The Best of 2007!!

What can I say..its the end of 2007. Rasa mcm semlm je baru pegi celebrate new year 2006 at South Bank. Time passed by so damn quickly. Lots of memories throughout 2007. Well, banyak jugak activities yg best & cool throughout 2007. Each and every events really brought its own memories..

Patriotism

Merdeka Night was held on 8th September 2007 at the Brisbane Exhibition & Convention Centre (BCEC). Ia nya agak grand la due to Malaysia 50th Independence Celebration. Everything went good..the food was good. They served a totally Malaysian dish, ada kerabu, kuih muih melayu. Everyone dressed beautifully and sangat la patriotic. What I noticed, the Chinese nk pkai baju kurung, the Malays nk pakai Sari and the Indians nk pkai Cheongsam..and it circles around that..haha!how cool to be in a multi-cultural country. Masa ni la all the pure Malaysian..Malay+Chinese+ Indian get together. Yang best even local people 'the mat salehs' also ada yg dtg to celebrate the event. As usual, ada traditional dance performance, live band performance by the 'Botai Band', lucky draw (main draw was MAS return ticket to Malaysia..tp x dpt..not lucky enuff). Personally the best perfoemance for the night was the slide show presentation, where they showed all of the Patriotic Ads (mostly from Petronas ads) dari dulu sampai yg latest, sangat cute but so meaningful.

Friends get together!

Tahun ni byk betul activity get together and lepak2..It started from the arrival of new students on February. Ramai giler ok. All of them are undergraduate students, bdk2 scholar from MARA, Petronas, JPA and not to forget scholar PAMA..haha.

After that followed by Nurul's Birthday Party + House warming (March), Birthday budak2 lahir bulan April, Sarah's Farewell Part (July), Tasia's Birthday Party (September) and banyak lg la activity get together organised by clubs like UMNO, PPMQ, UQMSA & MASCA.

Intervarsity Games

Intervarsity Games (IVG) was organised by MASCA. MASCA stands for Malaysian Student Council & Association..(err..betul ke?betul kot..hehe). Every year akan ada games among states in Australia, involving Malaysian students. IVG ni kind of selection for those that will represents Queensland in MASCA Game. Bdk2 from Unii around Queensland compete with each other mcm UQ, QUT, GU, Bond Uni etc. Sports involved mcm Netball, Soccer, Futsal, Badminton, Table Tennis, Basketball, Squash, Volleyball, Tennis and etc.

For IVG I played Tennis, Table Tennis, Voleyball and Futsal. Mmg meriah and everybody were in the 'team spirit mood'..haha!Most of the team event was a mixture of boys and gals except the single/individual game. For volleyball our team (me, anas, abg jijoe, bijan, pinky and ira ) got the 1st place..Yeay! For tenis doubles me and ayeep lost 6-4 to doubles rahim&lingesh. I didnt won anything for Futsal but I won the 1st place for women's table tennis single...Yeay again!!Just after the last game MASCA provided us with a cool BBQ and prize giving session at Guyatt Park. Apa pun, it doesnt matter whether menang or kalah, coz in the end of the day, we have to put in the fighting spirit for Queensland. QUEENSLAND ROAR!!

Vacations

Easter Day we went to Hervey Bay for camping. Convoy sampai 3 kereta..hehe. It was ok..buat camp fire tepi laut, mandi kat beach. It was only a night camping, then the day after as we were on the way back to Brisbane, kitaorg terlalu pulak kat Tin Can Bay and we stopped for a while. Rupanye Tin Can Bay ni lagi cool. They had this boat to go fishing and every morning at 8am ada session for Dolphin feeding..aargh..rugi giler! Tp x pe, we are planning our next trip to Tin Can Bay soon..hehe!!

Last November, we went for picnic at Coolongatta. Its further up sikit je from Gold Coast, serius ok..the beach sangat cantik. We brought some food for lunch, the terus mandi dan air nye sangggat sejuuk..Since the place is very beautiful, ada this group of people were having wedding ceremony...COOL!!

Celebrations

As usual, when it comes to Ramadhan, Pasar Ramadhan is compulsory..mcm x sah kalau xde pasar ramdhan..haha!!It was organised by Kelab UMNO Queensland. Pasar Ramadhan took place every Saturday evening at Guyatt Park. The response were really good, ramai akak2 & abg postgraduate berniaga as well as the undergrads. Mcm2 manu ada, well for us yg dok jauh ni kan, at least we still got the chance to taste local food for buka puasa mcm nasi lemak, nasi beriyani, nasi kerabu, kuih exotics and yg cool not only Malaysian, foreigners pun ramai yg dtg beli foods.

Activity wajib Kelab UMNO Queensland every year is organising takbir raya dari rumah ke rumah. Usually the boys will go sbb the girls will be cooking for raya. This year they went to three houses. Two in St.Lucia and one in Milton.



Haa..the gals already kumpul at the third house coz the third house dh jadi port tuk memasak.

Solat raya tahun ni was in Guyatt Park. From there, we started to visit one house to another. The first house people gathered was at my place. From there to Munro Street, then Indooroopilly and Milton.

Rumah terbuka Aidilfitri Kelab UMNO was held at Ryans Rd, St.Lucia. Everyone in Brisbane were invited. Lovely and delicious food were served..rendang, nasi impit, kuih muih, satay etc. On the second day of raya, people from Brisbane were invited to raya at our friends place at Gold Coast. Menu nye sangat sedap!!

MASCA Game in Melbourne

Masca were held at Melbourne this year and this is my 1st MASCA Game. Been heard a lot about this prestige event. Students from different Uni's represent their states to compete in selected games. I represented Queensland in Tennis, Table Tennis and Futsal. I got there in the 27th June. Went there with Jo, Hajar, Apek, Dan, Fadhil & etc by Virgin Blue. Sampai je we were fetched by Dan's friend. Then the boys headed to mana tah, where as me n Hajar pegi lepak at rumah kawan Hajar until the 30th because participants can only checked in on the 30th till 2nd July..yg lain pandai2 sendiri la..hehe. Thanks Aimie! She's from Melbourne Uni and she played table tennis..haha!! Sementara tgg game start we went to DFO and around city. Kat sana I went to this restaurant called Block M. Its an Indonesian restaurant yg jual ikan bakar yg teramat sedap.

Sbb dh lama x mkn I ordered Ikan Bakar & Sup ekor. Yg cool, this place ada tpt so called jamming and uncle (boss kedai) tu plak suruh kitaorg nyanyi2..haha..silap besar la cz anas, amar and gie ada.Lepas mkn apa lg, anas, amar, gie also sarah pegi la nyanyi as well as practise for MASCA idol on the Malaysian Night nnt. After kenyang we went for jln2 at the Crown Casino. Dunno how, suddenly we decided to play laser skirmish..Giler Cool!!We the malaysian formed a team, and x psal semangat patriotic ada..ahaha!! Owh ya, while we were there, it was the world premiere for Transformers. That particular night, we went to watch the movie and suprisingly, byk betul Msian tp x kenal (and we suspected ni mesti budak2 came for Masca). Transformers was damn great. It reminds me of my childhood moments watching Thundercats,

Silverhawk and etc. The on the 30th we checked in kat Melbourne Uni's College. Perkampungan Sukan. Agak cuak sbb ramai giler org. 1st night we had team meeting and I get to know some people yg main the game that I played. On the 1st day I played tennis and on the second day I played Futsal/Table Tennis. For tennis I played single, double and mixed doubles. We did well as we contributed the gold medal to our contingent. Funny thing happened on the 2nd day, I ws supposed to play Futsal and Table Tennis and the schedule clashed. So i chose to go to Table Tennis although I've been training or Futsal. We only managed to get 4th place for Table Tennis. I can't forget the time I was supposed to meet Aimi in singles, as we are friends, we cant even played properly we were laughing and it ws a tough match, that i lost to her by 2 points.Its ok!

At least I had fun. On the second night we has a dinner called Malaysian Night. Sekali dgn prize giving and Masca Idol. Overall we got third. Its ok...cz all this while I heard that Queensland didnt give enough fight to other states. New South Wales(Sydney) got 1st followed by Victoria (Melbourne). After the dinner ended, as usual party time!!And the hall has turned into dance floor and everybody we dancing. So did I!(although I'm sux in dancing..who cares!). Overall, I did had fun during Masca, got to meet new friends from other states. On 2008, Queensland will be the next host and we are preparing ourselves to be the next champ. Just like our cheer song..

QUEENSLAND IS HOT TO GO....... H.O.T.T.O.G.O.....!!

Unforgettable & Memorable

I welcomed 2007 with a dream came true. All my life, I've always wanted to go and watch any of the Tennis Grand Slam - Live. Million thanx to the sponsors, mama n abah..haha! Giler ok dpt pegi tengok Tennis Australian Open. Also, it was my first time to Melbourne. Went there with Nadia Gale (u mmg best la)..We were in Melbourne for 4 days - 2 days to watch tennis and 2 days for jalan2. Mmg x boleh lupa every single minute and every single heart beat when I was there. I cant even sleep the night before going to Melbourne..so does Nadia Gale. There we stayed at Iris's place for 4 nights..thanx gal for the hospitality. We went for the Women's Qtr Final Day Session, Women's Semi Final Day Session and Men's Semi Final Night Session. Haha..betapa excitednye kitaorg, by the time turun from Tram, trus mcm 'perak'..Nadia even said 'Nana, betul ke kita dh sampai kat sini..' Yeay...! The match that we watched were:

24th Jan 07

Women's Qtr Finals :
Sharapova Vs Chakvetadze
Clijsters Vs Hingis

Men's Qtr Finals :
Thomas Haas Vs Nikolay Davydenko

25th Jan 07

Men's Double :
Hanley/Ullyett Vs Bjorkman/Mirnyi

Women's Semi Finals:
Sharapova Vs Clijsters
Williams Vs Vaidisova

Men's Semi Finals (1) :
Federer Vs Roddick

Overall its was damn fantastic matches. Most people were asking 'kenape x pegi tgk final?'..well to me, if i beli the final tickets it'll cost me $125 for each women's and men's finals(concession price) and I can only watch 4 players in actions. Instead i bought Quarters ($68 concession price/day or night session) & Semi's ($97 concession price/ day or night) tickets, I managed to watch more than 4 players in action and its really worth it. Biasa laa..kena budget jugak..students!hehe..At first I was expecting to watch my idol Justine Henin live, but last minute she cancelled her participation due to personal problem (sbb dia in the middle of divorcing dgn husband dia)...arrgh!!But still, the others gave a tough and good match.

My fav matches were Hingis Vs Clijsters (Mana tak, both used to be World No 1, and seriously I was and really am impressed with their skills and strokes)..and definitely the awaited Federer Vs Roddick. I expected Federer Vs Roddick match would be a tough one, just like what happened during the US Open 2006 Finals. But, Federer definitely too good to handle. And he got it with a straight sets. Apa pun, ada jugak dissapointment where, players mcm Marat Safin (OMG..he's hot) and Amelie Mauresmo didn't managed to get through to the quarters (although Mauresmo was in the finals in Australian Open 2006). Also not to forget, WELCOME BACK SERENA!! She made a huge come back. The winners are Roger Federer & Serena Williams.

Owh ya, before I forgot, in the Rod Laver Arena, not only they had the tournaments, also they had variety of sponsors booth (we collected lots of free goodies there..hehe) and our favourite were the Garnier and Optus booth. I didn't shop much because I've spent for the AO 07 souvenirs ( I bought bag n tag). Also key-chain for my tennis freak friends in Malaysia..hehe. Well, after two days berkampung kat Rod Laver Arena, alang2 dah ada kat Melbourne, I visited around the city. Pegi shopping malls, Victoria Market, Smith Street, Immigration Museum, Crown Casino..mmg best.Melbourne mmg heaven of food. Halal food and restaurant can easily get (possibility to gain weight amat la tinggi)..hehe. But the thing I missed most, until now are Max Brenner Waffle and Crispy Creme Donuts..

It was a fun and exciting moments, even now I can't even stop smiling when talks about the AE 07. That excitements encouraged to go to the other Grand Slams like the French Open, Wimbledon & US Open..One day...Someday..Soon...

Goodbye 2007!!