people i know but have never talked to..

My pre-college years are the years that people have seen me as sombong or pendiam. Somehow or rather, they know me, my name, and I know their name but I have never had conversations with them. This does not only apply to my peers, it also applies to family members.

Through the wonderful social networking tool that is facebook, my niece from my half sister added me up. She is the same age as me (actually she's a whole month older than me to be exact). Its not one of those jejak kasih situations, where I have not met her ever, I have, and I do meet her almost every year since I could remember during Hari Raya. Haven't seen her or that side of the family for a while since It has been 2 Hari Raya's and another coming since I celebrated Raya here in New Zealand. Well the point is that, I have never spoken to her ever in a full conversation, probably an occasional Hari Raya greet, but never a full on conversation. Its probably me, being very shy during those occasions that I do meet them once a year, my nephews and nieces from my half siblings, which I told her should change next time we meet.

There are also ex high school peeps that I haven't spoken to but somehow know who they are. Well probably thats normal, a loser in high school knowing who the cool kids are. But anyways, one of them, Jeng, who I remember Iylia always repeating her name Jeng NurAzrina, (I found that he has that habit of repeating names yang sedap sedap...macam Meqsu Aslina, even before I met her and became me novia hehe..) said hey on facebook chat. She started with hello, and asked immediately "kenal tak?", and I replied, kenal, tapi tak pernah borak. haha. She said it was probably because I was sombong, which is not uncommon, as many of my friends, including my close ones today, says that had a sombong face in high school. I just never gave my face any thought really, never knew people were paying attention to my face. haha

These two situations made me realize that it really was silly of me not conversing with mutual friends, or distant family members, and I know I would never shy away now. I think being away definitely helped me develop that part of me that has always been lacking, the confidence to meet new people and converse with them and hope for further conversations in the future.

Later amigos..

Yes, It happened in Palmy

Bersatu Games 2009 was held in Palmerston North from the 6th to 9th of July. Yes, It happened in Palmy. Due to the efforts of Iylia and Rahmat, Bersatu Games 2009 was a success in the eyes of not only us, MUMSA, but also got heaps of praise from the other contingents. I give a standing ovation to the those two, who I am proud to call my friends. I sincerely say that the games success were due to mostly thier efforts however modest they would be and give credit to the whole association. I am one who feel that I could have done so much more to aid my friends in thier time of need, but thank god, the event went well. I cannot say yes when people come up to me and ask me, "wahh, lega la kau lepas ni, boleh tido..". I don't deserve to say yes to that, because frankly, I did sleep. Only Iylia and Rahmat and a handful of others deserve to answer those questions with a "yes".

Bersatu Games 2009, a fairly smaller event compared to the previous years I have been to in terms of contingent participation. This year, we see a collaboaration with UMNO and Petunia, as well as CMSA and Petsoc, which reduces the number of participating contingents by 2. Also, we did not get any representatives from WUMA as well as Lincoln University, which again reduces the number by 2. Bersatu Games 2009 only got 6 contingents.

Alhamdulillah, the weather was good despite a few brief moments of showers, in general, it was good. The only sport that was effected by the rain was basketball, which was promptly dealt with, when smooth running of the Sepak Takraw event finished early, which left an opening for basketball to be played inside.

This year, it is not only the year that Bersatu Games is hosted in Palmy, but MUMSA has made history by coming in second overall for the first time ever. Last year, we were estatic when we won our first gold, but this year, it has been really unbelievable, when MUMSA's name got called for almost all the sports, meaning winning a medal for that event. Even for handball, when we got first place, It was unreal, coz we only trained once. (I apologize to all that got pushed around by me during handball, thats the way i've played with the handball club in Massey, I sincerely do apologize)

Anyways, all of MUMSA are now down with coughs and colds, I guess due to all the cheering and the sleepless nights. I'm gonna make this post on Bersatu Games 2009 short and sweet because the event was short and sweet.

Yes, It really happened