i'm survivng!!!

hey there :)

i've already spent 2 weeks here in USM kubang kerian.. i'm quite lucky today, as i can access wifi from my room.. normally there wouldn't be any connections, maybe there aren't many people online yet...so, i thought i'd update my blog when i have a chance to do so...

i was quite dissapointed at the sight of my room at first, when i saw that it was so smaller, 3 to 4 times smaller than my roon in kmpp... and then the toilet is soooo... haiz.. undescribable.. i thought that i would not bathe in that toilet at first.. but, still i have to bathe what.. and the place to wash clothes... tsk tsk tsk... many of the girls would rather use the washing machine than to wash their clothes there-- not me of course..

but all of these mindsets and perception changed right after i set foot in the kem Lata Belatan in Terengganu. first, we need to build our tents, though the 6 of us, all girls were like the fastest to finish setting up our tent, but, actually it doesn't look stable..haha.. however, it managed to hold on for 2 nights... and then the toilet problem again... there's a big pool of water in the toilet, and ya, we were supposed to mandi beramai-ramai!!! it's so awkward, even though i brought my sarung... so, i skipped. i didn't bathe for 1 day!! yay!! broke my record... many people didnt bathe too... so the whole tent of us stink throughout the night.. haha

we had many activities during that camp.. mainly ice-breaking activities. but the most exciting one was jungle trekking. we did that twice... one early early in the morning--2 to 3 am and one in the evening. the one in the morning was more of a walk in the jungle... but the evening one was very challenging. that's when i fell and got stuck in the mud and became very dirty...

maybe it was my shoes or maybe it was due to my clumsyness... while walking or climbing up a tree bark i slipped-- forgot to add that it rained earlier on... so that thing, and many of the areas in the jungle were quite damp and slippery... out of desperation, i tried to hold on to the tree bark, but maybe i was just too desperate, i think i grabbed it too hard... i was scared to imagine what would happen if i fell straight down... it's going to be so embarassing... and the result, i scratched my fingers... and elbow... and they bleed... when my friend exclaimed that i was bleeding, i tried to ignore it.... at least let me finish this first... and i slipped another time while i was getting on another tree bark... twice at the same place... ish... the 2 fascilitators the could not help but laugh... '' haiyo.. kali kedua ni!!'' aduh...i don't know where to put my face lor..

after that was the mud... i got into another embarassing moment there... we were walking in the mud when the person behind me touch or pushed me slightly... and i instantly lose my balance and..... wooo... ahhh.... eeeeee... i nearly fell down ...i struggled to get myself up... ut the mud was pullling me down... i took another few steps foward... and i get into a really muddy zone... i felt myself sinking.... the more i tried to get up, the deeper i went down... i finally figured out the logic-- don't move... but then... as i get deeper in, i was worried about that bendera in my pocket. it was an amanah given to each one of us during the start of the camp, and we were supposed to keep it and bring it out for any activity.,.. chor teng..i can hardly save myself, now i have to jaga that bendera pulak... too bad, it has to become dirty :p

then after that we have to climb a steep hill up to the top... there's a rope to guide us... one hand injured, one hand with bendera... how to climb??? i had no choice but to put the bendera in my mouth... hahaha... it's better no one saw the state i was in that day... and i was glad that i could made it out... thank God!! but i have to admit that it was the best experience i ever had... jungle trekking

we also had survival cooking.... each platun was given a live chicken and we were supposed to cook that for lunch. for each platun a muslim boy will slaughter the chicken while a non-muslim girl has to catch the chicken... unfortunately i was the one... i threatened them that i would let the chicken go if i was the one who catch it, but it was no use-- nobody dares to do it, while boys were not allowed. no choice, i went... i missed the first one... but managed to get the second one... it didn't struggle while i carried it... maybe it feels safe in my hands.. llallala.. i see other people struggling to manage their chickens... i can feel it's heartbeat.. thump thump... maybe it feels safe with me or it thought that i would let it go... so poor thing i thought of doing so, but in situations like this... haiz.. there's no way :( sadly i handed the chicken over to ikhwan who was supposed to slaughter it.. (luckily, we don't have to do that part... otherwise it woultn't be halal)


after orientation, we started our lessons... first week, what we thought was going to be easy.. bioethics and social health... but then, the lectures were not easy to understand... especially the notes... seniors say we don't have to memorise too much for this block, but i'm just worried about the end of block assessment and selanjar 1... and phase 1 exam will have some of these questions too... in the most popular format-- essay!!! haiz


we got our set of plastic bones already and microscope... it's free but we have to share among 2 people..haha.. my partner was smart enough to ask me to carry the bones.. it's soooo heavy man!! and i just had an ATT injection that day.... again, thank god.. i made it safely to my room haha

there's a lot of tales to tell, but i don't have mush time... need to start studying...

Gambateh!!!!

end of holidays...

USM medicine.. here i come :) bye, holidays...><

tommorow, i'll be flying to kota baru for the second time this year... i'm not going for a short trip this time.. i'll be staying there for a minimum of 4 weeks, and i'm coming back again!! well, that's the only thing i'm looking forward to, at least, for now...

kelantan is too far away, and the flight ticket isn't cheap, and i'll spent almost 1 day to come back home.. ( have to transit at kl) that's why i can only come back during holidays... and the one great advantage usm has, is the convocation break 4 weeks after the start of the year!!! yay!!

orientation will start as soon as we enroll into uni.. i am relieve that raging is strictly prohibited in usm during orientation week, but i expect the seniors won't be too easy on us either :(

i really enjoyed myself during this short holiday... watch several tv dramas in one day, high speed internet, and watching Winx club season 4 on youtube, until episode 24 though, the rest aren't uploaded yet...

finally, i finished packing today... just need to go through the things again tonight. will be flying off early morning tommorow... bye :) will miss everything in JB from my family to my home, to the dogs, to the air, and most importantly.... the RAIN!!!!! there was quite a heavy rain this afternoon... haiz hope that there will be rain in kelantan... ( i've decided not to send you some rain clouds to UM, Pauline!!! you'd made me really mad at you!!! and you know why!!)

so long... till we meet again 4 weeks later..

will try to update about lifein USMKK... but that is, if they do not block blogger...haha