I Survived Tentera!

Hello!

 

This post will be about my recent module that I've gone thru. Module Tentera: Orientasi Pertahanan Negara.

 

So last two weeks, siding C & D went to Kolej Tentera Darat (KTD), Port Dickson to complete our module. A total of 51 cadets representing both sidangs took off from INTAN around 9am and we arrived around 1130am. We were taken to the quartermaster to take our stuff (set celoreng lengkap, boots and soldier bag). Heavy I tell you. Then we were given our room. Mine was at Wisma Siska 4 1-7. I had no roommate as the room next door cant be used due to door faulty. But takpelah, bathroom boleh guna sensorang. Hehehe. Unfortunately, tandas tersumbat pulak. Huhu sedeyh.

 

First day, we've had majlis pembukaan. We met the Komandan and CI. That's Chief Instructor if you didn't know. Also, we were introduced to Kapt Kay and Kapt Khairul. Garang seyh. And then, there's Q or Koperal Zaki. The nicest guy I've known. He took care of our welfare there. He was there at the dewan mes monitoring us, asking us whether are we comfortable with the room and food. Such a nice humble lad. Once done wih majlis pembukaan, we did evening's PT. That's when we met Staf Seniman. His famous sentence, 'pahe tak ni?', was made fun by the cadets as we, sometimes, heard it as 'palani?'. We laughed and laughed when we heard he said that. That night, we went to Wisma Perwira and had our dinner there. Supposedly ada ice breaking session but then again, they changed it to karaoke session. Still cool. Had fun.

 

Second day, duduk dalam auditorium and listened to talks & briefings. Some fell asleep and some did pay attention. Maybe we shouldn't have this session next time. Just my 2 cents. Hehehe. In the evening, we had senamrobik at the dewan serbaguna. It was so much fun. Then, at 630, we had the opportunity to listen to the sound of buggler. (betul ke eja tu?) It's like an appreciation to those fallen victims at the wars. Malam makan steamboat. Hebat makanan kat sini hee. Mau naik few kilos camni.

 

Third day, it rained that morning. Patutnya ada kawad tapi postponed pulak. So we learned on how to manage senjata. Bersihkan dan pasang senjata. Tp the journey to the hill utk sesi senjata ni mmg sangatlah memenatkan. Kesian to those yg kena bawak kotak air mineral ke atas. Belajar psl senjata dgn Staf Sarjan Ignatius. Nampak garang tp sebenarnya jiwang je kot rasanya. Hehehe. Petang tu, sukan bebas. Main futsal and volleyball. OKlah tu, ada jugak aktiviti sendiri kat KTD ni. BBQ night. Kambing golek. Terbaik!!!~

 

Fourth day, hari yg taknak dilalui langsung. Tapi sebelum tu, pagi tu kena belasah kat padang. Buat PT tempur. Side roll atas padang, push-ups and starjumps. Huh horror di pagi hari. Sabo ajelah. Malam ada Arabian Night. Bergaul dgn rekrut pegawai kat KTD. Seronoklah jugak sembang2 dgn diorang. Ade jugak met few friends masa study UIA dulu.

 

Fifth day, latihan abseiling and repelling. Best gilaaa. Dapat cabar diri sendiri utk atasi fear of heights. Lepas solat Jumaat, terus masuk hutan utk sesi survival. Dok la dalam hutan tu, cari base camp, pasang khemah, hunt for foods and berjaga malam.  Lama tak buat survival ni, so it was an unforgettable memory la kot. Would love to do it again in the future. Hehehe

 

Sixth day, turun dari bukit terus masuk kelas. Semuanya kepenatan. Sebelum tu kena belasah dgn Kapt Roy sbb late to the class. Huhuhu. Then, petang, siap sedia kat Wisma Perwira utk Mes Night pada waktu malam. Layan Mann dulu while others having their meetings with Kapt Tay and Kapt Roy. Mes Night penuh dgn protocol. Makan kena tertib dan senyap. Huhuhu. Tp Alhamdulillah, kenyang hee :D

 

Seventh day, kelas kompas dgn Kapt Roy. Dia lambat, so patut kena denda lah kan? :P hehe we just let it passed. Masuk hutan Sime Darby and belajar guna kompas utk ke checkpoint B dari checkpoint A. Jarak 900 meter je tp rasa jauh sngt. Panas terik pulak tu. Tp redah sajorh , kuatkan mental diri utk go thru semua tu. Balik KTD naik bas classic gila. Macam naik bas mini. Hehehe. Ptg tu ada sharing session dgn CI. Masing2 meluahkan apa yg dirasa spjg berada di KTD. Macam2 isu berbangkit ada. Malam, dinner buat kali terakhir kat dewan mes. Nanti akan rindu. Huhuhu.

 

Final day, bertolak ke TUDM Subang.

 

Rasanya nak share sampai situ je kot. Hehehe. Maybe in the next entry, I'll talk about what happened in the previous week.

 

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Hello sem 3

Hi assalamualaikum.

It has been a month or so since I last updated this blog. Was wondering if I was really busy for the past few months or I'm just too lazy to write anything here. Oh well, here I am now, with another post.

Nak update pasal apa ye?

Sem 2 was a tough one. Been to modul bomba and polis. Sngt2 tough and demanding. But before that, went thru modul protocol & etiket. tu yg buat malam protocol. gempak sngt. Alhamdulillah it went well. But I am here not to talk about that week or even that historical night. Nor I'm not going to talk about the hardships masa modul bomba and polis tu. It's all part of the training. So like it or not, you still have to do it.

Let's talk about some of my accomplishments so far for this year.

1) Managed to get into DPA course (why is it a highlight of my life? been waiting for this opportunity for many many years)

2) Made new friends

3) Organized my own program

4) Ran for Penghulu cadets (thank you all for voting)

5) Did my BA during modul Bomba

6) My first shooting experience. (though I was a bad one :'( huhu)

7) Ran a 5-km race. (thanks to egyazziera for your supports love)

8) Joined the world hunger walk.

9) Met her :)

Well, I can go on and on and talk about this. But maybe one day I'll tell it all to my dearest Luke and Leia.

So what have you achieved this year? Mind sharing?

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Protocol Week

Menginjak masuk minggu ketiga semester kedua kursus kadet PTD 2013. Dua minggu pertama dah selamat jalani minggu pengurusan kewangan awam. Alhamdulillah selesai jua walaupon presentation kena reject dan dikritik baik punya dgn panels. So next time jangan buat kerja last minute lagi. Bukan lagi alasan utk abaikan setiap tugasan yg diberi. Have to make sure all the assignments are completed a day before submission date. Kang jadi susah pulak dan menyusahkan orang2 lain. 

So minggu ni bermula lah minggu protokol dan etiket. Sangat sangat tidak looking forward for this. Tido tak cukup, mandi tak puas. Huhuhu. Ngade sungguh kan? 

Tapi syukur alhamdulillah ada modul ni. Sebab ni kasi peluang utk kitorg kenal lebih lanjut sesama ahli sidang C & D. Since lepas ni kitorg akan g t’ganu utk modul bomba sama sama kan this weekend. Yang itu pon tak rasa seronok utk di enjoy. Ok takpe yg itu kemudian . 

Berbalik kpd modul ni tadi. Best sbb didedahkan dgn macam2 hal ttg isu protokol dan etiket. Though ada one or two penceramah yg agak boring tp redah jela kan. Baik buruk seseorang tu kita terima dgn hati yg terbuka. Dan yang paling penting, dalam mencari ilmu ni kita hendaklah ikhlas pastu barulah ilmu tu datang kepada kita. 

Sebenarnya tak tahu nak tulis apa entry kalini. Sbb too many things have happened for the past few weeks here and the situations dont look good. 

Takpelah once i’ll sort it out with The All-Mighty lah nanti. 

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Ghost Protocol

It has been awhile since I last updated my blog. I believe it was a month ago kot. Dok sibok cakap pasal forgive and forget. So lets get that over with. Whether that person wants to apologize or not, thats his deal. I’ve done what i’m supposed to do. 

So, semester 2 has started almost three weeks ago. Alhamdulillah results sem 1 boleh lah dianggap memuaskan. Kepujian apparently isnt enough. Kena target cemerlang katanya. Even PI has stressed that during our first meet with him this semester. 

Minggu ni akan bermulalah Minggu Protokol. Supposedly this week should be the week that all cadets have been waiting for, but for us, we just want to get it over with ASAP! But like En Shahir has said, we’ve never had minggu protokol before so we wouldn’t know the excitements and joy it offers. If so, then bring it on. We’ll try our very best to make it as successful one. 

Just finished with Minggu Pengurusan Kewangan Awam last Friday. One thing to say: study early and plan your presentations well. Time manangement sangat sangat penting during these two weeks. But since we’ll be having few projects in the next few weeks, time is something that we have to make fully use. Almost every night ada saja meeting sana sini utk bincang itu ini. 

I only have one wish.

Semoga apa yang dirancang dipermudahkanNya dan berjalan lancar hendaknya. 

Let's Deal with This

Hopefully it's not too late to wish everyone a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin. This is the time when we ask for forgiveness from the elders for all our wrongdoings in life and for us to go back to the fitrah. A clean slate. 

Coming back to the topic. F & F. Forgive and Forget. 

I think this is an appropriate time to apologize to everyone, regardless whether u know them or not, about all the things u've done in the past. U never know if u'll be given a chance to do so in the future. 

As I grow up, I learn that in life, ada terms forgive and forget ni. From what I heard, women can easily forgive but they won't forget whereas men can forget but they won't forgive. Tak tahu lah betul ke idok apa yg aku dengar ni kan. 

But for me, personally, I do forgive and forget. But the forgetting part, it's gonna take awhile la kot. Sometimes the memories are still lingering somewhere. Kalau lah ada delete button kan? Tapi bagus jugak bila dapat refresh otak dgn old memories ni, so that u learn from ur previous experience and not repeating the same mistakes. 

Forgive. That's a big word kan? Tak ramai yg boleh forgive ni. Tak tahu lah kenapa. So bila kita tak dapat nk forgive, kita akan ada perasaan dendam dlm hati. Iri hati. Busuk hati. Bila kita dah berperasaan camtu, mmg bahaya lah kan. So cemana nk jadi org yg forgiving ni? Yang penting, for me, ikhlaskan niat nk mintak maaf tu. Insya Allah bila niat kita ikhlas, orang tu akan memaafkan kita. And nak jadi org yg forgiving ni, kita kena buka hati kita utk menerima permohonan maaf orang lain. We need that kesedaran yg people make mistakes, regardless of their age. 

There's a tweet that I RTed few days back. It says, "Meminta maaf tak menjadikan kita hina, memberi maaf tak menjadikan kita bangga, tapi saling memaafkan yg menjadikan kita mulia". What a great quote. Love this. The tweet was the reason why i wanted to post this anyway. 

Let's do our part about this aite? Tak hina apa pon kan? Diri terasa lebih humble adalah kot. Hehehe

Semoga kita menjadi orang yg lebih baik drpd semalam. Peace!

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Kenapa

Kenapa kita sakit?

Supaya kita lebih bersyukur

Yang kita masih disayangi oleh-Nya

Kenapa kita sakit?

Supaya kita lebih memahami

Yang kita takkan sihat selamanya

Kenapa kita sakit?

Supaya kita lebih mengerti

Yang hidup tidak semestinya

Menjanjikan kebahagiaan buat kita

Dulu & Kini

Dulu,

Ada sebuah kisah

Dulu

Ada uda dan dara

Dulu

Ada cinta yang membara

Dulu

Ada perasaan menggila

Dulu

Ada kita.

Kini

Tiada lagi cerita

Kini

Hanya uda memendam rasa

Kini

Cinta itu kian jauh

Kini

Perasaan aneh itu menguasai

Kini

Hanya ada kenangan.

27-Julai-2013

8:50am

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And the Journey Begins

On May 26^th, 2013, I embarked on a new chapter of my life. I finally joined the PTD scheme, well, as a cadet for now. Only after a year, I will know whether I’ll get the job or not. But I heard, the job is already yours but you just need attend this one-year training instead of 6 or 8 months training. So I was like, yeah, why not. I have waited for this for almost three years. Takkan lah tak boleh nak harung lagi setahun kan? So I just need to endure this dengan sepenuh hati dan semangat yg jitu. *kononnya*

So after registration ended and all the stuff have been safely placed in our rooms, we went to the Banquet Hall for opening ceremony. I barely know all cadets here, just some familiar faces like Ashrul, Mubin and Zhaf yg aku kenal. Supposedly KSN yg akan datang to officiate but last minute kena replace dgn KPPA. Yada yada yada, program pon settled.

I think on the first night, dah kena buat physical exercise kot kalau tak silap. Pastu ada announcement suruh kemas baju utk outdoor activities for 3 days. So kelam kabut lah malam tu mengemas beg. The next morning, we headed to Kem Lambaian Danau (KLD) for our very first module. KLD module was great and challenging. I got to be the leader of the team, almost nk volunteer jadi tok batin but I didn’t. Got to meet new people, fresh faces. Truthfully, tak terasa nak ngorat siapa2 lagi kat sini. Plus, my objective here isn’t to flirt. To gain as much knowledge as I can.

So after 3 days, we headed back to INTAN. The very first weekend plak, I got to be the first project director utk all PTD cadets events. Program sukan rakyat. Alhamdulillah it went well despite all the internal issues kan. Done with that!

Today, July 21^st, 2013, almost two months here now. Alhamdulillah, semua modules dah selamat diharungi. Tak tahu lah cemana results utk setiap assessment tu kan. Harap2 pass dgn jayanya. Selamat jugak bertanding utk jawatan penghulu kadet tp tidak berjaya. Never mind, failures are there to get you back up again. We’ll try again soon insya Allah. For now pun dah pegang jawatan tok sidang. Dugaannya ya Allah, jangan cakaplah. Macam2 ragam. But not gonna go there. Deferring my judgment to them. Haa ayat geno dah keluar.

Met new friends, getting to know each and every one of them is a wonderful experience. It is not every day you get a chance like this. A total of 100 cadets are here with thousands of attitudes and characters surely this will be an exciting journey for the remaining 10 months.

And so, I end this entry with a thought to ponder. Maybe we can learn something from this?

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. (Mattie Stepanek)

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Juggling between Two

So, last time I checked, the last entry for this blog was on March, 8^th 2012. Since then, I have stopped blogging. I don’t know why I stopped blogging. Ever since I’ve started tweeting, I tend to overlook this blog. Not that this blog is no longer a priority but tweeting seems so much fun. You can express yourself in 140 words. Kena be creative lah kan?

If you have been following me on twitter, you would probably aware that I have more than 32k tweets. (I wish I have as much followers like that :p)

Kenapa banyak sangat tweet tu? Tak rimas ke asyik nak tweet all the time? Syok sangat ke twitter ni?

Those are the frequent questions that I get from my friends. And to them, I only have this answer.

My tweets are my own. It is how I express myself when I have no one to turn to. And it is exciting to see all the feedbacks that you received from those who are reading your tweets. Don’t like what you read, you’re free to click the ‘Unfollow’ button and move on with your life.

Sounds harsh?

Truth hurts. (eh kenapa tetibe pasal truth pulak?)

So bukan nak jaja twitter sendiri tapi kalau rasa takde twitter dan nak berjinak-jinak untuk meng-expressive-kan diri, boleh lah join.

Bila dah join tu, follow me @AizatD

Cobaan

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Updating first entry after almost a year in hiatus. *kononnya*