Semester 1, 2008 Over

Semester 1, 2008 is officially over (for Degree, fight on Foundation! Yours will be over soon as well). Wishing all comrades a happy study week, and all the best for finals next next week. Till then, I'm off to Kampua Town to get some well-deserved rest before the finals.

I'll be bach!

The Kidnapping

It was a friend's birthday and another friend's belated birthday. So me and my rowdy disparate posse decided to kidnap them for a surprise party.

A posse of 11 sot people kidnapping 2 people on campus with security guards and camera and WTFBBQed students around on a hot evening was uber fun. Divided into 3 teams; Alpha, Beta and Omega, we orchestrated one of the simplest and down-right not-so-foolproof kidnapping which ended in success (and creamed face... yeargh)

Hamsap & the prized "Big Kill"

Team Beta members & the HP lead driver with "The Daughter""The Batu" reading the posse's demand

Punishing "Big Kill" for misbehaving during the demand reading
And this is how it all went down:

Here's a little banner/bookmark ready for printing for those who were involved directly and indirectly, with consent or otherwise. Enjoy ^^

The Posse:
Agent Orange
Angry Shyt
Babyface
Batu
Bloody Hell
Hamsap
Hugging Pervert
Isosquatch
Kosong
Tiang (Filled in for The Fool)
The Fool (K.I.A.)

Mega Mac

Gave the Mega Mac a try, and it wasn't all that biggie. I was expecting a beefed and pumped up monstrosity like this:

But all I got (expectedly) was this not-so-threatening looking wee lil' fella:

For a RM15 set, the value, margin and satisfaction of the Mega Mac (M'sia only perhaps) didn't get to live up it's mega name and marketing campaign. Frankly speaking, one can get the same 4 beef patty 'King Burger' at the Senadin burger stall not far from Iqbal's house for RM8. But it was fulfilling nonetheless, even for a dude with a big appetite like me who could go for second & third round.

Taste:

Smell:

Looks:

Quantity:
(For average eater)

(For big eater)

Price:

Giving Something Back: Niah

I went to Kampung Padang, Niah for a program organized by Rakan Muda (joined as part of my internal mark for one of the LAN unit) from 23rd to 25th May. I didn't really give much thought about it as I was busy with other things on campus, until the day me and other 4o Curtin students arrived there...

It was 1 1/2 hour bus drive from Oil Town, and as expected it was well far away from the bustling civilization. We were joined by another 30 students from Giat MARA, Kuala Baram and all 70 of us were assigned to our designated foster family.

It was quite a o_O for me, since I have been away from 'the simple life' for at least 2 years already. The serenity and slow paced life in the village was welcomed as it took my mind off all the stress and worries of the hectic university life. Virtually no line (MAXIS anyways) and no internet, I was disconnected from the worries of the world on the spot.

So basically we were there to get closer with the village folks and help them improve the village as much as we can. I was immediately assigned as a group leader and were in charge of replacing the village's signboard (other group were in charge of other work e.g. painting the village hall, cleaning the drain etc).

It was bloody hot and man-handling a disparate group of students was nothing unusual for me. We just pulled the old sign cemented into the ground out, plant the new sign in its place and cement the whole thing down. We were done by 11am (started around 8am), but then we had to return to work as we were not supposed to pull out the old signboard as it was government property (hence considered as vandalism). So we replanted the sign next to the new one, and finished by noon. Fuh.

Then later at night we helped out for a big feast on Sunday morning, and on that night it was me and a few other dudes' first time hands on experience skinning chickens.

On Sunday morning, me, Gerain & Eleena helped teach the other Curtin students the 'Jungle Song' dance a.k.a. tandak hutan (direct translation lol). A quick 20 minute and we were ready, and performed during the closing ceremony feast. After that, it was departure time, and me and my other 'brothers' bid farewell to our foster family.

I was all cool during the farewell, until half way through saying goodbye to the village folks a crying uncle hugged me; then I just went all emotional as well T.T It was a nice experience, and felt great giving something back to the community :)

Curtin Camp Sem 1 2008

We had another Curtin Camp this sem, but instead of targeting single school participants we decided to make it a collabo between SoB, SoE, SoS, and SoPre-U. It was a 3 day camp on campus from 16th to 18th May (Fri - Sat). A good number turned out, sadly not many survived until the final day. I was busy attending the campsite and camp fire, and I stank of sulfur and camp fire ashes, but it was fun nonetheless. So anyways without blabbing away, I'll let the pictures to do all the talking.

(Sorry, I only had 1/2 second and full third day pics :/ for Day 1 or more, try Facebooking those pictures. You can start with Joanne's album, but if you want more grab your pendrive and steal it from our hard drives.)

Due to the crappy uploading speed in Senadin, I'll only post few non-typical pics for your LOLing pleasure. The following are typical and mostly not-your-typical camp pictures (Click to enlarge):

Somehow everyone seemed to have a fetish for raffia strings...

And the best camper award goes to:

Kah Wai -___-|||