Kembara Dakwah Pos Chiong ✨

Bismillah.

This post gonna be super long. It's just me writing all her thoughts and unforgettable memories about her journey with her friends meeting all new people and experiencing all new stuffs ✨

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Kembara Dakwah ✨

One of the best memories that give me hundred lessons about life. To plan is already a tough job, but to do the plan is more tougher.

Basically, this journey wasn't just about helping orang asli and giving some 'sumbangan' & all. It's more than that. We learnt so much from them and it was unexpectedly very different from our first impression about orang asli. Or maybe, MY first impression. From my observation & what ustaz had told us, they are very shy and humble. We are the one who have to approach them first.

Oh yea, I want to share my very first task in here. It was in the morning and I was assigned to find extra knive because the team who are going to cook had to use it urgently. It means that I had to communicate with the orang asli to borrow theirs. I was soo nervous bcs mana la aku reti cakap bahasa depa 😂😂 And there is no internet okay to google bagai. However, it was such a relieve bcs I had learnt a few phrases like 'apa khabar' & 'selamat pagi' so the rest conversation was only by hand signals which I guess they understand. And yehaa alhamdulillah, the woman actually can understand us & we had a short chats before the mission to get the knive is completed. ✨

FIRST TASK PUN DAH BERJELA ADUHAI..

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Hehe, first and foremost.. I was so proud with my other teammates who work so hard on planning each of our activities at there. Our team members was small in amount but the teamworks was super awesome and we never had a fight with each other. I respect each of the members and treat them like my own families. Each of ourselves has our own role to ensure that each activities and programmes that will be handled will going on smoothly. We are all from different schools btw :

Al-Amin Bangi (my school✨)
Al-Amin Gombak
Al-Amin Kemaman
Al-Amin Sri Aman
Hidayah Johor
Hidayah Ipoh
Al-Islah Sg Petani (we slept 2 nights here before going to Pos Chiong)
Al-Irsyad Kuantan

1 Malaysia babe. Sabah Sarawak je takde :')

Al-Amin Bangi representatives ft Mlmh Norlida & Farihah at the back

I was assigned to be the media crew member with Hafizi (my schoolmate) & Farihah as my assistant (she's from Hidayah JB). Everything was super last minute as this responsibility was given to us less than a week before d-day. We had to prepare & divide the task evenly on who's going to bring the camera, laptop, charger & such stuff. And you know what, it was my FIRST experience handling quite a big responsibility.

(Siapa yang jadi JK propa tahu lah cane struggle dia nak bawak camera/laptop pergi tempat asing & make sure barang2 yg kita bawa tu selamat & boleh digunakan sampai habis program. Bawa banner, ambil gambar setiap aktiviti, charge camera & laptop bila generator hidup, siapkan video on time, buat buletin. Fuh.)

The struggle was real. But of course, it's worth the experience. ✨

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Basically, apa yang kitorang buat kat sana is banyak luangkan masa dengan kanak2 n makcik2 kat sana. Mereka, sangatttttlah pemalu.

'Tak kenal maka tak cinta'

So, our first approach is cuba tarik minat kanak2 kat sana dengan gula2. Kalau ikut loghat kawan2 utaqa ; cokelat. "Adik nak cokelat? jom ikut kakak main kat padang sama2 nanti akak bagi cokelat" :) bila aku dengar diorg kata cokelat tapi pegang gula2, i was like ''tu gula2'' ''knp cokelat...''
Sampailah hari kedua terakhir aku kat sana baru lah aku faham..

((Hang nak cerita pasal cokelat ke apa nii))

After a few taaruf with the kids and a few makcik there, it was easier for us to communicate and invite them whenever we handle a programme and activity involving them. (Taaruf = get to know each other).

Basically, it just need our extra effort to start the conversation first and make them thiqah with us. (Thiqah = trust)

Some of the programmes are Family Day, Movie Time, Fashion Show, Kem Smart Solat, friendly-match football & netball, merewang, mandi sungai (guys), and such more. I can't remember all of them 😅😅

hi afah !

Weols ajar kakak2 kat sana buat ketupat. Wowerz sekali je akak ni belajar

To highlight one of the activities that I enjoyed the most was netball friendly match with the women there. At first we were quite unsure, and I was assigned to be the goal shooter (GS) pulak tu! Yang paling tak boleh nak terima is tiang gol dia tinggi yang teramat!! Diorg guna batang pokok kelapa weh!! Rasanyalah sebab memang tinggi allahu tak terkata..

lebih 3 meter kot gais

We thought we were going to win at first because I managed to shoot a goal!! Unluckily, orang asli team won the match 🔥 but we really enjoyed the game and felt motivated to do better next time ✨✨

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Farihah & I spent a lot of time together since we were both in media crew team. She do help me a lot and we basically enjoy every moments there. The most unforgettable moments is bila enti sanggup pakai tudung ana yang ana dah pakai beberapa hari kat sana 😂 dengan alasan dia nak basuh tudung dia sbb dah busuk, habis tu tudung ana ni wangi sangat kee😂😂 ya Allah terharu okay :'))

Tu belum cerita masa kat atas houseboat lagi, I don't know macam mana kita boleh berani duduk betul2 kat tepi houseboat dlm malam yg gelap gelita tu. Borak2 pasal life masing2. Boleh je kalau ada buaya yang lompat & attack kita memalam tu, huhu pengalaman sungguh 😅 The night breeze was no joke 💓 and it felt like pergantungan kau dengan Allah masa tu memang tinggi habis lah.

And it would not be complete without my lovely schoolmate Kak Hanis, Kak Ada, Raudhah, Anis and Piji the only guy from Al-Amin Bangi who had sacrificed a lot. You guys are the best! Missing those memories of selling pancake, sandwiches and breakfast at school to ensure that our financial target was enough & such more. Since Piji is the only guy & no mlm/mlmh following us to Sg Petani, dia lah yg terpaksa jaga kitorg yang macam kanak2 lagi2 ni naik bas from Bangi to Sg Petani. (Waktu ni, I didn't follow their trip bcs my parents want to send me all along to Sg Petani). And yeah, after Kembara Dakwah, he once again jaga kitorg balik naik bas from Sg Petani to Bangi. Thanks a lottttt gaisssssss.

There's a lot more to share but if you want to know more, you can just buy our travelog lkd7 book. Hehe.

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I felt grateful because this chance is once in a lifetime I guess. Ramai kawan2 yang lain tengah busy kerja, ada yg tengah belajar driving, ada yg tgh melancong😭, and plg ramai tgh enjoy la masa cuti after SPM tu. Wuish heaven kot cuti lamaa. Macam2 boleh buat. Tapi tulah bila lama sangat, tak sabar nak masuk belajar. Pastu bila tgh belajar, tak sabar nak cuti.

Whatever it is, I do believe that 'Setiap pengalaman mematangkan kita'. 

Without experiences, we would not know our limits and how to improvise ourself to be a better person in the future. My advice is, accept every challenges with an open heart, get support from your families & friends and seek guidance from Allah SWT.

All the best peeps 💓 my degree would start soon and I guess there's no much time for me to blog during my degree. Most of our seniors said that dentistry students are going to be busier than medic students. Anyhow, insyaAllah I'll do find some time to write!

Pray for me uolss and pls keep me in your duas ✨

Much love,

alyanajwa 💓