Tunku Kurshiah College — 9600

we have now reached the last part of the special report.. [wouldn't call this a report, but since most of you put it that way, so report it is..]

as we were reminiscing the old times [and that's after our tummies were full], Kak Min came to our table to remind us about the treasure hunt that we signed up earlier. it was around 2pm at that time and we were supposed to be at the block A lounge for a little briefing. i think we started regretting our decision at that time, but alas, things couldn’t be undone. so, off we went to block A. shaxu,atie and dekinn went back after lunch. [yup, apa-apa jadi pun WAJIB kena MAKAN and jumpa Kak Julia dulu!]

it turned out that ONLY the eight of us signed up for the hunt!! out of every OG that came that day. our big CS must be grateful to us, for we have made it possible for them to go on with the activity. if we went back early, with shazu and atie they must have had to cancel the event. hehe. anyway, while waiting for the juniors [yup, we were the ones that had to wait for them, not vice versa], 2 tkc9094 [if i'm not mistaken] joined us, as well as Kak Hilda and Kak Idashah [she's as petit as she used to,btw!] Kak Min started off with a briefing with Kak Adi assisting her. the “marshals” for the hunt was Kak Jaja, Kak Abby, Kak Adi and Kak Marni [i seriously didn't have any idea which house she was..] in the briefing, Kak Min told us that we will be given a clue to solve that’ll bring us to the next clue. and in order to get the next clues, we might need to do a challenge. sincerely, at that time i remembered how our CS used to make us do stuff. nyanyi lagu,lecture etc. lol.

we were assigned into groups, each group with 2 juniors [present tkcians]. i paired with aboon [who replaced dekinn, she went back early due to her injury], aliza and shambie, ninie and elly and firah and haida. we were given the first clue, and seriously we DIDN’T HAVE ANY CLUE where to go. i can’t even explain or rewrite the clues here because they were so vague. so in the end, we ended up tailing the groups that solved the clues. the first one was to go to SETINGGAN and we had to do a challenge there. what was it, u asked?! huhuhu. we had to arrange the trays and mugs neatly,in 2 straight lines on the table. yup, it must be straight,straight.

the next clue was even harder to figure out. but people were flocking the SICKBAY, so me and aboon went there. here, we had to look for the clue. and aliza’s competitiveness was vividly shown here. Kak Hilda,Kak Idashah and Kak Ilya even opted to climb onto the beds to look for the clues, while others running all over the sickbay, in search of the goddeymm clue. me and haida [though we were not in the same group], we used our brains. we made them do the hard work, and when aliza’s junior finally found the clue, we quickly grabbed our clues too. hahahaha. and the clue was as hard to solve as before. but all of the groups were convinced it was LOVER’S LANE. so, we spent quite a lot of time there to look for another clue. and oh, the juniors DON’T KNOW what is lover’s lane, btw. aduiiii~

i managed to solve the next clue, which was quite obvious when it mentioned ‘but why are the showers so scary?’.. can anyone guess? yup, it was DUNGEON. the juniors were not really helpful,anyway. i think most of the clues, if not all, were solved by the OGs. or at least that’s what happened in my group. we had to do another challenge here, with Kak Min inspecting. not a hard one, but we don’t think we need to be in the dungeon for too long so we quickly finished the task. yeah, it’s still a little bit creepy down there if you’re alone. thank god at that time all of the participants were there. next is COMMON ROOM and the clue lead us to the next check point, the BASKETBALL COURT. with Kak Zefi around, we had to shoot @least 1 ball. thankfully the junior in my team used to be a basketballer [she's in F4, quit basketball to focus on SILAT.wowwww! hehe].. so it was an easy task for her, she scored with her first try.

then off we went to SURAU. Kak Hilda found the clue and we had to RUN to SQUARE. yes, people.. I RAN!! from surau to square, to be exact!! it may look like a short distance if we imagine it, but to actually run in that short distance, hurmmmm..enough said, the REGRET just felt so much stronger. hahaha. but that’s not bad compared to the task we had to do @ the square. Kak Abby was waiting and to our surprise, we had to MARCH along the square. really felt as if we were being bullied by our big CS. hahhahaha. the next clue then lead us to IRONING ROOM BLOCK C where we had to fold clothes VERY neatly in order to get the clue. challenged done, we had to RUN AGAIN to the hall. here we were clueless on what to do, but in the end i guess somebody solved the clue and we had to go up the BALCONY. again, the OGs used their brains and ordered the juniors instead. hahahaha. the hunt/race ended when finally we had to go back to Block A lounge and sent in our clues and answer sheet.

so here’s our full route that day; BLOCK A-SETINGGAN-SICKBAY-LOVER’S LANE-DUNGEON-COMMON ROOM-BASKETBALL COURT-SURAU-SQUARE-IRONING ROOM BLOCK C-BALCONY-BLOCK A. phewww.. thank god the route didn’t cover the class blocks. if not, i might withdraw myself from the race. upon reaching the lounge, we took a rest di bawah kipas dek kepanasan and keletihan. and our feelings were mutual. these are a few whinings from us, post treasure hunt:-

• menyesal gell sign up!
• aliza, kau lah ni paksa kitorang masuk!
• sakit gell kaki aku.. 
• menyesal gell aku bagi nama tadi!
• huish, urat dah bersimpul dah ni..
• aku dah 10 tahun x lari, ok?! penat gell.. [aliza and fizzy]
• confirm esok aku tak boleh bangun nih..
• seriously menyesal..

hehehe..aliza and shambie’s group got 3rd place, and they actually thought of sharing the food hamper with the juniors,you know.. [shambie dengan rakusnya berniat nak ambil cereal dalam hamper tu..] hahahaha.. but being the good OGs, we gave all the hampers to the juniors. even though we were the ones who ran to the check points,climbed the beds and stairs and solved the clues, it’s the fun that we had during the event that mattered most. not the prizes we get after that. the treasure hunt ended at around 4pm, and the last event for the day was the basketball match between OGs and PPM players. by then not so many OGs were around, and the OG team was represented by mostly 9599 basketballers, i.e Tasnim [my BS], Lennie and Niza Nisbar. however, we were toooooo tired to cheer for them, so we hang around the block A lounge and had some experience sharing with the juniors. seriously you guys, they missed out a lot of good stuff. somehow listening to their stories, it seemed as if we went to different school. college life nowadays is quite lifeless. sigh~

then, we were able to go to F2 block, after being amazed by the cybercafe located at the place where the band members used to have our practice back then. [apa nama tempat tu?! between F2 block and canteen.. sangat tak aci, kan?! zaman kita we had to sneak out nak gi computer lab. siap curi kunci etc]. the Ko-op was closed, so no souvenirs to bring back except for the stickers we got along with the goodie bag. borak-borak some more with Tasnim and Lennie, and then we bid farewell to Bukit Merbah.

so, i think that’s about it. our visit to TKC on 9th of May 2009. like i told those who went there, it’s the company that matters most when we do gatherings or reunions. even though there were only about 10 of us that day, it felt as if ALL 140 of tkc9600 were there.  and to be able to be in the college compund that day, was definitely an added bonus. we got to reminisce more and think about the good and bad times we had in those 5 years in Bukit Merbah. perhaps, like firah said, the only thing [besides treasure hunt] that we regret was that we didn’t have enough time to mingle around with the OGs. frankly that day, something that we always hold on to was proved to be true. once a TKCian, always a TKCian. no matter how old or how young you are.

aku sayang you guys so much and aku sangat miss korang. i am truly blessed to have met all of you and i wouldn’t trade our friendship with anything.

XoX,

-fizzy-