some of the sampling pics =D

alahai muka cute-nyer..hahah

the rest of our sampling pictures (the other half is on FB)

enjoy, Goodnight folks!

Dr Marinah's 21st =D

pada suatu hari, seorang budak bernama Ash mencadangkan kepada Hamka, jom lah kita celebrate bezday dr (since they didnt know abt it). Semua orang berasa hyper dan agak ter-excited dan bersuka ria. hahahaha.. Gana telah direkrut sebagai mangsa kejadian untuk membeli kek dan mesej dihantar dengan segera kepada budak2 lain. inilah plan segera yang di-initiate-kan jam 2 lepas kelas polisi dan di-elongate-kan malam itu. further elongation dilakukan pagi seterusnya (yana beli card,serviette sape beli entah hahah dan lighter diketemui). then director yang drama queen cakap pada Hamka, msg her la buat appointment nak jumpa. lepas dapat reply baru lega (kang tiba2 ada kat kL??hahah) then, director kate, fyp students pi la masuk dulu.. buat2 tanya soklan (mummy shila's word).. so depa pun did some pura2 apa entah, then kitorang light the candle sume dah, masuk bilik..

masa tuh dr nih tengah hadap pc..kekeke then masuk tu she say wah ramainya, kejap.

sambil tu aku fikir, oh, tak nampak ke nih cake i pegang??hahah i guess i was hidden behind the line of defense (the boys) - switched to english- faster i suppose. hahaha! so, she turns and we sing while i bring the cake to the table..she seems pleased (no dramatic reactions like me all, just a smile) and reacts very cool and calmly by blowing out the candles, cutting the cake and everything.

the funny thing was, she totally cut the cake and served us!!ahahaahah..i know rite she is just too much of a moommmy. well there can never be too much if a good thing and i guess her mom (and lec) radar just knew we would probly make a mess if we did it. so, anyway, cake passed around, some feeding session by me where i totally urm, let a small piece slip onto her scarf (oopsie, sorry love!!) and she claims im messier/worse than her lil girls. hahah well. then there was some speech giving, talking session, and salam/hugging ( i knw, still time for graduation) =P and off she was to class, me, lab awaited and the others dispersed as well. all in all, I have just found one of my handmade cards that now I remember we could have just given to her (aww shucks) instead of the store bought one. it is very late, im drained. goodnite folks, God bless.love lots =)

p.s p.s : the juniors thought the day before class was cancelled because it was her bday!hahahahah

nope, not a physician - she just treats our brains =D

happy bday =D

happy birthday dr marinah!!facebook was just way too slow so here the picture is. God bless!

palwin ohh palwin

after palwin commented on the post i realized my thank u to her lacked what it had on FB and so here it is:

she was so awesomely helpful, being the mighties phenji for our kids session. palwin was the one who would run down to get the supplies; more pencils, paper, scissors, magic markers, u name it. she was the one I would turn to for something during the lectures - yes, when the kids made their mala bracelets, she was the one helping them tie them, and I asked her to help me too =P

since my hands were oily. (but in the end i did some thanks to my talons ;D ) well palwin, for all that and more (just being a sweetie) thnks babe. ur a darling. (but u gotta talk more la bebeh!) hehehe..muaxx.tc n God bless =D

back to work!

and so the rest of my short break contnued (only ten days).
there was a ggood program, sukhmani sahib jaap but we only managed to go for a couple of hours (and heard some kirtan) as I would be returning to uni that day.
during the holidays we went to watch we are family (remae of stepmom) and it was good. it was really sad when kajol died haha.
then it was time to come back. felt like it was so fast, but hey, that means this torturous sem is coming to an end soon (ten weeks to go)
so reached on sunday morning. prepared everything for sampling as well as had discussions for TWO presentations on tue (also one test)
did not study much for the test.
monday:sampling day. spent all day on the lake and it was awesome!!we had an adventure, with taking the samples, almost losing the van Dorn sampler(it got caught in the bottom part which was methinks having trees etc). but we didnt give up and with some navigation by the boatman it got loose and we took it out.next we saw an amazing waterfall, at the end of one side of the lake. the boatman then stopped there (tourist spot) and we hung around for a bit. He gave us a scare by going up into the foresty looking area to get to the toilet. kar yen scolded me for talking about ghosts etc in the jungle area and our supervisor with the netloft staff guy called out for him and everything. (very dramatic) he soon appeared. meanwhile my camera suddenly was not showing the pictures we had taken earlier (more scolding from them - they said it was too coincidental at that point) .
so we continued on and went pretty close to the sultan mahmud (kenyir) dam. it was very beautiful there (boatman said at nite its really pretty)
at one point i laughed hard as one of my sample bottle's cap went overboard. but the quick thinking of mr.boatman (en.manaf) and the oar: rescued bottlecap.
the sampling was a good experience with the surface water (pail), van Dorn ( bottom) and YSI for every 2m parameters. it was pretty heavy pulling the water filled vandorn out though, kudos to karyen and xinhui for doing most of it (with the abang netloft) as my arm was already hurting. I did try it out though.
then after the last station we took pictures and relaxed on the hull- spacious and made it easier - we could walk there to take the samples, keep the ice box etc.
also, it was packing time. we had a good laugh with the cable for the YSI, wrapping it around my pail haha!
it was going to rain and got really windy. the water was really ripply too!but thank God we got to the shore safe and it didnt rain heavily on us. once we were at the shore it really rained cats and dogs..
got back at about 6 and had to stay at the lab till 8 to keep my BOD samples. tiredd!
settled the presentation (only one, thank God-the other was postponed) and fell asleep. studying to be done!!the test was today.
so this morning ran through the notes and went for presentation at 1 pm. test 3 pm. class 4 pm. phewwww..
now 2 more tests and a gazillion things to do. God bless us =)
take care all and happy bday to Manu Ka, Chenniye and karan/asees' mum..hahah =P

Sentul mini samelan

i have a lot to write as its been a while and there is quite a bit to catch up on =)

so lets start with sampling being postponed and i am (pretty) overjoyed as i can go for the samelan..

i reached home to a pleasant surprise by ballween and deybu (he came back!) =)

and after two days of chilling at home, per n i packed our bags n mom dropped us off at sentul gurdwara.

i actually did not have any expectations for this one, come to think of it. all i knew was, it would probably be fun as the boys (sanggat, ajit etc) were giving lots of excited comments and updates.

day 1 : so we got there, and started meeting everyone (haha well I did since ppl were like: ur back!! and the likes)

it felt so good to tek matha and walk about in GURDWARA!!

then I helped out with the remaining registration (impromptu secretariat) and got myself a name tag.

sheetal, meanwhile had already asked me to help her out with the kiddies lectures (meaning I would talk) as it turns out, she said go ahead and talk, she would assist me. hahahaha..I know, storyteller rite.

day one was KIRT KARNI which means working with your won two hands or laboring.

so I told the kids the sakhee of Guru Nanak with Bhai Lalo and Malik Bhago. besides that we had to discuss with smaller groups on is kirt karni important, how to apply it and us as kids;applying it.

after that I talked to Ajit seeing that I felt I was still pretty free. haha.. and I asked for darbar sewa. okiedokie, he said go ahead. then spoke to Ajeetpal veerji (the usual in darbar) and he was of course very encouraging.

The first IPS was done by Raja. Father spoke on wealth for the other world (as we cant bring material wealth- Guru Nanak's story of the needle)

That night the IPS was done by Kemey Veerji. it was also alright. (oh wait was it him who told the needle sakhee now?) hmmmm..

then we hung out and laughed badly. (Menin and I)

then we like heroes went for heart to heart (the elder girls) conducted by Manpreet Pannu's mum. As the kids were a little quiet we started things off and lightened the mood with jokes and laughs. then the kids seemed a bit ready to talk. (not really but they wrote it down anyway)

Jiwan's mum had told us to get to bed early and we were tired so we did but I couldnt sleep!all night long..haizzzz...

First we were laughing alot. which was not helped by menin saying funny(and puthi sidhi) punjabi phrases. it was also freezing since the dorms had like 50 airconds on (in reality there were 2) and then enters Amit. now, she's supposed to be the 'checker' i suppose, but at one point she shines the torchlight on Menin's chaddar (blanket) which was Sabha/Gurdwara property and exclaimes

: aa ki ah? bling bling. viaah di chaddar

and that set me off la. we laugheddddd!!

because it was blingy..

then there was a group of girls that muz have had red bull in their cha coz they talked all night and yet , the next day I saw them looking fresh as daisies!

Day 2: wake up (when did I sleep) and after Menin goes for her shower fall asleep.

she comes back and scolds me to go shower. tell myself to hurry as Deybu is doing simran.

go for about half the simran session. The Japji Sahib for all kids would start at 7 so I filled up time before that and got the appropriate kids to see me for Ardass etc.

After morning Darbar (Japji, Ardass,Hukamnama) it was breakfast then nishan sahib selami and exercises.

the bhangra-robics and malaysian workout was led by Ajit,manjeet and Sanggat and Aukhvinder gave the Dhol music. The kids enjoyed it! and we did it along amidst much laughter.

then the kids had sewalogy. I did Darbar Sahib station (thanks to Nirmal who joined me) for the younger kids while Father was with the elder kids.

This time actually unknowingly I had spent time with the kids (eventhough I dont consider myself to be a Mighties phenji). But I have to say it was very entertaining and refreshing with them (and I think they had fun too;D)

So it was great to ask the kids about Darbar Sahib as very often we see children running about, playing and dressing shabbily etc to the court of the Guru. they responded very well, even the littlest ones were alright (I wanted to laugh at the things they did and said!)

me: why do we do kirtan /simran?

one little tiny cutie (girl) :so that it will cleanse our soul

me:look at Nirmal who's looking at me..

then Deybu did the IPS.

the theme for the day was Vand Shakne.

so for my story and lectures it was Guru Nanak's Sacha Sauda and also other sakhees.

the kids had Khalsa Challenge and Miri Piri had their Explorace / Amazing Race.

Sometime on Friday Jiwan had come (and contrary to what she says I never forced her mom to bring her! =P)

she went home and came back on Sat.

Pinday and Gurleen also came on Sat as well as Balween (oh no no she came on Fri)

Pinday asks me to help her in the station (DRama Minggu INi) like I know. its verry me. hahaha.

so Menin agrees to join me and we quickly plan on what to do.

the kids I think enjoyed it hahahah; especially kids would come to me saying phenji u so naughty just now (during the short skit). We did naughty kids and incorporated the 3 pillars of Sikhi.

That night was the Campfire. the Kg Pandan Gatka team did a short demonstration (my hairs stood on end at some points:it was really josh filled) and the atmosphere was one of much josh and chardikala.

there was Uncle Chamkaur doing his funny rendition of the Hindi song man dole mere tan dole in hindi, tamil, malay, chinese, english and raag versions. there ws also a four year old playing the dhol. the guys : Sanggat, Raf, Amritpal,etc showed some drums

and played some stuff (also the vuvuzela)

after the campfire we dispersed to talk and chill out together. that night I slept happily and everyone woke up (kinda late) the next morning.

Day 3: Naam Japna.

Sentul Jatha was doing Asa di Vaar and so the kids did their japji at almost 8 a.m. after he usual it was time for lectures. Spoke on Prahlaad Ji and the kids were totally into it, telling me the next part that comes and so on. then they made thier own mala bracelets with the beads given to them.

after that we had a small feel good package and hugging session with the kids. since we let them off early to go for langgar we joined in with the big kids. I think they were havin a bit of a recap session and so we managed to piece together what the elder kids had been doing.

For their challenge they had some Sikhi inspired games and they got to apply how the people (Singhs, MAta Gujree jee and Sahibzadas) had felt a little.

one game was where they had to keep their arms in icy icy cold water. there would be much 'encouragement' to wiggle their fingers, shake their arms etc but they held their ground and stayed still (to not feel so frozen)

besides that they had a lunch box of ginger, yucky juice etc which they must finish (sharing)

also, a caterpillar formation where they moved on the floor. I heard their hands and knees hurt and such, so the moral was to understand the pain of the SIkhs back then.

we stayed back to see what else we could do, as Gurleen phenji had to leave early.

the IPS was by the sentul Jatha.

there was no fear since Deybu was there! =P

and so after gotong royong, packing up, closing ceremony we had our cha and chit chat and went home.

the winning Jatha was jatha 4.

we got home at 5 i thnk and I talked to mum, ate etc. fell asleep at 10 pm.

so the samelan was in conclusion awesome. I got to learn A LOTTTT and feel glad that I went for it.

also would like to thank the following people for making it so eenjoyable :

Menin

Deybu (s.p - only certain ppl know this code =P)

Ballu

Jiwan

Sheetalee

Palwin

Pinday

Gurleen

Ajit

Manjeet

Per

nisha

deshy

dheeraj

himmat

that's all for this post, pictures coming soon (+ videos)

SUKHMANI SAHIB JAAP

just a quick post, the sentul mini samelan was a great way for me to spend the raya (eid) weekend. will be reporting soon on that. for now, being at home is an absolute joy!=D and am trying to absorb as much as possible. another program coming up is the

SUKHMANI SAHIB JAAP

18th SEPTEMBER

GURDWARA SAHIB PARLIAMENT

9.00am - 6.00pm - Sukhmani Sahib Jaap

6.30pm - 7.00pm - Rehraas Sahib

7.00pm - 10.00pm - Kirtan Darbar

so for those of us still free or wondering how to fill your saturday, get yourselves there! for further info pls dont hesitate to give veer ajit a buzz at

014 6299 639 Ajit Singh

alritey time for me to go watch a movie or something!videos and pics coming soon =)