Thursday, April 07, 2005
Memories in Pulau Karimun part one. Copied from my diary book year 1999. When i said copied, i do really mean copied, I rewrote it w/o changing anything here in my blog..except tat for sumone's name..i use pseudonym...
25 February 1999
I woke up at 6 in the morn. Quickly got ready for sch. I reached sch at 6.51am, very direct huh? I wore a digital watch. Why very early? well, dun forget.. today i am going to a place far away from Singapore! Besides,da teachers asked us to come before 7am as by 7.15am, da teachers want to assign us in groups and also assign a group leader. By 7.30am, three buses took us (41 guys and 42 girls) to WTC - World Trade Centre. We reached WTC at 8am and we took da 8.25am ferry.
While waiting for da ferry, all of us sit down in our groups. Of course, we intro ourselves to our group members. The malay sec 5 girls knw me n Siti Zackyah. Well, 'biasalah' they senior, we junior. For da Chinese Sec 5 girls, we dont knw them neither do they know us so, we intro ourselves..
Oh, wanna knw wat i brought? Sch bag - inside have discman, malay n english story books (novel), plastic bags to put my dirty clothes, 4 CDs, my wallet, passport (but the teachers kept our passports,) torch lights (for campfire), camera, da currency: rupiah in another small wallet and U - my diary! Yeap, so tat i will keep track or record every event happen every nite b4 i went to sleep. Rite now, i am being careful as not to wake my other bunkmates (my group 6) coz all of them sound asleep. A few of them are outside smoking and talking among themselves. U muz b wondering how am i able to write coz they are sleeping, da lights are off.. I used my torch light la! Anyway, I brought not one but two bags! I'd just mentioned sch bag n wateva was inside ryt? So my clothes are in another bag! All my clothes, are in my medium sized luggage! 'Kiasu' ryt for bringing many things? Hah!
Ok, when all of us reached Pulau Karimun (1.5 hr trip), all of us went straight to our domitory. Group 1, 2 and 3 (all guys) have to sleep in da ground floor and the girls are in the upper floor.. The dorm is only 2 storeys high and there is a sign next to Group 1's dorm. It is written in Bahasa Indonesia but I will translate it: NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE UPPER DORM! Haha.. So, da guys cannot 'kacau' we, girls! Wahaha.. Btw, the dormitory is next to a mosque. I remembered hearing da guys mumbling to one another (translate 2 English): "Cannot escape, 1 malay teacher is here, how to escape? No choice but to perform our prayers." But i dun think all da malay guys performed their prayers with da malay teacher as da 'imam'. Aiyah! Dun care lah! Oh yeah! SG and Indonesia has a time difference of 1 hour. So, SG time now is 12 midnite but here in Indonesia is 11pm.
In our dorm, we have no difficulty finding where to sleep coz da teachers(i think they went there b4 to check out some stuffs) have paste our names on da wardrobe next to our bed! It is a double decker bed. GUess, which deck I slept? Upper! Hah! I have never sleep in upper deck bed so, now here's my chance. My partner, Siti Zackyah (my classmate since Sec 1) slept on da lower deck. Huh? I bullied her? Nope, she voluntered to sleep on da lower deck coz she said, she had a habit of going to da toilet in da middle of da nite so, if she had to sleep on da upper deck, cumbersome for her ryt?
After a few minutes in our domitory, we left again n took a bus which looks like SG's 1950s bus to a beach for our telematches. There are 6 buses. One bus for one group. Like I've said, da bus looks like SG's 1950s bus(small). Anyway,for games n telematches, da teachers assigned us fairly according to guys n girls. 7 Group 1 guys teamed up with 7 Group 4 girls and they made up Group A. The remaining Group 1 guys n Group 4 Girls made up Group B. Group C consists of 7 Group 2 guys and 7 Group 5 girls. Nazrul, Suresh n Hafidz Hassan, they are in Group C. Next, Group D's team members are da remainders. Rosliah, Faridah, H.B, Nasir, Mustaqim, n those from 5N1 n 5N2 are in Group D. WAT!!! ARGH! I am feeling frustrated NOW!
Huh? ME? Well, I am in Group E. Guess wat? My neighbour: Fadly from 5N4 n 4 of his friends from da same class and HISHAM are in da same group as me, Siti Zackyah, Jing Xian, Yan Ling, Suguna, 2 malay girls from Sec 5N1. ARGH!! I want H.B or Nasir same group as me!! Why Hisham?!! I am soooooo damn pissed (if u dun knw wat is pissed, its an American term for frustrated!) ryt NOW!!! Of course, Shuiyan n Nana (from 5N2) made up da remainder n they are in Group F.
There are a total of 4 telematches. I forgot wat was da first telematch about. Ryt now, I can remember da other 3. The 2nd telematch: all da 6 teams had to take off their shoes n place all da shoes together at one place. When they hear da whistle, all of them had to rush to da place n get their shoes, then lined up according to Group A to F. The group who has da fastest time wins. Guess who won da 2nd telematch? Drats. First n second telematches won by Group B.
B4 i moved on, let me tell u tat i only participate in da first telematch. Why? Well, for each of da 4 telematches, only 12 participants are needed so da other 2 members from each group will have to take turns for other games. Why they let me play da first telematch!! Boring sia! Running! I dun like running and I have to run n when i reached da last, they made noise! Who are they?? Fadly n company la. Tat Hisham kept quiet. He didnt even bother to negotiate with our team members not to let me participate in da first telematch. Let me participate in da rest. ARGH!
So, frm da second telematch all da way to da last, i just sit down n watch! Mcm apa kan! Aku dtg ke Karimun to have fun! Not to watch pple having FUN! Anyway, back to telematches. The 3rd telematch was ok lah. Quite untidy but fun. It was a pie-eating telematch. One by one members frm each group had to run a distance of 10 m n eat da pie with their mouth. They cant use their hands! Haha.. Flour all over their faces! Haha.. Who won? GROUP D!! Hooray! So happy for them!
The last telematch: TUG OF WAR! This is da best! My fav! Again, i asked if i could join but damn! Guess wat?! All of them loves TUG OF WAR too! So, they want to be a part of da game! ARGH!!! Knp asyik kena buli aje ni?!! U knw wat a guy from Fadly's class said: Kau lari dah la tak kuat. Ini kan pula nak tug of war. Tak payah lah. Kau duduk satu korner tgk abg2 main sudah." *Pissed*. Group F won TUG OF WAR.
On second thoughts, it's great not to take part in all da telematches. WHY? Can snap their photos! Why da hell i brought camera if i didnt use it! Smart ryt? *Winkz*
After da telematch, we took da same 1950s bus n off to our dormitory for washing up n dinner. Felt sleepy so I took a nap for 15 mins and i had to wake up again coz time for Campfire. Will tell u more abt da campfire. Now, i am really very sleepy so I better go n sleep. Tmr will be another fun day for me.
TO BE CONTINUED...
