Daily Diary of Outreach of Mabul Series 2
-this diary is just a real story of our experience to be shared for all. May we could get the real picture of being a part of the ‘Outreach to Mabul Island’ community service experiences. There was no intended intention of complaining as we only want to share the actual reality to all. All the merits / advantages are from Allah and the bad were our mistakes / weaknesses and we asked the forgiveness as we will improve our achievement through these experiences InsyaAllah-
Day 1 - Friday (22/01/10)
7.19 pm : Briefing of journey by Kak Mar
7.47 pm : Performed congregational Maghrib prayer lead by Bro Asyraf & held a tazkirah as a final reminder before began the journey. One of the reminder, ” always remind yourselves and focus on your intention.”
8.23 pm : Dinner at Hs Café.
9.32 pm : Carry luggage to the main staircase. Bro Zainuddin helped us during the process.
10.01 pm : Briefing on tentative
10.50 pm : Departed from IIUM to LCCT. Alhamdulillah, the weather is good. We all have a good sleep also.
Day 2 – Saturday (23/01/10)
12.45am : Arrival at LCCT
Gathered & stayed at Food Court of LCCT (waiting for departure of flight to Tawau) *all of the participants benefited their time by having enough rest and preparation for the next mission’s day.
5.20am : Checked in at S29 counter
6.05am : Boarding to P12 gate (having Subuh prayer at the nearest musolla)
*while boarding- although we just knew the “new policy” of AirAsia as ‘1 passenger 1 hand luggage’. Alhamdulillah, we managed to get pass the security check successfully. Hehehe -with the entire donation boxes that brought up into the plane as our hand luggage, by ignoring and pass by the security guard-
7.11am : On the plane & flew (for about a 2 hour & 45 minutes journey). It was a beautiful morning. Our photographer snaps some picture of the sunrise. Subhanallah, it’s so amazing.
10.12am : Landed safely at Tawau Airport.
Aidil, Ikmal and Hisyam (team from KK) had already at the airport.
Having “branch” - breakfast + lunch- & the menu was nasi kuning..sooo delicious while waiting for Dr. Denon team to arrive
11.45am : Departed from the airport to Semporna (for about an hour journey)
By 2 buses & 2 accompanied Hilux
The weather along our journey from the airport to Semporna; Alhamdulillah, it was good although we’ve got rumors on the bad weather at Sabah.
1.08pm :Arrive safely at Semporna town. Our boat had ready at the harbor. (preparing and moving the items from bus to the boat. all grab the chance on having their own pose)..very nice pic.
1.30pm :Departed by boats to Mabul Island (for about an hour journey)
2.30pm : Arrived at Mabul Island safely. Villagers including the children helped us to bring the donation item from the boat to the mosque.
Gathered at the mosque, meeting with the villager’s leaders
* On the meeting, the sisters quite shocked as the placement of them on their foster families was ‘1person for each family’ instead of ‘a pair for each family’. Huhuhu (although actually the not too prepared adopted daughters were a bit shy and felt awkward as the confidence was not there to be alone placed in each family)
Prepared for the distribution of donation
*during the preparation, representative for each family came and being introduced officially with their adopted daughter.
4.15pm : Distribution of donation
*all had ran smoothly and Alhamdulillah, we were happy observing there was a big numbers of responds from the villagers who came although. we’ve got a “sudden surrounded experience” at the last moment of distribution. Hence, it was quite funny & sweet to be remembered. Kami hanya mampu tersenyum dah bersandar di dinding masjid (ni za’a) =P
6.15pm : Performed maghrib prayer, held a first tazkirah by Ajie, talk about bersyukur performed isya’ prayer & had dinner. Alhamdulillah, all the food were soooo delicious until the participant got worried on their ‘increasing weight’ on the last day- after having a daily [tambah 2x nasi tiap kali makan..ada yg smpai 3,4 kali ni..sapa la tu.,=P]
9.00pm : A briefing session for the next day activities and plans by PM
The sisters; sent to their foster families houses safely by the villagers
The brothers; had a group binding session with the boys villager’s teenagers.
… Light off
(The sisters were staying at the foster families houses while the brothers were staying at the mosque)
Day 3 - Sunday (24/01/10)
4.45am : Performed subuh prayer & held a tazkirah by a participant
7.00am : Breakfast
All of the participants began the 1st series of community services tasks consist of:
i. Team A- circumcision
The assigned participants assisted the doctors (Dr. Dinon & Dr.Nurul Asyikin) and nurse (Kak Siti Safridah) in charged towards;
The registration of children & teenagers (Lala, Ramlah, ajie n Syam)
Cleaning the circumcision’s tools and communicating with the villagers in term of translating and also prescribing the medicines. (Acap n Telur)
ii. Team B- mini tuition sessions for the children and teenagers (lead by k.mar)
iii. Team C- Survey on demography at the village (lead by nabila)
12.00pm : Break, zuhr prayer & lunch. Quite tired but our energy refilled by the delicious delicacies prepared for us (once again)..=) thanks to our chefs..originally Mabulians..
2.00pm : Continuation of the community services tasks consist of:
i. Team A- continuation of circumcision
ii. Team B- mini library installation
iii. Team C- continuation of mini tuition sessions for the children and teenagers
Performed asr prayer, tea break
6.15pm : Performed maghrib prayer, had a tazkirah by the participant
Performed isya’ prayer & had dinner
9.00pm : A briefing session for the next day activities and plans
Continuation on installing mini library by brothers
Group binding with boys villager’s teenagers by some of the other assigned brothers (meeting on
futsal tournament with them)
The sisters went home to each foster houses and spend time with own families
… Light off
Day 4 – Monday (25/01/10)
5.00pm : Performed subuh prayer
7.50am : Breakfast
8.10am : Continuation of the 2nd series of community services tasks consist of:
i. Team A- continuation of circumcision
Had open a mini clinic session for the villagers
ii. Team B- continuation of mini library installation
iii. Team C- continuation of mini tuition sessions for the children and teenagers
iv. Team D- continuation of survey on demography at the village
10.00am : Arrival of Bro Hasdi (representative for the motivational session)
Briefing of committees on motivational session by Bro Hasdi
12.45pm : Lunch
Performed Zuhr prayer
Continuation of community services tasks consist of:
i. Team A- continuation of circumcision
Continuation of mini clinic session
ii. Team B- continuation of mini library installation
iii. Team C- continuation of mini tuition sessions for the children and teenagers & started the motivational sessions
iv. Team D- continuation of survey on demography at the village
Performed Asr prayer
5.00pm : Most of the participants had a short tea break
6.15pm : Performed maghrib prayer, had a tazkirah by the participant, had dinner & performed isya’ prayer.
9.00pm : Post mortem for the participant held by kak Mar
Group binding with boys villager’s teenagers by brothers while the sisters went home to each foster houses and spend time with own families
… Light off
Day 5 – Tuesday (26/01/10)
6.00am : Performed subuh prayer & held a tazkirah by a participant
7.30am : All the sisters were there at the mosque. Yet, the brothers were still sleeping
*the sisters helped the villager’s caterer on preparing the breakfast as we were a bit run from our schedule
8.15am : Breakfast & the circumcision team started their tasks immediately after the doctor’s team arrived.
*on today’s task, the mini clinic session had been postponed to the evening as we had opened two counters for circumcision. Unfortunately, the teenager’s circumcision had to be postponed on the next series as we were out of stock on the tool used for them. Yet at last, the mini clinic was opened partially when Dr. Nurul was not assisting Dr. Dinon for the immediate needs of the villagers. *this was only for those who were sick and need immediate help.
Team B continued finishing the mini library installation
9.30am : Team C continued mini tuition sessions & the motivational sessions for the children and teenagers
Team D continued survey on demography at the village
1.00pm : Break for all team tasks, zuhr prayer & lunch.
*the level of energy for all of the participant were at the lowest rank until some of them unconsciously slept tiredly at the lunch table corner of the mosque in order to recharge the energy and stamina
2.00pm : Continuation of community services tasks consist of:
i. Team A- Continuation of circumcision *still with 2 counters
ii. Team B- Final touch up on mini library
iii. Team C- Continuation of mini tuition sessions & the motivational sessions for the children and teenagers
*they held quizzes for the children where the children must translate a Malay word into English as they were given prize (stationeries; pencil/sharpener/etc) for each correct answer.
(Based on our observation, the children actually were very clever as they easily picked up what they had learned. The only problem that they faced was the citizenship as they were not qualified to register in a school without a birth certificate as there were a lot of them faced this same problem)
iv. Team D- continuation of survey on demography at the village
Performed asr prayer
4.30pm : Team C accomplished their tasks with the modules successfully, Alhamdulillah
Team D managed to complete the survey as they finished their task successfully, Alhamdulillah
Some of the brothers built up a team & had a football friendly tournament with the Mabul’s teenagers.
MISI line up; Muhajir, Ikmal, Samsudin, Aidil, Hisham, Fadzil & Ashraf.
Mabul’s team; Lobo & the gang
Result of the match: MISI 2 ~ Mabul 1. Yess!!MISI won!!
Souvenir’s team began their search throughout the village
All the others had a visit to Hj Yusuf’s house to strengthen the ukhwah.
6.00pm : Team A accomplished their task, Alhamdulillah
Performed Maghrib prayer & held a tazkirah by a participant
7.00pm : Arrival of the souvenir’s team with their accomplished task, Alhamdulillah
7.30pm : Performed isya’ prayer & had dinner
8.30pm : Last post mortem & briefing for the next day activities and plans.
9.25pm : Group binding with boys villager’s teenagers by brothers while the sisters went home to each foster houses and spend time with own families
Souvenir’s team counted their things and packed up all nicely in the boxes
*for some of our careless observation on the things, some of it was lost. We got our lesson and had to be more careful in the future in term of placing the things. *things=souvenir
… Light off
Day 6 – Wednesday (27/01/10) *final day
6.00am : Performed subuh prayer & had breakfast
7.25am : Gathered at Hj Yusuf’s house to have our physical activities;
*[mandi di tengah laut & pusing pulau] by boats
At first, the weather seems cam teruk sbb awan tebal dan berangin. But, xlama pastu awan tu hilang n kami dapat mandi dengan senang hati..
9.00am : Landed on the land safely
Self preparation & free activities;
* some of the participant packed up our things, some cleaned the used venue & some assisted the Dr.’s team in searching for souvenirs to be taken home.
For sisters, this time they had to say goodbye to their families with hope that they can met again next time.
10.00am : Packed up and cleared the used places
Preparation for the closing ceremony
11.00am : Closing ceremony began;
Arrival of the; villagers, community leaders & participants
Token of appreciation; - Foster families
- Committees on the behalf of Mabul’s community
- Contributions for Mabul education & mini library of IIUM
Sharing moment with all
1.14pm : Departed from the house of Hj Yusuf
1.30pm : Departed from Mabul Island
2.30pm : Arrived at Semporna
Departed to Tawau
4.30pm : Arrived at Tawau airport
5.15pm : Checked in
6.30pm : Boarding
7.05pm : in flight;
-rest
-sharing food among all participants
-Wakenabeb.
* Prank for Telur aka Pajil. Happy 25th Birthday!!hahaha.. (Click here for video)
-Exhausted, Slept
9.50pm : Arrived at LCCT
10.30pm : Departed to IIUM
12.00am : Arrived at IIUM
Another link for Mabul Story:
Nabila's Blog
Zaer's Blog
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