Rasmina's Exchange Experience



Hafiz's Exchange Experience

Salam and Hi!

Well, I guess I start with something brief and exciting at the same time..(i doubt it will be brief..hehe)

I got a text from a friend of mine, Ka Wei whether I want to join an exchange program and I was like 'Why not?'

So, here I am, blogging from my 'family angkat' home, one of Vienna's relative.

They were really warm and I felt kinda nervous at first but as time flew by, I sorta of adapt myself..felt like I'm in my own house..hehe

Auntie was really considerate, she tukar the kain cadar and sarung bantal for my comfort..I was like 'Nevermind Auntie..I'm OK'..So, Thank you Auntie! :)

I watch video of wedding banquet of Li Jing's eldest sister. Nice! I want the same video-like for my wedding. I get to know see a chinese tradition in wedding in a different perspective like the bridegroom was being 'ugut' before got to see the bride. hehe..Ugut in ugut manja la.not in knife-way threatening..:)

I felt comfortable here(after a few months away from the comfort of a place call home).Hope Vienna will upload some photos.I'll be going to dinner gathering tonight, so I update more to you guys.




Till I write again.

xoxo.
Ras
1st Day

Salam and Hi!

Well, it's me again. I was supposed to blog last night but I went dead after putting my head to the pillow.*tsk2*



So, about last night, we had a gathering to celebrate Vienna's cousin, Cheery who will be graduating today(CONGRATS ONCE AGAIN!). The restaurant is at Puchong area. At first, I was a bit 'takut' since I'm the only tudung-ian in the restaurant(everything crossed my mind at that time: Does Vienna's family fine with me, does the food halal, etc). But Li Jing and Jing Jing kept me comfortable,introducing me to their cousins. ;)

Food! The food are awesome.They were considerate of us(me and Hafiz) and didn't order pork.:) It was course-by-course. First we had popia udang, followed by shark-fin soup, steamed fish, prawn goreng, nasi goreng,mee, and manisan buah mata kucing.I don't know if I miss something out(there's a lot of food!).I was full.Really full.Buncit already.Hehe.

Coincidentally, there was a wedding celebration inside the restaurant(we were at the outdoor area), so suddenly I heard a loud "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM-SEEEENG". Vienna explained to me that was cheers for the newlyweds. Sudddenly, Vienna's family also want to do the same cheer. We toast our drink and Loudly and as long as we can shouted "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM-SEEEEEENG!". It was hillarious!
I really had fun with that.

So, Vienna's mom was sitting beside me, and she was explaining me the good of sayur.*it was the same lecture I had with my mum..hek2*. I will try my best!Maybe one sayur per day rite? Anyway,I had a good conversation with Hafiz and Vienna about Chinese and Malay wedding tradition. Although I'm a little bit lack of info regarding Malay culture but Hafiz is the pro!:) I think every tradition is unique on its own way. The chinese with "halangan" for the bridegroom before finally meet with the bride, and Malays with the meminang-akad nikah-bersanding.

I guess Hafiz will upload some pics from the dinner gathering. So, let's wait and see.



Till I write again.

xoxo,

Ras.

Hey everyone :D
After few days of hard work and hundreds of phone calls, I'm glad that things fell into place & turned out fine! I had fun :)

Here are some pictures from today.
(Will edit this post again ;) )

We're going to the waterfalls together tomorrow yeay!

Loves and smiles from,
Vien.

After reading Ras & Hafiz post, before posting my experiences, I have so many things that I would like to share.

To Hafiz & Ras,
Maaf Zahir Batin. Do forgive me for all my mistakes and wrongdoings in any part of the project. I acknowledge the insufficiency in the project, and would welcome any suggestions for the future, feedbacks and most importantly, criticism.

As the sole organizer and leader of the project, I have learned so much. I have learned much more about my responsibility as a leader.
My responsibility in keeping sure everyone of the team is together at all times, my responsibility in making sure every steps and details to be planned thoroughly with ample buffer time, my responsibility in making the right and wisest decision at any given moment of time.
Now, I fully understood and experienced the term responsibility which comes with leadership.

I will look into each actions I have taken of my mistakes, and make every lesson my teacher in life.

I am thankful for what this lesson have taught me.

To Chin Soon,

:) I believe in treating everyone equally. No apologies is needed, rather, I view it as a given opportunity to look into my own mistakes to become a better leader in the future. At the end of the day, when I found out that you were safe, that was all that mattered.

To Li Jing, Anna, Hong Joo, Hong Seh, Mommy,

Thank you so much for being there with me in my time of need :)
3 simple words would describe what I want to say most, I Love Ya.

To Pei Li, Ching Shen, Alam, Funky,

Thank you for being there :) We will be hanging out together soon!