Hagi Koen Friendship Programme by UiTM, 2008

Assalamualaikum to all,

just wanna share few experiences during my participation on Hagi Koen High School (Japan)Friendship Programme at UiTM Shah Alam.
Held on last monday, 29 September 2008.

It was great experience n my second one, on receiving programmes like this..

Tentative was so simple yet we all had fun.
Start with few speeches from both UiTM and Hagi Koen School representative.
Ours (UiTM) was by Ahmad Zul Husni Bin Che Mamat.
He'd done a great job, as he had few experience before.
and uniquely that he spoke/ gave the speech in Japanese Language,
and i was sepatah haram pun xfaham..haha

(L to R) : Ahmad Zul Husni, Assoc. Prof Norlaila Yahya, Hagi Koen Principle, Hagi Koen Student Representative.

then, performances by them..
their dance with instrument that making sounds like clapping hands..
that was made from wood, i think..
then, the translator (was specially brought for this programme, had asked us whether or not we want those visitors to perform once again, and we said yes, of course..and the translator gave the idea that UiTM students to dance along with them)
i think this was the turning point of breaking the ice, some sort..

everyone starts to enjoy themselves..
but not yet 4 me..
i was too bz taking vids n pics..
wall fyi, i love that rather than dancing, as dancing is not my thing..hehe..

anyhow, after that, it's our turn to perform and we brought up the paluan kompang, lead by Suhaimi.
and the amazing part was that, those UiTM performers mostly had never played kompang before and only practiced for few hours before on the actual day..
and kudos to them, gave great show..

Performers for kompang

then, by 10.30am,
the cultural activities started..
which was the joget and congkak..

I was the leader of group 5..
and decided to joget first..
luckily it was joget lambak..and i hentam all d way ..haha..
then about 15 minutes, we moved to congkak area to teach the visitors how to play congkak..
and they enjoyed themselves..

Group 5 members and leader in the middle

after that, moved to Galeri Tuanku Zahirah n Museum for campus tour..
time given wasn't enough,
as the leader, had to make sure that i tick-tock the time, as those Japanese are very, very particular with time.

by 11.45 we need to go back into the hall..
Moments before went back to Annexe Hall

but, those two places kinda cramp as too many people inside, we tend to delay about 5 minutes..
and at the hall about 11.50am..
then at the back o the hall, while waiting for other gorup to come back, we did some switch-gifts..
its kinda Japanese tradition to give gifts after things like this..

then, theres a slot showing the audience about the traditional clothes..
baju kurung, baju kebaya, baju melayu, how to wear samping n songkok..

and the end of the programme, everyone was so happy, as many of the programme participants was first-timer..

and on that 1/2 day programme, lots of camera n pictures taken..
if i can line up all the camera, there would be like almost 100 cameras..

oh ya..
Great Thanks to International Student Affairs Division UiTM International Centre
who gave us this opportunity, and profuse thanks to Assoc. Prof. Norlaila Yahya and Pn. Aza plus special thanks to our representative, Ahmad Zul Husni.



p/s:
Raya this year had break the record..
I've got duit raya from UiTM taw!!
hehe..
bukan senang nak dapat,..