Mission Day 3hree
From where i last left...9.30amAfter our breakfast n yada yada.. we move out to dewan perkumpulan perempuan daerah muar. Basically, they turn tt huge dewan or hall into a warehouse 2 store their goodies.. Eh I mean supplies.. All supplies, logistical needs and medical supplies are stored there. So, they need manpower to help sort out tt entire place..
So here we are, sporeans spending half of our day at d warehouse, sorting out stuffs.. Alas! We manage to come out w d whole inventory list, item in n out.. ok I noe.. Boring stuffs.. tak not so interesting enough to share huh.. Cuma I was just tinking if I could come out w such an inventory list for tings in my room.. All the in n out.. Aint it beautiful then? Hehe..
3pmNew instructions. Report back to 2 d hotel. We need 2 get more HYGIENE KITS!!! Brace yourselves! Cos we're abt 2 go.....
SHOPPING!!So, once we got back, we grab d money and off we go 2 d nearest SuperStore. (luckily its just beside our hotel.. Hehe) Basically we were given RM$X,000 to buy as many items to fill up as many hygiene kits! Yup. Simple stuff. The tough part is 2 squeeeeze dry, optimising every single cent, combining items in a pack. Ok.. Yada2..
once got back 2 d warehouse. Suria peeps were waiting for us. They wanted 2 go to the flooded areas. But alas, their car brokedown along d way n had 2 come back..
Ok but basically.. This d boring part... Where we wayang carry2 tings while Izuan being interviewed.. But....
To be cont.... got to go...
haha... SUSPENS!!!
more stories n pics later...
# posted by JenGGo @ 5:42 PM
B.O.S.S. Selection Programme Allow me to jump abit... to another mission.. will come back to the Muar thingy later..
ok... here goes..
The day where few will be chosen.. Few will be selected.. To lead... to run.. to climb the staiways to heaven.. when the sirens are horned.. the call for duty adawns..
TIME TO MOVE AND TIME TO CHARGE TOWARDS VICTORY!!!!
eermmm... sajer jer.. merepek pat atas... but basically.. here are some of the pics of the BOSS Selection Programme... We went to Macritchie and hike towards bukit timah.. had a natural rock, rock climbing time.. and sent 2 "casualties", heavy ones indeed.. hehe.. oh.. sent them to the roadside and left them there... then went on to hike futher into the mysteries of the already eroded hill top of Bukit Gombak or Little Guilin.. and went straight back home to SC...
Yeap.. Wat a tiring day that was.. but.. good stuff.. yups...
# posted by JenGGo @ 11:36 PM
Mission Day 1ne
Saturday, 23rd December 2006
Got a call from Mercy Relief (MR) a 12pm.
MR: Assalamu'alaikum.. fiz
Me: Wa'alaikumussalam
MR: U wanna follow our team to johor? Tolong mangsa banjir. With us Mercy Relief.
Me: Huh? serious kaper bang? Bila ni?
MR: Kita tolak mlm ni.. 6pm jumpa.
Me: Wahaaa?? Mlm ni jgak? aiseh.. waah.. bila nak kena konferm ni?
MR: Before Zuhur?
Me: Huh? before zuhur? haiz... aiseh.. ok ok.. call u later..
And so.. i called the few most important ppl, my boss to get leave cleared, my parents to get their blessings, Saff peeps to handover and clear outstanding matters.. all seems ok..After all tt, OK GO... phew..
And so.. there i am.. with less than 5hrs to prepare, i went ahead with tt mission.The best part, the meeting time was changed to 7.30pm, i was still outside, and cant do anything yet n get ready to prepare for the trip. I still got to go for a meet, pergi jemputan, carik kek, carik barang, pergi saff sjap.. haha.. gila eh..Abih, i got home at 6pm. 1 and half hours to prepare!!
eh mcm panjang lebar plak eh? n so.. im gone tt nite lah.. ok... movin on..
8pm
Met d new geng, Jessica, Gui Qing, Erzan n Izuan @ Kranji MRT.. took a ride into JB.Fast forward.In the car.. We just got to noe tt we need to pack like 2000 packs of hygiene kit! Haha. Yah 2000! Well u noe tings like shampoo, toothpaste n disposable undegarments! N more! Really! Essential items beb! So, we, 5 of us.. Yes 5 of us, are suppose to pack all of these b4 4am! Baik aah!
Now still outside giant, 10.18pm.. Eating fries at d Mac, waiting... Apparently they still need to prepare 4 all of the items..Ape taknya lambat.. 2000 of each items seh..
ok.. Outside Giant.. We went to grab all 2000 soaps n blabla of towel, shampoo, sanitary pads, toothpaste n toothbrush.
Hehe.. We waited till like after closing time.. 11pm like tt..
Then we took all of these home, izuan's mum's home. Coolness..
A koi pond at Izuan mum's place..
Mission Day 2wo
Saturday, 24th December 2006
These are the load of stuffs that we had to pack.. we packed all night.. from 1am all the way.. till subuh.. dah tak tahan.. penat sangat.. 5 org jer buat.. abih dah subuh... i went to pray 1st.. after my prayers.. to my surprise.. tadaaa...
REINFORCEMENT HAS ARRIVED!!!
Peeps from the Landrover Club Singapore, Pearl Frost from CNA... came down to join the mission... (though only for 1 day... :) but its ok... ) We went all the way packing and packing.. putting that 5 things into plastic bags. Thats our hygiene kit. One of the most essential item to survive in times of emergency.
When water is scarce, when ur living away from home, displaced, u still need to take care of ur personal hygiene.. To prevent urself from getting any other further unwanted disease n virus..
So.. we ended packing at ard 8 plus n we start loading up the landrovers will all these beribu-ribu lemon.. eh.. hygiene kits.. ok... da penat.. lepas tu badok! da lapar.. mak izuan siapkan curry ayam ngan bone steak.. makan ngan roti.. abih kena dengan air kopi AliCafe, tongkat Ali! haha..! power!!
9.20am
move out.. from izuan's place.. the whole convoy got ready..
Saw flooded areas along the way at lebuh raya.. 1st hour takde pape.. but the last 15 mins b4 we make a turn into pagoh, we saw flood areas on our left and right..
Wat a luck, along the way, one of the landrover caught some flu.. haiz.. waited for abt 1 hr... to settle that car.. nvm.. padehal.. ttss the most coolest looking landrover.. a 37 year old british army landrover.. well.. nvm.. hehe.. its old yah..
12pm Rendevous with Mercy Malaysia Team at Hotel Classic at bandar muar.. Hey i didnt noe we're goin to a hotel.. we were told to bring sleeping bags.. i already prepared an outdoor survival backload of stufs. siap hammock lah ape lah.. sekali tido pat hotel.. oklah.. at least after a long day of werk, we need good rest.. ok..
Btw, super impress with the Mercy Malaysia team. THey are like super equipped! THey got an Storm! (a name of a jeep) and they got hold of Petronas Adventure Team (PAT). they got like boats and stuff and all.
Ok, then we went in for a briefing, by the VP of Mercy Malaysia.. Updating us the situation, what have they been doing, how many evacuated, how many evacuation centres, wat are the help still needed.. n yada yada.. haiz.. i didnt imagine d number evacuated was so high..
Soon later we move out to 1st site.. On my way there, i had to sit at the back of a landrover.. we went into flood areas... it feels like being on top of a boat.. da tak nampak roda da kreta.. jeep tau.. i mean landrover.. kan tinggi.. ok ok..
1st site, Pagoh.
At tt time, theres 404 family, 1862 ppl in total, staying in this Dewan Sukan Belia. A total of 15 kampungs in this area affected.
We dropped of abt 400 hygiene kits here. The people here, helped us willingly.. Soon they formed a human chain by our landrover.. and we started passing over the kits.. bit by bit..
Met someone, a young chap with his daughter. Fauzy nama dia.. Dia kata, abg dari spore?
Saya pon dulu tinggal spore.. bila kecik2 laa.. Daerah sembawang.. jual kuih semua.. pat kampung.. kampung apa tu... yg pat sembawang tepi laut... aaaah... haa! Kampung Wak Hassan. (i remember this place..)
THis Sports complex suddenly became like a big house for these ppl. One big community centre. One big family. Can be seen, everybody is helping each other, entertaining each other. THeres a roste of whose turn or shift to do tings.. Some team to the cleaning, collection of clean water, taking care of the kids... macam2lah.. kesian gak dorang ni semua.. THey also have a special room for warga emas.. goodlah.. they need a better enclose room.
6.15pm
Reach Bit Gambir, another evacuation centre. 168 families n 632 ppl here.. all this places here takde water.
Unloaded abt 600 hygiene kits here. da jadi mcm traffic police, me showing where the landrovers to go and park n bla bla..
Quick ones..
7pm move back to hotel
saw accident on opposite road - 2 cars smashed.. kesian..
9.45 got to the hotel and had packet dinner, then waited for d room...
11.45 went into d room
12.30 briefing for tomoro..
1.45am sleep
End of part one..
# posted by JenGGo @ 6:13 AM