Bazaar Food Galore

Most common question that I got when my friends and I went food hunting at the Ramadhan Bazaar in Kampung Raja - Eh! Only that?

Well 'that' was either yong tau foo or fried kueyteow.Only. Alternately. Sound like someone is trying to take advantage of the fasting month to lose a few pounds when in honesty, 2 days of hell sobered me up.

It happened on the 5th day of Ramadhan when I was stuck with a serious bout of food poisoning that rendered me speechless since I was puking my guts out. I even puked the plain water that I drank to keep the food down. The toilet became my 'favourite' hang out place for one whole day and I had to lose 2 days of fasting grr.... and that wasn't even added up to the usual red flag days. The first day I was sick I was stubborn and still went to school. Halfway during school time, I caved in and slept at the school sick bay which was proven not such a wise idea since my 'kids' kept popping in and out of the sick bay to visit. If that was not good enough I was hit by high fever by noon. That day I could only eat plain bread and nothing else.

Still went to the doc and he gave me 2 days off which I didn't use since I already told the kids that I would be teaching them how to make a wizard's hat and they were eager, I have to admit I was eager too. The next day, my tummy was still sick but went to school with a very dizzy head. Good thing Serine had some instant porridge and that's the only thing I could eat without throwing up again.

Of course those 2 days kept on haunting me each time I went to the bazaar and look at the dishes for rice since my downfall that day happened to be beef cooked in coconut milk. I kept picturing the leftover food from the day before being recycled for today. And of course all the sudden my tummy would kind of remind me how it would feel to spend the time in the toilet again. Scary. In the end I only buy food that was seen cooked at the venue. Yeah yeah, food poisoning could happen just anytime and anywhere but it doesn't hurt to be cautious.

My practical will end this Thursday. My friends and I at the school are already treated like some kind of celebrity with us being hoarded with pupils who ask for our address and phone number - which I doubt that they would even use. Found myself hanging out with year 6 pupils and showing them Jdramas through my laptop, hehehe.

The end of this week will be bittersweet...

My WItches and Wizards

Yesterday was my final observation with my lecturer. I'm starting to teach them 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' which I plan to teach that until my practical ends end of this month. They love learning it - so far, I love teaching it. All in all, we enjoy it a lot - so far. Though anyway, it was yesterday when I did the role play for the Sorting Hat Poem, I took the pictures of the role-player today. They are so darn cute. But I guess this is the only job where I could have mixed emotions on my pupils. It is a cross between strangling-killing-laughing like crazy-pinching their cheeks. I love it, hehehe.

Tomorrow is the beginning of Ramadhan. I already said my goodbye to the canteen workers. Uwahhh my heart is heavy already. My other friend, Serine kept on going to her beloved 3 Bestari - yes, the class with legendary reputation. They are not that good in academic but they are mighty protective of their teacher Serine. They even chased a bee all over the class because teacher Serine was scared of it. So cute!!! Uwahh... but tomorrow is my observation for music class for 3 Bestari. Sure die one *_*

These are my year 5 Arif pupils - not the ones who were responsible for the bus-stop and woman bench crack. I'll put up their pictures later.

From l to r: Hufflepuff representative (Mariam), poem reciter (Muaz - I so love locking him under the stairs, hehehe), Slytherin rep (Zaki), the sorting hat (Aizad), Ravenclaw rep (Atiq) and Gryffindor rep (Faris)

5 Arif 2007

*Click at the piccies to enlarge pictures

Quote of the Day

OTI 5 ended today - so did UPSR. Basically OTI is the exam prepared by Terengganu Education Department for primary school pupils. I've managed to finish my marking today and well... I can't help but to highlight some of quite amusing sentences that I've come across.

1. Ali is wearing a bus stop.
2. I am sorry mother I am a bus stop.
3. The woman holding a tree is a bench.
4. Woman is in the tree.
5. Makcik Na is my woman cap.

And suddenly, there was this:-

Mak saya nak makan nasi ayam goreng yang enak sekali ye. nanti saya balik pukul sebelas empat puluh lima nanti.
Ayah jangan lupa ambil saya di sekolah. Ayah masuk kedalam di depan kelas saya enam B dekat pondok jaga ye.
yang benar
...........................

I could kill the kid already. THAT WAS ENGLISH PAPER!!!!!!!

edit: Baru sedar, one of the pupils were actually trying to bodek me by writing - Cikgu Nadiah yang disayangi on paper 1 & Saya sayang Cikgu Nadiah on paper 2. No extra marks for that Hamidah, sorry.

First Day at School

For one I did not get to act like Yankumi by:-

Giving one heck of a 'poyo' speech during an introduction in a school assembly

Being threatened bodily by a student

Landed herself to a class that no one wants
Kick and punch a group of thugs who stole money from her student until they were unconscious
So anyway, my first day for the internship was okay. Have to get used to being alone in the room, and being the only one - a tonyok does not count - at the floor wing, I found myself keep waking up every single hour just because it's too quiet around. Za and Linda moved out to Wakaf Tengah, Za's grandparents' house. Sure miss both of them, huhuhu.

Tasukete!!!!!!!!!! @_@

Today we went for another SBE (School-base-experience) session at a nearby school. Examination week has started for the pupils and as you can see earlier I was quite free at the common room that I had an opportunity to go bonkers over the upcoming holiday. So anyway the subliminal feeling lasted until a teacher asked my friends and I to take care of the music test. Za had to take care of year 4N, Linda year 5D while yours truly get to take care the whole hall filled with year 6 pupils.

I know it was going to be hard *sighs. But anyway it is another experience for me.

It was 11.30am when I made my way to the examination venue. Pupils were running all over the place until I had to project my voice throughout the hall.

"Gikgu, cantik baju cikgu"
"Cikgu, tempak saya dok kena kipah cikgu, panah"
"Cikgu, periksa gapo cikgu?"

Aisehmen -_-;

After distributing the answer sheet and questions, the exam began. The first 5 minutes some of the pupils already started fidgeting, doing all they could to copy from their friends.

"Cikgu, guano nak jawak? Dok belaja lagi ni"

"Siapa cikgu nampak bual lagi, cikgu ambik kertas jawapan sekarang jugak!!"

Well that trick works.....
For that time only la as afterwards they started to tembak like crazy -_-;

As one of the teachers had warned us, some of them might have finished with their answers in 10 minutes. After they were done with their answers we just have to make sure that they do not wander outside. True to the prediction, some of them were done with the answers and started talking with their friends, switching places, writing love letters, melaram in front of a small mirror. Uwahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

"Cikgu, nak kecing cikgu"
"Teacher, may I please go out?"
"Cikgu, dok tahan nak kecing cikgu"
"Cikgu, dia tumbuk saya cikgu"
"Cikgu, dia cakap bapak saya cikgu"

Then it felt like hours instead of 1 hour. I was more than glad when the clock reached 11.35am. What a day. What an experience *_*

Sightings

Have you ever encountered any scary situation in your life?
I had my fair share before at school and at this particular hostel - Mr. Poch, Mr. Black thingy with red eyes and Ms. laugh-back-at-my-laugh.
But nothing compared to what happened this early morning.

I slept at my friend's room since both of our room-mate was away. I slept on the empty bed and I have to say that I slept quite early at about 11ish pm. Sometime afterwards I was kinda realized, in between my conscious and sub-conscious mind 'something' went past over me. Then I felt that my hair was being brushed. Well at first it was just feeling like something was combing my hair. I thought it was kind of funnyla because all I thought was "Okay, feels good as long as it doesn't tangled up at the end of the hair tip."

Then it hit me, you have seen how the beds here were arranged. How is it possible for anyone to comb my long hair without even turning it to my left side? Then I felt like my hair was combed with something sharp. Something that felt like blade tip on my scalp. I woke up just to feel myself being trapped and unable to move. Darn it. I haven't gone through that for years so I tried to do what experience taught me - move my head to snap out from the immobility. Then I felt like the thing went to my backside *author's note: I was sleeping facing the wall on my right side*. I could move just to feel my head snapping back to it's original place. Then I tried calling for my friend with all I could, even if I felt my mouth was stuck but I knew I managed to cry out something.

And then I heard a voice.

"Panggil lah lagi."

Kurang ajar punye hantu.

All the sudden after some fighting, I could move. I looked at my phone beside my pillow. It was 1.52am. I looked at my friend, she seemed to be asleep. But then she looked at me and opened her eyes. Punyela berderau darah.

"Akak ngigau la tadi."

"Ye ke? Ngigau ape?" I asked, just to confirm myself if what I had gone thrrough was just a dream or not.

"Ntah, macam bunyi org nangis. Bunyik tak bukak mulut pastu kepala gerak-geraklaaa. Hish, akak ni, time ni laaa nak ngigau."

Then I heard the sound of a cat meowing very weirdly outside. I've heard that sound before. It does not sound like cats in mating heat or in a fight. It sounded like it was moaning very long and at certain level it sounded like a baby mewling *shivers*. My neck felt like I had a session of 'salah bantal' in the morning which miraculously went away after I went for my Subuh prayer.

Fangirl Alert

Warning! Warning!!

Fangirl rant up ahead

ARASHI'S NEW PV IS OUT!!!!
URESHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD XD XD

The OST for Bambino, Jun's drama after Hana Yori Dango 2 uwahhhhhh
Simply love the 'selang-selang masuk' theme that they use for the PV. Kawaii~~~
Nino!!! still wanting to watch his Clint Eastwood movie debut in Letters From Iwojina (Iwojima Kara No Tegami). Better try looking for the dvd in HP when I get back to Johor.
Gomenne Aina, your Sho caught my eyes for the whole PV, hahahaha
Esp when he was rapping and covering his ears XD XD XD



Okay, non-fangirl part

Went to Kuala Besut this morning to buy breakfast. The weather is unusually cold. When I say unusual, it means unusual as it is the drought season now. Usually it's so hot that my clothes went dry and crispy when I hung it outside - even if I soaked it in fabric softener and even if I hung it dripping and soaking wet.

So Curx, here's how etok-etok looks like ^_^

Tasty, sedap, oishii, hehehehe. Adik beradik kepah

Looking forward to get back to Serdang this coming 30th April til 5th May. Of course I will miss my cousin's wedding on the 6th (of coursela, Ganu starts the week on Sunday maaa). Still torn whether to pre-order my Harry Potter 7 in Kota Bharu or in KL as I don't know where I will be on 21st July. One thing's for sure, I definitely have to have that book. The pre-order will end on 2nd May at Popular. I want to know what will happen to Harry while hunting for Voldemort's horcruxes. Die Voldemort, die!!! *Avada Kedavra!!!!*

I know my bro will be busy handling the book fair this coming week for KarnaDya and I know the book fair is something that I am looking forward to. You can blame him for making me a bookworm since he's the one who introduced me to Christopher Pike and then Ahadiat Akashah >_< *Buku Bangbil ade sampai kat sini. Aritu cek balik, dah abis kat kedai tu*

Better get back to my assignment.
I have a test tomorrow for sports *_*

Tadaima!!!

Just got back from the Pandu Puteri Kadet course at Bukit Sireh in Kuala Krai. Of coursela talks talks and talks with some physical activities. When I said physical activities, think back when you were a kid and have to involve in a camping at the school football field. Constructing 'gejet', sing songs and all that. Well that's basically it but the difference was that it was somewhat a course on how to teach our future pupils on how to be a girl guide.

Never thought that I have to wear a uniform again at this age -_-;

The best part, for me lah - the course involved IPs for east zone - IP Kota Bharu, IP Kuala Terengganu, IP Sultan Mizan and IP Tengku Ampuan Afzan. Surprise surprise, I got reunited with my secondary school friend Nani. I didn't know that she's also a teslian in IPKB and boy was I happy when we were put in the same group too. Well actually her IP was the host organizer and I have to say when she read my name on the list of the group before the course started she sms me straight away. Certainly my father's LONG name (my name is way shorter than his -_-; ) is something that she can't forget.

Some pictures from the course

Nani and I

Ntah siape ntah zzzzzzz

with some poyo performance that night

Off topic:
Aaarghhhh Arashi Around Asia con +natsucon DVD is out for pre-order!!!! Mecha takai!!!! o.O Kena buat dajjal and wait for someone kind enough to upload it -_-;

B.I.G

I got back from Tebu View Camp at Gunung Tebu (duh) for B.I.G yesterday and boy was I beat. Washed a heap of clothes, my feet felt like it were going to fall off and nothing beats the comfortability of my bed in 'penjara besut' (hehe).

Overall it was great. Gone through series of hiking and water expedition. Unlike any other camp I've attended, we have to take turn cooking for the whole troop. That part was fine too. The physical part was exciting. I can't help but imagining as one of the characters in LOTR as we hiked up Gunung Tebu. Well of course I was more like the Hobbits going through the woods in the journey to Mount Doom in Mordor to throw the ring of power in the volcano. If onlyla the ranger was as handsome as Aragorn or heavenly like Legolas *sighs* Berangan aje lebih, thee hee hee.

Water Expedition, l to r - classmate, neighbour, yours truly, roomie.

Our class won for the best performance during the B.I.G Night *hurrah EPICS 07* (*o*)/

Off To The Woods!!

A couple more hours and counting...
Til I have to leave for 'Bina Insan Guru' camp at Gunung Tebu
Uwahhhhh tsukareta -_-;

Jya,
mata suiyoubi *waves*

TESL Night '07

After many weeks of preparation, finally the night had come for TESL Night 2007 at New Pacific Hotel Kota Bharu held by my class. One thing for sure I have to say that it was very eventful - first by the smoking world war 1 bus that transported us to the hotel and some minor technical errors. Aside from that, it was great. Here some pictures that we took last night. Reached the institute near to 2 am and I slept like a log afterwards - other than the creepy nightmare that woke me up just in time for Subuh prayers *shivers*

tsukareta~~~~~ -_-;

Happy Birthday Kak Ngah ^_^/

Yesterday was my lecturer's daughter's b-day. My brain is kind of clogged from having limited acces to the internet so weirdly enough my blogging head is basically "idea-less". Though anyway here are some pictures from the celebration party. Meet my new classmates and of course the birthday girl.










^_^ The celebrated girl ^_^

Adaptability

I have found a new way to blog from this institute *cringe*
Anyway talking about an institution made me associating it to a 'mental' institution.
Since there are no wireless connection at my hostel block, I was left with blogging through my notepad before even posting it online. Of course the process would actually involve hauling my laptop to the classroom that is situated on the 2nd floor of the main building.

One thing that sure need some adjusting - the day.
The last time that I went to school with of days on Fridays and Saturdays were when I was in primary school - before the state of Johor changed its public holiday to Saturdays and Sundays.
I always had it in my mind, the first day of school is Monday instead of Sunday, the last day would be Friday instead of Thursday. I even got my days mixed that I read the Yassin for Thursday night on Wednesday -_-; I sure need some time adjusting *sighs*

The most unbelieveable feat - I even managed to learn how to wear high-heeled shoes *in awe* though I had my fair share of stiff ankles and calf.

Even though the choice of food is unlimited, I just have this uncanny feeling that instead of losing more weight I might actually piling more, based on the daily consumption of nasi air from the food stall outside the institute fence since, of course those poyo cafe & canteen owner does not sell food for dinner. The cafe sells burger during night time but then again, their cooking methods is something that drive me nuts. It is rare to find a place with cooks who could cook really fast. Just have to be grateful that there is food at all.

Assignments are piling in. Spending a weekend here with almost no source of amusement drives me crazy. To go out for shopping and supplies, of course would cost money which at this moment is something that I have to save real well until the allowance kicks in. The taxi to Jerteh costs RM 15 per trip, the bus to Kota Bharu from Jerteh is RM5.20. And the allowance will be kicking in another 2 or 3 months max *dies*. Luckily I still have some from my last salary *sweat* To bring my car... I kept on imagining my poor lil Kancil going through a 12 hours journey (if I'm that lucky). I just can't do that to my car. Motorcycle... after my allowance, I just might post my old Kriss here.

Anyway, a very belated birthday wishes to my new room-mate FAREEZA & my ni-ban dream guy SAKURAI SHO on 25th January *dance here and there*