weak at work week : the kkaa story
Monday, February 19th, 2007somehow today i felt like writing in things that occured in real life to me. a number of thinking topics that i considered sometimes to be too ‘heavy‘ for the general public consumption could be quite a handful. so now im back to tell a story of a recent activity i joined that successfully put me in ‘overheated‘ mode and end up sick all week long (around five days to be exact).
introduction on K.K.A.A. :
..which is actually stands for ‘Kem Kecemerlangan Akademik & Akhlak‘. it is a student run project that involves orphans from across the country(actually this time they were from a few states) where were brought here(to (our)second college) to be, let me say, ‘brainwashed’ by us to push them to go that extra mile in achieving their goals.
my description:
it was a struggling task just to stay in a KKAA project. i was initially assigned to be one of the committee members which means that i am somehow ‘bonded’ to the group. and somehow i managed to get myself the ‘miscellaneous bureau’ (a.k.a ttk). generally speaking it is the only division that have no real strings attached; which the project manager thinks suits best for me as he knew how unwilling i am to do a task i lack interest in. at first.
okay. being responsible for a team of 5 underlings(which i dont actually give orders to) is quite a challenge as for there’s nothing to be discussed about. the project have been going on since early first semester, with members looking for sponsors, venues, participants and all, while the 6 of us just hold on to our ‘titles’ as members. im not saying that im complaining or anything, its just that i dont want them to feel bored having nothing to do in meetings. so thats where the lame jokes and cheers kick in; just to pinch in a little semangat in every one of us.
smart plan1.
after numeruous weeks of nothingness, then came the big day. the big week actually. first there was this ’smart plan’; a sub project run by the committee to raise some money to support the main project. it is a one day motivation camp for standard six pupils to study hard for their upcoming UPSR. konon nak suro diorg blaja smpi masuk um la..hmm. its cool all in all. tina from ttk was the smart plan manager.
and now i got to work under her directions as a registration counter receptionist / cashier / food distributer / water re-arrange-er for the day along together with k zah, k erin, k yat, lan, laili, ojul, tina herself, hamdan, asrul, luq n afew others i probably forgot to mention here. it was very tiring but had a blast time hanging out all day with these guys. smart plan runs on saturday, 10 feb.
kkaa 10 prep days.
honestly the moment ive been longing for was the second asrul (kkaa 10 p/manager) announced that the bsg room is open for gerak kerja puposes. i like the environment where some of us sit together in a room, completing things that should be completed while borak2 n minum hot drinks that laili made to aid us in staying up late. but at the first few earlier days, only a few of us stayed in the room, namely k syadot, k posh n sometimes ma’e would also be there. maybe they havent got that mood yet. luckily somehow approaching the end more and more members keep inhabiting the bsg room until all the reserved pillows were used and we literally went out of space to lay down either on the (sick)matress/tikar gulung/floor. it was a good thing tho, only it would be nicer if time would flow much slower for us..
the first day was a nightmare. i was appointed to be incharge of the registration(again)(which was overtaken by azmi by accident) with safuan and faiz and izat, while the name tag and gimmicks work still pending which i am the sole soul to be blamed for if anything goes wrong. luckily k erin n k zah helped with the tags and the gimmick thing got a hand from jimmy. from all this i got a fever packaged together with cough and flu. just glad the first day is over.
the second day i woke up around 11.45am, the day which i was supposed to follow a group of kids to visit putrajaya. obviously i missed the bus. but as i was about to get back to sleep, k shadot called and offered a ride to putrajaya, just to singgah n take a peek at what they were doing. plus, they need to get pictures from the visit. so we went. took pictures. and went back to college.
day three got nothing to offer us as most of the children’s activities revolve around talks and ceramah. only in the morning there was an aerobics conducted by the committee. but again, because i woke up at 11am again, i missed this one too. and in the evening, we get to marah2 the budak2, just to prepare them for the crying session later that night. end of day three.
the last day i managed to wake up in the morning(8.00am) for i am assigned to be at a checkpoint of AKAR(an activity where the children goes for a sightseeing around UM) at 7.15am.
i think Allah’s trying to help me by delaying those kids to depart late from the college. i somehow got to the checkpoint on time. and thanks to azie, mun, jup, (and another girl whom im not sure wut her name was..if ur reading this, sorry), the AKAR programme went well. note that our checkpoint was the starting point for boys and the finishing point for girls. great job guys. then again i was put in charge of the checking out counter, together with faiz. and we managed to get things settled before the girls do. hurrayh to us guys~~ owh and then the girls sent me to get some ropes and i totally forgotten all about it. sorry ye..hehe. then comes the closing where mr. uncle just have to give a speech for 2hours..(grrrr~)
however, somewhere in the middle of the closing ceremony, i was forced to retreat back home for a bigger agenda awaits me. it was great that this year i joined this project officially. i get more responsibilities, more interactions between more people, meet and get to know more about my friends and of course, not forgetting the children i (hopefully) helped to maybe shine the light of hope and will to be and do better in life.
well, dats all for this post! tata~