where i had left off..

ok, the continuation on the tkd ivp '07.


since it's been 2 months.. so, my memory and enthusiasm to write have kind of, diminished. but i'll try to complete the story where i had left it..


to cut it short:



the participants sat on a large mat; ee-jang teams in front, sa-jang teams behind. i remembered the ntu tkd coach giving his speech. oh, n he looks more like a netball coach than a tkd coach. -.-"
my team is TP team 2: me, yanning, zai yu and pei yong (reserve).

when TP team 1, consisting of gui wen, catherine, janice and shin rong (reserve), performed, i just couldnt lift up my eyes to see them. ntahlah, mungkin sbb takut nampak mereka buat mistake ke ape ke.... hmmm... i was simply afraid for them.

sementara menunggu tu, me ade jugak ah doa2 untuk tenangkan hati.. berbual2 dgn participants kat sebelah.. (TJC and SRJC, i think).. nervous tu still ada..


akhirnya,


when it was our turn, my mind was set. tak kisah sape2 yg lihat, i just wanted to concentrate. hmm... bila tgh buat pattern tu, in my head, and heart, i sensed that our movements werent the same. and there wasnt enough power. i had the feeling that i was the one who wasnt following the rest. i did try to increase my strength in movement, tapi takut2 dah tak synchronise dgn my team members.

ntahlah, ape nak jadi, jadilah. rasenye pattern tu selesai sekejap sekali. dlm hati, me rase quite puas. that we've done the best that we could, and that we couldnt possibly be the worst team. dalam mase yang sama, me tetap berdoa, that ape pon keputusannye, me tetap tabah and stay calm.

n so... my team failed to go to the next round.

alhamdulillah~ i was suprisingly calm. it was as though i did not care about us not going to the finals..

*ouh, side-track kejap: the first round is automatically called 'the semi finals'. the top 7 or 8 teams will then proceed to the 'final round'.*

sekali lagi, me bersyukur kepada Allah, kerana Dia telah berikan me ketenangan yang sgt2 me harapkan. rase sedih tu ade jugak, tapi pada tahap minimal. yang amat dirasakan time tu ialah rase gembira untuk TP team 1. yeah~ i was happy and proud of them. sbb selama ni, masa trainings, they were like the underdogs. the seniors, even coaches, were kind of pessimistic about them. my team were the so-called 'harapan' untuk menang the competition.

as for my teammates, they were unpleasantly suprised. couldnt quite believe why we got lots of deduction of marks... yang memburukkan keadaan, our instructor/coach pointed out that zai yu was the one who made the obvious, if not most, mistakes. kesian kawan me yang satu tu... kenape mesti diorang point out the mistake cepat2... tak boleh tunggu ke... dah lah time tu tgh sedih sbb tk dpt masuk final, ditambah lagi dgn rase guilty kerana diri sendiri yang menyebabkan kekalahan pasukan.

as for myself, i dont believe that the mistake zai yu made caused our defeat. in my eyes, the two of us (me and yanning) must have also done quite a number of mistakes. plus, i had already seen that some teams performed way better than us. me tak sampai hati ah... that zai yu yang kena blamed..

actually, our performance was recorded in videocam.. tapi sampai sekarang me belum tgk camne performance kite sebenarnye. hmm~

as for the sa-jang teams (both TP teams are guys), TP team 1 got into the finals.

the final result: ee-jang team didnt get any medals. sa-jang team got medals for 4th place. yey!

i dont remember who were the top 3 winners for the two categories. but i know NTU, NP were among them.

anyway, time for pictures!

my team (not in picture: pei yong)

TP team 1 (ee-jang): from left - shin rong, gui wen, janice and catherine

TP team 1 (sa-jang): from left - hafiq, nazrullah (reserve), khidir and thiha

TP team 2 (sa-jang): from left - daniel (reserve), darrel... the other two, i forgot their names *covers face in embarrassment!*

TP team 1. i dont know their pattern name. oh, n they got SILVER!!! woo-hoOo~ from left: si ting, tiffany, kit (reserve) and grace

our coaches: keng boon (pattern), michael ho (main coach) and bryan (sparring)

with michael sir; n pei yong too =) *we're soo short lahh..*

group photo. last day of competition, after prize giving ceremony. with the sparring participants. not all TP tkd people were present. TP got the second place for overall champion. first place? who else if not NTU..

with my parents. hehe.. mereka yang nak ambil gambar.. yelah, bukannye selalu dapat ambil gambar dgn me with my team temasek jacket. ho-ho =p i like this picture~~

for more pictures, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/summit.tptkd

the taekwondo ivp 2007 - my story

note: this piece of incomplete entry was written on 27 march 2007, aroung 12.57pm


i know, i know.. it's been weeks since i wrote 'stay tuned'.. and i apologise if i've kept you readers out there waiting..

the competition was held at NTU sports and recreation center. it was a 3-day event. 1st day - pattern competition. 2nd and 3rd day - sparring competition. the prize giving ceremony was on the last day.

i heard that it is the first time NTU organize this Taekwondo Open.. and i heard other stuff too. from my seniors.. hmm.. su'uz zhon ah... like, how there could've been bias-ness in the judging section. but you know what, i dont really care. maybe im naive of this tkd politics.. but i believe my group's mistakes are the real cause of our loss.

FIRST DAY

i started off the day quite badly. yeah. i was getting nervous by the minute. i asked my parents again and again to pray for me. not just for success, but for calmness, perseverence etc etc.. doa ibu bapa tu mustajab kan?

i was just soo afraid that i might mess things up. if not i, we. or go blank. n then, nak kena ikhlaskan hati.. but mostly, i was nervous coz of the pressure i put to myself. and i actually cried in 969 on the way to school. in broad daylight. *hope that none of the passengers noticed...embarrassing lah!*

even in the coach bus with my tkd friends, i didnt talk. partly because no one sat beside me. another was that i didnt feel like talking. i wanted to just keep quiet. pray. contemplate. think. hope. pray. and my eyes were brimming with tears.

tenangkan lah hati ini, ya Allah~

when we reached the center, straightaway we went to the changing room. fuh~ i like the room! spacious! then, we walked into the waiting area where we saw the teams from other schools - JCs, polys and unis. ade yang pakai school windbreaker.. i like NUS punye colour.. oren and biru.. so refreshing! n NTUnye slogan kt at the back of their windbreaker is 'NTU Spirit' fuyo~~ aku pon naik semangat! *klw gitu, kite pon nak join NTU coz of its sports team, can?*

selalunye, tkde JC yang masuk pattern competition.. but this year, we had TJC, PJC, JJC, SRJC, IJC. ade hwa chong institution jugak. poly - TP, SP, NP. universities - NUS, SMU, NTU, SIM.

n so, tpt waiting area tu crowded ah... available spaces were being used to rehearse the steps.. n occasionally, some institutions shouted their 'lets-put-our-hands-together' cheers.. very the enthusiastic! and loud.

i must say, i was a bit 'jakon' tengok ramai2 org nih... hehe... first time masuk tkd competition lah katekan...

the week before term test

latest update: the tkd pattern poomsae is not on june 17th *huge sigh of relief* it's on 17 july.


here's my term test schedule:

monday 4 june: fundamentals of pathology
tuesday 5 june: molecular genetics
wednesday 6 june: applied immunology
thursday 7 june: csas3
friday 8 june: histological technique



and, would you believe me if i say that some people only have 1 term test paper? yeah, you should. and some people have 6 papers.

it's quite relaxing, this week. coz some subjects got no lecture, no practical... so i can study peacefully. but so far, my progress is very slow..

i really want to do well, but seeing my quiz 1 results (fpath: 17.5/25, htech: 16/25, aimm: 26/30), hmmm... i must work super hard.. haiz~ penat betul bila pikir pasal pelajaran ni..

oh well..



let's talk about something lighter, shall we?

im happy to say that i now know how to use adobephotoshop. heh. =p

it's a big deal to me, ok? sebab dah berzaman me cuba nak fahamkan terms dan tools yang ade kat situ. leceh betul! alhamdulillah... sekarang ni, ade jugak skills.. before adobephotoshop, i used (still using, occasionally) the gimp, another picture-editing programme.

here are some of my 'works':

above is one of my earliest works.. cant remember whether it was from photoshop or the gimp. from the design, nampak sgt yang me ni beginner, ye tak? but i still like this picture..

this one is from the gimp. yep. actually, there's an original one: purple/dark pink background, golden yellow border and letters.

this was from the gimp too, i think. at that stage, dah tahu gunekan two colours for background, rather than one solid colour. and, main2 dgn aligning words..

this is one of my favourites.. from photoshop.

above is one of the two NI namecard samples that i've done so far. it's damn simple, which is not so... professional looking. hmm... got lots to improve. oh! did you notice the brush on the right side of the namecard? it's quite faint..

ok, i guess that's all for now.

i'll be writing another entry soon!

26 & 27 May 2007

typing this.

finished school early today. 2pm plus.. but too bad, cant go home, coz later have ELF meeting at 6pm. alahai~~

anyway, new academic year is here... so there was a recruitment drive (3 days) for all the CCA groups... tkd had to share a booth with the rock-climbers and track&field people... ish! ujian betul... rijal2 melayu.. ergh! at first, i was enthusiastic to 'jaga' our part of the booth ar.. but after the first day.. terus me tk jaga lagi.. tk selesa ah. jenguk2 occasionally je..

elf plak, we got one bench to ourselves.. whee~~ n we won the best booth award! (err.. actually, im not sure of the exact award name ah... i think we won because of best decoration)

the outcome?

tkd - ramai pelajar melayu yg sign up. lelaki lebih ramai... semua beginner. yang perempuan nye... mmm... satu brown black belt, lagi satu black belt (whoOOoo). yg black belt tu kecil je orangnye. sungguh deceiving. heh. the rest are beginners.

elf - ramai jugak budak applied science yang diterima masuk. several classmates and coursemates and ASmates... hmm.. no comment.

oh, n did i mention that i got to interview people?? it was during the last day of ELF interview sessions (3 days) for applicants. mcm best gitu.. see how people react, trying to assess them but at the same time analyse and understand why they react this or that way (yelah~ kite pun pernah diinterview per... takkan nak act bossy/know-it-all/intimidating kan..)

last but not least, i've signed up for tkd pattern poomsae (ntah, i dunno what it means, or how to spell it) in the single category. cheh~ mcm betul je aku nih! and it's on 17 june. LESS THAN A MONTH! wah, die! another friend also signed up. in the same category.. so i guess im not alone. hmmm... doakan ye?

ok, ok... enough of the cca updates!

now, let me brief you about my subjects for this semester:

1. fundamentals of pathology

pathology means the study of disease. this subject is via e-learning. maknenye, takde lecture, takde hands-on practical. only occasional online discussions (msn chat) and face-to-face tutorial. lecture notes are provided online.

but i like the subject. first, coz of the teacher (dr. khin mar mar - PhD you! jgn main2) and the contents =)

kat sini lah kite belajar the terms for diseases... why certain diseases/abnormalities/disorders come about, the mechanism, the morphology/appearance etc etc. the best part for me is when i understand how the infection/problem actually happens, then am able to link it with the hints of symptoms/diseases... interesting!!

2. histological techniques

histology means study of tissues. only +/- 50 students yang belajar subject ni. BMT students. the lecturer is the same dr. khin =) we learn how to fix body tissues so that it wont deteriorate... tapi bukan mummification tau! tu lain.. then, dip the fixed body tissues in alcohol, xylene, wax.. then do a tissue block (a small piece of tissue inside, in the middle of, a small rectangular block of hard wax. then, microtomy (cut the tissue block super thin!) then staining (at the end, the nucleus appears blue, the cytoplasm appears pink)

basically, kite belajar camne nak kekalkan shape and komposisi cell for a long time.. for example, klw orang tu sakit barah, kite check sel barahnye. camne? ambil a tissue sample, do all the above, then baru boleh tgk under the microscope. something like that ah..

3. applied immunology

we learn more in-depth about how our body protect itself. wow! subhanallah~~ mmg amazing ah bile pikir2... punyelah complicated processes yang ade dlm badan kite nih! yang kite tahu cume jatuh sakit, makan ubat, pulih. sekarang me dah boleh imagine ape sebenarnye yg tgh happening bila me sakit, or injured..

4. molecular genetics

ni lagi amazing! tak tahu ape nak cakap!

anyway, we learn about heredity, some principles, genes, DNA, RNA, chromosomes, replication/tanscription/translation, gene expression.... all in-depth! mmg belajar detail2 ni membuatkan kite bertambah faham dan appreciative, tapi bila masuk part exam... aiyo! banyak sgt lahhhh yg kena tahu. boleh jadi pening!

sebenarnye, i have a wishful thinking... to major in genetics one day... tapi tgk ah camne... if my interest still lives 4, 10, 15, 20 years later.

5. communication skills for applied science 3

we learn research skills... especially when it comes to getting the right resources... wah, boleh tahan TP ni! our library + database resources are... well, mcm more than enough gitu. (to me, lah...) then, the usual referencing, plagiarism... at the end of the semester nanti, nak kena buat research report.. but in groups.

6. cross disciplinary subject

my cds this semester is french language and culture.

needless to say,

im loving it! =)

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okay... i think that's all for my school updates.

my social life?

urgh, forget it.

takde update. basically, my life revolves around my school.

mMmMmMMmm...

oh, btw, my tutee failed her arabic exam. im saddened by it.. ntah eh... i need to work harder. find the right channel, mechanism, to impart my knowledge to her.

and i still would like to own a laptop. materialistic me!

je suis présente!

feels good to write here again. though i was a bit reluctant.

i went to fashihah's blog just now.

she withdrew from kuis???

wow.



i wonder where you're studying now, fashihah.... anti tulis kat blog anti yang sekolah anti tu jauuuuhhh nah... mmm jauh sangat ke..? klw gitu, kite tak dapat nak jumpe lagi 2, 3 tahun??


=(

walaupun kite tak rapat, ana sedih jugak ah tak dapat nak jumpe anti... sedangkn kawan2 kt malaysia pon ana tk dapat jumpe bila mereka sedang cuti.


hmmm.... what i've been up to?

nothing much. just go to school, learn something, back home, watch tv, print notes, cca, adobe photohoshop, meetings. yeah. quite mundane.

but, but!

yesterday i got to watch spiderman 3 avec mon frère et ma soeur (with my brother and my sister). wah, wah, wah!! two thumbs up. and tobey looks especially good-looking with his fringe - and black suit. (not the black spidey suit, ok... im talking about the suit he wore when he took gwen to the diner/bar) oops! hehe..

and....

there's an open house event at madrasah al-maarif this saturday... a friend of mine said there will be bazaar and tour around the school. nice!

concurrently, there's qiyamullail at alsagoff, n im happy to say that i'll be helping out. err... as a facilitator?? hmmm... whatever lah.. yang penting, me dapat jumpe ust sakinah and adilah. woo Hoo~~ sape2 lagi yang pegi eh..

btw, if you're wondering, the main picture in this layout: lyrics from the song Vois Sur Ton Chemin, one of the beautiful songs from the french movie Les Choristes (The Choir). i had been wanting to watch the movie ever since it was launched.... bertahun2 yang lalu ah... then, as i was flipping through my french workbook, i saw the 'movie screening' part... and i saw the word 'les choristes'. obviously lah kan, the dvd/vcd is in the school library.

punyelah sukeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr diri nie bila discover that the cd is within my reach! ape lagi...





and so, j'aime Les Choristes =)

afterwards, i borrowed the soundtrack. aiyo~ tak puas2 si liyana nih!

the soloist's voice is just so.. angelic, melodious.. bagai buluh perindu. betul! namanye Jean-Baptiste Maunier. physique nye pon.... subhanallah~ suara ade, wajah ade... *sentence left hanging* there's also one character 'pepinot'... budak yang lakonkan watak tu pon.. cute!

klw nak tahu cerite ni tentang ape, go and google, or yahoo, 'les choristes' yourself. thanks!






this is the real choir group behind Les Choristes. they are from Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc.

click here to listen to another song from the movie, n this time there's a solo part by jean-baptiste.

into my second year

school reopens, and im now a junior. i dont like that term..!! it sounds younger than freshman..

n the best thing is...

i got french for my cross-disciplinary subject!! woo-hoo~~ i hope i'll get A or B for this subject..

timetable, well, im satisfied with it. basically, i have lotttsss of breaks =) oh! but bad news: tuesday to friday, sch starts at 8 in the morning. *rolling on the floor, wailing like mad~~* i missed APEL lesson (a tutorial) yesterday =( it was really demoralizing, sitting in the bus, hands going numb due to super cold aircon, n stuck in the highway jam. so, i expect to get a warning letter soon.

cca, im selected for Quartermaster in ELF. im happy with that position, coz i asked for it :) tkd, we got a malay guy captain. yeah!

n silat is now officially in TP!! too bad im already in tkd, so although i'd like to join the seni part of silat, i dont think i can. oh well~~ in conclusion, i wont be adding another cca into my life.

oh, n i have several new classmates. coz biomed split up already. half goes to biomedical technology (BMT), another half goes to pharmaseutical science and technology (PST). im in BMT. then, BMT students are divided into 2 classes. im in TG02.

ok, got to go now. tutorial at 11am~ bye!!

my pride

Im JuSt So PrOuD tO bE a StUdEnT oF

Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah

School of Applied Science

Temasek Polytechnic

and i must say, im proud to be a

SINGAPOREAN

~feeling sooOoOoo patriotic!~

50+ more hours to go!!!

oh tidak...!!!!!!!!!

school opens in less than 2 weeks, n i havent even reached 40-hour mark! die, die, die!

Geriatric Nutrition - Nutritional Assessment and Menu Analysis.

alhamdulillah~~ i've finished filling in my share of data summary forms.. but i havent double-checked or standardised the formats... aiyo! nanti je lah.... dah penat hadap microsoft word and excel!

hmmm.... what have i been up to lately, eh? im very much aware that i have not been sharing with you lots of stories n interesting events.. sampai dah naik lupe.. hmm...

here's a summary..:

:: the most recent one was the MIQ 'meta.ilmu.aqal' quiz. represented TP, well, sort of.. err.. illegally. TP didnt get through to the semi-finals. our marks were pathetic, but who cares! =) good news though: 2 members of our team (out of 10 people who took the MIQ test aka the qualifying round) clinched the 2nd and 3rd positions in the top 5 scorers. *beaming* marha~ marha~

:: the ongoing activity now is D-Talk, a 2-day 1-night da'wah camp organised by Nur Ikhwan. for tertiary level students. what does 'D' stand for? go figure it out yourself! im in finance.. so not much work there. but, but.... im SUCH A LOUSY team member. coz i dont put enough effort when doing task! procrastinate, as usual. nak tulis email draft to mendaki pon lambat! in the end, my camp commandant yg gi sane, jumpe officer nye.. (but, hey! i've written and emailed the draft to her and another 2 sisters, ok? i did my job on time! the only problam was the soft copy of proposal tkde kt yahoogroup, n then, kebetulan dia nak gi ke mendaki hari ni... so, nampaknye my email to tk diperlukan lagi. tkpe..tkpe..) oh, n the event is next week, saturday. check out Nur Ikhwan's blog for more details!

:: ELF training with Paul, our senior ELF... that was when i learnt to sit on my harness. oh. my. god. ingatkan senang ke pe?! i was the first to go. he didnt tell what we were supposed to do after we lobster-clawed ourselves up. tapi tk tinggi ah.. around 2 metres gitu.. bila disuruh ' relax, let go of your hands, rest on your harness, straighten your legs.. ' waduh! mcm tk boleh gitu! tapi.... at last, aku berjaya!!! yey! then.. then... i learnt threading/treading also... kena panjat pole tinggi sendiri.. then pasang itu, pasang ini... seram oi! jgn main2! yg me happy and proud of myself was that i managed to sit on my harness, again, tp kali ni kt the near-highest point of the pole. (although my legs kinda wrapped around it) n then, the ELFs had a talk with our SAA advisor, terence, about the next main committee... all of us there applied to be in the main comm..

:: went for Applied Science Orientation Leaders Training Camp. 3-day 2-night. this year, AS school's cheer is dikir-barat style.. some commented that it's a bit soft leh... n i think our cheers would surely be drowned by the other schools' upbeat, loud, deafening cheers. hmmm.. oh! n this year's theme is The Pirates of The Caribbean. (last year was Underworld)

:: watched the movie Sybil at school library. only 1 of the 2 CDs though. kudos to the actress! she really potrayed her different characters stunningly well! believable! should watch! but mind you, there's this part were the guy neighbour went to sybil's apartment n shamelessly undressed himself. yuck!

:: zoo outing with several classmates. lots of walking than really relishing the scenery n displays. but i enjoyed it nevertheless. dah berzaman tk gi sane.. so i was happy to step into the animal world again =)

:: TKD chalet. the malays uruskan the BBQ food. it's a 3-day chalet.. but i only went for the first day.. coz got BBQ... it wasnt a pleasant experience for me. felt out of place.

:: labrador park outing with tahfiz friends, n juniors. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY ME ^_^ it was great to see kak juwita, afeyah and kak hafizah again!! woOoOoOOOooo~

:: oh! n my cumulative grade point average (cgpa) - combining 1st and 2nd semesters' gpa - is 3.14. alhamdulillah~ no A for me... 1 distinction, 1 C+, and some B+'s and B's.




i need a break, man. seriously.... i want to go out of singapore. gi johor bahru pon jadi lah~ or mane2 kt singapore... tapi nak cari enough leisure time nie susah.... tkde waktu untuk gembirakan diri ni... to get away from tasks, daily routines. cuti sekolah pon, tk dpt nak cuti! i want to go to DQ, can? nak cari ketenangan..


that's all, i guess. enjoy your week, people! byeee~~!

an example

di bawah adalah satu contoh orang yang nak berkenalan dengan orang lain.

"Hey liyana eh boleh bual2 jap im boring kat camp"

kisahnye begini: ade satu hamba Allah nie, dia sms me, asking "Liyana eh".. i replied that i am liyana and asked this person who she/he is..

then, erm.. i couldnt quite remember.. well, turned out that he is my coursemate's brother, n that he got the wrong number, wrong liyana. hah! so i said ok, hope that you will find the correct person's number. then.... the above sms was sent to me.

duh! ape lagi, me pon reply yang me ni 'bukan wanita yang berbual dgn lelaki kt talipon' n i suggested that he talk to his same species friends. i mean, come on lah! mcmlah dia ni tkde kwn2 lelaki... tkkn nak berbual dgn perempuan kot! merepek!

his reply:

"bukan mcm gitulah bebual msg je lahh"

n i replied something like "klw saye ade urusan dgn lelaki, saye sms.. or call klw terpakse. saye tkde urusan dgn awak, bahkan tk kenal pun." and something like, "i hope you respect my principle/decision"..

dia tk reply balik, klw tk silap. so, the end =)


nak kate, i think this is my first time dealing with a total stranger of the opposite sex who wants to start a conversation. n my first impression was, ergh! menyampah nye aku! tapi, mcm nak nasihatkan dia, tegurkan kesilapan dia tu..

hmm.. learnt any lesson, anyone?

^_^

kawan-kawan..

Ya Allah,

betapa aku rindu pada kawan-kawan ku di Alsagoff...










aahh~ i miss you guys soo much. i want to go back. let's go back.
seeing those photos at friendster finally overwhelmed me.


im simply missing the life i had back then. it's just soo different now.


but i cant go back.

Il divo & celine dion - i believe in you

it is one of the truely inspiring songs i've ever heard and fallen in love with =)






Lonely
The path you have chosen
A restless road
No turning back
One day you
Will find you light again
Don't you know
Don't let go
Be strong

Follow you heart
Let you love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you

Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.

Tout seul
Tu t'en iras tout seul
Coeur ouvert
A L'univers
Poursuis ta quete
Sans regarder derriére
N'attends pas
Que le jour
Se léve

Suis ton étoile
Va jusqu'ou ton reve t'emporte
Un jour tu le toucheras
Si tu croix si tu croix si tu croix
En toi
Suis la lumiére
N'eneins pas la flamme que tu portes
Au fonds de toi souviens-toi
Que je croix que je croix que je croix
Que je croix
En toi

Someday I'll find you
Someday you'll find me to (erm.. to? or, too?)
And when I hold you close
I'll know that is true

Follow your heart
Let you love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe in you

Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.

nak elakkan osteoporosis!!

skrg nie tgh buat research analysis ttg nutrition for elderly. jadi me bacelah artikel pasal osteoporosis... it means 'porous bones' aka the bones become weak and brittle.

wah~ gue tak nak tu berlaku pada gue bila dah tua nanti.. skrg nie pon, my leg bone mcm ade something wrong. nak kate bruise, bukan. but then again, me tk pasti whether it's my bone or muscle yang rasa sakit occasionally. the 'thing' starts after i took up tkd.. coz of the trainings, the pain, though not usually significant, never subsided completely. till now.

anyway, i got some tips that i read from the health promotion board website:

mcmane nak kurangkan risk of getting osteoporosis..

exercise: weight-bearing exercise - JOGGING, dancing and briskwalking... wah! mudah betul... heh.. nasib baik sejak masuk poly, me dah mula jogging (tp mase tkd training je.. =p)

another type of exercise is resistance exercise - PUSH-UPS and weightlifting. skrg nie, mase training jarang ade push-ups.... so i will have to 'cari semangat' to do it myself. heh.

dari segi makanan plak:

kite2 yang berumur 10-18 tahun perlukan 1000mg of calcium daily. my supervisor says that it's easy to reach that number daily. mula2, me pikir mcm byk sgt gitu... but bila dah tgk kt website HPB... ooh! senang je..
klw ade yg tk minat susu pon, ade food/beverage lain yg provide calcium =)

HIGH CALCIUM MILK POWDER
(brand ape eh?)
LOW FAT YOGURT
(good thing i've started eating yogurt since...last year? or was it last two years..?)
CHEESE
(no comment -.-")
IKAN BILIS
(lalalala.... klw ayah tahu betape BANYAKnye calcium ade dlm ikan bilis... haiz~ tkkn akan stop lah me di'encouraged'nye untuk mkn ikan bilis BANYAK2...)
CANNED SARDINE WITH BONE
(me makan lah jugak.... tapi tk favourite sgt.. klw kombinasi lauk menyelarakan, barulah me suke)
TAU HUAY
(suke suke SUKE nyeeee!!! ^_^)
SOYA BEAN DRINK
(sedap! tapi one glass - 250ml - tk provide byk sgt calcium ar.. 25mg je)
DRIED FIGS
(happy betul bila me dpt tahu yg buah tin adalah sumber calcium yg oomph! 5 biji - 95g - provide 240mg of calcium!! dah terbukti dah bahawa buah tin yang disebutkan dlm alQuran mmg sah khasiatnye! and i'll be happy to eat 10 or more dried figs, doubling the calcium it gives... like 500mg?)
DRIED APRICOT
(waah~ berita gembira lagi! tk sia2 me suke makan dried apricot.. bukan sahaje sedap, tapi ber-calcium! hehe..)
RAISINS
(good news lagi!)
PAPAYA
(pada zaman dahulu kala me tak minat makan buah nie...)
HIGH CALCIUM SOYA BEAN MILK
BREAD
(nak kate, roti nie mmg complete segala nutrients yang kite perlukan... err.. betul atau tidak? anyway, rajin2lah makan roti ye!)

ade byk lagi source of calcium... tapi me tk letak kt sini. cari sendiri. hah!

oh! and get at least 30-60 minutes of sunshine per day. we need vitamin D which increases calcium absorption from the intestines.


plus, i just found out that smoking causes early menopause in women, apart from bone loss.


ok. that's all for now. gotta go! hope this information benefits you!

into the first week of holiday

1. i am accepted in this semester's differential research program (DRP).. i got my first choice. and apparently, i had forgotten what my 3 choices were, let alone the 1st choice! so, when i got a call from Ms Ong Eng Gim, who introduced herself as my research supervisor, i was like... wow! i got the opportunity this time! but... err.. what did i pick? O_o i checked my tp email just now and found out that the research is on nutrition; something about menu analysis.

2. my schedule from tomorrow till 16 march is packed!! wAaAAArrggghhh~~!! ehem. what i mean by 'packed' is that everyday i go out. NI matters, facilitating in a camp (more of that below), tkd, zoo outing with classmates, DRP briefing and labrador park outing with tahfiz friends. tiring, you know! all these eat up the one week school holiday.. camne nak adekan gathering dgn sec42005?! budak2 kuis, dq, poly ok ah.. tapi mwti, maarif, zuhri, pergas?

3. there was a briefing for Character Building Camp for Underprivileged Children at Sunbeam Place (the camp venue).. this camp is organised by SMU.. and they invite TP Community Club Sub-Comms to be volunteers for the camp.. there are 15 of us. 5 to help in the games, 10 to facilitate the groups. we didnt see the children, though the principal did give us the ground rules, the do's and dont's... oooOoOoOOoo.. the camp is for 2 and a half days, no sleeping over. that's good for me =)

4. now that the tkd ivp's over, it's back to kickin' targets and whatnots.. fuh~ i felt like i was doing the kicks for the first time on tuesday night.. we focused on pattern for like.. more than one month? so, my still-not-improving kicking skills have somewhat wilted. but then again, it felt good to be kicking around again.. lalalalalala... never mind that i improve slower than the others!

5. to be honest, i really dont have high hopes for my semester two results. my gpa was 3.02 last semester, and after some calculations (with actual incidents, not numbers) and measurements, i am afraid i may fall lower than 3.02. disappointed? OF COURSE im disappointed with myself! i have never failed to disappoint, on one occasion or another, havent i?

6. how come i couldnt access to aszafirah's blog page? aiyo~~ mcm tk sah plak klw me tk visit blognye.. heh.

7. the pursuit of happyness is soo ordinary.. soo subtle.. soo human, that my eyes were filled with tears of understanding, empathy and pure joy at the end of the movie.

stay tuned!

young sports leaders seminar at SMU - 3 march 2007


Taekwondo Open at NTU - 2, 3 & 4 march 2007

on a happier note ^.^

alhamdulillah~ the exams are over. and now im looking forward to the a month and a half holiday. *jumping upanddown with joy!! wheee~~*

ironically though, i dont feel somewhat relieved that the worst is over. instead, the feeling was more of an acknowledgement. like, "oh. ok. exam dah habis." hmm... maybe im at my hyperpolarization state (hah! merepek! sape2 yang belajar hpi tahu2 je lah ape yg me bebelkan!)

ok ok. so as my post title says, today's paper ended on a happier note. better than the other 3 days. not that those 3 previous papers were terrible, horrible, horrendous... but a miracle happened today, and it really left me feeling blessed and cared for..

the truth is, i was not motivated to study for cellb. i ate a lot, slept for 4 hours, ate again, plus i couldnt study in my room coz my grandmother slept there. so, i was deprived of a suitable study area. and then, my stomach was full and it was getting late. plus, i was mentally discouraged, seeing how i had done for the 3 previous papers. simply said, i didnt really study hard for cellb.

but, but, but!!

it was as though someone showed me which topics to cover. i mean, i knew i didnt have enough time, so i had to choose which topics, subtopics, info that were important, by prediction, of course. usually, the topics i covered were not enough, meaning, i missed imporant information here and there, thus affecting my marks.

so, today, a miracle happened. Allah had given me 'ilham' to actually study the certain notes. and indeed, they came out in the exam! structured questions and essay questions... hamdan lillah! i knew the answers, except for one particular question which i didnt put an emphasis on earlier, and which i had some regrets.. but never mind! plus, i never knew which topics were important and which weren't coz i wasnt paying attention during the cellb revision lecture. but you know what? i was really grateful that i didnt! coz... topics 1 and 5 were supposedly not important, but about 2-4 structured/essay questions were on those topics! luckily for me, i had covered the 'sure-come-out-one!' points from those notes. but for some of my friends, it was an unpleasant suprise....

to sum it up, today's paper really sent me sunshine amidst the rain. a wonderful, cheerful sunshine!


and today, i went to alsagoff. after more than... 3 months? and i was happy to see my teachers, nafisah, juniors! yippee!

but most of all, i was really happy to see mardhiah, aszafirah, fadhilah and adibah in the mrt on my way home! for the past one year, i've never ever seen them in the mrt.. mostly because i seldom take the mrt... and that ride with them wrapped up my happy day!


^_^

the first leg of race

aaah~ i cant believe the first year of study is nearly over. to tell you the truth, tertiary studies period is definitely shooooorrrter than primary/secondary level. the fact is, we have looooonger holidays and shorter school term. yey! =)

and indeed, second semester's seen the worst change in me. i always woke up late. arrived at school super duper late. skipped lectures. aah~ what a wonderful life! *thick with sarcasm* and the same old habit of mine, that is not doing homework, still persists. yeah, that's me. oh! another thing, i slept more in lectures. couldnt help it, i think.

so yeah, i noticed that i spent most of the time in school learning nothing. err.. that's a bit exaggerating, you know that. but, it's true, one way or another.

above is my arts appreciation tutor, Ms Sandra Lim. sitting beside her is sheena. then, me, xue mei and man lin. all applied science students. man lin lives just two blocks away from my house! it was very very very suprising when i saw her in 969 shortly after boarding the bus from my home bustop! just imagine, all your life, you never knew this person exist...n tada! one day, you're in the same class as her, and you found out she's practically your neighbour!! what a small world. what a small world!!

leadership and character. class T02. not all were present. standing 3rd from the left-front row is our tutor, Ms Marie Chan. next to her, the girl in white pants, is Uyanga, from Mongolia... yep! i have a friend from Mongolia. how coool is that? but i've yet to get to know her more.. hmmm... so far, i have friends from myanmar, the philippines, china and indonesia. and brunei. and taiwan.

and here are the 5 out of 6 malay girls in my class. with our communication skills tutor, Ms Jocelyn Lee. this semester's comm skills is the best class yet! wheee~~ it definitely helped me boost my presentation skills, plus confidence and formal etiquettes. overall, i had 3 presentations this semester. alhamdulillah~ i did ok (minus the content factor, of course. i think i screw up/waste a lot of the marks there).

oh! speaking of presentations..... in leadership and character, my group did on Alex Ferguson, ManU's manager. the picture above was taken on our presentation day. it was the last class for the subject too. anyway, prior to our turn, i was shivering like mad. serious!! it's been a looooooooooooooong time since i felt the same degree of nervousness. in 2003, when i was one of the supporters for Alsagoff in the PSTE quiz, i felt the strong, uncontrollable shaking too. the feeling was tremendous, really! to think of it, i didnt know why i was damn nervous about the leadership presentation. my legs were literally shaking, like the vortex machine in the lab. fuh~

the end of semester also marks the end of TP life for several of my seniors whom i've come to know and enjoy being with... especially kak khadijah, kak haswani, kak fadzillah... all of them from NI.... haiz~ suddenly, i feel a sense of foreboding... hmmm... how will NI be without our near-to-graduation brothers and sisters. kite2 yang 1st year and 2nd year masih agak mentah lagi.... plus our networking is not strong.

ok ok.... next topic:

i heard from a friend of mine that my alsagoff juniors did not-so-good in english. and maths. hmm.. im sure some of them fared well.. and i am indeed very proud and happy for my sec42005 friends who did far better than their previous attempt. and for those who didnt do well, i shall not offer you sympathy or apology. coz i know that you wont accept that. so let me just say this: you did good.

hmmm... i must say, im still quite amazed that i got A1 for English. seeing that some of my juniors didnt do well, i thought, " how could mine have been so easy? was it easier than this recent one? or are we all justified? " and i must say, that getting A1 for English in the best thing that has happened to me. it surpasses everything i've achieved, be it medals, trophies, top position in class, whatever! i dont care about all that. even the C5 for biology doesnt hamper the joy that i felt and feel. getting that A1 for that particular subject really lifts up my mood, my spirits.

and i am forever thankful to You for this suprising, yet wonderful gift. =)

ok, i think this is long enough for my readers' and my own reading satisfaction. so i shall end here.

to farahin: you feel honoured?? hehe.... kenape plak? kite bukannye princess ke celebrity =p *ish~ kelakar lah dekni..hehe*

dah halal certified rupenye!

i just found out that

CAFE GALILEE and ROTIBOY

are halal!

alhamdulillah~~


cafe galilee: libraries @ bedok, orchard, ang mo kio, jurong east, queenstown, pasir ris, sengkang, woodlands

rotiboy: ang mo kio, beach road, bedok, bugis junction, china square, marina square, parkway parade, raffles place, tampines mall




and rupe2nye, ade pizza hut stall kt singapore polytechnic.... (soh kan?)

o level result jumaat ni!!!

oh.my.god. oh my god ohmygod ohmygod OMG OMG OMG!!!

eh, kejap!

kenape aku yg kecoh pasal result o level ni??! kan dah lame over...

pfft.

never mind.

anyway, especially to my juniors, dan kepada muslims yg ambil o level tahun lepas amnye:

it seems that you can now do nothing to change your result. the outcome. wonderful or dreadful. i just want to share with you one thing: pray. du'a.

yes. that's the key..... in reality, you can still make du'a..... not pray so that your grades will change miraculously, but pray that you can, will, accept whatever verdict that you may get.

it's hard, you know. sometimes you are just bogged down with regret, shame, that you might have not done enough for your o level.... or tied with uncertainty, or suddenly bloated with confidence... it's mixed up.

the most important thing is, you redha with your result. however hard, saddening, disappointing it may be......... that's why you must pray to Allah...ask Him for the utmost strength, to face the reality, to try not to quelch in anger, humiliation...whatsoever.

i mean, you dont know what to expect right? you could get a not-so-good result when you were confident that you would pass with flying colours. or you could just crack under the pressure of not knowing.... wanttoknow, dontwanttoknow.

that was what i did. du'a. coz i was just so worried that i might react irrationally/emotionally when the result comes. i prayed that Allah will strengthen my heart, mind and body to go through the result day, n days after that, and to not give up and give in to syaitan..


*ish~ sebenarnye, susah betul me nak sampaikan ape yg terbuku dlm hati... leceh betul ah tulis dlm bahase inggeris nih!*

pendek kata:

jangan lupa doa ye?

agar Allah tenangkan hati, beri kesabaran dan juga ketabahan pada diri. oh! dan tk lupa juga, kekuatan untuk harungi hari2 yg akan dtg. klw putus asa pon, biarlah rase putus asa itu hilang dgn segera, jadi kite tk dwell dlm kesedihan dan langsung terpengaruh dgn emosi.. jika kite memang layak terima result yg tk baik disebabkan kurang usaha, kurniakanlah rase redha atas kesilapan kite tu... sbb kite manusia ni selalu aje kesal dgn kesilapan lalu... bila dah kesal, tk boleh nak move on... jadi kite mesti berdoa agar rase kesal tu tk terbawak2 smpi menjejas judgement kite..

"Ya Allah, jika aku mendapat keputusan yang baik, lindungilah aku dari rase riak... bangga.."

"walau ape pon keputusannye, kuatkanlah hati ini.."

dan minta kepada Allah, tunjukkan jalan yang terbaik untuk kite ambil...bukakan hati kite, lapangkan dada kite untuk lihat pilihan yang Allah dah tetapkan..... moga2 kite mendapat pimpinan Allah dalam membuat keputusan seterusnya..

Amiin...



it's the least you can do, yet the best thing you should do while waiting for the Big-O day~~



p/s: actually, i still cant get over my o level days.... up until the time when i saw the result... *huge sigh*

i couldn't have imagined

i attended sapphite today (or is it 'tonight'?), an appreciation night organised by saff-perdaus.

it was all ok =) not much in the aturcara, however, overall, it was fine with me.. i got a certificate (recognising individual's contribution to saff in the past year).. but it was not mine. there was another liana (different spelling ya!), so the certificate was meant for her. but the emcee didnt say the full name. nvm, i wasnt really embarrassed anyway. afterwards, i gave the cert to liana, and i got mine eventually =)

i received another unofficial proposal some time during the event... hmmm... i will have to think about it...

oh, yes. about the title of this post:

you see... i cant really believe that i am now involved in a youth-student body/organization/department. i mean, 3 years ago i was busy looking after my school's student society..other than that, competitions and studies...

starting from zip project, i became an observer. and i had a kind of ambition, i think, that one day, i would like to be part of the youth activism (is there such a word??), to actually organize events for other youths/children, to be in the project team.. bla bla bla..

n now, here i am. studying in TP has indeed opened a doorway to this ambition of mine. first, i was introduced to Nur Ikhwan, then NYPMS, n somehow, i got to be a part of ramadhan rocks, a ramadhan project by saff. if you notice, the muslim youth organisations are indeed networking with each other. i mean, from what i know and see, a person in NI is also involved in NYPMS (MVAC, that is) n also contributes in saff, and sometimes, fmsa. or maybe, mendaki.

ingat lagi... zip project was the first experience for me, as to be involved in youth volunteering. at that time, i was sure that i was the only alsagoffian to be involved in the workforce. heh. it was like a special opportunity for me. maybe what i had seen and learn would be useful for my managerial and organisational skills in prisma. oh! n there were alsagoffians involved: they volunteered in zip to streets, i think (i remembered 'ziptoschool' je..)..

i did not know anyone. everything was new to me. so it wasnt a suprise that my part was minute. i couldnt really recall the significance of my role. i was posted to saff centre, which was one of the 'zipcentres'... i did packing of items into the ziplock bags, received and passed few phonecalls. that was it, i guess.

of course, this was also the time i started to become aware of youth activities.. n the familiar faces that were behind them.. i still remember some of the people whom i met during the zip project, n though some of them do not know me, i remember their faces. and those faces i saw/see/will see again about 1+ year(s) later and beyond.

yesterday, i was unknown. and i did not really make friends with the sisters. today, i was part of them, and tomorrow i'll get to meet, properly introduce myself and know more of those familiar faces =)

im not involved in any mosque's youth wing, though. coz i choose not to. for some reasons.

well, i guess, what im trying to say is, baru sekaranglah..bila dah keluar sekolah..akhirnye me dapat libatkan diri dlm aktiviti2 belia...bukanlah maksudnye, mase kt alsagoff dulu, i was restricted/prevented from joining, tapi it was more like, i didnt have the real intentions, nor the right channels and contacts. sekarang, alhamdulillah~, me diberi peluang...

and like i said, these muslim youths im talking about, they're interconnected. =)

it's kinda amazing - all the things that have happened around, and finally, to me. it's God's beautiful and subtle work =)

talk about fate! =p