CULTURAL VILLAGE

DATE: 09/07/2009-12/07/2009
DAY:THURSDAY, FRIDAY,SATURDAY,SUNDAY
VENUE: Terachi, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY:Pa'eja

Last week S-Dev had organized Cultural Village at Terachi, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, a program participated by all IIUM cultural clubs (Gamelan, Caklempong, Angklung, Zapin, Percussion, Poetry, Band, Theatre, Ummul Qura', Dikir Barat and Nasyid) joined together with Dun Seri Menanti Service Center for four days with the theme “One Malaysia: Uniformity in Diversity”. The program is for the students to learn and be indulged with the customs and culture of the people in Negeri Sembilan.
Smiley Face
We departed from IIUM at 12.00 pm and arrived there at around 4.00 pm. The opening ceremony inauguration was completed by Y.B Tuan Abdul Samad Ibrahim (Adun Seri Menanti). Afterwards, all the participants was distributed to the foster families of two or three students for each foster family. After the opening ceremony, all participants went back with their foster family for Ice-Breaking. On the first day, the time is spent with with foster families. Fortunately, during our visit, it was still fruit seasons so there are fruits everywhere on trees such as manggis,rambutan,jambu air and the most wanted, durian.
Smiley Face
Smiley Face
For the second day, after the “senam tari” in the morning we were divided into three groups. The first group is assigned to the secondary school, second group is assigned to primary school and third group is assigned to attend Caklempong Workshop. We went back to our foster family house after the program ended. Around 3.00 pm we gathered back at the Perkampungan Budaya Terachi for cultural night preparation. At night, we have a full rehearsal until 12.00 pm. Everyone looked so tired but managed to give a good commitment. Well done everyone!
Smiley Face
On the third day, we started our day with “senam tari” and then we were divided again into two groups in which the first group will go to Muzium Istana Seri Menanti for its 100 years day (jubli Emas) and the other group is aasigned to help the villagers in cooking and preparing for the Kenduri Kesyukuran called “merewang”.
Smiley Face The kenduri started at 8.30 pm. After the VIP gave his speech, all cultural teams were ready to perform accordingly with Yayasan Negeri Sembilan. For the closing, all cultural teams collaborated to perform “Rasa Sayang”. Alhamdulillah the event went well and we received good feedback from the locals.
Smiley Face
Everyone hated to leave.
Smiley Face We stayed there for about four days and three nights and it is long enough to make us feel close with our foster families but we still have to depart. We depart to IIUM at around 11.00 am. Before we had a long journey to IIUM, we stopped at Ulu Bendul for lunch. We arrived at IIUM at 4.20 pm.
All participants were tired but enjoyed the program. It is a good program as through this program we had the chance to get to know other members of cultural clubs and share our knowledge. This program also helps IIUM’s cultural team to be exposed to outsiders.
In the nut shell, thank you to all participants for your contribution and commitment. May Allah bless you all, good job everyone!

Read More

THE WEDDING

DATE: 18/04/2009
DAY: SATURDAY
VENUE: Pusat Komuniti Bukit Damansara
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY: Pa'eja

Assalamualaikum.....
We thought that our performance at MHI will be our last performance for this semester, but Alhamdulillah we received another invitation to perform at a wedding (Wardina's sister's wedding). It is so challenging because the wedding is during our examination period. The night before the event, we went to the place for a rehearsal. We departed from IIUM at 8 pm. While we waited for our turn, we had some practice outside the hall. This performance is also a challenge because it is our first time to play (Bosame Mucho) while walking into the hall. What we can be said is that, we did badly for the rehearsal just because there are some misunderstanding among us.
Smiley Face But we didn't give up easily and we kept practicing. We went back to UIA at about 11 pm.

On the day of the wedding, we departed from IIUM at 10.30 am. We felt so nervous because this is the wedding in which it is a memorable event especially for the bride, groom and their family. We don’t want to be the spoiler of their memory, so we tried our best.
Smiley Face Our nervous level increased when we entered the hall because everybody was quiet and looking at us. We played Bosame Mucho and Rasa Sayang. Alhamdulilah we received a great applause in the hall even though we didn't play perfectly.
Smiley Face After the performance, all the butterflies and nervousness in our bodies were gone.

Unfortunately, we didn't get the chance to play the other songs that we had practiced due to the short of time. We felt a little frustrated about that
Smiley Face but we took it positively.
Smiley Face Then we were invited to enjoy the meal (delicious!). Before we went back to the IIUM, we took some pictures (our 'MUST TO DO' routine after performances..hehehe). Everybody looked fatigue but there are still smiles on their faces. We enjoyed the day and it was an amazing experience.

Read More

ON AIR

DATE: 25/03/2009
DAY: WEDNESDAY
VENUE: MHI STUDIO (TV3)
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY: Pa'eja


Last Wednesday, Angklung Group was given a chance to perform at TV3 for MHI (Malaysia Hari Ini) which is one of famous live morning show in Malaysia. This is the biggest greatest offer that we received so far and we are so happy
Smiley Face. We were informed about the MHI show last Monday so we don’t really have much time to practice. We started our training A.S.A.P on the same night we received the news.
Smiley Face. We practiced eight songs namely Enjit2 Semut, Rasa Sayang, When The Saint Goes Marching, You Are My Sunshine, Bujang Lapok, Poco2 and Kopi Dangdut. This performance is quite a challenge because we need to memorize all the song by heart as there might not be enough space for us to put our note and stand
Smiley Face. Alhamdulillah we memorized the songs in just two days. We departed from IIUM at 6.30am and arrived at about 7.30am. This is our first time in the studio and we were so excited. When we arrived, the show has already started and we took our place to arrange everything before they asked us to perform. Alhamduliilah everything went well. After the show, we took pictures with the celebrities that come on that day like Adibah Noor, Anggun and Wardina etc.
Smiley Face. After breakfast at TV3 studio we went back to IIUM. From this performance we have learned a lot. We realized the importance of memorizing the songs, to deliver the songs with the right facial expression, and to enjoy the songs that we played. Nonetheless, this is the sweetest memory for this semester and forever.......Thanks to all!!
Smiley Face

Read More

MAHALLAH ASIAH APPRECIATION NIGHT

DATE: 07/03/2009
DAY: SATURDAY
VENUE: BANQUET HALL
BY:Hanis chan
EDITED BY: Pa'eja

Salam and hye to everyone…

Last Saturday (7th march), Angklung Group has been invited to perform at Asiah Victory Award (AVA). This event was held as an appreciation for Mahallah Asiah’s residents who give excellent performance not only in curriculum but also co-curriculum.

We have the chance to perform at the Banquet Hall in Admin Building. The program started around 8.30 pm after the arrival of the VIPs. It started with the gimmick from Silat Seni Cekak IIUM,
Smiley Face who performed martial arts with all the knives and sticks. This way, the Malay’s strength and macho-ness showed.
Smiley Face.

After hearing the speech from all the VIPs, Angklung Group were finally ready to perform a total of 4 songs while the audiences enjoyed their dinner. We performance started with a ‘Compulsory’ song from Angklung Group, Enjit- Enjit Semut. Followed by Bujang Lapok, then the ballad song "Rindu Bayangan". The last song was Rasa Sayang.. Even the emcee of the day sang the songs that we played.

Then, it was finally ‘makan time’ after the performance. Everyone was really happy because we could gave all our best in the performance. It is normal and very important for Angklung Group members to have photography session. The event was a bit of a ’chaos’ because most members of the Angklung Group are "GIGAM (Haha...). One by one the camera flashed to capture the memorable event.
Smiley Face

Cool…. after about 2 days of practice, Angklung Group successfully performed well even though it was the first time for the new members to play some of the songs. Even Bapak, could smile while conducting the performance….that’s a good sign
Smiley Face. Alhamdulillah, we gain lot of praises from the audiences and the committees. But, we have to remember the Angklung Group motto, ‘Jangan Riak’……

Thanks to all the seniors who still could spend their time performing together with us.. Also not to forget other members, who have to sacrifice the holiday to make this performance a good one..
Smiley Face Keep up the good work!!!

Read More

GOTONG-ROYONG

DATE: 20/02/2009
DAY: FRIDAY
VENUE: ANGKLUNG TRAINING ROOM
BY: mi$$RED
EDITED BY: Pa'eja
Today, Friday 20th February 2009, Angklung Club organized “gotong-royong” which had been postponed so many times for valid acceptable reasons and today it is like “a dream come true” to finally see it happen.
Smiley Face We started our “gotong-royong” at about 3.30 p.m. We cleaned up our training room together and helped each other. We polished all of the angklung sets that we have with the special oil(to maintain the condition of angklung and make it more shiny), indexed and numbered the angklung, patch things on the wall, made inventory for clothes, keep the patitur in order (the notes) etc. We enjoyed doing our work together and we can see lots of smiles today.
Smiley Face We ended the event by having dinner together at Human Science Cafe. Thanks all for coming and sharing the moment together...
Smiley Face

Read More