SUKMARELAWAN

being a normal kid in kt would mean sitting with the computer all day long or maybe going out for one or two minutes and rushing back in becoz its too hot out there...(seriously the heat can sometimes melt your brain or somethin). all this during holidays. But this year's holidays took a dramatic turn.

Sukma was on in terengganu. So a week before the sukma starts Uncle majeet asks me to work at one of the showcase events which took place at SESMA.

On thursday Loga, loga's dad, pravin, and me went to sesma. When we arrived there uncle Munu told us that today we will be getting the venue ready. we carried bout 200 chairs for the spectators and bring about 150 fighting mats on thestage to be kept away. the next day we were given off.

Saturday was the day that the event started. It is known as silambam. it is a indian martial art where they use sticks to attack their opponent. here are a few videos.....





I was given a name tag and i was on duty as sukarelawan with Pravin, Thrisham Jasteen, Suveen, Nesh, Kushi, Loga Thrishal and a few others. we had alot of work to do like setting up the computer for the judges, getting the place ready for some VIP. helping the participants who were injured. At the end of that day we went to the school field to see another showcase event called kabbadi. this too is a indian game which is a bit like galah panjang.

The next day SUNDAY. the last and best day i had during these holidays(eventhough the holidays were officially over hehe). the silambam went on as normal with the volunteers having alot of fun during the day. once the competition was over, a few of the masters and students gave a small demonstration of different types of silambam. Then a certain vip came for the closing ceremony of the games. Later the sukarelawan heped to clear and clean up the school hall. Then at about 7.30 a few of us decided to go and see the football finals at the new stadium between terengganu and Perlis.

At the stadium, thrisham jasteen and myself got some seats close to the track and field as we were hoping that we would be able to catch the ball if it came towards the stands. Then Danica henna nesh and thrishal joined us. In the first half terengganu were leading 2-0. then suveen calls us up and tells us that we can actually use our name tags to get to better seats. yeah that is the track. meaning we could go on to the track and be face to face with the players. As the finish of the first half came closer terengganu scored another goal from a free kick.the crowd went wild with applause. when the first half finished we went and met up with suveen so we go to the field. however suveen danica nesh kushi henna and thrishal decided to go back. So only me thrisham and jasteen left..

We were on the field when the second half started and watched as terengganu play a beautiful game against perlis. i checked and found out that ashraf was close by and i greeted him. Being a big kaki bola and one of the best players in our gang im sure he must have wanted to be on the field. It was great to see all the terengganu supporters cheering on for their players. Terengganu were leading 5-1 after a spectacular penalty shot and another goal when the final whistle was blown. the perlis players were rather sad and lay down on the field in sadness while the terengganu player laid down in happiness. Then the guy who scored the free kick for terengganu, the one which we dubbed CR7 because of his number 7 jersey, kicked the ball towards the stands. but fortunately for the three of us the ball fell short of the stands and landed just nicely in front of us. we kept the ball and returned home with shock at our luck in obtaining the match ball.

this was a great experience as this was my first live match that i have watched. the team that i supported won, the new stadium was beautiful and grand and we get to keep the match ball. it was emotional to see the number of supporters who had turned up and the unity that evryone showed when it comes to football. i hope that i will have many more experience like this to come my way as i still have a long way to go in life. as tommorow i return to hell on earth and i noe that i did terrible in my mid year exam i have a feeling i might go down to another class. so ill try to stay positive and not do nything stupid cuz the school is truly and always be hell to me........