Year 3, Semester 1, Week 1

Monday was my interview with Singapore Grand Prix for the F1 event that will be happening in September. I was just really excited getting the call for the interview and to top it off, the interview went really well. I'm so thankful and happy to know that I actually got the job. I am officially part of the 3-people Secretariat Team, in-charge of over 150 F1 crew members. I know it will be hectic and really crazy but I am so looking forward for it. 

On Tuesday was my first day of school, the start of my final year in NAFA. I have three 5 credit modules, three 2 credit modules and one 1 credit module. Marketing Management, Human Resource Management & Practices and Macroeconomics might be a slight problem since all of them are 5 credit modules and from the looks of it, it's a lot of researching. I really need to concentrate and be more discipline when it comes to these 3 modules. Then there's Arts & Contemporary Society, Events & Facilities Management and Level 2 Project, all of them 2 credit modules. Truth be told, I am fully confident of scoring an A for all these 3 modules. My last 1 credit module is Appreciation of Contemporary Masterpieces which is pretty much really straightforward, since I only have one assignment and that is a 30 minutes presentation of a contemporary play of my choosing. I really need to go crazy on studying this semester for the sake of improving my GPA and getting a scholarship for my degree.

It was super nice to catch with most of my classmates and schoolmates at our usual smoking corner and our favourite hangout place, Al-Jilani. It's weird that during the school holidays, none of us bothered to even meet up with each other but once school reopens, it's as if nothing have changed at all. The usual craziness, randomness, bitchiness and competitiveness are all there and even more.

As usual, I have a habit of biting off more than I can chew. School started and I have a production in mid August to do, F1 job in late September, need to plan for Khairul's birthday in mid August, Netty and Nazron's birthday in mid September, Hari Raya outing in mid August, Halloween outing in October, Christmas celebration in December, need to paint Fairul's room and Netty's room in December. To top it off, I have another job offer for a production in December but work will start sometime in late September or early October and I'm not sure if I want to take it. 

I really don't know why I want to keep myself busy or do I subconsciously want to destroy my social life.

Overall, I'm just really grateful for the jobs that I'm doing and Insya Allah, I will be able to juggle everything accordingly. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Orientation Week

It's Orientation Week. 

One of the my personal favourite week in NAFA. Firstly, I get to meet the freshmen. Secondly, I get to work with other NAFA students from different departments. Lastly, the crazy and messy fun that I know I will have. 

First day of Orientation already, you could tell who has the potential to be a real leader and knows how to take charge of the whole situation. As much as I'm happy that Johan and Lae are the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for this year's batch of Orientation Leaders, I could tell that leadership doesn't come easily to them. Lim Hui and me were more than happy to help them along the way and I literally make sure that nobody tried to overstep their boundaries. Johan and Lae are not the type of people to get angry, so I literally became their own personal screamer. For goodness sake, I love to scream just for the sake of screaming. Well, I had fun screaming at the Orientation Leaders and Freshmen.

Three days of Orientation and I know who I could work with and who I really don't want to work with at all. For the most part, I had a blast working with all the OLs except for one. Thankfully, he's my junior so I don't really have to worry about him and I get to put him in his place every time he tried to take lead on matters that are not of his concern. Overall, I had a really good time and I'm so looking forward to doing it again next year. 

Friday and Saturday was Freshmen Camp. Lim Hui and me did it for the first NAFA Freshmen Camp and we know how firsthand how crazy and hectic it was behind the scenes. To do it again this year was just really crazy but as usual, we actually did it and at times, I'm really impressed that we were able to even survived it at all. Same like last year, we have our mini Amazing Race, the only different is that last year, it was all over Bugis while this time round, it's just at NAFA Campus 1 and all the freshmen are being blindfolded except for one in each group. I was in-charge of the Cheerleading Station where the freshmen have five minutes to come up with a 30 seconds cheerleading routine. I swear, it was freaking hilarious seeing them trying to come up and perform their cheerleading. It was ridiculously hilarious that I couldn't stop laughing at most of them. One thing that I was truly impressed was that most of them were actually into the race and were quite energetic through out the whole camp.

I couldn't be bothered to go for the Freshmen Party, I never did go since my freshmen year until now, my final year. And I also couldn't be bothered to sleepover at NAFA so I just came back the next morning. It was quite funny to see most of the OLs walking around like zombies because of their lack of sleep while there I was all fresh and hyper. Most of them wanted to slap me for being too hyper at 8 in the morning but who cares. Before the camp was dismissed, it was nice to have a department bonding session with the freshmen. I was able to tell them what to expect when they are in NAFA, the good things and the bad things. It was really nice. As usual, after the end of NAFA Orientation Week, I would always have a bittersweet moment with them. I'm so looking forward to doing next year's NAFA Open House and Orientation Week again.

On to another topic, this week's Iftar is seriously crazy but I'm so thankful for the people that I get to break fast with. I managed to break fast with the usual group of OLs at Jilani, our normal hangout spot. I get to break fast with Musfirah, Hakimmah and Mehreen since we were in the middle of our Chestnuts Production Meeting. It was awkward but we still need to break our fast no matter what. I'm so happy that we will have our Annual Cuzzie Wuzzies' Iftar at grandma's house with all the relatives and followed by our trip to Bazaar Geylang for snacks. I'm so thankful to Khairul for actually inviting Ayiz & Q to join us for Dolls' Iftar as a surprise. At first, I honestly thought that I might be awkward around them, but it felt like nothing did change at all. I admit that I'm no longer close to them but it felt really good to meet them and catch up with them. I'm so grateful to Khairul for the surprise. And Alif was also able to make it for the iftar which was very nice of him. It's weird but it felt really nice to have them there and it felt right in some ways. I really don't know how to explain it but it felt comfortable. Syukur Alhamdulillah for the Iftar.

Now it's time to start planning for our Dolls' Annual Hari Raya Outing which will happened on Khairul's birthday. It's a two-in-one celebration. Truth be told, I really don't mind going ice-skating in our Baju Kurungs just as Khairul requested. 

I'm looking forward to starting school, this coming week. InsyaAllah, I will be a full-time study freak and really work even harder for my grades.

Overall, I had loads of fun this past week and I'm just grateful for everything. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

1st Week of Fasting

I'm done with registering for my 3rd Year, 1st Semester modules. There's a total of 6 compulsory modules and 1 extra credit module that I needed to take. Now my biggest concern would be that I have 3 modules that are 5 credits each and I have never gotten an A for any of my 5 credit modules, I have always gotten a B or a C for it. This is my final year and I really need to go all out crazy psychotic study-whore to ensure that I will get a scholarship for my degree. I really need it. Insya-Allah, I will get it.

It was nice to see familiar faces in school after so long. The NAFA Freshmen Orientation Briefing went quite well. The only problem is that this time round, the planning is much more shorter than expected. The last time, it seems as if I had to come down more than twice for meetings with the rest of the committee to plan accordingly. This time, it's only two meetings and I really felt as if it's insufficient at all. So far, Johan and Lae are handling things quite well. Every now and then, they will ask me and Lim Hui for advice and how we got about doing things the previous time. Another difference is that this year, most of the committee members are made up of Malay guys and I pretty much know all of them. The feeling is different since last year, the committee members were literally made up of schoolmates that we only got to know from the camp. The good thing about last year's members is that most of them were really serious and know when to have fun and when to do their work. This year's members is slightly more into having loads of fun and I'm not really sure if they know how to be serious when needed to be. I'm still looking forward to seeing how they work though, me and Lim Hui already told Lae and Johan that we will help them in every way that we can.

It's the first week of fasting. Syukur Alhamdulillah. I know it's weird but I'm not looking forward for this year's Hari Raya. I'm actually am having more fun fasting so far. It's so weird. It's the fifth day of fasting and so far, everything has been going along smoothly. My dad is almost done with painting the house, all that is left is to paint my room. The new curtains and cushion covers just arrived yesterday and my house will seriously be super bright, sunny and really chirpy. It's just too yellow but surprisingly it looks really nice. 

For the first time in years, I really have no idea what colour should I wear for this year's Har Raya. At first, it was decided that all 5 of us siblings would be wearing gold but then we decided not to. When I went to Bazaar Geylang with my family last night, I really felt so lost. It's as if none of the colours appear pleasing to my eyes. There were too many dull and boring colours that everything looks like crap. There was only one outfit that I like which is all grey with a black collar and black lining. I guess I really like it a lot because it looks more like a suit rather than a baju kurung but the sad part is that it cost $190 and no way in hell am I going to waste my money for just a one day, one time outfit. So for now, I really have no idea what I'm going to wear for first day of Hari Raya.

Now that the fasting month is here, I really need to plan all my iftars accordingly. How come when I got all the free time in the world, I never bothered to catch up with my friends but now that it's the fasting month, I really feel like squeezing all of them into my schedule and meet up with all of them. Seriously, what's wrong with me? 

Anyway, I will most probably be breaking fast with the Orientation Leaders this coming week since we shall finish our event everyday around 6 or 7pm. On Thursday, I will be meeting Nani and Abang for break fast but the only problem would be that we have no idea where to eat. On Saturday, I will break fast with the relatives and the Cuzzie Wuzzies and on Sunday, it will be with the Dolls. This coming week is pretty much settled. All that is left is to schedule iftar with Emma really soon and then, with the classmates which will most probably be at Arab Street and lastly with Fidah, provided that I will know her schedule by then. If Ica and Hazim has time, I will try to make myself free for them but since Ica's due date is nearing, I think I will just visit her at the hospital. I'm so looking forward to seeing her baby.

How come it seems that whenever I miss you, you will all of a sudden text me some really random message and it never failed to put a smile on my face. Even though I know that our friendship would never be the same again, I'm just super thankful that you were a part of my life. I am really happy that you are happy with him. And I know for a fact that you are the type of friend that even if we have not meet up for months, when we do meet up, it feels as if nothing has ever changed. I'm really super excited for your birthday, it will be a blast. I know you are reading this, so thank you love. xoxo.