Summary of AMIB

AMIB is a programme organized by IIU's MISI-1. The programme was divided into three subsects; Motivation, Visit and Foster Family.

From 8-10/4/2005, kami berkampung di SMK Bingkor, Keningau. We organized a motivation camp for fifth and sixth formers coming from all parts of Sabah (Kota Kinabalu and Keningau mostly). I was the Asst.Head of Prog. Coordinator, working directly under Akmal, and as expected I was a very controversial figure. Why? Because I said things that I disagreed with out loud. But, my relationship with Akmal has never been better ^__^, she's a good PC...but our director sucks big time!! I told him that I didn't really know how to play my role as PC but I was learning fast especially from Akmal. I also reminded him and the rest of the committee to elect the Head and Asst. properly next time. Make sure they have at least a tiny bit of experience in such programme. Me - I had never allowed myself to get involved in any of the university's non-compulsory paid programme. Basically, I had no hands on experience! And that mangkuk director of mine said, "Oklah kak, senang cerita macam ni...saya tukarkan akak ke katering. Settle semua" during our first post-mortem on the 8th. Memang mangkuk jamban! And if any of you who has followed the AMIB programme, I really do think he deserves to be kutuk! Akmal told me to ignore him, and just do my job as her Asst. So, in the end buat bodoh jerlah.
Second day of the programme, the students secara berjemaah telah terkena keracunan makanan. They were sent to hospital daerah keningau. The medical officers came to do some interviews with the students the next day, 10th Apr. On the night of the 9th, we had cultural night, my group formed a choir and sang few songs, and the boys performed dikir barat ala Sabah. We had great fun despite of those yang baru balik hospital after the check up and treatment.
On the 10th, lepas Asr' the programme was officially closed. The committees especially the fascilitators like me could be seen signing autographs every where. Glamour jugalah sekejap ^__^. Through this programme we learned a lot of things about Sabahans. We also learned how to sing the Kinabalu song. I gained new friends, and became closer to Akmal and Chomel, her bestfriend. Although I felt like killing myself on the first day of arrival, all those negative feelings were now replaced by positive attitude and positive energy (bak kata Lilian Too).

11th Apr (morning)- Bus arrived to pick us from SMK Bingkor. The road was too small, but the bus nak juga buat U-turn. In the end, the bus got stuck in between. The back tyres tenggelam dalam tanah. We had to push the bus back on its track! At first, only the girls including me and my sister because the boys were elsewhere! After second push, barulah they joined in. We became the observer and tukang gelak after that. About 15-20 mins later, barulah selesai masalah.

Next,we went to Tambunan. Visited Rumah Anak Yatim Tambunan. We had a short "motivation" programme for them. They designed the LDKs (latihan dalam kumpulan) according to the age group. I felt the module was not quite right for the kids under me, so my friends and I decided not to follow it. We did a short ice-breaking, and then it rained. We ran into the hall, and played "pisang-goreng" with the kids. The funny thing was, our motivation director came and joined us. After that, Nad joined us. Lagilah naik hantu semuanya, suara masing-masing melawan hujan di luar dewan! Before we boarded the bus, the kids waved to us and said, "Jumpa nanti di Syurga" - luckily the bus didn't drown in tears!

11th-12th Apr - tidur di UMS. Tour de UMS, went to its Marine Biology Dept. (macam UnderWater World), its Gallery (where they display info/researches and pictures of the courses offered there - LAW tak ada!) and we also visited the UMS museum, man, was I shocked to learn that they have a great museum! - UIA cepat, pergi buat muzium sendiri!!

Pergi pasar filipin dan Tg. Aru. Ate the famous "Sayap Ayam Panggang" and minum air kelapa with tinker, Akmal, Chomel (we've already formed the A.C group by then), Yong and few others by the beach.

13th-17th Apr - Foster family programme at Kg. Serusup, Tuaran. Had a great experience here too. Lived with the family of the late Hj. Hashim. We had 10 siblings, plus two anak angkats, Yong and I. The best part was that I was the anak bongsu :P.

Went to Penimbawan, kampung air. Had family day at Pulau Gadang, watched and took photos of sunset.

Cultural night. These people love to share their culture with us, Limbai, bertitik, berpantun dalam bahasa Bajau klasik, Silat etc. Even my 60 year-old mom turun padang to play titik. It's more or less like gamelan/cak lempong.

I cooked twice at my foster family home. Bukannya pandai sangat, tapi bolehlah for the sake of survival and jaga air muka sendiri!

Last day at Serusup, we went to Tamu Tuaran. Mak ai murah gilalah the fishes, crabs etc. Imagine, 1kg of crab costs around rm10, di Semenanjung, paling murah pun Rm14-15! Udang, kalau musim, jual selonggok Rm3, kalau di luar musin baru kira kilo.

Selepas majlis penutupan, sesi tangis-menangis bermula, dan iya, saya juga tidak terkecuali! Rasa macam berlakon drama pun ada juga. Ada ibu bapa yang merengek tak nak lepaskan anak-anak angkat, tak kurang juga yang minta penyelaras untuk izinkan kami tinggal sehari lagi! Apapun, it's time to move on bak kata deme. Kami bergerak ke SummerBay Apartment. There were a few parents who sent their anak angkat guna kereta sendiri, ramai jugalah yang sambung meraung bila sampai di apartment tu!

18th Apr - 4am, tunggu bas untuk ke Brunei. Stranded at Labu Immigration for almost two hours. Sampai di Brunei petang. Dijemput MPP Uni Brunei Darussalam. They're very generous to offer us a place to stay. Kami dijemput bukan oleh calang-calang orang, tapi oleh YDP mereka sendiri. Kaya betul orang Seri Begawan ni, yang jemput kami semuanya berkereta besar! Mercedes, Rexton, Hyundai...and surpsrisingly they're all students! Banyak duit tuh! That night, bertemankan wakil-wakil MPP, kami mengunjungi Masjid Jame', Masjid Sultan Omar dan Jerudong Park (nampak gate saja, sebab ia ditutup sempena menghormati Maulid Rasul). Lepas jalan-jalan, makan nasi katok pula. It's like nasi lemak here in Malaysia, but of course the price's higher!!

19th Apr- Balik UMS. Rehat. Tidur, basuh baju, kemas barang-barang, anyam ketupat!!

20th Apr- Pinjam kereta sewa abg. Boy, jalan-jalan sekitar KK.

21st-22nd Apr- Kinabalu Park. Kinabalu expedition. Alhamdulillah, hampir sampai juga ke puncak kinabalu. Beberapa meter sebelum puncak, saya diminta turun sebab kabus tebal. Bak kata Jojo, "few metres more, ini consider puncak juga lah! So be happy and proud of yourself!" - I am!

23rd - Morning, body still aching. Rented two cars. The drivers - tinker and I. Sewa ramai-ramai. Kongsi bayar sewa! Quite cheap, rm40 for eight hours! Jalan-jalan di KK lagi, by then I was already familiar with the road. Bought cendera hati for family, ate brunch at McD/Burger King,shopped at CP etc. Petang tu, kereta sewa kehabisan minyak, kereta tinker berhenti dulu, stranded di Sg.Likas. I was on my way to rescue her lah, dengan Yong, kereta kami pula buat hal few hundred metres from Indah Permai housing area. Duh, sakit hati dengan Amin, si penyewa kereta. Dah lah slow, lepas tu bagi kereta yang ada problem plak tu!

7.45pm- bergerak ke terminal 2, KKIA. Flight was supposed to be at 9.15pm. Sampai di airport, seolahnya seluruh Kg.Serusup datang to say goodbye. Airport was full of orang yang mahu ucap selamat tinggal dari orang yang nak naik kapal terbang. Sangat terharu. Kak Mas, our kakak angkat pun ada.

Flight delayed. Masa kami check-in, ada beberapa orang dari kumpulan kami yang dah check-in terlebih awal kerana keluarga angkat mereka, jemput mereka di UMS dan hantar ke airport. Ada seorang kakak ni luggage dia sampai 46kg, hish...hampir termengamuk jugalah saya depan ground officer AirAsia tu! Tapi...of course, control la sikit kan! Sekadar buat muka tak puas hati je. (aku kena angkat beg yang berat tu jadi hand luggage tau tak!ish...ish...dah le badan sakit turun gunung, hati pun sakit gak!)

12.30am, reached KLIA. Mom, Dad, K.jules, abang, Joode and EG dah tunggu kat pintu arrival. We had a very late supper at McD.