Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Usrah Jual Gelang









Salam,

Just a refreshment of our usrah group :)
Usrah Jual Gelang! Yay!!! Missing the moments we spent together - through thick and thin.
Here, I would like to show you our exclusive short movie in conjunction of 3S programme I told you in the previous post. Here we go!

p/s: will try to upload the video sooner or later... insyaAllah.

Road Show Aman Palestine (RSAP)




Salam alaik...

Alhamdulillah, we in Chch had been successfully collecting over NZD4000 for RSAP on Sept 5. Dr. Zainur Rasyid, the rep of Aman Palestine Malaysia came to our place to run the show, hence, helping us to donate for palestians. Tho' our collected fund was not that huge compared to Dunny, Welly, and Auck, but at least we had something to give to the needy ones.

May Allah bless Palestinians always!
The most attractive point of the road show is about the chance to have foster kids by sponsoring 'em in aspects of living, studying, nutritions, etc. But let 'em stay in Palestine to fight for their independence and for the deen (Islam). InsyaAllah, if we help Allah's deen (Islam), Allah will surely help us in return. :) Bear in mind that we are actually not donating the Palestinians, but we are as an actual fact, paying our owes to 'em. Give it a thought!

Happy Ramadhan & Happy Eid!
27th Ramadhan 1430 H

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Mechanical Workshop

From left: Katherine, Sarah, Anis, demonstrator (dunno his name :P)


Phew! Alhamdulillah, finally I finished my 3-day mechanical workshop. What an exhausting period! For the first time in my life, I needed to do cutting, welding, bending, molding, using heavy, giant machines who have threatened many lives. Thank God coz throughout the workshop, nothing bad happened to me. Just that, I got a 'handmade' brooch on my scarf. Hahaha... A piece of soft metal sticked on my scarf when it was still hot. It is still on the scarf and I decided to make it as a memory. :)

On the first day of the workshop, I came 5-minute late and was so embarrassed to say "Sorry, I'm coming late" to the demonstrator and the other team members. Huahuahua... Amat memalukan. Then again, I came to the room very, very late. One hour late coz I thought the demonstrator said to take a break from 10 to 12pm, but actually from 10 to 11am. That's why when I entered the room, everyone looked at me strangely. Suddenly, the demonstrator called me out, asking why I came late. I told him about the misunderstanding and he forgave me for that.

Another thing I couldn't forget was when he asked me to take off my sweater as it was going to be dangerous to wear when dealing with machines. So, I took it off thou' I felt heavy-hearted to do so. After that, he looked at my scarf and asked me to take it off too. But this time, I told him I couldn't do it. But he told me that it was for my safety. Again, I insisted on putting it on. Since he seemed understood, he asked me to wear an overall which for him was the solution. So I put it on.

After the practice time, it came to the real session where everyone must make their own hammer and another thing that I forgot its name. I was being partnered with the only senior in our team who was a 3rd. Pro student. He taught me lots on how to use the machines, etc. At first, the sound and speed of the machines made my hair stood. But as time went by, I got used to the machines and became more confident to use 'em. To tell the truth, it was not easy to work in a factory. Accidents can just happen without one's expectation. That's why safety always comes first. Thank God coz all of the team members gave their co-operations and helped me lots throughout the workshop. Indirectly, the workshop boosted in developing our friendship. We know each other better, really. I was pretty happy in the workshop, tho many people thought it was like in hell.

I still remember when the demonstrator all of sudden hugged me, just to say very good. He even put his arm on my shoulder when speaking to my partner. Selamba giler... I couldn't say no coz it just happened out of blue. As long as he didn't do something beyond that, it's still ok. Another unforgettable moment was when my partner who was HE, suddenly touched my covered chest just to tell me that there was a piece of steel on my scarf. He actually tried to take it off from my scarf, but it was already sticked there. He was so patient, anyway. I asked him so many questions about handling the machines and he just answered all of my questions very well. He even helped me with welding. I still remember he went to my place to see how I was going with the welding. He showed me how to weld in a straight line and continuously. At least, through the workshop I had experienced wearing a welding helmet, using a special thing to weld, feeling the hotness of the welded steel plate (very, very hot that I could feel it underneath my gloves).

One thing I realized in the workshop about myself is that, I am actually not gentle. As a matter of fact, most of the procedures in the workshop needed the gentleness of the maker. Say, when I cut a steel rod, I must make sure that I rolled the measuring roller gently. I failed to do it very often that I realized I'm not gentle actually. Hahaha... What a ridiculous confession! Kwank, kwank, kwank... Look 'gentle' but actually not gentle. LOL!

All in all, I should appreciate everything I obtained in the workshop as an addition value to my life as an engineering student and as a human. It's not easy to be an 'iron man'. Strong body and mental are necessary.

Pre-raya Photoshoot 2009

Me in my new baju kurung posted by mum that day. Thanks mum for giving a new baju raya! I love it! Tudung yang dipakai pun tudung raya juga. Warna baju adalah pilihan diri sendiri. Yang peliknya, how could my mum know my body measurement? Semua baju kurung yang boleh dipakai ada di sini, tiada di Malaysia. Respect mum! Right now, just waiting for kuih raya pulak... hihihi...


With all Canterbury Malysian ladies :) Sweet in our AWESOME baju kurung! hahahaha...


We were in red + purple + pink + peach (warna adik-beradik).


My housemates! :D From left: Azah, Anis, Fiqs, Kak Nisa.


Taking a pic with usrah members :) USRAH JUAL GELANG! Gambar kami memusing-musingkan tangan menunjuk gelang yang tidak boleh dilihat tiada dalam simpanan. Ada dalam dslr orang lain. Tu la yang paling syok. Memang macam joyah masing-masing... hahahaha... lawaks!

This is the pic that we showed our invisible 'gelang'... "Beli, beli gelang!!!", said Fiqs. "Tak boleh, tak boleh", replied Kak Farah :)


With Kak Lizza, wife to Aizuddin (both are medic students).


Johoreans yang excited giler nak ambil gambar... :P "Siapa mak ayah orang Johor and dia lahir kat Johor je boleh masuk dalam gambar ni", kata Raja. hihihi... Ada orang buat lawak waktu ni, tapi lupa pulak lawak apa. LOL! Gambar kumpulan yang berdarah Jowo (Jawa) juga masih belum ada dalam simpanan. Akan cuba dapatkan daripada dslr orang lain. Ramai juga orang Jowo kat sini...



Bazaar Ramadhan


Ramadhan Kareem!

Alhamdulillah, we had been successfully holding our very first bazaar ramadhan in history. The bazaar was actually to help collecting funds for Aman Palestine Road-show. So, half of the profits gained from the sales will be donated for Aman Palestine. Well, the bazaar was held for two days (last Wed and Sat). The responses from Malaysians, Indonesians, and Singaporeans were very good. Newnham Tce (aka Kampung Melayu Christchurch) looked so happening! Kereta berderet-deret tepi jalan. Macam ada kerja kahwin je... huhuhu...

Among the foods sold in the bazaar were like roti John, mertabak, rangka, caramel pudding, egg tart, kuih muih tradisional, cincau, cendol, etc. Tasted so good! :) I like! hehehe... Tabik pada Yazid. He was the one who tebar roti mertabak. Sampai I minta recipe mertabak daripada co-chef who was Zafran. hahahaha... Not forgotten Raja and Tengkuk who made people smiled after buying their roti John... Sedih sebab tak dapat merasa... :(





3S

Only today I remember that I haven't posted the news about 3S (Sembang-sembang Sisters) in Christchurch. Though it's been a few weeks ago (during sem break), but I still want to tell the story in this blog. Known as 'Usrah Jual Gelang' among sisters in Christchurch, it's gonna take long hours to tell the story on how we got the name, in fact there was a history behind the name. Me and my usrah group had been given a task to make a short movie by acting in a few days before the event. The title of the short movie is 'Nur Taubah' adapted from Malay drama 'Nur Kasih'. In fact, the soundtrack of our short movie was the same one as in the drama. Hehehe... This was all Kak Mun's idea... Anyhow, I'll put up the video of our short movie later on, insyaAllah. Wellaway, all shootings were made only around uni and Ilam Village. It was actually a bit stressful to go for the shooting as I had to finish up my lab report on that weekend. But needed to sacrifice for my usrah group. Alhamdulillah, everything went alright.

Below is a picture of me being one of the speakers at that night talking about Sahabiahs - Siti Khadijah Khuwailid. At first, I got butterflies in my stomach even tho' I know the sisters very well. But it got shrank gradually...


After the talk and movie show finished, we all gave away a present to one of our usrah members (Kak Sakina) who had been just going back to Malaysia for good after finishing her studies to become an ONG specialist. Salute her! She's a good example to all of us here. She never feels bored or enough to study. She's been to the UK, Europe, New Zealand, and now is thinking to land a job in Australia. Cukuplah tu Kak Sakina... Dah lama dah akak kat rantau orang. Tak rindu Malaysia ke....? :P You need to think about getting married now ok, Kak Sakina... Your friend dah nak kahwin dah dengan Malaysian astronaut (Dr. Syeikh Muzaffar) tu...You bila lagi??? :P


The following pic was taken with all of the sisters who came for the event =)