When worst and best permeates fabrics of the week

this posting was meant for the week starting 4th july... it had been a hectic week before that - i've been to wanganui to attend my friends' convocation and bade them farewell before they return to malaysia. met abg zaid before going there to clean up his computer of viruses and do some maintenance for it too. before i proceeded to wellington - there were lotsa loose ends still not tied. rene was going back, and i had to ask him to sell off some stuffs before he returned home. just in case things like last yr happens again. its kinda irresponsible of him, but it is to be expected. met up with abg zapi to pass him some installers as well.

upon reaching welly, i went straight up to boulcott. yusuf was there as well. they're doing this cover pages for the bersatu's info. booklet. i took over when i came since they had lotsa stuffs to do at the rec centre. probs start when the ink cartridges ran out of ink. the colors are no longer true, and i had less than 45mins to finish it. the inkjet takes abt 1.5 mins per page, due to the picture size. i went to hassanal for help. i was thinking that it'll be cheaper and faster to print it in school if it's in grayscale. consequently, we rushed to his workplace where we printed abt 100 pages in less than 3 mins. thus the job of the day was done. i stayed over at the rec centre to watch the commencement ceremony. i stood in awe as dozens of contingents pour into the rec centre. the malaysian students in nz were quite a united lot. through a strong sense of camaraderie and patriotism, things were done in an orderly and fun sense. there's this family kind of feeling to it. it's more like a get together function than a sports competition.

i met quite a no. of familiar faces then. people whom i have pledged my friendship with. friends whom i respect. i stood whilst the negaraku was being sung - half controlling my laughter, watching zahrin and sita (fellow singaporeans) who had been tricked into being part of the wellington's team contingent - and sitting on the floor with the rest of them. i can see irma running around, taking photographs. and she got her sis to take photographs of her as well. the various high commission ppl took turns to the podium to say a word or two. most of them spoke extempore, albeit with some jittery moments. shawn led the contingents to taking the athletes' pledge. he took it with earnestness and a tad of his shawn smirk. i spoke to jackie a lot - cause the others were busy doing their things. kakok looked amazingly childlike in her new pair of glasses. anas sported a long flowing hair, olivia is still as quiet as ever, jan, naz, is, yus, ike and others were all busy at their posts, doing their stuffs. it reminded me of the days in adventure club. i missed my frens in sg. seriously. the memories we had are still vividly fresh, and i'd do anything to relive those nostalgic moments. perhaps, this scenario serve to remind me of the beautiful things a good team can achieve together. it shall inspire me to do greater stuffs in the future. there'll be a time when i have to face my tests. and i shall not fear that day when it comes...