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I'm Syarinna Mohamad, 19 years old. Schooling at Ngee Ann Poly in engineering course. A yogi, bookworm and music lover. I love God, my family and close friends. Got any questions for me? Spill it at formspring.me/hardcandy57 Do make a short trip at my tumblr's account, lettheflamebegin.tumblr.com
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Arrrggg.. I forget to take my Vitamin C!!
There's always gonna be criticism, jealousy and comparison. There's nothing much I can do about it but to just live with it. But I'm not gonna let them take my pride and happiness away. Try everything you got but no way that's gonna happen.
Thank you momma and daddy for accompanying me for dinner today.
Thank you bro for your endless affection.
Thank you friends for all the fun and laughter.
Thank you God, for answering my prayer.
I got one problem... I don't know how to upload photo through Hotmail. Haha. I guess I'll have to upload it through blogger.
I'll be a happy soul if you all start calling me Jane. Haha..bestie will be like, "Stop it seh, Rinna". Haha.
CAMP ENTRY ( lyke finally :D )
17 dec~
I sworn I did nothing extraordinary that day. It was Thursday and I was feeling fatigue. I guess the late night mugging have finally taken its toll. I also went to bed early that day knowing that tomorrow I have a camp to attend.
18 dec ~
The following day, I did a last minute packing for my 3 days 2 night, 'Ladies, Let's go', camp organized by NPMSS club. I love camp but I hate packing. I'm just bad at it. At the beginning, I sworn to myself to pack light but it never worked out my way. I always end up bringing extra apparel and my momma wasn't helping. Instead, she was encouraging me to bring this and that for emergency. So I do look like those kids running away from home. Haha.
At 5pm, I met up with the committee and the rest of the participant at Sport Complex. When the committee had arrived, they gave every participant a door gift. My first impression of the committee was that they were amiable, open and fun people. There were about 20 plus participant, just a small bunch of us coming from different school. The moment everyone has settled in we had the usual icebreaker games. I get to know that there's this girl who likes Paramore. Man, did she got me all hype up seh. Haha. Then, there were a few who admit that they do not like the color Pink. Personally, I don't have any non-favorite color. Every color is pretty and unique in its own way. My favorite color is orange although I used to like blue but since most people I met and asked like the color blue, I settle in for orange instead. Back to the topic, there was this other girl whom is one of the committee; she loves Metallic music. I thought that was really cool. A couple more loves Korean music which reminded me some of my closest friends who are Korean-crazed. I can only recall that much during our first meeting. But on a serious note, these girls are really smart, outspoken and interesting bunch of people. I knew I could get along well with them. After a couple of fun games and activities, it was time for us to go to the loft to check out our room.
After Maghrib prayer, we left the loft and went down to the Sport Complex again. We had a game called 'Paradigm's shift' which I felt had a monopoly theme to it since it has the banker and even the jail rule thingy. It was quite tedious trying to keep up with the rent and interest and, at the same time making bracelets out of newspaper. Despite the difficulty I had a great time because my team mates have a systematic strategy and they were really funny bunch of people. Halfway through the game, one of the committee approaches me and asked me whether I could help her carry some stuff over at FMS. I happily agree because that means I would be able to escape from the game for a while but at the same time, I felt something fishy was going on. I swore that they were up to something and I was right!! They kidnapped me! We walked past the school's library, when the committee revealed what she had planned. I remember saying to her out aloud, "I knew it!!" Anyway, I was all smiles. They were planning an Amazing Race with a little twist. They planted 7 clues all over the school and each clue will bring my team mates closer to find me. Oh Yeah!! This camp couldn't get any better. Moving on, the committee brings me and the other two victims from different group, to an isolated area where they hid us. The area was really spooky and dark. I remember a building by the name of 'Maju vehicle storage' so that's basically where we are near at. We bragged about the most random things just to ignore the fact that we were feeling kind of strange. I sworn I heard some weird noises and even laughter among the huge trees but I was damn sleepy that I care less about my surrounding. I almost dozed off by the time my team mates found me. They took such a long time to find me. I heard from the committee that at some point of the game my team was lost and even miss a clue. Kesian nye. And here I am slacking and almost falling asleep. But then there's nothing much I can do. After the Amazing Race, we had night walk. We strolled from the School of Science all the way back to the loft. It was a nice long night walk. When we reached loft, we prayed Isyak and went straight to bed. It was almost 1 by then.
'So that sensor thingy worked 24 hours, huh?'
19 dec~
Saturday morning, my roommate and i woke up at 6. After Morning Prayer, we tossed back to bed. We were exhausted even though it was only our first night. Worse more, I didn't have a good night's sleep. I kept tossing and turning throughout the night because I can't sleep well in an air-conditional room. It was 17 degree Celsius!! That's partly the reason why I covered myself entirely with my own bath towel. It was probably one my worse sleep ever. At 8, we had morning walk to take the public bus to go to Dairy Farm. I had no idea why we are heading there and the committee won't tell us a clue. The only thing that they spilled a bean on was that the girls and I are going to do a boyish activity. Right… The first thing that appears on my mind when I heard 'Diary Farm' was cows. I seriously thought that we had to squeeze milk out from the cow thingy. Haha. The rest had the same idea as I do. So yeah, I'm normal OK! Unfortunately, we were all wrong. We had to do a short hiking in the forest and what were uncovered at the end of the forest were a stunning view. We were practically going 'WOAH!' Oh god, it was such a breathtaking, beautiful, serene place. For a moment though, I thought we were not in Singapore! I fall in love with it the moment I laid my eyes upon the view. Its like one of those landscape painting of nature I have seen numerous time in painting. I'm not good with describing places but I can surely and vividly remember the route to that beautiful hideaway. I would love to one day bring my loved ones over and spent our morning there and admire the beauty of nature. That would be lovely.
Mats were laid out on the grass and foods were displayed. We had breakfast there. I love the whole idea of having a quiet picnic there. After a quick nosh, we had physical games which I love. Any activity that involves running would get me all hype up like a small kid. However it was cut short as it started to drizzle. It got heavier so we had to pack up. Before heading back to loft, we managed to take a quick group photo in the drizzle. Back at the loft, we had a quick rest and performed Zuhur prayer. Then, we went to the games room where most of the activities took place but before hand, we had lunch and a talk by a special guest. It was an informative and moving talk about Islamic fundamental. I gained a lot of knowledge from the talk. That lady speaker became my role model. Afterwards, we watched a film called "A sister's keeper". For those who haven't watch it yet , please do watch it and don't forget to bring a box of tissue with you. It was such a sad story. I swear I cried.
At night, we had barbecue. It was fun!! There was loads of food. It was a fest. Ade ayam penyat lagi. Haha. There were also other students from other camp having barbecue so we were spreading the love around the pit. After filling up our stomach, the committee had planned another surprise for us! I really adored the surprising element of this camp. It never failed to keep me at the edge of my seat.
20 dec~
Sunday morning, we woke up at 6 again and found myself wrapped up in blanket and towel. Haha. After Morning Prayer, we packed our bags since our booked out time is at 8. Oh yes, I had packed my bag earlier than the rest so while waiting for them, I watched the sunrise from the eleven floor which is the highest floor of the loft from our living room's window. It was glorious!!! We had a quick breakfast at the loft's void deck before heading off to the Sport Complex. We put our belongings in a huge locker and were told to bring along our EZ-link card and valuables. Again, we had no idea where we were heading to. But this time the committee was kind towards us. They told us that we were going to meet some special residents so we had a rough idea that we were either visiting an orphanage home or the old folk home. We reached 'Orange Valley Nursing Home' which is an old folk home and we were greeted by the special resident at a decorated Christmas hall. The special residents that we spent time with are the old people and some who are really ill. Most of them were wheel chair users and only a few needed the walking sticks. I felt really awkward and out of place. Similarly, the rest of the girls also felt the same way. Deep inside, I actually felt really disturbed and upset. But I had to resist my own feelings. Moving on, we start the day with morning exercise. Next, we entertained them by dancing and singing. It was so hilarious and entertaining although it was messy and all over the place since it was unscripted. But that's the best part of it because you'll never know what will happen next. I hope they were entertained because I really enjoyed myself. Anyway, no one can ever go wrong with Hindustan and Korean songs right? Haha. Lastly, we had chitchat sections with them. That was probably the hardest part for me. But it didn't take long for me to loosen up, put on a sincere smile and just talk and talk and talk. It was definitely an eye opener and a new experience for me. One particular moment that caught me up in the moment is when a granny (she's 70+, by the way) told me that it's good that the girls and I are all still very young. So I told her that "someday we are going to be old like you and we can't run away from ageing and old age". Then we kept quiet. Soon I thought to myself how my time would be like. Have you thought about that? Yeah, you?
After the fruitful visit, we made our way back to school but before we end the camp, there was another surprise. We had to do a debate. My team was given the topic regarding 'Arranged marriage'. The topic does not spark any interest in me but since they took video on the debate, I pretended to be enthusiasm but I sworn my brain were half functioning. Finally, we had our last group photo and they gave up a small token of appreciation. We reclaimed our belongings and gave each other hugs. I was really touched. It only was only a short period of time but I already regard them, especially the committee, as my sisters. They are such an inspirational and I look up to each and every one of them. I hope that this won't be the last time I meet them. Insyallah.
(psst..im sending my blog entry through email instead of blogger. I'm loving this new routine :D)
Now that the 2 weeks of holiday are over, I'm looking forward to the March 6 weeks holiday :)