Bridging Fantasy & Reality

Leez and I - On our way there

-Then bus broke down. Had to change some part so we got delayed by almost an hour and a half. Had lunch at the Petronas station.. Fabulous man!

-Arrived at around 3 ish. Became temporary GDL to a half dead group of interactors. Understandable coz everyone had a super super LONG journey. But they were so hesitant to talk. Had to practically force them to pick a group leader and then a group name and THEN a group cheer. But then could've had it worse. Could've had my team name themselves "team Dimi" like alex had his team named after him. LOL. Or "team Aiyo" to complement "team fuyoh" like Leez's team suggested. Awesome time!

- Broke for tea. Was so so thirsty! But water was sparse. Had to down several cups of super super sweet syrup. Spike in blood sugar levels. Not good! Parched!

- Went back to room. Had a major Bitch fit with Leeza in the room. A lot of moaning and complaining about the room and the toilets. We were like bimbos. Whining like nobody's business and gagging at almost everything provided.

-Used a different bathroom to bathe coz ours was overflowing with H2o.

- Headed down for ice breaking games.

-Spotted super hot guy. Took pictures of him with cellphone camera secretly with Leeza. We think he might have realized that he was being paparazied.

-Jumped, screamed, mingled, dinner-ed, then screamed summore, hopped, enjoyed the hype, but not the humidity. Body Odour was rife in the air, thanks to the "air fresheners". Blah.

- Night ceased. Hung out at the cafe, briefing for programme team. Discussed agenda with Calvin and Bernard for emceeing gig the following day.

-Wanted to hang out some more, but TOO exhausted and Leeza and Ming Yie were both sniffling, so headed back to the room for shut eye.

- Pillow beared resemblance to rock. No blanket! Slept pillow-less and used towel as blanket in the middle of the night.

Day 2

- Woke up unnecessarily early. Got ready in super formal wear. Big day.

- Went to Dewan Budaya something something buy bus (... USM campus is unusually huge) Bus got stuck on the way. Couldn't move coz it was stuck in between cars and couldn't reverse. Went around finding a rock as per requested by the bus driver. Had to evacuate bus. Finally bus could move again. Whee.

-Had Nasi Lemak for breakfast. Ben wanted more and the waiter kept bugging him about it.

-Opening ceremony was next. My big emceeing break! Rocked man. Although at certain points I became stoned and let Cal do all the talking. He's good with the crowd, a natural. I did most of the formal part though. Everthing turned out ok. Pity Calvin who had to deal with my anxiety continously. My co-emcees always suffer.

-Felt like a celebrity after that. Everyone seemed to be looking at me differently.

-Plenary session was next. Had nothing to do. So hung out with Ben and Yogz. Crashed the GDLs group discussion. Managed to preen my way into the Hottie's life. Leeza was completely head over heels into him so she was going bonkers at a certain point. Couldn't even bring herself to take a pic with him. Too bad. He was REALLY hot.

Ben going all Gay with Alex. Ben has gay issues. You never know when he's being one and when he's straight.

Interactors being all goody during the plenaries.

Decided to crash Alex's discussion topic. Interactor presenting. While we messed aroung with Ruichi (jap exchange student) and other rotaractors behind

- Decided to walk to the lake with Ben

- Ben was leading the both of us in the wrong direction and he insisted it was the right direction. Pfft!
-Yogz saved us from the hassle. Went to put stuff in his car and borrowed his super huge slippers coz i was dying in my heels.

- Apparently, Ben and Leeza think every Indian guy I speak to is my prospective boyfriend. Very annoying one! Stop la people. U guys making me become racist towards my own race.

- After plenaries, Leez and I hitched a ride from Yogz to the girls hostel. But then we got lost coz he took a detour to get some stuff from the shop. Went one whole circle to get back on track. Then bought bottles of water from a shop nearby, happiness!

- Didn't bathe, coz was late. Just splashed water on our faces and returned to the BO (Body Odour) Hall for dinner and presentation session.

- Was supposed to emcee again, this time free and easy. Felt a LOT more relaxed with the wireless mic. Was even told that I carry myself well. A lot more comfortable la.

- Dinner was bland.

-Was told I smiled like a duck. Then I received dating advice from Ben. Made me completely change my views about guys. Before Ben disappeared to talk to his recent squeeze. Discouraged Bernard from hitting on Leeza too much in fear that she would withdraw from the club. Weirdism defined.

- Went totally and completely crazy with Leez, Alex, and Ming Yie while waiting for Ben. Giggled and laughed like CRAZY people. We were all completely sober but so drunken in behaviour. I had NO idea how crazy Ming Yie and Alex can get. This trip has COMPLETELY changed my view of them. Was so good letting lose and being crazy knuckleheads.

- hhahahaa... Noise syntaxes! This one went completely overboard la. Inside joke.Sorry.

- Made a huge hissy fit about doing something adventurous. Last night, had to. Chris joked about walking to seven eleven and buying alcohol then consuming it on the overhead bridge (....adventurous? watda.....) Shanta came up with plans to go Beach Club/Slippery Senoritas. *Me nodding like a fool* But then ended up not wanting to pay super duper high taxi fair. Hence walked to mamak outside.

-On the way, we got caught by Mr Zam Zam, USM rep. "No NO, tak boleh. GIrls and Boys cannot go out together. Cannot go out so late!" All weird acts by Kishen and Shanta did not work so girls and boys separated. Boys went with plan A, girls went to the cafe and discussed plan B.
- But then James came and saved us all. Girls and boys were reunited. Mamak session was freakin funny. Fooled around, drank super sweet milo. Shared food with Ben. And then this conversation.

Ming Yie : Roti Pisang satu

Waiter : Roti Pisang tada

Ming Yie : oh, roti pisang *nods*

Waiter: tada

Ming Yie : Uh, Roti Banana

Waiter : Apa? tada la

Ming Yie : Oh. Ok OK. Roti Pisang.

All : Roti pisang = roti banana=TAK ADA!!!

Ming Yie : hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahah roti VIP satu.

Had the laugh of my life man. Like an earth shattering one with tummy aches.

- Guys went to get beer. Gals headed back to the hostel. Took a cold shower. Then slept. But talked to Leez about rotaract future and relationships before dozing off. This time used Interact Conference t shirt as shield against the cold.

Day 3

- Woke up kinda late.

- Went to the hall despite protests and met up with Edwin and Ming Yie there. Chose to forego breakfast. Ben, Alex, Chris, Shanta and Kishen nowhere to be seen due to drunken hiatus.

- Sat through closing ceremony. Half asleep. Became fully awake when Dinesh called me upfront to do an impromptu presentation on how I succeeded in recruiting members into an almost defunct club. Impromptu man! Did better than I expected. Suddenly everyone referring to me as president Dimithira instead of Dimi.

- Was asked to do a documentary with the camera man also. Wah! So glamour man.

- Chitchatted with the Rotaractors summore and felt a tinge of sadness, was gonna miss everyone. Joked. Was called up on stage again for appreciation and to sing songs. Sigh. Good times.

- Then bus came. Checked out. But before checking out, weird encounter.

Chinese dude + guy : er President Dimithira, can we have a picture. Our friend wants a picture of you but then he's too shy to ask.

Me : Oh, Ok, Who;s he? Maybe I can go there and say hello then take picture with him??

Chinese guy : oh, tht would be great but then ur very busy and stuff right?

Me: *eyes bags* kind of. But i Look very odd in pictures you know. Ok la. *poses*

Chinese guy : thank you so much. Was really nice meeting you Dimithira. The guy with the white shoes is the one. His name's Mark, u were his temp GDL.

Me : Oh, ok ok. No problem. *feeling bad for acting like a total bitch and not going over to sat hello*

- Got onto bus. Camwhored a bit here and there. Begged bus driver to make a stop at Penang town so both interactors and rotaractors could taste a bit of Penang before leaving.

The interactors under our sponsoring rotary club, only a handful came. Bummer. But they're awesome people.

- Went to Asia Cafe in Penang and a few other hawker stalls. FOOD! Ben bought Muar Chi for the interactors. Berbonding a bit with them.

-Joked and played cards on the bus. Talked cock and bull. Witnessed thai dance and watched MI3 after Poltergeist. Was constantly interrupted from sleep by the screams of the stupid poltergeist girl. The bus driver is crazy. He sits inches away from the speaker but turns up the volume the highest in can possibly go. Talk about syntaxes man. I wonder whether the Gods in heaven have broken ear drums right now.

Taken with flash while Leez was asleep.

- Reached. Said goodbye. Came back and was stoned the entire night. *sniffle*

-Will always remember you guys. Jitco. James. Richie-who had to tolerate Leez's and my insanity for a bit. Dou Han (yes Leez, his name was Dou Han, the one that Ben kept calling John just coz he 'looked' like a John.). Way Wen-the baby faced one. Yogz. Shanta. Kishen. Chris.Chiew Ee. Calvin-my partner in crime. Anne. Jecca?? Kelvin- the one with the psychotic smile. Bernard (..the GREAT). All these people and more made my time there all the more enjoyable. Thanks Ben, Alex, Leeza and Ming Yie for coming. You guys are the bomb. Can't wait for the District Rotaract Conference in January. I can't believe I'll be leaving all these awesome people to go to New Zealand next year. It doesn't make any sense at all.

ps : my pictures are all random shots coz did not bring my camera along most of the time. No nice pics, so you'll have to make do with what i have till i get better ones from the rest there. Try Leez's blog for more pictures.

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