DIARY OF AN IM4U VOLUNTEER: SIMUNJAN

woke up at 4 a.m because we had to meet up at 6.

note that i slept at 12.30 am, preparing stuff for the trip.

so then after the pelancaran, off we went to SIMUNJAN!

the convoy of 5 buses and i-dont-know-how-many sponsored cars were lead by polices.

YEPPP..

sakai sebentar pada hari tersebut ok.

arrived at Simunjan 2 hours later.

had lunch at the gerai before our second pelancaran at the MP Hall.
the locals are very welcoming.
they were like,

"cikgu duduk sitok cikgu..!"

and cleaned the table for us.
cikgu pun boleh laa..
oh and there's this pakcik coming to us
and started to berpantun.
as in REAL pantun.
we seriously dont know how to respond because we were very hungry so we just smiled.

we were told that the water supply would not be available from 11pm to 5am.

so we had to conserve the water supply.

one thing popped into my head:

SIK MANDIK.

imagine a hall of 100++ people

and a small washroom.

memang sik cukup lah nak..

but lucky me to have a classmate who lives in Simunjan!

heheh..

so we tumpang mandi at her place.

THANK YOU NANA!

beautiful house, beautiful family.

Nana's grandma is very friendly.

she greeted me with a gossip!

hahah..

for the record, Nana and i never actually speak in class,

but we know each other's existence.

but hey, we are now closer than ever!

oh!

i made my debut as an emcee that night.

i am more of doing Cici a favor because she was looking for an emcee for her event that night

and i happened to be someone who talks a lot and i was around and i was being  a friend and

I AM A VOLUNTEER.

so yeah.

couldnt say no.

the highlight of the night was this Hajah falling off the stage while performing the karaoke version of Madah Berhelah.

i swear every jaw in the hall weere dropped.

despite the fall, she continued singing the finale.

did i tell you a plant pot was broken?

mmm-hmmm..

i wanted to show it up close but this is the only one available.

watch it here

we thought that the secretariats were fooling around that we're all sleeping in the hall.

they were not.

we build a barrier of stacked chairs to divide the guys and us girls.

there is seriously nothing to complain about.

it's part of the experience.

the next morning, we were supposed to go to Gunung Ngeli Primary School.

but somehow there were some miscommunication so we did some community service instead.

we cleaned the Graveyard and the surau and was rewarded with some snacks by the villagers.

Alhamdulillah~

later at noon,

off we went to our next destination:

SERIAN

preparing for the trip. guess what we're doing?

TADAA! a volcano model made of clay!
see that dead dino?
i made that!

waiting for lunch.....

ko hadaa???

kumang keling + karaoke

community service

thank you makcik for the snacks!

that's pretty much we had in SIMUNJAN

SEE YOU IN SERIAN!