5 minit lagi, then I said to myself, rite, 5 minutes more, sikit jer lagi. No matter how many times they tipu us, that brought us to the peak which was Subhanallah cantik.

We reached the peak!! 

Subhanallah. =)

Alysha, the model of the Bukit Kutu

They journey of going down the bukit was much more tougher. As I said,it was very curam kan. And we had to slide to go down. And we had to hold the trees around us so that we won't fall. There some of my friends who terkena duri when holding the trees. Luckily I didn't. But my tapak kasut tersangat-sangat lah tidak mencengkam tanah for the journey down the hill. I fell on the ground so many times, but not just me. All of my teammates jatuh banyak kali jugak. And everytime when one of us jatuh, all of us will burst into laughter. And I will say, "hah, gelak lah lagi gelak." HAHA. It was very funny. 

Thanked to Rambo, as he said he was with Mr Boler when he opened the new trail, so, he was a big help. He showed us the way out and leaded us like a pro. There was one time where there was a sarang peringat (insects like bee) in front of us, and Bob got bitten by it, he asked us to used the safer road so that non of us will get hurt. Baik tak? Okey, maybe I seemed exaggerating, but if you were in my shoes on the other day, you would know how baik they were.

Alhamdulillah. We were not even sesat, like D-uhhh.. And Alhamdulillah, we reached the kaki bukit at 6.45 pm which considered early. And it was not very dark at that time. Alhamdulillah. And I have this kinda guilty feeling in me, still have it today, that I forgot to say thank you to both Rambo and Bob. Because when we sampai di kaki bukit and saw Ky bus was already waiting, I became so excited, like "Ohmaigad ohmaigad, bas dah sampai!" And all of us just straightly went to the bus, totally forgot about our guide. Buruk betul perangai anak-anak dara ni. Then, we all felt so menyesal and bersalah about this. Mmm.. Apa-apapun, to Rambo and Bob, terima kasih weh. Sorry sakat korang jer kerja aku. Lepas tu banyak komplain itu ini semua. Hahaha (as if they read my post like memang tak lah)

Well, this was part 1. Wait till I collect the water rafting photos from Mr Boler for part 2. 

Bye bye.

Beautiful scenery as soon as we successfully turun from the hill. ^^

DOE Bronze 2013 teams

Diamond in the mud

Bismillah..

This a quick update from my Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Bronze Level.

Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah.

I can't say much more thank you to Allah swt, for letting me through this expedition with perseverance, joy and thankfulness. 

I went to two days expedition.

Day 1: Climbing a bukit. And then, went down the bukit. It was very curam and the tiredness of me to go against the gravity was so beyond what words can describe.

Day 2: water rafting expedition. Again, this was my first time. I am so damn afraid yet excited.

If non of you have know this, I have so-called phobias. The top on the lists are water and height. And can you make a general conclusion from my expedition? 

This was a remarkable experiences for me. I was enjoying myself. Alhamdulillah. Despite any difficulties, I do not experience any injuries except for my usual skin-allergic when it came to deal with well or river water. My skin got red spots but this time was not as serious as the trial expedition. Alhamdulillah.

Will talk more about it as soon as I got to collect all the pictures from my expedition.

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The peak of the bukit that I had climbed. Do you remember the scene from The Lion King where Mufasa  walked along the pride rock with Rafiqi and he got to see all of his kingdom? Yes, that was the feeling. Just Subhanallah.

Hari hari dapat hadiah

Bismillah

Alhamdulillah. Dah Jumaat lagi. Kejap jer.

The other day, I was listening to the manifestos by the upcoming housecapts of Sapphire and their vices when suddenly my phone vibrated,

"Syifa mu duk chalet ke?" -Husna 

I was like, jap lagi la balas. Then, after that I went to Surau to perform Isya' prayer. The election night lasted till 11. So I was not quite sure what was the time when I finished performing my solat at the surau. Then I went back to my chalet. Decided to stay up as I need to do my Biology paper 4. 

Tit tit tit *bunyi mesej

"Mu ada dop ni? -Husna

I was, ohmaigad, forgot to reply her text just now.

"Oh, tak ingat nak reply tadi. Baru balik. Bakpo?"

"Tunggu kedatanganku... =D"

?????? 

Dah lewat. Already 15 minutes after twelve and yet Husna were not asleep yet? Really? If I knew anyone who sleep early in Ky, Husna is one of them.

Then, she came to my room with a purple plastic bag with her and she was senyum-senyum like a kerang busuk. Scary. 

"Nah. Maaflaa lambat. Happy birthday."

She gave me a yellow-green bidang 55 tudung bawal. And a kinder bueno.

Hehehe~ I didn't see that coming. I mean, I always asked her to bring me some beautiful tudung to Ky because I want to buy them. But getting one for free was much more meaningful especially when it came from a sahabat. Alhamdulillah. And guess what, I wore the tudung today to the class and Husna noticed it during the breakfast today as we sat on the same table. Hihihi

Mushy mushy giler post aq ni. 

But I remembered when Adib (former president Muscom) quoted during our last Muscom meeting,

"Sentiasa lah berdamping dengan sahabat baik. Sahabat yang bila mana kita dengan mereka, kita akan selalu dekat dengan Allah dan sentiasa dirpeingatkan dengan ingatan yang baik. Andainya sudah bertemu dengan sahabat-sahabat seperti ini, maka berdoalah kepada Allah agar diperkukuhkan ukhwah yang terjalin."

I met lots of kind and amazing people here in KY. Being with them was always a blessing with me. Those majlis fikir, usrah, tazkirah, halaqah tajwid and malam muhasabah were never failed me to improve myself and to learn new things. Alhamdulillah. And I think the people below ware one of the greatest HADIAH that Allah had given to me. Not only for my birthday but for the rest of my life =')

Muscomers 2012/2013

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Sahih International

And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Malay

Dan (Dia lah) yang menyatu-padukan di antara hati mereka (yang beriman itu). Kalaulah engkau belanjakan segala (harta benda) yang ada di bumi, nescaya engkau tidak dapat juga menyatu-padukan di antara hati mereka, akan tetapi Allah telah menyatu-padukan di antara (hati) mereka. Sesungguhnya Ia Maha Kuasa, lagi Maha Bijaksana.

Al Anfal, 8:63

Although we already handed over our posts to the juniors, I knew that, the tarbiyah will never stop. And I with the God will, will never stop searching and searching. InsyaAllah.

p/s: Alysha, my chaletmate also just gave me Ferrero Rochers for my birthday. Thak you Alysha. =)

Untalkative Bunny

Music: Lagu Kita by Aizat Amdan

Mood: Penat but I stay awake! Test S2 on Hypothesis Testing tomorrow.

A junior gave me this button badge for my belated birthday
Yeay! hehe.  Thank you miss RunsingRuncing!

Bismillah. Finally this is it, just now I had finished one very last Muscom meeting at surau. So, as our President had mentioned in the fb group, everyone must give final speech during the meeting, I was already cuak for days as I don't know what to say. I mean of course I would say 'sorry' and 'thank you' but is there anything that I would like to clarify? As expected, once I entered the surau, I already knew that the mood should be gloomy and melancholic. 

So, basically all of us, gave our own speech on how we learnt something and appreciate  Muscom. There were few times when I cucuk-cucuk Ain asking her what I am supposed to say. I ended writing some footnotes on my phone in case I am terribly lost!. Diyana said to me, 'Ala Syifa pandai cakap laa, tulis blog pon best jer', then I was like bermonolog dalaman 'Omaigad, she read my blog! Did I ever termengumpat her in my blog??' just kidding hehe. Any way, I replied to her, ' Eh tak sama la, kite tak pandai cakap. Dalam blog tu tulis bukan cakap, tak pe lah.' Yes, it is true. Most of the time I feel so comfortable spilling out all trashes in my mind in my blog since it is very convincing that no one would read my blog. Well, at least that is what I thought. So, here, in this very own page, I am more out-loud than I am in actual life or in facebook. 

Back to the topic, so in my amanat speech during the meeting, I mentioned that Muscom taught me to be more quiet and do not talk much especially in meetings. Yes, it did. I was a lousy, talkative girl back then when I was in high school and primary school. But when I came to Ky, I am a girl which is living in her own world. Hah. Tak da la samapai macam tu. But I am being different from the norm. It was a good thing actually as when you are quiet, you tend to learn more and hear more. Being observant does not make you an idiot but teach you to be more concerned on what are happening around you. Seriously.

Apaapapun, hand-over is on Thursday. Malam. Surau As-Saad. Do come. Eh, budak Ky jer la. Yana pun yang tengah baca tu, moh datang. Hehehe.

Conclusion, I am no good at confronting people. So, if you want me to express what I feel about you, do write them down or ask me on my Formspring

LOL

February Charm

Bismillah

Music: I've got a feeling

Status: I am going to read a novel that I borrowed from the library for my bedtime story tonight.

Friday. I love Friday. Penghulu segala hari. Meh meh, Surah Kahfi jom! Walaupun kadang-kadang terlupa, tertinggal, I hope to improve more and more for my ibadat.InsyaAllah...

As usual, all of my chaletmates had balik rumah as rumah they all dekat jer pun. Left alone in the chalet was not anymore a problem for me. Hihihi...

I rarely post pictures of my chalet am I?
Well here it is. Welcome. =)

Knock knock!

There are 4 rooms in one chalet. The front door leading
to toilet.

The common room for lepakking

This is my room. I always  change the arrangement. But
 end up with this.

In front.

Well, I had made a my very own formspring page Therefore is there any question, or something that you would like to ask me, just drop your questions. InsyaAllah, I try to answer them.

And for the shawls labuh fans, a friend of mine has zillions of them, Asmira the owner, so, visit here!

I already bought some of them and trust me, I love them. ^^

Till then, happy weekend!