SSSPE ~ Tree Top Walk and Bonfire (Pt III)

After Zohor prayers, the students were asked to go in the seminar room for a briefing on the Tree Top Walk. I was relieved la jugak hehe.. ye la, panas la nak jejalan atas tu time matahari atas kepala and mesti sy setuju nye for any delay of it :p Last year, we did this early in the morning, tu yang tahan je dulu :D

Tengok tu.. Ish² 'abg' Rashid ni.. kantoi 'tidoq' time briefing hehe..

After briefing, the kids took a walk along the path towards the TTW. Sangat berceramuk, right? Hehe.. mana pi lagu 'barisan luruuss' hangpa ni?!?

..up the path..

..then sampai BUT kene tunggu turn la kan!

Then, inside the room thingey before you step on the TTW were information boards of the TTW. Between us, I only read them last year when me, Puga and Amir went to do info-searching for the module hehe.. sgt malas kan!

Then up on the TTW. This picture is dedicated to Zaqqim Imdad (hambik ko name penuh hehe..) Sapa kata gambaq korg tadak :D

As last year, we had some quizes in the module regarding the things we find on the TTW. Prob is, since I didn't go for the training of trainers, I didn't know the info boards were different than last year. The result: Student konpius.. fasi lagik konpius!

Still, as usual, boy will be boys merayau jek :p..

..and girls would be the only ones doing the 'writing down answers'!

A quarter way of the TTW, you come across this river. Its actually the boundary between Kulim and Baling (?) as told to us last year by the Mr who took us three on the TTW for info-searching. Tapi serius sangat cantikkkkk!

Then on the highest peak of the TTW (26050mm from forest level), my group decided to take a photo hehe.. aci dak? Actually diorg ni boring kot, tu yg beria nak amik gambo. Last year since we did it early, my group managed to see so many animals.. tahun ni, satu pun tarak!

Bile turun je, we had to wait for the other groups la kan. So during this time, the kids took the oppurtunity to ask for our signatures. I had put that in the module and though it might look like bullying ala orientation week kene mntk sign², it was actually so the kids knew who were in charge and won't follow any random stranger since we were going places in this program.

Of course it turned out quite funny with some CMs refusing to sign (yg ni konpem la ala orientation week kan hehe..) and with the kids not knowing who is who.. An example here is our CM bongsu, Adib. Punye la tamau budak² tu tau name dia sampai tak mau pakai name tag (I had told them they MUST know the name of the CM before asking for the signature) so I made an announcement on who 'abg Adib' was so padan la muke dia kene kerumun pas tuh hehe..

..ni 'abg Korea' (mandai jek bebudak ni kasik name, kan Arep!)plak kene sign..

..and cikgu Rahim!

After all groups has descended from the TTW, it was scrapbooking time! Back at the cafe, they sat in groups and started their scrapbooks..

This is Aneesa, the best female participant. Her friend tu I'm sorry to say I tak ingt le name.. sowi, dik! Their group got the best scrapbook prize btw..

And couldn't resist putting this picture sbb among the thousands, this is the ONLY picture of me yg tak nmpk gigi hehe.. we were doing the scrapbooking then and Aiman tu sempat je sengih in the camera kaaann..

..still concentrating on the scrapbooking!

And adik ni sgt la tekun melukis outcome of the bio indicator kan :) While Fadzrul kat sebelah tu dok buat ape tatau..

This one plak of Rashid's group also scrapbooking. Nmpk la sgt kan dengan semaknye meja mereke itu :D

Then around 5.30pm we stopped and went to our respective rooms to freshen up for the night activity. Rase sgt la bes mandi air sejuuuukkkk. Then dekat kul 7pm, had our dinner plak. Picture below is of Aisyah, anak bongsu Dr Mail who insisted on joining the program.. and was a good participant jugak. She was my unofficial group member dan same je excited ngan yg lain in every activity.

While kat luar plak, the bonfire was prepared as such..

..then at night.. tadaaaa!

Everyone berkumpul la duduk kat depan cafe tu..

We had the bio-indicator presentation and a short talk from the JPS promoting the River Rangers. Bes la jugak and this year ade la gambo the bonfire kan banding with last year yg gambo tak clear (tak salahkan camera Fared tau!)

Then another group photo for the night before retiring for much needed sleep in preparation for tomorrow :)

Next episode: Educational Jungle Walk & Herbarium

P/S See other photos here, here and here for all 'TTW', random pics and 'bonfire' respectively

SSSPE ~ Picking up the kids and bio-indicators (Pt II)

I've spent a few hours choosing photos for my update as promised. Tp sangat la byk to choose from and though I had planned on AN (1) entry for the whole Sg Sedim-Sg Pinang Expedition like I did last year (as seen here), I absolutely can't do that for this year punye hehe..

Last years entry for the expedition consist of ONE entry and 15 photos. But up to now, I already have around 20 photos and its still on the first day.. not even NOON yet! Haha.. so I decided to take a leaf outta Mazlan's page and write a few entries.. aci?

So to Bai and Ana yg kate, mesti sy byk bende nak citer after 4 days without internet hahah.. well, you might wanna eat your words after this hehe..

Lets see..

I couldn't sleep the night before. Not that I was excited ke ape ke but I just couldn't sleep so around 4am, I got ready and went to school demi menuai di Barn Buddy (dan mencuri apple Arep!) serta menutup Restaurant City ku dan menghantar Eilma (my Neopet) to the Neolodge. Thus, I was among the earliest to arrive at Cafe Lembaran for the bus ride to SKPJ to pick up our lil' charges.

We arrived, kul wape ek? Around 7.15am kot and most of the students had arrived, all grouped around in their own cliques. A quick briefing on the journey took place then we took a group photo as seen here.. ..ramai kan! Baby sitter ade baper org je for 55 students! After the group photo, the students semua lined up before going on the bus. Cam baik je kan ghope diorg ni time ni :) Then in the bus, upenye ade yg pantang tgk camera. This is a group at the back of the bus, whom later we learnt memang pantang nmpk camera and they'd be the first to sit in front of it. Going through the pictures, memang byk giler ah gambo diorg² ni. Even time bace doa naik kenderaan ramai² pun sempat je diorg posing (Alaaaa, mane tah gambo itu.. lupe plak nak amik tadi mase sorting out!) Arrived at Sedim around 9.30am.. I think! So we quickly asked the students to line up sbb berbeze from last year, tahun ni diorg no longer given privelleage naik jip, but rather kene jalan kaki :) Exercise skit.. and us CMs pun needed the exercise jugak kot kannn :D "Barisan cantiiikk.. barisan luruuus.. angkat tangan, kaki rapat.. lurus barisaann" They actually had a song for this haha.. Apparently Adib's mum owned a kindergarten that sang that song every morning so 'abg²' diorg ni pun hafal la jugakkk and were singing all along the way.. ..then finally arrived at our destination :) So first, we organized everyone into groups before giving out their name tags (you can see Amin sini sgt la sempat nmpk the camera kaann while his friend whom I'm not sure sape (Hadi kot) tak pandang pun).. ..and their bags filled with the caps and t-shirts as well as the files complete with stationery and module. Untung kan diorg?

The girls (as usual) trus je duduk mem'proses' ape yg didapati hehe.. while the guys were still joking around! Then see the 'makcik' in front trying to remind the students on some important things they had to do? Sian dia kan.. I just realized TAKDE SORG PUN yang pandang me! Takpe, diorg tgh check kot ape I ckp with ape yg diorg ade (ayat pujuk hati yg gundah gulane!) Pastu.. makan tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmee! These are all from my group. Clockwise from top: Aqmal, Faiz, Aiman and Muhaimin. I had a laugh when another student in my group (Syazani) complained,"Kak Ayuuu.. noodles pagi tadi tak sedap langsung!"

Noodles?!?!

Duh.. 'mee' still sounds nicer! Hehe.. Now I know how I must have sounded dulu since my friends always tell me sy ckp pelik! But I didn't say noodles kaaaan kat asrama AlMashoor tu dulu :p Anyway, not that I'm mengutuk Syazani.. just couldn't help laughing at his choice of words (which mesti dia gune kat umah kan)

Then we went to the seminar room for a briefing on the bio indicators. This activity is where the quality of a river is determined by observing the living organisme in the said river. These are the 'apparatus' for the bio indicators (the long pole there is actually a net for us to catch prawns and such)..

..while this one plak the thingeys for the water tests (pH, nitrate content, oxygen content bla.. bla..) So off we went! Ni group Rashid who were fortunate enough to get a shallow part of river for the whole group to gather around.. My group dapat site from tebing tinggi skit so we did not allow the students to go down in the river with us. (From front left line: Amirin, Syafiq and Faiz. Right line upwards: Muhaimin, Aiman, Zafyrah, Hanif, Ainul who's partially hidden, Ain, Syafiqah and me) This is Amzar and 'Mak Cik Bibi' (Betoi kaaa? Hahah, suke hati je Ayu ni!) testing the temperature of the water during the water test.. ..and this is abg Nizam doing USM punye own test on the water :D See how intent Shauki (red t-shirt) is in trying to find minute organisme in the sand they got from the river. Around him is again Amzar with the addition of Hassan (anak Dr Mail nih) Ni plak, I dunno the girl's name, but she's using the chart given by the JPS to determine what kind of organisme they had caught. Then after an afternoon filled with 'frolicking' in the water (WE wish! Mane bleh nak mandi kat sane huhu..), some groups headed back to the main building. Sempat jugak tu sengih at the camera kan budak² ni! Back at the 'cafe', the groups were then instructed to calculate the points they had accumulated (each kind of organisme had different points) using the form that Shauki, Adib, Faizal and Salman are concentrating on tu. The point were to be noted for the presentation that night.. Back at another table, some students were doing their own 'bio-indicator' experiment haha.. they had found this horned beetle and another insect that looked like a dead leaf and were excited about it (mesti sumer budak bandar niii!) Then, all of us took some lunch before heading to the musolla for Zohor prayers.. tp tak tahan tu, sempat lagi nak amik gambo while waiting to take their wudhu' Tsk.. tsk..

See why I can't cram everything into one entry hehe..

Next episode: The Tree Top Walk & Bonfire

P/S See other photos here and here for both 'amik students' and 'bio-indicators' respectively

Sg Sedim~Sg Pinang update.. or NOT! (Pt I)

Okay.. I've got the pictures of the programme (actually dah byk hari dah I've had the pictures hehe..) and I've been thinking of updating on them but..

..THERE'S TOO MANY PICTURES TO PICK FROM!

NOT that I'm complaining :)

Last year we only had Fared's personal camera so pictures were limited and senang nak pilih. AND Fared was also a fasilitator so not many pictures could be taken due to us being busy with the kids.

This year, not only do we have cameras assigned to EACH group. We also have 2 more photographers, Mazlan and abg Fauzi who were in charge with the pictures and video only so we got loads of pictures from both of them combined.. I'm guessing thousands here! And ikutkan hati I wanna put all in my blog hahah.. but kene la pilih kan. Thats why I still haven't updated <--lousy excuse or what?

Anyway, I WILL post the entry in due time (still going gaga over the pictures as I wanna chose pictures for my scrapbook jugak)..

Tungggguuuuuu..

*Ceh! Mcm org tunggu sgt pun kannnn hehe..*

Anyway.. sementara tu I'll put in a few pictures during 'the night before'..

This one of Rahim (CM from last year jugak), Adib (adik to Amir, also CM from last year) and Arep yg ngadap laptop (tetibe je tanak pandang camera ek? Tp sempat gak peace tuuu :p)

This one of close up on Adib.. satu-satunye committee member (CM) yg umoq tak cukup 20 haha..

This one of Rashid (fellow fasi this year) and Anim (transportation and boarding CM for this year)

Kole (same CM as Anim) Gile kan tahun ni ramai CM. Last year kitorg kitorg 8(?) orang la tercungap buat sumer keje hehehe..

This one Amir (CM from last year also) tgh khusyuk potong name tag..

..and all of us lepas dah nak siap! It was nearly 3am kot mase ni. All those bags were given to the participants tau. Jenuh la bebudak ni susun the files sumer tu :D

Okay, nnt sy sambung balik. Hafta choose the pictures for the first day dulu :p

P/S This entry punye pics not from Mazlan nor abg Fauzi tau. Ni from the camera assigned to my group though bukan me la amik gambo. Mase ni sumer take a hand at trying the camera so can't really say who the photographer was :p

Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say).. lagu chumel!!

*Cerite terselit: Last week time ni dok bwk budak² panjat to the PBA waterfall in Botanical Gardens.. alaaaa, rindu la pulak kat diorggg :(*

Yeay.. dah tau dah lagu ape yg dicarik².. Thanx to my student Irfan yg kate dia otai lagu ;p

So I was wrong, it WAS Lady Gaga hehe.. mane nak tau, didn't sound like her type of song pun. And suda pun dpt download lagu nih but even though dah dgr berkali², I still don't understand the lyrics :D Aci tak?

Juga got to know I salah.. not 'chili² boom²' (mcm nak cili mulut org la plak kan klau dia nyanyi cenggitu) but the cuter 'cherry² boom²'. Sedaaaaap skitt hehe..

Cherry cherry Boom boom
GaGa

Boy, we've had a real' good time
And I wish you the best on your way
Eh eh
I didn't mean to hurt you
I never thought we'd fall out of place
Eh eh, hey ey

I have something that I love long-long
But my friends keeping telling me that something's wrong
Then I met someone

And babe, there's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
I wish you'd never looked at me that way
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh

Not that I don't care about you
Just that things got so complicated
Eh eh
I met somebody cute and finally got each other
And that's funny
Eh eh, hey ey

I have something that I love long-long
But my friends keeping telling me that something's wrong
Then I met someone

And babe, there's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
I wish you'd never looked at me that way
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh

(Eh eh, eh eh, eh eh...)

I have something that I love long-long
But my friends keeping telling me that something's wrong
Then I met someone

And babe, there's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh ehEh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
I wish you'd never looked at me that way
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh
I wish you'd never looked at me that way
Eh eh, eh eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh eh, eh eh

(Cherry cherry, boom boom)
Eh eh, hey ey
Oh yeah
All I can say is eh eh