Genting Highlands One-Day Trip (19/10/09)

The title pretty much says it all~ :D

This is a fairly late update, considering the date we went. I guess the main reason for the lateness is none other than assignments - we had to pass up Language Description and Numerical Literacy, all before Thursday. And as usual, I left everything until the last minute to complete~

Our trip:
Kerinchi - Gombak (Bus Station) - Genting - Gombak - Kerinchi - Hostel Sweet Hostel

And the 8 of us who went were Harris, Eizhar, Azham, Azam, Izyani, Mira, Shy and I

On our way to Kerinchi, we ran into the MTCP students, who coincidentally were going to Genting on the same day. They went on an earlier bus, but we met some of them and chatted for a short while ^^

Anyway, this could be said as the Genting trip I had most fun in throughout my whole life.
The reasons:

1) Firstly, this was the first time I went on such a vacation with my friends instead of my family.
2) 'Peer pressure' convinced me to go on the rides I normally wouldn't ride, such as Space Shot, Corkscrew and Sungai Rejang (Actually I have wanted to ride these every time, but it was either too long a queue or last-minute chicken out)
3) It was a Monday, so the crowd was not so big - makes queues shorter.
4) The fun fair

yukina is very sleepy right now...will update later...huhu

The Things We Do...

On the 14th of October, 2009, 9pm, the 'CREW band' (Alif, Hengget and I + Shahril & Rahman) performed at the block 4's Pak Ngah Cafe. Our main repertoire (only practised on the previous night) consisted of 'When You Say Nothing at All' by Ronan Keating, '21 Guns' by Greenday and 'Belaian Jiwa'.

Also, thanks to Alif for his laptop, Khalid for his woofers, uncle Ijat for his microphone and Pak Ngah for lending us the place and electric :D

Anyway, some of you must be wondering, why put up a show at such a place? I mean, there's no stage, no proper sound system and stuff like that. Still, it's a good way to expose our friends to music in a relaxed environment - when they are eating, they can watch us playing and enjoy music at the same time. It's part of the Music Society's objective to spread the love and enthusiasm for music without considering the students' courses, background and musical knowledge.

And some of you might wonder, why put up this show in the first place? Answer: IPG-KBA's Music Society is trying to raise some funds so that we can afford to buy musical instruments for our members to play. For your information, although there is a music room in college equipped with all the instruments we need, the moronic music lecturer will not allow non Music Education students to touch his precious instruments he considers his 'wives' - not surprising really, considering that no woman wants him >_<

This is just plain stupid, isn't it? Have you ever heard of students having to buy their own drums when there is not only one, but TWO drum sets in the college?

If you say, those who are non-Music Education students cannot use the instruments, open your eyes, look at the pervert music lecturer and see how he 'diligently' trains ONLY FEMALE students, not from Music Ed, to play the caklempong.

If you say, non Music Education students might spoil the instruments because they don't know how to use it - puhleeeeez...I think most of us have been playing those instruments far longer than the Music Ed students had, and some of us are more adept than them too.

Still, the lecturer managed to find a way to block us out of the music room, and unless we want to get physical with him (and risk getting thrown out of college at the same time), we have to find other ways to get what we want. Next week is the M3P meeting, where Tn Haji Kamar and Mr Baseni have promised to bring up the matter of getting the instruments for our music society. Also, I heard from the lecturers that Dr Sofi, the director has actually agreed to let us use some of the instruments, but Madam Satinah was the one who refused to grant us permission. Quite a surprise, I must say :o

If everything fails, we still have fundraising concerts, grand ones and mini ones to look forward to ^_^

The things we do just for the sake of music society, to allow all students to play the musical instruments if they are passionate about it, regardless of whether they are from Music Ed or not, their gender and their relationship with the stupid lecturer. Although the instruments might be really costly, we will persevere and try our utmost best to raise enough money to get what we want, though it would be best if the outcome of the meeting next week is positive =)

Owh yea, if you wanna request or dedicate any songs during our next performance, tentatively scheduled on the Wednesday after next, just tell either Alif, Paan Hengget or I. Each song only costs RM1, and it's meaningful to help the music society and enjoy yourselves at the same time, isn't it? :D

Does this remind you of something?

I can't say this for everyone, but some of the people (note the word 'SOME') I've met in my life do behave like that when something goes wrong. And no, I'm not referring to the teachers-students-parents relationship alone. The main point is, when something goes wrong, those people point their fingers at someone else first before considering who is actually at fault.

What is so difficult with being humble and admitting your flaws and the mistakes you have done? Even though it might seem humiliating, people will actually respect and admire you for having the courage to own up to something wrong you did. I for one, really like lecturers who can step down and say that they do not know the answer to a question instead of twisting and turning their words, speaking a lot of nonsense and end up wasting everyone's time instead of trying to answer our question. <--this is in the context of the lectures I've had in IPG-KBA...but I won't name the lecturers. If you are lucky, maybe you will meet the good ones, not the ones who act angry and defensive when the students point out their mistakes.

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Yesterday, the MAEPA closing ceremony was held in IPG-KBA's auditorium. Being part of MPP, my duty yesterday along with Uncle Ijat was to stay outside the holding room and cater to our VVIP's needs, if any.

One thing I really don't understand, and I'm not sure whether it only happens in Malaysia or everywhere else in the world, is the pains we take to welcome 'VIPs and VVIPs'. Sure, they might have statuses like Prime Ministers, Presidents, Directors, Ambassadors and more, but still, they are humans, same like all of us - a pair of eyes, ears, hands and legs, and a nose and mouth. The only difference is the additional titles in front of their names - Tun, Dr., Your Excellency......

So, why order a big bunch of students to stand outside the entrance and look pretty, another bunch to be the ushers in the hall, all the lecturers to sit in the hall (and there goes our lectures)...and the list goes on and on (read between the lines: do idiotic work)? Not only it's wasting our time, people will think that people in IPG-KBA are a group of sucker-ups.

Which indeed, some people, though not to be named, are.