Sunday, July 01, 2007
When I woke up in the morning, I realised that I have not ironed my clothes for the day. Trophies and fireworks!!! I have not even decided what to wear!!!
So, while answering smses, I scanned through my wardrobe. Oh maannn! Did my wardrobe grow bigger or what? I just couldn't decide what to wear. As time is running out, I took the baju kurung which was easiest to iron. In no time, I was ready to rock and roll...No, no...I was going to the musabaqah tahfiz.... hee!!!
Met Diyana at Toa Payoh and took the cab to MWTI. Fast forward....zeettttt zettttt zetttt....
The contestants from category A was superb. They were all good. Our poor little Farid...try again next time...you were great too! I told Usth Zainab, "Tapi dorang tak baca sesedap Hakim kan?"
She said, "Wardah belum tengok kumpulan B lagi. Dorang lagi terror2!"
Ok, so I got nervous. This was literally the first competition for MAI that I went to support. The YEC did not seem like a competition as our competitors were all from only 2 schools...5 competitors, 2 schools...excluding us lah...so I kept saying my prayers. "Oh Allah, pls help him through this."
And I keep telling usth Zainab, " Harap2 dier tak gabra ah."
N sorry Hakim, I did not send much words of encouragement...was afraid that would make you more nervous!
Down at Aljunied, Arifah and Hanif were updating me on the quiz. Sadly, they said that the girls were not doing well enough. Usth Zainab and I kept our prayers. Hopefully, they won't lose their confidence.
Category B starts. Other than being super cold and hungry, we were nervous. This group wasn't that good. A number of them kept forgetting their verses. Hakim had a good chance of becoming top three if he dun stumble over his verses. The first four competitors were quite disappointing to me. The one from MWTI (number 5) gave a good fight and set a high standard for Hakim and Nadiah (number 6). Then up went Nadiah. She was good. Very good. By this time, most of our supporters had changed seats. They moved to the front, behind our boys. Usth Zainab and I remained where we were. If I moved, I would have left my stomach behind. Haha!!!
It was Hakim's turn. Great...I got my mobile ready to record his readings...He started of with a mistake...usth Zainab gripped my hands...Luckily Hakim picked up from there...After that, he made almost no mistakes except for some mispronunciation, according to usth Zainab lah...I obviously did not notice...The hall was quiet...Everyone was listening...Even a certain someone, whom Aini hates, the younger one...had his eyes fixed on Hakim...When he was done, Marha! Marha! To me, there was no doubt he'll win. But still, Nadiah was good.
The time came for announcement of the winners. The winner for the first group was a Md Nur Hakim from MWTI. I whispered to Nadhirah...forget the Nur, that would be the winner for the next category. Hopefully. So, as the names of the 2nd runner up was announced...we were getting more and more excited...the 1st runner up went to Nadiah...and my girls gave a little squeal of excitement! No need for the announcement of the winner...we all knew... Hakim, you're the BEST! CONGRATZ HAKIM!!!
So, my fingers did their job. Smsed the good news to Arifah and the other teachers. Yee haa!!!
Then, had our lunch b4 I had to go off to SIM to defer my studies. It was the last day...if not I'd hafta pay the price inclusive of 7% gst. What rubbish!! I wanted to go to Aljunied for the remaining of the quiz...no use, they were ending soon...but still...
I got a cab to go down to SIM. While in the cab, I received an sms from Arifah. It said, "WE WON FIRST!"
I couldn't suppress my own squeal this time. "Arrrhhh!!! YESSA!!!"
The driver got a shock. He asked what happened. Told him. He congratulated us. So girls and Hakim, this is from the 'apek teksi'... "CONGRATZ!!"
Immediately I called usth Zainab. This was how the conversation went.
"Kakkkk!!! Kiter menang!!! First! Woo Hooooo! Baik ah!"
"Wardah biar betol...jangan bedek ah ngan akak nie."
"Betul, kak rusydah ada kat sana? Tanya ah...mesti dorang dah update dier."
Then I received an sms. "Kak tunggu, ada sms."
I read my sms. "Ah tu, kak rusydah message. Dorang champion ah!!! Yeahhhh!"
"Eh? Nak turun sana ah. Ok ok, akak call balik nanti. "
Then my fingers did their job again. I smsed practically every teacher. I was superrr happy. N my day hasn't ended yet!!! CONGRATZ GALSSSS!!!
I went to SIM. Had to wait for like 3 whole hours b4 I made my payment. Even made frens with a certain Nita. A beautiful lady I can say. We passed the time by talking about almost everything. haha!
Rushed home, and got ready to go to the closing ceremony of the National Stadium. Rushed down. The thing started at 5pm...but we only went in at abt 8....for the Singapore vs Australia match, which already started...South Entrance was way on the other side...nvm, bought ice cream and walked there...by the time we reached the entrance, the ice cream was finished. haha!
The match wasn't as exciting as other matches...must be becoz it's a friendly....but still, we could feel the spirit of competition...second half was better...a certain pakcik kept making us do the Kallang Wave...at first, it was great...then we all got tired...Hey! We want to watch the match you know??? Singapore lost 0-3...but at least it was not without a fight...Then came the closing ceremony...spots were given to various athletes for their contributions to the country...the stadium roared for Lionel Lewis, Indra Sahdan and V.Sundramoothy....How come Fandi didn't get a mention? After that, Presiden SR Nathan 'closed' the stadium...once again...there was a roar...this time, it was for this...
Got a video of this...but too lazy to go through the troubles of uploading one...heh
After that, we went for a little stroll and then took the bus to Tampines, thinking of taking 969 home...however, due to jams, we reached tampines at 11.46pm...last bus, 11.45pm...so...got to take the cab...since we already were late...we took a little stroll at tampines...it was my first time being there so late at night...haha...scary! like real... reached home at 12.45am...n switched on the comp...woo hoo!!!
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