I just came back this evening from a KRJ-INNOVATION (saje je nak gempak name tuh, used to be KRJ je) program at Ulu Tiram. Alhamdulillah, i'm still in one piece. With Ahnaf's ferocious driving, he had me and Salihah clinging to our seats tightly for fear of being shaken too much, even worse, thrown out of the van. Sleeping was not an option though we were both very tired.
It was a program with the Form 5 student leaders of MRSM Pontian. The last time i'd joined KRJ's facilitating programs was after SPM and that was about three years ago. Kak Fidah invited me to join this one since i was in my holidays. Among the youthful facis, i was the eldest. i felt old and also somewhat out of place. The rest of the facis like Wardah, Insyirah, Umayr, Ihsan, Sakinah, Ubai and the rest have all been to many programs together so they are quite synchronized. I was at a different wavelength altogether. I couldn't understand their jokes and comments. I had to ask them each time what they meant. After a while i managed to blend in and enjoyed working with them. Seeing them handling the program so efficiently, makes me feel proud of them.
Wednesday morning, June 1st, we all gathered at Pejabat JIM and then convoyed to Ulu Tiram. We arrived early and were able to welcome the students as they came down from their bus. Najwa, Raudhah's sister who's just finished SPM, was a former student of that school and she obviously became the centre of attention. The participants consisted of 18 girls and 18 boys. They were accompanied by the headmaster's wife, Cikgu Amran and his wife and their 6- year old son. After the opening ceremony, Ihsan took charge of the program and handled the ice breaking session. The students were divided into 6 groups and then asked to come up with the usual group leader, group name, group theme and the rather unusual (at least for me) army yell. Wow, were they creative. The limited time given didn't stop them from coming up with impressive performances (there were altered versions of KRU's Terhangat Di Pasaran, the chinese Gong Xi Ni, and the Hindi song Bole Chudiyan-surprisingly by a boys group ). The theme song of the program was 'Satu Tekad ' by UNIC which has fine lyrics despite some people being prejudiced againts the group itslf.
The evening session was jungle trekking. There were 4 checkpoints, with Quranic verses as clues and assignments along the journey. Since i wasn't a group facilitator, i was assigned to a check point with Abu Nuha. Cikgu Amran's wife wanted to help too so both joined us at CP3. We went to the 1st CP with Pak Uteh by car and waited there until all 6 teams passed. They had to complete a crossword puzzle and then each student had to fill 7 plastic bags with stones and carry it throughout their journey. The stones were a symbol of sins and as they proceeded, the stones will be reduced at each checkpoint after they've completed certain tasks.
Time dragged on as we waited there so i chatted with Kak Syariah about lots of things. She asked me about my course and UIA. Since, we were just sitting there, my hands were attracting many mosquitos and i have about 21 bumps plus the remnants of KKB as souveneirs. I think I was singled out by the mosquitoes coz' none of the rest were bitten much. Kak Syariah said that it was because i had sweet blood or high cholesterol level. hmm, betul ke ???
The track included 'merentasi sungai' which was by far the most challenging part. There were deep parts of the water which caused much difficulty for the vertically-challenged. One faci had a close call and nearly drowned. Alhamdulillah her group was able to save her. It wasn't easy carrying the 42 stone-filled plastics in the river. . I was the only dry faci by the end of the jungle-trekking, hihi.
The penghayatan malam had some additional parts i wasn't familiar with. The students seemed to be affected and touched by the activity. It went smooothly without much glitches. Usually for sekolah harian biasa, there would be some cases of hysteria but there were none here. The difference maybe in the personalities of the participants. These were school leaders.
Everyone was so tired. I went straight to bed. My watch was not working properly(since KKB) so i didn't bring it. I didn't know what time it was and kept waking up several times. I was actually worried about the kuliyyah Subuh i had to present. Each time i awoke, everyone else was soundly sleeping so i slept back. I did get up to do some ironing and jotted down some points then slept again. We all woke up when Abu Nuha called us from outside.
Wardah and i went to the main hall. Upon our arrival, some ikhwah facis shook their heads. We were so embarrassed . At that moment, Ubai was telling the story of the sahabah, Abu Ubaidah. I was actually relieved because i didn't have to do my part. But then Pak Long asked the girls to follow me, so i still had my session with them. Then, riadhah was a blast.
The program continued with Academic Realiti which incuded performances by each groups and also a bulletin KRJ by the facis. Then there was a forum emceed by Pakcik Razman and the speakers were Pak Long and makcik Mahayati followed by the closing ceremony.
We received news that Abang Long (Hanuar) had an accident, so most of them went to ziarah him after the program. Me, Salihah, her bro, and Ahnaf went straight home, still intact thankfully.
At home, mak was buying durian and mangosteen from a mobile fruitseller. Yay, rezki, manggis kat ulu tiram tak masak lagi. Hehe, Allah knows our innermost desires =) I'm also happy that ayah's home from his trip. i got a watch sebab hammad's wrist tak muat, hihi.
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