Unwell..

Hmm... i'm sick again.. Not sick as in throwing up sick.. sick as in not feeling well.. I've got a bad series of cough (which had started probably a moth ago and wouldn't go away despite 2 sets of antibiotics that i've finished) and runny nose. I'm on mc today, took the medication as prescribed..and now i'm feeling rather light-headed. Why ah? Probably too much sleep kot..since the medication makes me drowsy and i sleep a lot. Tmrw, back in class... Darn. I so hae to be there. :p

Penempatan Kampung
Got back from the anak angkat thingy last thursday... and i think it really changed my perception of k'tan; the people as well as the state itself. My family angkat consists of 5 ppl, the bapak angkat, mak angkat and 3 siblings angkat... Kinda difficult to address the parents angkat as ma and abah though, since they're just like 2 yrs older than my hubby. Haha. Pening. :p

Anyways, the days had gone by.. I enjoyed my stay there, but i can't say that i don't count days to get back to KL. I can adapt allright...but it's just not my place. KL is where i call home... where i'm at my most comfortable.

And one thing that i must point out - i spent A LOT there.. Kononnya menjana ekonomi rakyat k'tan. Lols.. yeah.. you can never run out of reasons to justify your actions can you? I got myself 5 tudungs, 2 pairs of batik lukis, a batik shirt for Dan, kain for both mommy n mom-in-law, 3 pasang kain for me (2 of which i've sent to the tailor in k'tan and is ready to wear), and others which i can't remember. I think my best buy was the 2 kain i bought in wakaf che yeh, which i bought for only rm13 per pair.. can you believe that? and i sent it for tailoring for rm 16.Mannn ...if only i could get that price here! Then my wardrobe will even be fuller than it is now. Lols..

Okie... my head is killing me.. better go shower or sth. :p

Missed Weddings

Oh my god..it'd just strucked me that i've missed nurul's wedding!!! I didn't even call her on her big day! Oh my god... i'm so sorry nurul, seriously. I think i wasn't around... God.. it's just so sad to miss your best bud's wedding ok... warrgghhh.. so sorry nurul!! Really wish i could be there. There're another 2 weddings of fellow friends coming up, but i think i can't make it, thanks to DPA. Sedih gila.. i missed naemah's wedding, mona's, and now nurul... next heja's and quite likely baya's. Sedihnya!!! Mann... ive ran out of words to describe just how broken i am not being able to attend my friends' weddings! I nearly missed my cuzin's as well! Urghhh... dpa sucks.

To friends, from the deepest end of my heart, i'm truly very sorry for not being able to make it to your weddings. It's a big loss to me not being able to share your big day with you.... really... :(

Penempatan Kampung

I'm gonna be off and put on a show and be a sick pretender this coming week. Hah! I'm off to the penempatan kampung module. We'll be appointed to a kampung in pasir mas. I think i'm getting a bit too old for all these stuffs you know... having to put on your best behaviour, act your best, urghhh... i hate being miss goody two shoes demmit! What upsets me most is the fact that we'll be going on a f***king saturday morning! My hubby will only be back from anc the night before that! Bommer ain't it? :p Oh.. btw.. it's my 6th month anniversary today (half year already!!), and as far as i remember, non of the mthly anniversary were we together. Pathetic huh? And now, with that and the knowledge of me missing my buddy's wedding, the not good feeling had just ballooned. *#&*)&$)^#@*)))&%^$%#!!!!

I'll only be back on the 25th night... which is my mom's bday... which means that i won't be around for her bday, nor will i be around for my dad-in-law's bday... :P.. and in june, dan won't be around for the family gathering in PD... :( sucks!

Terlanjur kata...
I read sth in a tabloid today that really drew me to actually buy the paper... About the celebrity who got divorced.. i guess you guys know more abt it than i do. Anyways, i just got to know abt it and iwas shocked coz this couple appeared so lovey dovey, what's more with the arrival of their new baby. I guess, we only see what's on the surface huh? What actually struck me to buy the paper wasn't really because they're celebrities. I was curious to know the causes of the break-up.. because i really think it's sad for something like that to happen to 2 ppl who had their share of life together and was blessed with 2 children.. and the youngest was only born 7 mths ago. I guess, when people are angry, they say things that they're bound to regret in the future. I guess everyone had experienced that before. Sth that we should ponder, so that we don't repeat the big mistake of saying regretful stuffs when we're angry.. something that could really have ugly consequences. I hope Allah saves my marriage, my friends' marriage, my family...

And the paper mentioned sth about a third person in the celebrities' marriage. I dunno... for most people, i guess it's a no-no. I don't want to be judgemental on people. Things happen for a reason. But if the same happens to me, i would be heartbroken myself... maybe more than i thought i would be... or i might be forgiving about it... you'll just never know, would you?

I guess, everywhere around the world, love blooms and love ends... In one place, we have a couple breaking up, in another we have another couple making up... ermm.. i think that didn't come out right.. heheh.. but i think you get the point, right? But i have to say, i'm greatly impressed by a colleague in dpa's WIVES. Yep.. wives. They're so close and so supportive of each other and the hubby (my colleague). They'll come and give their support to their husbanc together, in the same car. I mean, the first time i saw them, i thought they're sisters! Rupa2nya madu! MasyaAllah... This colleague is blessed with 9 children so far.. and he's only 29!! Man.... my respect to him and his wives. :)

Modul Bomba

Baru je balik dari modul Bomba t/hari tadi. Went there last sunday, smpi around 10am kat sana, diberi bilik, amek gears (helmet, boots, gloves) pastu lepak smpi petang utk briefing dan berkenalan dengan liason officers (LO) utk setiap group. We're split into 4 groups, dlm 20 org la satu group yg akan bersama2 menempuh cabaran modul ni. Malam, disiarkan pulak tayangan video yang uncensored semasa operasi menyelamat dan memadam kebakaran. Masa diorg tayang operasi kebakaran, ok lagi.. come the rescue part, esp yang rescue road traffic accident, ramai yang tak sanggup tengok.. termasuklah aku sekali. Satu dua ok lagi.. kalau dah byk, tak sanggup seyy... ada satu tayangan tu, sedih sgt smpi termengalir air mata. Tak payah la cerita apa tanyangannya.. tak mau ingat pun. Yang pastinya, lepas tgk video tu, insaf jugakla, and berazam nak bawak kete secermat mungkin utk elak accident. Mohon dijauhkan!

Second day, bermulalah kehidupan kitorg memakai celoreng bomba, merah hitam. Dengan beret merah, belt biru gelap dan anti spike, berbaris la kitorg at 0645 utk the first activity pagi tu - menyelamat di dataran. Yg ni belajar mcm mana nak move mangsa dr scene insiden.. Belajar la fireman carry, darling carry, piggy back carry and stuffs like that. Sejam bljr mende2 tu. After that bfast pastu terus masuk kelas. After class, minum pagi and straight to the next activity. Activity ni berlainan utk setiap kumpulan, tp lps tu rotate la. Our group kena buat usungan memula. Ingat relax la, just belajar alat2 mengusung mangsa (stretcher) dan cara nak angkat.. Mmg la blajar tu je.. tambahannya, kena bawak mangsa atas stretcher yg berat tu agak jauh, turun naik tangga, angkat naik tembok.. mmg perhh sungguh. Dahla panas terik, kena bawak orang plak. Budak yg jadik mangsa tu pun dah pening2. Tgn kitorg pun merah2 la mengangkat... bukan sbb budak yg jadik mangsa tu berat, tp sbb stretcher tu berat. :p Lps lunch, activity fire extinguisher.. mengenal fire extinguisher and cara nak operate fire extinguisher. Semua orang dapat chance nak guna fire extinguisher tu. Ok la.. menarik sbb bukan pernah try pun sblm ni kan... Petang pulak, kitorg kena masuk satu bangunan ni yg dipanggil rumah asap. Tempat ni dibina khas utk simulate keadaan sebuah rumah slps kebakaran, dgn asap di dlmnya. Keadaan mmg gelap dgn asap berkepul2.. So kitorg kena berpandukan dinding bgnn utk masuk dan keluar mll jalan yg sama. Gabra gak la. Tak habis lagi aktiviti utk hari tu..mlm ada lagi. Mlm tu, aktiviti lagi mencabar - BA galeri. Dlm aktiviti ni, kitorg dipecah dlm 4-5 org satu group, kena pakai face mask dan Breathing Apparatus (BA) - that is this compressed air tank yang mcm scuba divers pakai tu.. tp disambung dgn face mask instead of mouth piece. Tak selesa la sbb your face sweats and drips down your nose.. but you just can't wipe it off. Lps tu, setiap group dilepaskan dlm galeri... Galeri ni mcm satu maze la.. kena carik jln keluar. Keadaan gelap, dan ada heater so, it was pretty warm inside the gallery. Tak blh berjalan, kena merangkak.. So mmg kerjasama kumpulan sgt penting. Therapy yang sgt baik utk org2 yang fobia gelap. Mmg mental beb....

The next day, byk lagi aktiviti menanti. 1st of, pepagi tu, kitorg didedahkan dgn kawad hos permulaan.. Mcm mana nak angkat gulungan hos bomba tu, camne nak buang air, and mcm mana nak gulung. Berat gila ok.. Berapa belas kg satu gulung tu.. and utk bukak gulungan hos tu, bukannya letak atas tanah and roll away.. tapi kena angkat separa dada and roll it off. Gila babeng berat ok... Nak membawak dah satu hal.. bukak lagi satu hal.. Mmg salute gile aa bomba. Serious, tough job. Lps bfast, as usual ada class, after minum pagi sambung pulak dgn sesi amali seterusnya. Masa ni belajar pulak about the BA. Komponen2, cara pakai and test mcm mana kita control breathing dlm keadaan panik/penat. Utk simulate keadaan tu, kitorg kena pakai BA yang seberat 10 kg lebih kurang tu beserta dgn face mask, of course and lps tu kena berkawad, lari2 anak, merangkak dlm parit gelap bwh astaka & naik turun tangga. Bukan senang la. Lps lunch, ada rope rescue.. buat repelling dari tingkat 5.. semua wajib buat 2 kali lak tu. Hampeh. :p Walaupun dah pernah buat masa kat pulada, still gabra gila. Masa abseil kat pulada tu, dah ada platform siap2.. yang ni kena panjat mcm tingkap, dgn standing space yg kecik, sblh tu cukup luas la.. kira 'tingkap' tu luas lagi dari tapak kaki.. yg lagi sblh, dia narrow sket.. kira tapak kaki dpn blkg terkeluar dr 'tingkap tu'. Yg lebih mencabar, masa panjat, kena mngearah ke luar bangunan, so mmg kena tgk bwh, unless you close your eyes. lps tgk keluar, kena pusing plak supaya blkg menghadap keluar utk trn.. bengong. :p Petang tu ada sukan, football campuran. Heheh... lelaki + wanita in one team. Best jugak. :) i played too.. utk 5 minit terakhir. :p Malam, amali yang sgt menarik, OIFF - Offensive Indoor Fire Fighting. Masa ni kitorg dibrief ttg fire behaviour, kena pakai baju bomba kaler oren tu, the whole suit (seluar dia cute, mcm game mario tu.. tapi berat la), kena pakai BA, face mask ngan gloves. Lps tu kiorg masuk dlm kontena ni, duduk dlm dua barisan and hujung depan kontena tu, ada bahan dibakar utk lihat fire behavior, Dari mula api kecik, smpi makin besar, smpi terjadinya Automated Ignition Fire (AIF), keadaan bila gas2 api yang panas tu terbakar sendiri, tanpa bhn bakar. Masa AIF ni berlaku, mmg betul2 atas kepala kitorg. Suhu dlm kontena tu kata instructor tu mencapai 800 deg. celcius.. tpi baju bomba tu dpt tahan 400 deg. C je.. so, utk keluarkan haba dr baju tu, kena tepuk2 bila terasa panas. Menarik amali ni.. Insaf gak la.. baru api dunia dah panas camtu, tu pun dah ada protection. Api neraka wallahualam.

Hari Rabu, hari ketiga, pagi kitorg dimulai dgn final bola campuran tu.. And our group menang! :) Aku main masa 2nd half.. heheh.. Lps breakfast, kuliah about Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) 20. Lepas tu, aktiviti mencabar mental seterusnya, merangkak dalam sewer. Sewer ni paip pembentung tu la.. ynag biasanya bawah tanah kan. Bukan masuk bodo2 je la.. kena pakai BA.. Dah lebih kurang 11kg atas belakang. Helmet lagi, face mask lagi.. mmg tak selesa. Pastu masuk plak dlm sewer, sah2 tak boleh berdiri, merangkak, BA menekan belakang, tengkuk plak lenguh menahan kepala yang berat dgn helmet sbb BA tu menolak2 helmet.. Bila helmet tolak face mask plak, udara dr dlm mask terkeluar dari mask.. dah rugi udara. Dlm sewer tu agak gelap.. ni pun memerlukan kerja pasukan la.. Ada part kena merangkak, ada yang kena turun dgn tali, kena lgkh dari tangga ke bukaan sewer satu lagi, and ada tmpt bila kita kena bukak BA, tp kekalkan face mask, pastu masuk dlm bukaan yang muat2 badan kita je, menyebabkan BA tu kena dibukak dan ditolak.. Lubang tu kecik smpi helmet pun tak muat.. kena bukak gak... Tp pendek je la. Gabra gak.. ingat bontot tak lepas.. Heheh.. masih lepas lagi rupanya. Perasaan masa tu mmg perhh sungguh la. Tengkuk sakit, masa terpaksa berenti kat tgh2 sewer sbb tunggu groupd depan gerak lagi mencabar minda.. sbb masa tu dgn tengkuk lenguh, rasa lemas.. isk.. Tuhan je tau. Apapun, sgt kecewa la aktiviti ni sbb tak sempat habiskan final course, sbb masa tak cukup. Sedey gila. 3 group first je dpt habiskan... :( Sedey gila. Lepas minum pagi, aktiviti kawad operasi pam.. Masa ni kena bawak turun hos dari kete bomba, pasang, and bukak air... tp tetiba hujan selebat2 nya, jadik tak sempat buat. Nasib baik gak.. sbb masa tu mmg dah penat gila lps sewer. Petang ada sukan, budak DPA against anggota FRAM. Mlm plak amali Road Traffic accident. Merasa la guna alat potong kereta. Best! :)

The next day, hari terakhir amali. Pagi ada senamrobik yg agak boring sbb step dia sama je. :p Lps bfast amali gas fire. Gas LPG dilepaskan, dan dibakar, and kitorg kena padamkan. Menarikla sbb mmg kena pergi rapat dgn api, supaya injap gas blh ditutup. Api dpn muka beb.. tapi masa tu aku org no 2 so, tak gerun sgt la... Next one, water rescue.. or sth more like introduction to scuba diving. Diorg tanya sape ada lesen.. aku ngaku la.. pastu kena buli mmg pasti la kan.. Kuda betul... Tp takla teruk sgt.. gelak2 je... Memula masuk, i kinda striving jugakla nak turn body (sbb terlupa nak isik udara dlm BCD tu byk2 sket).. kena la gelak.. instructor kat tepi2 tu dah melaung "oi diver! yg kau pun menggelupur dlm air tu kenapa???" wakakak... dah lama tak buat la pakcik. :p Pastu, bila kena masuk air, takleh tenggelam plak sbb weights tak cukup.. bila dah tambah weight, masuk dalam, kena kneel down, tak balance sbb weight sblh kurang dr weight sblh lagi. Mmg bengong gila. Bila dah ok, dia buli lagi, suh bukak mouth piece, clear mask. Heheh.. benda basic je.. tp sbb dah lama tak buat panic la jugak. Series bengong. Bila naik atas siap la kena kutuk. Wakakaka... hisyyy.. Nasib baik la insructor yg bawak aku turun tu kinda eye candy for me. Heheh.. sejuk gakla ati. :) After lunch, aktiviti paling mencabar dan paling bahaya - oil spill. Kena padamkan api disebabkan flammable liquid, dlm kes hari tu, diorg guna petrol, 400-500 Liter worth of petrol. Perh.. kalau masuk dlm tank keter, berapa bulan takyah refuel sey. Masa amali ni, i had to be the front-most person, holding the nozzle. Oil spill ni kena tacke dlm 4 barisan, 2 barisan tgh utk attack source, 2 barisan tepi utk jadik sweeper, padamkan api kat minyak yg tumpah2 tu. Aku dlm line yg tgh2, utk attack source of fire. Masa api tu tgh marak, kitorg kena move fwd smpi dekakt dgn api. How close? As close as sejengkal je jarak muka dari api. Hose ngan nozzle dah la berat... dgn air tekanan tinggi lagi. Masa tu yg jadik shield selain baju bomba tu is the spray water wall... Guna air dr hos utk dindingkan kitorg dari api.. Masa tu tak nmpk lain dah... nmpk api je. Org sblh2 pun tak nmpk.. command dari komanden pun tak berapa nak dgr sbb dgn bunyi air, bunyi api... Sgt mencabar. Pengalaman yang sgt tak dpt dilupakan. Mlm tu ada HAZMAT - handling of hazardous material.. yang ni ada afew guys je dpt buat sbb suit tu berat.. :(

On Friday ada exam, lps tu ada table top disaster excercise, mlm ada dinner and persembahan. Sabtu after bfast, balik......

Apa yang pastinya , my views towards pasukan bomba n penyelamat has totally changed. Sblm modul ni, tak berapa nmpk kepentingan mereka ni... sekarang, baru tau their hardships, what they have to face... Hidup diorg ni mmg perlu mental yang kuat.. sbb berhadapan dgn fobia kebanyakan orang... keadaan gelap, kurang udara, api marak.... Salute la anggota bomba,,, nak lagi yg pompuan.. Alatan semua berat2... no easy job, seriously. Bukan senang nak bergerak pantas dlm keadaan baju berat, sekali dgn BA yg brat tu.. tambah lagi dgn hos pun yang berat. Apapun, terima kasih FRAM atas pendedahan kpd aktiviti kebombaan, and tahniah kpd semua anggota bomba dan penyelamat yang berkaliber dan berdedikasi menjalankan tugas. :)

Weekend yang memenatkan
Jumaat lepas, exam statistik & research method belah pagi, three and a half hours. Bawak bekal mcm2, as if nanti byk time on my hands la kan. Hampeh. Soklan pun tak sempat nak abeskan. 2 questions gone, there goes 16 marks. Bluueekkk.. ahh..let bygones be bygones la. Nak buat camne.

At 1500, we gathered in front of the audi to make a move to Intan Wilayah Utara (intura) Sg. Petani for our Gua Itik programme. It was a long 5 and half hours drive (though i was used to the kl-utara route before). I couldn't sleep a wink in the bus although i was mentally exhausted and sleepy. Why? coz i was in the bus with the 'authorities' and they decided to karaoke in the bus. Rock kapak and whatever.. Some of them can sing.. but some just can't sing for peanuts! Maannn.. it was one awful journey. :p Thank God they stopped after we made a dinner stop at sg perak rnr.

At around 2030, we arrived in intura. Got our rooms, unpack and quickly put myself to bed to ready myself for what's coming the next day.

0700 Saturday, we had breakfast and gathered at 0730. We had a short briefing on where we're heading and what we're gonna do. We're going on a cave expedition to Gua Itik and Gua Gendang. It was an hours' drive from intura and by 1000 we reached Pengkalan Hulu, where we're gonna start the expedition. First we had to do some light hiking, then within an hour we reached the first cave, Gua Itik. It was a short-length cave, with a stream going through it. At the entrance of the cave was a small waterfall, small, but high enough that we had to climb down the waterfall by rope. About 2m high ada kot. I was kinda excited and worried at the same time coz it was the time of the month for me and my "best friend" was flowing rather heavily.. but what the heck... just go la kan. Nothing that i can do then. So i climbed down the waterfall and just follow the leader. A short distance away, we're at the mouth of Gua Itik. At first we're happy that the water level was only knee-high. However, peeping inside, we saw the heads of our friends in the group in front bobbing up and down in the water. Great.. just as what was told by our seniors... the water is deep inside the cave. We got into the cave in a line and in the deep waters, we had to go one by one. My swimming lesson didn't help.. coz i was panicky, with the darkness and the sound of the rushing water... and it didn't help when the t-shirt i wore ride up my body coz i didn't tuck it in my trackbottom. There were officers in the water to help us through though, so that helped calmed us a bit. Some of the guys were helping out as well. I managed to pass through the deep water without getting my head into the water. After that, it was already the end of the cave and we got outside, walked a short distance to a clear plot of land where they brought us our morning tea. Yummy..yummy.. nothing like a nice hot cup of tea after getting yourself all soaked up in the bone-biting chilly water.

After tea, we moved on to Gua Gendang, a mere 15 minutes away. This was a much longer cave, and it was really, really dark. They placed candles in some places so tht was the only source of light available to light our path. There was a stream running through this cave as well, and the path was trickier than the one in Gua Itik. We were divided according to gender, and walked into the cave in a line, holding hands so as not to lose any group members. We had to feel our way at some places to know whether the cave's roof was too low for us to walk through. There we some such places, too low that we had to go through it on all fours. The worse part is that the stream is still running under the cave... not deep, but still with the darkness, and being in the cave and all... you just don't want to think so much about what's there on the cave floor (think bats' dung and stuffs like that). After some time we finally reach the cave's exit which is a stream, and a few groups were already waiting there, having fun in the water. The water at the exit was waist-high and they made some kind of a barrier just above the water level, so that we have to dive under the water to get to the other side. No detour allowed, so everyone had to go under it. At the other side, the other group gathered to "welcome" those who had passed under the barrier with loads of water splashes. Hehe.. Way fun! Especially when you're splashing your friends. :) When all the groups arrived, we walked to the bus, changed at the nearby err cheap motel (Read: rumah tumpangan) and had lunch by a lake, in the rain. Mannnn... first time ever in a rumah tumpangan. Sheessshhh. :p

We arrived in intura around 1730, got some rest and at 2000, we had this karaoke contest. No.. i didn't join the thing. During DPA, dancing was more of my thing than singing is. Hehe.

The next day, we left intura as early as 0730, reached kiara at around 1300, took a short nap and later went to OU with my roomies, ecah and fara. Got back from there at around 1730, rushed to get ready for another programme for the weekend - theatre watching at istana budaya, a theatre entitled "Suzana@60". It was the first time i ever watch a real theatre and i'd have to say that it was a really cool first experience. The theatre incorporates a pop ye ye era concert so it was kinda 2 in 1 thing. I enjoyed myself. Too bad we couldn't get up from our seats and dance to the groove. Oh.... we got good seats too, at the royal circle, and the Permaisuri Agong was there as well. I think she's cool too, coz she made an effort to dress up in a 60's kinda thingy (nothing too much, just colors that made the look so retro). Us? Well.. we had to wear our batch's batik. :) The theatre ended at 0015 and we got back soon after. Dozed off as soon as my head touches the pillow.

The next day, business as usual. A lecture on international relationship, and before lunch, we were split from our old sidang into a new sidand for penggal 2. :( Sad as hell.. will really miss sidang c batch 1/2005 1st session. We've gone through a lot together, as a team. I'm now in sidang D, but i'll always be a sidang C at heart. :) And, being in sidang D, we're gonna be the first to go for the Bomba Module which is gonna be this coming week. We'll be leaving for the acadamy on sunday, coming back on saturday and monday we'll be going to the BTN module. Wish me luck ya!

Marriage woes
The saddest part about being in DPA is that i don't get to see my hubby so much. He's busy flying here and there lately, and i'm busy running from one module to the other. We don't see each other much, and i really miss spending time with him. Besides that, it'd been a while since i went back to my mom's place in sepang and visit my in laws in pandan. Man... really need time out from all this shit and have some time to spend with my family... and friends. That's it. I'm going on a holiday with my hubby as soon as DPA's over.

Update Module Tentera

Cerita kat pulada ni pjg sgt sbb mmg best.. so kena bahagi kpd part2, mengikut kerajinan aku. :) Kalau tak kang, kepanjangan blog yang melampau pulak. :p

Part 1
We had to assemble to go for the Millitary Module on Sunday,Feb 26th. Memang tgh penat. Just imagine, we reached intan from lumut the day before, at around 1830. Then we had to gather back in kiara at 0815 on Sunday for the next module. Letih berwhaler n berkayak tak habis lagi, badan pun masih sengal2 lagi. Penat wooo kayak keliling pulau. :p

Anyways, we all gathered, with our stuffs and the army boots yang berat. Katanya sebelah je dah 400g.. so 2 belah campur tali, campur kiwi, campur lumpur yang belum tanggal dari thn sebelumnya, adala satu kilo jugak. Gilo. Tak penah pakai kasut sekilo. I tell you, those boots are NOT made for walking, even more so running! :p Tp masa pergi tu jinjing je boot tu. Blom pakai lagi. Pelik plak nak pakai anti spike dengan baju kurung.

Perjalanan rasa mcm tak lama sgt, sbb semua orang mmg tdo je masa dlm bas. Tp, bila dah dekat2 masing2 dah mula berdebar. I thought i was the only one having the feelings. It turned out that nearly everyone share the same amount of nervousness. Tatau pesal. Maybe sbb byk sgt hype abt the tentera module ni yang buat kitorg agak panicky ke, tatau la kan. Bila bas bergerak masuk gate Pulada Ulu Tiram tu, makin kencang la pulak jantung dup dap dup dap.

Bas terus bawak kitorg pergi mes pegawai utk lunch. Bagus gile.. sampai2 je terus kena jamu makan. Nasi minyak tu... Hehe.. tp kitorg dah dinasihatkan oleh sidang2 sblmnya utk tak mkn lunch byk2...kenapa? sbb banyaaakkkk lagi aktiviti 'menarik' yang menanti lps lunch tu....

Lepas lunch, naik bas pergi padang kawad. Turun2 bas je dah kena jerit suruh cepat2 gather, berbaris utk dibahagikan kpd platoon and diberi brg2 keperluan. Galok berlari dgn baju kurung ngan court shoes. Seb baik court shoes tu setengah inci je. Kalau lagi tinggi mau terpeleot. :p Me in platoon 2. Best gak.. sbb byk org yg best2 masuk platoon 2. Blh la diorg tlg2 me yg tak berapa best nih. :) Lps upacara penyerahan from intan to pulada, kitorg diberi masuk berek, amek baju loreng 2 pasang, innerwear 2 pasang, beret, jungle hat, belt. Pastu siap ada nama sekali, printed on kain utk dijahit ke atas baju loreng. Haha.. best woo.. Tp nama aku on the kain jadik haiza le pulak. Tak penah2 org panggil haiza. :p

Lps letak barang, solat, tukar baju sukan, kitorg diarah kumpul dan dibawa berlari ke arah padang besar. Mmg besar gile itu padang. Jauh gak berek to padang. Tp, masa tu masih pakai sport shoes lagi... so, takdela berat sgt. Itu pun semput gak nak sampai padang besar itu. Lepas tu, kitorg disuruh berlari kat padang. Parah lagi, sbb lari kat atas rumput resistance lebih sket kan.. dah la jauh distancenya.. Lepas lari, diarah beratur 2 line pjg, depan lelaki, baris blg pompuan. Diorg tunjuk cara crawl. Ada 2 cara..(nama tak ingat). Tp yg ptg, masa crawl, punggung takleh angkat. Nampak cam senang.. Bila dah turun buat, baru tau... Penat siut. Bukan setakat penat, mmg nak mampuih nak crawl dr ujung ni smpi seberang nu. Adala lebih kurang 100m kot kena crawl.. Ingat kan one way je.. Rupa2nya pergi balik sey... Pergi tu pun dah ada yang terkorban, balik lagi la ramai. Yang menangis ada, yang muntah pun
ada gak. Dahla insturctor n staf2 semua tengking2 kitorg tgh padang tu... Sapa yang angkat punggung diorg kata nak pijak.. haha.. tp tu ckp je la, tak buat pun.. Kalau tentera betul diorg buat la kot. Pastu, 2nd round pulak, kali ni side roll. Side roll ni, baring kat sisi, pastu golek aa ke depan. Yang ni kalau bukak mata masa roll, tak pening sgt, and tak penat mcm crawl. Tp gagah la jugak nak smpi ujung sbb masa roll tu dah tak nmpk dah mana depan mana tepi. Alih2 menyenget je la kejenya. Ada yg golek2 kat situ jugak tak bergerak ke dpn. Mcm2 gaya. But side roll lagi ramai yang muntah.. Kesian gak.. Aku nasib baik la tak muntah.

That's not the end of it. Lps tu kena lari lagi, mcm first2 tadi. Dia suh semua org touch ada satu monumen-like batu ni la.. Ramai la yang tak smpi lps tupusing balik, dicover oleh crowd la kan, pastu ramai2 kantoi, kena buat lagi skali. Humang aiii... Nak tercabut kepala lutut rasanya. Tp, dah lps kena tabuh mcm tu, diorg bagik kitorg minum petang. Yang bestnya tentera ni, kat mana2 pun aktiviti, mknn akan datang pada kita. So, takdela kena pegi mes utk minum. Minum di padang. Perhhh.. itulah air sirap paling sedap yang pernah minum. Heheh... penat nk mampus2 punya pasal. :p Hari pertama diakhiri dengan briefing pada sblh mlm. Pastu blk tdo kat atas katil double decker yg takde tangga. Gagah aku yg tak cukup cm ni memanjat. Tp katil tu tak la tinggi sgt pun... tp cam seriau gak, takut2 katil tu terbalik masa aku nak naik.. Ye la, bukan kecik2 budak yang nak memanjat katil tu kan. :p Dah la takde selimut. Huhu.. mmg tak berapa nak tdo la mlm tu, walaupun penat gila.

Pg esok, kumpul 0615. Dibawak berlari2 keliling pulada sambil tour la kira2nya. Sesambil berlari tu, kena pumping, kena pecut, star jump, mcm2 la. Gaban betul. Aku ni mental utk berlari lemah sket. Tp alhamdulillah, gasak jugakla mcm mana pun kan. Pagi ada perasmian kursus, pastu sesi bergambar kat padang besar. Pastu, terus pergi latihan pengenalan senjata M16. Belajar camne pegang, aim, tembak, bukak senjata. Excited la kan org tak pernah pegang senjata dapat pegang senjata. Tp, M16 ni berat gila nakbanding dgn vector masa kat police module aritu. Nak dekat 3kg... berat baby baru lahir je la kira2nya kan.. tp dlm kedudukan mcm2 tu, lenguh gak tgn. Lps latihan tembak, rush pulak gi padang kawad. Masa tu dah nak dekat tengah hari. Panas terik takyah cakap la. Sunblock pun tak berapa nak efektif dah masa tu. Berkawad la kitorg smpi kol 1 lebih. Mmg dah pening2 dah. Panas matahari lagi, panas tar naik lagi, boot berat, kaki melecet. After kawad, lunch, petang acara best... abseiling! :) Nervous tu mmg la.. but apa pun, just take it positively je. Kalau fikir sgt, jadik stress and tak enjoy, betl tak? So, petang tu, before abseiling dibawak berjalan through trek rempuh halangan. Bersyukur sangat*1000 tak kena buat rempuh halangan tu. Hanya dibawa cruise thru je. Kena buat monkey bar je (which aku tak berjaya lepasi dan mengakibatkan aku jatuh le dlm lumpur kat bawah monkey bar tu). Haritu jugak first time kena bambu teruk ngan instructor kitorg. Bluekkk.. :p Lps tu, balik ke padang besar utk abseiling. Kelakar ada gak.. tapi mmg best. Hak hak. Masa ada kat atas dia suruh lean back utk turun rasa cam waaa.. nak baring kat udara. Gelabah gak kejap.. Tp sgt lawak la cara turun tu.. cam bangang plak rasanya bila difikirkan balik skang ni. Lps semua org abes abseiling, kitorg berpeluang pulak tgk kadet2 tentera buat repelling dari heli. Waaaweee.. berani siut. Mlm hari kedua ada kelas and that ended our 2nd day in Pulada.

....to be continued...

Sundays these days...
Hmm.. sundays had not been like what it used to be before. Used to look forward to sundays. Now.. sunday only means that it's gonna be the end of the weekend, and i'm gonna have to go to intan the next day. :p Bosan!

Last week we had the law module.. As usual, started the module on monday and exam was on friday. Tak tau la mcm mana. Study jgn harap la kan. The night before the exam br study. Tmrw, start module econs plak. Huhuhu... :( Dahla skang dah dikuatkuasakan takleh blk umah. But then again, this week kalau balik pun Dan takde. Tapi yg bengongnya, skang kena duduk bilik double, tapi duduk bertiga. Hampeh tak? :p

Saturday lepas, ada program bersama anak yatim. Sehari suntuk jugak. Lepas tu, around 3pm kemas2 barang utk pindah bilik. Lepas tu pegi shopping ngan member kat sogo. Best gile sale. Yang tak bestnya, tak dpt beli apa yang aku tuju. Hampeh dan hampeh lagik! Why tak dapat beli?? Huhuhu.... nak carik seluar khakis selai ingatnya... sekali takde yang muat dowww.... Kuda betul. Peha dah makin besar maaa.. Huhuhuhu... malas gile nak dayet takde member nih. Told hubby about it.. dia kata sbb muscle makin besar tu. Like duh!~ Muscle ke hape menggelebeh. :p Huhuu.. Kena dayet! But then skang ni, no time to prepare food pun. Dah tu perut pun dah expand, dah biasa makan 5 kali sehari. Ishhh.... cano nih?? Dokter kata, kena reduce weight before getting pregnant. Haha.

Talk about pregnancy nih, nak congratulate nura secara online sbb dah selamat lahirkan seorang baby boy on 17/3/2006 yang lepas. Walaupun premature, alhamdulillah, dia selamat and stabil. Mommy dia pun dari suara jelas kegembiraannya, walaupun penat. Syukur, dua2 selamat. Hehehe.. insyaAllah, lepas ni adala bakal menantu hang nura. Hehehehe... perhh... belum jadik lagik dah plan. :p Syok tgk orang bawak baby.. teringin gak nak baby sendiri... Tapi byk inhibitions la. Mcm2 fikir, jadik serabut plak. Takpela... buat keje kita sudah. Bila tiba masanya, Dia kurnia, masa tu tandanya kita dah sedia utk hadapi. Wallahualam. Talk about "buat keje kita" hehe.. rindu la pulak kat hasben. huhuhu... Jauhnye hasbenku. Tapi, kalau dia ada kat umah pun, semenjak dua menjak ni, jarang gak jumpa, boleh tak? Kesian dia. DPA is taking a toll on both of us. We don't spend quality time together. Lepas DPA sah2 amek 1 week off. Nak pergi holiday ngan hubby. Tak kira la apa nak jadik. :p

Ok la. Cukupla dulu. Update module tentera on the way. Mlmni cam takde mood sgt nak cerita abt that. Len kali la ek. Til next time, take care buddies!

Update Module Outward Bound School (OBS)

Balik2 je dari modul polis on saturday, sunday morning at 0800 dah berada kat perkarangan auditorium intanbk untuk bergerak beramai2 menuju ke lumut untuk modul OBS. All packed and ready with sunglasses, 130 SPF sunblock and a wide brimmed hat (read: topi orang tanam sayur), we're all geared up to fce the challenges that awaits us in OBS.

A little before lunch, sampai la ke OBS.. Nyaman je rasanya, walaupun cuaca agak terik. Pastu ada briefing, and everyone were reminded not to use the naked fingers to eat, instead fork and spoon must be used. We found out why later in the module. We were given into groups called 'watch'es, mine being the Brichang watch led by a merry instructor from the land of Kiwi, Julie. Then we had lunch, and after that we took a group picture right in front of the Hudson Hall. Rather nostalgic for me.. coz i've seen a similar picture before, but it was taken way back in the 70's, and one of the people potrayed in the pic was my dad. :) I had always dreamt of going for training in the OB. Since the time my dad told me abt OB, i've always wanted to do the same.. and after all these years, i've got the chance to do so, alhamdulillah. :)

First day tu biasala, byk briefing, sesi berkenal2an, and then we put down our goals on paper. One of my goals to achieve masa OB was to conquer my fear of the water... esp deep water. Heheh.. Malam tu tdo la kat dalam dorm, katil dua tingkat and i had to stay on the upper bed.. ish ish.. seriau jugak, takut katil tu roboh. :p

The next day (D2), pagi2 lagi berkumpul, nyanyi Negaraku n lagu DPA.. mmg rutin la nih. After that ada activity sket, sblm kelas mengenali whaler dimulakan. Pastu, kitog dah mula mengangkut barang2 yang diperlukan utk menaiki whaler. Whaler ni sejarahnya digunakan oleh orang2 esimo (kalau tak silap) utk tujuan memburu ikan paus. Tp agaknya, whaler yg diorg guna tu jauh lebih besau le dr whaler kitorg aritu. Dia mcm sampan, tp ada seats utk 16 orang lalebih kurang. Kena duduk side by side, and kayuh mcm kapal viking tu. At one time, 8 orang kena kayuh. pastu whaler ni jugak dilengkapi dengan layar, ada main sail, jib sail (kat bhg belakang and mizzen sail (kat depan). Jadik, bila ada angin yang sufficient, bolehla guna layar untuk sailing instead of berkayuh. Penat wooo kayuh whaler. :p Teknik yang digunakan utk mengayuh: "Dip and pull up..." heheh.

D3, pagi2 lagi kitorg dah bfast and bersiap2 utk memulakan ekspedisi berwhaler ke **Pulau Nibong, lebih kurang 23 km dari OBS (23 km ikut jln laut dlm peta). Lepas dah siap2 pasang sail and semua dah ready, kitorg pun mulakan perjalanan yang tak ketahuan durationnya. Yang penting, kayuh je. Whaler kitorg ialah sebuah whaler kayu yang lama. Ada 3 whaler yg digunakan, 1 kayu, 2 fiberglass. Whaler kayu ni berat, tp once dah ada momentum, laju. Yang fiberglass slow sket. So, berkayuh la kitorg dari pagi membawa ke tengah hari. Ada jugak yang mabuk dan membuang isi perut ke dalam laut. Lebih kurang kol 1, tatkala pulau yang dituju dah semakin jelas kelihatan, angin pun mula bertiup. Miss Julie, our instructor pun suruh buka sail and we sailed!!! Nasib baik gak.. sbb masa tu semua orang dah berpinar mata sbb penat mendayung and panas terik. Kepala panas dah masa tu. For the very first time, i experienced sailing in the open sea. Wowee... marvellous! Best gile.. Angin sepoi2 menampar2 pipi... hilang lenguh2 tangan yang dah mendayung berjam2 tadi. Lama gak angin membantu perjalanan kitorg. Cuma bila nakmasuk teluk and pergi motherboat amek brg2 je kitorg kena "dip n push up" balik. Kawasan tu mmg cantik, air dia sangat2 jernih.. ye la, pulau kan. sayangnya, pulau tu kotor, byk sampah. Sbbnya ramai org/nelayan dah mula mendarat kat situ... lagipun Pulau Nibong one of Pulau Sembilan yang kata instructor menjadi one of the first tapisan sampah dari sungai masuk ke laut. Sayang.. Pasir putih, tp sampah byk.

Mlm tu we spent the night camping in Pulau Nibong. Seronok bila dah ramai2. Tp toilet mmg leceh sket la. Koboi je kat mana2 tempat yang orang tak nampak. Kalau nak wee wee tu, terjun je dalam laut. Haha.. Mandi pun stakat guna baby wipes je. Tapi ada gak yang siap bwk compact powder tuh...isk.. tak paham. :p Kemah kitorg pun mmg back to basics. 3 helai canvas utk atap, 2 helai utk alas. Tepi2 agak renggang, kabaid takde. Mmg berdoa spy dijauhi mende2 berbisa. Tp, one of us ada yg kena bisa lipan, pastu one of my group mates nyaris2 kena patuk ngan ular kapak. Sian diorg.. trauma. yang sorang tu asal terbangun je menyuluh keliling. Pagi tu, sepatutnya siap2 nak sail dlm kol 7.30.. tp turned up kol 8.30 baru set sail sbb risau nak pasang2 sail dlm gelap. Masa kemas2 khemah tu, muncul pulak sekor lipan besau. Seb baik tak kena sesiapa.

Dalam perjalanan balik, instructor dah ckp yg dia takkan bersuara. Keputusan apa nak buat was up to us. Awal2 tu, ada angin, so we sailed. Tapi, bila dah kol 10 +, angin mula berkurang and sedar2,kitorg dah drift ke arah Pulau Nipis, pulau yg jadi penanda la spy tak dilepasi kalau kitorg taknak ke indon.So, kitorg tutup sail and mula mendayung. Sejam lebih dayung, tak bergerak2. Asyik2 nmpk pulau yang sama. Sebabnya arus lawan pergerakan kami. Kecewa sey dayung tak bergerak2. Penat woo.. Mmg frustrated. Kita berhempas pulas, tapi kapal tu tetap kat situ. Last2, bial dah nak dekat kol 12, baru la dia nak budge sikit. Tetiba mother boat pulak kelihatan, dan semakin lama semakin dekat, dan akhirnya motherboat menunda kitorg balik ke OB. Hehehe... Masa tu mmg dah penat. Arms semua dah sore.. rasa motherboat tu mmg God's send sangat. Tp deep inside, agak keciwa sbb tak dpt tamatkan perjalanan sendiri. Motherboat terpaksa tunda sbb dah t/hari and petang tu kitorg ada kayak lesson pulak.

Sampai2 kat pantai OB lebih kurang kol 1 lebih. Instructor suh kumpul balik kat situ kol 2.30... dia suh gi balik dorm, rehat2 dulu. Tak larat dah... (did i mention the dorms are like 100 steps on the hill??) Letak beg, clearkan barang2 yang perlu diclearkan dari whaler, angkut barang dr motherboat, sidai life jacket, pastu terus baring je kat bawah pokok klapak dan terus tertido. Dah tak kira dah masa tu ada org ke tak. Semua pakat2 terbongkang.

Petang, start belajar berkayak pulak. Belajar camne pegang paddle, camne guna signage, camne kalau terbalik kat laut... Semua org dikehendaki utk mengcapsize kan kayak masing2 spy tak paik kalau betul2 terjadi. Mlm, ada briefing on hwat's gonna happen the next day. Kitorg akan berkayak dari OB mengelilingi Pulau Pangkor, menuju ke arah Teluk Sekadeh utk bermalam kat situ. Friday morning balik.

So the next morning, pergila pulak berkayak keliling Pangkor. Alhamdulillah, cuaca tak panas sangat. Penat tu mmg tak kata la. Tapi ok jugak, walaupun gerak against the current, tapi ombak tak mengganas sangat. Tengahari, kitorg singgah kat satu teluk ni (tak ingat nama dia) utk lunch dan rehat kejap. Tempat tu tourist spot, so jeuhla kitorg berposing utk tourist. Hehehe.. Masa tu jugak diadakan mass & public peeing. Haha. Gila kan. Ramai2 masuk laut utk menunaikan hajat. Bunyik cam geli je kan... but then, what choice do we have? Dah lepak jap, perjalanan diteruskan semula.

Lps mendayung sehari suntuk, akhirnya tiba jugak di tempat yang dituju. Around 4 mcm tu kot sampai. Masa nak masuk teluk tu baru ombak cam ganas sket, ditambah pulak dgn ombak buatan instructor yang menaiki speed boat. Saje je nak bagi at least satu kayak capsize.. Malangnya diorg tak berjaya...Dlm group kami tu takde satu pun kayak yang capsize. :D

Lps amek2 barang, bermalam la kitorg kat teluk sikadeh. Masa tu tgn mmg sakit gila. Masa whaler penat, tp tgn tak sakit sgt. Kayak pulak, letih tak sgt.. tp sakit tgn gila babun. So masa kat teluk sekadeh tu, mmg the guys yg byk buat keje, termasuk la masak memasak. I really2 appreciate their kindness. Terima kasih sgt2 kat all the guys in Watch Brinchang.

Pagi esoknya, at 0730, kitorg barkayak balik pulak. Nak balik dekat je... 45 minit lebih kurang kitorg dah smpi OB. Kemas2 barang, cuci kayak, dapatla lepak lama sket sementara tunggu group2 balik dr whaler. Malam ada barbeque nite + persembahan. Tp cam gitu2 je la sbb semua org dah penat.

Next day, time to go back!!! Cam best je bila nengok bas Intan... Dan lagi best bila dah masuk bas and tido all the way back to KL. :)