i’m terribly sorry for the long silence. i’ve been away for a couple of weeks because of the school holidays. yup, i made FULL USE of my school break, and really berehat-rehat sambil menternak lemak di rumah. even though during weekends daku akan bersama shambie. and last weekend we went to mizot’s before attending my friend’s wedding. managed to ‘update’ a.k.a gossip a little.  :lol:

ermm, about the 10th Year Anniversary Committee, thanks for giving your thoughts and suggestions. we’ll continue about it later. this entry is mainly to let you guys know i’m still around. and to give info about the TKCOGA’s activity next month. Firah’s colleague a.k.a our senior, Kak Fern asked me to put this up in our website and Facebook. so here goes:-

Salam OGs.

Le Tua de Alley is here again. Let’s get together, bowl some pins over & have fun!

We’ll be thundering the lanes on:

Sunday 5th July 2009
Time : 9:30 am
Venue: Sunway Megalanes

Come! Come! Jom pi bowling / tengok OGs bowl / cheer !

For team/participation registrations, please contact Cik Khairulbariah @ 012 290 4445. (4 to a team)

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,
Ida

yeah, i know we ALL HAVE NOT REGISTERED for TKCOGA yet, but it’s ok i guess. after all, once a TKCian, always a TKCian, right? if the kakak-kakak see Class of 2000 together, they won’t be in doubt. don’t you think? if any of you would like to bowl and represent TKC9600 [which you're most welcome to!], do contact the person in charge. Kak Fern told me they need to confirm the teams by 20th June 2009 [that's this Saturday!!], so if you’re interested please cepat-cepat call. and guys, don’t underestimate OGA ok, from our experiences that day, they are no different from us. still gila-gila.

one thing though, the event is on the SAME day as Idya’s wedding. i know i won’t be around for Le Tua de Alley. so are Atie,Shazu,Firah,Kochee,Kechik and others who are going to Temerloh. but, even if i get to go i know i’ll only be the cheerleader, bersorak di belakang-belakang only.

that’s all for now. take care!!

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-

after college song we scattered around the college ground and spotted the free Milo van in front of the hall. there was quite a long queue, but being the OLD girls that day, we did what we did best: CUT LINE!! hahahahahaha. alas, Miss Noraini spotted us and gave us a ‘lecture’. deymmmmm.. Puan Suryani was there too. Kak Min (Jasmin) and Kak Adi (Adiana) also spotted us, as we were SO LOUD and urged us to join the treasure hunt. thanks to Kak Adi’s great marketing skills and Aliza’s determination for us to give points to our houses, we signed up. little did we know that we were going to regret it. i’ll elaborate this later.

the FIRST place that we went to visit after that was Dining Hall. heheheh.. the exact place where we GREW up. lol. we spotted kak julia, but she was quick as ever so we lost her. one more thing, the announcement nowadays is a bit different. they don’t have the “I REPEAT..” after the first round of the announcement. kinda miss that. then we strolled around the square, past RTKC and block B towards the basketball court to watch dekinn warming up for her game. fyi, there are signs “DILARANG MEMIJAK RUMPUT” all over the place. the funny thing is, the signs were put up just a day before the OG Day, according to the juniors that we asked. we were like, hello?!! did they think we’re going to follow that rules? sedangkan di zaman persekolahan pun tak ikut, apatah lagi bila dah jadi OG!! lol.

we cheered for dekinn outside the court, and being us, the volume was always maximum. Kak Zefi came to us and insisted that we ALL played for tkcoga since she didn’t get many participants that day. aliza being the debater AND the lawyer, firmly told Kak Zefi off by saying; “kitorang dah signed up for treasure hunt“. seriously, Kak Zefi terus tersenyap dan terkedu, like someone that has just lost a case! then,she just said okay. hahahahah.. go aliza!!! just right after that we went into block A lounge and again, were insisted to join the LINE DANCING! i really think it’s because the kakak-kakak saw how happy,cheerful and loud we were so they thought we didn’t mind shaking our booties in the hall. oh, we do mind, we really do! hahahaha. [am not sure about aliza, though. she seemed interested. and firah too, obviously!]

basketball match started and quickly it became the highlight of the day. the volume of the six of us [minus dekinn who was in the court] beat the collegians. seriously you guys, watching the game really brought A LOT of memories. the match was between tkcoga and tkc junior team,btw. the juniors played well, but i think the OGs played even better especially after hearing our cheer. chewah!! but like we did in the hall, the juniors were intimidated at how loud our cheer was, then only they started cheering. oh my, they really need a lecture-lah!

atie and shaxu arrived in the midst of the match and the cheer became even louder. plus the kakak-kakak all joined us and we became one that day, as the OGs. but our happiness was put to a stop when dekinn fell and dislocated her knee. not sure about her ankle, though. but thank god we have quite a few doctors among the OGs, so they gave some useful advices to dekinn. even dato’ fuziah came and gave moral support to dekinn, saying she had done a great job in the game. yup, dekinn played REALLY well that day, and deserved the MVP award if there was one.

i think the match ended a short while later and tkcoga WON by 10 points if i’m not mistaken. by then, aboon and her *cough* boyfriend had joined us. we left the injured one a.k.a dekinn @the block A lounge and headed to the hall to watch the line dancing. and we toured the backstage and it was almost the same like before. except the audio system was a bit high tech than our time. oh, i almost forgot, before we went to see the basketball match, we managed to have the hall to ourselves and sang the batch song with ninie on the piano. and we sang the Negri song(s) too, though it was quite nerve wrecking to figure out the intro for the second one; ‘bersama setia..pemimpin dan rakyat..‘ etc. hehehehe. the line dancing didn’t start on time so we opted for the career talk by our big CSes instead. the talk was held @the new building behind the surau. and at the time we arrived, Kak Nani Rahayu was giving a speech on IT. seeing the familiar faces of our CSes, though we can’t remember all of their names, made us feel small. they looked almost the same if not younger and more elegant!

a few others shared their experiences with the present collegians and had a Q&A session after that. we too had our own career talk with Kak Zefi..hehehe. kalau dulu sure tak berani nak speak leisurely with her like that.. after the talk ended, we wanted to watch the line dancing, instead we went straight to the dining hall. but we got distracted on the way and took pictures in front of the fountain near block A. yes, dengan selambanya bersila atas rumput dan bising gell. as usual we attracted A LOT of attention with our volume. haha. then off we go to the dining hall, with a hope Kak Julia would serve SAUSAGE MASAK MERAH in her menu, but no, she served FIERY HOT ayam masak merah instead [seriously pedas gell!!!]. the lunch spread was scrumptious, even though we didn’t get to eat the lauk-pauk that we really missed.

and oh, the MOST important thing during the lunch spread was i think, when we saw Kak Julia. i guess those who saw her that day,were a bit shocked. she looked REALLLLLLLY old. and tired. no more the loud and garang Kak Julia that we used to put up with back then. we gave her a big round of applause. as always, we were the one who started it and then the whole dining hall cheered for her.she smiled at us, perhaps overwhelmed with the fact that we still remember her. who can forget her, right?

alright, coming soon, part 3 [and the last one].
take care, girls!

truth be told, i have A LOT to tell right now i don’t even know where to start! it was definitely a memorable day, one that we can always reminisce and put a smile on our faces. so, let us start with the report now,shall we?

firah drove me,shambie,dekinn and elly (nazliha) to seremban at 7.30 approx. yup! we got up real early that special day. after a couple of sesat-menyesat on the way to alma mater, the first thing that caught my eyes when we reached seremban was Terminal One. hahaha. lots of memories there! then we realized that Padang MPS was not there anymore. we used to performed there quite a few times right, band members? we took a short cut route to college, and started feeling butterflies in our tummies. the roundabout @ Jln Sikamat is gone and replaced with traffic lights, so no more gerai CEMPEDAK GORENG there! huhu.

upon reaching Jln Tunku Kurshiah, we were shocked by the numbers of cars parked along the road outside college compound. we were like, ‘wow, so many old girls datang sampai kena park kat luar?!‘.. but alas, “sekolah bawah” was having an event too, hence the ‘traffic’. lol. so in we went into the college gate and was greeted by a FEMALE guard with warm smile. no more “Pakcik SM”,ok?! lols. and the BATU where we took our class pictures, near principal’s house is painted in cream now, i don’t know why. sangat tak menarik..

we arrived at approximately an hour later, firah parked behind Dewan Budiman. the very first thing that we realized was the buildings behind surau. yup, there are 2 new buildings behind surau, so now we have smaller field for sport’s day and standard takings. pokok2 besar di tepi padang and beside the garzebo were all gone. sobsobsob.. anyway, as we got off the car, the percussionists were practising the college song intro beside the hall. really felt welcome even though it was just a coincidence. lol.

we registered ourselves,according to houses, @ the booth in front of block G [beside music room]. we were given a goodie bag each, with college 60 years anniversary stickers and the OGA Day itinerary. then we head to Dewan Budiman for the Wind Orchestra performance. while waiting for the performance to start, aliza,haida and ninie arrived. the seven of us really made the hall ‘macam rumah sendiri’.. juniors were ‘amazed’ i guess at how loud we were that time. haha.

after dato’ fuziah [OGA president] and the principal finished their speeches, the college wind orchestra started their performance. i think they played Disney’s songs, for more details perhaps ninie can elaborate on that. the wind orchestra will be competing in June [national level] and if they become the champion, they might be able to go overseas for the international level. the second part of the performance is of course, THE COLLEGE SONG. it was conducted by a TKC8084 if i’m not mistaken. or TKC8185. percussionists started taking their places on the stairs and the intro started. the seven of us got so excited we stood up and started singing the college song [loudly]. then the kakak-kakak followed, and so the present collegians. we were like, di manakah college spirit?! it was like a reflex, the moment we heard the percussionists with the college song intro, we immediately stood up to sing the college song. it’s always been like that, right? but not with the adik-adik in college nowadays.

well, i guess that’s all for now, i’ll continue with part two a bit later. yup, there are still A LOT of stuff to tell and to share.

*hugs+kissess*

this is the activities planned by TKCOGA for the visit to TKC this coming Saturday. I have posted an invitation and asked for your RSVP in Facebook but to no avail. only me and shambie replied. terasa mcm syok sendiri pun ada.. huhu.. anyway here goes;

This year, it is 9th May 2009, Saturday.

Registration begins at 8 am. RM30 per OG will get you a goodie bag, lunch, other OGs’ great company & fun activities which include:

1. A performance by TKC’s wind orchestra
2. Line Dancing – We are still looking for OG dancers/instructors
3. Wonderword
4. A Skincare talk & skin peeling demo by Dr Abrizah Ousman SPM96
5. A Netball Match : SPM84 vs Junior team
6. A Hockey Match : open to all vs Junior team
7. A cooking demo (mini pizza / donuts) by Chef Safura Atan SPM85
8. A fundraising Food Fair around the netball court for the benefit of TKC’s netball & hockey teams. (p/s Both our Senior & Junior hockey teams are NS Champs)
9. Treasure Hunt
10. Basketball match : open vs Junior team
11. Career Talk by 8 SPM92 professionals
12. “Nogoghi” lunch spread by Chef Julia!! [kak Julia?!!]
13. Lounge/Dorm visits

The sick bay is at our disposal the whole day to freshen up / rest etc.
Do spread this invite, come & make the merry day MERIAH!
JOM balik TKC!

I got this from Firah, by the way. and please give me a call/message if you’re going. maybe we can convoy. hehe.

there’s this email that i received from someone regarding OGA. it’s something about the revamping of OGA. apparently kak ana’s batch (9397) wanted a change in the OGA committee. no more mak2 datins, i guess.they kinda want the new young leaders to be the heads of OGA.

can’t say that i’m all for it, because i think we still need mak2 datins for various purposes. some of them are really respected people and masters in their fields. but bringing in new leaders, young leaders, pun has its plus points jugak. if they can promise a good change, why not?

so what say you?

anyway, there will be an AGM on the 17th, but only member of OGA can join and vote. they said something about voting off the current committees. dunno lah, it feels like a case of ‘sharizat kicking rafidah’ plak. lols. [just making an analogy here.. hehe]

in my p.o.v, this is all politics. so i couldn’t be bothered. as long as the current committee are up for a vast change, i dun mind them leading us. they all have qualities too, and experiences, which we, the young generations lack.

so please tell me what you think. they sounded serious lah jugak about [sacking is a harsh word] voting off the old,old committee. hehe.

Download : OGA Membership Form